Finding Miranda (En, Sp, Fr, It, Ge)

[tlaero]

Thanks, Chaotic. I spend a lot of time thinking about what I liked and didn't like in each game I do. I've never tried writing it down though. That's an interesting thought.

Tlaero

[Jal]

Hello!
First of all, congratulations for this fantastic game, and both of the former ones, Tlaero and Mortze! Waiting for the next one
I'd like to give you a bit of feedback on some topics...
This is related to some old questions you asked here time ago: the branching of the stories, and the role of points in unblocking sex scenes, etc. In FM, as you choose your path at the beginning, I think the branching is determined too early. These choices and the second date are the main branching points of the game, and, although there are a lot of options, 4 and 4, 16 possible combinations, as you have to choose among 4 options each time, it is reduced to a couple of decisions. Hence, I think the game is a bit determined. I don't know if I am explaining well what I want to say. Eg, in RFJ I feel the player have more options to change his/her path:

When I discovered the "bad guy" path (mostly the scene with Gary and his wife, or the role of Chloe which I thought it was "decorative" in the other paths), and I saw a whole new game stage that otherwise I couldn't have played, I felt that the game was so complex and beautiful

This is also related, as I said, to the points system. In FM when you don't have enough points to see a sex scene, the game skips it, but the story continues. This is great because of the logic and realism of the story, but, at the same time, you discover that you have missed something. I prefer not to know it, and run into it sometime. It's like self-realization I know it is impossible to please everyone, only I am giving my opinion.
Regarding the characters, so well done. I found Miranda surprisingly "human", as I imagined her as a cold and sexy superwoman, by the beginning of the game. I think Miranda and Elsa have a deep personality as characters, as well as Chloe, but not Jessika, or, at least, not as much. Maybe the reason is that we know more things about the rest of women... How about a short story about her?
Finally, I wonder if there will be games/short stories where the main characters meet and some... hot stuff occur. Continuing with the sauna picture, or so
One more time, real good job!

[Chillz]

Just a request, next time we see Miranda can she have the brown hair more often (the hair from the food court scene) cause wow she looked absolutely amazing there. Great work guys you've really outdone yourselves on this one! I can't wait for your next game and to see how the story progresses in the Elsaverse.

[tlaero]

This is all xCooLer2's fault....

In February, our $10 patrons will be getting a short story called, "FM: Alpha." This is the result of a crazy, awesome, and completely wrong conclusion xCooLer2 came to about the first letters of the names of my characters revealing hints about the next game.

That was a coincidence.

I wrote "FM: Alpha" to keep the "coincidence" going. (-:

Alas, there's no sex in "FM: Alpha" but January's perk was a bunch of really hardcore sex pictures that I didn't use in the game, and March's perk is going to be even more hardcore sex pictures I didn't use in the game. So you'll just have to deal with some storyline for a month. I hope you folks enjoy it. I'll be interested to see if it causes rampant speculation about the female lead in the next game.

Tlaero

[Eldormain]

Hello All, and a special Hello to Tlaero,

I have played through FM a few times now. The first times was back closer to release. And... Wow, thanks Tlaero. Your writing is amazing. I love the subtleties when comparing the different options. Mortze certain brought his A game as well. The two of you do great work together.. and separately. I would love to see more of this story unfold.

Cheers.

[xCooLer2]

This is all xCooLer2's fault....

In February, our $10 patrons will be getting a short story called, "FM: Alpha." This is the result of a crazy, awesome, and completely wrong conclusion xCooLer2 came to about the first letters of the names of my characters revealing hints about the next game.

That was a coincidence.

I wrote "FM: Alpha" to keep the "coincidence" going. (-:

Alas, there's no sex in "FM: Alpha" but January's perk was a bunch of really hardcore sex pictures that I didn't use in the game, and March's perk is going to be even more hardcore sex pictures I didn't use in the game. So you'll just have to deal with some storyline for a month. I hope you folks enjoy it. I'll be interested to see if it causes rampant speculation about the female lead in the next game.

Tlaero

Ops sorry
I guess you will take your little "revenge" hiding some subtle hint in the story giving us (me) headache for hours, days and week ;-)

I go and change my patronage level ...

Ciao
xCooLer2

[Frank]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I think that this game lack the polish that I've come to expect from your other games. Maybe because you switched to an all javascript format, I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something, but it feels rushed.

[tlaero]

Frank, are you saying there are bugs in the JavaScript? If so, please let me know where and I'll fix them. I've been using this format for a while, though, and released a number of short stories in it. I've also converted DwE and RfJ to it. I haven't been hearing about bugs. Aside from any potential bugs, the new format doesn't slow down game development. Actually, the reverse is true. I'm twice as productive creating pages in the new format as I was in the old. Of course, the actual act of creating pages is a small percentage of the time I spend making these games.

As for the game itself, I spent the majority of my free time for most of a year working on it. We certainly didn't feel rushed. And we weren't aiming for any particular date. If we had needed another couple of months, we would have taken them.

There WAS a point where we considered making the casino into 4 separate paths (kind of like the weekend dates) but decided against it. Instead we joined two of the paths and made the sex scene larger. There was certainly a time vs benefit aspect to that decision. Would making more paths have made the game enough better to keep people waiting for it, etc. And in the end, I decided that the tradeoff I made was the right one. But that's clearly open to disagreement. There are people who think you're better off doing one enormous game a decade instead of ten big games. I lean toward the latter, but that doesn't make me right. It's just the way I do things.

In the end, I told the story that I wanted to tell and don't feel like I wish I could change anything (other than the one very embarrassing mistake that Moskys pointed out...)

Tlaero

[L1nk1980]

In the end, I told the story that I wanted to tell and don't feel like I wish I could change anything (other than the one very embarrassing mistake that Moskys pointed out...)

Tlaero

Tlaero keep telling us your story, you are a great writer and Mortze make beautiful pictures with it.

and the bonus scene or your short story's are good. they tell us a background story or with DwE or RfJ it's a extra long sex scene

keep up this work. I just wondering how the story ends and what/or Tessa has something to do with Xara plans.

[kaiowas]

awesome work I liked it alot keep it up

[Regardie]

There WAS a point where we considered making the casino into 4 separate paths (kind of like the weekend dates) but decided against it. Instead we joined two of the paths and made the sex scene larger. There was certainly a time vs benefit aspect to that decision.

Tlaero

What I was hoping for in the casino path was a threesome with the dealer and have that be the multisexual achievement

They seem like good friends and she was hitting on Miranda's date, a lot. Is it something she does with all of Miranda's dates? Or was this something special?

[kaiowas]

hello I'm new to the forum and these kind of games but i was wondering if anyone can piont me to more games like the ones from Tlaero and Mortze.
i have tried some of the others but I'm not into the rpg kind of games and i do prefer a good story to them.
thx for the help

ps I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask

[JFR]

hello I'm new to the forum and these kind of games but i was wondering if anyone can piont me to more games like the ones from Tlaero and Mortze.
i have tried some of the others but I'm not into the rpg kind of games and i do prefer a good story to them.
thx for the help ...

Since Finding Miranda is the third game in the series by tlaero and Motrze, the first thing you should do is download and play "Dreaming with Elsa" and "Redemption for Jessika." There are threads here for them and you should find the links in the first posts. Then, find the thread for "Brad's Erotic Week," also on this board and download it. BEW is an in-progress work but is a mature game/story being released in episodes. Be aware that BEW is a much larger, broader story than most similar games.

That should keep you busy for awhile.

Oh, and wlecome!

[kaiowas]

thx for the reply
I played DWE, RFJ and FM and hoped for more games like that.
I'll try BEW, thx

[ThePainter]

I apologize for my bad english.

Really an amazing work.

The story is satisfying and the pictures are spectacular. Thanks for the great work you have done. I appreciate that very much.

Unfortunately i liked the gameplay not as much as I liked the gameplay in DWE or RFJ. I think I had have more influence on the game in the 2 earlier ones.
At least it felt so.
And I prefer: If you don?t have enough points - start from the beginning. I really enjoy the sex scenes, but I love the story more.

Nonetheless it is a great game from a brilliant writer/programmer and a high talented graphic artist.
Keep it up guys