Crafting Lucky Paradox #19: Back on the Road with Celestine
Hello everyone and welcome to a new sneak peek of Lucky Paradox.
After two hard weeks, my mood has been improving, although more slowly than I expected. Your words of support in the previous Sneak Peek helped me a lot to get out of the pessimistic state of mind I was in.
Thanks for all your support!
Despite the delay, the development of the new update, version 0.9.4 is still ongoing. During the first week I have dedicated myself to complete the planning phase, and I can already say that it will be quite a big update, which will be divided into four sections.
The first will be the main story content, which this time will involve Layla's main story, where I want to focus on exploring more of the sci-fi terrain, keeping the context of Argleton, but including some new concepts. This could be a long section, but I reserve the details for a future Sneak Peek, when everything is in a more mature state. I can only say that there will be many new ideas and concepts that have not been explored so far, and above all, many plot twists in Layla's story, which will also involve other characters in the story.
Next is Celestine's secondary story, with which we will be able to interact with her in many new ways and we will be able to unlock new exclusive scenes, learn more details of her life, as well as include secondary activities and personal information. I am currently writing all the content related to Celestine, and it will be accessible from the first minute of the game, since I am designing this content thinking in the beginning.
So far there is a lot of content missing for the beginning of the game, but with Celestine and some future girls like Helena, Daisy, among others, we will be able to access much more content from the beginning, although we will have to meet certain requirements, which will be simple, but I want to give a greater utility to the attributes.
In the case of Celestine, we will need to increase our Fitness level, which will be necessary to defeat Celestine in some sports and as a reward we will unlock new story content. Each attribute will be designed to unlock content with a secondary girl, so in this version will be the testing ground to test new horizons. Also, one of the new sections of the beach will have new activities, but I still need to work more on this section.
The third section is about new content for Gia, Layla's sister, who has been without new content for quite some time. Gia will also receive new secondary content for this update, and a surprise or two with Layla.
And finally, a new girl, which we will be able to meet by progressing far enough during Layla's new main story content. This new girl will be something unique in the game, so maybe it’s time for a poll…
What do you think about having the community choose the characteristics of this new girl by voting?
Although before, for those who have doubts about the release of version 0.9.3 to public, among other details, I wrote a post last week with some changes I wanted to make. You can find more details about it here:
In this post I talk about a new poll system that I want to implement among the community.
Although I had an initial idea and sketches about the new girl, I think it would be more fun if we all choose the most obvious features. During the next few days, I'll post the details on the Patreon page so you can vote, I'm excited to see what can come out of this.
But... to know the details about this girl, you'll have to wait a bit longer, when i get to the final design, I'll reveal all the details of her story and why I decided to do it this way (let's say this is part of the game's story). It'll be a surprise!
And that's all for this Sneak Peek!
Thanks so much again for all your words of support!
Despite many comments regarding taking some time off... I honestly don't feel comfortable putting Lucky Paradox on hiatus for too long. My productivity hasn't been the best these days, but it has helped me keep my mind off the negativity, I think more than a few of you can understand. It will never be easy to lose a mother.
Thank you for all your support, both on Patreon and other platforms, and I promise to continue with this, it's my way of giving back all those good vibes and love that you have given me.
I wish you a beautiful week, take care and take advantage of the time with your loved ones.
First of all, I want to thank you for all the words of encouragement and love that you all dedicated to me during this last week, I have really felt all that love and it has helped me to face the loss of my mother in a better way, although it is still very difficult for me, that positivity has helped me to get out of that hole I was in and move forward.
Really, thank you all so much, you are the most beautiful community out there.
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I like to do this kind of post once a year, where I make some improvements here and there, thanks to the observations and thoughts I've had during this time. Although this time the changes won't be as many as the previous times, since I think everything has been going well, but there is always room for improvement.
1. Development of Lucky Paradox
It has always been my intention to make Lucky Paradox better with each update, trying to include new ideas and concepts, as well as offering unique details. I have a huge list of improvements to make to the game, but there are always limits of time and resources to implement all these ideas, so it is necessary to make some decisions about it, to make use of everything in the most efficient way possible.
One of those ideas that has remained unfinished is the soundtrack of Lucky Paradox, which I have always wanted it to be music that is soothing and friendly, but while maintains a consistency between each theme, however, it was necessary to leave this section on pause for a long time, but I want to take it up again.
It would also be great to make a Youtube channel where to upload the Lucky Paradox music themes, so you can enjoy them at any time, besides working on new themes with the help of HitCtrl, since in my opinion he has done a wonderful job for the game, and slowly replacing all the current copyright free music to give the game more personality. For now, I've been making some cuts here and there to gather enough money to dedicate to this section. Hopefully, if the support increases, I will be able to dedicate more resources to this section and complete the Lucky Paradox OST.
Another important aspect has to do with the secondary content of the game, so far I have been choosing the content that I think more appropriate for each update, but I think you could also participate in this decision, I plan to make some exclusive Polls for Patrons, where you vote for the secondary girl, and the winner is the one that will get new content in the next update. One or two of the main girls (Prim, Maxy, Charlotte, Layla, Yui, Liz or Sasha) will also continue to receive content. The intention is to include a variety of girls in those Polls, to avoid the same option winning over and over again.
I also plan to make other types of Polls, such as Kinks or Features, to know your opinions.
In addition to the Polls, I intend to implement new options to get feedback from the Patrons, so that there is more communication between us. Possibly with an exclusive Patreon Chat or something similar, although I will let you know about this change when the time comes.
And finally, at some point I want to start revisiting old scenes and animations, to give them a deserved remaster, since they were made quite some time ago and do not have the current quality. I want to do this sporadically, to avoid delays in the main development.
If the support on Patreon is increasing, I can improve the development times (ideally up to a maximum of two months), and add sound effects to the erotic scenes, so that they are more immersive and exciting.
I am confident that we can reach 2000
2. Free Updates
This was possibly the hardest decision to make on this list, and I plan to be as honest as I can about it.
The timing of free update releases needs to change.
Free updates have been a huge source of stress and negativity over the last year.
After every release comes a wave of new players, which translates into a ton of questions about the installation, negative reviews, complaints for too specific reasons, among many other problems, which reduces my productivity and has become a wearing process, because it is an extra source of stress between external factors added to everything else, which slows down the development.
So, from now on I prefer to concentrate those efforts on creating new content faster and on the feedback delivered by Patrons.
The change I have in mind is to make the free update go public once the next update for Patrons is available. This means that version 0.9.3 will go public once version 0.9.4 is completed (which is currently in development).
This way I can leave a greater range of time to polish each free release, as well as focus the efforts of those days to make both releases in parallel.
Another adjustment I see necessary is to distribute the update in a fairer way, so from now on the Friends tier Patreon ($3) will receive the update a week earlier than the Tourist tier patrons ($1), since the Friends donate three times as much and deserve recognition for it.
3. Patreon Update
As expected, due to all the above, I must update each Patreon tier to reflect the corresponding benefits, as well as including the Girl Polls and others mentioned above. It will only be a change in the wording to make everything clearer, so I will not remove any benefit.
I want to clarify, that no Patron will lose benefits, but they will have more benefits than before, since from now on they will also be able to participate in the Polls of content among other things.
4. Increase of Alters
And finally, after many requests I have decided to open some new quotas in the Alter tier. Now 25 new slots will be added, and they will be available for one week. In case those slots are not filled, the tier will be reduced to the maximum number of slots available in that time. If the quotas are filled very quickly, I will open a few more, but it will still be a reduced amount to maintain that exclusivity.
Phew...
This has been a long post... These are the result of ideas and improvements that I have accumulated over time, and I think they will help this project to improve and move forward better than ever.
Thanks again for all the support and words you dedicated to me in the previous post, you guys are the best!
As for me, I'm back to work 100%, I'm here thanks to you and I want to bring you news as soon as possible.
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