Ren'Py Parasite Black [v0.153] [Damned Studios]

[triple_aaa]

It does not matter if there are other random events.
the way you are handling travel right now is terrible. And you just made things WAY WORSE in the latest update.

Look, just try to travel from your home to to ves camp to talk to her. (lets not even get into the herculian task of coming back)

It used to be that to travel to ves I needed to do:
1. exit home
2. go down.
3. go left.
4. go down to exit city.
5. click on globe
6. click on valley of death
7. click on globe
8. click on ves' camp
9. click to enter her tent

which was already fucking obnoxious.

Now it is (using the shortest path):
1. exit home
2. go down.
3. go left.
4. go down to exit city.
5. click on globe
6. click on valley of death
7. click on step on route.
8. click enter.
9. do a fight
10. click on destination.
11. click enter. (I am now at equivalent of step 6 before)
12. click on globe. (equivalent to old step 7).
13. click on ves' camp
14. click on path.
15. click enter
16. do a fight
17. click on destination.
18. click enter. (equivalent to step 8).
19. click to enter her tent

This had a minimum of 2 fights. which each take many more clicks.
I used the shortest possible path. It can be way longer.
There is absolutely no reason it has to be this way.

In a standard RPG the way it would actually work is:
1. click on globe icon when there is no block on leaving the city. (ex: if at home and fasttravel_unlocked_city variable is true)
2. click on target (ex: ves' camp)

The game then rolls X random encounters based on the distance traveled and possibly settings (where you can disable random encounters or lower their frequency).

And when I do randomly encounter a combat, if it is a trivially weak enemy don't force me to make 20 clicks but let me click "autoresolve combat" button.

And people still rightly complain about how obnoxious those random encounters are in a normal RPG... yet you took that already tiresome mechanic and dialed it up to 11.

>makes the travelling system even more tedious.
Guess I'll try this game in future updates then.

 

[harem.king]

>makes the travelling system even more tedious.
Guess I'll try this game in future updates then.

The good news is that dev says he will address that issue by providing quicker nav options in future update.

Thank you for your feedback, I think your correct about the amount of clicking becoming tiresome.

My immediate thoughts to help mitigate the issue:

>Implement a button that allows a player to immediately exit any city to it's 'outskirts' regardless of where they are. (Excluding story/gameplay relevant moments where it would be briefly disabled).

>Implement an 'auto route' select, allowing the player should they wish to sit back and let the game choose the travel route for them.

I am really looking forwards to that.
Between the interesting story, likeable characters, and excellent art... this game has a lot of positives going for it. So if the mechanics get sorted out we would be golden.

 

[WadeWilsoon]

This quest doesn't unlock for me. I did all bite no bark.

Dunno bro.. I did a quick start. Old and new events occur in rondom times and places in my game. lostraven may help you with that.

 

[WadeWilsoon]

What in the hell such a fine sword like Anduril doing in this greedy dude's shop?

 

[lostraven]

What the FK is going on with the map? Just asa one gets acquianted with one system, the dev introduce another nonsense into the system. What in the world ios going on in the map? Previously it was simply from valley of death to Novaras city. Now when I try to go from valley of death to Novaras city I am stuck in some other map and without any fking resources I am drawn into fights that I dont want. WHy the fk does this game gets worse with each fking update? WHy just why.

Does killing enemies not reduce infection? what the fuck is going on each update?

Wow this game just became the worst game ever with this updatye. Dremora no longer drop bronze or gems. Killing them doesn't drop infection. Earning money is a nightmare. RNG has somehow got worse. Map within map ruined whatever was happening previously. Yup time to get my hands awash from this gem turned to shit trash.

We've already addressed the fixes that will be implemented next to reduce the RNG.

We've also long already explained this feature was going to be implemented and is the final one.

 

[lostraven]

Hey lostraven is there any use of that Mysterious gem? Or it's not implemented yet?

Not implemented yet.

 

[lostraven]

full of errors...you need to save a bunch to get some kind of progress, where is the gallery?

Delete persistent data.
The gallery is in the Brothel district, speak to the soothsayer/witch and pay to see the past.

 

[TheCragger]

Not implemented yet.

Will we ever be able to make the player's harem exhibitionists at home, if not even eventually in public? Also when more of my favorite green skinned girl content?

 

[lostraven]

Will we ever be able to make the player's harem exhibitionists at home, if not even eventually in public? Also when more of my favorite green skinned girl content?

I'm sure some of the girls will get more comfortable around the player in time...

And not sure when Ves' next update is coming but will give it some thought. Have to prioritise right now.

 

[harrymanson007]

Does the divine sister have a vagina or penis in this version?

 

[lostraven]

Does the divine sister have a vagina or penis in this version?

They have always had both.

 

[Toolman6971]

I love this game, but the new traveling system sucks. It takes WAY too long to travel. The old way was MUCH better. Maybe add instant teleporters when you reach your destination for the first time.

 

[a1fox3]

I love this game, but the new traveling system sucks. It takes WAY too long to travel. The old way was MUCH better. Maybe add instant teleporters when you reach your destination for the first time.

Read the last 2 pages.

 

[lostraven]

I love this game, but the new traveling system sucks. It takes WAY too long to travel. The old way was MUCH better. Maybe add instant teleporters when you reach your destination for the first time.

As discussed a page prior.
We've taken on feedback and will be implementing some small features to make travelling around the world and cities more convenient/streamlined for everyone.

However, you will still need to travel between locations, long term, this will be a much better system for the game.

 

[supremepattybruh]

i really like where this is going with marcus

 

[mpekas]

'I am not alive, but i grow; I don't have lungs, but i need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?'

The obvious answer is Fire, but this game thinks it's 'Tree' - how exactly does water kill a tree?

 

[Fatalfury10]

I like the fact that Myu and Elena (best girl) can join Caspian and Markus in battle in this update.

 

[Rhaze83]

Read previous posts so I know that the dev has said that they are going to fix this issue, but not how. So thinking if a fast travel option be set up for after you have travelled to the destination once? Then you could just chose which way you prefer. I don't know how hard it would be to implement fast travel though since I don't know anything about coding.

Still loving the game though

 

[bunhas]

the cheat code doesn't work on the menu, how do i know it show up the cheat menu ?

 

[Simbad-sea]

I like the fact that Myu and Elena (best girl) can join Caspian and Markus in battle in this update.

Are you talking about version 0.153?