EDIT - sorry guys, still haven't got everything I broke fixed, and I *need* to sleep, my eyes were feeling sore and just looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and they're bloodshot to buggery. I'm at the stage of tiredness when I am making more mistakes than I am trying to fix. Gonna resume working after sleeps, apologies again. New build still coming SOON.
Got a bit of a mad sparkle on, pixie-dust in my veins, and having fun writing all kinds of stuff. I've stuck a couple little teasers of stuff I've been bashing up for the new build after the jump cut, in case you want the new stuff to be a complete surprise.
Random question/discussion point that I seem to always like to stick in these posts - Neither the town nor the Island has a name yet. Not sure whether to keep it that way, play the namelessness up further (have something like REDACTED or INFORMATION WITHHELD in the place of the names, as if the outbreak was was a real incident that was covered up), or just give them both names. I never really meant the namelessness to be a "thing", I just never thought up any names I particularly liked. What do you all think, my loves?
Aaaand that's about it, really, just a quick update to let you know how it's going! Now diving right back into the glorious grind, lest the mad sparkle fades...
EDIT FOR ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION - Any of you techno-savvy younglings know how you go about setting up an irc channel (or similar alternative), or how hard it is? It'd be fun to have one I could open when I was working on stuff like this so anyone interested could call in to chat or offer suggestions or crit or whatever. Just sitting here hammering away at the keyboard on my ownsome gets a bit opressive feeling sometimes. Also I've just realised how long I have been awake for. O_O Not stopping yet though. Also I am all alone. Also afraid. Hug me.
Two things you'll see in the new build! -
* The mini-storyline with the pregnant nerd and the pregnant player will have a conclusion! A Lovecraftian-horror-birthing conclusion - " "It's your time," says a soft, monotone voice, and you look up to see the nerd girl who impregnated you standing beside you, glasses flashing in the moonlight, her expression unreadable. She lays a hand gently on your shoulder, and you nod. Your guts give a brief heaving spasm, clenching and squeezing hard, and a squirming, tentacled *something* - you've seen squids, and it's not a squid, although that's the closest comparison you can make - squeezes out of you and flops onto the ground, it's tentacles squirming, reaching, searching... "
* A decent handful of new random encounters, including this special lady who will only show up for certain players (you should be able to work it out) - " A beautiful figure stands before you, alabaster white skin gleaming. She's around six and a half feet tall, slender as a whip but curved like a dream, her limbs long and toned. Her legs are longer than a humans, with an extra joint below the knee, terminating in dainty hooves. Her hair - mane? - is long and luxuriant, a deep blueish purple. Below an almost non existent nose, her mouth is full and wide, smiling gently. Above her huge, dark eyes, from the center of her forehead, a single spiraled horn grows... "
And all sorts of other stuff. Hope you enjoy it when it is done, and let me know if anything seems amiss with the bits I've posted!
23 comments:
Woohoo! Wounds awesome, can't wait for it!
Santa Claws
Hmm, I'm unsure if the availability of the second snippet refers to the type of people unicorns allow near them in myth, or if there will be a My Little Pony shirt in the gift shop....
Still looking forward to the release.
Awesome can't wait for the update & I vote for the namelessness/top secret idea
Is that an ending for the nerd or something that can happen in the regular game?
Well, my first guess with the unicorn girl is that you have to be a virgin (or lose your virginity to a unicorn). Is that what you were thinking of Anon2?
TheDarkMaster -
Oh yeah, sorry if that wasn't clear - by the "end of the pregnant nerd/player storyline", I meant that I have put in a scene that deals with the player eventually hatching the eggs the nerd put up him, so he's not wandering around with a butt full of eggs forever any more. Tidied some other bits of it up, so the nerd stops being pregnant after she's impregnated the player, and waits until he has laid until she tries again. There's no "bad end game over" for her yet, though one would certainly make sense, so she'll probably get one at some point!
That's right, unicorns famously only show themselves to unsullied and pure virgins. And, of course, poor, poor Molly Grue. That scene makes me cry every damn time. ;_;
Yeah, I didn't want to come right out and say it in case it was meant to be a secret. I also figured the stipulation of it having to be a -female- virgin would be waived.
As no one answered your question, I think I shall.
I vote on keeping the identity of the town and island you're vacationing on hidden behind REDACTED and such. If the very identity of the place you're at is gone, it cements the fact that you are in a Quarantine. Ain't nobody but the desperate, weird, or crazy gonna come visit.
As for the unicorn gal up there, does that mean it's a one-shot scene? Or will she continue to show up if she's the one that takes your virginity?
-Vasin
Pls dont forget your health sleep well pls
It's always strange when I find out someone seen The Last Unicorn. That was a very long time ago for me. Didn't realize it until I googled the name and saw the picture of the character. I think that does promises to be an interesting encounter, assuming it isn't a once off thing that has a single optional sex scene and nothing else.
Sorry about not answering the question of the name, but the thing is that I'm not really worried about it one way or another. The name of the town just isn't that interesting or add anything to the game itself, it's just another name like the various streets.
Dont stress yourself :) and take your time.
Here is my contribution to the "name-question": The thing we call a rose would smell just as sweet if we called it by any other name...
I dont know about irc channels...but then I am not a youngling anymore...Twitch might work for something like this as well...
Stay well
Dax
(goes away to listens to "America - The last unicorn")
Damn it...I forgott the hug! OoOo
Dax
Yay hugs!
Slept for a startlingly long time and back in the saddle!
thanks for the understanding and support, guys.
TheDarkMaster - Hm, it pretty much is just a one off encounter/battle/sex-scene at the moment, and suggestions for expansion? Also, I reccomend watching or reading last unicorn again as an adult - the Molly Grue scene hits *hard* once you are no-longer-young in a way you don't get as a kid. ;_;
The one random idea I had was that she 'purified' the PC in some way such that he is always a virgin, no mater how many times he has sex. Alternatively, the scene can repeat so long as you are still a virgin or lost your virginity to a unicorn, as we've already suggested.
After thinking about it a bit more, here are a few other ideas. First is a really silly reference which is that the sex teaches the unicorn about love and regret, leading to her being somewhat corrupted and becoming a regular encounter from then on (doesn't care if you're a virgin or not anymore). The other idea is to have her come back in the/an ending with twin children that the PC sired. Possibly having rescued them from another girl or following them after they escape the island. She then wants to take the PC as her mate for life/eternity after that.
Had a lot of unexpected distractions today, but still on the game, will post a few bits soon to prove it. :(
I like the idea of the unicorn girl returning to the player. The concept behind her was initally just as a sort of semi-easter-egg "reward" that a lot of players would not find, as you need to keep your virgin status up till when she "evolves" when the major mutations start happening. Had the idea for it after somone (forget your name right now sorry!) mentioned in the comments that they'd just made a sucessfull "virgin run" of the game.
I really like the idea of the players actions having long term and often unforseeable outcomes that crop up later on, (the rather wonder full (non-erotica) game "The YAHWG" does it beautifully) and have had trouble slotting many in, so this seems an ideal spot for one.
IRC
Pick your client - I use xchat or ychat normally depending on what OS I'm on. Not because they are the best, just because I am a creature of habit.
Easiest way to set up an IRC channel is to jump over on the one of the already established servers -
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/networks/servers/
and type /join #yourchannelname. If the channel isn't already there it will be created and you will be given ops. Now comes the hard part. An IRC channel is like a castle. You have to setup defenses and be ready to repel the inevitable attack. My recommendation is this, either get very familiar with the IRC command sets and their uses, or get someone you trust who knows how to do it. And never, NEVER give people you can not physically assault [IRL] the keys to the castle.
Here is a starters guide http://irchelp.org/irchelp/changuide.html
Yo seldom you still alive brother?
Yep, sorry, still alive. Having various issues (ever spontaniously lost the ability to focus your eyes? It is disconcerting!) but still working on things. Hopefully soon, apologies again,
Had the eye thingy several times, linked to migraine for me. Nasty stuff. Might be because of lack of sleep/stress?
Hope you're feeling better buddy!
-GentlemaninTheory
Younglings... bwahahahahaha! Sorry, it's not younglings you want for IRC advice. It's oldschoolers who have been online long enough to even know what that is. I've been admin on two different IRC nets and run several different IRC servers. Here's the long and short of it:
Find a network that you like and will tolerate sexually explicit content, then join it with your client of choice (xchat is the straight forward option), and visit the networks help channel to get started. Most clients have a list of popular networks built right in and you can join them simply by double clicking.
Every network has different systems and services in place for creating, managing, and maintaining a channel so the exact method of doing so will differ from network to network... but any decent network should have a help channel that can walk you through it or point you to a guide to follow.
I would suggest, as a irc novice, that you select a network that provides "irc services" like chanserv and nickserv to protect your channel and irc identity from theft or abuse. IRC is a very old protocol without a lot of the built in features and assumptions regarding security that we take for granted now days... it's important to take precautions against random trolls that just want to have a laugh at your expense.
That said, IRC can be a great place to meet people and build a community. My experiences on IRC in years gone by are some of my fondest... so don't let my talk of trolls scare you off.
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wellp i forgot about this site seldompie im sorry o.o but you doing ok man?
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