{"id":677,"date":"2016-02-12T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-02-12T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:51:07","slug":"february-12th-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"February 12th Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m finally going to do something I&#8217;ve planned for a while &#8211; A blog post with a big pile of fun trivia for the site. I hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characters and Places<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The original plan when I started making these games was to have first and surnames of all the characters alphabetical. This was a homage to arianeb, the game which inspired me to start making them.\u00a0So, the list would go <strong>A<\/strong>riane<strong> B<\/strong>,<strong> C<\/strong>rystal <strong>D<\/strong>, <strong>E<\/strong>rica <strong>F<\/strong>&#8230;and then I did Leilani and the whole thing fell apart.\u00a0It&#8217;s probably for the best though as I would have ran out of letters on the 12th character.<\/li>\n<li>Crystal and Kelly were originally going to be sisters. This is why, if you look closely, their facial structures are almost identical. Check out this\u00a0comparison of them without hair.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"comparison\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/comparison.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Do you remember the Mysterious &#8216;Lady&#8217; who owned the nightclub in my earlier games? Well, under the mask it was Rachel. It wasn&#8217;t something I intended to have as a twist reveal though, it was just the model I used. It was easier than creating a new character from scratch.<\/li>\n<li>In case you haven&#8217;t guessed it, Mr. Hughes is basically supposed to be Hugh Hefner.<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer was originally going to be an updated version of Crystal. Hence, they both seem to like dressing in black leather.<\/li>\n<li>The most commonly used character in these games is Rachel, appearing in far more rendered images than any other character.<\/li>\n<li>Before I learned how to do background images myself, I used screenshots from Hitman : Blood Money and Grand theft Auto 4. If you can, play them and see how many locations you can spot!<\/li>\n<li>Ellie was originally going to be an Elf in one of my fantasy games, alongside Naria as a warrior who helped her, and Maddison as the Princess who they were rescuing. I couldn&#8217;t come up with enough ideas to make me confident in it though, so I ended up transferring them all to Photographer. I still have all the models and outfits though.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdategames.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/fantasy-720x554.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>While I&#8217;m talking about it, is there an interest in seeing this game finished? Looking through the files is making me feel all nostalgic about it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vdategames.com gets around 150,000 visitors per month. Sadly, though, less than one per cent sign up for the members section. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>About 68% of users use a windows desktop. 11% use an android smartphone or tablet, 9% use an IPhone or IPad, and 8% use a mac. 2.3% use a Linux.<\/li>\n<li>65% of users are from the United states, 18% are from the UK, 14% are from Germany, 10% are from Canada, 9% from France, 5% from Italy, 5% from Russia, and 5% from Poland. We also have a very small amount of people accessing from places like Iran and China (you rebels!)<\/li>\n<li>The most played game on this site ever is Photographer Part 1.<\/li>\n<li>Vdategames.com has a global rank of\u00a0214,694. In other words, it is the\u00a0214,694th most popular website in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m finally going to do something I&#8217;ve planned for a while &#8211; A blog post with a big pile of fun trivia for the site. I hope you enjoy it. Characters and Places The original plan when I started making these games was to have first and surnames of all the characters alphabetical. 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