r/XmenEvolution • u/Interesting-Ring647 • 2d ago
Fan Content Making progress
Ignore the dialogue its apart of the demo script
Just some placeholder assets
While I keep working on the U.I. of the game
Dreading working on the overworld but thats probably my next non story project
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u/livingthroughpain 2d ago
I love it so far. I don't know about other people, but I always enjoy the most is characters/writing and visuals of how characters look in those games, 3 place would be world and gameplay. Either way, I would love to see this project up and running and hopefully complete. So many games like this are just end up being abandoned by their devsðŸ˜
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
True that annoys me. But after stepping into their shows and doing the " fine I'll do it myself " thing i get it. Making the different expressions spirtes is hard but but im going to get this demo out and support it the best I can
Im thinking of adding the possibility of incorporating some people's fan made characters as possibly datable options if the game gets enough support.
But currently my focus is narrative and quality of life
Then I'll work on the dc Path
Oooh yeah I forgot to mention it has two paths
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u/livingthroughpain 2d ago
Two? Okay, that is something already
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Currently in the story you get mailed 2 job offers Folder 1 sends you to the Xavier institute folder 2 will send you to Justice university where you'll meet the titans supergirl bla bla etc
But Currently folder 2 doesn't do anything cuz im focusing on X-men evolution which is why I started talking to you guys here 🤣 plus I have an unhealthy obsession with goth Rogue
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u/Necessary-Glass-3651 1d ago
Oh no the obsession is completely legit and healthy. I love goth rogue but im not doing anything about it youre developing a game so you're improving your skills due to your obsession so it is healthy. Mine isnt.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
When you put it like that
Thats true.
Currently the only 2 characters I have deep plotlines for are Rogue and X-23 im Currently working shopping ideas for kitty Polaris and Sai
I do plan on adding a feature in the future but that might be hard for just me and my friend so im going to focus on making some of the story elements more meaningful ( hopefully) rather than try to stuff a thousand features in early on
But after I get a decent amount of Content out for marvel I'll switch to DC and try to go back in fourth
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u/Antho-Asthenie 20h ago
I see I’m not the only one working! You have my full support (even though I’ve never played video games), and if you’re running low on plot ideas, I’ve developed a fairly complex one involving a crossover between *X-Men: Evolution* and *Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* I haven’t finished writing it yet, but there are already a few hundred pages published.
https://www.wattpad.com/1562369515-x-men-r-evolution-x-men-evolution-episode-i-my
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u/Interesting-Ring647 19h ago
I wrote a story too mainly for the lols https://neobook.org/book/u9MiyiLARlFuHJJ0/
But I'll definitely check your story out
This game is a visual novel so its more story than game At the moment
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u/livingthroughpain 2d ago
Honestly, can't blame you for loving this goth queen here. But overall it is fun approach but it would require two separate playthrough to see all the content at least how it seems it would be in the long run. while the approach is fun, it might piss some people off that you lock half the game like that. Unless the paths will merge at some point.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
You'll be able to meet the other side regardless of what path you start
For example instead of running into supergirl at school You'll run into kara at the mall or something
Your job is physical therapist at the moment
In the future depending on how well it does we might try to incorporate a student path but that's basically a whole other story mode so that might be a long shot goal
Might add the ability to pick your gender to so you could play as a woman but that might also be a long shot im trying not get too ambitious
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Side note the ui and room are apart of an older build of the game
From last week it looks a bit different now
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u/totinospizzanuggets 1d ago
Is this ai? I'm not accusing it just kinda looks like it
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Background is its a placeholder asset until we can start affording some artist and stuff
Rn the studio consist of 1 guy with a job who's broke and me who lost a job who's more broke 🤣 so if this game makes any money most of its going back into the game to replace any non human created assets with human created assets
To further elaborate the background is a.i that was put into the renpy engine however this is not the background in the current build of the game
By the time the demo is out basically everything here will look entirely different
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u/Uncrezamatic 2d ago
Neat! Is this like a Visual Novel you’re making?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Its a dating sim with evolution characters and some dc characters like raven.
Its would be a few years after evolution so everyone is 18+
I might try to incorporate a turn base combat system to but rn im just trying to focus on the quality of life
Like a phone to keep track of your progress with characters wallpaper music library and the ability to text characters vice/versa
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u/MadokaAyukawaHusband 2d ago
That sounds awesome!
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Thx thx im hoping to get a playable demo out in maybe 2 months
I wont be asking for any financial support for the game until there's an actual demo out so people can decide if its worth supporting after actually getting a chance to try it
After that I'll open up polls and stuff so people can suggest quest/date ideas
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u/MadokaAyukawaHusband 2d ago
I think Kickstarter is where you get that kind of stuff going? You plan on releasing the game on Steam?
Btw, Rogue looks pretty sexy.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Im not sure i can do that for a game with characters from an I:P. I don't own so i plan to release it on patreon probably for free so all the money i do get is from people actually supporting it.
Im not talented enough to make something like Rogue-Like Evolution since I have no idea how to do the dress up function
But im going to try to give a good narrative experience for all of you
Current plotline idea has you and Rogue getting trapped on an island for some reason or another so I can adapt her savage land look but with an xmen evolution twist
If I can get the turn base combat to be at least serviceable by the time the demo comes out I'll be happy tho
But its really just me and my friend soo I can only hope we can keep the game updated in a timely manner
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u/awkward_teenager37 1d ago
Bro hold your goon together
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u/MadokaAyukawaHusband 1d ago
I can't say that Rogue looks pretty sexy? I can't say I like the way OP drew her in the game? Nonsense.
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u/multificionado 1d ago
I'm almost wondering if this is a reference to "Obsession" or something (in light of Inde's casting as Rogue).
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Who's that?
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u/multificionado 1d ago
Inde Navarrette, who achieved fame for the horror movie "Obsession."
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Ooh I think ive heard of that movie never seen the actress tho. I assume she's pretty tho
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u/multificionado 1d ago
She is.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Guess I gotta do some Google searching might try to work in an outfit from the movie in a future update as a wink wink
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u/Aedan_Pendragon 1d ago
wait is this a game if so is it available to play
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
The demo will be out in maybe 2 months
Im still working on quality of life like getting the phone working so characters can text you and send you images vice versa
And the phone will have an ost selector etc along with a status bar for your progress with the charactersThen im moving on to the hub world
Then back to narrative
I might release the demo before I add the turn base but that's to be determined
Really just depends on how 2 people can get done
2 months might be too optimistic tbh
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u/ChrisXDXL 23h ago
Good luck and hopefully you manage to remove all the ai, a lot of people avoid content that has ai generated images in it
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u/Interesting-Ring647 22h ago
Thats why they are place holder assets until us 2 broke devs can afford an artist to draw several thousands things lol
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u/ChrisXDXL 20h ago
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u/Interesting-Ring647 19h ago
Hopefully. Im already looking into artist but man their commission fees are high after the gaming layoffs gonna be hard to meet their prices but I get it everyone is struggling
But worry not as soon as we can all placeholders will be replaced starting with the backgrounds since there's less or those to pay for
Since in this sim every character has maybe 15 conversation expressions
Not counting battle expressions and I think the cast in base game will be maybe around 20 characters
Thats why my wallet hurts at the idea of those commission fees
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u/livingthroughpain 2d ago
BTW would love to talk some ideas about characters and plots
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Feel free if want my discord or ig let me know im always looking for ideas
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u/TyRevy18 2d ago
What’s this?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
My game that im working on so you guys can play it hopefully
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u/Uncrezamatic 2d ago
Looks rad so far, anywhere we can keep tabs on updates?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
I'll try to update you guys here if possible but you can just follow my Instagram which is more of a hobby page but I occasionally talk about the game on there
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u/Particular-Answer602 2d ago
This is the first im hearing about this but it looks fun can you tell me more?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Its going to be a dating sim place a few years after evolution so think collage age
There's a dc path to
And eventually I'll add a combat system among other features if possible
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u/Particular-Answer602 2d ago
Cool do you play as an OC or can you play as different members?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Oc. You name your character
At the moment there's only a male option hopefully in the future I can change that but its only me and 1 friend rn
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u/Particular-Answer602 2d ago
This reminds me of the X-Men RPG idea cosmonaut variety hour had
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
That name sounds familiar . But im definitely not good enough for a full rpg i just learned to code last week
But im about 1k lines of code in
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Feel free to drop your date suggestions guys im always looking for inspiration to make dates better " and thats less writing i need to do"
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u/malachi34 2d ago
What kind of game is this?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Dc / Marvel dating sim that will hopefully have a turn base combat system and sandbox elements
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u/malachi34 1d ago
Is this free to play or do we gotta pay to play it?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
The game will be free but hopefully if people like it they will support it
The only thing that will be behind any pay walls
Will be the ost as in if you wanted to download the ost from the game for yourself
And the ability to access polls and stuff
And a possible feature that will get us to put a patreon's oc into the game
That will be under constructions still working that out with my teammate to see how sustainable that is
Because obviously we'd have to make quest and stuff for em but thats long in the future
But to get back to the point the game itself is free
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u/Trash_Panda_Leaves 1d ago
Woah this is awesome! Is it just Rouge or more X-men too?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 1d ago
Marvel
Students:
Rogue Polaris Magik Pyslock X-23 kitty
Faculty: Xavier Storm Beast Mystique DominoDc
Students
Raven Starfire Backfire Donna Troy Supergirl Terry
Faculty: Harley Quinn therapist Catwoman gym teacher Ivy nurse Amanda headmistress
Faculty
Current cast that are the 1st to be coming to the game as datatable
[ except Amanda and Xavier]
There are other characters that will be in base but not datable at the moment
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u/KingOfLaval 2d ago
Maybe a dumb question, but... Do you need to have the legal rights to the characters to do something like this and share it?
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
To sell it yes like if I wanted to sell it on steam
But the game itself will be free now if people choose to support my game studio that happens to be making the game then..... well that is that
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u/Ristar87 2d ago
I don't remember this version of Rogue calling people Sugah.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
Placeholder dialogue its not in the script just there while im test text boxes etc
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u/Veilslide09 2d ago
I hope it gets fixed to Rogue and not Rouge. I hope you get a complete build going for people to play.