Giantess [v2.5] [GiantessGameUE5]

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First of all, thank you for thinking about supporting this project! I recently received a message blaming me which made me write this post. I guess there are some facts you need to know before supporting.

Is this game fun to play?

It’s hard to say whether a game is fun or not. There are many related videos on YouTube and Twitter. You can search to understand what this game (or simulator) is doing.

What is the minimum configuration for this game? Why is the game optimization so bad?

I have worked hard to optimize the game’s minimum configuration to 3060+16G+i5. The reality is that this configuration can maintain a basic operation of 20-30fps, which is not very smooth, and you may need to adjust the graphics in the menu settings. As for why it can’t run smoothly, you can blame my insufficient skills, but indeed, the Matrix official demo of UE5 has a minimum limit that I can’t break through. If you want to play a little happier, please refer to this minimum configuration: i7, 3070 or above, 16G of memory.

If you have the above configuration but still experience lag, please try updating your graphics card driver, which usually solves the problem.

Another very important point! Mac systems, Intel graphics cards, and Arc series graphics cards cannot run the game, so please support cautiously.

Why hasn’t this game changed in two years?

If you have been following this project, I have been working hard to update and fix new content every month, such as adding new animations, maps, interaction methods, custom actions, creating a new vehicle destruction system, etc. But I’m sorry that the team has always been just me until this month (December 2024) when Micah joined me, and he is mainly responsible for solving a good destruction system (our goal is ambitious, but once achieved, it may be able to become the most exaggerated scene destruction effects of all UE5 games currently). So my answer is that the game has been optimized, but it may not meet some people’s goals. I apologize to you.

Why does this project require continuous payment?

To be honest, I didn’t plan to put this game on steam or publish it. The original intention of this project was that the previous GTS simulator did not meet my ideas for various reasons, so I wanted to make a game with as high quality as possible and freedom for fun. For this project, I have been investing time, energy, and money. It took two years, and I have gone from not knowing how to develop games at all to being able to make a game framework. If you have seen my updates, I bought motion capture suits, multiple hard drives, VR devices, and very expensive various plugins. So your support is more for the continuous development of this project. It may not stop updating until I exhaust my interest.

Is there any gameplay in the current game?

Good question, this is also what I have been thinking about, what does the GTS game need? There are many good RPGMaker games such as The Shrink School years ago/today’s The Giant Research Club/SAO, etc., they have good plots and excellent CG. In my opinion, if a 3D game wants to achieve such an effect, it needs better scripts/actions/models/scenes to perform. To be honest, my current level is limited. I tried to make an RPG game last year, and the first level took me nearly 2 months, and it was just so-so. However, the second level was delayed for 3 months and still couldn’t be launched (finally shelved due to school scene issues). I think games like Resize Me or Glitter Invitation are indeed high-level performances for independent developers. But I worry that if I go the same way, the update efficiency may become very low. So my current plan is to first be abundant and then consider content. I have been improving the basic functions of the game, such as more precise interaction, custom actions, and recently studying scene destruction functions. I will try to add gameplay content later. But for now, I think this project is at least satisfying in that I can open it at any boring time, take a photo, and play for five minutes, it may not have any plot, but I don’t feel bored myself.

In fact, I have already started building a new scene and plan to make a real game. But that project will be made with Playground, and I don’t intend to announce it before it is polished.

Instructions of control?

I’m really sorry I can’t make operation instructions like a 3A masterpiece, it’s very time-consuming. I have operation instructions in the game menu and with each download post. Please feel free to ask if you still encounter problems.

What will you get by supporting this project?

First of all, thank you for avoiding the pirate version finding me here, and choosing to support me. Sponsoring this project will give me the motivation to continue development. I don’t make a living by developing games. My daily work is already very busy, and writing games is usually something I do after working overtime at night, but I still try to maintain some updates every month. Secondly, there will be a lot of investment during the game production, such as purchasing various equipment or paying others for dubbing/animation/development. This will also make our game have richer content.

Of course, you can also give me your needs, and I will consider whether to add them to the Playground game.

Plans?

I think what the game finally leaves behind is the inability to achieve large-scale good scene destruction effects. Micah’s joining has helped me put this puzzle piece together. He is very expensive (literally, the fee I pay him has spent about 1/6 of the total income I have made so far, and we still have profit-sharing terms), but I think it is worth it. We have been running this month on how to combine his system with the large size of GTS. Although the current progress is limited, I believe there will always be a breakthrough. Once successful, we will have a destruction effect that does not affect the game performance at all (the effect should be similar to last year’s demo or even better), as well as a building interior scene generation system. You can even enter the building interior to explore in the tiny mode and also let GTS and the building have a more precise destruction interaction, which was completely unimaginable before.

In addition, I am also planning to make a new game, which will have a GTS theme, but I hope it will have gameplay while being separated from GTS content. I will release a demo for everyone to see when I have made good progress.

Anyway, thank you again for supporting me! I hope you have fun with this project.

v2.4
N/A

v2.3
1. Remake the IK System: I’ve completely remade the IK system for each character, resulting in slightly improved animations and more precise crushing mechanics.
2. New Characters: Four new characters are joining the game.
3. VRM bug fixed: The VRM mode has been fixed, no more ghostly shadows.
4. Camera Controls: Use Ctrl/Shift + mouse wheel to adjust your camera’s position for a better view.
5. Sit-Down Interactions: Press 8 to engage in sit-down interactions, now functional in both small and large city.
6. New Menu: Press C in giantess mode to access the new menu for manual actions in giantess mode, allowing you to change facial expressions, body poses, and spawn targets on the map. (Use Ctrl+R to rotate the spawned objects)
7. The manual target mode has been changed to the Alt key to prevent conflicts.
8. In tiny mode, press Q to open the mode selection menu, where Commander mode is particularly enjoyable.
9. Press E in tiny mode to open the manual menu, enabling you to spawn objects in front of you for the giantess to crush it.
10. Sometimes the AI giantess may stuck in the rubble, press 9 to overtake her and get out.

v2.1
Hi all!
Thanks for your patience! The new version is finally ready. This is a bug-fixed build of the previous game. VRM import tool also works in this version so you can play as your favorite girls. There are 2 maps you can play with, please choose depending on your computer’s performance. I didn’t restrict the size of the player, however, if your camera is a bit far away from the car/crowd, it may not be able to judge the collision (otherwise the game will be sooooo laggy), so you can use the Camera 4 mode for crushing/targeting. That’s probably the only bug you might experience in this version.

v2.0
1. Attach the original map back to the game (small city map) and you can play on that map for a better performance
2. AI giantess
3. Implement the targeting system and add an icon to the target victim. You can also manually target the location you want to step on.
4. Tiny mode camera becomes more stable.
5. Trying to fix the MMD import tool… (took me 3 days already, but I’m still trying)

1. New locomotion system for the character movement.
Now our giantess has transitions between different walking/running states. Moreover, the speed is related to our giantess’ scale so she would look more solid when walking.

2. Targeting system:
I showed a demo a while ago, and now our giantess’ animations are controlled based on her IK system. This would give more possibility of interactions. Although there are not many new animations in this update, you can still feel that she can grab/step more accurately. In the future, I’ll try to have more interesting interactions with tinys.

3. Destruction system:
This is probably the biggest change in this version. I never thought the system could work out in the big map of Matrix demo. Now I guess we have almost touched the top limits of UE5 destruction lol. The height of Giantess used to be restricted to around 50-80 meters tall due to poor performance but now she can grow up to like 300 and still can have a decent performance. (just don’t smash too many buildings at the same time) I changed the collision from a real-time body-shaped collision to a more calculated-based collision. As a result, the collision may become a bit less accurate (you will feel it when playing), however, the performance is way much better. Meanwhile, the building destruction effect was calculated on CPU before, and now it’s running on GPU (through Niagara particle system) which is around 500% faster.

Demo
Initial Release