HTML The Lost Empire [Development Thread]

[Erolath]

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This is the development thread for a planned game.
I made this thread in order to get suggestions, wishes and ideas.

OVERVIEW
"The Lost Empire" is a dark fantasy text-based HTML game that follows the story of a forgotten goddess as she awakens from a long slumber to find her empire in ruins. The game features mature themes, explicit content, and strategic gameplay as the player leads the goddess and her remaining followers on a journey to rebuild their kingdom and reclaim their lost power. Game mechanics are influenced by Battle Quest, so turn-based combat is must have.

STORY
The story begins as the goddess awakens from her slumber to find her once-great empire in ruins. Her followers have been scattered, her temples desecrated, and her power greatly diminished. Remaining group of followers performed an ancient ritual, calling upon the last of their faith to awaken their goddess
As the goddess and her followers journey through the dark and dangerous world, they encounter various challenges and obstacles, from hostile creatures and rival factions to environmental hazards and depraved mortals. The player must make strategic decisions to protect followers, gather resources, and build their settlement.
The game features multiple endings, depending on the player's choices and actions throughout the story.

Planned Tags

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GAMEPLAY
Strategic Settlement Building
Exploration and Quests
Combat
Multiple Endings
Beast system - taming infant behemoth/dragon
Date system

SCREENSHOTS

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RELEASE DATE
The first version, V0.01, of The Lost Empire will be released in 2024. When exactly? I don't know. I'm making it in free time, and I don't have much of it. I'm not IT. I will probably upload demo/test version faster.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Erolath]

Assigning tasks to followers(that was tough), building and upgrading buildings, interactive map

 

[Erolath]

Dev news

What I'm currently working on?
Temple system - giving blessing to followers. Blessing will increase efficiency in harvesting resources, granting additional bonus. There will be few options of blessing varing from regular blessing and more personal blessings. Upgrading skills and stats. Special place for players to check game lore.

I started working on assigning special roles, which can affect future gameplay. What's planned? Assigning high priest/high priestess, holy order captain and few other special roles.

I partially done exploring surrounding lands part, and now what's left is exploring more distant lands to know about terrain topography and discover other locations - villages, cities and ruins.

Also, I revised intro - added few additional events durning journey. It will probably need further revisions as I will progress.

There is high chance, that I will be able to upload very very first version approximately in one month.

 

[Erolath]

Dev news
Finished first ritual - ritual of fertility.
First quest given by high priest assigned earlier. Some dialogues may by vary, based who you assigned to role.
I want to release very first version in next week as is. I realise that game is still bare-bones at this moment, but I would love to recieve some feedback from you guys, what do you think about current gameplay, writing etc.
Hopefully, see you in next week!

 

[Erolath]

This is a pre-alpha early access version, meaning that the game is still in its infancy, with a lot of room for growth and improvement.
I understand that the current version may not have an abundance of content, and I want to be transparent about that. The purpose of this release is to give you a taste of the game's mechanics, art style, and overall direction.
I am eager to hear your thoughts, ideas, and constructive criticism.

Thank you for your time and support.

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[Erolath]

Started working on first village, and quest recieved by discovering it.
During stay in village, player can find few interesting things like glory hole.
There will be option for bad ending.
Village future will depend on player choice.

 

[Erolath]

Hello everyone!
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to work on game. I'm going to finish few sections during nearest weekend.

 

[Erolath]

Hey! Long time no see,
I'm rewriting village quest, it will be little different from previous version and it will have one wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Also, first background music has been added.

And bad news - I won't be able to develop it further during July and August, because of work . I will try to make up for it during September and October.

Thanks for support

 

[theotherhman]

thoughts on pregnancy/breeding content?
also im curious how far the macro nation building will potentially go with this game

 

[Erolath]

thoughts on pregnancy/breeding content?
also im curious how far the macro nation building will potentially go with this game

I thought a bit about breeding content, and for sure I want it to be included in game. You know Echidna from greek mythology, or Angrboða - Mother of monsters.

About macro nation building - my goal is to create game where player can choose their own type of goverment, policies and different kind of laws. I have vision - certain types will be unlocked after main character experience new reality.

 

[Erolath]

Quick info:

Repaired wrongly written code in some passages.
Now followers assignments won't reset every day, they will stay same until player will reset them in managment section.
Started working on lewd elements of combat, this is still in testing phase. Currently testing framework - I added "Lust bar".

 

[soldadotaku]

I would like to like it, but it lacks dynamism. Furthermore, it would be interesting to add a good/evil system, in which we would have options to choose which path to follow, one more depraved and the other more traditional.

 

[TheExordick]

Hey Erolath, would you mind sharing how you created the map? is it AI generated or did you draw it?

The game looks interesting, i'm planning to try it in the evening.

 

[Erolath]

I would like to like it, but it lacks dynamism. Furthermore, it would be interesting to add a good/evil system, in which we would have options to choose which path to follow, one more depraved and the other more traditional.

Game is still in very early stage. I've already planned good/evil system, something like getting close to becoming more like a demon or angel type of deity. Of course corruption in terms of NSFW will have huge impact on this system /

Hey Erolath, would you mind sharing how you created the map? is it AI generated or did you draw it?

The game looks interesting, i'm planning to try it in the evening.

Thanks, I used Inkarnate website to use tools to draw map. I will rework this map, to make it look better in future