April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
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user 267260
Memberlove that game. can't wait for chapter 2.
CassTheSquid
MemberSame! Very hyped for it
Zermelane
MemberOn the one hand, I had no idea bitshift was working on a game.
On the other hand, I looked at this and the first thing I thought was "huh, this is kinda like bitshift's stuff but without ponies". So, props for really getting the vibe right!
bitshift
MemberHa, good to hear! Yeah, hopefully this gets the word out a bit more. I'm really grateful to Cass for doing these, turned out really great!
KalruchN
MemberTried the game last night after spotting this! Looking forward to playing more soon!
CassTheSquid
MemberGlad you enjoyed it!
(also very glad you found it haha)
KalruchN
MemberIt was great! The meta twist at the end of the normal ending loss to the boss was absolutely fantastic. And the slut mode version of that fight was amazing as well.
I think the only critique I would give is the level loss on that one chest was very surprising. What was the goal of that? Maybe put a sign next to it saying contaminated stuff? Open at own risk?
CassTheSquid
MemberThe twist is great and I'm so glad for the added ending for "slut mode" too!
Yeah, I had that problem the first time through. A warning would be nice before you open the chest. It does look pretty sinister to be fair so I was expecting damage but a level lost is a little yeesh
bitshift
MemberThat one in particular is just the result of a not-entirely-fleshed-out idea. I played with a bunch of different possibilities while making the game; some got fully developed (slut mode was wildly expanded), some got cut. But a few are just "there" at the moment. Eventually I'll probably do more passes over this chapter, not in terms of major content updates but just refining stuff like this. The lust system is another example: functional, but under-utilized. For now though, they shouldn't cause any serious issues or get in the way, so I'm letting them be while I focus on chapter two.
Come to think of it, not to criticize, but I find it a little funny anyone is worried about losing levels, because even THAT is under-utilized currently. The levels could be a big deal (and will probably matter more eventually), but at the moment I think you can beat Diezel at your starting level of 9. It's just more of a pain.
deltaechoalphadelta
Memberthis edible aint shi-
RandomFurryX3
MemberHoly CRAP do I love this game! Such a smart way to use hypnosis, making Mezz forget previous things and his own thoughts, remembering things that aren't true- absolutely loved it! Finished it last night and have thought about it the whole day! Can't wait for chapter 2! Fantastically done, Bitshift! The game's a masterpiece! ^u^
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Neo Shinryu
MemberThis game is simply awesome. I'm excited what the next chapters will bring <3
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