New update is public!
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TLS 0.54.1
- Numerous changes.
- I made some tweaks to the Lustlord fight, trying to make it more challenging without just cranking his stats.
TLS 0.54.2
- Further fixing and polishing.
Unfortunately, there were new bugs and minor balance tweaks being done right up to today. I would like to be able to put this out and then take a break, but I'm apprehensive that some of these last second fixes may have caused new problems. If we need a version 0.54.3, I'll try to put it out reasonably promptly.
I feel like I just... poured everything into this one. I wanted to get to this point, since it resolves the previous cliffhanger and brings closure to a number of major arcs, but I'm courting burnout. I intend to take some time to do some writing, hopefully finish up Once Ever After, and generally take a little time for myself. There will be weekly updates on Patreon, as always, but there should be some updates here as well.
FIRST!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm so hyped to see how this Gathering turns out, plus finding the answers to (some) of the questions. No doubt I'll come out of this with more questions than answers. XD
Was anything from Part 1 of the gathering re-balanced? Or will saves from the end of Part 1 be unaffected by the update?
Thanks as always Sierra. I'll definitely be letting you know what I think once I get a run or two in.
Yes, there was some previous rebalancing. See the 0.54.0 notes for some of it. That said, you can still start with an old save without noticing any issues.
DeleteTake your time !!! I've seen friends burnout before, it's not pretty and it takes time to recover. You're the only one who can continue the game so you're existence is the most important !!!
ReplyDeleteThe more answers we found, the more questions we have. Such irony. :P
ReplyDeleteThx for the update.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to make sure of something looking at the gathering stats i saw that neither day 4 or 5 have any affect on the gathering itself.
On day 4 the result is only for an item, that is not very useful.
On day 5 there is a switch about the victory but that is never used.
Were those days supposed to not influence the result?
I assumed that since both those events take part only in the tower among Incubus Kings, they don't have much effect on the scores. Unlike the orc fights and orgy which were widely seen.
DeleteWhich specific events are you referring to? If you mean the Anak and Nyst events, the former gives a near-unique item and the latter is intentionally less important.
DeleteWell, just thought that those events had no change in the gathering stats. The Nyst event had a switch, for who wins, that was never used in the gathering. Considering every choice somehow affect the points you need for the best results, it felt very weird that two "major" events, that take the whole day, had no effect, no matter how small.
ReplyDeleteFor the Anak gauntlet, there should be an effect in the gathering influence or gathering philon. Just an item seemed out of place.
But this is just my opinion, that to be truthful can be a bit biased since i'm butthurt that no matter my choices i can't get the best results kkkkkkk
I'm still getting a Game Over after selecting "Yes" to "Are we ready for the third day of the Gathering?" Looks like I'm switching to a party with 0 HP?
ReplyDeleteThe party after that choice should be Nalili alone. I'll add a heal for her, but for your current save, make sure that she's alive before going in.
DeleteIS SOMEONE NOT TAKING GOOD CARE OF BEST GIRL?!?!?
DeleteDamn you Sierra for playing with my heart like that! I really thought [REDACTED] was going to die! D:<
ReplyDeleteBut at least now all those Monika'd Chosen make sense, at first when I saw em I thought it was a bug and had to remind myself "Nope, nuh uh, Sierra always does things on purpose"
Things escalated quickly and beautifully... but I still want my fucking broom, damn you!
So finally played through the whole Gatheringthingy ^^
ReplyDeleteAnd I have a few reports/questions/impressions :
- Wendis is not in her new sprite/portrait when we see her in the bedroom
- What are the principles behind the Lustlord transformation ? Will Simon be able to do that eventually ?
- Could you add two more harem slots for Biyue and Xestris ? Please ?
- Sabitha is cute and funny as always ^^ Nice to see that Balia is interacting more with the harem on her own, and even Trin have given up on chaos ^^ Well, only of the hurtful kind XD
- During the fight between Esthera and Lusty, would it be posssible to have an ACTUAL roof under them instead of a black void ? It's in a cinematic after all.
- I feel bad for Xestris... Xerces attitude towards her was increasingly bad during the events, and himself was erratic. Kinda impressed to feel that with a tiny pixel sprite, a few lines of dialogs and a few portrait changes XD That's talent alright !!!
-And for the Lustlord Harem... He clearly watch too much movies XD He was a support wall !!! He didn't read the Evil Overlord List : "I will hire a decent architect so that my palace doesn't collapse in the event that I die" XD But I'm glad I got to save them ^^
- The bloodline of Skull is cursed XD They all die pathetically ^^
- We really need to get Tanurak. He's becoming annoying extremely fast. He's like a sociopathic Internet Troll with superpowers
- I'm worried for Mithyn. Oh well, we'll see what happens. Hopefully we'll save her BEFORE she's caught and tortured. If not, we'll heal her slowly.
- A great emphasis on the Doom Armor this time. Which is nice since we don't get to see it often ^^
- Good job for Esthera ^^ I was practically sure we'd use the divine shard in the Tower Base to heal her, glad you surprised me here !!!
I replayed the previous update (the one where we saved Ginasta) and Wendis sprite and portrait are wrong there too.
DeleteAn Ulrissa/ Xestris conversatio would be nice. Thay might even let some juicy and incomprehensible informations slip out ^^
DeleteThanks for offering feedback!
DeleteWendis is going to have so much dialogue that creating branches to change her portraits would be a pain. Therefore, she's using illusions or changing.
The Lustlord's transformation is something he'd developed after many years, and not easily available to most Incubus Kings.
That black surface is actually the roof that goes together with that wall.
Finally got time to play through Crimson Gray, and I gotta say, wow!!! Your writing is as good as always!!! If depression is remotely as harsh as your vision of it, then it's no wonder so few manage to get rid of it.
DeleteThe moment where John search for a good ending within all the possibilities reminded me of 999 Nine Doors. Guh, the feels of that time...
I particularly like that Dusk and Dawn portrays the viewpoint of Lyzzie. Especially the fact that everyone have the same face. This portrait of Aaron though XD The cursor moving by itself and the options changing reminded me of Doki Doki Litterature Club. Did Monika inspire Lyzzie?
But yeah they form a cute couple ^^ They do well what all peoples should do when they have worries/problems : talk about it!!! How many times it have irked in drama movies when people's stay on their misunderstandings and don't be even bother listening the explanation....
The only thing that annoyed me is that KoiTec manages to escape responsability for both massacre/incidents. How many peoples is there in the wild with the same psychopathic urges?!!! The ones IRL are already annoying so if they got superhuman strength and reflexes like that... Brrrr, wouldn't be a pretty sight.
Will you make a 3rd one? On one hand I want those b*stards to pay for their crimes, but on the others I kinda wish for Lyzzie and John to have a happy life, without murders.
I mean, Lyzzie is glorious when she kills, but I prefer when it's the bad guys who dies, not innocent peoples.
I'm glad you enjoyed Crimson Gray! I had fun doing something a bit different with that one. It came out before Doki Doki Literature Club, so that answers your question about inspiration. =P
DeleteI can't say for sure if there will be a third. I have a lot of ideas for Lizzie and John as a couple, then ideas for them having kids, but I don't know if I'll be able to pursue them. The audience for the game is too split: some don't want Lizzie's POV, some want murder all the time, some want a happier life. That what I get for doing such a weird mix of different elements, I guess.
I'd say do what you want, the result will be so amazing that everyone will be happy ^^
DeleteBut yeah, you don't see cute psychopathic Yandere Stalker love story everyday XD
i never would have guessed the ending of the gathering, but it felt natural. Simon to the rescue of the world again.
ReplyDeletegreat Game
I have an idea regarding Simon's Reflect skill, since the scene list is getting quite long. Would you consider adding a search function in game so we can look up all scenes with Aka in them, for example?
ReplyDeleteYour request is reasonable, but the Reflect menu was coded by a fan and I don't have the capacity to add functionality like that.
DeleteThat's understandable. Thanks for considering it! Hope you are taking care of yourself; you've clearly been working really hard lately!
DeleteGod damn, the whole Gathering was intense. I love the idea of the ironic end a certain someone had, destroyed by the ones he didn't even consider to be important players. In my case, it was Carina the one to give the final hit to end it. Sometimes I see the Research projection and think "just that?! There's no way all of this game's story can happen in only 3 or 4, uh, investment times(?), and yet the pace still feels right and every single new story that happens is extremely entertaining and keeping me at the edge of my chair. I await eagerly for the next update, though not too much, take as much time you need and pace yourself healthily, Ms Lee, your well being is the most important thing.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing left to wonder, besides the many many misteries that exist, is who are the last ladies who fill the Other tab, im betting Elleani, Xestris, Ivala and Mythin. Though on the other hand I'd consider it a very happy ending if Xes could go back in happiness to Xer... which seems unlikely, but hey, I saw it unlikely that Ginasta would become a part of the harem, even in a platonic way.
Anyways, thanks a lot Sierra, hang in there and hope you are having a good time.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Now that we're near the end of the game, the main pieces of the story will start coming together more often, leading up to a hopefully satisfactory conclusion.
DeleteDuring two fight at the end Simon as DK didn't have some of his skill, like Support Allies, Kings Aura. He had shared endurance but not battlefield medyczne, was Thatcher intetional? He was back to normalne in the current postgame, though. Also, given what Xestris said, are you going to hide Simon's "final skill" behind some sharp research? Something line Nalilis or Varias sustained skills? Just curious...
ReplyDelete*that intentional, shard research, freaking autocorrupt
DeleteSimon in the suit has access to some new skills, but the armor also prevents him from using others. It could be otherwise, but it was intentional.
DeleteNo comment about future skills. Hope you look forward to them!
I guess that makes sense, I simply always thought of DK armor as a standard power-up instead of trade-off. Also, when we will FINALLY uncover the secret behind the Bombers of "Ivala" I hope my boi Kalant will get in on the action. He deserves some closure given his past as Chosen Ordinance v1, you know?
DeleteThank you for all the hard work Sierra! I've been wondering what happened to whoever was doing the walkthrough though. It hasn't been updated in a while.
ReplyDeleteI'm not involved with the wiki or guides at all. But are you aware that the wiki has moved from the old host to a new one? Check the walkthrough here:
Deletehttps://thelastsovereign.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Last_Sovereign_Wiki
If you have further questions about wiki or guide related matters, you can ask people over there.
Apologies if it had been you, I know you've been swamped with so many things going.
ReplyDeleteWhat would come out on top: a succubus wo doesn't want to be pregnant or an incubus king who does? and does the location of the semen matter?
ReplyDeleteIt would depend on the experience of the Incubus King. If they just mindlessly try to impregnate like normal, it wouldn't work, but if they understand the succubus reproduction process, their sexual magic would overpower. It would be progressively easier the more logical the location was.
DeleteThanks for the quick answer.
DeleteIs there a collective name for the nations under the Doom kings control?
There isn't, especially because they don't want to emphasize the centralized control of so many nations. Some opposing forces, like Aram, refer to it as the Doom King's Empire.
DeleteThanks.
DeleteMinor complaint. I felt sorry for Elfy Slut for not getting impregnated first.
ReplyDeleteBeen enjoying your content since late 2017, and it occurred to me that Varia’s name is the beginning of the word variable. Is it some kind of joke or reference or irony that led to he name and situation being as it is, or just sheer coincidence? (Ironic because she’s basically a statistical outlier-> variance if my logic wasn’t clear.)
ReplyDeleteStatistical outlier incarnate*
DeleteI didn't think about what to name her and build from that pun, but after thinking of the name I did consider that pun and decided that I was okay with it.
DeleteHey Sierra Lee, did you plan to make a discord server where we can chat with your game fans, ask for help, read your news etc?
ReplyDeleteThis question has been raised before, but my concern has always been that managing it would take up too much time or energy.
DeleteMaybe make it 'unofficial' and make some good fans to administrate it so you cant worry about it? Most of tehse type of discords are administrated by fans.
DeleteWhat is the percieved devision between Simons harem and the Doom kings harem if it exists?
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression that everyone thinks Simon is allowed to have some fun with Doom Kings harem. Because he's, you know, his supreme commader? Also I have a question and I don't know where to post it: where do you find the third continental map? Because I saw it posted on the new Wiki site. I know the first one was in Simons hut, the second we got from Stenai, but where's the third?
DeleteIt's not shown in-game yet. It was posted in high-res format to the wiki by Augustus Commodus, the fan who originally created the continental maps.
DeleteHi Sierra, I had 2 lore questions :
ReplyDelete- Do healing magic works on trees ?
- As advanced magic/Tower construsts can acts like they're "sentient", would it be possible that something, like a rock or a tree, by accumulating mana for a very long time , ahieve the same sort of "sentiency" ?
Healing magic only works on animals (or demons that have flesh-like bodies). Arboreal magic is a separate discipline, related to farming magic.
DeleteYour second question is a bit trickier. What would be far more likely is that a sentient being or Tower construct would absorb the accumulated focus of rocks/trees and come to represent that concept. I think if a tree got that embedded in the Tower, it would just be exceptionally a tree: as in it would shrug off fire magic because the advanced magic is reinforcing its inherent being.
Quick questions
ReplyDelete1. When did Simon learn to bind other Incubi? After beating Estaven or after meeting Tertia?
2. Will Altina get pregnant?
1) He's been working on it with Riala and Robin for pretty much all of Chapter 4. There are some oblique hints in there, actually.
Delete2) Not during the main game, possibly during the postgame, depending on player choice.
Question for anybody who's been playing this lately - did the lewd scenes ever improve? Art's always been great, game's always been outstanding...but last time I played a few years ago, all the scenes were painfully short. The buildup was always well done, but the sex itself was far less well-written and incredibly short.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you're thinking about the same game? Scene art has only started to be added to TLS since about a year ago, and I think the general consensus on the scene text would be the exact opposite of what you said (e.g. the current longest scene runs to 70 pages of text in-game).
DeleteMight just be thinking the scenes themselves without art, but this is definitely the game. Remember the intro with Simon and the "hero" being fantastic, as well as the investment system. Characters are memorable too.
DeleteMy problem at the time with the scenes was that they're all 90% buildup.
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ReplyDeleteSorry for asking spoilerish questions, but Rodak is going to be a giant ProN sinkhole, isn't it? Does it even have any natural resources we can take advantage of to make the country self-sustaining post Lustlord or is it going to be absolutely dependant on other nations? Man, Megail is going to have a headache...
ReplyDeleteRodak is poor in some natural resources, but not all: the cold environment inhibits agriculture, for example, but not their mining industry. It also benefits from reasonably sound institutions, as the Lustlord couldn't be bothered to deal with most things himself.
DeleteSo expect to spend some serious ProN, but Rodak has a clearer path into the future than some other nations.
God of mine, when will we get another update?
ReplyDeleteAlso, just out of curiosity, what would your gender be?
Female. As for an update, I am trying to take this time both to recharge and to finish some of my long-running side projects for good. So I can't say when exactly the next TLS update will be, but look for a couple other updates here first. Considerable progress is being made, but it's mostly in WIP state, so I'm only showing patrons.
DeleteHey Sierra, just passing to say that I put Baldur's Gate III aside in favor of Simon and his ladies!
ReplyDeleteYou should be rich if there was some justice in this world. Keep the great work, miss Lee!
High praise, thanks!
DeleteI may not be rich, but thanks to everyone supporting my work, I've been able to establish a career doing what I love. ^-^ Hard to say what direction it will go, but you can count on me being around through the end of TLS and beyond!
How do you plan your time? You have so many different things to do such as writing, programming, commenting here, updating patreon... do you just work on one thing at a time until it's "done for the month" and then move on to the next thing, or do you work on every aspect of the project every day?
ReplyDeleteGreat work with TLS and I hope you continue creating content, it's been one of my favorite stories / games for a few years.
It varies. Outside of high-intensity periods like releases, I generally only look at comments during one set time of day. I usually put the largest chunk of my time into a core project for many days in a row, but do secondary tasks around its edges. If I'm having trouble getting started writing a scene, I might procrastinate by doing something minor on TLS. If I'm worn out from a long day of RPG work, I might spend a few hours at the end writing.
DeleteSo it just depends on how I'm feeling and what maximizes creativity. Sometimes I'll force myself to do a task I don't like (such as mapping) with the reward of getting to write some scenes after I'm done. Patreon updates and similar posts are usually written when I'm too tired for anything creative.
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoy the game!
@Sierra Lee
ReplyDeleteI have one question for you. Why does the game still not have support for widescreen? There are countless plugins that can do this (I can even send you a few links). It's not complicated or time consuming and it will incredibly enhance the visual quality of the game. I think the vast majority of people now have widescreen monitors.
I'm not sure if Sierra has ever looked into this, but I think it would take a lot of work and testing to rework TLS for widescreen compatibility. For example, all of the area maps have been designed with the current window proportions in mind; this means that certain map elements which aren't currently visible in a certain location would become visible in widesceen, which could be undesirable for gameplay reasons or could require cutscenes to be updated to remove sprites which are currently hidden beyond the screen edges.
DeleteThe scene art, continent maps, etc are also designed for the current window size, as are the various UI plugins such as the scene replay menu. These would all need some kind of letterboxing at the very least, and making them all widescreen would be a huge undertaking, especially the scene art.
Yeah, Lamsey's answer is correct. Anything that messes with the viewport of RPG Maker would screw up tons of cutscenes. Also, we'd need a VX Ace script, not an MV plugin.
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Delete@Sierra Lee
DeleteSomething like this? :-)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/fullscreen.14081/
I understand your concerns and they are justified. But it can be prevented. Simply make also widescreen version of the game when the next version is released. You will definitely find a lot of volunteers, people who plan to start a new game. They will alert you to places where the widescreen can cause problems, and you will fix it later.
Sure, it will take a little extra work, but the profit will be huge and the game will look much better.
That's the right engine now, so I think it'd work in theory. However, aside from the amount of time needed to rework hours of gameplay, the bigger issue is that hundreds of assets have been drawn for the current resolution and can't simply be redrawn. We can scale them up, but the current fullscreen script already does that.
DeleteBut beyond that, I'm afraid I don't value widescreen in the same way. I don't see any profit for me, and I suspect that people who primarily care about visual quality aren't supporting a retro RPG.
You're talking about pictures for sex scenes, right?
DeleteUnfortunately, you are right. This is the only thing that cannot be transferred to widescreen. All pictures will have black borders.
RPG maker is still a popular engine that allows you to create visually appealing titles. You just have to squeeze the maximum out of that engine :-)
Look, that script is not complicated and its application takes almost no time. During the next update, try to release a widescreen version together with the normal version. Even if it is only a one-time affair (because it is possible that there are too many things in the game that would require adjustment) you will certainly make a fairly large number of people happy.
It can be taken as a non-binding test for possible future directions. If nothing else, I'm pretty sure it will have a great response among the players.
Just wanted to say thanks for this, Sierra. I've just finished the current content for the first time (I'd bounced off the prologue a couple of years ago). Fantastic work and I'm looking forward to continuing the story.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it when you tried again!
DeleteI would like to thank you for this wonderful game. You're very good at story telling. And worldbuilding is so good. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad you enjoy it!
DeleteI would also like to thank you for this gem Sierra. Also I'm curious, what was your inspiration? Or did you simply woke up one day and said:"Hey, wouldn't it be bitchin' if a game had both awesome PLOT and plot?"?
ReplyDeleteOh, TLS was definitely inspired by my thoughts while playing other adult games. No disrespect intended, but many of them clearly have specific priorities that differ from mine. I wanted to try to recreate some of the same concepts in a context that would work better for me.
DeleteHappy new year.
ReplyDeleteThanks, you too!
Deletewhen will u start making new content for TLS? any plans in mind
ReplyDeleteI've already made quite a bit of content for 0.55.0. It'll be out this month, ideally fairly early, but more remains to be done.
DeleteWasn't sure to post here or the newest update, but I noticed at the end of the Gathering that Esthera took the last spot in the "Leader" category, instead of one of the four "Other" spots left like I was expecting, which makes me wonder. Is Elleani just not joining the harem during the game? Or is this a subtle hint that she is more than she seems, whether she's aware of it or not? Sorry if this has already been addressed in another forum/blog post; I just noticed it and though it was interesting.
ReplyDeleteI try to get to all comments, but it's possible for me to miss some, particularly on older posts.
DeleteIn any case, I'm not helpful on this one at all, because I can only say no comment. =P
:) Thanks. I'll look forward to finding out.
DeleteHey, ehm, I played this version back at the end of 2020 (which goes to right after you kil the last guy) and for unknown reasons didnt really play any new versions (prob just didnt keep up).
ReplyDeleteIf I now isntall a new version which is ages ahead (like for example 58.3 vs this old 54.2), can I use the old savefiles to continue where I left off?
or arent they compatible anymore?
All saves should be compatible since version 0.8.0, so you should be fine!
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