VN Ren'Py Chronicles of Kartoba [Prologue P2 Fix] [SinisterSlick Games]

[The_Man_With_No_Name]

Was on board till the forced sex scene, I get it, push the story forward or whatever. but didn't gel well with me. That, on top of the MC not really pushing back against them much; made me not really care about the story. Every time he seems like he's going to get upset, he immediately becomes docile. Vampire powers or whatever I guess. because of MC just accepting stuff, I found myself disliking everyone after that. kinda only cared about the chick he lived with at the end.

I'm not a fan in general of the obligatory first update sex scene since it almost always feels contrived. But then, I'm not really a fan of MC starting the game already in a relationship so after getting over that being the case in this game with Monica, the Claire thing didn't bother me as much. But yeah, I agree sex off the bat with no prompt isn't a great way of doing it. Especially after establishing that MC is in a relationship.

For the whole MC no fighting back much; when he wakes up he gets pretty resistant to Marcus. You can even try to stab him. After that, the mc still is a bit defiant talking to Hadrian, but I think he realizes that aggression isn't the best play in that moment. As for why he didn't fight back during the sex thing-

This situation is truly idiotic; I don't quite understand how it can be discussed seriously.
- If mc were human, everything would be work more or less , BUT mc is a highborn vampire, he should be immune to suggestion and vampire charm, especially from lower-born creatures. Consequently, he couldn't have been forced into sex without it, but that completely ruins the narrative arc.

I also completely fail to understand the author's absurd plot device with some secret elixir that somehow awakens a vampire. Why the hell awaken him if he's already a vampire from birth?

I think what the dev was going for was that he indeed does have some resistance to suggestion, but not immunity since he wasn't "awakened", or maybe he does have immunity normally. In any case,I think a lot of his caving in was due to the elixir weakening his strength as it worked through his body.

As for why an elixir would even be needed, I think the thought is that Vampiric features don't manifest until later in a persons development. Of course, that doesn't explain then why Monica is already awakened if they are around the same age. The only major plot problem that's hard to really be worked around.

 

[RoadWulf]

This situation is truly idiotic; I don't quite understand how it can be discussed seriously.
- If mc were human, everything would be work more or less , BUT mc is a highborn vampire, he should be immune to suggestion and vampire charm, especially from lower-born creatures. Consequently, he couldn't have been forced into sex without it, but that completely ruins the narrative arc.

I also completely fail to understand the author's absurd plot device with some secret elixir that somehow awakens a vampire. Why the hell awaken him if he's already a vampire from birth?

Yes, he's powerful, but he's also inexperienced and has no ability to control his power or recognize that power being used against him. He has no experience resisting that power either, so how exactly would he know how to do it? Do you expect a vampire hours old to be able to beat someone who is probably several decades older than him? Especially when he doesn't even know anything has changed or that he has power to draw upon?

 

[GrassButGreen]

Khar-toba? is the dev a Homeworld fan?

 

[EF.Sora]

I was looking at the preview images and something seemed off about the renders but AI ehancement explains it, and looking at the hairs and the "washed" faces (if it makes sense) the AI angle makes even more sense. Im not fond of AI stuff and "ai cg" is on my ignored tag list.

Same, it's pretty bad in the first couple renders (at least to me), but they become less apparent later on.

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If MC wasn't in a relationship it wouldn't have bothered me either, but he was, so to me that was just for drama. Now because of that forced pregnancy in the story, this character, I don't know nor like will be important.

The trying to stab Marcus thing is part of the reason I said he starts to get upset then just stops. Like later Marcus was making jokes or something then MC says something along the lines of 'I'm glad you find this funny' then Marcus says 'blah blah family died' and MC is immediately like "I'm sorry." right after all this life changing things happened. I don't want to play an evil character, but in this specific scenario or moment in the story; I'd play the MC as angry. Need to give me a reason to like the characters, and I don't like Marcus, because he's with Leisure Suit Larry, and I don't like him the most.

For clarity I'll just say I don't mean physically fight back, dude's weak. I mean verbally. At the table, a "Fuck you people" would've gone a long way. They used him and forced him to do something he didn't want to. If that leads to a game over then cool, let it lead to one. It would have given me an out too, because I would've stopped reading. but Vamp suggestion/influence I guess. Since I read through the entire thing I might just read the next update not because I care about the story, just to see what they do.

But I get what you mean. I just read through similar stories where the MC should be upset but isn't, then later they add a 'it's her power keeping him from being upset' type thing. lol it's a me thing and I'm rambling.

 

[Stryyder]

A Vampire story. I am in. Well, as long as it's not a Twilight rip off. Since it's Sci-Fi Vampire, I am suspending ethics and morality and going with the flow. That, and the time with Clair was terrific. If she were the main LI in another game, I'd follow her to the ends of the earth. I am at the point where MC is about to chat with Hadrian, so I'll learn more about the game. But I dig the visuals and animation and renders.

Okay, I finished the Prologue chapters. I am enjoying it so far, although I wish the creator would have done more of the story before releasing what was released. I hate short beginnings. I really do like the renderings and animation. And for me, the story makes sense. After the chat with Hadrian, of course I jumped at the chance to jump Monica. Well worth the jump. We know that Clair is pregnant, but did Monica tell the truth about her BC? Will there be another lil Kaiden running around in 9 months??? Or however long it takes for a vampire to produce off spring. Also, I thought that in vampire lore, they couldn't bear offspring? Or am I mistaken???

I hope the next chapter is at least twice as long as the prologue. I'll give the story a 4/5 for now.

 

[Stryyder]

Why does this game have an incest tag if MC's parents are dead?

Now we are asking the real questions.

 

[N0madS0uL]

Pretty impressive game, written well, though I must say, not being a astrophysicist, I find it highly unlikely that a planet/moon or celestial object like in this game, so close to "Earth" or whatever the MC planet is called, would even exist. There is this thing called gravity...maybe shrink that fucker down a bit to keep the world in line with or at least somewhat with, what we call physics

 

[Juerhullycin]

If the devs intention was for us to dislike the whole bunch, he did a pretty damn good job.

 

[BOZZU]

Here's my compressed Unofficial Android Port of "Chronicles of Kartoba" Prologue - Part 2 Bugfix:

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APK size: 212 MB

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[Newhell]

I started translating the game into Russian.

Взял историю на перевод на русский.

 

[Caryland]

Is the AI tag missing? It looks like the images are "enhanced" by AI.

100%. I played like 20 minutes or so and it kept bugging me, but yeah, definitely AI. The characters just pop too much, look a little to realistic.

 

[Andreas013]

Here's my compressed Unofficial Android Port of "Chronicles of Kartoba" Prologue - Part 2 Bugfix:

Mods: my own Gallery Unlocker

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APK size: 212 MB

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thank you for the mod

 

[BOZZU]

Here's my compressed Unofficial Android Port of "Chronicles of Kartoba" Prologue - Part 2 Bugfix:

Mods: my own Gallery Unlocker

Download:

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APK size: 212 MB

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Added Gallery Unlocker for PC.​

 

[Graff koo2]

leaving this here, game looks promising

 

[Adequately Caffeinated]

leaving this here, game looks promising

If this is because you want to follow the game, you can just click watch in the top right corner.

 

[HunterSeeker]

Oh look. Another poorly written fake incest game.

 

[Lurcher1]

Chapter 1 Progress


Hey everyone,

We’ve officially hit the halfway point of this 3 month development cycle, and things continue to move along smoothly.

Current Progress:

• Script: ✅ 100%
• Static Renders: 65% (Game ready)
• Animation Renders: 0%
• Code: 20%
• Audio: 0%

Here’s what’s been happening since the last update two weeks ago:

NoctisVex finished up the couple of scenes he’s been working on and has jumped into post-production. He’s also laid out the next batch of animations, most of the keyframes and timings are done, and polish work is about to begin. If all goes as planned, animation rendering should kick off right around the time of the next update, if not sooner.

I (LucidVice) wrapped up three new scenes, two are completely game-ready, and the last one is heading into post-production in the next couple of days. Once that’s done, I’ll be moving on to the extra scenes we’ve got planned for this update. I’m now confident I’ll have them ready in time for the next release.

Starting with the next dev report, I’ll also be adding a new progress tracker so you can easily follow along with how those extra scenes are coming together.

Thanks again for all the support and patience, we’re getting closer, and we're really happy with how it’s shaping up!

The next update’s just two weeks out, and we’ll have some preview shots to go along with it for the Sextus tier.

That’s it for this update! Until next time, take care everyone!

 

[Newhell]

The translation to Russian is ready, and now I can enjoy the game.