VN Ren'Py A Wife and Mother [v0.205b] [Lust & Passion]

[DIRTY FILTHY Animal]

Good observations, thank you. Proving once again AWAM is most likely USA based but universally enjoyed, despite our social protocols.

Definately USA themed, probly in California

 

[Dan5k74]

Despite the lack of explicit references, it is very easy and intuitive to set this game in the United States. The architecture, the cars, the shape and the road signs. Even the fact that in the classrooms are the students who move from one to the other classroom at the change of teacher, in addition to the presence of lockers in the corridors, suggest the United States (In Italy, for example, it is the opposite: there are no lockers and are the teachers who move from classroom to classroom while students are always together in the same classroom). Another clue about United States set is the phenomenon of "soccer moms". Outside the United States, football (soccer for Americans) is a boy's game. It is not mothers who accompany their children to training and matches but fathers. Another clue is the American breakfast (in Italy and France but also in other countries breakfast is sweet. You don't eat bacon and eggs and you don't use cutlery). Another clue is the absence of family lunches. It is known that in the United States it is rare for family members to have lunch or dinner all together but, for example in Italy, it is the norm and not attending the common meal is an event that needs to be justified because otherwise it is unkind. .

Actually, the explicit references to the fact that the story is set in the United States are there and they are multiple:
American is the currency in circulation in San Alejo: Sophia pays for her new clothes in dollars.
American is the system of units of measurement: the speed of the new car in which Carl picks up the Parkers from the airport is expressed in miles per hour.
American is the school grading system: Dylan gets an F for his first history class assignment.
American is the way students are divided according to educational stages: Dylan by age should be in the 11th grade, but having failed one class, he remained in the 10th grade.
For all these reasons, and others (such as the fact that the Parkers moved from the East Coast to the West Coast), I think it can be said with a good degree of certainty that AWAM is set in a mega-city on the West Coast of the United States, like San Jose, California.

 

[dolfe67]

Contemporary VN made with DAZ are almost all set in US or an US-like imaginary country, due to the available assets in DAZ (and due to the US soft power even though a lot of dev are european)

 

[RockSpice]

Despite the lack of explicit references, it is very easy and intuitive to set this game in the United States. The architecture, the cars, the shape and the road signs. Even the fact that in the classrooms are the students who move from one to the other classroom at the change of teacher, in addition to the presence of lockers in the corridors, suggest the United States (In Italy, for example, it is the opposite: there are no lockers and are the teachers who move from classroom to classroom while students are always together in the same classroom). Another clue about United States set is the phenomenon of "soccer moms". Outside the United States, football (soccer for Americans) is a boy's game. It is not mothers who accompany their children to training and matches but fathers. Another clue is the American breakfast (in Italy and France but also in other countries breakfast is sweet. You don't eat bacon and eggs and you don't use cutlery). Another clue is the absence of family lunches. It is known that in the United States it is rare for family members to have lunch or dinner all together but, for example in Italy, it is the norm and not attending the common meal is an event that needs to be justified because otherwise it is unkind. .

I have not problem to put this game in California so it would be much clearer and easier to decide what is real and what is not. Problem is that you assume that this game must be placed in some real world country. Why? Also, problem is that you assume that all assets is here by intendent, but if you try to put your game in, for example, Budapest there is a good chance that you will get stuck due to lack of assets. It is wise to use most popular assets to avoid that kind of problems. It's expensive in money and time. And to be clear, there is lot of countries in Europe where students move from one to the other classroom. Also, there is football (soccer) field, near my house. There is lots of fathers with their kids, but also lots of mothers. But none of this is relevant for this discussion. The whole point is, is it ok to put statement "If something is not allowed to happen in USA than it is not allowed to happen in this game"

However, I just asked L&P is this strictly real USA so we could compare, for example, rape rate, clothes codex for teachers, etc ....
I really hope he answers me ..... during my life

 

[RockSpice]

Actually, the explicit references to the fact that the story is set in the United States are there and they are multiple:
American is the currency in circulation in San Alejo: Sophia pays for her new clothes in dollars.
American is the system of units of measurement: the speed of the new car in which Carl picks up the Parkers from the airport is expressed in miles per hour.
American is the school grading system: Dylan gets an F for his first history class assignment.
American is the way students are divided according to educational stages: Dylan by age should be in the 11th grade, but having failed one class, he remained in the 10th grade.
For all these reasons, and others (such as the fact that the Parkers moved from the East Coast to the West Coast), I think it can be said with a good degree of certainty that AWAM is set in a mega-city on the West Coast of the United States, like San Jose, California.

And again, all these assumption are based on fact that game must be placed in some real world country. But is it? Or this is maybe some fictional independent California.

 

[Radoslaw Wolf]

I want to please you

Interesting choice of words

 

[nchung2701]

People are so hyped about the next 10 mins update game play.

 

[Radoslaw Wolf]

People are so hyped about the next 10 mins update game play.

That's how he keeps this thing going:

... -> Hype -> More hype -> Enough hype to forget disappointments -> Extreme hype -> Release -> Disappointment -> Venting -> Settlement -> "Progress" -> *repeat*

 

[Dan5k74]

And again, all these assumption are based on fact that game must be placed in some real world country. But is it? Or this is maybe some fictional independent California.

The game of placing the setting of AWAM in a real place in the world did not start from me, but from someone who speculated that it might be set in El Salvador because in reality there is a city with that name in that country.
With my post I explained to you the reasons why I speculated that it might be more plausible to place it in the United States instead.
If the conversation then turns to the need to place a game in a real world country to make it more realistic, I can tell you that I personally do not feel that need to play it. However, what remains is what the developer through the game's settings and references to reality suggest to me as I play it.
L&P probably set his game in the fictitious mega-city of San Alejo (and not in San Jose or San Diego) precisely to take the question of his game's realism off the table right away (just like Rockstar did with Los Santos, Las Venturas and San Fierro).

 

[winter0s]

PD 20 - Day 27 - Thursday

• Literature class, likely another Aiden's task

When this version drops, I will have a kid or two of my own who probably in their teens by then, joining literature classes in schools.

 

[palmtrees89]

That's how he keeps this thing going:

... -> Hype -> More hype -> Enough hype to forget disappointments -> Extreme hype -> Release -> Disappointment -> Venting -> Settlement -> "Progress" -> *repeat*

Or to name some of those "hype" moments;

Beginning of last year, L&P upgrading his computer with 2 RTX 3090's promising to increase development speed after a ridiculous festival of bullshit the months prior to that. Obviously didn't happen, things only got slower.

Towards the end of last year, a roadmap with possible sex scenes in "only" 4 playable days (likely never, or atleast 8 years from now) after more and more people started speaking up about the lack of actual adult content in the game after 5 years of development.

Also end of last year, announcing event-based releases to give an illusion of faster updates/more content due to constant criticism about his piss poor development speed.

This year, Sophia learning how to walk, trying to make up for the complete and utter disaster of 0.155 development and new animations, slowing development down even further to a point where it's questionable if we'll even see the end of day 14, let alone day 15 before this project is abandoned.

I could go 2 years back and name more of those "hype" moments resulting in nothing but bullshit and disappointment, but I guess this'll do. So, what's next? L&P will surely have to make something up after the next 2-3 updates are gonna take forever to try and calm the angry mob down.

 

[xxxorro]

The game of placing the setting of AWAM in a real place in the world did not start from me, but from someone who speculated that it might be set in El Salvador because in reality there is a city with that name in that country.
With my post I explained to you the reasons why I speculated that it might be more plausible to place it in the United States instead.
If the conversation then turns to the need to place a game in a real world country to make it more realistic, I can tell you that I personally do not feel that need to play it. However, what remains is what the developer through the game's settings and references to reality suggest to me as I play it.
L&P probably set his game in the fictitious mega-city of San Alejo (and not in San Jose or San Diego) precisely to take the question of his game's realism off the table right away (just like Rockstar did with Los Santos, Las Venturas and San Fierro).

I don't know, but I feel that this entire discussion is going nowhere unless we bring back the conundrum of the 3000m a.s.l. airport at only 20min drive from the city on the coast.




for those interested in the topic https://f95zone.to/search/189363612/?q=airport&t=post&c[thread]=5944&o=relevance

PS
ancienregimele looking at these early images again, I hope at least Patricia won't be affected by the... galloping inflation that hit Sophia

 

[hzafery]

I'm just out of curiosity, what does it matter in which fuckin' country the game takes place? The absurd discussions that will not lead anyone anywhere take so long that I am surprised by people. Guys, this is a game and sometimes I think you take it too seriously. You are looking for the real perception or reference, but why? Don't take it so seriously. It is a game that almost all of us have hesitations about because it will have an end. Don't be hard on yourself, just play and enjoy.

 

[DIRTY FILTHY Animal]

Exactly there not real people, there pixels!
He should put a warning on his game that says
“No pixels were harmed in the making of this game”

 

[Dan5k74]

And that's the whole point. You can't complain about this game because something isn't like in USA. There is bunch of statement on this forum that something isn't real because that's not normal for USA, or that he will end in prison because this is criminal act by US law... This is not USA. It looks like, but it isn't.

The idea that the game is set in the United States is not conjecture, but a fact suggested by the developer himself at least in a couple of dialogues in his game:


Then everything else is debatable.
Anyway I thank you for reminding me of this

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by David Bowie and Pat Metheny...

 

[lockerxx]

I'm just out of curiosity, what does it matter in which fuckin' country the game takes place? The absurd discussions that will not lead anyone anywhere take so long that I am surprised by people. Guys, this is a game and sometimes I think you take it too seriously. You are looking for the real perception or reference, but why? Don't take it so seriously. It is a game that almost all of us have hesitations about because it will have an end. Don't be hard on yourself, just play and enjoy.

now you know why this game got 4837 pages .

 

[Lupercalia]

awam should be listed on the stock exchange!
question ... does alyssa only have the lesbian path?

 

[Talcum Powder]

I don't know, but I feel that this entire discussion is going nowhere unless we bring back the conundrum of the 3000m a.s.l. airport at only 20min drive from the city on the coast.
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for those interested in the topic https://f95zone.to/search/189363612/?q=airport&t=post&c[thread]=5944&o=relevance

PS
ancienregimele looking at these early images again, I hope at least Patricia won't be affected by the... galloping inflation that hit Sophia

[EDIT: I keep forgetting that sarcasm dosen't work very well. I'm totally joking here, there, and mostly everywhere]
Dude, are you calling me out?!! I stand by my conclusions: it’s a fucking weird set up and insane to drop 3,000m and get into a residential area of what looks like a pretty large city that’s obviously on level ground and close to sea level (<25 minutes to beach?!!) in 20 minutes.

 

[GingerSweetGirl]

Dude, are you calling me out?!! I stand by my conclusions: it’s a fucking weird set up and insane to drop 3,000m and get into a residential area of what looks like a pretty large city that’s obviously on level ground and close to sea level (<25 minutes to beach?!!) in 20 minutes.

Coincidentally I was reading recently that Peru has some crazy geography where such an elevation gain is (almost) possible. But honestly, at this point I just have some fun and laugh with the silly error. We take this game so painfully seriously that I just have to have fun with something.

 

[Talcum Powder]

Coincidentally I was reading recently that Peru has some crazy geography where such an elevation gain is (almost) possible. But honestly, at this point I just have some fun and laugh with the silly error. We take this game so painfully seriously that I just have to have fun with something.

I did some research at the time, too. There are also areas in southern California where the altitude drop is possible.

I’m all in jest on this topic - I hope that’s obvious. It was such an oddly specific and completely weird detail to add, and the next thing you see is a completely flat city scape and another oddly specific “20 minutes later”.
It’s not exactly comedy gold but it does make me chuckle.