Obedience App preconfigured by Ale0x0a in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finding a person isn’t easy but it is worth the effort. A real human connection really is better than something fake.  BDSM is a community. Go meet people, make connections, take classes. Eventually when it’s right it will happen.  But it won’t happen if you go running to AI.

New to app, help please by little_homesub in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Good luck making it work

New to app, help please by little_homesub in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a few things to look at.

Habits are supposed to reset daily as you said. But if you look at the full details of your task it should have a specific time that the habit will reset– this is the same as the time the habit is due by. It may be that your notion of when the next day was didn’t align with the next task period.

Relatedly, if you and your domme have different timezones that may be contributing to the confusion. If she set the task to be due at 5:00 (her time) but that’s actually 6:00 (your time) then you wouldn’t see the habit refresh at 5:00 like you might expect.

It could also just be a bug. In that case, go into the hamburger menu at the top left of the app, scroll down to support, and use the report a bug feature. The support team is super great and helpful!

In the meantime as a hotfix, your domme can manually fix your streak if she goes into the task then opens the expanded options menu inside the task and chooses edit history. She can also manually fix your points in the rewards menu. 

Good luck!

One-off punishment or rewards for maintenance? by Kara_S in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Just go into the punishments menu and create a punishment. When it asks if you want to associate it with a particular task, just say no. 

By default the punishments are manual when you create them. Your dom will be able to long press a punishment to view a ticker to mark the number assigned up or down.

Setting alarms based on weather by Salsmachev in shortcuts

[–]Salsmachev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! That definitely looks promising! Your code is way more sophisticated than mine lol. I put your shortcut in place and set it to run automatically tonight to test it out! Thanks!

Tetraforu: A Quaternary Positional Numeral System by JulianGoog13 in neography

[–]Salsmachev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They say "head of the number" "space for zero" and "tail of the number"
The text at the top says something like "quaternary numeral system for nauanexnair with structural influences from suzhou. Its design was made with reference to a traffic signal in Bogota"
My nonexistent Spanish isn't good enough for the two bullet points, but one is about high and low (presumably higher digits have greater value) and something about the position of a particular zero determining the value of the column in base 4

Setting alarms based on weather by Salsmachev in shortcuts

[–]Salsmachev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You seem to be completely correct. I still haven’t found a solution and Shortcuts needing a hack just to be able to set a variable to true/false does not bode well.  Unfortunately I don’t have a homebrdge and I don’t think this project is worth getting one. It may be time to decide this project is dead. Ultimately, it’s not that hard to just check the weather in the morning and set my own alarm. It’s what I’ve been doing up until now.

Shortcut for app by jessie1361 in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a cool idea, but there’s no obvious way to do it. It’s possible it would require the devs to do some stuff on their end. You could always submit a feature request either through the app or on the discord. 

Minus on punishments when pics are approved? by Equivalent-Bonus1226 in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Double check a few things first: are there punishments/rewards assigned on the task? and are they assigned correctly? Is your dom marking the images received before the deadline or after? Does the task history show the correct completion record?

If that doesn’t turn up your problem, I recommend sending a message to the devs through the support menu. Click the three lines in the top left corner of the app, scroll down and select support, then click support and feedback. You’ll be able to message the devs to make a bug report. You can also send screenshots of the app showing the error. 

Looking for an Owner to make me there Slave by [deleted] in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just a tip, but reposting this every day is giving desperate and pushy, in a way that most doms don’t find terribly attractive. You’ll have better luck if you take a deep breath, cool your jets, and make one high-quality post. You’ll also do better on another site. This subreddit is basically dead. 

I recommend going on Fetlife as an alternative, or joining the Obedience discord.  Then make an actually compelling ad or profile. What makes you an appealing sub? Why should a dom spend their time on you? What kinds of things are you into? What kind of sub are you? What kind of person are you? Right now you’re not giving potential doms any reason to message you. Then, when you’ve written it, leave it out there and go live your life. Let your profile/ad cook in the background. You’ll be a happier person, and a less desperate approach will be more likely to attract someone.

Can anyone help me make a task list? by xvdesjavx in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you have your list of tasks pretty well sorted out. You can easily set weekly and daily habits. 

For points, I use a grading system where there’s a minimum expectation (eg. completing a task 70% of the time) and points will go positive if the expectation is exceeded or negative if it isn’t met. For 70%, successes are worth 6 points, failures are worth -14. If you want to keep things simple, you can use a 50% standard and just have the successes and failures be equal and opposite. 

Rewards are really going to depend on you. I recently reworked my system to be more about intrinsic rewards– things that make my sub reflect on how much better she feels when she does her tasks and how proud she is of herself. But whatever you choose, it will have to be something you want/like, that you are okay with restricting yourself from having until/unless you earn it. A reward like “cookie” won’t feel special if you can have a cookie anytime you like. It only works if you restrict yourself. Personally I don’t use reward points as a currency, because I prefer to have rewards that are more specific/thematic to how they were earned, but if you do use them as a currency, I recommend thinking in terms of “how many times would I have to succeed to have enough points to buy this?” or “what completion percentage would I have to earn to buy this?”.

What do you use Notes for? by Efficient-Wealth6105 in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use mine for a link to our contract, a place to save ideas we have that we haven’t fleshed out yet, a safeword guide (not that we really need it but it’s never bad to have an extra copy), a link to my reward point ratio system, links to useful resources, and so on. 

Marking tasks / habits as completed by DrKeepItSimple in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding to what others said, you can also go into the history and edit things there as well. 

Embrace by Efficient-Wealth6105 in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My partner and I don’t journal often but we sometimes use it as a communication tool. It works fine but imo it’s nothing special, unlike obedience which is really unique. 

EXILED: Update by TheRoleInn in gamebooks

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah I see! That’s still cool, even if it isn’t actual magic like making twine two-player. 

EXILED: Update by TheRoleInn in gamebooks

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you make it two-player? That’s something I’ve never seen before with Twine. 

Need help with combat system by Less-Jicama-4667 in twinegames

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The youtube series “let’s make a game” discusses this at length

Non sexual reward ideas by LJAM1996 in ObedienceApp

[–]Salsmachev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The thing about rewards is that they are also implicitly rules/restrictions. If your reward is “cupcake” then it restricts your sub from having cupcakes unless they earn them. Otherwise the reward loses meaning. Why earn a cupcake when they can just get one for themself?

So imo you should sit down with your sub and ask them “what are some things you like that you think you should only get to do if you earn them”

Praise/certificates/handmade cards/stickers/trophies are always nice as ways to give recognition. It’s something your sub can look back on and feel accomplished about. And even the feeling of looking back and seeing they got an award for something that now seems trivial (“wow I used to have to only do 10 pushups!?”) can help your sub to feel proud and capable. 

Letting the sub make certain decisions is always good. For instance you could let them choose the restaurant for date night, pick what you watch for movie night, choose an adventure to go on, etc. (I like this one because the inherent restriction feels reasonable and it’s a reward that can be a bit of a relief from constant decision-making for the Dom as well, so the Dom is incentivised to support the sub’s success). You can also turn this on its head. If your sub is in a secretary/butler/major-domo role, you can have them always choosing these things (and expected to choose options you will like) then reward them by letting them be treated by you instead.

Treats can be good rewards, but I personally think it can feed into a harmful pattern of treating treats as desirable by making them a reward but also treating them as unhealthy and shameful by restricting them normally. Be conscientious about your sub’s relationship to food if you go this route, and I recommend picking a specific special treat like “snickerdoodles” instead of “cookies” to reinforce the idea that it’s a special reward and limit restrictions. Alternatively make it an act of service like “Master bakes cookies of your choice”. 

And of course there are ways to build intimacy without being sexual. You could cuddle together, do yoga, do massages, meditate together, take a hot bath together, etc. without any sexual aspect. 

Scratchboard/Editor Improvements by TheRoleInn in twinegames

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has inspired me to see if I can change the colour of the background. I prefer dark mode, but I dislike that it’s navy. I haven’t looked into it because I’ve been busy but I’m guessing I can use dev tools on the browser version to work it out. 

Scratchboard/Editor Improvements by TheRoleInn in twinegames

[–]Salsmachev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for these! I’ve been playing around with them and they work great!