Right now I'm looking at next Monday as a release date for the beta. I really want Overwhored done, and I want it done right. I don't want to revisit this a bunch of times. I've been working on this for five years. I think it's fair to say I'm deeply satisfied to see it come to a close but also utterly sick of it. When I'm done with it I intend to stay done with it. I don't intend to delay it any further than that, but if I'm not satisfied with it at that point I will. I want this beta to be the very last beta.
I went and did my taxes, and doing them like this for the first time was an enlightening experience. The taxes weren't as much as I expected, but having the taxes done cost as much as the taxes themselves. That is a first, and was quite startling. I'll have to make alternate arrangements next year. The main reason they were so low was because I didn't keep any of the money for myself, I used it all to pay for artists! There's an upside to it after all.
Some people have had issues accessing donor content with the current system. I'm going to make new posts to get that stuff as well as message current donors with that. You can still access it, you just have to scroll through ALL my posts to see the old ones that have it. Obviously that's unacceptable, so a repost will come in short order. I hope Patreon fixes this soon.
I also have a few announcements to make. I'm bringing on a new artist to the team who goes by Tsudanym, or Short Blue Imp. Imp did a bonus sketch I'll send to donors this month (bonus sketches are a bit lean this month as taxes and pre-production for Home Invasion are ramping up). Right now I'm considering him for the underlying sketch-work for the Home Invasion sex scenes. I'm also having some color tests done on this sketch to see how it'll look colored by various artists who might end up doing color work for the project.
http://short-blue-imp.tumblr.com/
Another thing to announce is that one of the artists working on the project, F-ing, has put out a new issue of Dimension H. This is their comic, and it sort of reminds me of the old days of Heavy Metal magazine in some respects. Give it a look over!
http://f-ingart.tumblr.com/
http://www.e-junkie.com/297027
Also, Shameful Display has also posted a select few bonus images done for the patreon on his tumblr. As with Mindwipe, I approved this. I won't lie, I hope that having a taste of the bonus art encourages a few more people to donate at the $10 level.
http://shameful-display.tumblr.com/
http://planetofjunk2.tumblr.com/
Finally, a bit more long term prospect material. I'm not sure how long Home Invasion will take to produce. There will be about 15-20 full pictures, voice actresses to find and pay, editors and a number of other things to deal with. I'll probably have to slow down the progress more than I'd like to get it done without breaking the bank. I basically didn't take any of the money from the Patreon last year for myself; I'd like to make a LITTLE bit of money from it this year. I intend to move off the farm and go to Washington no matter what. If Patreon doesn't provide living wages on top of funding the games (and it won't because I'm not the Breeding Season team) I'll have to get a full time job there, which puts us in the same production situation as we have now. Home Invasion won't have monthly updates - visual novels are a different beast and it won't be so regular. On the other hand, the releases will be more substantial when they are done. There are five days, I'll probably make a release every time a day is complete. Writing doesn't take long, but art does. That's part of why I'm going through a slightly more expensive but faster process of having one person sketch, one person do ink, and one person do color.
I'm going to work on a demo, first. It won't have voice work and will have some placeholder assets. The pic with this post is one of them. While I'm working on that I'll also work on a game guide for Overwhored.
I hope this helps keep you well informed. Thanks a bunch for your time and support!
It must be extremely satisfying to see something get finished so completely.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss following Overwhored's progress when it's done. This was a nice experience.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm not sure where these go, but I found a game breaking bug. I skipped ahead to post-Audr gameplay, an when I talked to Branda outside and declined her sex scene, the game froze.
I personally don't care for voices in such games. I play overwhored muted. Sorry if that hurts your composer feelings. Can't wait for home invasion though!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your hard work I love this game I'm curious though will the final version include something involving your sealed daughter in the monstergirl village I'm really curious to know more about her.
ReplyDeleteokay i know that i may be a pain but i want to be sure.
ReplyDeletetoday (monday) the beta will be released?
I've been working on it and it doesn't look like it. Give me another day or two.
Deletethanks for the reply and sorry for taking your time.
DeleteSo i found a few bugs while playing, none of them were really game breaking other than 1 but the game breaking bug is easily avoided if you don't go to that spot, first the small bugs, just minor image issues such as declining Skree sex, he picture becomes a man for the rest of the dialog, secondly the next 2 have to deal with the Tower of Heaven (anyone who hasn't gotten that far please stop reading so you don't spoil anything for yourself) while in Kaels area of the Tower the switch used to open the doors later in the place bug out sometimes (for me at least it did) and didn't do anything, i had checked it out another 5 times and 4 out of 5 times the switch didn't open the door for me, and finally in the same place, if you are in the middle of the first area you can sometimes accidentally jump onto the lava and you can no longer move (while it is game breaking it's easy to avoid it due to you needing to face down towards the lava and jump, i might be able to find that exact spot if need be, i'm pretty sure i still have a save there and if not i don;'t mind playing up until said point again) i did't really see any other bugs worth mentioning (there were some things that happened either due to skipping ahead via the guy in the throne room and some after you complete the game but i know those are both buggy as is since you even warned us in game that it is indeed buggy)
ReplyDeleteToggle to turn voice-acting (and music on a separate toggle I guess) on and off, please.
ReplyDeleteGood voice-acting adds an incredibly large amount of turn-on value to sexy games.
Terrible voice-acting takes almost that much away.
Please reply, but Ive been a huge fan for so long and I'm happy to see all your work coming to a close and congratulations, but I do have a final question. Well. Two I hope you will take the time to answer.
ReplyDeleteOne. Will you follow up on the Titan Daughter mentioned in the monster village. I was REALLY interested in some kind of story progression in that area. Maybe even an eventual scene with her.
Two. Will we ever see the Overmind's face? I mean. I might be the only one, but I actually am really curious to know what lies behind that helmet of his.
I'd really appreciate getting an answer on either. Thank you and congratulations on all of your hard work paying off! I look forward to the final product!
I know I'm not Cypress but let me try and put your mind at ease.
Delete1. The Daughter will be the main character of the second game. She will not be seen until then.
2. I don't think it's likely we'll see his face. I mean to me at least his helmet is his face so there's no reason to ruin the mystic by showing it.
1: The Overmind's First Daughter will be the protagonist of Overwhored 2.
Delete2: Yes, at the end of the expansion, Overwhored: Fall From Heaven.
Seem the beta is taking some more time to be released :)
ReplyDeleteNo worry, so far, looking forward much content in any case.
Cypress it is me the one that it is a pain, i want to know to be sure and dont respond if it just takes your time from making the game.
ReplyDeleteyou have a big bug that it will take 1 more week or something?
I'm mostly just down to slow tedious nametagging and bugtesting. I just want it to be good enough that I don't have to come back to it.
Deleteoohhhh thanks for response good to know for us that there is no major bug or something, then i will no longer give question about the time. thanks again
DeleteI dont want to sound like critic, but you are actually planning make woman main protagonist of Overwhored 2?
ReplyDeleteInternet is already full(mostly Japanese)games where is main character woman which is repeatedly raped by monsters. Additionally, at least 90% of your players are men. And man prefer male character and lot female NPC, instead of opposite. To be honest, main protagonist "Legend of Queen Opala - Origin" (if you know that game) also originally had to be a woman. But when it was announced, no one liked that idea.
I'm not going to tell you what to do, but make a woman the main hero of the game this type is VERY bold decision. It's really your final decision?
Edvin
Go home /aco/ no one likes it when you tell developers what to do
DeleteYou really don't understand how work constructive criticism...
DeletePeople like you are plague for developers.
Try some reading.
http://www.raphkoster.com/2013/10/14/on-getting-criticism/
Edvin
I think you're being a little harsh when you say it's 'bold.' Plenty of games have female protagonists because it's popular, not despite its lack of popularity, that's why there's so many. Though I'm going to have to agree with your disappointment, mostly because I'm no fan of ' rape on defeat,' I mean, you're the protagonist in a porn game, forcing you to get the porn part by failing the game part is bullshit, and I really hope that's not where the sequel is going. I'm also much more of a fan of getting a harem of girls rather than one girl having ton's of sex. Regardless, I'm looking forward to what the game will be since Overwhored has been a hell of a ride
DeleteConstructive criticism would be suggesting something like a futa feature so you can still give slaves a dicking, because Cypress isn't going to scrap the character being the daughter. What you did was passively aggressively it was a terrible idea because you don't like it, and paint the picture like most people wouldn't like a female character. Maybe they wouldn't but you don't speak for anyone but yourself.
DeleteSimple logic:
Delete1) This is porn RPG game.
2) Porn game are played almost exclusively by men.
3) In porn games men want to play as men.
And dont twist my words.
Female character dont have to be terrible idea, but it is unnecessary risk.
Owerwhored was funny and original game with enjoyable H scenes.
Porn games with woman which is repeatedly raped arent original or enjoyable.
(Even if you have very attractive heroine, eventually you get tired of her body)
Furthermore, I am unable to name even five good porn game with male protagonist.
But I am able to list a great many bad porn games with female protogonist.
So my criticism comes from experience.
Edvin
Again, a simple solution is to have the option, or game cannon, for the daughter to be a futa, or better fitting a herm.
DeleteFutanari or hermaphrodite protagonist can repel more players than deliver.
DeleteBut she can has special ability "Avatar of Overlord" which temporarily transform her into a form similar to her father or something like that. If you have some realy good ideas female hero can be as enjoyable as male. But as I said, it is unnecessary risk.
Edvin
So what are you suggesting? He scrap the daughter as the main character? You haven't given any kind of suggestion to an alternate, just say no to stuff
DeleteIf I knew how to write a good story for porn games I would do it, instead of shooting for these games. But my English is not good enough for writing an elaborate story. The only thing I say is that if he hasn't some great original idea regarding female, he should use male. It will be easier and game will be almost certainly more popular.
DeleteBTW: Can you name at least 3 good porn game with female character?
(Feel free use even something what is not created by RPG maker.)
The only one that I know is "Violated Heroine".
Edvin
Again you offer nothing as an alternate to what you perceive as a problem, while there is next to nothing know about the game. Cypress has already created a character for the game that ahs been foreshadowed since this one. I provided a solution but you just brushed it off to the point of petty semantics
DeleteAnd to answer your question
Village of nightmare
Corruption of Champions
And as of a recent update Free Cities
Do you really think that add cock between her legs is best solution?
DeleteIf you realy want me to propose some other solution, how about this:
"Overlord daughter still will be (one of) main character and our character will be her right hand/champion/bodyguard/captain of the guard/executor of her will. (And wise rulers rewards their loyal servants.)"
So we can get a lot of quality scenes with this woman, but we will not have to watch same girl all the time. Simple and elegant solution.
BTW
I certainly do not consider "Village of nightmare" as one of the better games and Corruption of Champions and Free Cities are game where you can chose your gender, which is a little different than being forced to play as a woman.
Edvin
The Overmind's Daughter will be a dominant character, not a submissive one. It will be quite different from many recent games in that respect especially.
DeleteShe'll be more vocal than daddy, but they'll still be very similar characters. She'll still brainwash people, capture slaves and bang them.
Just sayin, but the "men prefer men protagonists" are just a load of bullshit. As you said, Japenese hentai games (which still are played by 90%+ of men) have plenty of female MC.
DeleteSo, you may dislike this choice, but facts are "no, men don't dislike female MC". Period :/
Also, if you want great female MC games, you have Virgin Island or Arms Devicer.
IMHO a lot of people dont care about protagonists as long as the gameplay and story are great as they were in overwhored. And if you want my opinion as a fan the option to have either a herm or female character is a great thing.
Deletewelp,men (I if you wish) play games(main stream ones) where MC is female just to see them drop down from High moral to cum addicted sluts. i play only this type of games where I can do it manualy (not KN story,they are booring i find myself falling asleep),thus like playing third power,who guide this slutToBe to her final destenation by making decision where,how and with who.
Deleteroundscape adorevia have MC character,and what ? i like that ! you don't need to whore yourself,you can even skip every content that involve dick and go full hot lesbian action.
Keyen - that may be your experience and, while there are good reasons for female MC hentai games (dress-up factor being one of them). I was attracted to Overwhored because I do not particularly enjoy female MC games because I do not enjoy "rape on defeat" games and I also do not particularly enjoy games with dominant women. The blanket comment that you are responding to is inaccurate, as is yours - "no, men don't dislike female MC." Some do, some don't. The numbers do not break down to anything like 90% in the way that you suggest, but neither are they 90% in the other direction. Clearly, it is not true that "90% of men" play Japanese hentai games - 90% of men have no idea what they are.
DeleteWhile there have obviously been no studies (that I am aware of) as to the overlap between players of female MC games and players of male MC hentai games, my experience has been that I am fairly typical of those who are particularly keen on male MC hentai games - and I may perhaps give a female MC game a shot for a few hours, but will only ever complete or invest much in male MC games. This is why I am simply surprised by the decision, as I had imagined that the fanbase for this game to be comprised of the male MC game fan demographic, which is, at least in part, distinct from the female MC game fan demographic.
As I have enjoyed Overwhored, I have no doubt that its sequel will be reasonably well-made, but I also have no doubt that I will have less of an interest in ever playing it in anything approaching a comprehensive manner. Unfortunately, male MC hentai games seem to be much more scarce than female MC hentai games - at least as far as those reasonably available to most of us are concerned (taking into consideration both games originally made in non-Japanese languages and those translated from Japanese), so although nothing kills creativity so much as working on something one has no interest in, it is always disappointing to see resources leaving those games I enjoy for those games I do not enjoy.
Lest aspersions be cast purely on the basis of my expressed preferences, I have nothing but appreciation for Cypress in his creation of Overwhored and wish him well on the sequel, even if I will likely never track it as I have this game.
its not right for me to say this, but i prefer male protagonists like Anonymous.
DeleteGreetings Cypress,
ReplyDeleteCan you please update the version hosted on Kimochi? We're still sitting on 0.6.1.
On a personal level, I'm really excited to play the final version. I've been internationally not playing the incremental releases since you announced you wanted to have the game finished by end of 2015. I find it less frustrating to just wait than to "tease" myself with parts. :)
Still can't play the new Overwhored update with my old saves, and all I do is drag and drop. That's been working fine until the 0.9.5 version. Got the 0.9.5 fix 2 and I still can't play the game.
ReplyDeleteHi Cypress, looking forward for the release. I didn't download 0.9.5 waiting for the full release, can we have an ETA? Thank you very much for your time & efforts!
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