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by bitterplayhouse
Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite
Replies: 13
Views: 3293

Re: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite

@Nellie - Glad you like it. We wanted to make the bg & chibis cute and fun because that's the main gameplay, so you want it to be stimulating to keep you coming back. Then 'reality' kicks in at the dialogue points.
Thanks for the support. Every little bit helps :)
by bitterplayhouse
Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:05 am
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite
Replies: 13
Views: 3293

Re: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite

Hey Reikun Thanks for the kind words. As for the Echo ability, at this point it's merely a gameplay device to help you with the chores and granny care. You can generate up to 3 echoes of your Charlie. But this comes at a speed penalty each time. There are upgrades you can get along the way that enab...
by bitterplayhouse
Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:00 am
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite
Replies: 13
Views: 3293

Re: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite

@gekiganwing We're using the MultiMedia Fusion 2 engine. The gameplay runs like a puzzle/adventure game until someone comes to visit or you access a clue. Then the narrative kicks in and you go from the chibi style to the more realistic 3D style, in which you can choose to romance any of the visitor...
by bitterplayhouse
Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:28 am
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite
Replies: 13
Views: 3293

Re: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite

Hi there Thanks for the feedback :) @Papillon - Sorry. Sometimes my corporate training tone comes through (plus I'm super new to this and quite nervous). As per your suggestion I've altered some of the text to sound less arrogant (which wasn't my intention, so thanks for pointing that out). What I w...
by bitterplayhouse
Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:06 pm
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite
Replies: 13
Views: 3293

Heart's Hollow: Dating Sim Game With Bite

Heart’s Hollow is the first project by Bitter Playhouse, being developed for Windows, Mac and iPad. It hopes to break the mould of dating sim gaming by allowing players the option of being male or female and letting romance blossom with any of the visitors (male or female). It's puzzle meets adventu...
by bitterplayhouse
Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:55 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Guestbook
Replies: 5441
Views: 1456991

Re: Guestbook

Hi all I'm Ryan, from Cape Town. http://www.bitterplayhouse.com/ I'm a writer and I've been wanting to break into game development for a while, so a friend of mine (who is a 3D animator) and I decided... what the hey! We're in the process of developing our first interactive visual novella/dating sim...