I noticed that people in general seemed to enjoy the photo taking aspect of previous games like Umichan Maiko Classroom Havoc and/or Cheaters. So I also made sure to include a photo system in Umichan Sentoryu as well. This one will work different from both of them but hopefully people will find it uniquely enjoyable.
In this game we are not playing as Maiko. We are instead playing as Jeni’s Uncle Carl, aka Buck. Carl will be able to purchase and place hidden cameras in various locations and will receive photos on his mobile device or computer at regular intervals. However since Carl is not actually there in person to take clear photos, every photo received will not be a usable photo Carl would be able to monetize.
Below are example photos I made of the different kinds of photos Carl can receive. I also plan to have a gallery of these in the game that are worth normal credit and above.
Character can be at different distances from the camera causing it to not focus. photos where characters are partially visible will receive some kind of partial credit.
full/normal credit
no credit / unusable.
unusable could also be a photo of an empty room.
rare double credit, nudity would also have bonus credit.
I’m debating whether or not the cameras can be found and destroyed. At the moment I’m leaning towards not.
Feel free to leave feedback.
I think it’s a really interesting idea. I recall you saying that you could make it to where you could become more sneaky at peeking at on Holly and Jeni when they’re in the shower, the same could be applied to attempting to hide the cameras, in the sense that it’ll be easier to hide cameras in the house, but difficult to hide them out in public where you can be easily seen and if caught could lead to some trouble or even a possible Game Over. As for destroying the cameras, I’m a little for both on doing it and not doing it. If the cameras are found and destroyed then it can give the game a challenge in having to re-buy and then re-hide the new camera all while risking getting caught and getting into trouble. You could even set it to where different camera places have like a different risk level, for example hidding a camera in a potted plant at the mall would be somewhat easy but the pictures would be decent or only ok(images of girls in hot outfits), while hiding a camera in the lingerie store would be harder and riskier but the images would be worth it (images of girls in lingerie or nude). Also the better the better the positioning of the camera then the better the quality the image can be, but also again the higher the risk. Anyway this is just my thoughts for the game, whether or not you want to implement them is of course up to you, but either way I like this idea of hidden cameras.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll have to think on it. I definitely don’t want to over complicate it. All the areas I initially had in mind were considered high risk but I like the idea of low risk areas also.
imo there should be different kinds of spots to place cameras, ones that are less likely to get noticed but provide less valuable photos, and ones that are riskier but provide better photos
Thanks for the feedback. yeah I can prob do that
If they can’t be destroyed or removed, doesn’t that mean that they would just infinitely generate money and make it so you can’t lose? Or will there be some kind of diminishing returns so you can only get a flat amount per each camera?
Cause without some kind of limit I think most people would just set up a couple cameras and pass time until they get infinite money. Though if you can’t pass time like in umch or your other games that may not be an issue.
if they can’t be destroyed or removed they wouldn’t always take useful photos. some would just be blank photos of just a background. I could also have it where each camera can only take X number of photos and you need to by more sd cards or something. So if it is not destroyable but takes mediocre photos, it is not really worth it because you lose the money buying more cards. since it is VN game though I don’t to get too deep into micromanagement of money.
You could make the cameras fill up after X number of photos and you risk being caught while retrieving them.
i cant wait for the game
also are u guys gonna finish umch 3d
idk if I will finish that old game I started a while back but there will definitely be 3D Umichan games in the future. I am keeping in mind things I can use for Umichan games as i learn unity with the ARIA stuff I am currently doing.