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Ren'Py Big Brother: Another Story Rebuild [v0.07.01] [Aleksey90]
- Thread starter Crazygamer43
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Reading through all of the difficulties players seem to be having with the game, I have noticed a pattern. The main issue seems to be one of expectations. Specifically, the game is defying the basic rules of behavioral psychology. Human beings will seek success and avoid failure, but the game does not recognize this.
1) Some player actions are "discouraged" by the narrative (e.g. "Do not bother me."), so players learn to avoid them. When that avoided action is required for further progress, the player becomes stuck because he or she continues to avoid it.
2) Some trigger events only "fire" occasionally. When a player tries to trigger an event with an action, and the event does not fire, the player (wrongfully) concludes that the action does not trigger the event. The player therefore abandons that action, so the event is never triggered.
3) Progress for some opportunities is hidden behind "failure." Players will naturally avoid failure (getting caught, making someone angry, failing to protect someone, et cetera), so the player ends up avoiding progress in the game.
--If you want the player to keep doing something, reward the player for it and he or she will keep doing it.
--If you want the player to keep trying despite failure, something in the game must convince the player not to accept failure.
--If you want the player to perform an action despite being told not to do so, you must provide a clear hint to ignore what he or she is being told.
1) Some player actions are "discouraged" by the narrative (e.g. "Do not bother me."), so players learn to avoid them. When that avoided action is required for further progress, the player becomes stuck because he or she continues to avoid it.
2) Some trigger events only "fire" occasionally. When a player tries to trigger an event with an action, and the event does not fire, the player (wrongfully) concludes that the action does not trigger the event. The player therefore abandons that action, so the event is never triggered.
3) Progress for some opportunities is hidden behind "failure." Players will naturally avoid failure (getting caught, making someone angry, failing to protect someone, et cetera), so the player ends up avoiding progress in the game.
--If you want the player to keep doing something, reward the player for it and he or she will keep doing it.
--If you want the player to keep trying despite failure, something in the game must convince the player not to accept failure.
--If you want the player to perform an action despite being told not to do so, you must provide a clear hint to ignore what he or she is being told.
- Feb 11, 2018
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Game throws errors every time I try to do foot massage in front of the TV. Something about the text color. Any fix?
- Oct 2, 2016
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This is actually a great analysis not only for BB, but gaming development in general.
- Jul 1, 2019
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Yup, I played for a few days trying to get Kira and Eric at 3:00 Wed in the lounge before I realized there was no Eric and Kira at 3:00am in the lounge
- Sep 16, 2019
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Even before the need for an incest patch, Max was adopted. To change this, go to preferences, set to original intro.
NO it does not, I've been through the original and I REALLY want to get rid of that dick head Eric! ASAP!
- Feb 13, 2018
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I finally "finished" the game and can't wait to see how it goes (despite having played the original version). It must be said that without the walktrough some subtle details were difficult to overcome. What I didn't understand is the 'Loseness' value, what is it? does it change based on what? must it be high or low? ...
- Nov 8, 2020
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So, I am having this recurring error in every release. I don't seem to be able to save/load the game. Everytime I right click to save it shows an error saying "Too many variables". I wll appreaciate the help, thanks
- Oct 8, 2018
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Then the game is clearly not for you. For you, the game is already completely finished https://f95zone.to/threads/big-brother-mod-v0-21-018-the-smirniy.26007/