Eros Academyv2.05[Ren'py]

[NovusPeregrine]

Update:

As of 6/30/2018 Original Post updated to reflect both current version...and a year and a half of development...

Salutations! I'm the developer of Eros Academy, a game that's been in development for just shy of a year and half. I've recently revamped my patreon as I'm now developing a second game. However, Eros Academy is still receiving active monthly updates. To give you some idea of the size and amount of content, the current Public Build (v2.01) contains 685 unique 3D renders, around a quarter of which are part of 80+ two or three frame animations. The current Patreon Only build (v2.05) has an additional 55 renders and several more animations, introducing Pony Play, an Intro to Bondage class, and Jobs the main character can do around the academy.

As of 6/30/2018 these are the current direct links for the Public Build:

For PC
Eros Academy v2.05 - Mega
Eros Academy v2.05 - GoTo File
Eros Academy v2.05 Google Docs

For Mac
Eros Academy v2.05 - Mega
Eros Academy v2.05 - GoTo File
Eros Academy v2.05 - Google Docs

You can always find the most recent Public Release links to download the game(PC and Mac), more information on what my Patrons get, and details on another of my upcoming games via my:
Patreon Page

What is Eros Academy?

Eros Academy hovers somewhere between a Dating Sim and a Visual Novel. The basic setting of the game is that, some years in the future, a new company founds an institution called Eros Academy. This academy offers both a place for people to learn about their sexuality and a safe haven to practice that sexuality. They offer four major services.

Erotic Exercise - Nude Yoga Classes, Tennis, and Volleyball are just the beginning. The Academy offers everything from simple naked sports to sex-based workout programs.

Classes - The Academy offers hands on instruction in everything from oral sex to bondage play.

Scenarios - Attendees can select from a whole host of scenarios they would like to experience. Be it playing as a fantasy damsel in distress, or a naughty schoolgirl seducing their professor.

Groups - Eros Academy allows groups of like minded individuals to use their facilities to practice their kinks. (Currently, the major group that has been implemented is the Exhibitionism Group)

Though there is quite a bit beyond these to find around the academy in general.

Game Play

For the purposes of the game, you play as Faith Imati, a young women who has worked up the courage to check out her local Eros Academy. As you guide her to explore the ever-expanding world of Eros Academy, you can meet and develop relationships with a number of NPCs. Currently, there is a full 4 dates leading to a relationship with a girl named Naomi, and a single date for a second character named Lily. These are not simple, mindless dates, but tend to contain multiple paths, options, and challenges. The dates tend to run at least 50-80 images each.

In addition to developing relationships, you can have Faith interact with other named NPCs, attend classes, experience scenarios, join in exercises, or sign up with the Exhibition group. You can also explore the Academy grounds to find numerous random encounters, or go to specific places to find various events and challenges. All the while you can choose to develop Faith's dominance or submissiveness, lower her inhibition levels, and increase her fitness, all of which unlock new options and scenes throughout the game.



What Does the Game Feature?

Eros Academy is intended to feature a very wide variety of kinks/fetishes. The list below are some ALREADY Present in the Game, and more will be added in time.

Masturbation
Oral Sex
Heterosexual and Lesbian sex
Anal Sex
Threesomes
Bondage
Spanking
Public Sex/Public Use Sex
Exhibitionism (Photography, Amateur Porn, Erotic Strip/Dance)
Sex Toy Play (Dildos/vibrators, Sybian, Strap-ons and more)
Pet Play (Ponygirl training, Ponygirl races, Cat/Dog play)
Roleplay Fantasies (I.E. Damsel in Distress, Student/Teacher, Captured Warrior, Cosplay)
Transformation(Breast Expansion, Futa : Both completely optional and currently somewhat limited)
Milking(Very Limited)


Basically, the intention of this game is to eventually allow Faith(and the player) to explore a bit of everything, all while developing relationships with an ever expanding number of major NPCs who she can either seduce or, in some cases, be seduced by.

Update Frequency:

Patrons get monthly updates of between 10-25 new renders (dependent on $5+ reward poll voting). Public releases have moved to every three months, the next one being sometime in July.

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I hope you enjoy!

[NovusPeregrine]

The first major update for Eros Academy has been released for Patrons, and will be available publicly on March, 3rd!

New Stuff:

Stats! - The stats are now actually useful for something! Faith's Arousal, Inhibition, and Fitness now control access to some scenes. Right now, stats are fairly easy to raise or lower through various scenes. I've made the gains fairly largish on purpose, to keep people from getting bored with the handful of scenes that can raise or lower each stat. This will be rebalanced in the next two updates.

New Sauna Scenes - You can now join in with the group in the Sauna. There are multiple options, but one of them is stat gated! Better raise that lust or lower that inhibition!

New Tennis Court Scenes - You can now "play the winner" of the match going on at the tennis courts! There are four possible sex scenes, depending on Faith's Fitness level and who she ends up playing.

A New Room - An Onsen is now in the game, where you can find...

A New Character: Michael Maes can be found in the Onsen. He has multiple chat options, and a major sex scene with options for either Faith or Michael to take charge. There are even multiple endings to one scene, based on Faith's Inhibition stat!

New Dialogue: Lily has a few new lines(make sure to Chat with her and Michael multiple times!), and a new menu structure that will give players an idea of things to come!


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News on the NEXT update!

Due to having finished this update mid-month, whereas I would normally release nearer the end of the month, I will be making another update at roughly the time this one goes public. Rather than the normal update pattern of mixed minor scenes/major scenes, this update will add only minor scenes (plus a new place to visit and possibly some more dialogue for Lily and Michael). The update will be intended to provide a much greater variety of stat-building things for the players to enjoy. Currently I'm estimating that I will be adding 8-10 minor scenes, a new location (Faith's Apartment), day progression(maybe), and bits and bobs of other stuff.

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A plea for feedback! I admit I'm a little depressed that I've put up threads about the game on multiple adult game forums around the 'net, and no one has said a single word. Even a word about how much it sucked! I'm having a really hard time motivating myself to work on it, as a result. So, regardless of if you like or hate the game, please drop a few words about it! What you liked, what you didn't like, what you would like to see, anything really!

[NovusPeregrine]

Woohoo, update day! ...Well, technically, update day was yesterday. Sadly, I was much to exhausted last night to go around letting everyone (Everyone not a Patron) know that updates were a thing that has happened. But, I digress.

New Public Release!

The first Public Update was made available early yesterday, March 3rd. You can find the new version via the updated links on my Patreon Page. This is the update that Patrons got two weeks ago, and there is information on what was added a few posts up, and on the patreon page as well. I also added a convenience update that wasn't in the original Patron Only version, adding a small stat box to the upper left of the screen that tracks Faith's Arousal/Inhibition. As a great many scenes both current and upcoming use these stats, I decided it was needed.


Supplemental Scene Pack(Minor Scene Pack)

There is also a new release for Patrons! Like any other update, it will go public in two weeks(Friday, March 17th). Previously, I'd been referring to this update as a "minor scene pack," but that...isn't entirely accurate. The purpose of this pack was the flesh out the things you could do around the Academy and some of the added content is much too involved to be counted as a "minor scene." This scene pack introduces 9 new distinct scenes, with 4 of those 9 scenes having major variations. With those scenes comes 6 new locations and the first relationship gated scene with Lily. The following are the scenes that were added:

Beach Volleyball (4 Results, Fitness and Inhibition level dependent)

New Scenario - Stolen Uniform

New Scenario - Grade Booster

New Class - Basic Blowjobs (variation base on inhibition level)

Masturbation at Faith's Apartment

4 Random Events Scenes (which are now a thing, choose 'explore the academy' from the Hallway Menu)

- The Glory Corner (2 major variations)

- Public Use in the Park (2 major variations)

- Lesbian Wrestling (Lily! Yay!)

- The Wandering Stripper

As you can see, quite a lot of new content! Roughly 50 new images were added to the game, and I think Eros Academy is starting to show a solid view of what it will be in the long run.

The Next Update

The next update will be later in the month, but has no set date (aside from 'by Midnight on the 31st'). It will introduce another major character, "Naomi Fuji," to the game. Due to the votes (okay, vote, there was only one besides mine...) of my $10+ Patrons, the update content will focus on more F/F content. I'm not 100% sure exactly what that means, yet, as there is still one more poll to run for types of fetish/kink said Patrons would most like to see added/expanded on. It also doesn't mean that the content update will be exclusively F/F, just that the majority will be. As I know more, I will update my Patron feed.

Enjoy! - Novus

[NovusPeregrine]

The new public release of the game, containing the Supplemental Scene Pack from the previous post, is now up on the Patreon Page. Go take a look!

The next patron-first update with be lateish in this month and contain major updates for Lily, including the option to take her on a date.

[NovusPeregrine]

New Patron Release! Eros Academy 1.3!

Alright! It's finally here! And it contains lots of stuff! Well, it is for Patrons at least! The public release of this content will be Thursday, April 13th.

New Stuff for Version 1.3:

-You can now do a lot more with Lily in her office. If you have high enough relationship with her you can Massage her Shoulders, Grope her Boobs, and Give and Receive Oral Sex. More to the point you can now...

-Ask Lily out on a Date. Take Lily out to a nearby cafe (if your relationship is good enough). There you can get new chat lines and have some fun. This also introduces the first use of the...

-Dom/Sub mechanic. The bones of the system have been there for the last couple of updates, but this is the first time there are checks for it. The things you can do on the date will change target depending on how high your dominance score is in comparison to Lily's. There are also completely different paths for a Dominate and Submissive Faith in...

-A new major sex scene at Faith's Apartment, after your date with Lily (if your relationship is good enough!). Content is completely different depending on who is in charge.

-In addition, Naomi is now in the game. You can find her at the Indoor Pool. She has chat lines and a few interactions, but not a lot of content overall. She's intended to be a harder character to romance, so I couldn't rush in a major sex scene for her.

-There is also a Temporary new scene on the random encounters list. 20% of the time you "explore the academy" you will get a text-only scene whose sole purpose is to allow easy manipulation of the Dominance Stat. Technically, this wasn't strictly needed, I was able to manipulate the stat using already existing scenes for testing purpose. However, I happen to know what literally everything does, since I wrote and programmed it all. As there simply aren't very many scenes that give dom/sub changes in the game yet, I added the temp scene for player convenience.



The Next Update:

Alright. So...read this through all the way please, if you read this section at all. The game is still being developed, and will continue to be! However, Eros Academy hasn't really produced much interest in the adult game community. The handful of Patrons I have are amazing. But, aside from their pledges, I've struggled to get even the most basic feedback from...well, pretty much anyone. This is incredibly disheartening given the amount of time I have to pour into the game to produce updates the size I have been. As a result, the APRIL update (the next update not this one), will be my last monthly update unless interest picks up. Wait! Don't run yet! When this change happens, IF it happens, I'm planning to flip my Patreon Page over to a "per creation" setup. This will allow me to take 2-3 months for an update of similar size to the current ones, without costing my lovely supporters a penny more for the same size content packages. Moreover, IF I do this, I will be altering the Private/Public release schedule so that the public release is always one full update behind, rather than an arbitrary two weeks.

As for the exact content of the next update, that will be subject to a poll of my Patrons that will be going up in the next couple of days.

[Zeus Kabob]

I edited the first post to reflect requirements on this forum. You must provide a direct link to the game, not through a Patreon page. When the 1.3 version becomes public, you should update the link on your post to reflect this.

[lostone2]

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The Next Update:

Alright. So...read this through all the way please, if you read this section at all. The game is still being developed, and will continue to be! However, Eros Academy hasn't really produced much interest in the adult game community. The handful of Patrons I have are amazing. But, aside from their pledges, I've struggled to get even the most basic feedback from...well, pretty much anyone. This is incredibly disheartening given the amount of time I have to pour into the game to produce updates the size I have been. As a result, the APRIL update (the next update not this one), will be my last monthly update unless interest picks up. Wait! Don't run yet! When this change happens, IF it happens, I'm planning to flip my Patreon Page over to a "per creation" setup. This will allow me to take 2-3 months for an update of similar size to the current ones, without costing my lovely supporters a penny more for the same size content packages. Moreover, IF I do this, I will be altering the Private/Public release schedule so that the public release is always one full update behind, rather than an arbitrary two weeks.

As for the exact content of the next update, that will be subject to a poll of my Patrons that will be going up in the next couple of days.

Regarding this, two things. I don't have a Patreon myself, but I had heard in UMLF (sorry I'm unable to find the reference now) that there is/was some kind of bug regarding changing the setup between monthly and per creation, so I would suggest that you contact with Patreon support before taking that step, just in case.

Regrading feedback, I think that you are a victim of the high number of games that keep appearing in these forums (and other similar) in the last months. For myself, your game doesn't call me because:
-In general I dislike dating Sims, because I have serious issues relating to that kind of games (nothing that you can about that, sorry).
-I'm at my point of saturation with 3D graphics (yours are not bad but not great either: you're probably in the middle). That's particularly relevant because I feel that the story is not the strongest point of this game, as is more of an excuse to explore various aspects of the human sexuality. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm unsure is that will keep your players in the long run. In that sense, you're probably better by prioritizing the porn.
-Many, many players are starting to get very wary of new Patreon projects, specially by new (and unknown) authors: don't take it personally as it has nothing to do with you. You will be taken more seriously if you don't mention the Patreon thing in your OP (of course a completed game will give you a much better position).

There are potentially other sites that you could post your game to: ULMF (it's possible that you're already there but I don't think so), Hongfire but I think that your game could potentially fit in the New Lagoon forums.

Good luck with your project and I hope that this will help you, even if just a little bit.

[NovusPeregrine]

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Regarding this, two things. I don't have a Patreon myself, but I had heard in UMLF (sorry I'm unable to find the reference now) that there is/was some kind of bug regarding changing the setup between monthly and per creation, so I would suggest that you contact with Patreon support before taking that step, just in case.

Regrading feedback, I think that you are a victim of the high number of games that keep appearing in these forums (and other similar) in the last months. For myself, your game doesn't call me because:
-In general I dislike dating Sims, because I have serious issues relating to that kind of games (nothing that you can about that, sorry).
-I'm at my point of saturation with 3D graphics (yours are not bad but not great either: you're probably in the middle). That's particularly relevant because I feel that the story is not the strongest point of this game, as is more of an excuse to explore various aspects of the human sexuality. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm unsure is that will keep your players in the long run. In that sense, you're probably better by prioritizing the porn.
-Many, many players are starting to get very wary of new Patreon projects, specially by new (and unknown) authors: don't take it personally as it has nothing to do with you. You will be taken more seriously if you don't mention the Patreon thing in your OP (of course a completed game will give you a much better position).

There are potentially other sites that you could post your game to: ULMF (it's possible that you're already there but I don't think so), Hongfire but I think that your game could potentially fit in the New Lagoon forums.

Good luck with your project and I hope that this will help you, even if just a little bit.

It is helpful, sorta. Definitely the warning about the Patreon thing. If I end up doing that I'll make sure to research the issue before hand.

Sadly, I can't really do anything about the artwork. I'm not an artist, so the 3D poser programs are about the only way I can produce decent artwork.

The story elements...eeehhhh...technically the main point of the game is the relationships with the major NPCs. The first real major update in the direction is the new version 1.3. All the other stuff before that had to be filled in as simple basic building blocks. There had to be enough scenes to allow players to build up the relevant stats, and to manipulate things like Faith's Arousal and Inhibition level.

I'm not taking the lack of Patreon funding personally -_-. I'm taking the lack of overall feedback PERIOD personally. I'm releasing a free game, after all, with only a minor delay between Patron and Public releases (much of the reason to support my Patreon is the extra content, I think, such as short stories related to the game). I have a thread like this on six different adult game forms, and if no one will say anything about the game at all, despite it being free, I pretty much have to assume there isn't much positive interest in it. Either that, or people are jerks who can't even be bother to say "this is awesome" or "this sucks" after playing something someone put in dozens or hundreds of hours to make and is giving away for free.

Lastly, if your talking about the forum over at Shark's Lagoon...No. That site has extremely ridiculous requirements for creators to be allowed to post there. As such, it's unlikely I'll ever put a thread up on that his site.

Thank you for the feedback, even if it's mostly negative.

[tontoman]

Well on the the feedback point, you might have stated the reason yourself. It's not awesome, and it doesn't suck, so you're not going to get either of those poster types posting... which are the two most common things that get people to post (sadly for the suck part).

The art style as mentioned could be called the standard now. And it's pretty down the middle so can't really comment there. I can't give advice on how to make them cuter. Kudoes to at least being realistic, so tired of the balloon breasts.

Couldn't comment on story... as the game isn't far enough along yet to comment on anything. You posted your intentions, but not enough in to judge. Same with the RPG progression. The game has a wide start as opposed to a long one. Lots of options at the begining, but none going very far. Which gives a brief taste of the fetish list you have, but nothing on progression and the gameplay. You see lots of demos start with one line, or multiple lines with all but one shut down, and have invested the demo time into travelling down the one path to show how game progression works. Easier to do depending on game mechanics.

Probably also suffering a bit of jack of all trades, master of none. So any BIG fan of one or two of the fetishes in your list, will have their enthusiasm tempered by knowing it's one of many (so limited content, and even moreso to what's showing in game). So no "omg great, it's an XXX game which is my fav" posts.

And maybe because it's a dating sim(ish), and a mild one when looking at design. From the vibe I get playing these games and from the forums the usual is either the protagonist is in control or not (with some variation to how much it can go wrong). So either going around inflicting situations onto people, or having them inflicted on themselves. Typical example the innocent woman who's lost everything, takes a waitress job in a bar, get molested and goes down from there etc.. Or the guy (of course) through magical powers, money or whatever gets to control and plow all the women around him. Pretty binary.
I'm personally getting bored of that, I'd prefer a mix where if you screw up you get a taste of your own medicine if even just for a particular NPC or two, but then again I stopped playing Assassins Creed at #2 and they've made how many.... so what do I know heh.

From your 1.3 description you might have some of that with academy outcomes effecting stats, the sub/dom not being whole determined by the player. But again as it's only just coming out couldn't comment on it. Post release hopefully you'll get more feedback.

Only thought I have is folks to seem to like global effects. So might help if a widening Dom/Sub stat effects not just the two? NPC who you date, but scenes or dialog in the academy. Will make the folks who like being globally taking control or falling down the hole happier. eg. getting spanked in one scene and carrying the red butt over to another. But one of the reasons it's not that common or fleshed out, it's a pain in the ass (pun intended) to code.. keeping track of stats/effects and dialog variations. And that's also where having so many fetishes becomes difficult if you were to do so. If this was a spanking sim say... you'd just have to keep an eye on butt status heh. But even Bethesda has trouble doing it. All those lame ass Skyrim quests. "I'm the Dragon Born, acknowledge me assholes!!"

Good luck.
BTW. Kudos (in my personal preference anyway heh) for having realistic people (no balloon tits), F/F for the main characters (tired of Mdom/Fsub regardless of who's the PC), and having it not set to either/or for a Sub/Dom PC... even though I wouldn't say it helped your cause for getting a fan base.

[NovusPeregrine]

Well on the the feedback point, you might have stated the reason yourself. It's not awesome, and it doesn't suck, so you're not going to get either of those poster types posting... which are the two most common things that get people to post (sadly for the suck part).

The art style as mentioned could be called the standard now. And it's pretty down the middle so can't really comment there. I can't give advice on how to make them cuter. Kudoes to at least being realistic, so tired of the balloon breasts.

Couldn't comment on story... as the game isn't far enough along yet to comment on anything. You posted your intentions, but not enough in to judge. Same with the RPG progression. The game has a wide start as opposed to a long one. Lots of options at the begining, but none going very far. Which gives a brief taste of the fetish list you have, but nothing on progression and the gameplay. You see lots of demos start with one line, or multiple lines with all but one shut down, and have invested the demo time into travelling down the one path to show how game progression works. Easier to do depending on game mechanics.

Probably also suffering a bit of jack of all trades, master of none. So any BIG fan of one or two of the fetishes in your list, will have their enthusiasm tempered by knowing it's one of many (so limited content, and even moreso to what's showing in game). So no "omg great, it's an XXX game which is my fav" posts.

And maybe because it's a dating sim(ish), and a mild one when looking at design. From the vibe I get playing these games and from the forums the usual is either the protagonist is in control or not (with some variation to how much it can go wrong). So either going around inflicting situations onto people, or having them inflicted on themselves. Typical example the innocent woman who's lost everything, takes a waitress job in a bar, get molested and goes down from there etc.. Or the guy (of course) through magical powers, money or whatever gets to control and plow all the women around him. Pretty binary.
I'm personally getting bored of that, I'd prefer a mix where if you screw up you get a taste of your own medicine if even just for a particular NPC or two, but then again I stopped playing Assassins Creed at #2 and they've made how many.... so what do I know heh.

From your 1.3 description you might have some of that with academy outcomes effecting stats, the sub/dom not being whole determined by the player. But again as it's only just coming out couldn't comment on it. Post release hopefully you'll get more feedback.

Only thought I have is folks to seem to like global effects. So might help if a widening Dom/Sub stat effects not just the two? NPC who you date, but scenes or dialog in the academy. Will make the folks who like being globally taking control or falling down the hole happier. eg. getting spanked in one scene and carrying the red butt over to another. But one of the reasons it's not that common or fleshed out, it's a pain in the ass (pun intended) to code.. keeping track of stats/effects and dialog variations. And that's also where having so many fetishes becomes difficult if you were to do so. If this was a spanking sim say... you'd just have to keep an eye on butt status heh. But even Bethesda has trouble doing it. All those lame ass Skyrim quests. "I'm the Dragon Born, acknowledge me assholes!!"

Good luck.
BTW. Kudos (in my personal preference anyway heh) for having realistic people (no balloon tits), F/F for the main characters (tired of Mdom/Fsub regardless of who's the PC), and having it not set to either/or for a Sub/Dom PC... even though I wouldn't say it helped your cause for getting a fan base.

Thank you SO much for the feedback! You are officially amazing ^_^!

A fair bit of what you said was helpful in some manner, but to address a couple of specific points:

The Dominance/Submissive stat eventually WILL carry across the entire game. Right now there just aren't that many scenes that use it (I needed to generate "early game" content and things to do first, when the player wouldn't have had the chance yet to take the stat in either direction). Faith has a Dominance stat, but so does every major NPC, and many scenes will have checks for overall dominance as well (And alter depending on the check). In the long run you'll be able to work on NPCs until they are completely submissive to Faith OR go the other direction and have Faith submissive to them. It won't affect just NPCs that you can date either, as Faith will react differently to many of the other content scenes depending on her dominance (Eventually -_-. The next update is planned to add several such scenes, right now the only ones that have this fully functional are in Lily's new date).

THANK YOU for noticing that they didn't have balloon tits! -_- I actually understand why it's a problem, after making Faith and Lily. It took me several long days, and consultation with a pair of artists I know, to figure out how to mitigate that issue(mitigate only, I'm aware they still aren't perfect -_-). The way the 3D programs work it isn't actually easy to increase breast size without getting that balloon effect. Thankfully, I learned how to do a rough version of it by making the models for those two, and can now apply it when I create more characters.

[NovusPeregrine]

Version 1.3 is now a public release! Go get it from the main post of the Patreon page (or in the direct link in the first post of this page)! See the 1.3 release post in this thread for what it contains.

The Next Update:
The last of my Patron Polls closed on the 8th of the month, so I now know what the next update will entail. My patrons surprised me by voting for me to expand the number of things to do around the academy in general, rather than adding another date or new character to the game. They further voted for the main themes of the update to be Exhibitionism and Pet Play, with a focus on F/F content. The current plan is for there to be between 6-8 new events of varying intricacy around the Academy, with at least 3 each being for Exhibitionism and Pet Play, and any others being whatever I feel like or have time for.

[Briheas]

You have lots of mechanics, but those mechanics don't seem to fit into the larger goal of the game. If this is supposed to be like a dating sim (which I gather only from your description in this thread - there is nothing in-game which indicates to me that this is supposed to be the overall goal of the game), then how do the various mechanics help me to achieve this goal? And if they don't/aren't going to, why are they even in the game in the first place?

For example, the fitness mechanic only seems to be useful in fitness events, but doesn't seem to influence or be necessary to romance other characters. If that's the case, then why should I even bother with increasing fitness? If it has no impact on achieving the goal of the game, why should I go out of my way and raise it?

Now, perhaps you intend these mechanics will become relevant later on, as you add more content. But so far, either in-game or in this thread, there doesn't seem to be any indication of any plans to do so. I think you should tie these mechanics back together so they form a cohesive game. Right now, each mechanic feels like they're their own separate island, each existing for their own sake rather than to further the main goal.

[FMC]

I haven't really posted anything, though I did play your build where you could actually get in a scene in the Sauna for the first time. So far, there hadn't seemed to be much to comment on; like the guy above with the mega review said, there wasn't much for me to comment on, since there wasn't very much actually going on in the game yet. I was waiting for it to be a little more fleshed out.

But before I download the new public release, I will say that the dominance / submissive trait was one thing that majourly got me into this game when I first checked it out. It seemed like a game where you could actually become submissive, not just over time, but also to an actual *place,* if that makes sense? For a bit of what I mean, have you heard of Shield High? It's a little more focused than this game; if you haven't heard of it, it's about trying to survive in a lesbian school where you can enslave or be enslaved. There's no real 'submissive' stat, it's one or the other, but your choices have impacts over the rest of the game. That's what I meant when I said you feel like your stats (at least the dominant /submissive part) feel like it's part of the world, rather than just something to say 'Oh, you reached 50 dominance, you can now act in xxx scene.' Sure, it'll probably work at least partly like that, but it'll feel... natural, I suppose is the term, since you have the rest to go with it.

Anyway, enough rambling, time to check out the new update.

EDIT: Well, after checking it out, I think it's going in the right direction. Can't wait for more submissive stuff to make it in. Maybe with some bondage now. xD I also forgot to mention I love the fact they have decently sized breasts. I hate big sizes in games, but mostly because I'm a flat chest myself. xD I like seeing flat-chested woman get it since I can easily imagine myself there. xD Also, spamming "Let Michael Lead" gives you like -5 % dominance until the new scene starts, which gives -1% or something. So I just spammed him to get my dominance down. Didn't even know about that other scene. After all, I'd rather be the one locked up as a public use slut than using one.

[NovusPeregrine]

You have lots of mechanics, but those mechanics don't seem to fit into the larger goal of the game. If this is supposed to be like a dating sim (which I gather only from your description in this thread - there is nothing in-game which indicates to me that this is supposed to be the overall goal of the game), then how do the various mechanics help me to achieve this goal? And if they don't/aren't going to, why are they even in the game in the first place?

For example, the fitness mechanic only seems to be useful in fitness events, but doesn't seem to influence or be necessary to romance other characters. If that's the case, then why should I even bother with increasing fitness? If it has no impact on achieving the goal of the game, why should I go out of my way and raise it?

Now, perhaps you intend these mechanics will become relevant later on, as you add more content. But so far, either in-game or in this thread, there doesn't seem to be any indication of any plans to do so. I think you should tie these mechanics back together so they form a cohesive game. Right now, each mechanic feels like they're their own separate island, each existing for their own sake rather than to further the main goal.

...I'm really not sure where you failed to see the dating sim stuff, at least in the current build. The relationship building with a few characters (mainly Lily) has been there for a few, and the current 1.3 build allows you to take her on a first date.

As for the stats, all of the stats have or will have major effects. In example, since you brought up the fitness stat, one of the characters not in the game yet is a fitness instructor at the Academy. Romancing her will require fitness checks at certain levels. I am not, however, a magic person and cannot add all content at once. Obviously, characters added in the early builds are going to be some of the more easily romanceable. Even so, no stat is useless even now, as they control differing results for various scenes. In example, there are 4 different outcomes to the tennis scene based on level of fitness. As some of the losses also effect things like the dominance stat, building or not building the stat is not purposeless.

But before I download the new public release, I will say that the dominance / submissive trait was one thing that majourly got me into this game when I first checked it out. It seemed like a game where you could actually become submissive, not just over time, but also to an actual *place,* if that makes sense? For a bit of what I mean, have you heard of Shield High? It's a little more focused than this game; if you haven't heard of it, it's about trying to survive in a lesbian school where you can enslave or be enslaved. There's no real 'submissive' stat, it's one or the other, but your choices have impacts over the rest of the game. That's what I meant when I said you feel like your stats (at least the dominant /submissive part) feel like it's part of the world, rather than just something to say 'Oh, you reached 50 dominance, you can now act in xxx scene.' Sure, it'll probably work at least partly like that, but it'll feel... natural, I suppose is the term, since you have the rest to go with it.

Anyway, enough rambling, time to check out the new update.

EDIT: Well, after checking it out, I think it's going in the right direction. Can't wait for more submissive stuff to make it in. Maybe with some bondage now. xD I also forgot to mention I love the fact they have decently sized breasts. I hate big sizes in games, but mostly because I'm a flat chest myself. xD I like seeing flat-chested woman get it since I can easily imagine myself there. xD Also, spamming "Let Michael Lead" gives you like -5 % dominance until the new scene starts, which gives -1% or something. So I just spammed him to get my dominance down. Didn't even know about that other scene. After all, I'd rather be the one locked up as a public use slut than using one.

I'm glad you liked the new build! I admit the dominance/submissive element is my favorite to work on, which I hope means I produce decent content in that direction! What goes into each build is largely subject to polls I run on Patreon now, though I get to interpret how to make use of the poll results as well as choose any extra scenes from my own preferences. The April update (1.4) was voted to have mostly exhibitionism and pet play in it, but the latter at least tends to have sub/dom themes build into it. So hopefully at least some of the content will appeal to you . I'm also always happy when someone notices the efforts I make to give some actual variety and reasonableness to the breast sizes -_-. It's a lot harder than you would think to make all of them look mostly natural. I personally think that virtually all sizes can be sexy, so I try to mix what's in the game!

[FMC]

Just a question, though. I know you said you wouldn't add actual rape to the game, but I was wondering something: With a low enough submission stat, would there be a chance for 'Role-play rape?' As in, you can do a scenario where you would get 'raped,' but it's all consensual and it's just a fantasy simulation, if that makes sense? I would understand if you say no to that, but it would be a way to add something like that (which I would enjoy personally) but still not be actual rape. Plus, with all the types of simulations that could be run at the academy, it would make sense if something like that was in it -- of course, there'd be a safeword and everything (or maybe something else if there ends up gags in it) -- and with the rules of the academy you already put in, there wouldn't be a chance of it going 'too far.'

I dunno, something you could think about, at the very least. If I wasn't such a penny pincher (since I don't make very much money), I'd definitely support the ten dollar tier.

[NovusPeregrine]

Just a question, though. I know you said you wouldn't add actual rape to the game, but I was wondering something: With a low enough submission stat, would there be a chance for 'Role-play rape?' As in, you can do a scenario where you would get 'raped,' but it's all consensual and it's just a fantasy simulation, if that makes sense? I would understand if you say no to that, but it would be a way to add something like that (which I would enjoy personally) but still not be actual rape. Plus, with all the types of simulations that could be run at the academy, it would make sense if something like that was in it -- of course, there'd be a safeword and everything (or maybe something else if there ends up gags in it) -- and with the rules of the academy you already put in, there wouldn't be a chance of it going 'too far.'

I dunno, something you could think about, at the very least. If I wasn't such a penny pincher (since I don't make very much money), I'd definitely support the ten dollar tier.

Yes, there is a very high probability that there will be scenarios like that(ones that are clearly roleplay). As a matter of fact, the scenario that you see during the tour (the captured warrior) technically qualifies, and it's one that I intend the player to be able to take Faith through eventually. It hasn't been put in yet on account of it being rather complex and the Iray textures involved causing each individual render to take hours. It's likely there will be other such consensual rape-roleplay scenario's in the game, as I don't have an issue with that. There will simply never be anything non-consensual in the game.

[FMC]

Personally, I'd love to see a scene to consent being put into that contraption you can see another female in already (That Free Use thing), but instead have it more rape-inclined. Of course, still consensual and per the rules of the academy, any random person would still have to stop if you gave the safeword (which would be put on the sign so they know, obviously). Or, y'know, scenes like something like that.

I know, I'm weird, sorry. xD

[Zeigmatsu]

Hey got this error when doing the basic blowjob class. All I did was click the bottom choice.

Code: Select All Code

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 1491, in script
    jump NonVolBlow
ScriptError: could not find label 'NonVolBlow'.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 1491, in script
    jump NonVolBlow
  File "C:\Users\Robert\Downloads\ErosAcademy-1.3-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1527, in execute
    rv = renpy.game.script.lookup(target)
  File "C:\Users\Robert\Downloads\ErosAcademy-1.3-pc\renpy\script.py", line 858, in lookup
    raise ScriptError("could not find label '%s'." % str(original))
ScriptError: could not find label 'NonVolBlow'.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 6.99.12.3.2123
Eros Academy 1.3


[WonderGamer]

Norton picked up SONAR.Heuristic.158 when I attempted to run this for the first time. I understand heuristics scans can be wrong sometimes (based on virus-like activity)...especially when it comes to Norton, but I think I'm going to hold off on running this until I get a response on it...

EDIT: Did another scan through Trendmicro Housecall, this one came up clean, but Norton was going haywire while trying to scan it (with this other scanner). Going to exclude the game folder from Norton auto-protection & block internet traffic on the game (through my firewall) for the time being & track what it's doing using my process monitor to be on the safe side, I'll post those logs publicly if I find it is doing something suspicious...

EDIT: The game is definately doing something odd, it immediately attempted to access Norton's definition files, so I'm not surprised Norton started freaking out. I can do a system restore if I think it infected my system somehow, so that part didn't really concern me. What does concern me is all these odd files it wrote to C:\USERS\*\APPDATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\LOW\CONTENT.IE5\*. I can easily clear my temporary internet files & they're gone, but what they heck was it writing in there??? The filenames of the files it was writing was enough to cause concern...

EDIT: Wiped the entire CONTENT.IE5 folder... Interesting how those folders were hidden when I tried to find them, I had to force them by manually entering the directory name. Still couldn't see the files it had written in Windows Explorer, so just wiped the entire directory. I hate to say it, but I think having Norton in aggressive heuristics mode may have just saved me some problems; there's some logs in there that I could have used without having to use the process monitor also, but they're not as detailed...

[Briheas]

...I'm really not sure where you failed to see the dating sim stuff, at least in the current build. The relationship building with a few characters (mainly Lily) has been there for a few, and the current 1.3 build allows you to take her on a first date.

Let me clarify this. I found and did the dating sim portion just fine. What I didn't get from the game was that the dating sim portion was supposed to be THE mechanic. I didn't feel like anything in the intro or the game itself really indicated that "the dating sim portion is the thing you need to do to win the game." In fact, since the dating sim portion really wasn't highlighted during the intro, I actually got the feeling that it was less important than the 4 main activities in the school and their related mechanics. It was only due to your earlier descriptions in this thread that I realized that it was supposed to be the most important.