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Dev Log #19 - Bug Fixes & Ardura Fetishes

11/13/2021

Introduction

Hello hello! Hope everyone has been well. I've got some updates for y'all, but first I wanted to say thank you to everyone who told me that they enjoyed the new Scarlett side quest. That was my first time trying out a new writing style and I think it worked out! I'm trying my best to make all future side quests more fun to read, and here's hoping the next two are just as fun! I've been working on some bug fixes and stuff, so let's get started with that!

Loading Assets Bug

Some people are running into asset loading failures for Queen's Brothel. Where the game freezes on loading assets. I did not expect to ever run into this problem, because I figured the game engines had my back, but apparently the Phaser engine likes to mess up when it comes to loading video and sound files.

Sound

I provide both a .ogg and .m4a sound file for every single sound in the game. This is because .ogg works on most machines and .m4a works for Apple devices. I have compressed these to the lowest possible file size, but people still run into issues decoding them. My only guess is that the amount of sound files we have to load is an issue. This problem only seems to happen when players open the brothel, and opening the brothel loads a bunch of sound effects. The game is trying to load blowjob sounds, lube sounds, moaning sounds, ultimate sounds. Maybe the issue is the amount of files to load, and not the files themselves. Maybe a solution is to load them only when they need to be used? This is typically not a good idea because it would cause stutter while you're playing.

Animations

Recently, I have switched from image animation sequences to video files. This is because loading multiple 1920x1080 image files takes a long time and uses a lot of memory. I figured video files would be better, and I think they are... right up until people told me that loading the video files crashes the game. I think it's a similar problem to the sound issues, where decoding video files takes a long time for people's phones. This is making me want to force small image animation sequences for mobile players, and use video files for desktop players. Or maybe I just switch back to image sequences ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. These types of problems are all trial and error with each update. At least image sequences never hung on loading assets, they just caused memory errors 🤭.

Power Creep

One thing Queen's Brothel lacks is a solid power creep mechanic that lets the players feel like they're getting stronger as they play the game. I feel like the stats in the game currently don't make you feel powerful. Suki might be the most fun to play because she hits so hard, and it's fun and exciting when the player feels strong. I don't have an answer for how we can create power creep, but I'd like to get started with something simple. When you beat a boss, you'll gain a permanent increase for all of the girls.

• Greenhaven Boss - +2 Pussy and Throat
• Morass Boss - +1 All Body Parts
• Avia Boss - +2 Tits
• Mountain Boss - +2 Anal
• Hell Boss - +3000 EXP for all girls
• Final Boss - +1 All Body Parts

These stat increases are small because I'm looking for ways to let players get more buffs later on. One idea is that you can re-fight bosses for temporary stat bonuses. So like maybe you go fight the Greenhaven boss for a +5 Pussy and Throat stat buff so that you can use it for another boss battle. Maybe you can spend gold to purchase temporary stat bonuses? Anyways, I'll think about how we should do this, but for now y'all can take those permanent boss buffs.

Ardura Fetishes

The next girl I'd like to make side quests for is Ardura. Both Ardura and Natasha are lacking quests to flesh out their character. I'd like to start with Ardura first and we can work on Natasha next. Let's be honest boys, Ardura isn't the most popular girl, but she satisfies some fetishes that the other girls can not. Let's talk about what fetishes Ardura can offer and what direction we can take for her side quests.

Orc

Ardura is not a human so we already have the ability to introduce things that are not standard to humans. I have already done this by making the orc girls reliant on cum. They use this to power themselves up. Ardura is the leader of her orc camp, which makes her the strongest and most willing to swallow a bunch of loads. The orcs provide much more cum than humans do and maybe Ardura needs to take on a hundred guys just to fill herself up.

Strength

Ardura is the strongest girl. We have two routes to take with her power. We can either make a quest where she is dominated by someone, or she can dominate someone. Some sadistic clients could take pleasure in tying down such a strong girl. Ardura could play along to satisfy their fetishes, but in reality she could break out of any contraption she is trapped in. Ardura's need for cum could also be a reason why she needs to dominate men. Maybe the boys like how rough they can be with her because it's technically not that rough to her because she's so strong? Thrusting full speed into her doesn't hurt because she's so much bigger than them.

Height

Ardura is clocking in at 8 feet (243cm). This lets us do the size difference fetish. Imagine a bunch of 3 feet tall goblins surrounding Ardura, they could use much more of her body than a human or orc. Ardura being taller than the humans could also put her in "mommy" tier where guys like to cuddle with her because she's so big and easy to lay on. Maybe Natasha uses her magic to give Ardura some big milkers and the boys really want to cuddle with her?

Muscles

Ardura's muscles give us a reason to have some boys use other parts of her body. A thigh job sounds much more exciting when the girl can squeeze her thigh muscles. Her arms are more toned, so maybe some dudes want to fuck her armpits? Maybe the horsemen like her handjobs because she can jerk them off harder than a human? Maybe some guys can't resist her abs?

Conclusion

That's all I've got for this dev log! I also just wanted to mention that I am learning the Godot game engine. I haven't done much with it yet, but I would like to start using Godot for future projects so I'm very slowly learning it on the side. I am also going to be posting videos of me learning Godot as dev logs on YouTube so if you're interested, feel free to subscribe. Looking forward to finishing the side quests for this month, see you then!