ANNOUNCEMENTS: Game Update and More
Hello everyone!
Firstly, I want to take the time to apologize for what I thought would be a quicker release of the Full Version of 0.3.4. Technically, the Renders were already done, but I wasn't too happy with how the last couple hundred looked, so I had to go back and Re-Render them...… which incidentally sprouted out double (going on triple) the amount of Renders I originally took, lol. This in turn did allow several of the characters to shine a little more in-game. Section 17, which is dubbed "Town"...… man... it exceeds the amount of Renders of Chapter II alone (1800+ Renders), coming in at almost 2500 Renders, which is insane! When it comes time for Scripting, it shouldn't take nearly as long since I need to script what all I Re-Rendered. I can't provide an exact release date, but with some estimations (and hopes)… it could be done by mid/late September.
Secondly, I know that the last couple months were very slow with game progress. I was spending a lot of my time with my kiddos, on top of work and Drill, so I wasn't able to work much or at all on the game... but I should now be able to utilize my time more now. At least that's the hope...
Thirdly, and probably most importantly... I know not many of you may feel to comfortable or agree with the idea of... a Remake... especially if there are chances of previous established story to be altered or removed completely. I will try to explain the main goal of the Remake I plan on doing...
PROJECT PHOENIX (Remake):
I received a lot of feedback: positive and even negative. But amidst all that... a few good points have been made that I want to try to fix:
- A lot of the girls fall in love with the MC too quickly...
- There are a lot of girls, but not enough time with them....
- Relationships feel rushed, lewd moments too quick, forced even...
- The man's 500 years old, but acts like an idiot...
- The game as a whole has no idea what it wants to be...
Guys...… you're not wrong, and honestly I can't be mad about some of these points, even if it cuts deep, lol. On the contrary, sometimes you need to understand the negatives to be able to learn from those mistakes to provide a positive outcome. I don't want to keep using the "This is my first game" excuse, either... with all that said, I want to be able to create the best near-perfect visual novel for you all to enjoy, because nothing in this world is perfect. If it was, then people wouldn't continue to improve, learn, and adapt. My goal is to address as many of these points (and ones not mentioned) in the Remake as best as I can... first being a MUCH longer establishment of relationships for a more natural feel of them. I also plan on stretching out the story much more to allow those relationships to flourish. And yes... that means there will be some altered story along the way... but a lot of the established lore/story will remain, just tweaked or improved a bit.
PROJECT GALAXY (New Game):
This is something I had in mind of doing possibly in conjunction with Fall of the Angels, but worst case after that game is over. Many of you know that I'm a huge Star Wars nerd and sci-fi geek... so... why not make a visual novel of it? Not Star Wars, lol... but a space fantasy. Yes, I know it's not anything new, as there's a lot out there already...… especially in Honey Select 2, which is the engine I will be using for it. Nothing has be set in stone yet, but I feel like at least providing you all the... imagination...
Lastly, also likely important... as mentioned above, those are the two major projects I plan on doing, with Phoenix being the next immediate one after 0.3.4 is fully released (and after a little break from development). I'm gonna be honest with you all... I would love to work full-time on these visual novels, because it really is fun and I can express my imagination in writing and illustration. Unfortunately, with an actual job and doing my monthly duties to my country, time hasn't been on my side. Regardless, with the current update and near/future projects, I will work on them to the best of my ability and time. The support you guys provided me is beyond appreciated, and I can't thank you all enough for it. Maybe in time, I will feel comfortable with working full-time on these games... but I wanna earn that support from you guys, not demand it.
I hope to provide you all the best experience possible, and once again, I can't thank you all enough for the support, feedback, reviews, and more. And remember: honesty goes a long way, positive or negative.
From your always-humbled developer,
13th Sin Games
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Fall of the Angels
Prologue: Episodes 2-3 (0.0.2)
Status | In development |
Author | 13th Sin Games |
Genre | Visual Novel |
Tags | Adult, Fantasy, Male protagonist, Monsters, NSFW, Ren'Py, Romance, Violent |
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Jade, is no longer the cute naive girl I hate her new look. She now has a fat rounder pudgier face and the innocence that was hers is gone. Every time I try to restart I just see her and want to cringe and I can't go any further. Her new look just plain SUCKS. She looks like an adult now not an innocent young girl. It's so bad that I can imagine heavy makeup and she would look like a slut.
....... all I did was changed her hair... and gave her eyeshadow....
Actually, she had eyeshadow before too, just made it more apparent, lol
Oki doki, that's nice... umm... yea...
Go play something else then?
No her face is wider and her eyes look different more mature. The shape of eyes make a huge difference and I don't like the very round face from removing her neko angular features.
The current Jade detracts from her more youthful appearance now to someone in mid 20's.
Her appearance changes her entire aura.
Cats tend to have more angular lean features and removing that sharper chin that was lost.
Changes I noticed that changed her entire aura. These changes make her look like she has experienced the world already for several years. These are changes in drawing that is used to age characters during a story.
Eyes have changed enough to age her appearance. First one she looked young innocent. Now second she has aged and she looks in mid to late 20's with the addition of a bit heavier eye shadow. Makeup is used often in 2D drawings to either show someone is a slut like a Gyaru or that someone is out in the world now working for a living. Her eyes look a bit narrower and that is also used to show age and if a person they lean towards evil they tend to become sharper also which fortunately was not done for her.
Cheeks wider again usually typically changes from narrower cheeks to wider cheeks often used to show age. I think this generally comes from the idea as they age people gain a bit more weight when it comes to Anime.
Hair style change now has an older more mature hair style. That would not be used for a young innocent girl hair style in the Anime style
Sure they are little changes but in Anime these are changes used to show character age. Animators/Artist don't have a lot of ways to change age of a 2D characters until they are really old so they adopted subtle changes. The changes you did effectively aged Jade by at least 5+ years. A slow progressing to the new design would be good in story if you go by 1 year periods in game showing that she is getting more mature, wiser in the ways of the world, and slowly losing her innocence.
Prior of her she looked to be in her 18-19 years of age. Current looks she she appears to be around 25-27 years old and should not even be in school but out working for a living.
Dude, I'm telling you, lol... only her hair changed and eyeshadows are more apparent. She's still 20, and she had eyeshadow before, just not as noticable. I changed nothing about her body at all, not even her head or face. Keep in mind that just because she looks different doesn't necessarily mean she'll act different. She'll still be that loveable bookworm that everyone loves
Edit: Okay, I did make her and Jasmine's skin less pale, but that's all I did for Jade! Lol
"The guy is 500 and still an idiot."
Just sounds male to me.
more like female
I think I'd call it a rework rather than a remake, but it's a good idea regardless of what you call it. I like the game alot, and its very impressive for a first game, but the points raised are valid.
I'm happy with any changes, as long as the character's personalities don't change and their names stay the same
otherwise, I'm all good
I like the idea of a remake for Fall Of The Angels and Project Galaxy sounds interesting but unfortunately I played Project Phoenix and I really couldn't get into the story and overall the game was not my favorite however if it remade I will try it again but I have faith in your ability to improve in the areas of each game
Good idea about remaking, I know kinda sounds bad but the game is nearing its end I love the flow of the story but it has some holes in it that needs filling though, some scenes are kind of cringe (positive ones).
about the girls falling in love with the MC very quickly, it sits between good and bad, the good part is we get the girls no issue but the bad part is, less backstories and less screentime with the other girls.
the has its UPS and DOWNS but, GREAT game nonetheless and I'll say this, it's one of the most polished games I ever read. I approve of the game to be remaked but... this means more work for you.
P.S: I hope you have enough time to rest the remake might take months but it's ok as long as you take a break from time to time.
motto: Quality precision.
it's good that the game got a remake and changed the gameplay, because before it was very weak and wrinkled. how the game could be better by removing what weakened the script.
That said, I agree with the points listed here, that I even skipped events that simply caused others embarrassment, and I was a fan of that in games, and to be honest I'm surprised what was listed was the issue I went through as well, and that there were people who demanded more, not that guy who settles for anything, and thank god the dev saw it and came back because there are some who don't even do that.
the event of the race against Sora, man, how ridiculous, she just teleported throughout the race, giving the MC no chance to compete, a 500 year old angel losing in the most ridiculous and idiotic way possible! and as a punishment, you are forced to "Sleep" with Sora and Fuyumi, and once again the player has no option to refuse this event, I don't know.... this was so ridiculous that I almost dropped the game. and when the beach event on her birthday arrives, I discover that they are both pregnant.
That said, it's great that a remake is coming. As much as I'm more interested in the relationship between the MC and Zenera, and King Maverick, I would love to see more scenes and interactions with the girls of our discretion and not just anyone, anyway, looking forward to the next update! Hope things go well for you!
I said it before and I'll say it again, it's still so crazy to me that this is your first game. Even if it's not perfect (But really, nothing ever is. Let's not kid ourselves here) it's still a title I hold in high regard and feel it's better than you let on during the intro and even in this post.
That being said though... I don't disagree with the points listed but I kind of never paid it much of any mind or thought it was that big of a deal because:
That being said, however, I'm not opposed to getting a remake. As much as I really would like to see this arc to the end, I would love to see more scenes and interactions to build things up a bit more with love interests. If the price of that is a remake and a bit of a rewrite to what we have then it is what it is.
As always, looking forward to the next update! Hope things go by smoothly for you!
While I do think your game is great, I agree with the negative points that you listed. I do think that doing a remake is a great idea and you have my support. I always thought that there wasn't enough time spent with all the girls and that they did fall in love too fast.
i have a feeling this game will be one of the best out there with enough time, also you are Awesome at game development btw, but the best way to learn is from former mistakes so that you can make something better or improve. i wait to see where this game will go on the future in my opinion this deserved to be front page here on itch io.
To the points you listed:
1/3: I've always thought that the girls falling for the MC so quickly was due to his currently unknown origins. Like it's a side-effect of whatever is going on with that. The feelings aren't fake or forced, they just happen a lot quicker because of it.
2: With how many girls there are and the amount available of time each day, you can only spend so much time with each of them. All of them understand that they have to share the MC though, so it shouldn't be too big a deal to not spend time with every girl every day. Newer girls are of course going to have less time since they only recently get introduced, but they'll get more as the story moves forward.
4: With him being 500 years old doesn't matter. That's applying short-lived race logic onto a long-lived race. Aliza is the same age and in the same boat as the MC. They just work differently.
5: Everything has made sense so far and the story flows well enough.
All-in-all, no real complaints about anything thus far. Keep up the great work!
(Don't worry too much about remaking things.)
I agree with your points he is a fricken Angel (maybe not pure angel but part Angel either way and raised with the beliefs of the Angels)! Also there is a severe lack of men around these girls so what do you expect to happen when a single male angel is dropped into a girls only school! Of course the girls are going to swarm him not only is he a male he has the perfect body of an Angel! He is the Alpha of all males!
So why do people feel it was too fast? It only made perfect since you put a hot jock into a girls school they will all be fawning over him within a week.
So it's already believable now include that he is an part Angel he is going to exude some aura of authority and we all know girls all love that aura of someone with authority.
So how can anyone feel that it was unbelievable?