A Town Uncovered - 1 Year in Development
Added 2017-12-26 07:14:38 +0000 UTC
Hey, perverts.
Firstly, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to every single one of you. I hope you all had a special one this year. I've decided to make this post Public instead of Patron-Only just so anyone who aren't pledged but are still interested in the game can see what's been happening and what's going to happen next year.
Exactly 1 year ago, a day right before Christmas, I released Alpha 0.01 of A Town Uncovered to the world. I was excited to get my project out and to let everyone know that it even exists. Alpha 0.01 was the result of 1 week’s work of total passion and enthusiasm, sparked by a game I played 1 day before I committed to moving from the ‘this makes me want to make a game of my own’ phase to the ‘I’m going to make a game of my own’ phase.
It may not be an original idea, but what are these days? Almost everything is a baby spliced from many other ideas and inspirations. A Town Uncovered tips its hat *m’lady* to Summertime Saga, Life is Strange, Stranger Things, and Longstory.
The first few months of development were… sloppy? To say the least. The art was pretty badly done compared to today’s standard of ATU’s style. The main story had to go through a pretty major surgery around Alpha 0.05 and has turned from a crime and mystery themed plot to what it is now, supernatural and fantasy. Many of you like how it’s going so far, many of you don’t. Don’t worry, I plan on making the main story and the side stories pretty much separate for the most part. On the other hand, it’s still too early to say until I take the time and completely write the main story.
As for the side stories, the family mattered the most to the most. After many months of working on it and still getting used to a work flow, the missus is more or less done for round one of her development. As for the female MC, she’s very close if not half way complete (until her revisit of course). Compared to the missus’ side story, the female MC’s story is longer and has more themes involved. Even though that’s the case, I feel that I’ve gotten a hang of optimizing my work pipeline and getting stuff done at a more efficient rate compared to say half a year ago. Looking back at how long it took to get the missus’ story to where it is now and looking at the pace I’m going at right now with the female MC, I can say that you can expect the female MC’s story to be completed or near completion in March 2018. And a missus x female MC x MC mini-story completed in either April or May.
As I go through more characters’ side stories, they will decrease in size to accommodate for their lack of popularity so if you want a lengthy character story, vote for your damn wifus plebs. <3
At this point, you’re probably thinking to yourself, ‘damn, this mother fucker is a slow mother fucker’. Why doesn’t GeeSeki hire other people to help him with this project like other Patreon creators? And to that, I say, based on how I am as a person, I work a lot better solo with the occasional help and feedback from the community. And if I really need to, I’d rather commission someone to do something for a short duration of time than to bring them on as a team member.
Real talk based on my experience with working with the people who joined A Team Uncovered. Aside from the commission per piece based members such as for music tracks and background art, working with most notably Cipheos and she-who-shall-not-be-named (writer) was a hell of a learning experience and it made the game overall better than what it would’ve been without them. With that being said, long story short, instead of micro managing and waiting for things to be done, I could easily do it myself in less than half the time and move onto other things without having to discuss the plan with anyone else. That’s just how I see things, and really. Finance wise, the amount pledged to this project is only enough to fuel myself and future commission work. Hiring someone part time isn’t worth the hassle when most things I need to have done, I can do in a few minutes or a few hours, rather than waiting 24 hours for them to answer my plea and do the thing I ask for.
Sorry, I went down that road. That’s basically how it is with me and I 99% know that I won’t be bringing anyone else on as a team member in 2018. All I ask is for a bit of faith and patience and you will receive carefully nurtured results.
So what should you expect in 2018? You should expect the family’s story to be near completed until I revisit them late 2018 or in 2019? Yes, I do expect to be working on this game for that long (and even longer), there’s still a ways to go. I also plan to have a month or two somewhere in the year dedicated to advancing the main story so that more characters can be introduced and things will make more sense. I may do a whole lot of writing and leaving mostly sketches as temporary fillers, just so I am able to really fill the main story with as much worded progression as possible. I also hope to fix and improve the skill point earning system so that it’s a better, permanent fix to an annoying, grindy system. Generally, expect more story progression with each coming update as I’d say a good 25% of the year has been fixing up crappy art from the start of development and working out gameplay and story. Today, after 1 year of development, everything is more streamline and still going strong if not stronger than it has been.
Thank you all for supporting the game, whether you’ve been a supporter from the start or just supporting today, it all means the world to me. A Town Uncovered would not be alive and throbbing without your interest and generosity. I would like to hear from you, your opinion on the game so far, how am I doing as a creator, what can be improved in the game and development, etc. Feedback and ideas are always welcomed. Don’t be afraid of judgement. Don’t be afraid to try and fail. You do you and those who care will come your way. #VagueInspriationalQuote.
Take care, perverts. Just a reminder to clear your browser history.
GeeSeki out. Peace
Comments
Temporary: Buy your (Sister) love in her bedroom. what does it mean?
2019-09-16 17:04:09 +0000 UTC$3 for first time pledge instand access and the downloads is at the top of the patreon page
GeeSeki
2018-04-01 05:13:05 +0000 UTCHow much is the game and where can i download it???
Karma
2018-04-01 03:15:32 +0000 UTCComic book store, beach, park, cafe, and retail stores are the trigger
GeeSeki
2018-01-11 01:59:46 +0000 UTCCheck on her is code for check her room. Either she's there or there's a piece of paper on the floor
GeeSeki
2018-01-11 01:59:27 +0000 UTCfor this and any ren'py game just put your mouse pointer in the save you want to delete and press esc button
Genitalico
2018-01-11 00:27:09 +0000 UTCok i having a problem with the sister story because the third objective is check on her and how do i suppose to do that as in what way do i do it
TJ Holtwick
2018-01-10 19:17:59 +0000 UTCQuick question, Is there a delete feature for the saves and loads?
Rin Grayson
2018-01-10 17:43:57 +0000 UTCplease help me :|
Lucas lopez
2018-01-10 17:01:55 +0000 UTCi'm playing the Alpha 0.13b version of the game
2018-01-10 16:41:26 +0000 UTCI'm having a problem. So after i get the quest the find answers around town. I do that and i go to all of the places you need to go. But after i go home, nothing happens.
2018-01-10 16:36:02 +0000 UTCI do not see the map when I leave effie's house :C
Lucas lopez
2018-01-10 08:18:20 +0000 UTCi also find the whole alternative universe story stupid at this point. It was a good idea, but not well executed and full of holes. you might as well scrap most of that story down the road. What is the point of a lewd universe if in the normal one this girl throws herself to you in the first day and you can have her anytime you want or can have bjs for EVERY girl at any moment you want or fuck a drunk girl every night etc.???? why is my "normal" mom and sis acting sluty and giving head to random guys in the beach?
Genitalico
2018-01-10 04:40:04 +0000 UTCYour very welcome, thank you for playing :D
GeeSeki
2018-01-04 23:32:55 +0000 UTCThank you for making a great game geeseki its obviously a passion project for you and i cant wait to see it grow and develop even more
2018-01-04 19:25:58 +0000 UTCthere will be, yes
GeeSeki
2018-01-04 15:04:00 +0000 UTCDoes this have a apk now?
2018-01-04 14:52:21 +0000 UTCgym at night
GeeSeki
2018-01-04 14:08:46 +0000 UTCNope, just forward the story
GeeSeki
2018-01-04 14:08:38 +0000 UTCwhere is fight club btw
2018-01-04 13:30:16 +0000 UTCis there a problem with getting a job she always tells me to come back tomrow
Gwen Evers
2018-01-04 13:14:09 +0000 UTCThanks for the feedback. The point system in general will be redone in the next update. It'll be my main focus, hopefully that'll at least make the whole leveling up skills less painful. Yes, the mother's storyline is the only one more or less complete because she was the first focus. The sister's the main character focus now. I'm always aiming to improve and add onto every aspect of the game over time and your honest feedback really helps me put things into perspective. Hopefully, you'll give it another shot a few months down the line or even next year.
GeeSeki
2018-01-04 10:25:17 +0000 UTCSo I tried playing this game ver 0.13b. And it's kind of a mess. It has some good scenes, but holy fuck, the mom storyline is such an annoying fucking mess, and all the other characters are pretty generic. >spend time with me! right >you didn't spend one fucking day with me. FUCK YOU Seriously, fuck that whole storyline, and even worse, it seems to be the only one more or less complete. I think the nudist beach is an alright idea, but it should be in the universe with the horny 24/7 inhabitants. Really, what's the point of having a universe where everyone is horny all the time if in the main universe the first day this chick throws herself at you and you end up fucking her just like that. Also the stat system is annoying. You not only need to be constantly raising stats, but you lose them constantly. Succesfully pass a skill check? Lose points, fail a training session? Lose points. Sometimes you even lose physical points like strength and stamina through just talking, fucks sake. On the upside, the hint system is mostly good, except the mom storyline with "go on about your day".
2018-01-04 08:12:50 +0000 UTCGreat
Storytellers
2017-12-31 15:18:53 +0000 UTCi think playing as the sister from her point of view be nice after seeing how she gets down and mabye some beastality with a dog in the park ^w^
2017-12-28 10:57:10 +0000 UTCso like is there ever going to be where u can play as the sister like a pokemon thing if your a boy or a girl? sorry if this has been ask before
2017-12-28 10:54:22 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Andras Nest
2017-12-27 15:24:46 +0000 UTCGreat
GlossyJess
2017-12-27 11:14:05 +0000 UTCAwesome dude! You're the man. I love you, and cheers to you for being such an awesome contributor to the game
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:54:40 +0000 UTCThanks for believing in me ;u;
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:54:16 +0000 UTCThanks colleague ;) Merry Xmas to you too! May you reach 1 year in development as well
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:53:42 +0000 UTCThanks man, glad you think so. Female cop is definitely on the list and already planned, I just need to introduce her to the main story as well as some other characters such as a cheerleader with her groupies.
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:52:14 +0000 UTCI'll never forget the first year struggle! I think so to, about the sexual hypocrisy. I think that's where that idea of 'what if sex was as normal as eating in everyday life' in the game stems from. Just the curiosity of what if everyone is just accepting of sexual desires and there's no shame. Of course to a lot of us, it'd be good. But you can't have good without the bad, that's life, even if it's an alternate life.
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:50:32 +0000 UTCI'm really glad you do and think so! :D Will do!
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:46:20 +0000 UTCHaha that's awesome man, thank you for being such a big fan! I hope I make ATU, 1 year from now will still have your interest.
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:44:57 +0000 UTCYeah, I've definitely started this game solo and because of that, I'm treating every aspect of development like my babies, I'm picky and I want this particular game to be exactly what I envisioned. If I were to start a new project and wanted other people to join me, I would definitely establish roles from the beginning so that I know exactly where to put my attention and not meddle with other areas. But thanks for understanding, man
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:43:07 +0000 UTCThanks man! You've been an awesome contributor to the game :D
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:38:53 +0000 UTCI will man, you're one tuff, persistent cookie
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:35:41 +0000 UTCI definitely want to flesh that out more, expect that around 0.18? That's just a rough estimate of when I'll get to it. I wanna focus on the Female MC first.
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:35:18 +0000 UTCWill do bro
GeeSeki
2017-12-26 23:34:23 +0000 UTCKeep on keeping on
aeonclok
2017-12-26 20:41:04 +0000 UTCI want more content in the other universe. Its an interesting idea that made me look into the game, but has hardly been used at all.
Anime
2017-12-26 19:50:13 +0000 UTCDude.. lmao you make it so hard for devs to keep working with patreon. LMAO Just think a little.
Cassidy
2017-12-26 16:33:55 +0000 UTCyo nerd merry christmas just get me more store clerk girl foo n keep up the good work
2017-12-26 16:02:58 +0000 UTC>female MC wait what? i know i haven't played in a few updates but when did you introduce a female MC? is she the otherworlds version of the MC but for some reason is a girl?
H.P Fuckcraft
2017-12-26 15:13:45 +0000 UTCYou've done a good job gee the game has really come together and I and everyone else believe in your ability to produce some quality. Looking forward to another year. Cheers.
Smaug
2017-12-26 13:35:59 +0000 UTCYes, you could do everything yourself in X minutes, X hours, X days, but that does take away from what you would otherwise be doing, even if coordination does keep productivity from hitting 100% for each team member. It would be nice to get more game sooner, but you do what you've gotta do :)
onen
2017-12-26 09:52:00 +0000 UTCi also love your game!! im always waiting for the next update and im always surprise by the way thew game take!! im a A Town Uncovered addict!! so continue your great work! happy holiday!!
jfrancois323
2017-12-26 08:57:23 +0000 UTCLove the story, love the characters and can't wait to see how it all plays out. Keep up the great work 😄
Mog Moogle
2017-12-26 08:53:52 +0000 UTCRe: your accomplishments in the first year: Awesome Brother! Never lose that context, never forget how far you came, and never stop looking forward. Re: clearing browser history: NEVER #HentaiForLife! When I die I want everyone to see my browser history and wonder about the eclectic nature Furry-Unicycle-Rejection porn. I want everyone that ever knew me to never be able to look a saran wrap and jalapeno poppers the same way again. j/k... but not really, if anything I'd like everyone to just be more honest about there particular fetish, be less judgmental of others, and understand that there is a difference between head-space, and the meat-space where we all have to live together. I think people and society would be much healthier with less sexual hypocrisy.
Lord Snufflepuff Fancypants III
2017-12-26 08:40:08 +0000 UTCI like this game and the art style also. I look forward to seeing more on the teacher, the lifeguard and principal side stories. I hope we can get a hot female cop or detective as a new character. Would it be possible to have some sort of role play in the game like for example the missus dresses up like a naughty nurse and the MC is the patient. It could be a dream sequence and totally separate from main story and side quests?
moviebuff3000
2017-12-26 08:26:48 +0000 UTCOne year in game developing is great achievement, colleague ;) Merry Christmas!
ZULEYKA GAMES
2017-12-26 07:46:11 +0000 UTCAlright, alright. You're the man. I'll support ya.
WitchHunter1750
2017-12-26 07:38:18 +0000 UTCI am onboard until 2XXX. Keep up Keepin' up, Gee. :D CHEERS
Tarakis
2017-12-26 07:24:55 +0000 UTC
