Carmentis
Jul 26, 2012
I bet most of what I said you probably didn't even bother to read. XD Like 'Oh god, it's one of her long posts >.<'
-I really hope it does well for the extra romance scenes. I would love for it to be one of your main series along with the Tales of Loren/Elenor/Saren.
-RPG part, I hope again it does well to add possibly a little RPG element to it. =3
-Although on the ending part is the happy ending always light/true light? I mean for instance, would dark be the more 'happier' ending for Ruby? Like you may be shunned by the villagers and feed off them but you still live happily together for eternity with Thomas =D~ er ahem, Ruby >.> or something like that.
jack1974
Jul 27, 2012
I actually read all the posts but sometimes have little time to reply
I hope it does well too of course! As for the RPG I want first to have the full story written and then will see, but the main focus should be the alchemy/potion making gameplay
In general Dark is always more sad, but I checked and ruby is a bit different due to her nature. All the endings have been already written and the images done, so can't be changed now!
Violetta
Jul 29, 2012
you know what i'd love? this game, but where you play as a male and has other possible LIs. fe: Lynn, Vin, Thomas and Manuel. *fangirl laugh*
Violetta
Jul 30, 2012
haha, i've just noticed that stan was a generic enemy called 'elf battlemage' in loren:tap. lol
jack1974
Jul 30, 2012
Haha yes, I thought was ok to reuse it as small sprite to add more variety
Carmentis
Aug 10, 2012
I noticed another re-use but I'm okay with it ..as long as Thomas is romanceable later. ^_~
I was wondering also, will there be a sorta discount for people who have purchase Loran plus the expanion or just Loran?
jack1974
Aug 11, 2012
I don't know yet, it's so FAR away from being finished that will have time to think about it!
jack1974
Sep 22, 2012
Got some new scenes for Amber game today, and I really like the direction the game is going. It's not a light comedy game at all, but a dark-gothic otome game with adult themes (by adult I don't mean erotic but very tough decisions), exactly as I wanted it to be
biscuit
Sep 26, 2012
Ooh, looks interesting. Are you expecting it to be more sim-ish (with stat-raising and all) or more like a VN, purely decision/choice driven (like Cinders)? Admittedly, there's some overlap...
jack1974
Sep 27, 2012
No will definitely be more a life sim than a VNs. There will be potion making (crafting in practice) and resource gathering minigames, and usual life sim with a map to move. Of the future games in the making there's only Bionic Heart 2 that is a pure visual novel, even if has those "social boss battles" though
idioteva
Dec 10, 2012
I noticed another re-use but I'm okay with it ..as long as Thomas is romanceable later. ^_~
I was wondering also, will there be a sorta discount for people who have purchase Loran plus the expanion or just Loran?
I would pay extra for Manuel and Thomas to be datable. To be honest, none of the romancible guys actually catch my attention. The GxG seems the most attractive option to me atm.
jack1974
Dec 10, 2012
Thomas not for sure since I don't do and will never do "shota". I think the other boys are fine, but we'll see since there's still time before the game is out.
Sylrissa
Dec 10, 2012
Manuel would be nice to have, but so would Lynn
. But like you said, there is still time before the game comes out, so plenty of time to think on it and decide what is best for the flow of the game.
Fearsome
Dec 22, 2012
As a Bi-Girl, I want to say on the first sketch and the later images, that not only is skin more than okay, it's sexy to see the clothes slowly come off and the barriers of clothing lessen.
To go from the cute reserved apprentice to the sexy and confident woman who knows what she wants, and knows she's hot, is a beautiful thing!
I am totally going to be buying this game the moment the Yuri expansion comes out, as none of the men do it for me- the noses are cute on girls but weird on boys.
And as to the boy character- he could be an option for after he's an adult in the second half, maybe?
Sylrissa
Dec 22, 2012
As a Bi-Girl, I want to say on the first sketch and the later images, that not only is skin more than okay, it's sexy to see the clothes slowly come off and the barriers of clothing lessen.
To go from the cute reserved apprentice to the sexy and confident woman who knows what she wants, and knows she's hot, is a beautiful thing!
I am totally going to be buying this game the moment the Yuri expansion comes out, as none of the men do it for me- the noses are cute on girls but weird on boys.
And as to the boy character- he could be an option for after he's an adult in the second half, maybe?
You make a good point there.
As for the men, i'm not straight either, but I think Manuel is pretty cute, though he and the others in the second cast image can't romance-able.
jack1974
Dec 23, 2012
The initial suggestion to cover more Amber was made because initially this was supposed to be an otome game, or "mostly and otome game". There was only Ruby as yuri option. To be honest I don't know if I'll be able to add more. It's complicated, some games started the production even 1-2 YEARS ago, and lots of things can happen, like writers or artist/colorists that leave, and so on. Believe me is really hard to make a game exactly as you have imagined in the beginning
So be sure that I listen to all suggestions and I try to please my public but sometimes is hard or just not possible
Sylrissa
Dec 23, 2012
The initial suggestion to cover more Amber was made because initially this was supposed to be an otome game, or "mostly and otome game". There was only Ruby as yuri option. To be honest I don't know if I'll be able to add more. It's complicated, some games started the production even 1-2 YEARS ago, and lots of things can happen, like writers or artist/colorists that leave, and so on. Believe me is really hard to make a game exactly as you have imagined in the beginning
So be sure that I listen to all suggestions and I try to please my public but sometimes is hard or just not possible
I understand you're doing all you can, it's obvious how much you listen to suggestions and the like from people, so don't take it too hard when we sometimes wish for the impossible
Though, you really do need to find a way to keep all those artists and writers from disappearing on you!
jack1974
Dec 23, 2012
It's a very common problem, some other indie friends had to redo all the art from scratch for some games, because the artist(s) stopped working/disappeared at 70-80% of the job. While for backgrounds different styles is acceptable, for characters / CG art it is really better if is the same. Since I used the same artist as Loren to do Amber sprites, and he is currently busy doing Loren 2 art, I want first to be sure that he finishes all the art for Loren 2 before "distracting" him with new stuff for Amber, since for sure Loren 2 has the priority!
Fearsome
Dec 23, 2012
Smart move! And as I said, it'd be fine to wait for, and pay extra for, the yuri expansion, so please don't worry!
I'm just really looking forward to an Alchemist game in english! Silver Chaos or whatever the Boy Apprentice version of this idea was a few years ago, looked adorable but I don't speak Japanese... ^^;
I really appreciate the time and effort you put into these games- so please don't worry or rush!
jack1974
Dec 23, 2012
No I'm taking it easier with the next titles, I want to put more care in them
