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

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Ernst Kurz

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Thx for your thoughtful thoughts. ;-) The good news is that most of your points are already listed in the project's backlog. The bad news is that the supermind of this one-man show works in his own realm and isn't the strongest in communication (thus being more productive). But there is a pattern. Changes that seem imperative and are still not being made are connected with makeshifts. Things will then be overhauled from the bottom, e.g. the mood system is now being reworked completely. I have my own doubts about the style of his programming and the huge task before him but we should enjoy the ride as long as possible ...

To the facts:

- "Romeo & Juliet" is kind of first example for diverging orientation, jealous "Juliet" won't allow a real threesome yet, it is also too much for the MC in the moment, quest will continue
- P.hub missing lez: funny since the beginning, but maybe strictly hetero girls from the village don't like to see these perversions ;-) ... backlog proposes to change the categories after changing orientation and certain outcomes in events
- Endurance is listed as "Stamina" and should be counted and shown
- Boxing prob is listed but when comparing with the old game a special facility for fighting is to be expected
- Meeting Alisa has no followup now and is just a giveaway to let the main story breath under the tons of side paths, next step with the group needs a lot of work, music and so on ...
- cigarette problem is listed, it was kind of reintroduced in the actual release, patching the save with the button in the wardrobe seems to help sometimes
- sex stats: yeah, I am also wondering about this "discrimination" because the variable is already in the game, but he added "kissing girls" too, so I assume according to the mentioned law: the whole statistics will change ...
- same for the glory hole: just some repeatable fun activity now, a working glory hole is too early and a big task for one release alone (when expecting Chloe18 ;-)), my impression was that money will come in from other women using it
- don't underestimate gourmet points, they already add a lot to the work power in cafe, casino and as a flyer girl ... but some notification would be nice, I agree
 
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Ernst Kurz said:
I have my own doubts about the style of his programming and the huge task before him but we should enjoy the ride as long as possible ...
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Yeah, I can agree that he is making his life more difficult and tasks more complex than necessary. E.g. statistic sheets are real life stats and he could cut it half and game wouldn't loose anything from current POV.
I'm concerned too that this huge task he put in front of himself can kill the game in way that it will become too much for dev to connect all dots he made, so he'll ultimately abandon game. Hope I'm wrong

I liked your mentioning of Chloe18 'cause I like that game very much. Although this game is visually and technically superior to C18, our dev can learn something from C18 team: they stripped stats to basic 3-4 categories which made devs and players' lives easier.

To the facts:
- "Romeo+Juliet": I can agree that this all can be too much for MC, but not on Juliet's jealousy - she invited MC & offered her BF
- Endurance is listed as "Stamina": OK, it makes sense
- special facility for fighting is to be expected. If facility is introduced just for collecting stats it is again too much work, but if some story related action is connected with, then (y)
- Meeting Alisa: I hope she'll appear again, there should be some role for her later
- glory hole: I agree, it might be too early for Alex.
- don't underestimate gourmet points... THANX

TECH ISSUE: Colours/contrast.
Blue used as main colour for background on saves, inventory, stats... is very nice, but when certain colours are used with that background it makes text of certain colours invisible: see here
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as you can see "Open (8)" is not so visible although it's very magnified. I barely noticed that text on normal display. Why letters are not white or black, yellow...

SAVE/LOAD PAGE

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no pages browsing arrows (<>) no Autosave or Quicksave marks (A / Q) although they all exists. You need to guess where these symbols should be
 
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... I'm concerned too that this huge task he put in front of himself can kill the game in way that it will become too much for dev to connect all dots he made, so he'll ultimately abandon game. Hope I'm wrong
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Nah, he is not a quitter like so many others. He isolated the main and sub paths and has very limited choices in the quests. And he has a blueprint for this game for many years now. I am rather skeptical about his spaghetti code. In the worst case it piles up to an unmanageable mess.

- Fighting facility: I remember an extensive scenario with fighting tournaments but no connection to the main plot. Maybe just a russian fetish. And I remembered too: Hit force may also be developed when doing tennis with Ruby, later, maybe already in the next release.
- Meeting Alisa: Yeah, I think this will end somewhere comfortable.
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... Colours/contrast. There is no text necessary at all I think. I am pretty sure that this will be reworked over and over. The bad colors seem to be derived from a standard color scheme.

... Save/Load screen is kinda annoying, yes. Maybe it is related to the translation. I changed some files for the german translation and some elements showed up afterwards.

CU!

PS: from the game's artbook

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Ernst Kurz said:
Nah, he is not a quitter like so many others. (y) best news so far

- Fighting facility: I remember an extensive scenario with fighting tournaments
due to your images fighting became more interesting

- Meeting Alisa: Yeah, I think this will end somewhere comfortable.
Since we are talking about adult game here, only comfortable ending place is between each others legs :devilish:. Otherwise it would be together on stage. But one is not excluding the other.

... Save/Load screen is kinda annoying, yes. Maybe it is related to the translation. I changed some files for the german translation and some elements showed up afterwards. yeah, but this doesn't help me. if i can make renders and do programming i would have my game :)
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And for the end something I can't solve from the 1st time I played this game:
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thanks
 
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wow, last time I played this was on 1.18, cool to see more content. quick question, how do I get rid of this mood ?
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wow, last time I played this was on 1.18, cool to see more content. quick question, how do I get rid of this mood ? ...
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Antidepressants from the pharmacy help after 6 hours I think. Or waiting for three days. Restart from scratch with a save from 0.18 seems sensible. Too many changes and new events in the beginning.
 
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Ernst Kurz said:
Antidepressants from the pharmacy hekp after 6 hours I think. Or waiting for three days. Restart from scratch with a save from 0.18 seems sensible. Too many changes and new events in the beginning.
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Thanks, in the end it went away on it's own, also man I forgot the money system was this annoying.
I do get an error while working at the casino in which I get an anonymous call, I assume from the Errand Girl missions, but when I pick up it gives me the error screen and I can't ignore it and going back locks me in the phone call.
 
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Thanks, in the end it went away on it's own, also man I forgot the money system was this annoying.
I do get an error while working at the casino in which I get an anonymous call, ...
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Money is tight in this expensive town ... Yeah, the bug is already listed as a blocker. The game is dead when this happens. It is just a missing sprite but won't be solved before next release. Right now there is a workaround only: avoid working in the casino until the call from the Boss came in.
 
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I was looking through the images and saw a lesbo scene between the mc and jane....how do you trigger that scene?
 
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