VN Ren'Py Ancient Times [v0.2] [Garus]

[Akabakka]

So instead of having more story and plot content, time was wasted adding timesink and grind... sigh. As usual sandboxes are a plague in AVN, as they are mostly fake, and not even actual sandboxes.

You don't explore crap, you don't interact with crap, you don't follow any real multi-path adventure, you just click till you find the proper order and sequence to finally move the plot along.

It literally makes you the hamster in the wheel. F that , honestly

 

[oceanbobo4]

So,I'm playing an interesting game. Then suddenly enter sandbox.

All these diamonds at the bottom of the page. I click on every one.

Nothing.

I advance time.

Click on every diamond again.

Nothing.

Advance time again.

Click on every diamond a third time.

Then I notice that there are small arrows on the left and right on the bottom. But I try to click on them. And they do nothing. I can't click them for some reason.

So . . . that was my experience.

 

[oceanbobo4]

Ok so apparently, to trigger an event, we have to click on the red thingy near the hourglass then click on the exclamation mark for the event.

That tiny red square? That's the intuitive interface! Hilarious!

Sometimes I wonder . . . do developers play other people's games? Do they never get annoyed by these kinds of things in other games?

No instruction. Just . . . there's a red square that someone is supposed to GUESS is the key to advancing the story.

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So . . . I try again. I open the game back up and click the red square.

Hey, I find exclamation points!

But it's not clear which room the exclamation point is on.

Then when you press the room you think it is, new rooms open with exclamation points on them.

So I click these rooms.

Nothing.

I try to click the arrows on bottom left and right in these rooms.

Nothing.

I close game, delete it from my system, return to f95 to report what this game will be like for many other players.

I know these games are free (even though I financially support a number of them), and so it's not so good to complain about a free product.

But it's still annoying to waste time.

Surprising that a game this unplayable was issued to the general public. Why? To attract subscribers? How is this game ready to attract subscribers?

It has a good beginning, hooks the players, and then . . . nothing works. No instructions on how to proceed. Everything unclear and complex.

I have enough frustration in my life, and probably many people here also have enough frustration in theirs.

Developers work long and hard . . . but many can't see that ONLY THEY THEMSELVES know how to play their game!








It's sad. Developers spend hours and hours making the pictures. Then spend time making it very difficult for anyone ever to see them.

 

[cryptobanana12]

What do i do after the cousin tells you to rest? ive visited every available room but nothing happens

 

[Hitotih]

Saving energy to save the planet is great but...candlelight, especially backlit lighting, isn't good for our eyes.



Too bad.

 

[Deleted member 8050604]

Glad to see everyone was so clean shaven back in the roman empire. Why are people so afraid of pubic hair?

I'm so tired of shaved like in this game. Hairless is such a major turn off. Right up there with condoms and NTR.

 

[GarusNG]

Greetings. I just noticed the update of my game’s version on this site.
Reading the comments and your frustration, I realized that someone likely leaked it, and not even the latest version, judging by the comment about the red button you need to press to activate a new event.
Let me address some of the criticism right away:

• The red button has been removed in the current version.
• The sandbox mode will stay. For players who prefer only the story, you’ll need to click on a specific location to trigger events. You won’t miss much if you don’t fully engage with the sandbox.
• For players who enjoy the sandbox, you’ll be able to unlock new small events based on your choices during gameplay. Additionally, new images will be unlocked as rewards for completing certain events. This content will expand with each update.
• I understand the desire to play a free game as soon as possible, but it’s better to wait for the official release from the developer. A complete version will reduce dissatisfaction. Right now, there isn’t one, as this is just a beta version for subscribers to keep them updated on current progress.
• I’ve already explained the reason for the limited content in this announcement.
  That’s all for now. Thank you for your engagement and discussion about my game, whether positive or negative. Stay tuned for updates.

 

[justheretopirate]

The Antiopa and Aita scenes in the last update where excellent

 

[justheretopirate]

 

[popopopopooop]

So instead of having more story and plot content, time was wasted adding timesink and grind... sigh. As usual sandboxes are a plague in AVN, as they are mostly fake, and not even actual sandboxes.

You don't explore crap, you don't interact with crap, you don't follow any real multi-path adventure, you just click till you find the proper order and sequence to finally move the plot along.

It literally makes you the hamster in the wheel. F that , honestly

Sandbox is a curse that otherwise ruins really good games with hot scenes or intriguing storylines.

 

[Hfap5]

Is it necessary to say that they are 18? If eroge games are banned everywhere anyway, break the auto-insert

 

[GarusNG]

The Antiopa and Aita scenes in the last update where excellent

Is it necessary to say that they are 18? If eroge games are banned everywhere anyway, break the auto-insert

-In the final version 0.2, the triclinium scene will be expanded, and new animations will be added.
-No, the insertion stays.

 

[Uzhirian]

GarusNG Are you planning to get this proofread at any point? I can normally overlook English issues, but the grammar so far is pretty bad and crazily the character names are inconsistent:

Meeting Uncle's slave:


Talking about said slave seconds later:


Talking about said slave another few seconds later:


I suppose it might be intentional 'memory issues' but the game doesn't show any other signs of short term memory problems so that doesn't really make sense.

 

[GarusNG]

GarusNG Are you planning to get this proofread at any point? I can normally overlook English issues, but the grammar so far is pretty bad and crazily the character names are inconsistent:

Meeting Uncle's slave:
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Talking about said slave seconds later:
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Talking about said slave another few seconds later:
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I suppose it might be intentional 'memory issues' but the game doesn't show any other signs of short term memory problems so that doesn't really make sense.

thanks for pointing out the errors.

 

[Akabakka]

• The sandbox mode will stay. For players who prefer only the story, you’ll need to click on a specific location to trigger events. You won’t miss much if you don’t fully engage with the sandbox.
• For players who enjoy the sandbox, you’ll be able to unlock new small events based on your choices during gameplay. Additionally, new images will be unlocked as rewards for completing certain events. This content will expand with each update.

First of, sorry if it was leaked. Especially if it was a version not ready for the public.
That said judging by the rest of your comment, the issues we are complaining about, aren't related to the version of the game, but an actual core design choice.

Of course going sandbox is your choice and prerogative, but no... you won't just placate people tired of that BS fake gaming mechanic , with"allowing them" to click to trigger events. None of you devs doing that can even offer a single good reason for adding the mechanic to begin with, and this is getting annoying. I'll will not spend 5x time grinding for each minute of content, because you're feeling the pressure

I'm all for sandbox games, when they are actually that, a living breathing world to explore and interact with. Which quite frankly none of you AVN devs got the chops, staff, budget and income to deliver properly.
Instead you guys feed us some slop BS collection of rooms and locations you can't do anything with. Because somehow some of you are ashamed of the very "moviesque" nature of your releases, and wanna fake game mechanics engagement , instead of finding proper work around like many proper AVN, kinetic or choice bases titles did for eons.

Why am i going to that room, what can i do within it ? Oh i can click on a bed to launch an event related to sleeping ? Or it's daylight and the event is at night, so i should skip time with a button till i reach the proper timezone, click on the bed and finally launch the damn sequence ? How is that even gameplay, and not just straight up a list of boring chores ?

But I'll stop there. Sorry if I'm being aggressive and quite frankly lumping you with a lot, but I'm tired of this pattern. Good luck with the game.

 

[Bambourex]

Tell me there's incest involving the twin tails cutie. Reminds me of Ain from desert stalker and I dig that character design

 

[Raziel_8]

justheretopirate
Who is that supposed to be, a new girl ? a slave ?

 

[justheretopirate]

justheretopirate
Who is that supposed to be, a new girl ? a slave ?
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Thats Aita without makeup

 

[Raziel_8]

Thats Aita without makeup

That...that is supposed to be Ati...
Was her model changed at some point ?

 

[J.R.]

Oh for fucks sake, another dev suddenly "sandboxing" his game (and according the posts a bad one, too). I don't remember a single hint for that big change is coming in later releases. Not in the devs posts nor in the "Genre" for future content tags. Nothing. After two years for having a VN gameplay the sudden gameplay change. Well, let's hope your supporters are happy with that now. Good luck, but for me it's time to move on.