No.1254
H game made in RPG Maker VX Ace by hgg anons. Players control the roguish, little girl Feira through her adventures of misfortune.
No.1255
>>1254There's an old blog, but it's dead, and the game has had a title for like 2 months now. A new one will be created at some time or another.
The only thing I'm certain about is that Feira will despair and anguish, because that's the artist's fetish. Well, maybe you can avoid making Feira sad, but her happiness/sadness/mood/sanity/whatever will be a major mechanic.
There's a thorough standing portrait system for Feira, with a lot of the art for it completed. Much of Feira's nude sprites are done as well. Art-wise, the game has had a lot of progress.
A lot of design was planned out too, but I haven't really paid attention to it and with most of the team dead, I'm not sure how much of it still has supporters.
I might just be making stuff up, but I think we're drawing inspiration from VH and D&P. I believe the plan is to seamlessly blend realtime stealth gameplay with turnbased combat. Originally I thought turnbased would be the way to go, but we have enough sprite animations that I think it could even work as an action rpg.
Code-wise, not much has happened, so don't expect anything playable soon.
No.1256
>>1255I haven't done any coding in months because my life sucks, but I did manage to setup a GitLab server. Even at this early stage, this may just be my greatest contribution of all time to the project. Well, no one else on the team has used git before, but they've managed to push simple commits. I'm hoping in the future, other programmers will be able to contribute via git, and we'll be able to have multiple developers work together far more efficiently than in a project like VH.
The other coder in the project has been working regularly. I haven't looked at the code yet, but he's gotten a variable-width bitmap font working. The default font was deemed unsuitable by the artist.
No.1265
>>1255>Much of Feira's nude sprites are done as well. Art-wise, the game has had a lot of progress.care to post some? i think a few screenshots add more to the overall impression than a wall of text.
No.1270
>>1265Not sure what the terminology is, but I'm talking about the chibi walking sprites. They've been posted elsewhere before. Here's one with cum on her face.
No.1510
When will this project have a tangible haven? My dick urks information.
No.1511
>>1510Not for months at least, I'd imagine. Think the plan is to do another recruitment drive after more of the interface is finished.
No.1520
At least you had the brains to use female protag.
No.1577
>good news, i m started some HCG
>bad news, i will even do yoai arts
>LOL
Funny guy. This needs an explanation, but until next time.
To Be Continued…
No.1834
>>1577And now for the anti-climatic ending everyone's been dying for!
<me> so, what's with the yaoi?
<chink> oh
<chink> ok if i m a bad dude
<chink> ya i m a bad dude already
<chink> now i m force feira do bad thing on a little boy
<chink> like hurt him?
<chink> such like that
<chink> its a sadism, to maincharacter or to npc
<me> shota?
<chink> oh
<chink> shota
<chink> i should use this word
<chink> ya
<me> straight shota, or gay (yaoi) shota? lol
<chink> shit
<chink> yoai is just gay
No.1835
We have a new writer that's pretty active now. We had tons of documentation on game design before, that I hadn't been following. Now there's even more of it. I wonder if the other coder is as clueless as me.
I've been working on standing portraits with the messaging system. The goal is to automate it as much as possible. On the left in the pic is a demo for some script on the internet where 2 characters with standing portraits are talking to each other. The right side is the same thing, but with the system for Feira Quest. Maybe I should make a video sometime.
I plan to slim it down even more. Focus will automatically switch based on the name tag embedded in the message text (don't have name tags yet). We'll also automatically handle initialization and shutdown of the portraits. This would've been simple if it weren't for the fact that a text message followed by a choice/input prompt counts as closing and re-opening the message system. Looks like I'll need to do some tinkering to get the behavior right.
No.1870
>>1835>Maybe I should make a video sometime.Not going to make one. Seems we'll soon be making a vid or demo to hype up the project a bit and see if we can get anyone else to join. Don't want to steal its thunder.
We've just done interface and graphics work, so don't expect gameplay.
No.1887
>>1870Seems a video was posted anyway. Guess I misunderstood the plan.
Think I'll work on the chipset system next. We have some animations that go beyond just walking. There are also a ton of layers to handle. I thought there would only be a few, but it looks like EVERY detail from the standing portrait goes into the chipset. For example, you'll be able to see if her right arm is injured. Crazy. Mind-bogglingly crazy.
By the way, anyone have any good ideas for phrases shown at the start and end of fights? Like in fighting games - "Heaven or Hell", etc. When at peace, you move around in real time, but when hostiles appear, we'll show a transition effect and switch into turn based combat mode.
No.1915
Thanks to all the layers, we can adjust the hue of specific parts.
Here are some rough animations too. The timings have yet to be tweaked.
No.1917
>>1915Apparently Chink can animate too. He whipped this up real quick with the new system.
No.1918
Chink is the artist? I thought that looked like his style. So, it's not a matter of if there will be guro, but how much and that's wonderful.
No.1919
>>1917Talk about stomach ache.
No.2066
any updates on this game?
No.2075
>>2066Nothing's happened since, pretty much. No one's reported anything in the past week.
Later today, we might finish the format for our dialog files. Then we can code for it.
The chipset animation system will need more features, like sub-animations and sound effects.
A programmer on the other chan expressed interest in joining, but I've yet to see him show up.
No.2077
Why hasn't the faggot creator updated the blog in 4 months?
http://pendingtitlerpg.blogspot.com/ No.2078
>>2077Claimed by the hgg curse.
No.2079
No.2083
>>2077That blog was made by an early writer who was quickly
>>2078 not made by Chink, the creator.
No.2084
>>1898As the only response, this was presented to the team for the heck of it. It has the right spirit. Our current text will need some spicing up.
>>2075New programmer was on the fence about joining. Many programmers just don't want to bother learning and using RPG Maker. I'd be the same if it weren't for the fact I wanted to tinker with D&P. He's going to join us and give it a shot anyway though.
Here's our dialog file specification so far:
## Comments
# If the very first character of a line is "#", it is a comment and ignored by the code.
## Blocks
# The first non-comment, non-blank line is for the block id.
# The id (and directory path) is what will be manually entered into RPG Maker.
# Lines that follow make up the block's boxes.
# An empty line ends the block.
## Boxes
# Each box gets its own line under the block id.
# If the line starts with a non-whitespace sequence followed by a colon, it sets the nametag.
# Nametags can't have colons.
# An underscore in a nametag gets converted into a space.
# One space following the nametag colon is ignored.
## Example
first_meeting
Feira: 「Excuse me, can you tell me where the inn is?」
Town_Guard: 「Huh?」
Town Guard: （Uho! A weak, little girl in a foreign land.）
Town Guard: 「Oh, right. Follow me.」
Feira: 「Thanks.」
rape_time
*Thwack*
Feira: 「Uggh. What are—」
Town Guard: 「Hmm. You're tougher than you look.」
*Thwack* *Thwack*
Feira falls onto the ground.
No.2427
Going to try getting a demo out asap. I'd like to see it within a week, but we'll have to see how it works with the rest of the team.
You'll just be able to dress Feira up with equipment. Probably talk to people too.
Soon after I'd like to get combat in. It'll be a far cry from a finished combat system, but it wouldn't be much of a game if you can't at least kill things.
No.2529
>>2427So what will the combat be like? VH?
No.2530
>>2529Turn based on the map, like D&P or MSE. It's been said that Feira's weak and won't be able to mow down grown men. There'll be sex too, with sprites.
Beyond that, I'd need to do some reading; just about everyone who's joined has tried his hand at game design, writing up combat systems.
No.2536
>>2530> It's been said that Feira's weak and won't be able to mow down grown men.Will she be able to get strong enough to do so?
No.2542
>>2536Don't think so, but at this early stage it's not certain.
No.2620
Demonstration of switching into turn based mode when in combat.
Combat-wise, I'd like to just do one hit KOs for the first demo, but I wonder if the others will let me get away with that. They be asking for stuff like dynamic lighting, no joke.
Made a lot of progress so far. Equipment shows up on the walking sprite and standing portrait. Standing portrait can change expressions based on specified "moods". The dialog system loads text from external files and automatically word wraps.
No.2623
>>2620I think I might be more excited for the game part of this than the H part.
No.2626
>>2620Hmm, the flashing effect was in sync with the sound on my dev machine. I'll have to see what went wrong later.
No.2669
Things have been going slower than I was hoping. Hopefully it'll be out in a day or two.
Starting making maps. It's going better than I expected, for my first time. One of the design constraints is to not let Feira reach the edges of the map, so that she stays in the center of the screen.
No.2691
*dick eagerly waits*
No.2692
>>2691Sorry, dick's going to have to wait a bit longer. I don't think there'll be anything fappable in the upcoming version
No.2693
*dick waits patiently*
No.2720
Yay for delays. We keep tightening the leash, but it keeps slipping away. Currently waiting for the next time timezones align. Doesn't help that I spent an entire day going autistic on maps. Doesn't help that the irc server was down during the only time slot the other dev ever shows up. I think he has a critical piece he needs to finish, so I'm kind of worried we'll have to wait another 24 hours before finding out its progress.
On the bright side, the demo has a lot more features and polish than what I envisioned we'd have when we started this rush a week ago. Don't get too excited though. There's nothing to fap to, and you'll probably be bored after messing around in it for 15 minutes.
No.2800
I was gone for a few days, and now someone else is gone for a few days. I'll explain the delays later, but the short story is that I'm the only one on the team wanting to rush this out.
So for now, it seems it'll be a few more days at least.
No.2823
>>2800Guess we have a build awaiting review. If this doesn't go out the door soon, I'll be sad.
No.2831
https://mega.co.nz/#!p4ERSBia!VzZTzIJm8sK2GAjmEEsBQuL2D7CzLU0Cq7mWE80NmpsIt's finally out. We're going for an iterative process, so if it's disappointing, check back in a couple months.
No.2832
>>2831That was super cute.
Can't really comment on the gameplay at this point but all those stats really excited me.
No.2833
>>2831love that title screen and the Art Style.
Just one question. The sex stats seem to be randomly generated whenever I start a new game. Was that intended in the demo ?
No.2834
>>2833Yes, they're supposed to be random. The sex system wasn't anywhere close to be done, but having that screen was deemed important for building hype. It's one of the things that the demo was delayed over.
No.2836
Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=581305This explains the delays in getting the demo out. I wanted the patreon up asap, and figured the demo could always be improved upon. The others wanted a good first impression. The release comes later than I wanted, but far sooner than the others ever planned.
Some background on the patreon. I'm in a rough spot in life, that might've had me leaving the project. I never really viewed the project as my own, so never suggested we take money for it. However, I was at the end of my rope and the project was just about to turn half a year old. In those 6 months, no other hgg anons survived contributing for free (the new writer we had for one month aside). It's understandable. I myself have other projects I work on and my contributions to this one had been pretty minimal.
So in desperation I decided to sell my soul to the adult industry. Thankfully, chink was ok with starting a patreon. I'm going to dedicate myself to the project for a few months to see if it can keep me alive until my life's in better shape. Ideally, I could make a living off this, but I probably shouldn't bet on it.
Though you guys will probably hate it, the game wouldn't have been playable for a long time under the old pace. We spent the past 2-3 weeks kicking it up a notch in preparation for this.
No.2838
>>2836And now they're shilling this here as well, as expected. Fuck off and die, your actions killed the promising project. Shame on you.
No.2841
>>2836I mean I get the desperation. Though the reception of a patreon so far seems to have been indeed pretty dismal even on otherchan's /hgg/s. Think there was other ways?
No.2846
>>2841Other ways of making money off Feira Quest? Patreon seemed like the best way to have stable earnings. I haven't read through the whole threads yet, but maybe it's not clear that we're doing a frequent, iterative release cycle to match. Kickstarter-like campaigns didn't seem like a good choice for the scope of the game; we'd probably get just as much hate asking for a huge funding goal. People are already mocking the 4k goal.
Thing is, my asking price is a lot higher. We'll have to wait for a few more releases to see if I can prove it's worth it. For reasons I only mentioned in passing, the decision to go down this route was rather last minute: we put something together in half a month (>>2427).
I'd say give it some time before declaring it a scam. Just because some projects didn't turn out well doesn't mean all will.
No.2849
>>2846I'm going to be hopeful and not cynical for this, hopefully the future releases will convince me to patreon. Demo seems like a good start.
No.2853
>>2836You have to try getting money from somewhere else. Places like ulmf and hongfire are usually more receptive to these things.
4000 is a bit high, but it's not quite inconceivable since Breeding Season's getting 27,000 a month. Still, the average for a game is probably more or less a few hundred. You need a lot of coverage for this to work.
I guess you could ask the lewdgamer website to write an article for some coverage, can't really think of any other website that would help cover you.
No.2856
>>2853Come to think of it, Sankaku might bite as they like lewd clickbait.
Anyways, just played the demo, and it seems really well made. I suppose asking money for it was inevitable. I'm not really in a position where I can support you, but I hope you succeed.
No.2857
A-anon I..
No.2871
Saw this and laughed my ass off the more I went down the list.
No.2924
>>2427OP at $4,000 per month first milestone this game better break dicks and turn vagoos into ocean water
No.3041
If I could afford to contribute I would, but I'm a poorfag too atm. If you want to make more serious money you should try to market it to furfags, they always have a lot of dosh to blow on fetish material.
No.3042
>>3041After 4chan wished us the worst, I love the idea of spiting them by turning to furries for support. But rest assured it won't happen.
>>2924I like to think of it as a chance to throw money at a game to make it happen. What sort of games would people do that for? D&P? VQ2? Maybe FQ isn't as wanted? Or is its outcome too unclear at the moment?
No.3043
>>3042Why haven't we heard anything from the artist, the one who started this whole escapade in the first place, on this patreon stuff? Does Chink even know about it?
No.3044
>>3043Don't think he ever posted here, but he did on the other chan. People just report and ban him.
No.3059
>>3042What happened in 4chan? Why they ban artist?
I discovered your game today and donated 2$ (being unemployed is hard).
I played VH and D&P but they're deving or translating to slow. But I found reasonable one realase at month for a small team. Keep working on it guys
No.3069
>>3059They just really hate Patreon. It wrecked the whole thread:
https://archive.moe/vg/thread/97390097/#97485026Happened to a lesser extent in the non-2D thread.
No.3073
>>3069With money the game will be finished sooner and better. I just dont see the problem on using Patreon
No.3075
No.3092
>>3044artist here
because 8chan looks too friendly
its not fun at all
No.3149
Guys are you using some task managment like trello.com? It will be very interesting know what are you working at the moment
No.3193
>>3149We just have a really informal system of putting plain text and image files covering what needs to be done into git.
No.3254
>>2084 I would be willing to join, no coding experience but I would be willing to learn and communicate
No.3255
>>3254I mean professional experience
No.3262
>>3254We aren't adding anyone at this time. We'll reconsider if the Patreon flounders and I have to focus on other stuff.
No.3282
>>3262to be honest I would be willing to do the work for free, I just need to get some experience.
No.3312
>>3282Can't do that in good conscience. It'd be especially awkward if you outperformed other team members too. I'll ask if someone else I know is interested in taking someone.
No.3313
Thank you to all of our patrons who believe Feira Quest is worthy of support, and to those excited for the game. We appreciate the warm comments.
However, the majority of our audience has expressed their sincere displeasure with Feira Quest, and we fell short of meeting our support goals. It's our fault, and we're sorry. To show our resolve and commitment in making a successful game loved by all, we went back to the drawing board to redesign the game.
Here's a gameplay video demonstrating the transformation. We expect everyone to be pleased by the results.
http://a.pomf.se/pgrffe.mp4 No.3321
>>3313Isnt that just a modified VH?
No.3329
>>3312Awesome, thanks.
if you want to communicate just email me at hggprospective@mailinator.com
No.3330
>>3321not complaining btw. just wondering
No.3341
>>3340god damn it. I knew something was wrong
No.3344
>>3321It's just stolen VH and RTP assets.
No.3531
>>3329Ever get the email?
No.3535