Ren'Py Bright Past [v0.99.2.5] [Kosmos Games]

[Enot1964]

This game needs some type of walkthrough.

Putting together a walkthrough, given dozens of hours of gameplay, is a non-trivial task. It will require many hours of work, I doubt that someone will take such a task on their shoulders for free. I estimate the volume of a full walkthrough at 60-80 pages of text. In addition, not all quests are critical to pass the main plot. You may not go on dates with the rock club bartender, for example. But you absolutely must sell him studio equipment, without that the main plot will not advance. You may not flirt with the mobster who offers to hand out flyers on Rose Street. But in my opinion, the built-in hints are quite sufficient, after reaching certain conditions triggers are usually activated, at least the main storyline is passable. Bugs, of course, occur, but according to my observations, they affect only side storylines.

 

[Enot1964]

I'm stuck.
How do I find the Rock bar?
How do I find the red light district?
Help me please!

Just go through the game. The location of the Rock Bar will be prompted by a couple in the Arctic Cafe, where you'll have to get a job even if you have plenty of money. Jane (you have to advance your relationship with her a bit) will introduce you to this couple, you automatically get the address of the bar.
Red Light District - this one is even easier, you develop a relationship with Barbara, she will send you to a sex shop there.
In general, read the clues more carefully, and do not rush. Haste in such games does not lead to a good result. And carefully read the comments of the characters.

 

[Enot1964]

how do I buy the laptop? There is no advertisement on the mobile.

Wait a little while and it will show up. The main thing - do not hurry and do not panic over nothing (I'll tell you right away - this is not a bug, advertising and shouldn't appear on the next game day).

 

[Evyl_boyyy]

Just go through the game. The location of the Rock Bar will be prompted by a couple in the Arctic Cafe, where you'll have to get a job even if you have plenty of money. Jane (you have to advance your relationship with her a bit) will introduce you to this couple, you automatically get the address of the bar.
Red Light District - this one is even easier, you develop a relationship with Barbara, she will send you to a sex shop there.
In general, read the clues more carefully, and do not rush. Haste in such games does not lead to a good result. And carefully read the comments of the characters.

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Thank you! As for the Red Light District, i have unlocked "Buy a dildo in a sex shop" from Barbara, but the Red Light District havent been unlocked.

 

[GaboCAP]

I asked before, but still clueless, maybe somebody can help me. I completed all hints and unlocked all galleries, except for those final two, any idea?


Also this hint is stuck there ever since, but never have an option to tal to the guy.

 

[Enot1964]

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Thank you! As for the Red Light District, i have unlocked "Buy a dildo in a sex shop" from Barbara, but the Red Light District havent been unlocked.

Looks like you missed her first assignment, which was to buy lubricant for anal training.

 

[Badboll]

The beach is at the quarry by the wasteland.

oh yeah..I never considered that a beach in my mind..but if there is anything else to do there I would need time/day. which is something that the in game guide should give me

 

[TomUK]

oh yeah..I never considered that a beach in my mind..but if there is anything else to do there I would need time/day. which is something that the in game guide should give me

Think you need at least a swimsuit of some kind and a towel, also depending on your corruption I guess or whatever that skill stat is.

 

[MWolf55]

I finally managed to activate this scene, after the bug was fixed View attachment 3663891

How did you get this scene? I have everything person-wise including the new scene with Valerie but I can't figure out how to get this one. If I try to go to her room at night, it's locked. The only thing in my to do list is the Ruby cinema bug and going to Alice's house which ends the game per say. Any help would be appreciated since I normally figure these out.

 

[MGDS]

I must be a noob... Don't find how to unlock the umbrella (that I even don't remember I bought ?) ... It's for a friend, she needs to see the truck driver

 

[Burner_Account_1239]

Does the dev said how many updates left until finished?

To be honest, there is the potential that we will have, for example, version 0.99.99.9

If you look through the available characters, it is worth noting that the vast majority are underutilised. And of those that already have quite a few scenes, only maybe Barbara has, say, a completed plotline. E.g. we can see that Valerie will have at least one or few scenes (because in the last one (the one with the pink bodysuit) she makes it clear about the next time).

But, even as we examine characters who have already interacted with Alex, such as Ruby/Jane/Amanda/Penelope/Ash, you will notice that they have only a few interactions. And none of them, it seems, is the one after which there is nothing.

And on the other hand, we have Paris/Eveline/twins from beauty centre/nurses or the library girl and so on. Who in case of interactions wich Alex, have nothing so far.

And it is worth noting that in the menu we have highlighted sections such as Red Quarter/Underworld/Sports/Modeling. Which potentially hide as much content as big DLC in games. And each of them, is barely begun.

Because let's be honest. If we take modeling, for example. There are so many potential characters/new locations or events hidden within it that you could literally drag this out for years. Because apart from the single photo events (which are still used to give Alex in unusual circumstances, which looks good when promoting the next parts). Besides, it would be logical (especially if she starts to be a celebrity towards the end of the storyline) to have more serious modelling as a side job/marketing strategy.

By the way, it is strange that we don't have, for example, a nightclub as an available location. And if Alex has musical ambitions, there should be more broadly artistic locations (e.g. theatre/cabaret/art gallery).

 

[Konbawa]

I think the mac version of the game is corrupted. I can't decompress the zip file. I always get an error, whatever the decompressing app I use.

I'm having the same issue, downloaded from every links and tried multiple app with no success. What's missing is a non corrupted librenpython.dylib to get it working on MAC

 

[Badboll]

Think you need at least a swimsuit of some kind and a towel, also depending on your corruption I guess or whatever that skill stat is.

I have every item the game offers, I've been to every place that is accessible. As I've stated, unless I'm supposed to be somewhere at a specific day or time that is not disclosed to me, I can't find anything else to do.

 

[Badboll]

To be honest, there is the potential that we will have, for example, version 0.99.99.9

If you look through the available characters, it is worth noting that the vast majority are underutilised. And of those that already have quite a few scenes, only maybe Barbara has, say, a completed plotline. E.g. we can see that Valerie will have at least one or few scenes (because in the last one (the one with the pink bodysuit) she makes it clear about the next time).

But, even as we examine characters who have already interacted with Alex, such as Ruby/Jane/Amanda/Penelope/Ash, you will notice that they have only a few interactions. And none of them, it seems, is the one after which there is nothing.

And on the other hand, we have Paris/Eveline/twins from beauty centre/nurses or the library girl and so on. Who in case of interactions wich Alex, have nothing so far.

And it is worth noting that in the menu we have highlighted sections such as Red Quarter/Underworld/Sports/Modeling. Which potentially hide as much content as big DLC in games. And each of them, is barely begun.

Because let's be honest. If we take modeling, for example. There are so many potential characters/new locations or events hidden within it that you could literally drag this out for years. Because apart from the single photo events (which are still used to give Alex in unusual circumstances, which looks good when promoting the next parts). Besides, it would be logical (especially if she starts to be a celebrity towards the end of the storyline) to have more serious modelling as a side job/marketing strategy.

By the way, it is strange that we don't have, for example, a nightclub as an available location. And if Alex has musical ambitions, there should be more broadly artistic locations (e.g. theatre/cabaret/art gallery).

This game can easily double the content it already has and still not be close to done.
I did everything I could access in an evening. This game isn't as large as one might assume.
The only stuff I can't do is stuff that is hidden/not told to the player where they have to go do it. It's just "see how things turn out" and no leads to whatever it is I'm supposed to do.

 

[Rohithyash]

I stuck in continue meeting magnus when and where to meet him

 

[Burner_Account_1239]

This game can easily double the content it already has and still not be close to done.
I did everything I could access in an evening. This game isn't as large as one might assume.
The only stuff I can't do is stuff that is hidden/not told to the player where they have to go do it. It's just "see how things turn out" and no leads to whatever it is I'm supposed to do.

Sure, in fact, at first it seems that the game will be huge, because even at the very beginning we have access to more than a dozen characters. But still, it seems that even if we develop the plot paths of all the primary characters to the size between Barbara and Valerie, and the side characters between Penelope and Jane, there is actually still room for new storylines.

For example, you could develop a camgirl path to porn; or a job in a casino to a full-fledged escort (where you could have several changing clients).

But really, the biggest problem is that, despite appearances, it's all quite linear. It would be nice if we could have more decisions like we have now with Fred (and to be honest, I can't think of another case like it).

And as we have Music/Red Quarter/Underworld/Sports/Modeling, then frankly there should be several possible endings. And if you put it all together, it seems there would be not two but at least ten times as much content. And to be able to, get everything passed, you would need several different approaches.

 

[henk1]

The scene with Valerie was nice, but I don't think any of the three bugs I encountered were fixed.

1. Take a selfie with nudists. (I already took the selfie, but still not completed)
2. Go to the cinema with Ruby (Already had a first and second scene here, going back only shows me the first scene again)
3. Talk to Fred. (I'm fairly certain the Fred storyline is already done, as I think I got him and his girl back together, and talking to him does nothing.

Then for completion's sake, there are some things weird with the character screen:

• Alex: The last scene is a lock. That is the scene after the scene with the pink/grey-haired girl with the green lingerie, not sure about her name.
• Snake, Adele: The only scene is a lock, also has the "See how things play out" marker, but there is nothing to do.
• Tanya, Jane, Bonnie, Leo, Margie: Still has a "See how things play out" marker, but nothing to do.
• Fred, Ingrid: As said above, I got them together but the quest still says to talk to them.
• Magnus: No story markers but the last two scenes are Locks.
• Ruby: The second to last scene is a lock. (I assume this is the same issue as the story issue noted above.)

I'm still missing a few playing cards, but since there is already some effort to get all locations for them above I won't reiterate that here.
I'm still missing some achievements. Notably, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 16th, and 20th (last).


Also, since I've already done the last scene I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get the scene of our sister's roommate. I read somewhere further in the thread that someone managed to figure out how to cheat the relationship level up, did this also include seeing the scene somewhere?



Regarding the talk in here about the less linear storyline. I think it's a very neat idea, but it would take a ton more time. Consider how long it took for even the few fully fleshed-out stories that we have now. Anyway, it would be nice, that is for sure.

 

[MWolf55]

I asked before, but still clueless, maybe somebody can help me. I completed all hints and unlocked all galleries, except for those final two, any idea?
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Also this hint is stuck there ever since, but never have an option to tal to the guy.
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The Fred task has to do with getting him clients and helping pick his girlfriend so you can continue to work out and gain strength etc. Talk to him at the gym. Once you talk to him and he asks for clients, you have to get him four (I believe) clients before he is satisfied and it progresses. Barbara, Valerie's boyfriend, Biker guy at the bar (can't remember his name), and can't remember the fourth person. If you get at least those three to join the gym, his story progresses. In the process of moving that forward, you will help pick his girlfriend. Both of those then unlocks him as your trainer in the gym.

Noticed a lot of members asking about different situations they are stuck on. The key is working on all the different tasks; certain tasks will not unlock because you may have stopped or not progressed another task far enough. At times, you will see "see how it goes" as an option in the tasks. That means something else has to happen to start that next step. Just knock out other tasks so that one can then progress. If you don't have any, work on random things and move the time/days forward. At some point that should trigger tasks to pop up and continue. So far with the exception of the one I posted up at top, I have been able to get every task to move forward and completed. The Ruby cinema after you have completed it once is a bug and won't go away; but you would have completed everthing up to the current version. Another key option to help figure out something you need to do is to look in the character menu; sometimes the character menu will give more specific information when the task menu does not.

 

[henk1]

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> The Fred task has to do with getting him clients and helping pick his girlfriend so you can continue to work out and gain strength etc. Talk to him at the gym. Once you talk to him and he asks for clients, you have to get him four (I believe) clients before he is satisfied and it progresses. Barbara, Valerie's boyfriend, Biker guy at the bar (can't remember his name), and can't remember the fourth person. If you get at least those three to join the gym, his story progresses. In the process of moving that forward, you will help pick his girlfriend. Both of those then unlocks him as your trainer in the gym.

Yeah, I did all that already. I even helped him pick his GF, but it's still stuck. That is what I meant with "I'm fairly certain the Fred storyline is already done, as I think I got him and his girl back together,"


> Noticed a lot of members asking about different situations they are stuck on. The key is working on all the different tasks; ... That means something else has to happen to start that next step. Just knock out other tasks ...

As I described, I have already finished every task that I can finish. I didn't exactly say this, but because some of the later tasks like the concerts require a ton of grinding/time-skipping it's safe to say that any task that would be triggered by time passing should have been triggered already.



> The Ruby cinema after you have completed it once is a bug and won't go away; but you would have completed everthing up to the current version.

Yeah, I just hoped that by posting this it would in some way trickle back to the dev that these bugs indeed still exist. I'd say that all three numbered elements I posted above are bugs for sure. I'd say that the ones where it says "See how things play out" are around 80% sure to be bugs, with a 20% possibility that I've missed something. Hence me posting about it here, where maybe someone can tell me what I've overlooked.


> Another key option to help figure out something you need to do is to look in the character menu; sometimes the character menu will give more specific information when the task menu does not.

Exactly, and when I was only left with things I did not understand I listed them here to see if anyone else knew what was up.

 

[zerodead]

How did you get this scene? I have everything person-wise including the new scene with Valerie but I can't figure out how to get this one. If I try to go to her room at night, it's locked. The only thing in my to do list is the Ruby cinema bug and going to Alice's house which ends the game per say. Any help would be appreciated since I normally figure these out.

You can only enter Valeria's room after 3 am, if you complete the webcam event, you can sleep or have fun with her