VN Ren'Py Abandoned Another Man's Wife [v1.092] [Too Perilous]

[JetZ]

I can't see it getting out of early access until next year. I don't mind spending a few dollars on Steam for a VN. Devs put a lot of money, time and effort in to them.
There have been a heap of updates lately for a lot of games. Its been great. I have a good backlog to carry me over the slack times.

true, and good thing even on early access at least it's just one time payment and we just wait until it's finished (tho some devs on steam can just stop caring and leave their project without finishing it, which i saw a few on steam but i believe this dev has no intention to do it with their constant communications every week)

tho i know their update lately is not the same like some of our thoughts of how the game will be heading in the early days (remember how it was before the jason update drops? good times)
but in the end they have their vision to tie in this game to their upcoming title
so i'm happy to support them.
i'm sorry i've been missing lately GOA and Pr0GamerJohnny

IRL stuffs got me swamped plus i went playing other games lately in my free time especially with so many good games came out this year (outside of adult games tho)

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Tho i know their update lately is not the same like some of our thoughts of how the game will be heading in the early days (remember how it was before the jason update drops? good times)
but in the end they have their vision to tie in this game to their upcoming title
so i'm happy to support them.

I realize a lot of us disagree with style - my above post was saying at some point we need to get real with ourselves if we imagine how much they're actually putting out.

We've seen a game of great content released in what, June? Then followed by a decent chunk of content released in August I believe, much of which people here disagree with stylewise, but anyway.....

It's NOVEMBER. As in, this is what a completely arbitrary unscientific graph of their output would be in terms of major content.


(30% vs 100% is my completely fudged take on the size of the initial release vs the size of the tori house follow up - remember, the june release went all the way to paul visit)

Granted, 5 or 10 bucks isn't much to worry about, but at this point I'm trying to show others the style and creative direction at this point is less of an issue than overall stagnancy.

All our tori/jason conversations, no matter on which side - don't really matter if they continue this trajectory. Lest this sound overly negative - as Jet alluded to with other games, even in the adult sphere there's many good games that deserve your time now.

 

[Nurikabe]

Early access for these types of games generally remains until the season is complete; in this case, the game. Some devs release as if it were fully developed and continue to add DLC in the form of chapters or episodes. Regardless, that would still be early access but not identified as such on Steam. It doesn't have any bearing on the game.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

true, and good thing even on early access at least it's just one time payment and we just wait until it's finished (tho some devs on steam can just stop caring and leave their project without finishing it, which i saw a few on steam but i believe this dev has no intention to do it with their constant communications every week)

tho i know their update lately is not the same like some of our thoughts of how the game will be heading in the early days (remember how it was before the jason update drops? good times)
but in the end they have their vision to tie in this game to their upcoming title
so i'm happy to support them.
i'm sorry i've been missing lately GOA and Pr0GamerJohnny

IRL stuffs got me swamped plus i went playing other games lately in my free time especially with so many good games came out this year (outside of adult games tho)

No need to apologise mate. Things got weird after the update that shall not be named
I think a break and reset is good for all of us. Things got bogged down for everyone, esp the devs. The devs are working on new content including the Steph confession, so from now on should be the start of answers and fresh content.

I realize a lot of us disagree with style - my above post was saying at some point we need to get real with ourselves if we imagine how much they're actually putting out.

We've seen a game of great content released in what, June? Then followed by a decent chunk of content released in August I believe, much of which people here disagree with stylewise, but anyway.....

It's NOVEMBER. As in, this is what a completely arbitrary unscientific graph of their output would be in terms of major content.

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(30% vs 100% is my completely fudged take on the size of the initial release vs the size of the tori house follow up - remember, the june release went all the way to paul visit)

Granted, 5 or 10 bucks isn't much to worry about, but at this point I'm trying to show others the style and creative direction at this point is less of an issue than overall stagnancy.

All our tori/jason conversations, no matter on which side - don't really matter if they continue this trajectory. Lest this sound overly negative - as Jet alluded to with other games, even in the adult sphere there's many good games that deserve your time now.

Isn't there some great VNs out there now? Wow.
The devs seem to be taking their time with this update and not rushing it out. It seems there will be a few new scenes. Hopefully there will be lots of great content and we will be back to the fun days of the title.

 

[robrize2169]

damn, i keep seeing the comments about Steph cheating and cucking the mc, but, in my high confidence paths, i see none of this. feels like i am playing a different game. much rather play my way than the other way though.

 

[NewTricks]

damn, i keep seeing the comments about Steph cheating and cucking the mc, but, in my high confidence paths, i see none of this. feels like i am playing a different game. much rather play my way than the other way though.

Same. Although there are people who hold grudges for content that is no longer in the game at all. Evidently, the first few iterations were totally lacking some of the choices you made.

 

[Nurikabe]

Same. Although there are people who hold grudges for content that is no longer in the game at all. Evidently, the first few iterations were totally lacking some of the choices you made.

That is accurate to say. The first release was pretty damn amazing really. The low-confidence path was a bit scary for many. The high-confidence path was pro-husband/wife relationship building and entering the open relationship. The next major release really messed that up. It has since been rectified.

Steph's character will always be rough. She is designed that way. The MC will always be loving and supportive of his wife. But how the wife responds in sexual situations will be entirely up to the choices made by the player. There are many opportunities to exit intense sexual situations before they happen.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

damn, i keep seeing the comments about Steph cheating and cucking the mc, but, in my high confidence paths, i see none of this. feels like i am playing a different game. much rather play my way than the other way though.

The game has had a lot of changes and the devs have experimented with different things successfully and unsuccessfully being an early access game. The devs seem to have their direction and game plans sorted out now, we just have to wait and see where they lead. The cheating issue came about due to red herrings pointing in that direction, and an update with ambiguous content. There are less red herrings and the content was removed/changed considerably.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

I dunno man, the dom3 ssex var path override still exists with zero later player input, as does the Jason consent dialogue. While it's certainly changed from the original setup, if you're intimately familiar with the code you can still see a clear ntr-by-design trend in several parts of the later releases.

I can't help but notice that those most sympathetic to the game or thinking others are too harsh, folks like newtricks or rastafoo, are members I've seen active in other games specifically geared towards the bbc fetish.

Please please don't interpret this as some accusatory indictment, that's not my tone or goal at all. I'm simple musing aloud on how if one's preference for interracial/non-ir swinging/sharing setups biases them one way or another. And this could certainly be true for me as well, I generally don't like IR scenes, and while I'd like to think that doesn't bias me, it's entirely possible I'd view the whole tori/jason house interaction differently if that element wasn't present.

So I'm curious, are there any members here who defy that hypothesis? By that, I mean players who normally prefer or enjoy bbc-sharing setups, but didn't like how AMW flowed? or similarly, are there players who normally don't like IR setups who did enjoy the third act of this game?

Just food for thought.

 

[NewTricks]

I dunno man, the dom3 ssex var path override still exists with zero later player input, as does the Jason consent dialogue. While it's certainly changed from the original setup, if you're intimately familiar with the code you can still see a clear ntr-by-design trend in several parts of the later releases.

I can't help but notice that those most sympathetic to the game or thinking others are too harsh, folks like newtricks or rastafoo, are members I've seen active in other games specifically geared towards the bbc fetish.

Please please don't interpret this as some accusatory indictment, that's not my tone or goal at all. I'm simple musing aloud on how if one's preference for interracial/non-ir swinging/sharing setups biases them one way or another. And this could certainly be true for me as well, I generally don't like IR scenes, and while I'd like to think that doesn't bias me, it's entirely possible I'd view the whole tori/jason house interaction differently if that element wasn't present.

So I'm curious, are there any members here who defy that hypothesis? By that, I mean players who normally prefer or enjoy bbc-sharing setups, but didn't like how AMW flowed? or similarly, are there players who normally don't like IR setups who did enjoy the third act of this game?

Just food for thought.

Just excuse me while I sip my tea over here in the corner lol. As for Newtricks, we get around to different games for different tastes because we are a couple. There is some overlap, but we do have some that we let be the other's business for obvious reasons. But in this instance, interracial content doesn't bother us unless it is handled in certain, let's say insensitive, ways. Or if it is just low effort or objectively sucks. You may have seen me drop some less-than-complimentary commentary on Jobeo games in the past. But that is neither here nor there. For this game, the first character you meet is a black guy. If you don't see the BBC coming you are not paying attention. You kind of have to consider him to have Schroinger's dick, both in your wife and not in your wife until you open the box to find out. With a punch so obviously telegraphed if you don't have your gloves up that's your fault.

 

[Nurikabe]

Just excuse me while I sip my tea over here in the corner lol. As for Newtricks, we get around to different games for different tastes because we are a couple. There is some overlap, but we do have some that we let be the other's business for obvious reasons. But in this instance, interracial content doesn't bother us unless it is handled in certain, let's say insensitive, ways. Or if it is just low effort or objectively sucks. You may have seen me drop some less-than-complimentary commentary on Jobeo games in the past. But that is neither here nor there. For this game, the first character you meet is a black guy. If you don't see the BBC coming you are not paying attention. You kind of have to consider him to have Schroinger's dick, both in your wife and not in your wife until you open the box to find out. With a punch so obviously telegraphed if you don't have your gloves up that's your fault.

I think we all saw it coming and hoped it would not be the focus. And why can't the guy just have a normal dick. Actually, all the dicks in this game are quite large. Enough about dicks. That is the most I have ever used the word 'dick' in any kind of communication.

The bigger rub is how Jason, the supposed BBC, gets involved with the MC's wife. He starts the game by saying 'I want you to sleep with my wife.' After discussion and some manipulation, the MC gets his wife onboard but only if she gets to participate. So, the problem is less of a BBC issues, and more of a, 'Why is my wife screwing the guy who asked me to screw his wife?'

Personally, I saw that coming and it doesn't bother me, as long as the MC is involved and he gets his too. There will be some that disagree with my take here. But that is the real issue people seem to have.

Schrodinger's dick! That was a good one.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

I dunno man, the dom3 ssex var path override still exists with zero later player input, as does the Jason consent dialogue. While it's certainly changed from the original setup, if you're intimately familiar with the code you can still see a clear ntr-by-design trend in several parts of the later releases.

I can't help but notice that those most sympathetic to the game or thinking others are too harsh, folks like newtricks or rastafoo, are members I've seen active in other games specifically geared towards the bbc fetish.

Please please don't interpret this as some accusatory indictment, that's not my tone or goal at all. I'm simple musing aloud on how if one's preference for interracial/non-ir swinging/sharing setups biases them one way or another. And this could certainly be true for me as well, I generally don't like IR scenes, and while I'd like to think that doesn't bias me, it's entirely possible I'd view the whole tori/jason house interaction differently if that element wasn't present.

So I'm curious, are there any members here who defy that hypothesis? By that, I mean players who normally prefer or enjoy bbc-sharing setups, but didn't like how AMW flowed? or similarly, are there players who normally don't like IR setups who did enjoy the third act of this game?

Just food for thought.

The Low path is a cuck path and BBC path. The devs are using the usual stereotypes for that path. Although it won't be a full cuck path whatever that means.

I don't have an issue with people having the kink or games using the kink as such, but it just seems it is the go to for 95% of couples game. Its lazy and usually pathetically done, and ends the same way. Its boring. I select VNs because it looks like it will be good erotica, and I am continually disappointed when it goes down the stereotypical pathetic cuck and BBC path. At least it will be avoidable in this game.

Just excuse me while I sip my tea over here in the corner lol. As for Newtricks, we get around to different games for different tastes because we are a couple. There is some overlap, but we do have some that we let be the other's business for obvious reasons. But in this instance, interracial content doesn't bother us unless it is handled in certain, let's say insensitive, ways. Or if it is just low effort or objectively sucks. You may have seen me drop some less-than-complimentary commentary on Jobeo games in the past. But that is neither here nor there. For this game, the first character you meet is a black guy. If you don't see the BBC coming you are not paying attention. You kind of have to consider him to have Schroinger's dick, both in your wife and not in your wife until you open the box to find out. With a punch so obviously telegraphed if you don't have your gloves up that's your fault.

Sadly, when I encountered AMW, I was new to VNs. I had a few VNs off Steam and then I found this forum and searched for couples games. In my virginal VN naivety I believed the devs when they said they were writing a story focused VN that was different, so the BBC punch was an uppercut that came out of left field. Since then I have read a lot more VNs and if its a story about a couple then there is a pathetic cuck/BBC stereotype coming your way 95% of the time. Sadly, AMW is no different to the rest in that regard.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

The bigger rub is how Jason, the supposed BBC, gets involved with the MC's wife. He starts the game by saying 'I want you to sleep with my wife.' After discussion and some manipulation, the MC gets his wife onboard but only if she gets to participate. So, the problem is less of a BBC issues, and more of a, 'Why is my wife screwing the guy who asked me to screw his wife?'

Personally, I saw that coming and it doesn't bother me, as long as the MC is involved and he gets his too. There will be some that disagree with my take here. But that is the real issue people seem to have.

I would agree with the manipulation part - The reason why I bring race up is it hurts the suspension of disbelief. Like newtricks(or his so?) said, you KNOW what's coming from the start. This is part of why I hate IR setups, because apparently devs don't have the capacity to just write black characters as normal inconsequential characters, like a guy who's your dorky friend and that's all he is to the story - as soon as his mug comes on screen YOU KNOW there will be paths leading to sex scenes with him. It would have been a bigger narrative shocker to have the friend who you had no idea then shack up with the wife.

I completely agree with your second paragraph and mentioned that some posts back - that's the real issue at heart. It's not that Jason and Steph do stuff- it's the GLARING contrast between them doing stuff and Tori essentially denying you that makes it feel very "cuckish" (is that a word?). On ALL paths -the only variation is whether or not Steph does stuff with him, but you not doing stuff with Tori is a universal constant like gravity. Furthermore, the longer the game goes without releasing basic scenes between Tori and MC, the greater my scorn gets over this issue, since it's clearly not a priority, yet this is the #1 thing that makes the late game taste so metallic.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

I would agree with the manipulation part - The reason why I bring race up is it hurts the suspension of disbelief. Like newtricks(or his so?) said, you KNOW what's coming from the start. This is part of why I hate IR setups, because apparently devs don't have the capacity to just write black characters as normal inconsequential characters, like a guy who's your dorky friend and that's all he is to the story - as soon as his mug comes on screen YOU KNOW there will be paths leading to sex scenes with him. It would have been a bigger narrative shocker to have the friend who you had no idea then shack up with the wife.

I completely agree with your second paragraph and mentioned that some posts back - that's the real issue at heart. It's not that Jason and Steph do stuff- it's the GLARING contrast between them doing stuff and Tori essentially denying you that makes it feel very "cuckish" (is that a word?). On ALL paths -the only variation is whether or not Steph does stuff with him, but you not doing stuff with Tori is a universal constant like gravity. Furthermore, the longer the game goes without releasing basic scenes between Tori and MC, the greater my scorn gets over this issue, since it's clearly not a priority, yet this is the #1 thing that makes the late game taste so metallic.

And then get the unused render of Jason fucking Steph with Tori (all naked) while MC is fully dressed looking on. MC is not involved, so it screams cuck. We are back to the same old. Its not the story focused game the devs portrayed when they use the same old stereotypes.

 

[Nafig]

But how the wife responds in sexual situations will be entirely up to the choices made by the player. There are many opportunities to exit intense sexual situations before they happen.

What scenes other than "Amber" and "Steph/Jason" can the player influence? The option “yes or game over” is precisely created to justify the “choice”. Apart from these two scenes, the rest are uncontrollable, completely uncontrollable. Where do you see opportunities to influence something in the main story?

 

[vandal.h]

So based on some comments on this thread I went back and re-downloaded the game, apparently I was playing an older version. At least this new one gives some control to stop your wife fucking Jason but still doesn't deliver on the original premise of fucking Jason's wife (I guess you get to lick her tits so that's something?). But now I notice the dialogue in the "bad ending" when you turn Jason down:

paraphrasing here but MC is basically saying, "oh if I tell my wife about how gallantly I turned down a threesome offer, she's going to get hot and bothered about the idea and I'll get to do 2 chicks at the same time!". And then he gets upset when she doesn't react in the way he expected.

Like what? No I turned it down because I didn't want a threesome with those scummy "friends" not because I wanted the MC to turn into some kind of sleazy manipulator... I'm guessing future updates will turn MC into one of those perverted loser NTR MCs so you won't even care that his wife is cheating on him as is implied by the final slide.

 

[NewTricks]

I would agree with the manipulation part - The reason why I bring race up is it hurts the suspension of disbelief. Like newtricks(or his so?) said, you KNOW what's coming from the start. This is part of why I hate IR setups, because apparently devs don't have the capacity to just write black characters as normal inconsequential characters, like a guy who's your dorky friend and that's all he is to the story - as soon as his mug comes on screen YOU KNOW there will be paths leading to sex scenes with him. It would have been a bigger narrative shocker to have the friend who you had no idea then shack up with the wife.

I completely agree with your second paragraph and mentioned that some posts back - that's the real issue at heart. It's not that Jason and Steph do stuff- it's the GLARING contrast between them doing stuff and Tori essentially denying you that makes it feel very "cuckish" (is that a word?). On ALL paths -the only variation is whether or not Steph does stuff with him, but you not doing stuff with Tori is a universal constant like gravity. Furthermore, the longer the game goes without releasing basic scenes between Tori and MC, the greater my scorn gets over this issue, since it's clearly not a priority, yet this is the #1 thing that makes the late game taste so metallic.

LOL. If you are wondering which of us is posting (because we never do identify) if it sounds like a guy who robbed a liquor store it is me and if it sounds like a chick who robbed the Oxford English dictionary it is her. Sometimes we both will write in the same post, though, especially in the A Perfect Marriage thread.

I don't have issues with how the story has unfolded so far. There is clearly a level of manipulation going on behind the scenes but at the moment we only have the who and what of it, not the why or how. I'm content to let to story breathe for the moment and if one of the paths lands the MC in the cuck chair watching shit happen so be it. That's just the kind of game it is and if the player lands there it is likely that is the path that makes them happy. It's not as if bagging Tori would be a great prize. She looks like an aging Faruza Balk and has been run through by half the pervs in the western hemisphere.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

She looks like an aging Faruza Balk

Had to look that up, didn't recognize name....

Oh! It's the girl from "The Waterboy"! Yeah facially I'd say apt comparison, but Tori has these ugly mannish shoulders and imposing stature, a face with 'goth girl' features needs some feminity to balance it out (which Faruza has!)

 

[RedDevil910]

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We took a couple of days off this week, (We had to take a couple of days off to deal with unrelated matters), but I feel we still made good progress. Much of the next scene is done. We still need renders for some of the transitions (There are a lot of conditions to check upon entering the scene), get the animated scenes fleshed out and then test everything. I’m still not comfortable making a prediction on when we will be ready to announce an update to the game.

To address some comments from last week, all story lines advance with the next scene, and I agree, we’re at about 80% complete over all. I’d say some paths are closer to 95% while others are closer to 75%. I’m not counting the loop endings in those estimates because the loops will vary and will grow over time.

And as the work progresses, we’re getting closer to some of my favorite pieces of the game. With that in mind, I want to share with you about a movie scene that I love because of what it says about the characters in a very short scene. So the scene is from a movie that is historical fiction and there are two men talking. The first, a commander, pops off about what should have happened in the previous scene and makes thinly veiled threats as he tries to push the other character around. The other character, the guy who is really in charge, doesn’t take the bait, he does not escalate the conversation, and he does not respond to the threats. He calmly and disinterestedly, addresses the facts of the situation and finishes by simply saying, “Thank you for your visit.” I love the self-control and the idea of acting as opposed to reacting in a conflict situation. When characters do this, it helps build tension.

I bring this up because that short little scene was part of the inspiration behind a character we will be introducing very soon. Obviously this is a character I enjoy, and we have renders of him now. He's featured in the artwork for this weeks news update. Ya, he doesn't look very friendly. No, he doesn't thank anyone for their visit. Yes, I realize everyone is much more interested in why Steph is talking to him in a bar.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

The first, a commander, pops off about what should have happened in the previous scene and makes thinly veiled threats as he tries to push the other character around. The other character, the guy who is really in charge, doesn’t take the bait, he does not escalate the conversation, and he does not respond to the threats. He calmly and disinterestedly, addresses the facts of the situation and finishes by simply saying, “Thank you for your visit.” I love the self-control and the idea of acting as opposed to reacting in a conflict situation. When characters do this, it helps build tension.

When characters do that, it's because they DO have control. This doesn't impress me at all, that's just the luxury of being in a position of power.

I bring this up because that short little scene was part of the inspiration behind a character we will be introducing very soon. Obviously this is a character I enjoy, and we have renders of him now. He's featured in the artwork for this weeks news update. Ya, he doesn't look very friendly. No, he doesn't thank anyone for their visit. Yes, I realize everyone is much more interested in why Steph is talking to him in a bar.

My prediction, they're either referring to Tony or Chuck, which in my prior prediction will encompass BBC model #2. He will serve as the strong stoic character, and will probably have some tie in to the whole corporate corruption story. He will be an option for a sexual partner for Steph, regardless of what the MC has to say about it.

-Edit, nm, I can see on steam the artwork slide he was referring to. My guess is that's Chuck, so scratch the BBC theory. Still, it wont be a good end for MC.