VN Ren'Py City vs Corp [Development Thread]

[Gray Warden]

City vs Corp
(Development Thread)

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Introduction

Hey F95zoners.
I’m here to tell you a little bit about my first AVN project.

I've been involved in the online hentai scene for pretty much my entire adult life—whether it was translating/editing doujins or building sites for reading them. I’ve been on this grind since 2011.
Outside of that, I’ve always been a gamer and constantly flirted with the idea of creating my own game, but the complexity of doing it without knowing how to code or draw always scared me off.

Since writing is my strong suit, I decided to take what I know about storytelling, mix it with the little bit of Daz3D knowledge I have (very little, honestly), and fuse it all together with Ren'Py.

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The Game

Since this is my first title, I wanted to start small: something short that would allow me to deep dive into learning Ren'Py and Daz3D. Having recently played Katawa Shoujo, I planned something similar regarding the "Girl Routes."

Synopsis:
The MC arrives in a small town that is being subtly threatened by a massive Corporation. Depending on which Girl's Route you choose to pursue, the story will tackle this "Town vs. Corporation" conflict in a different (and likely unique) way.

Visual Style:
The game won't be full 3DCG scene rendering because, frankly, my GPU isn't beefy enough to render full scenes for every interaction. For that reason, I chose the classic Visual Novel dialogue system with character sprites on screen during conversations.

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The Girls

I initially planned for 5 Main Girls, but while writing the rough draft of the script, 2 more popped up. However, let's leave those two aside for now and focus on the main cast:

Spoiler: The Hacker

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Spoiler: Mia Marsh (The Mayor)

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Spoiler: Nora Shaw (The Boxer)

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Spoiler: Lena Vance (The Community Mom)

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Spoiler: Riley West (The Exec)

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The Lewd Stuff

Obviously, each Route you pick will lead to a different kind of relationship, as all the girls have their own distinct personalities and tastes.
For now, the plan is strictly individual relationships between the MC and the girl whose route you choose. However, if the game is well-received, I don't see any problem with adding threesomes or even a harem route down the line (provided it fits properly into the plot, of course).

Some genres that have already been confirmed:
[Male Protagonist] - [Femdom(who can guess which route will involve Femdom?)] - [Oral Sex] - [Handjob] - [Vaginal Sex] - [Anal]

Some genres that may appear in the future:
[NTR-Cheating(A secondary character is married, so it's entirely optional for those starting that character's route)]

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Development Status

I have the first route pretty much ready, so I'm aiming to release in December 2025.
I will be bringing more weekly info via devlogs on my

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and through replies in this thread.

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[labbu]

what is The MC Nolan cocksize can u tell us

 

[Gray Warden]

what is The MC Nolan cocksize can u tell us

Medium size, I think
I tried to make it a size that wasn't too small but also wouldn't overwhelm the girls.
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These first few devlogs are going to be pretty frequent, but after that, I plan to settle into a weekly schedule.

In the last post, I briefly went over the game and promised I’d introduce the girls in this one, so here they are.

Iris, the Hacker



Iris is a reclusive hacker. She almost never leaves the house, is super shy, and her hobby is watching softporn

Mia, the Mayor




Mia has to keep up a tough exterior since she's the town mayor. But behind closed doors, she tends to be quite dominant.

Nora, the Hothead




She owns the local gym and is itching to kick the Corporation out of town by force.

Lena, the Community Mom




Unlike Nora, she believes that to save the city, she needs to unite the community. The MILF choice ‍

Riley, the Enemy of the City



Sent to be the spokesperson for the Corporation, Riley is seen as Public Enemy No. 1 in town.

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A bit more about the gameplay:

The game is going to be a conventional AVN: the MC narrating events and his thoughts while interacting with characters in the scene. One design choice I made was not to fully show the MC's face. We'll only see parts of his face or a POV shot in certain CGs. Honestly, I find most 3D male models pretty ugly, so that was the main reason for this approach.

The game won't have choices that lead to major branching paths or anything like that. The only choices will be the ones that determine which girl's route you start. Inside those routes, there will be choices leading to either a good or bad ending.

Flow and Writing

For the writing, I went with a more direct style:

• No endless internal monologues: The MC won't be overthinking everything. One thing that really annoys me in VNs is when the MC gets too bogged down in his own head.
• Direct narration: Since the MC narrates from his POV, I chose a punchier writing style. If he says "the grass is green," that's the description. I don't need 3 paragraphs describing just how green it is.
• Pacing: Because of those two points, I believe the game's pacing will be quite fast. But that's something I can adjust based on player feedback if it feels too fast.

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That’s it for today. Since I haven't finished editing the UI yet, I don't have any in-game previews just yet.

Just a reminder that the first route release is scheduled for sometime this December.

 

[MagicMan753]

Looks good, off first impressions, Iris, haven't seen, full face really, but looks cute and I really love Mia cauae big fan of femdom. Hopefully it can get a bit intense with various kinks.

I think my one issue is saying only choices is route start and deciding good and evil. I feel that may feel a bit kinetic. Would love some other choices at times, like flavor choices, like say this or that, or do this action or this action. I just like to feel immersed and part of story, not feel like I am just reading a book. Just my thoughts.

But looks solid either way. Keep up good work.

 

[Gray Warden]

Looks good, off first impressions, Iris, haven't seen, full face really, but looks cute and I really love Mia cauae big fan of femdom. Hopefully it can get a bit intense with various kinks.

I confess that I like Mia quite a lot too.

I think my one issue is saying only choices is route start and deciding good and evil. I feel that may feel a bit kinetic. Would love some other choices at times, like flavor choices, like say this or that, or do this action or this action. I just like to feel immersed and part of story, not feel like I am just reading a book. Just my thoughts.

I'm also a big fan of "mainstream" games with choices. But let's be honest, most of the choices in those games are placebos. You can even choose to say something during a dialogue, tell someone to fuck off for example, they'll react negatively in their next line, but that's it.

I believe the best thing to do with choices is to make the characters remember them, and I believe that doing that would require more work in development. For this first project I want to keep the scope small, but in the next one I plan to give players a lot more freedom.

For this first route, which is almost ready, there are 2 "bad" endings and 1 good ending, so I believe that even with these 3 choices, it will still leave the player with the feeling that they made their own choices during the game.

Thank you for your comment.