Good point about the caltrops (horses aren’t really my area of expertise). I’ll make a note of that.
That…is actually a fantastic idea. I may try to implement it.
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Thanks for the supportive comments,everyone. I really appreciate your encouragement. Don’t worry, I’ll finish this game if it kills me.
I also appreciate your patience with the gender error, and I’ll post a fixed version ASAP.
In answer to the other questions/comments:
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There will be romance options. The captive/narrator will be one of the options (expect a lot of snark in that path). Romance options will disregard gender, so there will be lesbian romances.
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Dashingdon, thanks for fixing the gender selection error. I appreciate it.
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Ancient Rome is one of my favorite historical settings, and I’ve studied Roman history fairly extensively, so it seemed like a natural choice. (I tried Arthurian England in early draft, but I didn’t know enough about it to make it stick.
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The idea of scars as penalties is a good one–thanks, Harley_Robin—and I’ll try to implement it in the next update.
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The point about the caltrops will be taken into account in the next update. Thanks for bringing it up.
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As the game expands, the morality path will be more fully implemented (your interaction with your captive as a monster is a tiny part of that), so you will get the option to be a hero or anti-hero as well as a villain.
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One option that would be cool if we have claws and fangs is to fight using those natural weapons. Who needs a dagger when my claws can rip and tear and slice just as easily?
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Omg! I love political games and this one has a touch of it. Not too many COG’s have you playing as a villian or underminer- this is good stuff. Look forward to seeing some more progress!! Cheers and good luck!
Good idea. Working that into the update right now, actually.
I went with the “hideous monster” path because it sounded super cool (and it was), picked the ruined keep as my lair and got the following message:
startup line 279: Non-existent variable ‘charisma’
I really like this concept. Feels like playing the Beast in Beauty and the Beast 
So, is the narrator there the beauty? XD No, but seriously, can’t wait for more.
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Did a playthrough (only one, though it crashed a few times so I saw a few branches), and took notes:
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I like the perspective, the first person threw me for a bit until the narrator met me.
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That said, it doesn’t seem to stick. “The three items lay before you” scene feels more standard.
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On that page, I chose “A curved dagger”, and got the error “startup line 95: bad label knight”
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I know what those three items will do because I read the thread, but coming into the game blind it’d be odd
to make such an important choice with little/no idea where it’d lead. -
“thin, flexible frame with impossibly long limbs” choice lead me to a sentence that read
“In these respects, you’re very much like the But unlike the others” - guessing there’s an unset variable around there. -
“a ruined keep. It contains some old books…” gave me an error: “startup line 279: Non-existent variable ‘charisma’.”
I mean, I know I’m ugly but the game doesn’t have to rub it in
I chose male, slave doctor, and monster potion, if that helps. Liking it so far, looking forward to more!
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I’ll admit I’m a little relaxed if it’s a post that actually contains valuable feedback, like a bug report.
Still it’s been over a month since the author posted on this topic so I’ll lock it.
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