Lovecraft Locker: Tentacle Lust
v1.1.85 update | NEW LEWDS
What a rough week it is!
I'll skip the intro and go straight to the real stuff:
Optimization
So...
The game is really bad on performance, even we are aware of that. A whopping 70%~ of you guys said the game is running smoothly,
but regardless, we really wanted to have as many people play the game as smoothly as possible.
Here are the download sizes before this update:
Now:
So, what happened?
The reason the game is running poorly was because of my obsession with quality. Instead of the 12-24fps the industry uses as the standard frame rate, I was using 60fps. Really tells a lot that I'm an amateur, huh!
So, the resolution is fairly simple: remove all the extra frames which are all individual PNGs! Not easy though. There's a lot of animation already in the game so we really need to redo all of them.
Aside from that, we bought software for further compressing the remaining PNG files so we can get as low as possible.
Gameplay & Quality of life updates
We did a bunch of gameplay tweaks
- Added the description of all the lockers in the How to Play section
- Added the ability to "delete" an infected locker
- Added the ability to "unlock" a locked locker (a new mechanic)
- Minor tweaks on progression
- In-game ads can now be turned-off
- More stuff, I forget them already
New Lewds
- Added 6 new "standard" types of animation (new tentacle!)
- Added the alpha version of the next body position! UUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH
That's right! More lewds are coming soon so stay sharp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Depending on some requirements, all of the original positions could be replaced by some new ones with more exciting lewd positions and body orientations!
(And yes, two-girls-in-one-locker positions are already in the drafts phase!)
New Exclusive
I posted this already on tweeter but yeah, a new exclusive character is now available for our Patrons.
Anyway, your support on Patreon really helps us a lot. Join our Discord and follow us on Twitter! It helps us so much!
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There are 3 download keys somewhere in this post, good luck finding them!
Comments
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是 需要花钱买正式版吗？
I am not a fan of the "locked" mechanic eating into already precious skill points. Before it was a choice between quick manual lockers or slowly build up the special ones, but now its a losing fight when you cant even keep up enough points to unlock the ones that get taken from you, let alone spread to more. This is especially annoying when it hits an expensive brainwasher you saved up to put on the end of the hall. The tentacle is strong enough to open a locker, reach across a hall and pull in a teacher, but some police tape is going to stop it? Please give us an option, cheat code, or something to turn this off. I also think if you pull out of a locker, it should refund points, not cost them.
New mechanics like this are always subject to changes. Stay tuned for any gameplay changes in the next update!
Do I have to spend money to play the full version every time I update it?
Nope!
How can I get the full version?
Not going to comment on the controversy, just noting im pausing my purchase of both games for after its cleared. (and maybe alternate options of purchase on your front)
But i wanted to ask; you reduced the size of the files by reducing the FPS of the animations?
even tho over 70% of the community said the game ran fine?
That's quite a drop in quality. The smooth animations was definitely something the game had going for it.
EDIT: To note, i find this all nonsense. Both games can coexist without any issues. Bad actors pushing negativity should be called out and strung up.
Unless the game is "finished", then yes we shouldn't have reduced the frames. However, since we still plan to add more lewds and gameplay, it's very important that we solve these performance issues early on as it's only a matter of updates before drops in performance can be noticed even on high-end devices.
I think I am following what you are saying.
While I don't know the mechanics behind the games animations i suspect the issue will grow as you said. This may be bold of me to say but you could take a moment to potentially look into changing the mechanics of animation in general.
Maybe look into using a paper doll system with separate reuseable animatable parts.
A system like that would be more work to set up, but the result could not only deflate the game but also make adding more to it easier.
There's really only one person who can block you from making the game - Hotpink, and they are fine with it. I absolutely love the game you have here and enjoy that you keep fine-tuning and making it more enjoyable! :)
Thank you for the kind words!
We're thankful for that too. We just can't help but get anxious about the negativity we're getting. As much as possible, we really would just rather focus on making content, designing mechanics, doing art, all those good stuff.
We're quite new in the industry, so we're really worried if things escalate.
I honestly see no reason you should stop development. I would still like to see about collabing somehow and turning both into one, somehow, but as long as Annue and Hot Pink aren't upset about your game, keep developing it. I only say you should combine forces for the sake of people who would tell you to take down your game.
I believe TL2 mentioned the plan to add poses and stuff when they announced the game, but honestly, I feel like there's chance for work to be spread amongst all of you in one game. I think there's *serious* potential in that idea. xD And not because one might benefit of it over the other, but because working together I feel like you all could make a game that's better than what you would do doing two separate but similar games.
All keys have been claimed! Congrats to the winners!