This game is under suspicion of a developer not currently able to work on this game.
I will give till the end of this year, to judge if the game is still in development or not.
16 games currently on itch.io that I have seen and liked have lost developer(s) or the developers have gone dark. Either they quit, took a break, lost their data, or died.
I don't want this to be 17.
Came back to read up on comments.
The current trend is a lot of up votes and down votes for certain people.
There are some comments saying change is necessary or normal, that isn't appropriate for a game being described as better but the same as the original. It was whole heartedly expected to be beat for beat the same world and story with more comprehensive code and that would allow for better development.
This rework/remake game is literally not the same game. The world's are completely different between the original and this replacement that honestly betrays fans who wholeheartedly loved the original and expected the words of the creator were literal and sincere. The game that has replaced the original has basically cut up the original and pasted things into place abandoning a lot of the original world, setting, and designs. The main story isn't even seen as the same because the world is not the same.
So the changes beyond the code is not good, because it quite honestly says the developer lied. You can add new content, you can improve or rewrite the code, but changes like this were never wanted by most people who took your words wholeheartedly at face value.
For those new here, a warning, this comment section has a few overly toxic positives and negatives so expect to see something that will get you annoyed or mad.
WARNING ⚠️ LONG COMMENT
I just finished the current version here on itch.io. Everything I could say and do.
The game works and no issues for me atleast on mobile and PC.
As a returning player from the original the new game is definitely not the same compared to the original and the new character designs are very uncomfortable to look at. The protagonist waking up to see that one particular woman after we are attacked by The Beast and protect Pixie, genuinely was disturbing. The noses are not attractive and even out of place on the characters faces. Most of the new looks are so off or different that I can't even say they are the same characters. Pixies and Emma are the most different that I've seen, and Jessica is also off. From their size, to the way they dress, everything is different, and I do not like it.
As for the world, it is also completely different compared to the original. The world is aware and knows that Fae and other creatures exist. The original had more mystery and uncertainty, where discovering the unknown was one of the big story and exploration points. The Fae and others did not even exist in our minds as players at the beginning of the original and we learned and discovered as we went. Because of so many changes to the world and characters this will obviously effect the plot and progression of the story. Meaning that so far most of the game is already appearing as a different game entirely, as most of the beginning is already not the same, so the thing about it being better but still the same is already false advertising.
To much has changed from the get go and the fact that the original was removed for this version to be seen is honestly upsetting.
I played several versions of the original. None were such drastic changes and nothing about them made me feel like I was playing a different game. In fact most of the updates that the original had were new and even exciting, it felt like it was adding and not outright replacing. The ways you could explore and travel by being provided choices that would lead you in different directions sometimes like a puzzle or maze, the choices you could make that could effect your experiences like finding someone on the street or making connections, and the way you could develop relationships were engaging, these choices were easier and simpler in the original with them also providing a sort of mind game or puzzle to solve to make new discoveries, they only cost the player in game time on the clock not food points. The later end of original had combat, and earlier than that you had some moments where you had to make quick decisions too. You had powers that allowed you too effect people or outright break them, which basically turned them into puppets or people that were just a step above drones, so evil and morally ambiguous powers, as well as powers to hear thoughts and feelings, and more.
The current version here is missing 90% of everything and the original wasn't even finished, obviously because it's a different game. The reason they say is because of the code being a mess in the original. I honestly hear that a lot about several games that just get dumped or replaced, so I have had various experiences with that, mostly bad. The developers either burn out on the new version or remake, or they change so much with the new version that it isn't even the same game. So this game is already hitting that warning bell.
I had all the original games plot points saved on my PC and phone version. So I either remember them by heart or can easily rewind to see what I forgot. This game is without a doubt different and can not be said as it is currently, the same but better.
I even played that one short version that complimented the original, it's name was written as Valentine's Day FUtoCS on my PC, probably edited that. It was like a few minutes long and was clearly making a point about those Credit Card morons and groups like Collective Shout or whatever their name was. Two guys bust into our home threatening our family and friends saying they are doing that for their sakes or some insane nonsense. Our guy arrives and protects them and that short version's final message renewed my desire to see the original continue dispite all the in real life insanity.
So after a very long time and still hoping to see it get updated, just to see the original get removed from here and a gaudy knockoff looking version take its place actually upsets me. Nothing looks the same, the world is not the same, and the characters do not look the same or even have the same start or encounters compared to the original except for Pixie and her awful boss because if the main plot were to be too different than that would invalidate this version as being the same as the original, even though everything else is obviously different.
Now, I'm venting hard, but this comment section and the Discord have guys like me waiting for news that this game will get better, in looks, the characters, and it's setting, because it clearly isn't the same. I'm quiet on Discord and don't engage beyond questions or just reading posts, but on Discord and here, they have types of people saying really negative stuff and just dipping out, like this new version is trash I'm done. They aren't saying anything to try and redirect this new game back to being like the original, it is just angery comment and gone. Then we got the other types, the sincerely overly supportive and excessively toxic positivity, all they say is the same lines over and over, keep doing what your doing and change is good. The whole selling point or promotion for this new version is that it's supposed to be the same "original" game but with better code, it isn't supposed to change character designs or how we first meet them, or the world itself, it is supposed add and improve, not take away or rewrite the world order and characters lives. This version is like a warped reality conjured by that Fae b!t@# to mess with or trap the protagonist. It feels and looks wrong.
I don't get why things were changed so drastically if it was meant to be the same game, story, setting, characters, etcetera. What was wrong with just copy and paste the original game, not the code, and just moving that to the new version and then adding the new stuff? If you wanted characters to have new outfits, why not introduce them to wardrobe options? Why change Pixie or Emma in their appearances, and have Emma and Jessica's situations be entirely different with Jess owning a resort and Emma being a janitor that cleans Jessica's pool and guests crap? Why did the world have to have it's script flipped on its head and make everything public, from Fae and other beings, to that secret organization no longer being secret or atleast no longer hidden? Because they are atleast still scummy based on what little we can see in this version. This is a remake, not a remaster, and it does not feel or look like the original at all.
Seriously, if your a newcomer, go and find the old version and see what it had. Try to even look for someone or a site that has multiple older versions so that you can see how the game developed over time. You will see just how much has been changed easily in this new version and not for the better in my opinion.
Hey, personal tip for starters, do not rush things.
Best scroll in my experience is knockdown or knockback.
Tome, personally, healing and any that Summon minions.
Weapon, Spear was a great go to early on, then Rifle, I'm a simple guy
Armor, I want all the smoke so Plate armor.
Potions and Antidotes. Maybe you will get lucky and find invisibility or rage Potions.
Focus on making friends and getting party members, but be patient, you will progress eventually.
Most rewards or loot are RNG, so relax, take what you can and just play for fun.
The game is still early on in story, I think.
I don't use anything outside of this game or mod it. So I just don't get why it happens. It might make sense on the Android version since the game originally was PC only and Android games are sometimes troublesome, but I don't get why it sometimes happens on PC even if not as often.
As for the Chair, great to know and thank you.
I always save when given the choice to fight or skip. The fight ends up bugging after I have reach the 2nd turn and use skills and or magic.
My stats are maxed for that point in the story, I always buff Ise, and I always try to wipe the back line first using the Holy Lightning, Rias's skill and Ise's area of effect fire attack.
However, halfway through the 2nd turn or when I've used half the teams skills, the game bugs out, sometimes stopping just before the skill is used on the enemy, after I select it and then choose the enemy, the game just stops. I can still select characters on the board but can't do anything, not even go to next turn.
This happened every time even after reloading or quitting out and returning. So I had to fight without skills after turn 1.
I am currently not able to send a save file because I first encountered this on Android. I was going to see if it was on PC but I'm not at home and won't be for a while.
The fight that occurs just after Diadora revealed he is a traitor, the game bugs out and prevents any inputs to act or end turn.
Happens when I use Holy Lightning the second time or on the second turn.
I prevented Asia from being captured before this.
Scratch it just being Holy Lightning, all skills or magic can cause this bug.
Version 51.0 has an issue.
Careful when going to collect ingredients, the game can bug out and repeat dialogue.
An error occurred just as I got back home putting me in a loop of dialogue that I had read already while gathering ingredients for the Bakery. Last thing I did before returning was help communicate with water spirits.
My biggest problem with it is the characters faces and like you said Pixies size. The drastic change in setting for the world is also seriously going to effect the story. Like how people act and how the character would make an impact later. If certain mechanics or the powers are gone or not the same, then this really isn't the same story, since they were so relevant to the original plot. Since some relationships don't happen without the control or break powers. Later on they had relevant use outside relationships such as interrogation and dealing with enemies.
Based on this version CK v0.2.1, the world and therefore the story is way too different from the original. We originally arrived by train at the city station inside the city with the concept of Fey or other creatures being fantasy and not real, and met up with Jessica then got a room or apartment and meet Emma that way as our neighbor. Not something grand like a resort where Jess is the owner and Emma is cleaner. Way too much has changed right from the get go.
Just got through a decent chunk of the current version here on itch.io.
PC and Android work well.
No game breaking stuff yet and it seems easy enough to traverse areas.
The game is playable and interesting, but as a returning player from the original, this game is definitely not the same.
From the game mechanics to the world itself they are different. The artstyle change really is distracting and not in good way. The old game was easier on the eyes and simpler to me in several ways that made it easier to play.
Unlike in the original where you are presented choices to traverse the world, this game gives a different kind of map where you spend points for food to travel. The world is very different as people are more aware of the supernatural, unlike the original where no one had any real clue, that and the original had more secrets to uncover because the world was so in the dark which definitely made it feel like you were really going into the unknown.
The one plot line stemming from your character returning to get revenge or seek justice, or the new option seeking the truth, is really the only thing that seems the same so far.
Most of everything else is different, which makes this more like a FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE though not as playable. Emma works at a resort you are staying at as a cleaner which is not how we originally met, Jessica is trying to distance herself from the Institute before we are even involved, the Institute is now in open view of the public as diplomats for humanity, so much is different now that any experiences you like about the old game are mostly gone. This version honestly feels like a warped reality based on things from the original.
I honestly understand that when code gets messy you need to start over to make it work, but the whole game feels and looks different to the point that the two are not the same. I can't even look at some of these characters because of the change in their looks, their faces especially. The noses, god, the noses, your character waking up to see directly in front of you a wierd looking nose staring you in the face, not as funny as you think.
I still have the old game with saves for every plot point and hidden encounters. Way to much feels different and instead of it feeling like this new version is adding on, it just seems to shove aside everything to replace it entirely with things that I don't recognize.
This version currently, CKv0.2.1, is not the Corrupted Kingdoms I enjoyed so much and waited to see get a continuation. Way to much has changed for it to be the same at all.
Thank you for replying and answering my questions.
The clothing bug isn't them being displayed like they are supposed to. They just appear on my characters body, sometimes after sleeping. I say that for a fact because the clothes being selected are not something I wear at all, so I threw them into the closet only for other clothes to be placed over my character instead. I have to open and close my menu to get rid of them.
I also recently reached the point where I get that mechanical chair with the multiple arms in the dungeon under Cassie place. Now every time I am doing something with someone on the bed there, the chair thing happens, it seems it replays or acts out the current settings of the chair. It's happened multiple times atleast when I brought the scientist woman with glasses and Rinny.
Oh yeah I get that. I honestly was scared when I didn't seem to get updates for this on itch.io. So when I found out you were alive and still working, it was a relief. My Patreon profile still used my old email and I never got the notification emails telling me you were back, I rarely check Patreon directly. It was because of you that I updated my stuff.
So I'm late but welcome back. I really enjoyed your game. So please take care and good luck going forward.
I just got through the majority of this version r84.0.
Works great on PC and Android, have not encountered any issues.
The art and music/audio is good.
The story starts off well and the starting area gives a good amount of engagement to get the player going. The story seems to start with mystery that shifts into the player finding their own way in the world while eventually allowing them to find clues to figure out how the player started where they did at the beginning of the game. No driving plot or path forces you forward down a main path. It just seems to all come together.
The game is fun, the amount of choices and decisions are a big deal to me. The fights are engaging enough to keep me going. There is alot of stuff to do, find, and make. You can develope relationships and invest in certain places like your home, or some businesses. It is easy to traverse the world and areas, and find what your looking for when you know what or who it is. The game provides a logbook for certain stories/quests and character paths/relationship stuff.
Overall, this game is a solid 4 out 5, mostly due to it still being developed. Some parts are not finished leaving some options inaccessible or quests not able to be finished currently.
My problems with it are minor and more nitpick than game breaking.
The game does have some bugs, like outfit or clothing items showing on the player character when they are not equipped, these don't stick around so not a real problem for me. The amount of time and effort it takes to improve a stat is exhausting, alot of grinding or back and forth trips. At some point I felt that the luxury the developers provided at the beginning to better setup the player's start, the one that allowed them to set the starting stats and money for the player character should have been a permanent tool the player could access in their Sanctum as it would eliminate all the grinding I'm doing, I'm just grinding money and stats after a while to simplify my progression and avoid failure since bad ends exist in this game.
So thank you devs for this game. Please take care and keep doing what you can when you can.
Also, I found your older games first, which led me to this one. Is the original Lust Doll more developed or less as a game and story?
Also also, I tried Lust Brave before this, will you work on that one after you complete this game?
The developer is still working and recently updated.
However, they don't seem to update itch.io anymore. You also must be a paying member to access the current version as well as anything else.
Not sure I understand why they chose this, less people will be aware or even interested if they don't keep active outside of Patreon.
Came back to see if anything changed. Sadly nothing.
The developer went dark without explanation.
Checked Discord and Patreon, both are quiet.
So, they either took a break, lost data for the game, quit, or died. Please tell me truthfully that they just took a break. I'm worried about them.
This creator going dark like this, makes it the tenth one for me. It would be nice to know they are still breathing atleast. I'm so tired of finding out my favorite creators died.
This game is amazing already and has so much potential. Please comeback developer, you have done a great job so far.
