VN Ren'Py Completed City of Broken Dreamers [v1.15.0 Ch. 15] [PhillyGames]

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Hildegardt

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ClockworkGnome said:
Ehh, cyberpunk is a flexible genre. I mean, one of the most popular/well-known cyberpunk settings is one where there's also magic, elves, and dragons.
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I'm not saying that Gloria is necessarily bad as a character and LI. I just think that it's a little disappointing that she doesn't have a battery powered vagina for example.
There's some wasted potential, when pretty much all of the sex scenes could've been in Depraved Awakening, without looking out of place. Kleo and Venus are the only characters that offer "cyber sex".

I get your Shadowrun reference and I can see that high fantasy elements in a cyberpunk setting are a matter of taste. I also think that the mutants look the way they do (with sexy horns and stuff), because those are the limited assets Phillygames are working with. So I'm willing excuse that.
But I also think that it would have been great and more immersive, if the sex scenes were more connected to the setting. You know, things like cyber sex in the matrix, virtual reality, prosthetic limbs and toys, hacking into brains and sharing bodies, more cyborgs and androids and AI in general. Why else would you put a porn game in a cyberpunk setting?
 
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I've just started the game, I'm playing with the walkthrough and cheatmods. Whenever I get to the choosing someone for the party the game breaks and tells me there's missing files.
 
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Hildegardt said:
Why else would you put a porn game in a cyberpunk setting?
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Because you want to tell a futuristic noir story in a world of megacorporations and cool tech, and you've already established yourself as a porn/adult game developer?

I can see the appeal of exotic scenes that show off the full capabilities of a setting in which the meat is optional and tech is king. On the other hand, for the most part I think that's going to be a somewhat niche kink for a lot of people, so it wouldn't really be broadening the audience to focus heavily on it. Plus, it probably would take away from the noir flavor of most relationships to some degree, which is probably a large part of why the dev's not overly interested in exploring that angle. That being said, there've been at least a few nods in that direction as well.
 
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Wonko_the_Sane* said:
Oh, well, as far as game expectations are concerned, what is appealing for some people is a deterrent for others.
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Of course you're deterred, if you expect to not like something. But how is that relevant? Wouldn't you just never touch a game, if you expect to not like it?
Should all porn games be genreless to please as many patrons as possible? Would you put a game in a post-apocalyptic setting, but then never have any tragedies, because that would kill your patron's vibe and make them unsub?

ClockworkGnome said:
Because you want to tell a futuristic noir story in a world of megacorporations and cool tech, and you've already established yourself as a porn/adult game developer?
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But wouldn't it be nice, if the sex scenes weren't tacked on, but followed the theme of the rest of the game. This would showcase artistic vision and skill.

ClockworkGnome said:
I can see the appeal of exotic scenes that show off the full capabilities of a setting in which the meat is optional and tech is king. On the other hand, for the most part I think that's going to be a somewhat niche kink for a lot of people, so it wouldn't really be broadening the audience to focus heavily on it. Plus, it probably would take away from the noir flavor of most relationships to some degree, which is probably a large part of why the dev's not overly interested in exploring that angle. That being said, there've been at least a few nods in that direction as well.
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I don't think sexy cyber girls are all that niche and cyberpunk is pretty popular in general. Noir detective stories are also a staple of the genre. The noir style of the game shows that Phillygames has the knowledge and skill to handle cyberpunk. It's just the sex scene that are a little lacking in that regard imo.
 
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It is funny see how I should agree with everything you have written, because I don't really love the use of psychic powers and mutants to put in a sci-fy story some fantasy contents. But in the end I can only disagree with everything you are writing, because I think you are missing the point: the people plays this game because Phillygames is one of the best developer (if not the best) in this site and he was able to create a setting for this game so coherent, that the story doesn't has any weak point and practically all the gamers are happy for what they are playing.
Maybe some gamers aren't happy because they have a more orthodox vision of the genre or because they have some specific kinks (me no), but this his the Phillygames game and he has all the rights to decide what story tell, what setting use and what contents put in it; exactly like we have all the right to decide to play his games or not, to support him or not.
 
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RebelliousKnightMordred said:
I've just started the game, I'm playing with the walkthrough and cheatmods. Whenever I get to the choosing someone for the party the game breaks and tells me there's missing files.
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Hm... Two questions:
1. You said 'cheatmods'. Are you using several mods? Because I usually don't recommend that.
2. Which download site did you use? It could be that there's an incomplete version somewhere.
 
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You cannot have shades and darkness in sex scenes ... you will miss all the action.
Hildegardt said:
Of course you're deterred, if you expect to not like something. But how is that relevant? Wouldn't you just never touch a game, if you expect to not like it?
Should all porn games be genreless to please as many patrons as possible? Would you put a game in a post-apocalyptic setting, but then never have any tragedies, because that would kill your patron's vibe and make them unsub?


But wouldn't it be nice, if the sex scenes weren't tacked on, but followed the theme of the rest of the game. This would showcase artistic vision and skill.


I don't think sexy cyber girls are all that niche and cyberpunk is pretty popular in general. Noir detective stories are also a staple of the genre. The noir style of the game shows that Phillygames has the knowledge and skill to handle cyberpunk. It's just the sex scene that are a little lacking in that regard imo.
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Nevrius said:
Hm... Two questions:
1. You said 'cheatmods'. Are you using several mods? Because I usually don't recommend that.
2. Which download site did you use? It could be that there's an incomplete version somewhere.
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Right no its just the one cheatmod and the scrappy walkthrough mod that's compatible with it. As for downloads I used the torrent.
 
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RebelliousKnightMordred said:
Right no its just the one cheatmod and the scrappy walkthrough mod that's compatible with it. As for downloads I used the torrent.
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I would be very helpful if you could share the error you're getting.
(btw, the cheatmod will not cause such issue, the walkthroughmod could (because is changes gamefiles))
 
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0x52 said:
I would be very helpful if you could share the error you're getting.
(btw, the cheatmod will not cause such issue, the walkthroughmod could (because is changes gamefiles))
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```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in script
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in <module>
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
NameError: name 'EP2_party_vic' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in script
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1807, in execute
if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1961, in py_eval
return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals)
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1954, in py_eval_bytecode
return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in <module>
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
NameError: name 'EP2_party_vic' is not defined

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.2.2.491
The City of Broken Dreamers 1.10.1
Wed Nov 24 19:20:30 2021
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This is the error, it happens regardless of who I choose for the party.
 
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RebelliousKnightMordred said:
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in script
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in <module>
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
NameError: name 'EP2_party_vic' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in script
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1807, in execute
if renpy.python.py_eval(condition):
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1961, in py_eval
return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals)
File "G:\Games\Certain Games\Broken Dreamers\BrokenDreamers-1.10.1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1954, in py_eval_bytecode
return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/chapter2/ch2before.rpy", line 74, in <module>
if "ch2choosevic" in extraevents and EP2_party_vic==False:
NameError: name 'EP2_party_vic' is not defined

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.2.2.491
The City of Broken Dreamers 1.10.1
Wed Nov 24 19:20:30 2021
```
This is the error, it happens regardless of who I choose for the party.
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This is caused by the walkthrough mod. This was first reported almost 2 years ago, see this post.
 
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