Even More Unknown than Last Time... Total Progress Report – June 2025

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve been enjoying the new vibes over here at the Star. I’ve been thinking about pulling the trigger and changing things up for so long that it’s almost surreal that I actually went and did it! I will miss the weekly polls a little, but having less overhead here means more time to focus on what we’re all here for... GAMES!

Damsels of Vice 3

While I was just starting to get some good progress made with the sequel to the superheroine bimbo games, I ran into a little (very irritating) problem called “budget.” It’s a bit of a balancing act on the amount of art I can commission for each game that I do, and I need to be able to make the most out of it for the time being. Unfortunately, after figuring out everything I wanted with DoV3, it would be a hard sell even with a $15 price point.

The game was going to have a lot of changes to the series formula that would hopefully appeal to both old and new fans. Gone is the timed button press with enemy attacks, and in its place was a cooldown-based skill system that fans of Granblue Fantasy would recognize. Attacking would fill a charge bar that would replace your attack with a super signature move when it was at 100%.

You would be able to customize your skills and the bonus effects of your super signature for both heroines with gear you find and unlock, with later gear giving multiple skills in one slot for efficiency.

Among many of the things that I couldn’t get working with the RPG Maker MV engine was a version of Granblue Fantasy’s “Omen” system, where an enemy would ready an attack that would come with a special condition. Fulfill the condition (deal X damage, debuff, etc...) and the attack would be canceled, otherwise, prepare for trouble. I would be able to set something up in game logic, but working with RPG Maker’s Window class to actually give some sort of display about the Omens was not working.

There were also planning to be a lot of more bizarre villains and associated erotic perils this time around, really leaning into the campy comic book theme. Unfortunately, with everything coming together, there was just too much that couldn’t be cut. The challenge of the DoV games is having two protagonists, so that’s twice the erotic images and a large increase in how much each CG costs to commission. All and all, to do what I initially planned, it would cost a lot more to develop than Lust Knight Lisa did... and DoV3 was planned to be a $10 game like the first two.

That’s not to say that I won’t go back. I did all that work with some neat little effects and core combat system overhauls (custom damage numbers to more easily take control of the combat loop, for example)... not to mention hammering out a narrative where you play as Dr. Vice and are still less evil than the antagonist, who is also (alternate universe) Dr. Vice. There’s a good chance I will pick this back up after the project that I decided to pivot to is released...

Bimbo DOOM?! It’s real?!?!?!?! (Corruption Crucible)

Since getting the art for DoV3 is out of the question for now, I thought long and hard about that to do instead. The only other option I could think of was to switch to a different project entirely! After checking with Zin on some estimates BEFORE I decided on what I wanted to spend a few weeks working on, the Bimbo DOOM idea is back on the menu, chef’s special!

The last time I used a 3D game engine was over TEN years ago, so the idea of tackling this was pretty intimidating, even if the prospect of having the skills to make games beyond RPG Maker is enticing. Jumping in, thanks to a tutorial that I found that was pretty similar to how I wanted to kick things off, it was a lot more intuitive than I thought. It turns out that a lot of the old Unity 2.0 knowledge was still there. Godot Script is a little strange, being indentation focused, but aside from syntax, it might as well be JavaScript.

Despite having a lot to learn, there are so many things that are very nice. Things that I would have to figure out how to cheat/create in RPG Maker are built in, like the 2D/3D Animated sprites. It’s really nice to not have to fight with the rigid structure of RPG Maker or mess with other people’s plug-ins to do simple things. The only things that are a bit of a struggle is Vector math and finding answers that aren’t 5+ years old.

I’m still working out what I want for the game in general, but it’s going to keep the player-focused lewdness like my other works (due in part to how the cost would grow exponentially if I did it the other way around). This means that there will be plenty of traps and enemies looking to do lewd things if they get too close.

When you trigger a trap or get hit by an enemy enough times in a row, you will go into a “Struggle” state where the character will appear on screen and a struggling/fucked animation will play while you try and escape before you lose all your HP!

Expect a DOOM feel to the gameplay (old PC version) with the mostly 1st person perspective and set levels with the goal of collecting health, armor, ammo, and making it to the end while killing as many enemies as possible.

I’m still working on a solid theme to wrap everything up in, but corruption is a big aspect of it (latex, hypnosis, bimbo, etc...) so you can expect it to revolve around that. I’m thinking that you’ll play as a witch, and the different weapons are “spells” to switch between. Your “Ammo” will be like MP or crystals that you need for the different weapon types.

For now, I’m calling the game “Corruption Crucible” and I expect to have it done and for sale sometime near the end of the year, around October/November.

Lustfall and the Final Chapter

I’ve spent what we raised over the past month on getting some of the card art needed to release the epic finale of the grand game, but the donations dried up pretty quickly. I’m honestly not sure if it’s a visibility thing, or if people genuinely don’t care about it anymore. I’m a bit bummed out about it because I really want to put the project behind me. I feel like I am spamming it a lot, but maybe I just need to be more aggressive in the advertising?

Until we get a little more from the fundraiser, or we get a lot more support here, I’ll just be slowly chipping away at the commission list with the donations that come in and post the card art for subscribers here to enjoy in the meantime.

The PLAN

The plan for this month and probably the next few is as follows:

• First Friday of the month will be this big update post.

• Second Friday of the month will be the CYA Erotica post and the poll for what happens next (I have an idea I’ve been waiting to try for this so get hyped for next week)

• The LAST Friday of the month will be an exclusive demo of Corruption Crucible for subscribers. This demo might be ugly, buggy, and full of placeholder art (especially true for the first few months), but I think we’ll see a lot of progress made from month to month. You’ll essentially be playing the Early Access version of it.

These posts can take me a while to write up, so having less of them will give me more time to work on Corruption Crucible while I’m still learning the ins and outs of Godot 4. I still might make other posts when I feel like it, so it all depends on what exciting is going on that week.

BIG THANKS to the continued support after all of these changes! While I know some of you are looking forward to DoV3 (I am too!), I am super excited to bring this Bimbo DOOM idea to life and find a new direction to grow and evolve! Who knows, maybe 3D is in the future too? So many devs are doing it, there must be some good resources out there!

Oh hey, turns out Godot has a build in game recording function, so you can see what I’ve been doing this week as a little bonus!

New Month, New Star!

You might have noticed that some things changed a little bit over the weekend. With Lustfall just waiting for the art to get commissioned, it’s effectively done (the sooner we can reach that donation goal, the sooner it will be released)! This means it’s time to shift gears and mix things up a little bit. I’ve been wanting to make some changes around here for quite some time, so this is the perfect chance to do so.

New Tiers!!

The first thing is that the tiers have been updated with hot new images and an overhaul of what they offer. I’ve talked about the “Choose Your Adventure” erotica that would be fun to write for some time now, and subs will not only be able to read it, but also participate in the vote for what happens in the next chapter! This will be something fun to do while I test out some other things for the Star. I am going to say that there will be one chapter a month minimum, with the polls closing the week before the next chapter comes out. I have a very fun scenario in mind for starting things off, so expect something around next Friday.

Sub-only game demos?! Is it happening?!! You bet it is. I’ll explain more on Friday with my monthly development log (that will now be publicly available), but this next project is going to be something different for me, so I think getting a build out to entice people to support it long term is the best option. It will be good practice for how building the game works with this new game engine.

The old $1 tier has been retired. Those who are on it can stay on it for as long as they like, but it’s not available to anyone else. SubStar really hates such a small tier and I can’t think of anything special to offer on such a small scale, so I figured it was time to phase it out. It wasn’t exactly super popular to begin with.

Other than that, the tiers are similar. The newly named “Corrupt” $15 tier still gets you the latest and greatest commercial release, and gives your vote for the CYA story more power. The “Tainted” tier also gives access to special cheats that I put into my games if/when applicable. Things like infinite health/ammo and/or other things I program while testing the game will be yours!

I’ve added a few more tiers for those who want to go beyond. I might decide to do something special with them later, but it shouldn’t be expected when going with the last three tiers.

New Goals!!!!!!

I’ve kept the goals as simple and obtainable as possible. The public demo is one that we should easily be able to reach once I get a few demos/WIPs of my next game project complete. After that, we have illustrations to CYA that I will commission every month and update the erotica posts for subscribers.

The final goal is getting the rest of the BAD END CGs (that I already did a few of back in Update 7/8) for Lustfall commissioned and shown off to subs. Once enough are done to warrant an update, I’ll put them in the game for everyone.

Ultimately I wanted the goals to benefit subscribers, since you’re the ones that are actively contributing to the goals. Based on my hardships with Lustfall and doing the weekly polling for many years, most of the time it’s the people who are invested that care about these things. Other people don’t, so it doesn’t make sense to make goals to appeal to them.

So what’s next then?

So, I said I will explain more on the dev log post this Friday, but due to budget constraints, I am putting down DoV3 (all that work T.T) for now and am doing the teased Bimbo DOOM game in the Godot game engine instead! It’s going to be quite the adventure, so I hope I can count on your continued, enthusiastic support!