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May 30th 2022: Progress Report
Hello everyone, Rem here with this week's Progress Report!
This week is gonna be a long post! First up, the Progress Report for Karryn's Prison: Sachinama is almost but not finished with the first CG of the Gym side job, and there is total of at least five CG needed for the Gym side job. For anyone keeping track at home, the Toilet side job had four CGs, and the Strip Club side job had five CGs.
The rest of this post is just gonna be me typing away, so look away if you're not in the stomach for long winded stream of consciousness!
Ladies and gentlemen. It's almost god damn June. Half the year has went and gone. A big part of that half the year for me had been a blur, either dealing with post release stuff and support, and the past few months I could bare even use my wrists to do anything. So today, I'm gonna type like no one is watching!! It's been a long, long time since I've done one of these long post typing out my thoughts on stuff, so sit back and close the browser tab, you've been warned.
So first, (I say 'first' as if I've planned out a list of what I want to type about when I haven't) I wanna talk about a bit of what I've been doing last week and for the past few weeks. And that is, I've been thinking a whoooole lot about what the next game after Karryn's Prison I want to make. My brain pretty much shut down while my wrists were broken so after they've healed enough for me to stop feeling sorry about myself, all the lights turned back on again upstairs. And while designing and planning out how to do the Gym side job, I've also been thinking a loooot about the next game.
Basically, it's a bit of like a dream-like state where I come up with an idea, and then start brainstorming the overall design and some of the details and I would go back and forth with the idea in my head, kinda of like playing catch ball by yourself or something like that. And for people who have known me for a while, I like to do my thinking and brainstorming while walking around, basically pacing around aimlessly in my house because I dunno, I feel like moving my body around and getting blood and oxygen swirling around in my whole body is more effective for brainstorming then sitting still like a rock. And when I', really, really into this process, basically the time would fly and I would realize it's been hours and I'm deathly thirsty.
I haven't settled with any of the ideas I've come up with by the way. I've thought about female protagonist games, male protagonist games, games with multiple party members and all types of stuff. Oh and also, long time followers know this already, but this isn't an invitation for someone to send me their ideas. I'm sorry but I got head full of ideas for games I want to make already, so please don't take this the wrong way but don't DM or PM or write me your ideas or concepts.
Whether or not it will be a male protagonist or female protagonist game, I think I have a pretty firm idea of the character design of the main heroine that I would really want, so the rest is just figuring out what type of game to put her in.
Hold up Rem!! You, the imaginary character I've just created scream. Why are you talking about the next game when you've got Karryn's Prison?! You two-timing *** and *** %&!
Whoa imaginary buddy, that was uncalled for. Well, that's just how the creative process works. Karryn's Prison as far as I'm concerned, is completed. And as far as the original design of what I laid out three years+ ago, it's 100% done. The Gym side job is something completely extra to the original design framework and as such, it required and requires a lot of brainstorming to add something on top of what Karryn's Prison already is. Karryn's Prison was not like Meltys Quest at all. And the next game, whatever it might be, will not be like Karryn's Prison at all. And that's because I dislike retreading and doing the same thing over and over again.
So the Gym side job is gonna be a little different from the rest of the game while still using the same systems. Frankly speaking, the Gym side job will most likely be the first and final DLC side job that will be added to the game. While brainstorming about the Gym, next game, and all kinds of stuff, I basically envisioned 1~3 total DLCs for Karryn's Prison. 1~3 means that I have three ideas of what type of things to add, including the gym, but I'm undecided if I'm going stop after the Gym side job is completed, or add one or two non side job related DLCs for the game. I'm heavily leaning on scraping one of three ideas for the next game instead of pushing it to get added for KP.
Anyway, while writing up to this point, Sachinama messaged me about stuff related to the Gym side job so my train of thought has completely been derailed and there's no getting that train back on track once it's gone so I will end the post around here.
As said at the start of today's post, the current progress is on the first CG of five+ CGs, and then there's gotta be new dialogue written and voiced and all sort of work. So we're not at the starting line currently, but we're also very far away from the finish line. Just letting you all know!
And with that all said, stay safe and drink your water! Talk to you all next week!
Sounds good :D and i like it when devs try something new with thier next games, good luck :D! <3
Love to hear that you thinking about next games, but i also still have so much love for KP,so just hope that there more DLCs for that masterpiece after the Gym job, and wish you doing well :D !
My only hope for the next game is that the erotic elements have a good amount of interactivity to them. That's my personal favorite thing about KP, and it would be interesting to see a similar amount of interactivity in a different genre as well. I suppose that would depend on the type of game the next project will be though... Anyways! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and your progress. Have a wonderful day.
Will you use the swimming pool on the level 5 map?
KP is a masterpiece. I hope you keep adding to it, but I'm also happy to hear you are thinking of your next project. Good Luck Rem
Glad to hear that things are getting there. I understand that you feel KP is effectively finished, although I personally feel its not quite done, lots of potential untapped. Examples being clinic, pool, game room/lounge on lvl 3, and the showers off the top of my head for locations and more interactions between Karryn and the current jobs and inmates/staff. But I do totally understand that its where you want it to be and this is all a fan asking for more, more, and more (this stuff could also be future mod/dlc/expansion content for sure). As for your next project, I hope its as awesome as KP and wish you the best of luck on it.