Hello, please more katarina sex/anal scenes, less futa. Thanks great game
Dr.Muramasa, is Kal at least gonna post a teaser picture soon to softened the wound? 鈽猴笍
Sorry think you missed the intent of this request. These bullet points are items that could be part of dream sequences.
Dreaming of stuff that will already happen (e.g. blurry image of Anna going Nude using content which is already in the game) before it happens)
Dreaming of other characters in the studio and bedroom (quick contents with a couple of lines) as what if content)
My other bullet points are just ideas for a little fun as part of dreams including content that was made but will never be used. Then also have a little fun with some ideas such as quick cheap animations and different art styles. Bit like a behind the scenes feature.
No worries, no missed interpretation. There're no plans to introduce dream sequences, and the only way in which a character will be shown at the studio is by actually joining it, which will have a quest related to it for that character to join, this last point we have already stated and there's no plans to change it. Same for the animations.
You say that 馃槄 But that is not what I am asking. I am asking for a fun way for the developer to add some fun content or some scraps they have laying around which could never used in the game proper and at the same time using the function as way to expand the story. Every developer/artist has stuff on the cutting room floor and I am sure Arvus is no exception.
Not to come off as rude but it would be nice to have some insight into the release management of this project at times. This forum can seem like a bit of a void, with standard answers being yes, no or maybe. Never that a story (feature request) or bug will be raised and triaged with Arvus Games. Some roadmap or progress report would be nice if not for this project for future ones. (For examples Breadman handles this really well, and even his typical response to a community post is "F Ourself" 馃槄)
I understand Starmaker is a side project, but still it cannot be healthy working like this when it seems like nothing is truly focused and it is one project to the next.
This is a side project done only by Kal when he isn't working on RS; there's no roadmap because there's really non. If we would make a roadmap for things that are not set in stone, then people would complain when the idea changes or if it's not implemented, just like the complains about the farmlands not being part of 1.6. On the bugs side, we answer from time to time if is something known and that if it is something that will be worked on, there's a bug channel on the discord and that is managed constantly.
Requests are taken into consideration but ultimately is decided if it will be done or not, but not how until the update that will feature it comes near. Major parts of the update are what's advised here on itch, just like the post says, the major focus this time is: The new Harbor zone, and the characters that will be receiving more amount of content outside of Anna are: Emma, Frost, and Astrid.
Content I can understand but surely bugs need to be on some kind of internal ticketing system with replication steps and severities or they would just get forgotten about when working other projects?
There should be zero expectation of any release, though tiding up the process as you go has to be done. I mean for example the first post in this forum states:
Which we know is now a "maybe" so it should be removed or least have note like "(Should it be low cost, upon release of 2.0)" This type of stuff curbs expectation.
Heck I would be happy if Kal posted "Gone on holiday for two weeks, see ya later losers" from time to time. Communication is obviously a blemish which has been admitted by Kal himself in the last Patrion post for Starmaker, though nothing appears to have happened yet?
"I am asking for a fun way for the developer to add some fun content or some scraps they have laying around which could never use in the game proper".
I did answer to that, the game does have scenes that were not implemented because those didn't make sense for the game/ something else was done instead, but those won't be done into dream sequences, not in other ways.
Glad you are enjoying the game. There's a lot of routes and things to discover, most ppl find new scenes even when think all is done.
As for harem route, right now is only Anna and Charlotte, once the endings are reworked "harem route" will be tops 3 girls, ofc you still can be on solo routes with the others.
As for official relationships: Kate, Toni, and Himari (to an extent) are official relationships, Kate even having an ending.
Astrid will receive content in 1.8
As for things to spend money on, there will be more, but is not really a main thing that's been aimed for.
Yeah hoping one of the last updates will focus on Starmaking. Though updating legacy images will be a lot of work with custom costumes and appearances.
Maybe just sprites can have customisations for the open world, and there is a section in the Studio that allows you to take an image of the custom Anna sprite with make up and costumes you choose?
There won't be different outfits/looks for Anna's standard sprites as this would require a sustancial amount of work for the amount of cgs already in game. More outfits will be added and used for specific scenes/events just like the new outdoor photos.
Elaborate on what do you mean "group interaction is only one thing"
As mentioned just make it a studio thing, and let us change Anna's expression, posture, accessories and outfits. Then take a picture, but not like the standard CG picture just a screenshot with the Polaroid frame. Bit like when you create a character in an MMORPG? Could even turn into a mini game where Anna gets requests from subscribers for different looks?
The issue with this is that is not suitable, just something simple as let's say: 3 expressions, 3 accessories to select from, and 3 outfits would mean 27 different cgs created, for a single posture, to account for the combinations that can be made; add 3 postures and you see where more issues lay.
If everything continues as planned, yes, there will be one more invite to the studio.
Surely all CGs do not have to have so much focus and manually done though. For a bit of a fun mode it could be done with AI? That being said maybe not a studio feature then, but just a little pass time feature in the wardrobe? Would be really nice just to get to customise Anna in some way, maybe if not this Arvus can think of some way to appease this long asked request?
