VN Ren'Py Completed A Happy Marriage [v1.0] [LazingInTheHaze]

[Rythan25]

Since the release and various player comments, I'm digging the code to find the problem. It's probably something related to an incorrect way of passing variables values from one step to the others. I'll double check on this.

On more note
I see so many complaints about Unity (often with respect to Ren'py).
For my part and for the matter of Happy Marriage, I must say that if something is wrong in the game is MY fault and not Unity's one. I'm a long time programmer and I can assure you all that Unity is a lovely platform to develop games with.
One great rule that all programmers know is: "when there's bug in an program, then ask the programmer".
So, I'm sorry and apologize for any bug or malfunction in the game and I thank you all for playing it anyway and taking time to communicate the bugs.
But please, dig the infos on the web and evaluate better Unity as a Game Development Platform.

My two cents.

I think your doing great for working with Unity... The problem a lot of us have with the engine is that Ren'py has spoiled us rotten with its easier features for gamers (maybe not so for programmers) such as:

1. Ren'py has the always welcome "console" which allows people to cheat in games by increasing stats, money, etc
2. Ren'py allows for rollback, if you play and pick a choice and it ends in a scene you hated, you rollback and pick the other, instead of haivng to reload a previous save.
3. Ren'py basically allows to save anywhere even in the middle of a choice... Unity doesnt, reloading a game after you fucked up annoys a lot of people... its not that they dont want to replay the game, they just have no interest in where some choices lead to.
4. Ren'py is easy for modders to "fix", if your game includes a fetish Patreon is a little bitch about, modders can create a patch to restore the glorious original concept of the game within -2 hours of release, Unity is hard to mod...
5. Ren'py game images are super easy for those that know how to compress in case the dev wants to bombard us with 1080p images of 32MB each one... when really a game with 400MB when complete is fine for most of us... Unity doesnt just look at other examples *coughLuckyMarkcough* 14GB...

 

[Cicero72]

I think your doing great for working with Unity... The problem a lot of us have with the engine is that Ren'py has spoiled us rotten with its easier features for gamers (maybe not so for programmers) such as:

1. Ren'py has the always welcome "console" which allows people to cheat in games by increasing stats, money, etc
2. Ren'py allows for rollback, if you play and pick a choice and it ends in a scene you hated, you rollback and pick the other, instead of haivng to reload a previous save.
3. Ren'py basically allows to save anywhere even in the middle of a choice... Unity doesnt, reloading a game after you fucked up annoys a lot of people... its not that they dont want to replay the game, they just have no interest in where some choices lead to.
4. Ren'py is easy for modders to "fix", if your game includes a fetish Patreon is a little bitch about, modders can create a patch to restore the glorious original concept of the game within -2 hours of release, Unity is hard to mod...
5. Ren'py game images are super easy for those that know how to compress in case the dev wants to bombard us with 1080p images of 32MB each one... when really a game with 400MB when complete is fine for most of us... Unity doesnt just look at other examples *coughLuckyMarkcough* 14GB...

Agree strongly with the above. The programmers who designed Ren'Py knew what VN players like and what sells. I suspect you could code these features into Unity. I guess it's whether you feel these features fit your game. But players notice when they are not available.

I think Ren'Py's features go a long way to solving the problem where game choices do not adequately explain the outcome. When I see vague choices like "Go for this!" vs. "Go for that!" I have no idea which choice I prefer when there are alternative scenes. For success (get the scene) / failure (no scene) I can't even make a educated guess. I just feel like I'm making a random choice. I find this annoying. Rollback (and cheating) solves this.

I should add that giving better dialog clues in the story is a better but arguably more difficult solution. That's great game writing.

 

[Rico Caramba]

Ever since I was a boy, I have fancied sluttish girls. Not because they are easy. They are not, never been to me anyway.
Sluttish girls are fun to be with. They like to hang out with the boys, drink, laugh, joke. They feel confident about their body and like to show it off. They are adventurous and open minded. What’s not to like? The hard part for me always comes at the end of the evening when they rather fuck some random asshole than go home with me, the one who really loves them. But I am drifting off, that used to be my problem .

In most visual novels and computer games, sluttish girls do not get the credits they deserve. Most of the time they are just brainless fuck dolls. No fun to be with, only useful for their holes. In many games, being slutty is a taboo. For a guy (the MC) it’s perfectly fine to fuck every single girl he meets. But the girls cannot fuck other guys. No NTR please!!! Is this avoidable??? It sounds like double standards to me.

Happy Marriage is a rare exception to this. This game is an ode to sluttiness. Jenny, Claire, Jessica and the others are beautiful, educated, intelligent, independent women having sex because they happen to like it. Not because they are forced, seduced, blackmailed or just too stupid to say no. I like the fact that they are neither teenagers nor milfs. They are beautiful thirty-something. These are girls that are fun to be with. They are smart enough to take matters in their own hands and not shy to use the weakness of testosterone driven men to their own benefit. Bravo! If you say that the story is not realistic or unlikely, please stop watching porn games.

Bonus points to the outfits of the girls. Every scene has different outfits and I don’t recall I have seen any of them in other games. Excellent art work. Keep up the good work.

I am not blind to the fact that the game has issues. Most important: could any native speaker who feels involvement with this story please help the Dev editing the text, because it is obvious English is not his first language. Sometimes I don’t have a clue what he is trying to say. But English is not my first language either.
Second, I ran the game on my Macbook pro and I noticed it was pushed to the limits. First time ever I experienced the Macbook getting uncomfortably hot and hearing the fan working at full speed. What’s happening here, for crying out loud? Does anyone have the same experience?
Further, the UI is stubborn at first, It took me a while to find out how to save a game. I am not a particular fan of the hotspots, it’s like an annoying search for Easter eggs. The choices you have to make in the game don’t seem to influence the story. Simply, if you make the wrong choice, you miss a scene or a storyline. You can’t roll back after you made a (wrong) choice.

All that said, Happy Marriage is a refreshing approach to girls having fun and I am very much looking forward to the next update.

One last thing I have to get off my chest. In “Selena to the rescue” a lesbian is persuaded to have sex with a male because she is intrigued by the size of his penis. If you think this is likely, or even fantasize about this, I don’t think you understand what being lesbian is about. This scene was a letdown for me in a further great game.

 

[UncleVT]

So, I'm sorry and apologize for any bug or malfunction in the game and I thank you all for playing it anyway and taking time to communicate the bugs.

Just you to know. Played the last version from scratch to end the Hotwife path in my 8 years old laptop, but with Win 10 and drivers updated and I hadn't any issues, freezes, with several times saving and reloading. So for me you're making a great job.

Also the new UI is good, simple and the hints very useful. The technical aspect is improved in each release.

I liked the story from the beginning and now can also notice an improvement with different paths and situations. Like Rico said, no dumb characters or stupid blackmail situations, just adult people who like sex. Kudos for that.

Now I'll try the two others paths.

 

[User_32285]

I just completed swinging path, but every time I restart the episodes, it defaults to swinging path, how do you get the game to recognize another path?

 

[Dan Saul Knight]

I have installed the latest version 1.06 and whenever I click a hotspot the resulting image flashes up for a brief moment only - very frustrating. Best example is the photoshoot and the "close up" hotspots.
Anyone else getting this issue...? Win64 version

 

[madbloke]

I have installed the latest version 1.06 and whenever I click a hotspot the resulting image flashes up for a brief moment only - very frustrating. Best example is the photoshoot and the "close up" hotspots.
Anyone else getting this issue...? Win64 version

don't release the mouse button.

 

[Ursus4321]

Just a suggestion. As you have to choose which characters are involved in each scene, there are times when even knowing who has to be in the scene, I do not remember their faces. It would be possible that when passing the mouse over the characters it told me the name?

 

[madbloke]

Just a suggestion. As you have to choose which characters are involved in each scene, there are times when even knowing who has to be in the scene, I do not remember their faces. It would be possible that when passing the mouse over the characters it told me the name?

When passing the mouse over the character, if a caption appears then that character is in the scene, so name doesn't matter.

 

[LazingInTheHaze]

Just a suggestion. As you have to choose which characters are involved in each scene, there are times when even knowing who has to be in the scene, I do not remember their faces. It would be possible that when passing the mouse over the characters it told me the name?

Taken note of this. Can be done.

 

[conho]

Jenny anual physical examination, i only hit 60% anyone could help me to see 100%? Any tips or walkthrough? Thank you very much!

 

[Chillz]

Anyone know how to unlock these storylines?

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[LazingInTheHaze]

Anyone know how to unlock these storylines?

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You should wait next release....

 

[Kame-Sennin]

How to trigger the cheating wife in CH6 where Jenny will fuck Winthorpe in My Prey's storyline? Claire is always cuckblocking no matter what option and choices I choose

 

[User_32285]

How to trigger the cheating wife in CH6 where Jenny will fuck Winthorpe in My Prey's storyline? Claire is always cuckblocking no matter what option and choices I choose

I would like to know also, I am unable to do any other path than the first one I tried (swinging),

 

[Kame-Sennin]

I would like to know also, I am unable to do any other path than the first one I tried (swinging),

Yeah fuck this claire for cockblocking ! i don't want threesome with her and the secretary! I want Jenny only and Winthorpe and I can't ge to that storyline no matter what i do, it ends after the threesome

 

[r2623699]

Hi, could someone help me out here ( @LazingInTheHaze ). The game is crashing (white window, no input) at Winthorpe's dinner where the secretary tries to footjob the husband. I'm attaching my save file which crashes.

I disabled the extras enabler but with same results.

Thanks in advance.

 

[LazingInTheHaze]

Hi, could someone help me out here ( @LazingInTheHaze ). The game is crashing (white window, no input) at Winthorpe's dinner where the secretary tries to footjob the husband. I'm attaching my save file which crashes.

I disabled the extras enabler but with same results.

Thanks in advance.

The moment you say for the crash is when the animation is played. Perhaps is a problem of video encoders. The animation is in MP4 format. Please, verify if that you have the correct video decoders for that format.

 

[LazingInTheHaze]

Yeah fuck this claire for cockblocking ! i don't want threesome with her and the secretary! I want Jenny only and Winthorpe and I can't ge to that storyline no matter what i do, it ends after the threesome

There's a dedicated storyline (My Prey) for Winthorpe and Jenny. So follow that one in future releases....

 

[Kame-Sennin]

There's a dedicated storyline (My Prey) for Winthorpe and Jenny. So follow that one in future releases....

I see, so it's not implemented yet that's why I can't get to that storyline no matter what choices I make.