I'm sure most of you will have noticed that in general the descriptions of events in trap quest are brief and to the point. This is a mixture of me not wanting to dedicate too much time to event depth when I could be increasing the variety, and also because I'm not very good at it. Thus if any fans would like to have a go at writing better versions of some of their favourite (or least favourite) scenes then I would by all means consider replacing the current text in the game and give you credit on the blog and in the credits in the help menu. Anything you want to send me should be sent to aika092@gmail.com.
"Scenes" should in general be only 1 - 4 short paragraphs at most (this is a roguelike after all) but further depth can be attained by having varied text of what happens or how the player feels about the situation depending on whether the player is a bimbo yet or a hundred other tracked variables.
In my own opinion the scenes in most desperate need of more variety and quality are:
- All the different birth scenes
- Masturbation
- Ongoing sex messages, currently limited to things like "The (NPC) is still fucking your (orifice)!"
On a similar vein, there are some images that lots of people agree are in need of changing and if anyone has any superior images they should send them to me. Feel free to send me any and all suggestions but most notably:
Male player starting face. Needs to be:
- Not quite as feminine as bailey jay but
- Still relatively androgynous
- Caucasian
- Black hair
- Preferably stereotypically attractive
- Bonus points for also being able to provide a version with some light feminine makeup
http://i.imgur.com/4ahmcu1.jpg
Images of extremely massive breasts and bellies that look better than the current ones:
- Caucasian
- As few scars, stretch marks and other blemishes as possible
- Bonus points for no clothing visible
Royal Guard:
- Lots of flexibility here, just as realistic and manly as possible
And finally, male ass images of all sizes:
- Caucasian
- Rear view
- Asshole visible
- Penis visible
- As little ass hair, leg hair and ball hair as possible in that priority order
- No clothing visible
The more of this stuff I get from you guys the less time I spend finding them myself and the more time I spend actually coding! :)
It may also interest you to know that I have a couple of lovely volunteers hard at work at trying to get a drawn player image that changes over time, and some drawn NPCs. I'll let you know how they get on when they tell me!
It may also interest you to know that I have a couple of lovely volunteers hard at work at trying to get a drawn player image that changes over time, and some drawn NPCs. I'll let you know how they get on when they tell me!
What happened to that fully morphable body image we were discussing a while back? Did you decide not to use it?
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Delete"It may also interest you to know that I have a couple of lovely volunteers hard at work at trying to get a drawn player image that changes over time, and some drawn NPCs. I'll let you know how they get on when they tell me!"
Someone throw me at the minotaur...
Some time ago I came across these two doll images, maybe they'll be useful for you:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.4shared.com/download/_9DQAF3Pce/doll_a.jpg?lgfp=3000
http://www.4shared.com/download/YYT9ytCPba/doll_b.jpg?lgfp=3000
Those would certainly be good if it was for ones that didn't fill you with air. Then you could gauge if you really wanted to win or not based on what you saw.
DeleteNooo I love Bailey Jay! Also, I kind of like the "short and to the point" descriptions. You end up seeing them a lot anyways so I feel like longer scenes might clutter things up.
ReplyDeleteAll in all, though, I can't complain. You've done an astounding job on Trap Quest so far so imma trust your judgement. Looking forward to the changes! Thanks so much for all the hard work, Aika. We really appreciate all you do.
There's already a pic of her ingame, now that I think about it (the default male start mugshot, iirc).
DeleteItis.
DeleteAs for the descriptions, I'd think having a a 1-4 paragraph initial scene for say, the Guard fucking you in your mouth, ass or pussy, then any follow-up scenes are 1-5 sentences at most, and have a larger amount of variation. With that said, I wouldn't mind seeing longer mouth-fucking scenes, as in the number of turns it occurs over, not description length. "The Guard walk around to your face sticks it in and comes almost immediately" is massively disappointing
i would like that to be in the options really, i like the descriptions as they are now, cause i end up just starting new games a lot to play around with "speedrunning" to classes, failing part way, and trying again, and those "paragraphs for first times" would significantly hinder that.
DeleteI've always really liked the tentacle monster rape scene. I would love if every scene in the game can have that level of depth and detail, but as for "the NPC is still having their way with you," there's not actually a lot happening there, and I think detailed scenes to go with that sort of stuff might imply something that isn't true. I.e. if in a royal guard scene he is described as varying his speed, or pulling your hairs, player might get the idea that those things actually make a difference.
ReplyDeletetl;dr I think there's something to be said of simple scenes, because the player can(usually) be sure what's happening in them.
I'd suggest adding a option into the game similar to the display images option if more agree with you, though it'd take a lot of revision of code.
DeleteI might be able to provide some pics. As for the "penis visible" ass pic, is the preference flaccid or erect? And what about gaping?
ReplyDeleteThat seems exactly the point:
DeleteProgressive gape images are probably the best, Penis probably can be either state (since I know its pobably "hard" to find pics) and hip size must be the focus, I guess.
Mostly shemale images really, since no one likes hairy asses
Well, I think my ass would be alright for a starting male character.
DeletePics or it didn't happen X)
DeleteIt'll be a little bit.
DeleteSome of the size pictures feel as if they aren't in order.
ReplyDeleteFor example: G cup (normal) look larger than GG cup; H cup is huge compared to JJ cup. However the cummy versions seem to be pretty much in order.
Regardless, Aika has done an amazing job, and I think I can speak for everyone that we love you :D
Hey I've played and followed your game for a long time and its awesome to see how well you're doing with it.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I would wish for the game to have some way of knowing the proper commands for interacting with things.
I still can't figure out how to use the altar or buy things from the shop :(
Perhaps some kind of hint command?
Use "place [x] on altar", where [x] can be an item to uncurse or bless, or the word "me" to bless yourself.
DeleteTo buy from the shop, take the item and then type "pay". Be sure you can afford it first. <3 Usually I just kill the shopkeeper and take whatever I want though, considering how fast you can grind your STR. ^_^
Does anyone know how to get royal slave? Milk harness keeps triggering instead.
ReplyDeleteLol, I wish I had you problem, I can never get the harness to trigger.
DeleteKeep your accidental milk leaks even after you get the harness - the key item for the royal slave is the headgear (circlet) which can spawn even with the harness on. Then uncurse-remove the harness and deal with your boobs, to prevent another harness from spawning while you wait for the basque to pop up.
Deletethis might come in handy
ReplyDeletehttp://boobpedia.com/boobs/Main_Page
i remember when i stumbled upon that site i got all excited at the idea of a wiki dedicated to breasts i was expecting it to have a bunch of in depth information of the human breast but it was just a porn index which is not a bad thing but i would have preferred a proper wiki about breasts
DeleteVolunteers eh, I still think hiring someone on a professional instance using excess patreon funds is the best way to go since volunteer artists tend to lose focus very easily... Oh well, I don't care as long as the quality is there.
ReplyDelete"Excess Patreon Funds" don't exist, when Patreon is what you use to feed yourself while you make porn.
DeleteI meant more towards the breeding-season route of "oh fuck where do I shovel all this of porn-money" levels on income, not implying a mere 250$ on top of aika working a job in real life is the right time.
DeleteSup! Aika, if you're going to add male rear images please add it to image option to always use female rear images regardless :D
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or does that composite harry potter cast image look a hell of a lot like Elijah Wood?
ReplyDeleteits not in the game yet and may never be but would you also be interested in breast sex scenes for if it ever gets added
ReplyDeletenot that i could write any though im horrible at writing smut
The perfect guard
ReplyDeletehttp://i.ytimg.com/vi/rWFPw8Lt1bk/hqdefault.jpg
I lol'd
DeleteIf we have pictures of a fetish not currently present in the game, Ie zoophilia, would they being provided help encourage such content be added to the game over time?
ReplyDeleteIf so I have pics taken by me to submit.
DeleteI think if you are looking for androgynous dark hard males where you can then get a pic with make up too..
ReplyDeleteAdam is your toy... I mean man.
http://cdn.womensunitedonline.com/gallery/adam_lambert_then_and_now.jpg
There are plenty of pic of him with various lengths of hair, degree of makeup, etc.
would it be possible to enable the game to read image files from a folder? that way people could create a personalized "image pack." because in spite of how much i love this game, it is so immersion breaking to keep thinking "that can't be me, I'm not Caucasian."
ReplyDeleteAnon, i'm unsure if Aika is okay with it, but since i'm also part of the whole some imgs i love some i hate, i'll say this
DeleteThere is, google is your friend.
Might have been too vague.
DeleteDon't google how to change the game rather, look for how to unpack it :D
I think you can get the PNG images *out* but I'm 99% sure there's no way to get inform to read a file at runtime. If there is, FML I wish I knew that already..
Deletehttps://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/writing-if/inform-7/inform-7-faq/
Delete> Does I7 allow you to manipulate external files or read external URLs?
> Yes, and sort of, respectively. Though there is no built-in browsing capacity, I7 can write out and read in files; if it is running on a machine with an accompanying script (for instance), the script can write requested information to a file that the game can then load. See the chapter on Figures, Sounds, and Files.
http://inform7.com/learn/man/plain-text-WI.txt
23.11. Files
...the Glulx format opens the door a crack, allowing the story file to read and write a small number of data files, which live in a single folder on the bigger computer's hard drive....
Also, "25.7. The Joy of Feelies " looks promising.
Holy shit how did I never notice this o_0
DeleteI7 continually surprises me with how powerful it is.
*First reply anon here*
DeleteBut this might be exactly what above anon referred to, but i just used blorb***** to unpack the .gblorb file into a folder giving me a story.ulx (the game) and image files, whenever there is an image that i severely dislike i just replace it and hit 'x me' or something to update ingame and the images get replaced/updated -_-
Sooo, i got to ask, if there is anyway to cut hair?
ReplyDeleteYes but it can only get cut to shoulder length.
DeleteGetting hair cut is one of the random events that occurs by sitting on the throne.
Don't forget about the altar in the dungeon. It can cut you hair by half each time it randomly chooses to cut your hair I think.
DeleteJust want to mention, you also need cock pictures inside in a chastity belt.
ReplyDeleteWe need cock pictures in general! I want to see the player's cock shrink into a cute little quick-cumming clitty.
DeleteAnother thing I'd like to see is normalised image sizes - right now their dimensions are all over the place, and changing the default size only scales them proportionally.
ReplyDeleteWould be nice if each picture type had a set length/height per display size.
Very interested in the dynamically drawn picture as well.
I'm sure you don't need any more suggestions about the UI right now but I always thought it was odd that the images on the right always shows you naked, even more so now that we have heels and stockings on the right. Why don't (or can't) we choose an option to have the images display the outermost layer of clothes we have on for the head/torso/bottom?
ReplyDeleteI actually know the reason though, it's a tie between no one donated for it yet and it might be more difficult to program than I'd think, especially since clothing layers might be buggy (remember corset's ripping destroying outer tops? hehe)
So hows the crowd sourcing going?
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