We all know the offshoots of Illusion are unlikely to deliver a game like AA2. Yeah, there is SVS but it is a mixed bag of nice upgrades, many sidegrades, and crippled gameplay. So I've been working on my own making a replica of AA2 with a modern game engine from scratch. I aim to:* replicate the entire gameplay from AA2* legacy AA2 card loading compatibility* legacy AAUnlimited compatibility* break away from the Illusion way of doing things (embrace modding, enhance user generated assets experience)* expand behavior modding (AAU triggers and modules)I am currently using AA2 models and assets because those are the best assets I am familiar with, and because I am partial to the AA2 art style. However, the art style is not set in stone yet and it can change. In an ideal world I would be rich or would have funding to commission whole new assets, making this a completely new game. For now AA2 assets will do.That's it. I've likely forgotten something I wanted to add here so ask away.
I'm trying to figure out how to make this effort sustainable. It's already taken a great chunk of my time, and it will take a lot more in the future.
Godspeed anon. Doesn't really seem to feasible for a solo effort though. If you're not against using Koikatsu/SVS as a base instead, I'd imagine you might be able to find other modders interested in collaborating since those have a larger modding scene compared to AA2 nowadays
>>729787105Thanks. It's a very reasonable alternative but I'm quite confident in this ambitious project. It isn't the time to surrender yet.
Alright, well good luck with that.
Will you have cringe english youtuber voice acting or are you just directly scrapping voicelines and animations
Best of luck anon, I don't know how possible that really is on your own but you would probably do a better job than Illusion/ILLgames anyways
>>729786141>However, the art style is not set in stone yet and it can change. In an ideal world I would be rich or would have funding to commission whole new assets, making this a completely new game. For now AA2 assets will do.If you find success and land on an artstyle people love or if they just love and want the A2 artstyle, can you please not be a fag like so many other devs have been and change it completely for no reason? Not even lewd games, just some devs in general have done that shit and it pisses me off.Also good luck anon. I don't really see how it could be that difficult to do, I mean AA2 does seem like an ultra simple game at the end of the day but I know nothing about coding. AA2 but better, cleaner, qol stuff and a maker like koikatsu would be a dream game.
I just wanted to play god in a sandbox that includes sex and characters that have insane in-depth customization for both looks and personality(no Sims isn't fucking that).Hate all these copycats that seemingly focus on putting you in the shoes of a retard and emulating a fucking VN especially considering it's shit effortless writing, like what the fuck koikatu was trying. I'm perfectly fine with that in other games or shows, this isn't about not being able to "identify" with a character that doesn't look like me or some shit, but that's just simply not what I want from games like these.I want to control everything then put them together and see what happens while every now and then changing the course of things.
>>729791807AA2 with the depth of /hgg/'s free cities would be kino
>>729789181>>729790107>>729791197Thank you. AA2 is a very simple game in terms of mechanics. I've experimented with more interesting features while developing this, so replicating AA2 really feels like a fair compromise. It's not far-fetched to think it's doable solo. >If you find success and land on an artstyle people love or if they just love and want the A2 artstyle, can you please not be a fag like so many other devs have been and change it completely for no reason?And no, to pull the rug on people after gaining their trust and support, would be a dick move. I'm not doing that. >>729789650Every piece of art, be it visual or audio, is being scrapped from AA2. I have already converted all the base personalities.
>>729786141Look around for other artstyles. Nostalgia is good, but a good artstyle makes or breaks the attention you got. Also experiment, but for the love of God keep the scope low. Or you will become a 10 year Patreon scam artist everyone hates while you like a fraud
>>729786141>>729788192>>729791197>>729795145Is this you?
look forward to it
so what happened to /aa2g/?
>>729798074i think they ended up on an altchan when everything went down
>>729792047That's obviously out of reach. Free Cities is a text based game with ridiculous depth. There's no world where AA2 has in-depth slavery, pregnancy, prostitution, and city management mechanics. At best I could imagine some more in-depth relationship mechanics, and maybe smarter AI or more dialogue variations.
>>729786141Neat!I think the one thing AA2 lacked most was a scripting tool. Imagine being able to set custom behaviors for individual characters - you could use it to do anything from making a custom character more unique/accurate to building out whole sub-modes and challenges
For as much as people talked and hyped up AA2 back in the day, I was really disappointed that the simulation wasn't nearly as cool as some threads made it out to be.I'm not asking for Dwarf Fortress or Free Cities or any shit, but it'd be cool if you could make the simulation more... Sims-like. Have the girls do more things in the academy, be able to interact with objects in the world, have more meaningful interactions with the player and other NPCs.
>>729786141make it so you can smack girls on their asses
>>729799486It's very strictly a highschool social sim, but with pron and not even particularly good one.Still, the concept is kino and I hope to see anon's take, or anyone else who is willing to try it again.
>>729786141Are you one of the aau devs? if youre serious can you drop a link / email cause ive also been brainstorming ideas about this game for years now
>>729799219You can do exactly that with aau modules im pretty sure
>>729786141Good luck anon. I haven't played AA (...that artstyle is rough) but I played SVS and Koikatsu and routinely turn on Emotion Creators. I know, different games. But in SVS, I found I had to orchestrate 2 guys and a gal to all be lovers with each other (all 3 pairs needed high sexual experience and love and yadda yadda) just to unlock the MMF scene. I would like to request a way to get orchestrate an MMF scenario even if the girl is a virgin. And without the 2 guys (or 3 or more guys in MMM+F scenarios) being in gay relationships with each other.Of course this would be far out, after you recreate the game. But once you have momentum and main game done, please keep this in mind.
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AA3 when
>>729799486>AA2>back in the daydon't do this to me
>>729803831AA2 is 15 years old
>>729801583I am one of the AAU devspescador ._at_. mm.sthttps://x.com/pescadorbrqr
Bump for AA2
AA2 could do with more gameplay aspects, there really isn't much to it once the mystique is gone. Also the default character aesthetic is a complete downgrade compared to AA1, which wasn't perfect either.
>>729786141>>729786207Anybody else not able to play these webms?
>>729786141You just reminded me I finally have a PC capable of running this game >Get a new laptop in 2014>First game I try to install is AA2 for whatever reason at the time>can't run at more than 5fpsAnd I've been using that laptop since then until now I dont even really remember why I wanted to play this or what it was about, but I kept the installation on my laptop the whole time
>>729786141Will you keep the NTR?
>>729803860>AA2 released half my lifetime ago
>evaxephon drops update on the 1st>hints at reason why dev time has slowed to a crawl even more>known for not making assets, only buying or stealing them>12 hours ago>post pops up on 4chan about dev remaking degenerate game>yanderedev (evaxephon) HAS played it (maybe countless times at this point)>"isn't time to surrender yet" reply out of nowhere >>729788192>is ripping assets from the game>10 hours ago>still no response to my post >>729795404kek is it him? if so, how's the coding son?
>>729786141>playing porn gamesYou gotta be a massive virgin to play this shit
>>729810117>You gotta be a massive virgin to play this shit
>>729809914>make retarded post>post swiftly gets ignored because nobody wants to deal with the retard>this must be evidence that my retarded post is correct!
