Friday, February 15, 2019

TLS Steam Release!

It's finally happening, everybody! Go here if you want to play TLS via Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/951830/The_Last_Sovereign/

Even if you aren't interested in Steam, check out the link to see the fancy trailers Lamsey made. They do a much better job of showing off the game than I could have made. ^-^

If you have an account you're willing to associate with an adult game, please review! As a free RPG Maker game, it's pretty much going to sink or swim based on good reviews. Letting people know your thoughts about the game is good, but even short reviews are votes of confidence!

There is also a pure donation DLC because people on the forum requested it. This fixes the game in your Steam library but otherwise does nothing. Originally I wanted to make the DLC give you a few images, just for fun, but I've given up on this because trying to work with Valve's back end systems is misery.

Hopefully the Steam release will encourage some new people to try TLS for the first time. I also have my fingers crossed that it won't prove too time-consuming, as I'd like to get focused on creating things again.

70 comments:

  1. Thanks a lot for the release.
    Also I was wondering if you could enable the cloud saving option on Steam, please.

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    1. I gave it my best shot, please let me know if cloud saves still aren't working properly.

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    2. It works. I just tested. Thanks a lot.

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  3. Congrats for the release! When I first saw it was free, I was partly disappointed because I always figured I'd buy the game once you published it on Steam. Thanks for that DLC option!

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    1. Since I launched TLS as free, I intend to keep it free. But I'm glad the DLC option is getting some use - thanks for your support!

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  4. I'm replaying the game and realised something. Could Simon help Neranda with her heir issue? Could this be an option later on?

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    1. You're not wrong to think along those lines, but no spoilers.

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    2. As far as I can tell, dwarves and their entire civilization are basically a setup for in-character impregnation fetish. Since Simon's too responsible to have kids in the middle of the war... Unless having kids is in itself a responsibility. It is both politically and personally important for Neranda to have children.

      He'll probably do something else too. Non-sexually activated lust magic on their women that increases fertility? I don't think he can use it on men unless he learns Qum's new trick. A stranger option: he imbues supernatural vitality into a large amount of cum, then they make vaginal suppositories for the willing that will work for like a year before the sperm dies.

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  6. Awwwww yiss~ Now I can spend endless hours in TLS while my hundreds of friends go "Da fuq is that?"

    I would like to see something more for the Yarra's Thanks "DLC", perhaps a feast scene with some humorous interactions with the harem? Just a thought, as those who love your work will be donating regardless

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    1. This is a nice idea, and I actually made an effort, but Steam can be a real pain to work with and I didn't want to risk the DLC somehow breaking the main game.

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    2. I'm already well aware, impressed by and very thankful for the effort you've already put into TLS. Perhaps some ideas to shelf for later :D

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  7. Sierra What about dealing with the Fucklord is it before or after Eustrin ?

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    1. Sorry, but won't answer that one. Both are coming relatively soon.

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  8. hey i couple of dumb questions. will you keep updating the steam version at the same time as te public releases? and can i use my old saves in the steam release? keep the great work sierra

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  9. Would it ever be possible to give some characters a fourth 'on-demand' scene? Like Robin, for example. She gets that new form, but you can only see it for one scene. I'd think it would be believable if Robin had an 'on-demand' scene where she gives Simon a boob job: all for the sake of 'practicing to control/master that form'

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    1. That's reasonable, especially since three is just the standard, not a universal rule. I will think on this!

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  10. Congratulations Sierra! I hope your game raises in popularity.

    By the way: are you planing on adding images in the sex scenes, like in Noxian Nights or Kingdom of Deception?

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    1. Thanks! It's up to the Steam algorithm now, so I'm back to my usual work.

      While I would still like for TLS to have images, and there was a time when I actively searched for an artist, I have essentially given up on this. Most artists don't want to commit to a project of this size, even if they don't already have their own work. I don't think I'll be able to find someone who fits the role.

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    2. How much money would be that worth?

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    3. Wait a minute...that reply looks familiar. Do you have this reply saved somewhere so you can copy and paste it?

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    4. >How much money would be that worth?

      How much would it cost to get art for the whole game? A lot, but that's not the main issue. The problem is that a lot of artists already get enough money and have no interest in taking commissions at any price.

      >Wait a minute...that reply looks familiar. Do you have this reply saved somewhere so you can copy and paste it?

      I don't have a saved reply, but after being asked a few dozen times, I fall into patterns.

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    5. what about dmitry or deberzer? I used to talk to deberzer on messenger way back when it still existed and he was willing to work on commissions (maybe you dont like him as an artist tho)

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    6. The thing is, TLS is a tricky job because the female cast is so large. There are artists who are clearly very good at what they do, but mostly draw pinups, which is different than the type of scene art that would be required for TLS. The ability to draw a wide range of emotion would also be high priority for me.

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  11. This is unrelated to the post, but I have a question that bugged me for a while.

    When Kai dies in the prologue, is he simply drained to death? Or is it from the same thing that killed the captured Chosen in Yhilin?

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  12. Aww yeah, now I can finally throw money at you!

    Thanks for these past several years of fantastic content. The TLS updates are without a doubt one of things I look forward to most each month.

    While I'm here, quick question: I still have not been able to trigger the updated Yhilin or Janine's wedding. Are we still able to do that now, or has that ship sailed?

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    1. Thanks for your support, I'm glad to hear you enjoy the game!

      To trigger updated Yhilin, you need two things:
      1) High enough Yhilin variables.
      2) Passing through an update cycle (investments).

      The last update did not contain #2, so even if you have enough, it won't happen yet. But the next update will include investment results, so work on Yhilin a bit and you should be able to get Janine's wedding next time!

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  13. Ah, so that's what it was. I was afraid I might have accidentally broken the event/update by using the debug NPC a couple of versions back that tweaked a few variables. I actually checked my saves for said variables to see if they weren't at some impossible number but they seemed fine (and high enough if the wiki's anything to go by). Just need to wait for investments then.

    On a somewhat related note, I had Janine at 100 intimacy before the most recent update, but she's down to 97 now. I had the impression intimacy got locked at 100 once you reached that level, or does that only happen when people officially join the harem?

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    1. Some heroines' intimacy locks require specific events. I think Yhilin Final allows you to lock Janine's.

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    2. Characters aren't locked by reaching 100, but by a specific conversation in which they say they trust you. For most characters the only requirement is 100, but some like Janine require other factors.

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    3. Hmm, odd. I could swear I replied to my initial post instead of making a new post. Apologies.

      At any rate, thank you for the clarification. Looking forward to seeing what is next~

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    4. I thought having 100 was only possible when you've met lock conditions in the first place?

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    5. Some characters reset to 99 until a specific event occurs, but not all.

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  14. You should totally write up a scene for the hug orgy that Qum suggests. You wrote up a scene for She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-For-Spoiler-Reasons-And-Not-Because-She's-Actually-Female-Voldemort, so this should be right up your alley :p

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    1. I dunno, "hug orgy" pretty much perfectly describes the scene after Simon heals the Unsuccubi in the aftermath of the Third Arclent War...

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    2. Haha, I do enjoy writing unusual scenes...

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  15. I don't know if this is a bug or not, but Elleani talks about how it looks like they're going to need a High Priestess backing them if they want to get to speak. However, she says this before the official ruling comes out when you come back from Ardford. Was that rule already established at that point? I thought the point of the first day of deliberation was to cover that in the ground rules.

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    1. Hmm, to be honest I would need to replay this whole section to be sure. My memory suggests that Elleani was speaking in general about how it seemed like the synod would be more restricted.

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  16. hey @Sierra Lee I wanted to ask you,have you considered shifting to the newer MV engine? From a player perspective its features are better, I see very few developers adopting the new engine, any insight why that may be? Different coding? Limited devlopement features compared to older engines?

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    1. Well, I did use MV for Ouroboros and I'm using it for the upcoming Once Ever After. It's fine as an engine and the ability to make web and Mac/Linux builds is nice.

      Just shifting TLS over to it would break nearly everything in the game, though. There are dozens of custom scripts that wouldn't work at all in MV, all the art assets are based on VX Ace, most scenes would need to be recreated, etc. It would be many months of work with no advancement.

      As for why people don't adopt it in general, that's less certain. The huge library of custom content and scripts that has built up around VX Ace over the years is likely a major reason.

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  17. Sierra, someone has pointed out a thing that might be worth your attention:
    https://steamcommunity.com/app/951830/discussions/0/1796278072829130447/

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  18. Alonon: "I saw it was stupid. Simpler than a child's game. Built like an adolescent's fantasy."

    Sierra Lee confirmed to actually be a kid.

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  19. Hey Sierra, I just gotta ask : we got the succubi accepted (Yayness ! More hugs !), we permitted Sarai to get off (Finally ! Been a fucking long time, I felt for her), we screwed up the Mothers Guard (Heh, hope you've learned your lesson Melymyn, who asked you to be so arrogant ? Your goddess I guess. Hope we can kick her attitude down a notch in time), but we can't close the Gilded Lily ?!! Man !!! Can't we just ask Aka or something ? Premptive action ? (By that I mean some stabbing)

    Poor Alonon by the way. Must be lonely. And if his sister was the same, that means that they forced her to have Tyna, right ? Did she loved her at least ? I hope she did.

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    1. Don't worry, you'll get a chance to mess with the Gilded Lily in time. There's a planned update based on Stineford again in the future.

      Tyna's mother was indeed in a purely political marriage, but she did love her daughter.

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  20. as a lifelong player with eternal love for story i'm wondering why witch such skills have you not joined a bigger company.
    since early development (long time) you have shown to be on equal terms with the best titles in history
    such as:
    BALDURS GATE
    PLANESCAPE TORMENT
    GOTHIC
    MASS EFFECT
    DRAGON AGE
    WITCHER
    Knights of the old republic
    and so on

    i know that i'm just a realy useless madman but when it comes to THE LAST SOVEREIGN you have a lifelong fan in form of post-chernobyl mutant

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    1. Well, that's very high praise! I'm glad you've enjoyed the game so much and I'll work to live up to those expectations. ^-^

      While it might be fun to work with a larger studio, the AAA game industry can be rough on writers. Like poor Bioware, forced to make a shooter/looter by EA and potentially fired by corporate overlords. In terms of establishing a solid foundation for myself, Patreon is actually a superior option in many ways.

      Having said that, it would certainly be interesting to explore working with a studio. I'm not pursuing that right now, but I'd think hard if an opportunity came to me.

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    2. R.I.P BIOWARE (and gigantic cemetery other victims)
      there are a few still competent studios in the world but even now your position is strong and your work speaks for it self

      i hope that steam will bring some invisible arm's to get you on creative team or at least offer to remake your creations (with this level of story and lore(choices and cosequences, economy/politics/religion/philosofy/geology/racial and energical things)) they would have easy job and huge effect on rest of the world and if not... you have loyal fans

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  21. I would like to stream this on a website that I recently went to. I can stream there and I'd like to promote your content with your permission.

    Please note, I'll probably cause spoilers for each chapters but non of the streams will end up getting saved. I promise to use only what I've gained so far on experience and use ONLY that to play on the stream.

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    1. Hello! Feel free to stream TLS if you like. ^-^

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  22. Re: “While I would still like for TLS to have images…”

    Hi Sierra! I’m interested in making visuals for The Last Sovereign and would like to chat with you about the ideas you have for them. Maybe you’d like to work together? :)
    Is there a way I can contact you privately, like a business E-Mail?
    I look forward to hearing from you! ^^

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    1. Oh, hey! While I haven't had a good track record with being approached by artists, you've done some of my favorite fanart. ^-^

      I'm happy to talk to you, just post your preferred method of contact, like an email address.

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    3. Feels weird to leave the comments like this, so let me just note that we exchanged emails!

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  23. Sierra, fan of your work. The story is pretty good, and it's a shame few people knows of the game because the sex content. I would like to contact you via email or something similar to discuss about some aspects of the game, and if I can help with it. I will gladly give you my support. Waiting your response, keep up the good work!

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    1. Thanks, glad you enjoy my work! If you post an address here, I'll send you an email. What did you want to discuss?

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    3. Sent you an email and deleted your comment as per your request.

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  24. Sierra, would you be willing to ad the version number some were in game. the simplest way would be to edit the game.ini title section.

    Example change it from (Title=The Last Sovereign) to (Title=The Last Sovereign v0.41.4)

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    1. P.S. this would be extremely helpful for the steam version of The Last Sovereign.

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    2. I haven't done this so far because it's not my preference, but I respect the need when it comes to the Steam version. I will try to keep this in mind with subsequent versions.

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  25. Do you happen to know if there is going to be any official art for the last soverign before it ends? Just wondering really because It's one of my favorite games I'd love to have a background of some sorts

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    1. As it happens, we're currently discussing a possible artist on Patreon. It's too early to say much publicly, but cross your fingers!

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    2. If it does work out, I would like to ask you to consider inlcuiding other images in addition to sex scenes. I realize that art is more expensive than I intuitively expect, but I'm sure some splash images at key points in the story would improve the game more than just having every sex scene illustrated.

      For comparison, I was really disappointed with Valkyria Chronicles 3 using the very limited space on the PSP disk to make a cinematic of the girls in the beach instead of one with Selvaria kicking ass.

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    3. If we move forward, I'll be polling patrons about such preferences. At least a few story pictures are a certainty, maybe some more if people want.

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