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What to fix in NBNL
🕑 Added 2024-11-11 14:46:13 +0000 UTCPlease read the whole thing before voting, it's pretty important to know the context here! Or at least go to the end and ready the options
So as you know I haven't even started working on it. But that doesn't mean I haven't tought about it, the thing is as you know the game has some issues that can be fixed and that's the topic about this poll.
The thing is that at least for me the main reason that I don't fix a couple of those issues is that I'd have to force you to restart your saves.
The variables for Nicole's stats are a mess. You got a new level increase every 5 points on let's say charisma, but for the event that ranks you up you'd have to have exatcly 4 points. In theory this isn't bad (and that's what I tought when I designed it) but each time you'd be able to get more charisma points I have to add some ifs to make sure you don't have 5 or you'll break one route. The easy fix it to have 2 variables charisma and charisma exp, so the charisma points awarded are charisma exp and if you go over the threshold it wouldn't break anything because the game checks charisma level and it would reset exp as soon as you get a level up.
The game doesn't have pacing. In the original the game had dates, like march 17th and some events would happen on let's say march 21th. So in that original version you'd have to manage Nicole's time. For this one the thing that I wanted to implement but felt like in previous versions wouldn't work because there weren't many events is having a timer. Like Nicole has to marry in 100 days or the inheritance will be lost, altough I'm not sure if you like that.
Now for easier fixes is the cellphone. Honestly when we started working on the game I didn't want to bother Agrosan that much, but I feel like the current cellphone has many unused buttons specially PicFans or hor the text messages are.
So In conclusion my ideal (now that we have content) is to make the game closer to a sim date. Right now the game is closer to a visual novel where you'll just click everything in sight until events are over and as a game I don't like that much. I understad if you like it better as it is tough.
After all that, the choices are:
1- Minimal fixes: The game will be prone to breaking like it's now. We'll add more duct tape and add some coat of painting in the cellphone.
2- Variable fixes: Since the variables will be fixed, sutff lie Jenna's or Tatiana's route wouldn't break. Of course we'll have the new coat of painting too!
3- Big fix: It will be the same game don't worry! There won't be the NBNL's remake's remake. But the game will encourge more replayability considering there are already characters with multiple routes. So the game will be more like a game, where you manage Nicole's time.
If I'm being honest I'm not sure if I should have made this poll because I do want to make the big fix an that's it. On the other side even with the minimal fix that wouldn't make the game come that faster.
Comments
Moccasin's Mirror
To make it more manageable the thing I'm already doing in v0.16 is to have different harems. Probably in the future I'd go for something like if you have harem A,B and C you get super harem ABC. But at least the "Nick" ending you end up with Nicole and Monica.
A Random Dragon
I'm more for fixing up the variables so the game is fully functional in its current iteration, but I understand the temptations of a bigger fix, either is good so long as we also get the harem ending :D
Moccasin's Mirror
It's a fair point. At least buisnes wise I'm centered right now in the Lust games and I'm preparing the next proyect after survivor. NBNL is more like my practice game, at least started like that and I try ideas in there so up to certain point it's useful to the buisnes part
PURPL3_DR4G0N
I'd say you either go full on or not at all. and I'd also say "do what you want to do"... Is patreon a business, hobby or a platform for you to make what you want with financial backing?. In any case I'd want something of quality. Although I have to say I much prefer your other projects, with the art style i identify with your works. (The art from the lust series.) I played lust colony several months ago and didn't even realise you made this.
