CaroZalt
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Something to share and Thanks for 1st year of ToS
🕑 Added 2020-08-01 12:38:10 +0000 UTCHello, Caro here.
This project already be created for one year. And I'm pretty surprised that it will become so popular and have so many supporters. (And someone already starts to say this project is a big name,wow.)
About the reason I started this game, well,first, it's bcs I like adult contents. Second, I used to search tag on FA and many website to find the furry flash game or some game either.
And I have to say that you need spend a lot of time to find the good games.
So I decided to make my own game.
This game is inspired by Fallout, DnD, Corruption of champion, Ruina and Teraurge.
Stats check from Fallout and Dnd.
The battle system from CoC.
The way of explore from Ruina.
And Treasure give me the motivation like "Wow,I want to make a good as good as it."
So you can find many similarities from this game
I had an unpleasant experience in game-product cooperation before, and this make me really sick to the "huge-team", and I have some unpleasant memories with the programmer.
That why I don't want to make my team too big.
And if you noted me personally before, you will know that I will reply after a long time，or I even didn't reply. Sorry for this,but I have a slight communication barrier, and it takes a long time for me to start to have the courage to talk to strangers or ask for help.
Because i don't like to owe others.
I prefer to stay alone instead of chatting with others.
I never learn program before this project.
So i'm learning while doing. (Thx for Hyao who helped me code something.)
I also can do art work.
I tried to write by myself too.
But since my mother tongue is not English.
I find it's very hard for me to write something for the native English speaker.
And I'm also Van Gogh's ear for music
I can't make music too.
So I have to find others to help.
So a writer, a musician,and me.
This is the small team of this project.
Libra helps to writing things I want,and Hanon makes the music. And I do the rest.
About Libra, if you often talk in Discord, you must be familiar with this name.
Libra is my final choose from the public hiring on Twitter one year ago. So I have confidence in his ability.
He is outgoing and diligent, but silly and amnesia. I don't know why he can always make people mad when he is studying psychology.
And he already forget what I said about the game plot at least ten time in this year.
That's why I prefer call him a "baby".
After I choose Libra,and I gave him of the stage and character reference. then we start to make the first demo v0.1.
Tbh I just give him the main story plot, sprites, simple character reference,and a short quest line.
And Libra writes the other things like the details and the small quest.
At first, the first demo should have ended when you defeated to the skull monster and get your room key.
But in my experience from what the demo of porn game I played before, I found they are really short.
So I decided to deliberately lengthen the game content and time. So I just add the slime scene and WIter scene and the map explore.
And the result make make everyone surprise just as many people says "I never played a game so porn" lmao.
And then I find Hanon, the musician of Teraurge . Who is too mysterious and talented to find the way to contact him. Tbh I spend some weeks to muster the courage to contact him, and spend many weeks to find him. And finally I caught him in a streaming website. And I'm glad that he really has made many of wonderful musics for the game.（And now he is still full of mysterious！”)
But when more people start to know the name of ToS. The shortcomings of a small team appeared.
And since I want to make the game more interesting to play and have different experience in different game round ,there will be many quest have multiple routes like the camp quest and the whole tribe event. And we also need to write the game over scene and something Easter eggs.
This type of quest will spend us much more times to make than a single linear quest.
But for the player who won't replay and will only choose one option to continue, they will find the update is still really short and say"Is this the 'big update' you said？” I can't say anything to excuse, but still, yeah, feel resignedly.
I need to draw the new sprites, the new map, and the CGs every month.
Amd I also need to code, Ren'py is pretty kind to a rookie to use, but I will still spend much more time to search for help when I meet something headche.
Libra also needs me to check the plot and he needs me to write the CGs first to let him write,since my mother tongue is not English, I need more time to discuss with Libra and understand what he wants and what he wrote.
So tbh I think I'm already quite busy on this project. At first I can deal with this bcs Libra will help me on the plot.
But when the dungeon things appear, we need to design what u will meet in the dungeon, Libra can't really make it himself.
So he has to wait me think the event of every button in the dungeon first. It spends a lots of time to design the dungeon map and the events.
The dungeon map art is not very popular bcs it's not hot or sexy. But it's still a very important part of the game.
Although I'm still drawing things everyday, the game starts to delay by the time.
The project needs me to keep working to continue.
And when something unfortunately starts to happen to let me can't work, like my teeth, and the deer. This project will paused until I can continue to work.
I know many people just leave bcs the project starts to delay and can't provide the content every month they want.
But I can't do anything but just say sorry.
For these people who are still willing to support me. I don't talk much, but I still want to say."Thx."
Comments
好棒！
相龙 赵
加油！
Drakon Gvardiayi
Yay! Congrats!!
游戏剧情超级有意思，立绘也是我喜欢的风格，继续加油呀！
Zawkian Puppy
You are awesome, everytime i can i pledge. Finantial situation here in brazil is kinda messed up, if not i would pledge for highest tier
Ivan Liu
最近才發現這款遊戲，馬上贊助表示支持。我非常同意你說的在各大網頁搜尋很久才找得到好的獸遊，感謝你做出這款遊戲，各方面都非常的棒且值得等待。
Edgaa
hi Caro, I know I'm one who told you before as a patron who looking for frequently on working, but you know why I never left? I believe in you and know how you're hard work on ToS. And dungeon may a part that people may less interesting as you told, but I know you would prepare some big surprise to us. I'm one here to support you skull drake. don't push yourself too much and believe in yourself many guys here always on your back and willing to support you.
Gattis
I think a playable update every month is unnecessary. I think your supporters should be kept in the loop on how progress is going but playable demos for not just your game but all games should probably be at least 3 months between each one if not more. I'm not supporting the game because I want to play every single demo. I support the game because I want to help this project reach its conclusion. Keep up the good work everyone and dont stress out too much.
This is an amazing game, i still remember how excited I was when i saw skull demon. Also you have a large amout of CG's compared to other games and it's nice when there is at least one in every fight. Updates have enough content despite of having small team and dungeon map and the road to temple give a point and click adventure vibes what makes it a good addition for a change in exploring. Wish you best luck <3 and of course i will still support this project ^^.
加油，奥利给💪
PJ
Caro加油～感谢你所付出的一切，才能让我们体验那么好的游戏 😊
michael_0_0_0_1
Maybe at the early version of game you can give monthly update, but things are getting more complicated when the game developing. I dont mind if i did not get update for every month. ToS is worth to wait, and ill keep support this game till finish. P. S i like your bull design, hope more bulls in future update ( ✧≖ ͜ʖ≖)
This has been a fantastic and extremely productive year of work! In comparison to other VN games, you've added a tremendous amount of content. So please, be easy on yourself. Get yourself as much rest as you need and don't worry about people, me and probably many other patrons included, will support you and Libra no matter what. You've earned my respect so like the last thing I could say is - Keep up the good work!
没事的啦，尽自己的努力就行，我觉得游戏各个方面都做得很好，将来肯定还会有越来越多的支持者的(=^_^=)
Dragon
No problem. I liked your game very much and that's why I decided to support you on patreon because of the gameplay, visual appearance and of course the music that is epic to fight the boss. And I'm not going to give up on supporting you because I want to see the game in full. And by the way, a very good job for you and the whole team. Once again, thank you for this game that you can play something like this very good.
