VN Ren'Py 30 Days [v0.3] [AllNatural]

[SerHawkes]

First off... The small time animation? Why fucking bother with them? They could easily be replaced with no animation and be fixed. I honestly don't get the whole fixation on needing to animate everything to "make things better". It's more a waste of time and addition to the file size.

Secondly... Naturally a definate need to fix and clean up the text. Not to mention and serious explantion on things should be a bit clearer.

Premise wise... Certainly interesting, oddly and maybe randomly reminds me of the 'Eye of the Storm' VN from years back, where everything went dark and such. This VN could turn out to be a decent enough game, certainly pending what all transpires and if things are entirely scripted or not. Not to mention possible kinks as well. I know I saw one user mention the hopes for Pregnancy, and that could certainly be a thing in the possible epilogue and such.

Overall... Semi curious on this one though certainly going to wait and see with whats all going to be in it before committing to this one.

 

[AllNatural939]

Requested by AllNatural939
congratulations for your game, please submit to the Developers Badge, make a ticket here, And good Luck with your game Dev.

Still waiting for the Bagde...

 

[Zemax]

Still waiting for the Bagde...

When did you made the ticket?

 

[AllNatural939]

When did you made the ticket?

During the next day, day 4. Then a moderator asked me for information, it took me a couple of days to respond because I never received a notification and I did not see his response. I sent him the information he asked for and I never heard from him again. A few days ago I opened another Ticket asking what was happening... Another moderator responded saying that my other ticket was still pending (what a novelty) and that I should be patient, no other information and he closed that ticket. Yesterday, bored, I closed the TIcket that had no response and opened another one that no one has seen... Meanwhile, others have everything resolved in 5 days or less.

 

[AllNatural939]

First off... The small time animation? Why fucking bother with them? They could easily be replaced with no animation and be fixed. I honestly don't get the whole fixation on needing to animate everything to "make things better". It's more a waste of time and addition to the file size.

Secondly... Naturally a definate need to fix and clean up the text. Not to mention and serious explantion on things should be a bit clearer...

Hello.
Small time animations... You say "why bother" and I say "why not?". It's totally subjective. Many see something without animations and complain, and it's the first time I have seen someone complain because there are animations. I put three small animations, only 3. One when Rachel jumps from the tree, another that is a movement of MC's head during a conversation and the other when the Guard throws Sally's body to the ground. I highly doubt that's "animate everything".
I hate it when in any other game of this type there are very long conversations and the developer limits itself to making a loop of 2 or 3 images during all that time. I like everything to flow, and those 3 little animations are a part of the process. In this version there are more than 500 images. Playing time is more or less an hour and a half. If I did everything like you say, just do what was necessary, maybe I would have the same amount of images with 3 hours of game play. But I'm not like that.

As for fixing and cleaning up the texts, you caught me there, I have no idea what you mean. I speak Spanish and I think I write in English quite decently. Anyway, when I have doubts I sometimes even check with Gemini (Google AI). Other times I make a translation of the translation of what the normal Google translator says. I've checked everything a bunch of times and haven't detected any flaws. Perhaps the way the characters express themselves is sometimes a bit strange for some natural English speakers, but there are no mistakes. If you could be more precise I would appreciate it.

Thanks


EDIT: I love you Zemax

 

[malsbgt]

must play game

 

[Serakiel]

I just finished playing the available version and I really liked it. Inserting a choice at the beginning of the plot that can "completely" change the protagonist's path is an excellent idea, it offers the possibility of at least 2 completely different runs - let's hope the dev succeeds in this aim.

The story is interesting, for now it doesn't seem to fall into the banal and from what I've read about the dev here on the thread, it seems that he has quite clear ideas about the path of the game: good, very good.

I can't wait to move forward; the only thing I feel like asking for information is: how often is it desirable to expect an update? There will be 30 updates, will each of them contain 1 day of gameplay? Thanks and good job.

 

[AllNatural939]

I just finished playing the available version and I really liked it. Inserting a choice at the beginning of the plot that can "completely" change the protagonist's path is an excellent idea, it offers the possibility of at least 2 completely different runs - let's hope the dev succeeds in this aim.

The story is interesting, for now it doesn't seem to fall into the banal and from what I've read about the dev here on the thread, it seems that he has quite clear ideas about the path of the game: good, very good.

I can't wait to move forward; the only thing I feel like asking for information is: how often is it desirable to expect an update? There will be 30 updates, will each of them contain 1 day of gameplay? Thanks and good job.

Thank you very much for your words and time.
Responding... My goal is at least one update every 3 months. In fact, exactly 2 months ago I made the first release and I 'm already relatively close at this moment to finishing work on the next version. I must add that my computer is literally a big piece of garbage in every sense of the word. I'm rendering with a GTX 1050 with 2 gigs of RAM. I mean, I'm doing something that no one expects. I also have a job and I dedicate myself to this in my free time (which is sometimes a lot and sometimes not so much).

Not every update means a day of advancement in the story within the game. The next update ends still within day 1 in the story... In relation to this, sometimes a few hours will pass within the game with each update, sometimes a day, sometimes a day and a half. It's not something I can plan 100% because if I feel that the story is reaching a point that I consider "key" to leave it in a "to be continued" I may leave things there or perhaps move on. It all depends on the actual time elapsed because I don't want to delay the updates for too long.

So in summary, no, it won't be 30 updates. At least not with the current state of my hardware. Maybe in the future if I can improve my PC I can speed things up much more because I know perfectly well of people completely dedicated to this who, with good equipment, render up to 100 images a day. Meanwhile, with my garbage and not total availability, I cannot even miraculously render 100 images in a week.

 

[Lucifer Morningstar 99]

When is the new update gonna be released here? I really can't wait to play it!

 

[AllNatural939]

When is the new update gonna be released here? I really can't wait to play it!

The update (version 0.2) was released a week ago, but for the moment only for paying subscribers. For the general public (all friends from F95 and some other less important sites), in about 6 or 7 more days. It all depends on how long the process takes for the moderators when I give the update notice.

 

[AllNatural939]

For those who can see this... This Tuesday, July 2, I will give an update notice to the moderators so that perhaps 2 days later everyone can download the new version of the game for free.

What's new in version 0.2:

- 488 new images (for a total of 1067) that follow the story of the main path.
- Approximate gameplay time this version: One hour and fifteen minutes (which makes a total of almost 3 hours playing everything).
- Total words (sum of both versions): 21,328
- Sound: 8 new songs and 5 new sound effects.

What comes next?
It's been a while since I started replacing all of Emma's images with a new model because the old one wasn't working properly. The next version will be called 0.2b and will have all the images of the old Emma already redone. In addition, this also solves a large part of some renderings that frankly did not look good in version 0.1a.
The menu will also be renewed and that is almost completely ready. And finally, the interactions with Emma and Asami that were pending in this version 0.2 will be completed.

See you soon

 

[Serakiel]

For those who can see this... This Tuesday, July 2, I will give an update notice to the moderators so that perhaps 2 days later everyone can download the new version of the game for free.

What's new in version 0.2:

- 488 new images (for a total of 1067) that follow the story of the main path.
- Approximate gameplay time this version: One hour and fifteen minutes (which makes a total of almost 3 hours playing everything).
- Total words (sum of both versions): 21,328
- Sound: 8 new songs and 5 new sound effects.

What comes next?
It's been a while since I started replacing all of Emma's images with a new model because the old one wasn't working properly. The next version will be called 0.2b and will have all the images of the old Emma already redone. In addition, this also solves a large part of some renderings that frankly did not look good in version 0.1a.
The menu will also be renewed and that is almost completely ready. And finally, the interactions with Emma and Asami that were pending in this version 0.2 will be completed.

See you soon

YAY!
Can't wait!

 

[Avaron1974]

Been waiting on this one.

 

[AllNatural939]

Oh, the update was fast, thanks...

A small detail regarding the saved games from the previous version(0.1a). Everything works but...
If you saved the old game just at the moment I made the warning in-game, when you load that game you must then go back, just once, and from there continue normally.
If you do not go back and continue, you will see the game over screen. It's a small detail that I didn't know could happen. Now I know and I think I know the solution to avoid making the same mistake in the future.

 

[Kuokaman]

The game is interesting, but most of the girls are unattractive and the player has no choice of which girls enter his group.

 

[longjohngold]

Both of the games named Thirty Days updated on the same day... probably means something but I've mislaid my Mayan calendar.

 

[AllNatural939]

Both of the games named Thirty Days updated on the same day... probably means something but I've mislaid my Mayan calendar.

Lol, you are right, and I swear I just found out thanks to you. Interesting coincidence especially considering that both games start with MC saying the same thing (if I remember correctly and it's not another game). And just as I said a few months ago, I had no idea about that other game...

 

[Avaron1974]

I liked original Emma's look, she looks a bit too average now.

I'm a basic dyke bitch, I love the tomboy and/or muscle look on women so she was my main pick in the first upload. Now I have to try and find another. Not a fan of how she looks now.

 

[primoo357]

What's so "monstrous" about this game?

 

[AllNatural939]

I liked original Emma's look, she looks a bit too average now.

I'm a basic dyke bitch, I love the tomboy and/or muscle look on women so she was my main pick in the first upload. Now I have to try and find another. Not a fan of how she looks now.

Sorry but I had to change her due to technical problems. Her hair was a problem and her expressions never ended up getting quite right (in my opinion, that can vary). In any case, the female characters have not yet fully appeared.

I would also like to make it clear that these first versions are more than anything to introduce the characters, some backstories and the entire situation regarding the competition. Maybe to some it seems like this is a bit slow, but it's necessary for the development of a coherent story. My goal is realism. That's why there are women with "normal" appearances (which some may even call unattractive) and not all with the faces and bodies of super models. For technical reasons (my computer is a crap) perhaps this game will never have renderings that will leave you speechless, but I have warned from the beginning that I am a writer and things are going that way.

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to play this.