Lust Age
v0.8.0 delay
Join me in this sad tale of first-world problems.
I've been having internet problems for a while now but nothing serious, random disconnection here, speed drop there, all very casual.
This last week has been a nightmare: I started waking up one day only having access to Google and Youtube, the rest of the sites were not working. I had to start doing some research. I discovered that the mini-switch I have was giving me problems and apparently it was not resolving the page names correctly and was making my internet go crazy. I replaced it and.... it was half solved.
I've been most of the week unable to access Patreon, Itch, Gmail, or just doing a Google search was making my internet go to shit.
I finally decided to start changing some cables and it seems to have solved a lot of problems but not all of them. As usual, my ISP says it's not their problem and that it's possible that the router is "old" (~4 years) so it's possible that it's starting to malfunction. They offered me a replacement but they wanted to charge me for it so I declined to buy one from Amazon. Worst experience of my life... Today I've been all morning at the post office because I have processed the refund. After a whole day trying to get it to work I gave up and did some research. Apparently, the router has compatibility problems with my ISP if I want to use it as the main router and not as a bridge... F*ck my life.
I'm not giving up because the current router needs a retirement so I'm still looking for routers but this time I'm not going to search for top brands and I'm going to try to make sure it's compatible with my ISP.
It's frustrating because in my previous job these kinds of configurations were my day-to-day life but in offices.
It seems that now everything is working more or less fine but I'm quite frustrated and pissed off that I have to be more focused and worried about my internet problems than focused on my work...
That said, I have to explain exactly why v0.8.0 is not released:
After finishing it I started working on the next step: redo/check the intro + first hours of gameplay both in terms of renders and dialogues. After thinking about it carefully I decided to delay the public version to publish the v0.8.5 which includes all the content of v8.0 + the new intro and all the revisions of the first hours.
You may be wondering why this odd decision, you don't care (or maybe yes) about the new intro or the dialogs revision, you want to play the new endgame. I know, but the first hours of gameplay are quite questionable on a plot/grammatical level and I can't delay it any longer. That revision was planned for v0.3.0 and we're already on 8.0... I can't delay it any longer.
I'm very interested in LA as a whole to have the same level always, whether it's the quality of the renders, dialogues, features... I'm always improving and learning new things to improve all aspects of LA (whoever played the first versions will have seen the big changes since then).
My intention is that someone who plays LA for the first time doesn't get the wrong idea of the game, a bad impression, or lose interest in the first minutes of the game because it seems boring. My intention is to make you interested in the story of LA from the very beginning of the game and try to make it always entertaining and dynamic while you play (obviously there are moments of long texts because there are long explanations necessary for the plot).
That's the main reason why I've delayed the public version. I know it was going to be risky but to my mind, it's necessary because I never felt good leaving the intro so cringe and questionable (for me) for so long, it was time to do an almost complete overhaul.
So complete that now the first minutes of the game will be Patricia waking you up and not the "show" between me and Lisapi.
It will be Patricia who will make you choose your name
You will choose your profession with Patricia's help.
There will be a moment when you will have freedom.
There will be spicy stuff (on my Discord channel I've been showing things for a while) among other little details like being able to go to the forest to collect wood (a new feature included in 8.0) to earn money and stats voluntarily during that "free" day.
The general dialogues of the introduction have changed a lot, everything that happens at the beginning with Vanessa is much more summarized (although the plot is still the same), I've erased a lot of redundant dialogues, etc. Maria's talks are still the same but they are better argued and a lot of cringe dialogue by the MC has been erased. Mostly I've focused on removing everything I considered cringe like when you meet Glenda or Anna (how the f*ck are you going to tell a girl you just met that you're her future boyfriend or that you've kidnapped her? What the f*ck I thought? That was going to be "lmao joke 10/10"? Damn...
Anyway... v0.8.5 release date: Next weekend.
This week there will be 2 EA for Patreon: 1 for Champions/Kings and after a few days there will be another one for the rest of the tiers.
Between Friday and Saturday, next week should finally be the public version.
As a farewell, I will leave my apologies for all this. I am the first one who is pretty pissed off with everything that has happened and quite overwhelmed by the frustration that all this is causing me. I am really sorry for everything that has happened and especially for the delay of the public version. It's something that shouldn't be something usual because it's not the way I work, but sometimes unexpected problems can arise...
See you next week with the public version.
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Though I am seizing just to see your new work I also understand that being patient is required especially with your circumstances, in the long run I think that your overhaul is a great choice because even though I really didn't like the beginning I still gave it a shot and I know there are a lot of people who might not try to trudge through a slow opening but I am happy I did it is a great story so far and hope to keep playing as the project gets completed.
Yes, that could be a good summary of what I've been thinking for a long time, that's why I've decided not to delay the "new" intro any longer. Obviously, it can't please 100% of people but my intention this time is to make it more dynamic and definitive. Also, there are parts where it is "quite a lot" of text because I have to explain things in the story. Currently, as it is, the intro can't be more summarized (obviously I can make it super summarized but you won't learn anything at all about the plot/game).
There is also a summary of a few minutes with Lisapi as narrator and this summary has also been revised (has been in existence for several versions).
I've always had the feeling that until I revised the intro and the first few hours of gameplay the project wouldn't progress properly in terms of popularity so to speak, although I could be wrong.
I'm glad you gave it a chance because from here it can only get better and I like to think that v0.8.5 overall is proof of that with all the changes I've introduced.
Thanks for taking the time to reply if you find the time I had an idea I wanted to maybe run with you as you might be open to something that could not only plug your game but also benefit your fans such as myself.
I am open to all kinds of ideas and improvements that do not require money
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I would appreciate it if you could tell me about any ideas in Discord in the corresponding channels or if it's something more "delicate" you can send me a DM.
Now, without knowing what you're talking about, I can tell you that I work alone and I don't collaborate with other devs and it's not in my plans, I've never found much sense in that. I can't imagine HH doing a collaboration with MM.
Honestly it isn't all that delicate I was just going to suggest a great way to get people to not only listen about your game and maybe even learn something would be to talk on a podcast I was thinking on trying to start one regarding programming and the difficulties one might face starting off if you spoke on said podcast you could plug your game and give your input
It sounds like a good idea and it seems interesting but there are two small details in my case:
I haven't had a microphone for a year now. The one I had broke and as I have no reason to use a microphone I don't buy a new one.
English is my third language and I haven't said a single sentence in English (voice) for more than 15 years + I find it very difficult to understand spoken English and to follow a fluent conversation.
If it were something in Spanish it would be obvious that it would be easy to communicate but it is not the case. If everything were written it would also be easy but that is not the case so I see it as very complicated.
I thank you for the offer and appreciate your intentions but it's unlikely to happen, unfortunately.
Hey don't worry, take your time and don't choke we'll wait <3
And to be honest at the start of the game I thought it would be boring but as more as I played the game was more and more funny, there are a lot of things to do and the plot is just amazing, it combines perfectly text and lewd things
I think this is my favorite game in itch.io , good job dude ^-^
Yes, it is the consequence of starting with zero experience as a writer. At the moment I am nowhere near being a good writer but I have gained experience and knowledge in writing in both English and Spanish. It was time to rework the intro.
As for the plot... I still have a lot of things in store that will happen step by step and even more so now that I've got up to speed with the Blade & Soul plot since it's a source of inspiration for me in everything related to lust/Vanessa. Soon we'll see new things about the plot, main and secondary girls, some RPG features I have in mind... There's still a long way to go.
i feel for you m8 im down to using my cell phone as a hotspot to have internet (but on my end the issues begin with downloads not uploads since im just a consumer of products not a creator) after i hit a 10GB soft limit my connection becomes a slow crawl i can barely watch youtube vids on