Diminishment v0.13a (prologue part3) (Patreon)

Hey!

Here's the WIP of the part 3 prologue! Finally.

MEGA Link (0.13b, same as 013a but reintroduced some syncing fixes that I accidentally deleted at some point)

MEGA Link (0.13a with no video reloads, might help with crashing? As a side effect, will cause some extra syncing issues)

MEGA folder(All versions, in case something is even more broken in newer ones)

Changes from 0.13:

-Don't use saves from previous versions, just in case. Instead use the added scene selection for now.

-Added scene selection to the beginning (There are a couple flags that might affect future scenes, so while save compatibility in the future is not a given either way, it's still best to start at least from part 2, if you plan on using the save beyond this update.)

-If you're having huge performance issues turn FPS Sync *OFF*, it'll help with frame rate, but it'll also introduce new issues, like videos jumping around. These will be random, as they'll depend on your frame rate. (Thanks Animorpher for noticing this) If your performance is mostly okay:

-Make sure to keep the FPS Sync option *ON* in the options menu, turning it off can cause various issues. That said if you're having crashing issues, some users are reporting that turning FPS Sync and light effects OFF fixed their issues

-Made the early parts of part 3 mini-game a bit easier

-Attempted to fix random crashes during part 3 (try the "no video reloads" version if you're having issues, I can't guarantee it'll fix anything though, but it's the most likely culprit. It will cause a lot of video syncing issues on the mini games. Unfortunately I've been unable to reproduce the crashing issues, so it's hard to debug!)

-Fixed Clara's bad end on part 2 (it might still be possible to bug out depending on the speed you click away the messages, so if that happens, let me know.)

-Fixed scene reloading on part 3

-Fixed gender pronouns (Should be all, but let me know if you see any more..)

Mind you, it's highly likely there are bugs that I've missed, it's beginning to be hard to test everything out alone, so I'd greatly appreciate any reports if something doesn't work, crashes, typos, performance issues(assuming it was working fine for you before). I've gone through all the possible paths, but mostly on separate testing environments, so there might be some issues when they're all together.

If you see any major syncing problems, let me know of them as well. Some is expected after a long loop, as it seems to be impossible to get rid of it all. Syncing is by far the thing that's causing me most problems. I'll probably have to look at the possibility of getting someone to make me a new plugin, with playback controls, and the possibility to have wait switches for the video ends. There's some plugins that have similar stuff to that, but they're all for the default video features included in MV, which is not really usable for my purposes.

If nothing else works out, I might consider a move to unity in future chapters. But there's other challenges there, and I really like the resources available for rpg maker. I can focus on the stuff that matters, instead of drawing portraits from scratch and making character sprites/tilesets myself. Not to mention all the learning I'd have to do. So that's really a last resort.

But, the prologue is starting to be near completion! Only some animation polishing left (secondaries mostly), maybe a loop or two more for the part 3 beginning, I'd like to show Anya a bit more there, the camera is right now focused on Clara almost all of the time. And fixing the animations for the initial sucking/licking event. Making it a bit more clear.

Then there's audio, rendering and post process, and that should be it. I'm slightly dreading the audio process, I'll have to see what the best method would be. I was initally thinking of directly adding the audio on to the videos, but the problem there seems to be, that rpg maker volume controls are separate from the video files. But hopefully everything will go smoothly (as if that ever happens).

I'll have to consider commissioning someone for music as well, but that's for later, I'll just use what I have as mood placeholders for as long as I can. Although I'm already having trouble with variety! So many fantasy tracks available for sale, but little to none modern or sci-fi related! I'd prefer something pretty upbeat for the events, but everything is just too epic. I feel even the guitar stuff in part 3 is maybe going over the line a bit. The one in part 2 was fine, although it's not really my favorite kind of music, but I felt it fits the overall mood. But I wanted something else for part 3, as it started feeling repetitive, although that might have just been me, since I had to listen to it a lot!

I'm not yet sure if I'll post a separate version with the slightly polished animations, or if I'll skip directly to the audio version. Like with videos, audio version will likely be a sort of early access for 10$ tier, before the actual public release, when rendering is done.

Do you feel it takes too long to get out of Clara's vagina? It might be just me, but while testing this, it sure felt like it at times. Maybe if I added more dialogue to some of it, it might help a bit. It currently works in a way, that every time you get back to the starting point, it gives you a victory point, you need 5 to get Clara to climax. So it mainly gives new dialogue when you get back there. I might shave off the victory point requirement with a point or two, if people feel it's too long.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!