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Librarian Vera - The Library of Lust's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound | #6 | 2.946 | 3.125 |
| Play | #13 | 2.828 | 3.000 |
| Horny | #15 | 3.300 | 3.500 |
| Aesthetic | #26 | 2.711 | 2.875 |
| Overall | #27 | 2.278 | 2.417 |
| Kink | #29 | 1.650 | 1.750 |
| Harmony | #29 | 2.239 | 2.375 |
| Stealth | #30 | 1.414 | 1.500 |
| Narrative | #30 | 1.768 | 1.875 |
| Novelty | #31 | 1.650 | 1.750 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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If it wasn't for the other comments, I wouldn't have realised there was lewd in this game ahah; I feel like the stages are too long and too easy, but mainly if you made the overall gameplay a bit more fast paced, it'd be more interesting - and actually risky, when it comes to seeing lewd.
Alternatively, you could have collectibles or something similar to unlock the lewd scene - as opposed to when you lose.
That being said, the art is very good, and the sound design is pretty fine for a jam game!
Yeah, that seems to be the normal reaction to this game. Until another way to go with the H content is decided progress is essentially gonna be at a crawl, even if it takes uprooting the entire plot and rewriting the scenes.
Thanks for the feedback!
Agree with other comments that sex on loss is a downer, I actually won first play and was wondering where's the lewd? An easy fix would be to unlock the scene when you beat the level and flash a message at the start of the next one. "Stage 1-1 gallery unlocked!"
As far as SHMUP balance, I think the stages go too long, especially stage 1 since there's no powerups and fewer shooters enemies. On the other hand the use of shielder and shooter enemies is a great combo given limited time, and it's an excellent touch that your shots can interrupt a shooter while she's charging.
Thanks for the feedback!
Although… I don’t recall anything about the shooter enemies being able to be interrupted.
Either way, I get why the stage might feel a tad bit too long as it is.
this could use some polish and maybe some lore justification of how a librarian is in a shmup, haha, but it's an interesting concept
showing sex scenes when you lose is definitely not ideal; if i were better at the game, i could easily play through a large chunk of it without realizing it even had sex scenes at all! like i beat stage 1 first try, so if i wanted to see the sex, i'd now have to go back and play it again and lose on purpose?
i don't really know what else to suggest though, and anything else wouldn't really fit with the tone of the scenes (at least the one i saw, for stage 2)? hmm, tricky
Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, feedback after the initial release was generally what you said, about the sex scenes. Currently still trying to think how to change that, though there’s a chance the whole game’s plot (or lack of it) will be replaced entirely to fit the new way to obtain scenes.
That might mean redoing the scenes, too, but if things just don’t work, no reason to try and keep them without changes.
A pretty decent scrolling shooter, although I'm not sure if the whole aspect of seeing porn by losing serves this game especially well. I beat the first level and it took me a minute to realize how I was supposed to see the lewd part.
Not the first time I’ve heard that same feedback. We definitely need to review that part, since it’s set up that way essentially because it’s the only way we could think of where adding in the lewd content wasn’t actively detrimental to the feel of the gameplay. Thanks for the feedback, though!
I think the horny scenes can be something that happens when a level is completed instead. Rather than losing clothes when damaged you can have the character wear sexy costumes when a powerup is collected. Maybe there can be boss enemies that lose clothes when they're damaged. That way you can have the best of both worlds, the player is rewarded for doing well and the sexy content does not distract too much from the game.
The gameplay is quite solid, it just needs a little more variety. I'd like to see a few more enemy types with different projectile attacks and movement patterns. Maybe some sort of special attack for the player as well.
How to handle the horny scenes will take a good bit of thinking, but the feedback is appreciated.
It’s planned to have more variety in enemies and patterns going forward, but I’m glad to hear the gameplay is solid as it is right now.