Heavenly Order [v0.0.4a] [SweetSyrupDev]

3DCG, Adult, Anime, Eroge, Erotic, Hentai, NSFW, Romance, Sandbox, Story Rich

New Content

– 1 Mona Romance Event

– 2 Main Story Events

– 3 Alice Bond Quest Event

– 2 Helen Casual Talk Events

– 2 Alice Casual Talk Events

– 2 Rose & Lily Casual Talk Events

– 2 Sayo Casual Talk Events

– Added 67 New Animations

Bug Fixes & Improvements

– Improvements to 3 Helen H-Animations

– Improvements to 1 Sayo H-Animation

– Added SFX

– Fixed Grammar Issues

– Added Shop Mechanic

– Added Inventory Mechanic

– Added Cooking Mechanic

– Added Voice Controls (for voices and moans) in the future

Initial Release

News:

This new update is another large one. It is mostly to set up for future updates and make things easier for me. New animations will make casual talks easier to make—I can add more of these in the future. New mechanics are set up, so I won’t have to worry about them anymore.

While this update is big in terms of size, I didn’t manage to succeed in what I promised everyone regarding the content I wanted to deliver. There really was no time for me to finish it all, and I’m busy with my job and real-life stuff.

I’m still proud of this update, but I will have to divide it into 2 parts, or maybe even 3. If I get really busy, there will be no H-Scenes until update 0.0.4 is finished. However, after I’m done with this update, you can expect an H-Scenes-focused update from me. Version 0.0.5 will focus on the H-Scenes sandbox, while this one will focus on the main story and corruption events.

Thank you so much for supporting this project so far. If you want to support me even more, consider becoming a member. It will help me out a lot and enable me to focus on this game in the future if that happens.

Hi everyone! Today, I want to talk about Heavenly Order 0.0.3. I actually managed to release this update on time—which I honestly didn’t think I could do, given my work schedule. However, I didn’t manage to add the Casual Talks and Corruption Events this time around. I was hoping I’d have enough time, but work got in the way… along with playing Slay the Spire 2 and Majikoi. But let’s ignore that!

If you didn’t notice, I’m doing a bit of a rebrand. I changed my name from MoonlightDev to SweetSyrupDev, mainly because someone with a similar-sounding name already has it. I always go by “Syrup” online anyway, so that’s fine, I guess… My attempts at being professional backfired on me. I’m SweetSyrupDev now! Remember that!

During this month, I also managed to find some time to improve my animations a little bit. You should be able to instantly tell the difference compared to my previous work. I promise these old animations will be replaced in the future, but for now, I will focus on adding more content first.

One game in particular that I decompiled to look at the animations is NCrow’s Goddess Whim. The animations in that game are crazy, and they serve as a solid basis for my own style. I also took a look at Vorpal’s From the Sin. It’s a very cool game. The animations and renders are awesome. I realized just how much of an amateur I really am when it comes to art direction and style.

I have a lot to improve on, and I want to kill them both for being better than me—but go support them anyway, because they are both awesome creators.

I want to talk about the story for a bit. We are around 15% done with the first act. There is still a lot of content I want to write, and I just want to get that out of the way first.

What I’ve written so far is more of an introductory part—it’s still the appetizer, and everyone is still stumbling around. I was actually pretty scared when I came up with this concept: “The MC gets summoned only to be stuck inside a monastery that is being used as a shelter to hide the saviours from an evil force.”

I didn’t want to just jump into the world of Pandora knowing that danger is always present, especially when your enemy is the one ruling the world, which is why I landed on this premise. I really don’t want to elaborate on this too much here, but you can ask me about it on our Discord (that will surely give me an excuse to stop working).

While writing the game, I made sure not to give the MC too much presence. But as I wrote more, I realized it was actually harder to make him not stand out compared to the love interests, who have their own distinct personalities. My goal for this character is to be someone really ordinary and a pervert. Not to mention, this game will also feature corruption mechanics, so balancing things will be even harder going forward. It won’t be a problem, though. The MC is meant to be a foil for the player. He’s meant to be someone you can relate to, which is why I made him quite perverted (LIKE YOU!—and me). This weird personality will be his path to saving the world, as strange as that sounds.

I will also try to improve this game by adding sound effects like door knocking, magic sounds, sex noises, and moaning. I will try to do what I can with the free sound packs that are available. I’ll just have to see if it works or not. This is my first time adding this kind of sound, and I would have to check if it is realistic or immersive enough not to ruin the experience.

If you are a voice actress and want to help with moaning and recording some simple lines for this project in your closet, please do reach out to me. I would love to work with you. I will say that this is going to be a volunteer role, so please be aware of that before joining.

I will also try to improve the UI a bit with this update. I’m already adding some mechanics for this game in this update, along with UI to make it easier for players to know what’s what. If you don’t have experience, that’s totally fine as well. I promise I will guide you all the way.

People will help me out and get their own credits for their involvement, and I will add your socials to my game page. I will also do my best to make you sound like the coolest person possible.

Note: The Voice Acting & SFX are not guaranteed for this update. It really depends on whether there are people interested and time.

Note: Recruitment links are at the end!

New Content for 0.0.4:

2 Mona Romance Events

1 Main Story Event

1 Helen Training Event

6 – 10 Bond Training Events (Vote for which character I should prioritize on my Patreon and SubscribeStar)

Onsen Scenes

Character Casual Talks

Inventory System

Shop System

Cooking System

Bond System

Version 0.0.4 will focus heavily on the technical side of the game. This will ensure I have a solid foundation to build upon in the future.

There won’t be any H-Animations this time around. I want to focus on the Training Events, Romance Events, Lore Stuff, and Technical Stuff. I will probably redo some old animations when I have the time, but the main focus this time is making the world feel more alive.

Inventory System – You will acquire items in the future, and this will add to the immersion factor. It will make you feel like you are in control. This will serve as a way for you to give gifts, receive items, get outfits, and more.

Cooking System – I want you to be able to cook for the characters and get special events based on it. You can even add some strange ingredients during cooking to make things more exciting. I want to add this kind of sandboxy element to the game, but I promise you won’t need to grind for it.

Shop System – I want you to have the ability to buy items to decorate your room. While you won’t be able to actively customize it (since that would be a nightmare for me to animate), you can add these customizations to invite characters into your room and have some fun with them in private.

Bond System – This will serve as a way for you to keep track of how to progress everyone’s training and what the next step is to make the love interest completely yours.

There are a lot of technical aspects here in this update. I will cut them if needed, since I’m so bad at coding. I will always prioritize the story before anything else, which is why the Bond System is mandatory for this next update. The Shop, Cooking, and Inventory can wait.

Do keep in mind that this list is very ambitious. I will try to do my best, but I need to eat, so some features might shift to later updates. I just hope I won’t be too busy this month and that work treats me kindly.

It’s also one of the reasons I want to limit myself to 2 characters for this update. Characters that don’t get picked in the vote will be addressed in a later update. I don’t want to over-exert myself and burn out. It’s hard to balance life and hobbies.

It was a very rough month for me, but I’m very happy with the amazing support I’ve gotten so far. It’s actually crazy that so many people have played my little game. I published it two months ago and expected to be cast aside by the algorithm, but that didn’t happen. The views and player numbers keep coming. I also somehow managed to activate my SubscribeStar account. I’m already at 22.2K+ views, 200+ followers, and over 2K downloads. This is still so crazy to me.

I’m used to making games in a month by joining game jams on Itch.io ever since I first started out. It’s very hard to balance things out now, though, since work is so unpredictable. Some days I’m very busy, and some days I’m not, so it’s honestly surprising I managed to release this update. It did come with a few sacrifices—skipping gym sessions, IRL stuff, neglecting my language lessons, and sometimes losing sleep. But I still have fun developing this game, and I don’t regret it one bit. I just want to manage my schedule a little better. Sometimes I really do get carried away, work through the night, and go to work dead the next day. I really need to learn to hold myself back.

I have a small milestone. I want to reach 100+ members on my Discord and 50+ free members combined across my Patreon and SubscribeStar. If we hit that number, I’ll host a giveaway to celebrate! I’ll be giving away 2 Goddess Tiers from my Patreon — and everyone in the community at that time will be eligible to join. It’s not much, but it’s the best I have to offer right now, and I hope it’s enough to show my gratitude.

Thank you so much for reading until the end.

-SweetSyrupDev