tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post140156861442004072..comments2024-02-28T15:48:57.573+00:00Comments on Splendid Ostrich Games: Newlife 0.2.6 is now availableSplendid Ostrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-50323351357650955762015-03-02T02:14:12.420+00:002015-03-02T02:14:12.420+00:00Hi, thanks for the offer :) You're right that ...Hi, thanks for the offer :) You're right that adding icons could improve the UI quite a bit. I'd have to do some research to see how feasible things like adding icons to the shop lists would be - UI work is where I'm least experienced so I often have to look things up!<br />I don't want to impose on your time, but if you have ideas for things you want to do that would improve the game then send me an email at the address in my comment above, and I'll look into what it would take to get them into the game.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-24206106714872387512015-02-25T13:12:25.554+00:002015-02-25T13:12:25.554+00:00I think illustrations (while nice) would create in...I think illustrations (while nice) would create inconsistencies as new content is added. <br /><br />Icons however (such as custom icons for clothes types in the shop interface) could work though.<br /><br />As a patron of the game as well as a professional webdesigner and logo+icon illustrator I would love to help should you require it in any way. (For free of course.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-33461469293380213762015-02-08T22:32:20.765+00:002015-02-08T22:32:20.765+00:00Thanks for the offer. Writing is a bit tricky beca...Thanks for the offer. Writing is a bit tricky because the scenes in Newlife are all mixed up with code and text together.<br /><br />As for illustrations, there are a few places where having some might help the game. That said, a major implementation of graphics is probably unrealistic - there's so many different options for clothes & characters that it'd take a complicated graphical system to show them all.<br />To be honest, I feel a little reluctant to say "yes, I'd love to include illustrations" because I can't absolutely promise that I'd be able to put them in for sure. It wouldn't really be fair on you to be spending your time on such things and then have them cut.<br />While I don't want you to go to trouble to make stuff for the game, if you've already made images you think might fit well with it, or if you want to discuss that sort of thing then feel free to email me.<br />My email address is splendidostrich (at) gmail.com.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-11049188214911376102015-02-07T16:27:03.672+00:002015-02-07T16:27:03.672+00:00Absolutely! The 0.3 update will have full pregnanc...Absolutely! The 0.3 update will have full pregnancy and it'll also extend the game's length to 52 weeks. I'll probably split the pregnancy updates over 2 releases because they're quite large, but it won't be far away! The current schedule is something like:<br />Early-mid Feb: 0.2.7 - Clothing improvements<br />Early-mid Feb: 0.2.8 - Dance skill & events (double release to set up early access Patron reward)<br />Late Feb: 0.2.9 - Pregnancy update part 1 & this month's lottery event.<br />Early March: 0.3.0 - Complete pregnancy implementation & extend game length<br />Early-Mid March 0.3.1 - User-friendliness updates.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-69465206348813049802015-02-07T16:25:00.929+00:002015-02-07T16:25:00.929+00:00if there is anyway i can help, i would be glad to....if there is anyway i can help, i would be glad to.<br /> i know little about coding and such, but if you need any help writing or illustrating anything let me know on here and ill give you my contact infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-59329541395777557582015-02-07T12:59:49.367+00:002015-02-07T12:59:49.367+00:00Hey! I'm really liking the game so far
One thi...Hey! I'm really liking the game so far<br />One thing, will it be possible to become fully pregnant? Like, can you do it so the character gives birth after 32 weeks, and the scenes change depending on how pregnant she is?<br />Looking forward to 0.2.7 and so forth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-76899892693218011462015-02-05T14:26:30.715+00:002015-02-05T14:26:30.715+00:00Thank you :)Thank you :)Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-34945534957765455182015-02-05T14:26:16.409+00:002015-02-05T14:26:16.409+00:00The game length will increase with the 0.3 update ...The game length will increase with the 0.3 update in about a month.<br /><br />I've put a note about looking into re-randomisation. It's a bit fidddly with how the character gets created at the moment, but might be possible with a bit of rework.<br />As for quickstart settings, I'll look into that when/if I add a persistent preferences file.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-56433418650747158472015-02-05T14:24:01.697+00:002015-02-05T14:24:01.697+00:00Hi, in theory I like the idea of having translated...Hi, in theory I like the idea of having translated versions, but the practicalities are quite awkward.<br /><br />Newlife isn't written as a CYOA with long paragraphs of text - instead it's common for even a single sentence to be spread over multiple lines of code, with extra phrases being added or not based on traits or other conditions.<br />This means that even translating every text string in the game would still leave it badly incorrect, because sentence structure is different in different languages.<br />Also, the text isn't separated from the code and that would make it very difficult to do a translated version without access to the source code - something I'm very wary about giving out.<br />Finally, there's issues about frequency of updates. I often make small changes to existing text as well as adding new content, and I update about three times a month. That's a lot of maintenance work for any manual translation and if the translator goes on holiday or something then the translated version would end up quickly lagging behind.<br /><br />In conclusion, I don't view manual translation as realistic to implement at the moment without dramatic changes to how the game code works.<br /><br />I did consider having a link to an automated translation system such as Google Translate, so that the final text could get sent to it just before being shown to the player. This runs into problems though because these systems generally are not free to access, and I can't afford to pay money for them.<br />In any case, automatic translation is notoriously bad, and having the game connect to an online service every time an action is taken could run into problems with people who have restricted or slow internet connections.<br /><br />I might have another look if I can find a good free library with a suitable free license that I can package with the game so it wouldn't need online access. People should let me know if they know of such a library.<br /><br />By the way, to give you an example of what text often looks like in Newlife, here's some pseudocode for a single sentence in the output. This is directly from the game, but I replaced the actual Java statements with capitalised text that'll hopefully be more informative for non-programmers. It should I hope be clear that just translating the text would run into big grammatical problems:<br /><br />ADD_TEXT("You wrap your arms around his neck and press as close to him as you can, ")<br />IF (BREAST_SIZE IS C) ADD_TEXT(“full ”)<br />ELSE IF (BREAST_SIZE IS D) ADD_TEXT(“heavy ”)<br />IF (BREASTS ARE BARE) ADD_TEXT(“bare ”)<br />ADD_TEXT(“breasts pressing ”)<br />IF (HAS TRAIT SENSITIVE_BREASTS)ADD_TEXT(“ sensitively ”)<br />ADD_TEXT(“against ”)<br />IF (HIS SHIRT IS OPEN OR REMOVED) ADD_TEXT(“the naked skin of “)<br />ADD_TEXT(“his “)<br />ADD_TEXT(MALE_TORSO_DESCRIPTION)<br />ADD_TEXT(“. “)<br />Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-15521976016219769572015-02-05T14:22:23.858+00:002015-02-05T14:22:23.858+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-1509421551333172922015-02-05T14:07:07.492+00:002015-02-05T14:07:07.492+00:00It's certainly possible. It's a fair bit o...It's certainly possible. It's a fair bit of work because it'd mean re-writing all the stuff that says things like "you look up at him". Not scheduled in anytime soon, but it's a fairly obvious change if I decide to do an update based around adding more details to the pc.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-59767013839867863362015-02-05T00:05:15.928+00:002015-02-05T00:05:15.928+00:00Best Game everBest Game everAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-85225326330800027272015-02-04T20:55:23.538+00:002015-02-04T20:55:23.538+00:00Hi! Will you consider to do a spanish translation ...Hi! Will you consider to do a spanish translation of the game? I offer to do it if you would like.<br />I write as anonymous for privacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-4482104693930144232015-02-04T01:36:06.474+00:002015-02-04T01:36:06.474+00:00I certainly would like it if quickstart let you ge...I certainly would like it if quickstart let you get to a random character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-1609196458188470942015-02-03T18:35:59.915+00:002015-02-03T18:35:59.915+00:00Is there any chance that you could implement chara...Is there any chance that you could implement character height settings in future updates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-64492776112170195622015-02-03T14:58:18.885+00:002015-02-03T14:58:18.885+00:00Awesome job!
Just one thing, 26 weeks are too few...Awesome job! <br />Just one thing, 26 weeks are too few!<br />Cheat Engine doesn't work anymore... could you tell what value is now weeks?<br />This game is awesome as sandbox, but 26 weeks really hurt at game play.<br />Playing instead lots of turns really add flavour to roleplaying.<br />Also another request: is it possible to have a button during female char creation to randomize again? Char creation sometime gets very long if you are like me that like random things... try after try after try, and always i end up custom editing losing that feel of randomness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-19042415745781466642015-02-03T14:25:23.943+00:002015-02-03T14:25:23.943+00:00Thanks :)
I'm not planning to make many more U...Thanks :)<br />I'm not planning to make many more UI updates before the next big release. After that, I'll have a think about comparison, but I think it'll be a bit tricky to implement well so I can't guarantee I'll add it.<br />Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-78983787008546114152015-02-03T14:21:29.376+00:002015-02-03T14:21:29.376+00:00The game length will increase with the 0.3 update,...The game length will increase with the 0.3 update, which will have a proper pregnancy implementation. That's probably 4 updates away, so most likely early March Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-103126766432427092015-02-03T13:29:22.722+00:002015-02-03T13:29:22.722+00:00Can you raise the number of weeks? Having it end t...Can you raise the number of weeks? Having it end that early is kinda annoying, when trying to see whats new, or testing things out. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-69641850356363567732015-02-03T04:16:33.387+00:002015-02-03T04:16:33.387+00:00One suggestion to make clothes shopping a bit easi...One suggestion to make clothes shopping a bit easier: Can you implement a way to "compare" clothing stats in the shop? For example, if I want to see the difference between two bras, or compare attractiveness of a dress to top+skirt. The only tedious part of the UI for me is deciding which clothes to pick to give me the best stats :)<br /><br />Great game so far, looking forward to all your updates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-44247674999353709642015-02-03T02:13:14.058+00:002015-02-03T02:13:14.058+00:00With the client. You need to get an invite to his ...With the client. You need to get an invite to his home. That happens if he brings you to orgasm and you don't hide it, or if you successfully make a sale without discouraging his inappropriate advances.<br /><br />Office parties are going to be part of the office career, not the sales one. I think that'll be the second career which'll be added when I do a major update focusing on jobs.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-12366994937350368402015-02-03T02:09:42.485+00:002015-02-03T02:09:42.485+00:00Thanks! I love how your posts are always so friend...Thanks! I love how your posts are always so friendly and positive. Glad you're enjoying the game :)Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-10860305809248534392015-02-03T02:09:15.453+00:002015-02-03T02:09:15.453+00:00Not a problem, don't worry about itNot a problem, don't worry about itSplendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-32919901151458076022015-02-03T02:08:56.835+00:002015-02-03T02:08:56.835+00:00Thanks, but I'm afraid that reworking the UI t...Thanks, but I'm afraid that reworking the UI to work on android would be too big a change. If I do another game when newlife is finished then that's the sort of thing I'll have serious look at when I can design it in from the start.Splendid Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269228771363667548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4402139144450897998.post-55601181493682069202015-02-02T21:26:26.585+00:002015-02-02T21:26:26.585+00:00To make an android version he would at the very le...To make an android version he would at the very least have to redo the entire gui, which is not a trivial task by any measure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com