Special thanks to MagicWhiteLady for all of tonight's awesome art!
Thursday 31 October 2013
Halloween Pinup - Meline
Special thanks to MagicWhiteLady for all of tonight's awesome art!
Wednesday 30 October 2013
Bugs Aside...
Wow, apparently I have a lot of work to do today- woke up to an inbox full of bug reports. I will be getting to them today, but I don't mind all that much considering how far ahead I am.
Right now, I'm about two weeks ahead of where I expected to be. Implementing new features has been going like a dream thus far, and I've had to do very little experimentation or reconfiguring to make them work. This is mostly a testament to JBurton's coding skills than my own efforts, though.
I won't make any promises regarding having a new quest done for the November release just yet, but it's looking better and better all the time.
The big features that are done and ready to go thus far include:
-Gallery mode
-Sell all Vendor Trash options at relevant shops
-Characters now join the party at one level less than the Hero (except for Kyrie in Ain't No Party Like a Search Party)
-The inventory now uses a script to organize it by category.
That's about half the new stuff I wanted to get done this release, and it's not even November yet. Anyway, I'm got to get started on these bugs, so happy playing!
Right now, I'm about two weeks ahead of where I expected to be. Implementing new features has been going like a dream thus far, and I've had to do very little experimentation or reconfiguring to make them work. This is mostly a testament to JBurton's coding skills than my own efforts, though.
I won't make any promises regarding having a new quest done for the November release just yet, but it's looking better and better all the time.
The big features that are done and ready to go thus far include:
-Gallery mode
-Sell all Vendor Trash options at relevant shops
-Characters now join the party at one level less than the Hero (except for Kyrie in Ain't No Party Like a Search Party)
-The inventory now uses a script to organize it by category.
That's about half the new stuff I wanted to get done this release, and it's not even November yet. Anyway, I'm got to get started on these bugs, so happy playing!
Wednesday 23 October 2013
October 2013 Public Release!
Delicious Links:
4Shared: http://www.4shared.com/file/fnN9wUfP/HaremCollector_October2013_p3.html
ZippyShare: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/47734752/file.html
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!iYBWCZTb
Mega Key: U-5EBUK_ceBluTJqkckuM3teFu06DmnzNVe-VfMve9o
List o' Changes
-I can't believe I almost forgot this because I'm a douchenozzle of truly epic proportion, but the new title screen was designed by awesome fan and occasional insomniac Boinky. Thanks, Boinky!
4Shared: http://www.4shared.com/file/fnN9wUfP/HaremCollector_October2013_p3.html
ZippyShare: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/47734752/file.html
Mega: https://mega.co.nz/#!iYBWCZTb
Mega Key: U-5EBUK_ceBluTJqkckuM3teFu06DmnzNVe-VfMve9o
List o' Changes
-I can't believe I almost forgot this because I'm a douchenozzle of truly epic proportion, but the new title screen was designed by awesome fan and occasional insomniac Boinky. Thanks, Boinky!
-Yamamaya's Love quest is now
available.
-Ino, the enchantress, has been
implemented. You can find her by taking Felix in your party to
Southport.
-The game now displays a character's
relationship level when you speak to him or her.
-Elaiya, Flourine, the Blacksmith,
Raina and Gargan all have new faces and sprites. Shally now has a new
face.
-The Eastfort item shop girl has been
redesigned from the ground up, and now has a new look and a new sex
scene.
-There is now an invest-able jewelry
store in Northmarket that sells magical accessories.
-There are now fifteen possible Dark Seeds to collect
Sex scene changes include:
-A new threesome with Yamamaya and
Alina
-A new threesome with Meline and
Larelle
-A (somewhat hidden) new gangbang with
Yamamaya
-CGs for Florine's handjob scene
-Doll's gangbang has CGs and has been
rewritten
Things that have changed since the
backer release:
-Serade is now gift-able and
reward-get-able but not chat-able
-Chimei's primary weapon has been
changed from a bow to a fan because reasons.
-Bugs fixed.
And before I forget, next release will be November 20th for backers and November 27th for the public. The reason it's a little bit later is that the next update will involve heavy scripting and I want the extra week to make sure everything gets done right.
And before I forget, next release will be November 20th for backers and November 27th for the public. The reason it's a little bit later is that the next update will involve heavy scripting and I want the extra week to make sure everything gets done right.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Sexual Awakening of the Human Nerd
Okay, so the October release is almost done. I've been writing sex scenes all day, so hopefully they won't be as terrible as I fear, but the nice thing is that most of them have CGs and it's pretty easy to just ignore the text in favour of looking at the pretty pictures.
I've also had the Nostalgia Chick playing the background all day (that's what I do- instead of playing music while I work, I listen to really long internet videos) and happened upon the "Sexual Awakening of the Human Nerd" things, which made me laugh. But it did inspire me to write this brief post.
Back in the day had a massive crush on Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair. She was my first "nerd crush" and pretty much started me on the path that brought me to hentai and h-games. I played Dragon's Lair for the first time on a home laserdisc machine of all things, which dates me terribly.
Unfortunately, my mom caught me playing the opening movie over and over again while engaged in "other recreation activity" and trashed the disc. Tragic. I wouldn't experience that level of moe again until many years later when Sailor Moon got translated. Unlike a lot of guys my age, I pretty much skipped over the whole Jessica Rabbit/Disney Princess thing.
If you also want to share your first nerd fantasy/provide free market research, please share in the comments. I've got maybe a couple hours of work left on the October release, so backers check your in-boxes a little bit later.
I've also had the Nostalgia Chick playing the background all day (that's what I do- instead of playing music while I work, I listen to really long internet videos) and happened upon the "Sexual Awakening of the Human Nerd" things, which made me laugh. But it did inspire me to write this brief post.
Back in the day had a massive crush on Princess Daphne from Dragon's Lair. She was my first "nerd crush" and pretty much started me on the path that brought me to hentai and h-games. I played Dragon's Lair for the first time on a home laserdisc machine of all things, which dates me terribly.
Unfortunately, my mom caught me playing the opening movie over and over again while engaged in "other recreation activity" and trashed the disc. Tragic. I wouldn't experience that level of moe again until many years later when Sailor Moon got translated. Unlike a lot of guys my age, I pretty much skipped over the whole Jessica Rabbit/Disney Princess thing.
If you also want to share your first nerd fantasy/provide free market research, please share in the comments. I've got maybe a couple hours of work left on the October release, so backers check your in-boxes a little bit later.
Wednesday 9 October 2013
November and beyond
Progress continues on the October release. The enchantress is fully implemented, and I'm about halfway done the content for Yamamaya's Love quest. After that, I just have to implement some more new CGs and art, and it'll be ready to go. I'm probably going to working straight through to the deadline on this, but at least nothing is getting cut.
November's release probably won't feature any new content. Instead, there will be a laundry list of behind-the-scene changes and features I need to catch up on. Among them are:
-CG Gallery Mode
-Stepbrother Mode
-Another item list shuffle and enough subsequent playtesting that it hopefully won't be a total clusterfuck.
-Sex a la carte options for all currently implemented harem girls.
-Finally getting around to finishing up Lumberhill and the post-zombie-attack consequences of buildings being destroyed.
...and many more, no doubt. If there is any new content in November, it will be Meline's Love Quest and a fucking miracle of productivity. November also won't be compatible with new saves, but I'm hoping most people won't mind as they will want to replay to fill out their CG Gallery anyway.
In December we will be back with 2+ new quests a month, churning out content.
However, January will probably not see a release, at least not a release with any real meat to it. The reasons for this will be abundantly clearly once the new year rolls around. Oooh, mysterious (unless you've been paying real close attention to some of the threads linked to the right). February will see us get fully back on track.
Anyway, I've got to get back to work. See you next week!
November's release probably won't feature any new content. Instead, there will be a laundry list of behind-the-scene changes and features I need to catch up on. Among them are:
-CG Gallery Mode
-Stepbrother Mode
-Another item list shuffle and enough subsequent playtesting that it hopefully won't be a total clusterfuck.
-Sex a la carte options for all currently implemented harem girls.
-Finally getting around to finishing up Lumberhill and the post-zombie-attack consequences of buildings being destroyed.
...and many more, no doubt. If there is any new content in November, it will be Meline's Love Quest and a fucking miracle of productivity. November also won't be compatible with new saves, but I'm hoping most people won't mind as they will want to replay to fill out their CG Gallery anyway.
In December we will be back with 2+ new quests a month, churning out content.
However, January will probably not see a release, at least not a release with any real meat to it. The reasons for this will be abundantly clearly once the new year rolls around. Oooh, mysterious (unless you've been paying real close attention to some of the threads linked to the right). February will see us get fully back on track.
Anyway, I've got to get back to work. See you next week!
Monday 7 October 2013
Missing Donor Wanted!
This is a very important announcement!
I recently received a very generous donation from someone whose email keeps bouncing my replies!
So if your personal email is different from your Paypal email and you donated over the last weekend, please send me an email here with the amount of your donation and your country of origin so that I know where I can send your copy of the backer's release next week!
I recently received a very generous donation from someone whose email keeps bouncing my replies!
So if your personal email is different from your Paypal email and you donated over the last weekend, please send me an email here with the amount of your donation and your country of origin so that I know where I can send your copy of the backer's release next week!
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Odds and Ends
Okay, first things first- in order to
help the Harem Collector Wiki get off it's feet, I'm doing a special
offer where top wiki contributors will receive a code for a unique item in
the October release. Which is on October 16th for backers
and October 23rd for the public, btw. So get contributing-
don't matter if it's strategy, lore, or even delicious slices of
trivia. Go for it!
Next up: I'm cutting some features from
Harem Collector. It's nothing that anyone will shed tears over. First
of all, I'm isolating the code for the party chat function and not
mentioning it elsewhere in the game, so it might be back, at some
point, maybe. That would have been a great feature for a game with a
smaller, more intimate cast, but I think it's not worth the work it
would take to implement at this point.
The second thing getting cut are the
secondary weapons. They were a poorly thought-out addition to begin
with, and are getting the axe without regrets.
Next up: I realize now that making
incest with Meline was a very bold move that doesn't sit well with
many fans of the game. Considering that enslaving Meline will be
required for the ending, I'm currently planning a no-incest mode,
activated during the black screen beginning segment, which will
change some of the game's dialogue so that the Hero was adopted by
Meline's family as a child, as well as changing the Hero's sprite and
faces so as to imply he's not directly related to Meline. The canon
version of the game, however, will have the incest.
Finally, enjoy some fanart courtesy of Boinky, who also contributed the new game title screen you'll see in the next update!
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