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The side panel will stay as it is. It might be personal preference but the screen not only helps to keep the file size down but also makes the animation videos possible. I personally like it and it is well received by my supporters.

I will keep the sound in mind and see what I can do in future updates.

And what will also stay as it is: the story. It might be boring text for you, but there is a story between the lewd scenes happening, a story that needs time to be told and to unfold. So that you will have to read text between the scenes...that will continue.

For MANTIS vs Blackmore: There are regular polls happening on my patreon, so you can help decide on what will get an update next. But the first poll already ended and Blackmore got voted by the majority

Submale2 years ago

I thought you want that panel like this, but if you have a technical reason for it, then ok, I can respect that.. it will be distracting though, because action is on the left and the text is on the right, just so you know about it..

I don't mind great story or long texts, but quality over quantity.. wouldn't be possible to make an option for less text ? like in Fallout 2 (verbose/brief) ?

ok, I see, one voice is nothing, so no more MANTIS, I guess.. after more than a half year of waiting, this is really sad :/ at least we have a new game..

darktoz2 years ago(+1)

Oh, I wanted the panel to be like this, don't get me wrong. I love the user interface. Like the old dungeon crawler type of games or even newer games like disco elysium. "Just so you know about it" - sounds a bit like you make your personal preference sound like facts. the interface got tested with my audience.

And yes, there is already an option implemented that lets you skip text. If the text bothers you that much, just press "control" or the skip button. it skips the text just like it does with Femdom City. That means you will miss the story and the context but you only seem to be here for the scenes so that should be no problem for you.

I could go on on what supporters decided for mantis but you seem to try to fish in the dark here anyway. So if you think that it means the end for MANTIS it might be time for you to move on

Submale2 years ago(+1)(-1)

"sounds a bit like you make your personal preference" - it's just an information about how I feel about the panel.. I'm a programmer and designer, I kinda solve this stuff on daily basis.. this panel, I'm not used to it and I find that bottom part very unused.. I expected to press "H" to hide it, but it doesn't work as I expected, so I just let you know what I think about that panel, but decision is on you, not me and if you like it, I can't change your mind and I'm well aware about that, so I would never even tried..

I know about skipping text, but you missunderstood me.. I wanna read and understand the story and I even like it so far, just don't wanna read a book, but rather less text if possible.. I really love your work, not just because the scenes, I very admire you work on dirty words and your skill to unfold the story.. I even laughed on some reference on the old games of yours (imaginary wolfs) :) It just.. I understand things very quickly.. when someone says something, I need like half of a sentence to understand where he/she is aiming with that, so when I read something and it's like 3-4 sentence about the same thing, I'm little bit annoyed by that.. like if I was dumb or something and I need to be explained things 3-4 times to actually understand that.. that's why I would much appreciated to get a brief option, but I'm not demanding or anything.. it's just an information, if it's possible, then I would appreciate it, that's all..

"you seem to try to fish in the dark here" - no, that's not it.. I'm really interested what is going on with MANTIS and when will next update came out, but it seems logical to assume, when people deciding what they want, they always want something new.. seeing the new stuff, it's hard to believe, that someone would put MANTIS over Blackmore.. if you have a plans to continue on MANTIS, then pls throw me a bone, I'm really interested ..

and pls, I'm not a simpleton and I'm not hateful person, I'm pretty civilized.. I really appreciate what you're doing and I really love your work.. I will read a book, if you decided to continue in this pace, I will be annoyed, but I will not quit and I'm not gonna mention it again..

Adunai2 years ago

> "Like the old dungeon crawler type of games or even newer games like disco elysium."

You clearly took inspiration from Warcraft 2.

Me ~~not~~ that kind of Orc.

I for one do love a UI that doesn't put text on the image, quite neat, and the square image shape to the left is a nice throwback to the 1024x768 monitors (I should stop with the 1990s innuendos). I can now make screenshots without having to press H every time!

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