Ren'Py A House in the Rift [v0.7.14b1] [Zanith]

[saru341]

so...is there a way to access old events? like a gallery of sorts?

 

[saru341]

View attachment 397324 We're having another poll at my Patreon page. This is a big one, deciding on the next major character being added to the game. This is a fetish/kink poll, too, cause each of the girls has her own trait.

One of them is violent, but ultimately submissive. Another one doesn't even know it yet, but the thing she actually wants the most is being fucked until she's a drooling mess. And the third one won't be able to live without being stuffed full of sex toys once she gets a taste of modern technology.

The poll is there btw -

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oh fuck yes, i'll take the blonde elf!

what happens to the other two if one gets voted?

 

[unortho]

Dang. I just finished through the entire version. I love it. Great characters, and seriously, animation and the CG settings look good. I appreciate the extra work you have done to make it look good - it really make this game stand out from the rest of other Honey Select games out there. Hell, even simple BGM are hard to come by! I'll be sure to follow the development.

 

[lorddarkam]

We need a new tag to help to know then the game is one of those you spent 30 minutes clicking in doors, this one i didn't manage to see even one girl before pressing alt + f4

 

[ZanithOne]

The next hint for Cait just says "Help her!" I'm probably missing something obvious but can someone help me with what to do next? Thanks

I just realized that I forgot to add handlers for some dialogue outcomes. Have you talked to her naked in the shower? If you didn't, try going to sleep once, if nothing happens, send me your save, please, could be another case of disappearing trigger.

so...is there a way to access old events? like a gallery of sorts?

Not yet, in my todo list for the next version.

oh fuck yes, i'll take the blonde elf!

what happens to the other two if one gets voted?

I'd like to include all of them eventually, at least as a side characters.

Dang. I just finished through the entire version. I love it. Great characters, and seriously, animation and the CG settings look good. I appreciate the extra work you have done to make it look good - it really make this game stand out from the rest of other Honey Select games out there. Hell, even simple BGM are hard to come by! I'll be sure to follow the development.

Thanks! BGM, heh, eh... Yeah, I may have stopped adding musicl in later events at all, really need to go through all of them and add it and maybe at least some sound effects.

We need a new tag to help to know then the game is one of those you spent 30 minutes clicking in doors, this one i didn't manage to see even one girl before pressing alt + f4

I am planning to change the starting scene and quests somewhat so it would be less annoying.

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

ZanithOne

Just in case you aren't familiar with the scene (volume is a bit messed up) :

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[ZanithOne]

ZanithOne

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No, I know the scene, I was just thinking about pattycakes and Cait and... Yeah, nothing, really.

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

I was just thinking about pattycakes and Cait and... Yeah, nothing, really.

Suuuuuure....

By the way that cheek kissing addition was great and very sweet. The possibility of actually romancing the embodiment of lust (something she may not have experienced much before) appeals to me quite a bit.

...I mean, we OBVIOUSLY have to keep the harem and open relationship (girls) going because she's into that, but there's nothing wrong with her being Wife #1.

 

[Deleted member 740993]

I am planning to change the starting scene and quests somewhat so it would be less annoying.

Honestly, I think this is perfectly fine and not annoying.
Character has woken up and is alone, wondering wtf is going on. If I was in that situation, I too would check all the doors to see who's there and the game tell you who usually resides there.

Anyone complaining about having to check doors is in it for the lewd stuff and nothing more, which is fine, but there's plenty of other games out there for that.

I like that there's a story, character interaction and of course the lewd stuff, but the other elements that build around and up to the lewd stuff is important.

TL;DR - Current system is fine, as it builds on the story.

 

[ZanithOne]

Honestly, I think this is perfectly fine and not annoying.
Character has woken up and is alone, wondering wtf is going on. If I was in that situation, I too would check all the doors to see who's there and the game tell you who usually resides there.

Anyone complaining about having to check doors is in it for the lewd stuff and nothing more, which is fine, but there's plenty of other games out there for that.

I like that there's a story, character interaction and of course the lewd stuff, but the other elements that build around and up to the lewd stuff is important.

TL;DR - Current system is fine, as it builds on the story.

I don't think the start of the game is that horrible either. Except maybe for the park renders and the "portals", eugh. But first impressions matter, and this is a porn game after all. So I want to spice up the beginning a little, and rerender it so it's more on par with later content. I imagine quite a few people are turned off in the first minutes, and I'd really like them to not be.

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

I don't think the start of the game is that horrible either. Except maybe for the park renders and the "portals", eugh. But first impressions matter, and this is a porn game after all. So I want to spice up the beginning a little, and rerender it so it's more on par with later content. I imagine quite a few people are turned off in the first minutes, and I'd really like them to not be.

 

[Hones]

I don't think the start of the game is that horrible either. Except maybe for the park renders and the "portals", eugh. But first impressions matter, and this is a porn game after all. So I want to spice up the beginning a little, and rerender it so it's more on par with later content. I imagine quite a few people are turned off in the first minutes, and I'd really like them to not be.

I honestly don't see what the issue is with the start concerning the doors bit, straight after the player has checked the doors and followed Rea up to the attic depending on players choice you already enter one of the first lewd scenes and can do another the next in game day. So when you say that you want to spice it up do you mean you intend to add more lewd scenes earlier or give the option to skip the door check entirely and going straight to bed?

 

[Deleted member 740993]

I don't think the start of the game is that horrible either. Except maybe for the park renders and the "portals", eugh. But first impressions matter, and this is a porn game after all. So I want to spice up the beginning a little, and rerender it so it's more on par with later content. I imagine quite a few people are turned off in the first minutes, and I'd really like them to not be.

That's a fair point. Coming from visual novels into the porn game world, I still have the mentality of stories, light and beefy with dots of sexual content. Still, I do enjoy the story build up and setting. To be honest, within 5-10 mins of play there's a few lewd scenes already, which I think is generous ratio, considering.

Understandable and to be fair, A LOT of games come back to polish up things once there's a good amount of content, so I think you're on good pace.

Then again, I'm not a dev ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I think you're doing a stellar job, which is why it irks me when people flip if there isn't tits in your face the second you hit place, even for a porn game.

That's just my 2 cents. I don't want to take up any more of your time, but I appreciate the feedback and insight into all this. Hopefully I can throw some support via Pateron some day.

 

[ZanithOne]

I honestly don't see what the issue is with the start concerning the doors bit, straight after the player has checked the doors and followed Rea up to the attic depending on players choice you already enter one of the first lewd scenes and can do another the next in game day. So when you say that you want to spice it up do you mean you intend to add more lewd scenes earlier or give the option to skip the door check entirely and going straight to bed?

Slight spoilers, and that's not something that's 100% confirmed, but I'd like to do a "sampler" of future content with some animations, a daydream of sorts, and maybe streamline the intro quest even more so you don't have to go to all the doors, maybe just the front door and the MC's bedroom.

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

Slight spoilers, and that's not something that's 100% confirmed, but I'd like to do a "sampler" of future content with some animations, a daydream of sorts, and maybe streamline the intro quest even more so you don't have to go to all the doors, maybe just the front door and the MC's bedroom.

How about an automatic "house tour" where the MC checks the doors flip-book style with some dialogue about things like "This should be the main bathroom, but it's locked too..." or something long those lines. That sequence might take a bit though.

The front door / MC room idea isn't bad either.

 

[TomberryDude]

Oh man, I so wish to add this option to almost every lewd-ish or even just romantic scene, but I *hate* how still-image kisses look in 3D POV games and making even a super short kissing animation is still about an hour of work on average, just can't justify it when I'm late with updates and major scenes all the time.

It'd be so worth it though. I live for kissing my loves. I wanna kiss Cait. I wanna kiss Cait SOOO BAD. Help me!

 

[squarecrow]

My only problem with the beginning is you can't do everything with Rae (talk about the TV/check wardrobe/check shower) and if you follow the guide as fast as possible you'll miss out on the whiskey/meal ingredients for Naomi. You also miss the living room sex with Rae but I think you mentioned bringing that back.

 

[lorddarkam]

Honestly, I think this is perfectly fine and not annoying.
Character has woken up and is alone, wondering wtf is going on. If I was in that situation, I too would check all the doors to see who's there and the game tell you who usually resides there.

Anyone complaining about having to check doors is in it for the lewd stuff and nothing more, which is fine, but there's plenty of other games out there for that.

I like that there's a story, character interaction and of course the lewd stuff, but the other elements that build around and up to the lewd stuff is important.

TL;DR - Current system is fine, as it builds on the story.

its okay to check the door but not for 30 minutes and still stuck

 

[Master of Puppets]

I'm quite puzzled about what exactly you'd change to improve the prologue also. I didn't have any issue with it at all when I first played, it sets the scene that you are alone in this familiar yet strange place quite nicely.
I'm far from a cheerleader, not at all shy about calling out problems I see in games, but you need more than hyperbolic claims about it taking half an hour to get through a two-minute sequence.
The only complaint I can make about the intro sequence is that there's a bug of some kind that resets the skip history whenever we get a new version, so if you start a new game you can't skip through the early parts.

 

[ZanithOne]

its okay to check the door but not for 30 minutes and still stuck

That... Shouldn't happen. You need to interact with about 6 doors as of this version to progress to the sleep, and then it's only closet and attic door to progress to Rae. If you keep going through the doors and nothing happens, could you share your save with me? Could be that the triggers broke super early.

My only problem with the beginning is you can't do everything with Rae (talk about the TV/check wardrobe/check shower) and if you follow the guide as fast as possible you'll miss out on the whiskey/meal ingredients for Naomi. You also miss the living room sex with Rae but I think you mentioned bringing that back.

Yea, the sex is coming back soon. About not having time to do stuff, I'm still conflicted on this. Ideally, I'd want folks to be able to progress to more guests quickly if they don't fancy Rae or just want to see how the story goes, and and the same time be able to prolong this starting phase if they want. But so far, I can't figure out how to present it in a straightforward enough way.

I'm quite puzzled about what exactly you'd change to improve the prologue also. I didn't have any issue with it at all when I first played, it sets the scene that you are alone in this familiar yet strange place quite nicely.
I'm far from a cheerleader, not at all shy about calling out problems I see in games, but you need more than hyperbolic claims about it taking half an hour to get through a two-minute sequence.

I mean, I kinda agree, after all, I wrote it. This experience is more or less what I wanted players to experience. Buuut at the same time for the game to succeed (as in, bring in enough moneyz so I can keep working on it full time) I have to think about the accessibility, and quite a lot of people want porn from a porn game, and I totally understand that. Maybe something like asking if you want more story or more porn on new game start will solve this.

The only complaint I can make about the intro sequence is that there's a bug of some kind that resets the skip history whenever we get a new version, so if you start a new game you can't skip through the early parts.

Huh. This shouldn't happen. This skipping thing is mostly handled by Renpy, though. Will have to try to replicate this, don't thinks I've encountered this issue myself.