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The New Handmaiden [RPG Maker MV]

PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:20 am
by DoubleMKW
Current Version: 0.0.1a
https://mega.nz/#!BihDSBYL!xDtObtV5qsYa6oMBULal1RrhNSs6AnW_Rrr9_LrHytA

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The New Handmaiden is an Adult RPG that will use art drawn on paper then scanned straight into the game.
You play as Isabel, a former prostitute hired to pretend to be a handmaiden at the mayor's house. Your goal is to corrupt the mayor and get him to leave his wife and position. The choices you make in game will have an influence on the story, characters and ending

We plan to have a small update soon with inked versions of the current drawings in this build, but for now we would like to gauge the interest of people and what they think to a completely hand drawn game.
Any and all feedback is much appreciated :)
Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/DoubleMKW

Re: The New Handmaiden [RPG Maker MV]

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:58 am
by AcetheSuperVillain
So... the artwork from the screenshots isn't great. RPGMaker games are big files, and I'm not going to download one for a game that looks like that. If you're using MV, you can deploy as HTML5 and upload to a site like NewGrounds, I wouldn't mind trying it out in a browser to see if the story is any good. But, you should seriously try to improve yourself in the art department, especially if you want to attract patrons.

Hosting unfinished games on NewGrounds is kinda tricky. What you need to do is go to the project system tab, the [P] looking button, then under Games pick Create New Project. You can upload the game file under Publication Details, but don't press the Publish button. Press the Preview button, change "This preview can currently be seen by:" to Anyone, and copy the URL of this page as a link. If you press Publish, it will be uploaded to NewGrounds game portal, where an unfinished game is technically not allowed and might get blammed. (although big games like SimBro and Leave Together have unfinished versions there)

In fact, if there's not a lot of artwork you need, I'll offer to help you out with artwork, especially if all you need is a pencil sketch. You can't PM me on LoK until you've reached at least 10 posts, but you can reach me on my patreon or on NewGrounds.

Re: The New Handmaiden [RPG Maker MV]

PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:13 am
by lostone2
The story have some potential, but to be honest I feel that the art in its actual state it's more harmful than helpful. My advice at this point it's to improve the art. Also, give your future players more details on the gameplay (how you corrupt the Major, are there any sidequests, etc...) and the story (why the Mayor has been targeted, how many endings are, etc...) won't hurt either.