The Lust Society - v2.0 Alpha 1 - 2024-11-07

[markus]

Question for Milovana community
I would like a bit more feedback and it feels like in the Teasing Software section of the forum this topic doesn't get much visibility. Do you think I should open it in a different section?

If I may be totally honest, ... (of course I only speak for myself), ... the presentation from the beginning of this project wasn't any inviting to me (personally), ... it sounded a bit high-nosed and in the end it was just a program that was able to play videos somehow randomized (the forum is full of such) (and btw.: I've tested it once and it had problems with aspect ratio, basically everything not 16:9 ), ... my impression was 'oh, another video randomizer, wow *ironic rolleyes* '.

Plus I REALLY got/getting more and more sick of all of that Patreon-Oh-Support-My-Work bullshit, moneymilkers selling cheap crap misusing the initially great concept of Patreon.
---> Please note, that remark is a general one about Patreon-Moneymilkers, not specifically about your project, also not everything hosted on Patreon is a bad thing, ... but a lot!
But there I was, looking at a software which has features and functionallity of what a coding beginner could develop in a month (probably not the underlaying code base which might be much better than a coder beginner could come up with), but presenting it like it's the holy golden cow.
Another thought of mine was that such a thing could easily be scripted with Awakening (actually, it can't, the (already requested) buttons are missing yet), ... but thanks for the idea of the @FadeJump command, ... that idea I've shamelessly stolen from this. )

That's why I personally never bothered givin any feedback on this, ... I really hope you don't take my words as offending, they are not meant as such, they are my opinion (and you've asked for feedback), maybe you can understand my point of view now that I've tried to explain it.
And maybe, just maybe, that's why other users didn't post? I don't know.

But my respect for keepin' it up for so long, ... and now with that story mode, I'll give it another shot, ... maybe it will be a positive surprise!

About your initial question about where to post, basically it's the right forum, ... with a little fantasy your project could also be mentioned in the 'The Art of Webteasing' or 'All and Everything', maybe you just give it a try, maybe with a link to this thread.

Best greetings and sorry again if anything sounded offending, again, not meant as such,
Markus

[Lirven]

Hi markus, no offense taken whatsoever.

I'm just a bit surprised of the "randomizer" part. You can select only one video so it's not actually playing random videos.
Within the video, in one of the modes, it does split it in sequences of fixed time to cap at 15 minutes total, in that sense there's a bit of randomization but that's not really the point of the player.

The distinction with respect to other software found around here is the possibility to control devices with speeds and patterns you find comfortable. I haven't found a software that could do it, honestly. Maybe I didn't look hard enough so I might have said I'll do it myself at a given point.
All I've seen around a funscript players, but you can't control the device itself.
I realize though that 98% of the users wouldn't have a device, so having the beatmeter is something other software can implement somewhat easily.

For the 16:9 aspect ratio, yes. There's a bit of forcing there, the plan is to eventually support portrait modes, but again, the target is long videos and basically most if not all of those tend to be 16:9 anyway.
Portraits are generally quite short, the way TLS works wouldn't even load them.


A note on the Patreon though, that one I found a bit unfair I'll be honest. I opened one just to help offset the costs.
I never forced anybody to pay a single dime: the software is free to download on itch.io.
In 1 year, I made a total of 53$, not even enough to pay for the electricity I spent running the stable diffusion models to create the pictures I'm gonna be using in v2. In Alpha 1 you don't see many, but I have 3 full set ready (one per NPC) plus another one for a fourth NPC currently in production.
I understand you were generalizing but I'm pretty sure the way I setup the project can't milk anybody.
(Not to say that I don't like milking... but like many of us here, it would be a completely different kind )


As for the FadeJump, I guess you are referring to the fade out effect from one segment to the next... uhm you're welcome... :D
Thanks for crediting it... even with a bit of delay :P


Anyway, I appreciate the feedback, and thanks for trying TLS.
Hopefully you'll like the Alpha a bit more as it progresses :)

[markus]

Oh my, time passes by soooooooooooooo fast, sorry for the late reply!

I'm just a bit surprised of the "randomizer" part. [...] but that's not really the point of the player.

Sure, my bad, I must have mistaken this with my attempt to squeeze your player into a Awakening-script, there it was about random videos.
(Turned out that it doesn't feel right for the personality I'm working on).

The distinction with respect to other software found around here is the possibility to control devices with speeds and patterns you find comfortable. I haven't found a software that could do it, honestly. Maybe I didn't look hard enough so I might have said I'll do it myself at a given point.
All I've seen around a funscript players, but you can't control the device itself.
I realize though that 98% of the users wouldn't have a device, so having the beatmeter is something other software can implement somewhat easily.

Right!
My project has some indirect ways to control toys (scripted), but definitely not direct ways (yet! ).

For the 16:9 aspect ratio, yes. There's a bit of forcing there, the plan is to eventually support portrait modes, but again, the target is long videos and basically most if not all of those tend to be 16:9 anyway.
Portraits are generally quite short, the way TLS works wouldn't even load them.

'Portrait' is 4/3?
If so, I have a lot of them, but that's probably because I've started downloading porn back in the days when 56k modems made nasty sounds when connecting, chicks weren't all bald shaved down there and music was all good (ya, those good ol' times *lol* ).
Seriously, not all crazy aspect ratios would have to be supported, but to me it gave a 'poor' impression like "what?! not even 4/3, ... pffff".

I made a total of 53$, not even enough to pay for the electricity I spent

You should sell (no, please not! ^^ ) funscripts instead, 15 min of video accurate, manually, action based scripted can be done in about 5 hours (less if you care less about the accuracy and quality), ... and now guess what one of such funscripts earns you! (If your guess is ~53$, you'd be close )

And that's exactly what upset me so much about those patreon money milkers, which you are DEFINITELY not!
A few KB of a script, at max 5 hours of work, and Ta-Dah, ... the same or even more out of it than you get for only-god-knows how much/countless hours of quality work.
That's why I react kinda 'allergic' when I see 'Patreon' mentioned.

Anyway, I appreciate the feedback, and thanks for trying TLS.
Hopefully you'll like the Alpha a bit more as it progresses :)

Alright, tested it, since there is not much content yet, I don't have much feedback for now, just this:
- Overall enjoyed, good impression, makes me wanna play more / curious!
- Graphics: backgrounds amazing (!!!), characters more than just ok, ... good job!
- Writing/Story: Greatly written (we don't need Shakespeare-ish stuff in such a game), ... not too 'massive', enjoyable and entertaining story-telling. Found just one little typo, in the last screen it's "you GOONER interface" -> your not you.

As I am generally more on the kinky side of adult entertainment, I'd like to see somewhat of a 'femdom'-way, ... but such would only make sense if that would be something you feel well with, ... I gave up writing stuff I'm not into.

For the player itself:
As much as such a direct-toy-control makes sense and is a great thing, personally I like randomized/automated and especially hands-free (stroker-toys) stuff more, ... such options would be (IMHO) a great addition!


Thanks for the quality work!
And as a personal note: Your perseverance on this project is really impressive, many (if not the most) developers would have gave up long ago, ... my deepest respect!

Wish you all the best for this and for you, keep us informed!

Best greetings,
Markus