Good luck with that! I'll keep in mind to see if I can spare something at the end of the month for the amazing story you're building. Though I must be honest, between taxes, food, alcohol and my addiction to books and printed text, I can't promise anything.
Sailors say "good wind and fair seas". How would that translate to development? "Good code and fair Steams"?
Yeah. Let's go with that. Good code, and fair Steams!
So, apparently, "appropriately labeled labelled and age-gated" in rule 3 means that they accept no exceptions and that all characters should be over 18... Which is kind of ironic since they accept lolis as long as the creators claim those characters are over 18.
I thought the ban came from using the term high school and dating sim in the game which implied minors. I guess there is no such thing as an 18-year-old high school student. The other problem was Chiaki, it's a character that was deliberately underage but had no lewd content (which is perfectly normal).
Steam refuses any representation of a minor in an adult game, whether there is content about her or not. As long as Chiaki is 12 years old in the game, Steam will never accept the game.
The good news is that even after a so-called ban, it's always possible to take the Steam validation exam by paying again the 100$ fee.
Last I heard, Steam has the very same policy, that no characters under the age of 18 may be present under any circumstance in R+ games. I know that from another game, Goodbye Eternity which had to modify a non-sexualised under 18 side character into a +18 one to put the game on Steam. I also know that other games, to solve this issue, either give children in their games "miraculous growth" or just mention them without adding any depictions (at least not officially).
The animations were unexpected, smooth and surprisingly appealing, and they're top-notch, especially for a VN. I would've almost said I was watching a movie.
This brings me to my second point. It's very linear, more akin to a movie than a game. All the choices I have seen in 0.2 feel purely cosmetic, with very little to no impact on the story. If that's what you aim for, then there's no problem.
For the third point, I have to criticise the writing. The content, story and pieces of lore are very interesting, however, all immersion is broken by the phrasing of some lines. To be honest, some of them were painful to read. It was not really about orthography or grammar as much as it was about the structuring of sentences and expressions. If you're interested, I can look again when I have time and write down the worst ones.
The fourth and last point: characters. It's too soon to say whether they're good or bad, hollow or well-made, but their dialogues are... generally bad. Many lines are dry, many reactions are weird and many dialogues seem so emotionless, or full of fake emotion, that I wouldn't be surprised to see it was two AIs doing the talking.
The game is good and has much potential, but as with any game at the beginning of the road, it needs time, effort and polish.
The game is actively being developed, you can see news and updates on Patreon. The developer doesn't pay much attention to Itch.io and only updates the game on this platform every now and then. The developer seems to heavily prioritise delivering content to Patreon supporters, which, while unfortunate for itch.io users, is understandable.
Dashing would be redundant. You have the slash, which not only does it disables projectiles but also throws them back. It's difficult to use, but it's worth the pain and effort to master it.
Plus, dashing wouldn't fit the theme. I mean, the character you control is quite literally the interstellar Grim Reaper, a judge, jury and executor all in one. Why would someone like that doge out of the way? The game even says "Fear is not a shield". If that's not enough of a hint, then I don't know what is.
On a more serious tone, I don't think dashing being added would be a good thing. My reasons are as follows:
1 A dash function would be redundant with the slash one. 2 Dashing doesn't really fit the game's aesthetic. If I understood the little lore we have well, then these memento mori are paragons of justice delivering death to all those who they think deserve it. Dashing and jumping out of the way doesn't really fit such a character. 3 This is a bullet hell. Classic, genre-true bullet hells DO NOT have dashing.
My advice: get used to slashing. It's easier said than done, it takes a while, but the reward is worth the effort. Maybe. I think. I guess? I don't know, I'm still stuck on the third phase, trying to find a better way to play that one. But this demo looks awesome, so its ending must be just as awesome and is surely worth it. So yes, that's that.
You already have it. Whenever you parry, you lose your mask, and you get it back when the parry cooldown is over, along with a sound similar to a sword being put in a metallic sheath.
Right, I played some more, and I really enjoyed it, so much that I decided to record it and upload it to YouTube for no reason whatsoever.
After doing a few more tries, I believe the game is really well-balanced, and the difficulty is just right. Hard enough to crush you, but soft enough to let you learn progressively with every death, and improve every time. Although I must admit, the slash cooldown is frustratingly slow in some situations. Especially in that third phase. But that's probably just me not being used to it yet.
It's amazing, and really fun. However, I can't help but hope that the controls will be more customisable later on, as parrying with right-click seems hellish to me. I just can't wrap my head (fingers?) around it.
That aside, I absolutely love the pixel art and dialogue portraits. I'll be keeping an eye on it, if the demo is so good, I'm sure the full product will be a banger. Oh, while I'm at it, gotta say, the music fits the battle like a glove.
Right now you are tempting me to throw all my books off the desk, take a break from studying and re-install FFXIV. And while I can't really do the former, having a lot of work to do, I might as well do the latter, in preparation for when I finish.
An excellent game. If only the controls were more customizable, it would be perfect.
Btw, if you loved FFXIV, I'm sure you'll find Guild Wars 2 to your liking, should your thirst for MMOs be left unquenched.
If you're still interested, I would recommend The Last Sovereign. Just like in The Fixer, your choices have a great impact the story. The game is an rpg made in RPGMaker, the story is fun, full of good humor, action, and even some drama and suspense. If my horny ass was drawn in by the nsfw tag, in the end i stayed for the story, sex jokes and the well written nsfw.
Another two interesting games are School game (VN focused on school life, male mc, with both randomised auto-generated npcs and story npcs) (waring, very buggy and early access) and Strive for Power (fantasy setting slave/mansion management made in godot, in which you(with the character you create) use your wit, money, skills and slaves to rise in the echelons of society) (warning, kinda grindy)
I think that would be way too complicated. Plus, the whole point of "the fixer" in the game is to be underestimated when you are actually capable, even when looking like a school girl or like a teenage whore (the whole haven quest is just about that). I don't see where a maturity stat can help you.
I think the actual atractiveness stat is more than enough. Although, down the road, having clothes with unique effects and dialogue would be an interesting thing.
I (think i) just finished this udate's content, and i wanted to write about a few things. First, some quests and events could use a hint, like the school gloryhole quest. I had no idea who to speak to, and it was only out of chance that i stumbled upon the dialogue at the garage. While "hints" like go there do that are boring, a hint like "maybe someone working with the institute would know?" would be helpful. The player would still have to search, just not all over town.
A thing that annoyed me was the skill check for prostitution. I don't know how it works, but even with prostitution stat at 0, the check would sometimes result in "agreed to be a whore". And while playing with an exhibitionist sammy, that was kind of annoying. The skill check is also highly inconsistent, sometimes putting out completely different results in the same work shift. My suggestion would be to add a perk that is given after refusing or agreeing to sell yourself several times in a row (10-15) that makes the skill check always give out the same result.
Last thing i wanted to say was about moving between locations. I get that the bus is meant to be a way to down player's mood up their arousal a bit, but it would be interesting to have the alternative to walk on foot, with the disadvantage that it would take much longer (eg, if bus in half an hour, walking could be 2 hours) and would also add fatigue. And could have a high chance of the player being attacked at night.
All in all, it is a very promising game, and one of the best nsfw games on itch. It also has something that many games claim to have, but few actually have, which is more ways of playthrough. There is always something else to do, another way to play the game, and while i'm sure it takes a lot of effort to do that, know that i appreciate it, and i'm sure other do too. So, i hope you had a merry Christmas (or happy holidays in case you celebrate something else) and happy new year.
Ok, so I found a new bug (on PC 0.7). I went to Scar, got the seal, the protection, all I need is the eye orb, but for some reason, the dialogue option with Sander to get the eye orb back won't show up. I am pretty sure I did everything well, as this is the third or the fourth time I'm doing this quest. I'm gonna try restarting the quest, and see where the problem could be, but I doubt I can find anything useful.
On the contrary, more sexual content wouldn't really fit with the story, you play as a 'hero', not as a sociopathic wannabe ladykiller. You want to help them because thats what you, as the mc thinks is right, not to make waifus.
It would be interesting to have a female protagonist in this setting, but i do not think this is possible in this game, as much of the story and mechanics are already done, and are not compatible with a female protagonist. But who knows, maybe we'll get a DLC or a sequel/prequel with this idea in mind.
In this game it's about dominate or be dominated. Its about "the fight for the top and the bottom". This is an aspect of the world many decide to ignore because it goes against their false values of "social equality". This game shows just that, there is no equality, even in love, because even there there must be one on top. Both figuratively and literally. Some couples decide to fight for that spot, and "spice up" their relationship, some take turns, and some settle on one being always on top and another always on bottom. This game is about the first option. It "spices up" thing by making sex into actual fights.
If you want the second or third option, then idk if this game is for you.
3/3 for all skills except combat and magic. I checked again and worked 6 more days to be sure it was maxed out, and it wasn't just a display error (happened to me in annother RPGmaker game, where a skill was showing up as lvl 7, although i was lvl13, so i thought it might be that, but it wasn't) so, yes, i have lvl 3 strength.
I don't know about other android players, but for me the arm wrestling minigame is impossible. When the game starts it is almost an insta-fail, because of the small size of the buttons, and the speed at which the direction changes. I tried multiple times, but if i didn't loose because i pushed near the button instead of on it, i lost because i had no time to react to the direction change. Overall the uptade is nice, the artists did a good job working on the new scenes, but i think the minigame could use some improvments. I think those that will have the biggest problems with this minigame will be the ones playing on phones with a smaller screen.
The game is good, very good, nice art and stiles, a decent story... Would have given a 8/10. Would have. If not for THE FUCKING ALMOST-IMPOSSIBLE MINIGAMES! But besides that, its a really nice game. 4/10. Cuz of the god damn minigames. And to the one that came up with the idea of those minigames, i wish him/her a pleasant one-way-trip to the darkest pit of hell. Have a good day, and keep up the good work!
Edit: ok, no, thats it, for 7 hours straight i tried to complete the second race minigame and it is not possible. I got to the finish 8 times, fut the fuel always ends before i cross the line. As the minigames are a big problems and are blocking progress, i can only rate it back to 4/10.
