Maid Mansion
Maid Mansion & The Future (11/20/20)
Hey all (maids lovers and everyone else),
The first week of release of Maid Mansion has been really amazing. Really great feedback, both positive and negative. I'll address some of those comments and criticisms a little later in this post...
STEAM and itch.io Release Info
For those of you that purchased on STEAM, I thank you soooooo much!! We were on the front page of STEAM in New and Trending from Friday, Until about late Tuesday/sometime Wednesday, then we popped back up into the Top 10 again later that day for another good chunk of the day. Our highest peak of people playing was 253 on Sunday, and as of writing this right now, there are a 69 people playing. (69 haha, but seriously that's true)
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/562350/
For those of you that purchased on itch.io, I would like to thank you very much too! We actually got as far up as #3 in Top Sellers this week, but have since then dropped back down to #9. All in all, the support there was honestly a lot more than I expected, and the funds there will help even more towards the development of our next project.
Link: https://crazycactus.itch.io/maid-mansion
Next Project...
So, as of right now, the next project I have in the pipeline is titled Sinful Sisters.
This project started earlier this year, around the time I learned some information that may cause a delay in the next game I wanted to do, if you followers of mine remember Flame Academy... That WAS my original plan, but I feel that my second game should also be a STEAM release.
Flame Academy is not abandoned, however, I will have to keep it on hiatus for some time. For those of you in the dark about that project, you can still view the Kickstarter preview at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crazycactus/246239660?ref=dkextb&token=9df0...
Sinful Sisters
Right now I have the main cast ready, but I have plans to make some changes to one of the characters, Demona, (the drill-hair red-head), will have her skin tone darkened, as I think it would be nice to have a darker skinned lady in the main group. I haven't discussed this bit yet with my artist but I will soon.
The sprites are actually all done, all outfits and layers... The backgrounds are being worked on. The soundtrack is being created. Our GUI artist has already made several assets we needed. I went wayyyy overboard and already got the emotes and badges for it done (for STEAM), and I also plan to be writing this game myself. I may possibly hire other writers to work with me, since I suspect this will be a large worded game similar to Maid Mansion (at 140,000+ words), but we'll see.
How will Sinful Sisters Improve Upon Maid Mansion??
Okay, so here's where I'm going to outline what critiques were given to me (about Maid Mansion) and what I'd like to publicly state are my goals for how to improve with Sinful Sisters:
SINFUL SISTERS' GOALS
--partial voice acting (for the CG scenes)
--test/experiment with animated CG scenes (not all CGs animated, but maybe 1-2 for each for players to try and "unlock" with each of the main cast)
--fewer endings (currently planning for 7 good endings, 6 bad endings, no neutral endings next time)
--"harem ending" (this was a big letdown for many that Maid Mansion didn't have this -- Sinful Sisters will have one 3-way ending, and a 4-way ending as well, if I stick to my current story outline)
--bad endings will mostly impact you (as the MC) next time, with 4/6 only effecting the MC
--our next walkthrough ending guide will also include notes about which are BAD/GOOD endings (still with spoiler alert tags)
--smaller cast (currently at 8, not including MC, with 5 as main characters, 3 with more of a support role)
--characters developed more (flesh out backgrounds, get to "know them" more, etc...)
--prop style system for finding items needed for story parts, including items to use in an animated scene
Patreon
I have already scheduled 4 posts for this month, and am going to try to keep adding spoilers for Sinful Sisters there over the next several months. So if you would like to support me there and see little teasers and such ahead of time, Patreon is the best place to be.
https://www.patreon.com/crazycactus
Discord
I also screwed up my Discord channel invite in the last post, so this updated link should work now: https://discord.gg/J2bzw6jaQ8
I'm still a bit of a nub with Discord, so please be patient with me. My discord is just more of a place to chat and connect with me and best place to stay the most updated on things, and I will post some spoilers in certain chat channels too. So if you do want to support me on Patreon, it's very much appreciated - but you may also find some nice little sneak peaks if you join Discord too.
Sleepy-time now...
Like the header says, I need sleep now. Thank you all for your continued support in buying Maid Mansion. Even those who didn't like it, I've learned much from their criticism, and hope to use all that information to make Sinful Sisters an even bigger success. If I can somehow manage it, I'd like to try and aim for a November 2021 release for it, so we'll see. :D
Take care all and be safe,
Cactus Lord
Creative Director
Crazy Cactus Entertainment LLC
Comments
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Just played Maid Mansion and I have to say it was quite an enjoyable experience. However one thing that irked me was Pa Zong's ending required a ridiculously specific route to achieve (I really wished there were more routes for her). That and I felt that my actions had no consequence on the story until the very end as most just result in maybe a single line change.
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For example when deciding what to do with Takako my choice seems to have no real effect on the chain of events until the end where either Narumi gets stabbed or I end up marrying Takako.
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This also reflects itself in the way the MC acts as once I choose to basically punish everyone and yet my character still acts the same way as when he is "kind". I would like to see more character in the MC maybe by hiding options from the player (such as with the massage) to flesh out the MC. I was also hoping that all the characters would get the same amount of attention but it really felt I was just pushed towards two (maybe three) of them. I was fine with the no harem ending though however it didn't feel satisfying at times as I was trying to find the other endings and just getting the same scenes over and over. Over all though the game was very enjoyable and my only real complaint was how some characters seem to less attention on them than others.
PS really looking forward to sinful sisters the sisters look great!
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