[ Spanquest Part 2: Shining Road ]

Soon.

Seriously, be patient. It'll come when it comes, and no amount of asking will speed it up.

[32167]

Originally Posted by Urzu7

Soon.

Seriously, be patient. It'll come when it comes, and no amount of asking will speed it up.

It's a normal question. We all look forward to the game. I hope dear Bagool will give an approximate release date. Nobody drives anyone, just people are interested.

[remo1]

Originally Posted by 32167

It's a normal question. We all look forward to the game. I hope dear Bagool will give an approximate release date. Nobody drives anyone, just people are interested.

Taken as a question that can be at least partly (and eventually totally) answered by going to his Patreon which has a link at the very first page of this thread, it could be considered rude or lazy, though I am sure the person asking it did not intend to be so.

Bagool is doing this out of his generous heart. I'm glad to see he's gotten something for his effort at his Patreon (and if some $ comes in that I'm expecting this month I hope to add to that) but he's still going to release this to everyone poor and rich, grateful and ingrate alike.

But he still has lots of coding to do, (and I worry the poor guy will get caught in a 'feature creep' spiral where he tries to make the perfect game) and has schooling and other aspects of real life to attend to.

I would ask people to be a bit more patient. It's not like we haven't heard from the man in two weeks or a month, and its not like there isn't a link at the very beginning of the thread where you can learn more, sometimes every day. Plus, UNLIKE THE VAST MAJORITY of games in this thread, this (as well as his other excellent projects) have been actively worked on to the point where they are enjoyable and playable all on their own.

So I do think its fair to give the guy lots of slack.

[Bagool]

Okay, chillax people. I don't mind if someone asks for a date for the next release, because there hasn't been a real target for a while. But I do appreciate you're efforts to loosen tensions Urzu and remo.

For a while I've only posted on things I'm planning on doing or have done without much of a solid date. Part of that was because the steps I was taking to add stuff to the game has been abstract without much of a plan or schedule (as most of my projects have been). Until very recently on Patreon I didn't have an idea on when the next release would be finished.

So as I've posted on Patreon, I recently finished the extended opening scene after I finally finished the groundwork for all of the new systems and variables I've added. I planned on putting a demo out after the opening was finished, but might push it back to my next goal, which was after the Inn had all of it's event's finished. The amount of time that would take can depend a lot on how much customization and choices I want to give the player. Since I'm sure everyone here would agree more options are better, that means I often balance the amount of time an event takes with how much a player will enjoy it. It's part of the reason the whole re-release has taken so long, I wanted to put everything in the game I wanted to so that after it is all said and done I have no regrets with how the game was handled.

Back to the date, so if things were going as normal for me, the demo might be out in 2-3 days. But since finals are next week, that clearly won't be happening. Of course, I'll be able to work some here and there in my free time, but the amount I'll be able to do is inconsistent. So regarding that, the earliest I will put a new demo out on Patreon will be this weekend with the public version being a day after, and at the latest it could be the weekend after that.

I'm glad people are even playing the game, let alone champing at the bit for it. As long as there isn't a mob of people with torches and pitchforks yelling "¡No dejes que se escape!" I'm fine. And from what I've heard, the game section of the forums may get more populated in due time.

[milf]

Yay. At the rate I have i won't even have a demo of mine till maybe Christmas unless things open up for me.

[CelticRaven]

@Bagool, as long as you keep developing I will keep the torches at bay for you! If harsh words don't work I have much stronger methods. I can say I've loved how you have changed the interface, and honestly don't think I would have had the spirit to change every interaction in a game I was that far along in. Your a good person, and as I think the second post in the thread said, yes people should be happy your doing the work at all! I loved your first game, and thank you for the advise in PM, it was helpful in thinking about if/what I'm going to do.

CR

[Mardozer725]

Thank you for the explanation on how the project is coming along, and I apologize if my question offended or angered anyone as that was not my intent at all, I am just very interested about this project and what comes from it. I wish you the best of luck on your exams and i do hope the game meets your expectations moreso than our own. Good luck, and have a lovely day

[Bagool]

This thread has gotten a bit too quiet. So here's an assignment for you all:
A while ago on a post on my patreon I described a system I'm using for the spanking scenes. As you might have noticed, in the latest demo there were these floating text boxes (which are called gabs) as opposed to normal text boxes. Some people liked them, some people didn't, but it will likely be the way I handle the scenes from now on. The reason being is that this new system I use for dialogue responses and chatter during a scene can only use gab windows.
How the system works is that every character is given a value I call a persona code. The code is tied to a list of phrases that get randomly selected and played out in a gab window when I call them. These codes can be as generic as "teenage girl" to more specific ones like "maid" or "demon soldier", and sort of encapsulate the whole of an npc's personality into a library of words.
The best part about this, is that when I finish a persona entry, I can link it to any npc in the game and cut down the amount of work substantially. Of course, if I don't provide a large enough list of phrases to be randomized, this can get very repetitive and boring very quickly. The lists include dialogue said both while being spanked or doing the spanking. There are phrases listed and called for all sorts of things, like when the player takes a certain implement out, or after the player tries to fight back, or when the player scolds in a certain way, etc.

So here's the opportunity. If you've ever wanted to hear a certain phrase or words said in reaction to something, you can post them here (or pm me) and they might just get added. Depending on the amount of people who pitch in, this can save a lot of time for me! The lists I want to finish before the next demo are: Generic boy, girl, teen boy, teen girl, man, and woman, so try to have your submission(s) fall within those categories. Also, they have to be limited in length otherwise they trail off the screen. Try to make the entry size the same as the example below or smaller, quotation marks not included.

Ex:"No, please! I'm sorry I won't do it again! Please stop!"

[remo1]

Ok.

"No, mommy, please mommy , I'll be good! "(at the tearful level for certain spankers like Mey who is very maternal in my opinion anyway) Talk about extra humiliation. Plus I think really painful spankings can regress at least some people to small kids.

"No...not there! NOT THERE!" (use your imagination)

"I've been a bad boy (girl) and I need my bottom spanked.."

"No fairrrrrrrrrrrr! Just you wait !" (Depending, can be a playfully bratty or angry response)

"Have you started yet? I'm about to go to sleep!"

"Your lap feels nice..."

"Noooooooooooooo! Not the paddle (or the belt, or esp the bamboo cane, or the whip or whatever)

"Hic SOB sniffle im HICCCCCCCCCCC sorry"

If more come to me later, I'll add them.
Hope this helps.

[spiderx]

"Just wait till I get the belt! You won't sit on your butt after that!"