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This is a screen for the normal working mini game in the cafe. Unlike in umcc it is not just a button to press that gives money and consumes a increment of time. you actually need to do stuff here. And it also linked to the cafe hentai stuff you will need to do this to build up a client base or people interested.
Some of this is working in progress art, but the objective of this game is to match what item each customer orders. or rather to match what items belongs to each person. they are represents by the boxes. and the items are on the counter. You will see the items in the boxes at the start of the game for a few seconds and will need to remember what is in each box.
basically the cafe begins at level 1 you will probably quick hit lvl 2 after doing the simple orders.
lvl 1 = 1 box
lvl 2 = 2×2 = 4 boxes
lvl 3 = 3×3 = 9 boxes
lvl 4 = 4×4 = 16 boxes
lvl 4 is the max. It is not in the game yet, but the plan is that after each time to match the item the person will randomly request Maiko to come talk to them. it’ll be a little interaction scene where maiko can do various flirts/chats with the person. It will be something like the character interaction menu in umcc. the chat, join, etc.
But here is might say talk, lean forward, etc. idk. or maybe she can send her current friend with her to handle it. but basically there is two kinds of success levels. the first level is getting that person liking the cafe shop. it kinds of work as experience to level up the shop. getting from lvl 1 to lvl 2 might be getting 3 people charmed or hooked, but getting form lvl 2 to 3 might be more like 20 or so. it is harder to remember to order with more boxes. plus the flirting can cause you as the player to forget the boxes. they won’t have any chance to call you over if you mess up the match the first time. I might have a system where you can see the orders again in exchange for lesser base pay. if any has ides for flirting action please mention them.
the second harder level to reach with that customer is the level where they can become available for pleasure service. It will add to the number of people waiting to be serviced. Maiko can do the pleasure service minigame until she runs out of people.
also i will mention this is a wip of course. I think when you select a item you will see Maiko’s hands holding the item. also when you chat with the person. the “people” are random, I will probably just use black or grey silhouettes. either that of just make a few generic people and have different random hair colors and stuff heh.
you can just run the UMCC_cafe swf here. Because if you run it with umch2 Maiko hair’s will be in the way. I need to adjust it. you can see what I’m saying by trying it out. I just have lvl 2 and 3 in this demo and the pleasure service stuff and flirting with customer is not implemented yet.
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on number 4 in the picture that is what item you currently have selected. you will need to click a item on the counter first (2), then select the box you think that item is. if it is wrong it will take away form your tips, if it is right it will reveal and you will earn tips.
the harder the level the more time you have to look at it at the beginning.
lvl 2 = 2 seconds
lvl 3 = 3 seconds
feel free for questions and comments.
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i cant get the middle section on lvl 3 to work
thanks! I fixed it and changed the dl.
I’ll add lvl 4 probably later today when I make a method to re-check the orders so people can see what everything is again. and i wanted to try the random people wanting to talk thing to make sure when you change over it doesn’t reset the game when you come back to it heh. could do fives levels maybe if I move the boxes more to the right as a rectangle instead of a perfect square.
It’s it’s a nice mini, there might be a time where the Rock band plays at the little stage if there is one.
Yeah I can use the same minigame mechanics in first person. It actually started off in first person as you might remember. I need to take a look at all tat stuff that used to first person lol. swimming.. showering was first person also. though I might put a few mirrors in there this time around so you can see her.
Yes I remember in the betas everything being first person. The swimming was tricky, if anything the swimming just be a tap button and another button to dive underwater. Press the button again to surface. Or just leave it to press the button to keep going to one end of the pool to go back to the other side of the end 3 times.
yeah problem with swimming for me was actually seeing the other people in the pool while you are swimming. of course easy if it was a 3d game. but kind of tricky in 2D. for the pool I will probably need to use the 3D stage for the actual minigame. I might attach the camera to the head a run a swimming animation or make one to see how it might need to look in 2D first person pov.
I’ve said it before… And it’s pretty much the only thing I ever say, but I love your minigames.
It’ll be cool, to see people from school hang out in the place, and start to gossip, and stuff, after you serve a couple of tables, idk it’s just a little thing.
Anyway, awesome minigame, I usually write paragraphs of bs, but not this time.
Thanks, yeah you will see students around in different places. Just certain ones probably won’t make sense in the story for the to be just hanging around gossiping. Random students hanging out in places was implemented in umcc also, I referred to them background characters. Sometimes it would be a more familiar student like Luma or Greel hanging out with other students. You didn’t hear what they were saying, but Maiko could take a pic of them and she would say something about them.
was looking at different ways to make a music minigame instead of the way I was doing it which got laggy over time and caused player to mess up the timing. I think i do something like this with mostly coding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwvZNwqfdkw
but just use a box, or maybe different shapes for different songs, and the things to click on appear in predefined places. and like this game, you need to press them in the order they appear before they vanish.
Wow I think this type as a music mini game is a good idea. It can give it a special effect, plus since it’s in FOV view. You can see the people’s reaction. It can look all colorful.
oh yeah that is a good idea. heave people reacting perhaps based on score, or streaks you go without missing a note.
You could have it implemented kinda like Final Fantasy – Theatrhythm, but instead of having the side view, you can just have different characters at the side. That way, you can have as if the band members are also playing along with Maiko?
Ehh, just a thought, I’m pretty sure it’ll be awesome of whatever you decide to do!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEsLXPhw_E
I hand planned to them somewhere is sight at the edge of the screen yeah.
Wow, i am really behind schedule here, lol.
I remember talking to you about this mini, its awesome to see it being developed
I can imagine you leveling up the cafe and making it popular because there is a cute girl working there with her friends, some people told me they even do some special service to regular costumers, hehe. And you see a big line of people to go to the bathroom and think “all this people need to take a piss?”, but no, there is things much more interesting happening there, lol.
With friends you could use one to look out for agents so they dont find out what is happening, and vice versa. You keep the agents busy as a friend finish her job.
Another thing i think i discussed was having favorites or crushes. A boy or girl knows you work there and what happens there too, and they say they can pay more to you or give you a special item if you bring this girl they like to meet him/her to the pleasure room and convince them to pleasure them. There could be a special quest to convince them to do this job or to even start helping you at the cafe with the dirty things.
I could go on and on with ideas here, lol. But all them fit a conving game, just like Kyle trying to convince girls to do porn, take pics and vids, hehe.
Bringing a girl anywhere even the cafe is easier to do with the character moviclips as I have done in umcc. it is much more complicated using mmd.
I’m still now sure how that mechanic would work to convince someone. It would have to be someone who already works in the cafe. but that makes it pointless to even do this because they would already be there and willing to do stuff. I’m leaning more against the crush mechanic unless it can be worked on more to fit in with other stuff. Such things like certain characters would not just bang random dudes despite how much they like Maiko.
That could work too, I can see some characters not willing to do something like that unless you convince them somehow.
Hmm, maybe you didnt need to meet and take the person to the cafe. You could make calls and ask them to come and meet you there?
the core issue would still remain heh. They wouldn’t come in first place. call or take them there. and if it was a trick, it would probably piss them off.
Oh, i see. I thought it was more a problem of including this option in the game because its so much different from umcc in gameplay or way things work or are added. Not about how they would react to it, lol.
Thats cool.