The Running of the Wolves (Phase 2a)

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Is there no second area? Also: skipping/speeding up animations should be added.

A topic by chase0w0 created May 31, 2023 Views: 324 Replies: 5

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chase0w0344 days ago

So I signed up for the thing, ran through the forest, beat the level and ended up back in town and the guy told me to come back tomorrow so I rested and came back aaand ... same dialog. I also can't access any of the other modes. Is this a bug or have they not been developed yet? Not sure. Also the game, at least in concept it very fun but it's tedious and buggy, and the animations take forever. Plus kink wise I really do like the whole theme and would love to see this game succeed.

Cheers: some friendly internet stranger.

methodiaDeveloper344 days ago

I was about to go though a big long post about how it all works and addressing bugs and the gameplay loop maybe not working right. But then I realised the updated game isn't on here yet. The early build was released on Patreon a week or so back and I'm using feedback from there to bugfix anything else I missed during playtesting. I'm aiming to have the bugfixed version up on itch.io for the 3rd June.

The intention is for the Forest to be the public release with (hopefully) the game going to Steam with 3 more worlds.

Basically, most of the bugs should be fixed, you can actually go back into the forest when you complete. It is a work in progress, so things like animations haven't been touched other than minor tweaks as the next phase will focus on making the animations interactive, so they can go as long or short as required. I want to add more scenes and animations, but once the animation update is done, it's likely they'd have to be redone from scratch anyway, so it's a bit more practical for me to hold off on them until that update is done. The only excuse I can give is that there will be bugs, but I am actively resolving them, however I'd recommend waiting a few days until the rebuild version is done.

For more information on the gameplan, I have a Trello board with tasks and phases: https://trello.com/invite/b/1D2c3Pan/4a8253a4e5088f13d7764ab5bbcd065f/running-of...

chase0w0343 days ago

Ah, that makes sense. If you're only planning for the public release to have the forest level then could you clarify in the public release "Well, that's it for the public release if you want to go through more levels then you can unlock them via patreon" at the end when you talk to the guy again or something so there wont be anymore confusion like this? Also what about the different modes? I tried to play them but all options lead to the same dialog and outcome.

methodiaDeveloper343 days ago

Yeah, there's a bit more clarification in the next version on the different worlds, but for replayability you get the option to either reset the level seeds for the Forest Map or replay with the current seeds. The different modes, are later phase additions, so they all currently feed into just the standard mode. That's clarified a bit better in the new version, though elements of combat are in Phase 2 which is next up. The additional modes will be in the free version as well, it'll just be worlds. Main reason is itch.io filesize limits. I struggled to get Forest into the file limit, so 3 more worlds will be impossible.

The plan for the additional worlds will be possibly a Steam release, rather than tying it to Patreon, though Patreon members will get a steam key as well, but it's not required for the full game!

decom70150 days ago (1 edit)

Please also release the full version with a price here on itch. 18+ games are restricted in certain countries on Steam (inaccessible), including mine.

methodiaDeveloper150 days ago(+1)

That's doable. I can do that.