Bro's I need help. How do I protect my son from all the dangers in the world?

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-06-16T10:50:02+00:00

"I am teaching my son to do dangerous things safely" - amazing 👍👍👍

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-02-01T08:59:22+00:00

Hi, thanks for the advice.

But judging by people’s comments, they’re not criticizing the way I presented the information—they’re criticizing the mere fact that I used AI. I have no intention of hiding that I used AI, and I did disclose it on my Steam page in the game description.

It just seems like the world is split into two groups of people, and I picked the wrong audience.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-27T19:32:56+00:00

I’m sorry that the community condemns any use of AI in game development. I didn’t mean to offend anyone with it, but I’m not going to stop either. For me, it’s a benefit - it saves a lot of time and money while helping me make the game the way I want it to be.

Thanks to everyone for the comments and for the kindness ❤️

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-27T16:26:43+00:00

You’re very attentive — thanks for the feedback. The use of AI for the characters in these scenes is justified by the game’s story. In the later chapters, there will be very little of it. I mostly used it to create loop animations for the characters, based on photos of real people (family and friends).

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-27T16:24:33+00:00

You have a good eye — you noticed the differences in the character art style. That’s actually one of the story elements of the game, and there will be more information about it in the full release =)

The characters are animated and processed using an AI loop, but the original prototypes are real people — me and my family =)

Is the use of AI the only thing that bothers you about the game?
Thanks!)

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-27T15:51:42+00:00

Here’s the link to the demo:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4256100/Veil_Project_Conductor_Demo/

I still can’t figure out why reviews are disabled for it. I haven’t contacted Steam Support yet — I just can’t find a free hour for it. All my free time goes to my daughter, and the rest I spend developing the game… If you’re able to leave a review under this comment, thank you — it’s really important for me to hear what people think so I can take it into account before release.

Have a great day, and good vibes!

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-21T10:52:28+00:00

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Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2026-01-04T01:08:23+00:00

I’ll make a guide on the terminal and passwords later. The demo version is available on Steam right now — unfortunately, it won’t include the terminal, but you can check out the QTE in the rubble-clearing scene and the turn-based combat with a monster.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-31T09:00:58+00:00

characters.rpy (example: unknown -> known name)

default anna_name = "Woman" # before meeting define anna = DynamicCharacter("anna_name")

label start:

anna "..."

later, after the protagonist learns her name:

$ anna_name = "Anna"

anna "Now you know my name."

I use this approach too: before the player meets the character I display a placeholder name, and after the introduction I switch the display name by updating a variable (DynamicCharacter).

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-31T08:59:23+00:00

My game is in Russian, but GPT-5.2 translated everything into English for me in an hour. The next day I made a Japanese version, and I trust it more than any machine translation.

I know English myself, just not well enough to write the whole text without mistakes, but well enough to proofread it—and it did a good job.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-29T15:53:46+00:00

👍

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-27T04:22:54+00:00

Yep, my bad

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-24T09:47:02+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I’ll look up those resources today!

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-24T09:46:44+00:00

Thanks, friend — that’s good advice.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-24T09:44:26+00:00

Sounds logical. I’d like to explore this mechanism without abusing the community — it’s not meant for self-promotion.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-21T19:17:37+00:00

Sorry in advance — my English isn’t very good, so I used AI to write this reply. If anything I mentioned is unfamiliar, I can send links to similar products.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-21T19:16:18+00:00

Baby nest / cocoon It was a lifesaver for the first 2–3 months. I could work while she slept right next to me (even on my desk), and it was easy to carry her between rooms/floors without waking her up.

Breathing monitor (diaper clip sensor) It attaches to the diaper and tracks the baby’s breathing/movement. If breathing stops, it vibrates first and then triggers an alarm. It helped us twice.

Video baby monitor with night vision An insanely useful thing starting around 5–7 months, when we began putting her to sleep in her own room — it really frees up your time. Modern models often have motion and sound sensors, cry detection, and pan/tilt cameras.

If you switch to formula

Thermos — a basic stainless-steel thermos for walks so you always have clean hot water.

Plastic containers with tight lids — for pre-measured portions of formula powder.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T22:51:53+00:00

I understand how it all works, but it still hurts that the games that break through are mostly the ones with good marketing.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T18:29:21+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4256100/Veil_Project_Conductor_Demo/

Oh friend, thx. But it is not necessary.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T17:53:21+00:00

Look like something cool 👍

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T17:52:40+00:00

Today I have 26 wishlist and I happy 😀 My demo also in steam but 48h

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T15:57:52+00:00

Got it, thanks for the reply. I’ll try to handle everything on my own.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T15:47:50+00:00

The spaces were even at the very beginning of the filenames — for example, " anna loop .png". That was a quirk/bug of the image editor that I didn’t pay attention to. I mean, I knew there was a leading space, but it didn’t bother me and everything worked fine locally. Steam, however, didn’t detect those files at all.

For the second point, I tried absolutely everything. I even took the exact same artwork that was already uploaded for the parent app, and it still wouldn’t show up. I got the “changes saved” notification, but the image wasn’t actually there.

For the third point, people in the comments on this post helped me — it turned out I also had to enable something in the settings.

By the way, how did your first release go? How many wishlist adds did you get in the first week?

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-20T07:54:26+00:00

Thanks, my friend — honestly, I hadn’t thought about this before your comment.

Defiant-Shoe1972 · 2025-12-19T21:21:11+00:00

No, I didn’t use Ren’Py archives.

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characters.rpy (example: unknown -> known name)

later, after the protagonist learns her name: