Ren'Py Bonds of Love [v1.6] [Zelathorn Games]

Ferdinand321 · Jan 10, 2024

Something tells me that the game has several hidden tags and that no choice changes anything in the story and just a straight line. I still managed to spend a few minutes reading this, which was already boring for me. The impression I got from the game is that several things are happening behind the scenes and the MC is the only naive person who doesn't know anything or pretends to know nothing.

SonsOfLiberty · Jan 12, 2024

Bonds of Love [v1.5 Hotfix] [Zelathorn Games]

Hotfix

Hotfix if you're getting a hard crash with error "ScriptError: could not find label 'm_problem_child_12_add'." Just drop the file in your game folder and overwrite.

Black Swamp Ent. · Jan 13, 2024

Having an "open world" or sandbox or whatever you want to call it doesn't help the story telling. You can get ahead in the story by just doing the events that are available so many interactions make no sense until you do the other minor character events.

Essentially, this VN should've been set up with a linear story path rather than the current set up, so at least the storyline would make better sense.

Wizofaahs · Jan 14, 2024

has anyone else gotten this error?
i cant get past mary's weekend event.

MC Johnsson · Jan 14, 2024

Wizofaahs said:
has anyone else gotten this error?
i cant get past mary's weekend event.

The fix for that has been posted enough times already, try scrolling upwards.

BlasKyau · Jan 14, 2024

Black Swamp Ent. said:
Having an "open world" or sandbox or whatever you want to call it doesn't help the story telling. You can get ahead in the story by just doing the events that are available so many interactions make no sense until you do the other minor character events.

Essentially, this VN should've been set up with a linear story path rather than the current set up, so at least the storyline would make better sense.

Well, I'm avoiding doing the Scarlett, Evelyn, and Bella and Derek paths, so the sandbox is good for me to achieve it (especially considering that there is no option to reject either Scarlett or Evelyn) Likewise, I have no interest in Gabriella either.

Black Swamp Ent. · Jan 14, 2024

BlasKyau said:
Well, I'm avoiding doing the Scarlett, Evelyn, and Bella and Derek paths, so the sandbox is good for me to achieve it (especially considering that there is no option to reject either Scarlett or Evelyn) Likewise, I have no interest in Gabriella either.

True, but there are better ways to do that without the open world while keeping a linear story. I enjoy this VN, but the story telling is really off because of how the open world events don't follow other events.

Areyouken · Jan 16, 2024

I like the corruption elements of this game. Two things Id like to request - get Peter away from Mum and lets add some family bonding time soon

Flojo23 · Jan 19, 2024

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Evoo190 · Jan 27, 2024

This is my favorite game This is my favorite game

BlasKyau · Jan 31, 2024

Black Swamp Ent. said:
True, but there are better ways to do that without the open world while keeping a linear story. I enjoy this VN, but the story telling is really off because of how the open world events don't follow other events.

Actually, I haven't started the quests "Handyman" and "Three's company" nor am I going to start them. And I finished "Teen Crush" choosing the option to send Gabriella to hell, it's enough for me that there is the possibility of including a lesbian scene so that I don't want that route (the truth is that I shouldn't have even started it).

So in a VN there should be an option to no start them.

Evoo190 · Feb 13, 2024

If this game is completed, it will be one of the best games

WeekLarson · Feb 15, 2024

Can someone post the hotfix with a link, I can’t download attached files. thx

L3z1l3 · Mar 19, 2024

I don't know if it was mentioned before. During Lonely woman at some point you can have sex with Clara but somehow that event never came up for me. Despite that it was referenced in other scenes (Clara sleepover, Best teacher ever).

Areyouken · Mar 19, 2024

its been a while with updates. Whats the update cadence for this game?

loqex · Apr 24, 2024

Areyouken said:
its been a while with updates. Whats the update cadence for this game?

Hard to say, since I believe this might be a small studio/production.

Think 1.6 is in preview atm.

BlasKyau · Apr 24, 2024

loqex said:
Hard to say, since I believe this might be a small studio/production.

Think 1.6 is in preview atm.

I think that the game has a rather low acceptance, which I suppose doesn't help the Dev to frequently update the game.

In any case, seeing that half of the LIs aren't exactly interesting for most harem players, it's logical that the income is rather residual.

In my opinion the dev would be better off removing Scarlet, Evelyn and Bella from the game (or modifying their stories to remove the parts that make potential fans of the game leave), as they are now, they are basically LIs thrown into the trash. Regarding Gabriella... personally I wouldn't include a "LI" who is strictly lesbian and in love with another of the LIs in the game, but at least you can reject her without there being anything lesbian. But this is still throwing another character in the trash.

And, including an NTR route for one of the LIs that may actually be of interest wasn't a brilliant idea.

ViperGts151 · Saturday at 10:55 PM

Bonds of Love 1.6
Hey guys, the next release is ready now! Thanks to everyone who voted in the character poll! It was pretty close, even with the extra votes added in. I really don’t want the development to drag out forever though, so they will all finish a little earlier than the other girls, but it won’t be anytime soon. I’ll also reduce the animations for these girls since they take a lot of time to do.

Since Bella had the most votes, she will still have three scenes per week and I’ll probably do an animation for one of those per week. Scarlett and Evelyn were fairly close, so they’ll still have their two scenes per weekend but I’ll probably only do an animation every two weekends or something like that. Gabriella was not too far behind, but was clearly the lowest, so she’ll have two per week and probably no animations, or I might do an animation every once in a while if I feel it could be a good one to do.

1.6 Changelog:
Added one new part to Stressed Out
Added one new part to Relaxing Massage
Added one new part to Secret Job
Added one new part to Bonding Swim
Added one new part to Sex Ed
Added one new part to Struggling Student
Added one new part to After Hours
Added one new part to Problem Child
Added one new part to Lonely Woman
Added two new parts to Best Teacher Ever
Added one new part to Handyman
Added one new part to Yoga Challenge
Added two new parts to Three’s Company/Three’s a Crowd
Added one new part to Teen Crush
Added one new ‘Main’ part
Added four new mini-events
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