VN Ren'Py Blurring the Walls [v0.5.2] [Torimiata]

[hlfwaycrks]

Tori, I just want to say that I hope you're doing well and that you're keeping your head up, with eyes on the prize... many of us are still looking forward to what's to come

 

[hangmansjoke]

Other threads got them because the Dev went 3 months with no communication on any of their socials. This dev hasn't missed a full week without some form of communication though. You can always manually unwatch the thread though and pretend it's abandoned.

"this dev hasn't missed a full week without some form of communication" made me remember that he promised weekly dev diaries back in august in the platinum discord:

As a small token of appreciation for your patience, I'll be increasing the frequency of Dev Diaries to every week until release, instead of every 2 weeks. This will give you a more regular peek into the development process and help alleviate some of the uncertainty.

this dev is remarkably consistent about one thing: if he makes a promise, you can be assured that he will break it

 

[DanThaMan]

its looking generic now.. the previous renders had some characteristics..
her mole does not have the same effect ...

The dev calls it a remaster but we all know its a demaster.

 

[Faptimebitch]

Aigis pfp spotted

 

[Champinon]

People tend to be rude and aggressive when it comes to expressing their disappointment, but 5 months without any updates for what is basically a kinetic novel with static AI-generated images is fucking crazy.

 

[dresstothrill]

this dev is remarkably consistent about one thing: if he makes a promise, you can be assured that he will break it

The dev calls it a remaster but we all know its a demaster.

The dev is baiting us with promises of a remaster. You could say we're being re-masterbaited.

 

[hmc15]

That game was a masterpiece, I'm really sorry that the dev had a really rough time and when he came back he just had to face more shit and decided to vanish. The only NTS game that still gives me hope is Vulgar Reverie

"Masterpiece" is very strong wording...its a good work in progress w plenty of dumb story diversions and a bit parallel development. Good, not great, but def not masterpiece.

 

[WhatDa]

Good, not great, but def not masterpiece.

I think as far as the genre of NTS focused kinetic/visual novels goes this is one of if not the best available. Most on the market either have 4 guys running a train on your GF by chapter 2 or you have to hold ctrl for 5 mins to see her hug someone. The pacing is good, the scenarios are believable enough and creative. Can't think of much else that comes close (especially none with as much content completed)

 

[idkmanerally]

I think as far as the genre of NTS focused kinetic/visual novels goes this is one of if not the best available. Most on the market either have 4 guys running a train on your GF by chapter 2 or you have to hold ctrl for 5 mins to see her hug someone. The pacing is good, the scenarios are believable enough and creative. Can't think of much else that comes close (especially none with as much content completed)

yea except in this game you have to wait 6 months to hold ctrl to see the same content you already saw before

 

[burcounting808]

yea except in this game you have to wait 6 months to hold ctrl to see the same content you already saw before

I know we're partly joking about this but I'm fairly confident that a lot of the game is going to feel pretty new when the remaster is released. So that's at least exciting to look forward to.

Like obviously the narrative will only progress to the same point (I'm guessing unless Tori feels like he needs to change it to better fit the direction of the remaster) but how it looks getting to that point will feel like playing through the game for the first time with the additional scenes and reimagined existing scenes.

 

[Pich168]

Not To Compare, But This
Vulgar Reverie
Already Done Their Update Few Time already while we are waiting for News. Even art can't Compare to Tori, But i think this is a kind of Gem for It self.
anyway Hope Everyone Enjoy Vulgar Update today Good luck.

 

[neroman76]

I think as far as the genre of NTS focused kinetic/visual novels goes this is one of if not the best available. Most on the market either have 4 guys running a train on your GF by chapter 2 or you have to hold ctrl for 5 mins to see her hug someone. The pacing is good, the scenarios are believable enough and creative. Can't think of much else that comes close (especially none with as much content completed)

Well, imho Moonripple Lake comes more than close, it´s in fact plainly ahead ... and in active development

 

[kristo0086]

Well, imho Moonripple Lake comes more than close, it´s in fact plainly ahead ... and in active development

You guys are all wrong. There are not many NETORASE and I would not compare them. It's better to demand more content and better support all of them.
Blurring the Walls
My New Girlfriend
Netorase Phone
Vulgar Reverie
Lucky Phone
Moonripple Lake

 

[hangmansjoke]

Well, imho Moonripple Lake comes more than close, it´s in fact plainly ahead ... and in active development

moonripple is great. the game has released 3 chapters in the time since tori started the scam remaster, and the art and backgrounds are far superior in my opinion

i wonder if the emergence of new, better NTS games contributed to tori losing his motivation

 

[burcounting808]

moonripple is great. the game has released 3 chapters in the time since tori started the scam remaster, and the art and backgrounds are far superior in my opinion

i wonder if the emergence of new, better NTS games contributed to tori losing his motivation

I like MRL. Especially a lot more after the most recent chapter. But I wouldn't call it close to the same tier as this game just yet. I think it is mainly competing with My New Girlfriend. Although I believe currently it's a step below that game as well for now.

I think Blurring The Walls still holds the top spot until the other games have more content out. Although they release monthly for the most part usually there aren't as many new scenes as BTW. So until several months go by and they have more content my current power rankings would go:

1) Blurring The Walls
2) My New Girlfriend
3) Moonripple/Vulgar Reverie

The most recently released updates for MRL and VR were super spicy. But I would need to see more content build up before it replaces anything above it.

 

[hangmansjoke]

But I would need to see more content build up before it replaces anything above it.

well lucky for us, the games you mentioned all actually release new chapters, so you won't have to wait long

i think moonripple is the most exciting for me. the tone is so far striking the perfect balance of fun/sexy. and my new girlfriend is after that. that game is much crazier and fast paced but it's a nice change from the glut of slow burn games we had for a while

but both of these games have very specific and consistent art styles. i don't think blurring the walls is even close, even after the remaster



the way her face is flat and 2D but her boobs have a 3D effect just looks off. it's not BAD, and i still love the overall anime style, but it's not in the same league of the other games where the whole art style feels completely cohesive

this is why i think the reaction to the remaster is going to be poor. the market shifted underneath tori while he took too long, and his skills just aren't at the same level. he had a head start, but just got outpaced

in the end it's not a competition and we can enjoy all of them, but tori's pattern of remastering-the-remaster shows signs of the dev panicking

 

[kogahaya]

well lucky for us, the games you mentioned all actually release new chapters, so you won't have to wait long

i think moonripple is the most exciting for me. the tone is so far striking the perfect balance of fun/sexy. and my new girlfriend is after that. that game is much crazier and fast paced but it's a nice change from the glut of slow burn games we had for a while

but both of these games have very specific and consistent art styles. i don't think blurring the walls is even close, even after the remaster

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the way her face is flat and 2D but her boobs have a 3D effect just looks off. it's not BAD, and i still love the overall anime style, but it's not in the same league of the other games where the whole art style feels completely cohesive

this is why i think the reaction to the remaster is going to be poor. the market shifted underneath tori while he took too long, and his skills just aren't at the same level. he had a head start, but just got outpaced

in the end it's not a competition and we can enjoy all of them, but tori's pattern of remastering-the-remaster shows signs of the dev panicking

Actually i really like this new art, but i can see im a minory, aniway he notificating in discord weekly right? Someone witch his discord acess please warn when tori say something

 

[hangmansjoke]

Actually i really like this new art, but i can see im a minory, aniway he notificating in discord weekly right? Someone witch his discord acess please warn when tori say something

i don't know that you're a minority. i would characterize the reaction to the new art as "mixed," which wouldn't be a big deal usually, but after 6-7 months of hype releasing a remaster to "mixed" reviews is probably not what the dev wants

i'm not in discord anymore, so i can't comment on whether or not he is responsive

 

[kogahaya]

i don't know that you're a minority. i would characterize the reaction to the new art as "mixed," which wouldn't be a big deal usually, but after 6-7 months of hype releasing a remaster to "mixed" reviews is probably not what the dev wants

i'm not in discord anymore, so i can't comment on whether or not he is responsive

I say that based on the comments here, i just dont know if most of people dislike, or the people what dislike are louder.

 

[burcounting808]

well lucky for us, the games you mentioned all actually release new chapters, so you won't have to wait long

i think moonripple is the most exciting for me. the tone is so far striking the perfect balance of fun/sexy. and my new girlfriend is after that. that game is much crazier and fast paced but it's a nice change from the glut of slow burn games we had for a while

but both of these games have very specific and consistent art styles. i don't think blurring the walls is even close, even after the remaster

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the way her face is flat and 2D but her boobs have a 3D effect just looks off. it's not BAD, and i still love the overall anime style, but it's not in the same league of the other games where the whole art style feels completely cohesive

this is why i think the reaction to the remaster is going to be poor. the market shifted underneath tori while he took too long, and his skills just aren't at the same level. he had a head start, but just got outpaced

in the end it's not a competition and we can enjoy all of them, but tori's pattern of remastering-the-remaster shows signs of the dev panicking

I agree with most of what you're saying especially the change of pace with MNG.

But I don't agree with the outpacing thing. It's more just recency bias. For example let's make a hypothetical scenario that the next chapter for Moonripple Lake and Blurring the Walls 0.6 (not the remaster) drops on the same day and they are the same price and you can only afford one. I think majority would choose BTW at this point in time.

That's kind of how I view the ranking of all these NTS games. Like if all the new versions of other games dropped at the same time with everything else being equal (price, free release date, etc) and you can only afford one, then I'd choose BTW.