Ren'Py Come Home [v8.18.5 Premium] [R.J. Rhodes]

[Deleted member 2744688]

I think with infinite time, most devs would be happy to add more choices. I know I would. Sometimes you just run out of time though. Every choice is more hours of work.

I choose to put updates out as rapidly as I'm able to (updating about every 3 months), giving as much choice as I can in the time that I set for myself. I can always go back later and add more choices, and I promise you I will. But I can't always squeeze them in immediately, even though I work every day very hard.

I'm listening though. But if I don't implement a choice, it's not necessarily because I don't want to.

 

[monk456]

Honestly, with the amount of choices already provided, asking for more feels really entitled. I hope that at least they're patrons. It's simple:

Every choice is more hours of work.

I'm not advocating for RJ to not listen to feedback, but every sugestion has to be measured against RJ's vision, and that needs to be priority, because it's their game after all. Changing or adding paths everytime someone complains would be a perfect recipe for an unfinished game

 

[Remembrance]

I think with infinite time, most devs would be happy to add more choices. I know I would. Sometimes you just run out of time though. Every choice is more hours of work.

I choose to put updates out as rapidly as I'm able to (updating about every 3 months), giving as much choice as I can in the time that I set for myself. I can always go back later and add more choices, and I promise you I will. But I can't always squeeze them in immediately, even though I work every day very hard.

I'm listening though. But if I don't implement a choice, it's not necessarily because I don't want to.

Yeah. Whole paths would take even more time. I only suggested for Adrian cause she & bai are the only trans & male characters in the game, while for the rest you can just go away & go pursue other girls that fit your taste (for example I disabled Mills)

But sometimes choices can be given without extra content. For example, game1 gives choice "yes(sex)" & follows up with fellatio, cunnilingus, vaginal & anal. Game2 gives a choice before each act, so you can just go fellatio & anal & be done with it.

Then there's the 1 picture diff choices like where to cum. Try to squeeze as much text as possible with only 1 picture differing. Like in that mi-cha finger/lick choice you could just have a still pic for each choice before converging into a embrace scene. Ofc quality probably suffer a bit compared to how it is now. Have to find a balance there.
As you get more experience you will probably find more ways to give choices without increasing the workload.

Anyway, I think the game does pretty well in terms of choices most of the times already.
Even with my weird preferences I only encountered mandatory cunnilingus in that Dana scene so far. Ofc anyone with a problem with blowjobs would be fucked, but that's even weirder preference I think

With 20 LI this is a big project, take your time. Just jot down the ideas you want to implement & slowly do it on your own time. Better a good game over time than a shitty one right now ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Ps: "Most devs" of good games you mean. There's so many games where you get the game1(from the example) treatment.

 

[Remembrance]

Honestly, with the amount of choices already provided, asking for more feels really entitled. I hope that at least they're patrons. It's simple:

I'm not advocating for RJ to not listen to feedback, but every sugestion has to be measured against RJ's vision, and that needs to be priority, because it's their game after all. Changing or adding paths everytime someone complains would be a perfect recipe for an unfinished game

I only brought up adrian cause she's the only trans character. Same with bai. With the others each girl is a path with different types of content in itself ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯
Also complains & suggestions are different things altogether. I only made a suggestion after seeing the dev already contemplating giving a different way to get to the adrian12 scene.
Most devs can handle feedback & suggestions without losing their 'vision' don't worry.

 

[Remembrance]

I wish more porn game Devs understood this, especially when it comes to the money shot.
I hate facials, I find them gross and disrespectful. If a game has too many forced facials, I'm out.
I'm a huge fan of cream pies, they just seem primal and intimate at the same time.
I understand not everyone shares my views, but a lot of Devs have the way they like it to end, and every sex scene ends that way.
Player choice in these small things, is what makes good games great.

This game serms to do well in that regard though.
These choices don't take much time anyway, compared to choices about whole scenes. 1-2 renders diff can do it.
I remember this game where the dev would overlay a small cumshot pic wherever you chose to cum (on your face, dripping from the mouth or pussy, on the back or chest.) It looked silly sometimes, but I appreciated the dev trying to give more choices without increasing their workload. Was not a great game, but I remember this small detail still

 

[Remembrance]

I agree. I also see that the game has 20 LIs, new content for each LI each update, and branching their content even more means more renders, means more time between updates. I guess it's only feasible up to a point when you make your own game by yourself.
Maybe RJ's next game will have more branching and options, who knows.

Not really. You have to understand that in this game the girls themselves are the branches. Like Mills is the femdom path, McGee is the cuckold path, etc. I only brought up Adrian cause she's the only trans character. It'd be nice to have more than one way to continue with her.
It'd be unrealistic for all 20 LI to have branching paths.
But then again it'd be fun if that actually ended up happening. I'd be able pursue Mills if she got an alternative sub path, lol
But very unlikely. I'll just hope for more options for Adrian, nothing more

 

[Deleted member 2744688]

I'd be able pursue Mills if she got an alternative sub path, lol
But very unlikely.

 

[cxx]

yea mrs mills is very submissive now.

 

[Remembrance]

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My 'giving oral' distaste comes originally from it's D/s interpretation (which isn't universal, I know, but that's my preference, not gonna apologise for it.)
So going through scene 9, which is a D/s themed oral interaction on the sub side, is not for me, no way.
But, given the payoff of millsswitch & millsdominant in the coming updates, I might just mod the scene to get through it.
Rest of the act sub till you turn the tables content doesn't bother me as much since it's more grumpy boss being inappropriate than anything truly D/s.
Nice job flagging it before scene12 though as that's were many would have balked

Small suggestion, if you're going to branch to a path complete opposite to the original path like this, please give hints in the early game. Scene1 choices only have you accepting or rejecting the Femdom with choice 2 turning off her path ($ millsattraction = False). I took it as a sign & didn't bother to turn it back on.
Maybe change that into 3 choices where 1 says being dominated is hot, 2 says you hope to be able to dominate her someday, while 3 turns the attraction False.

But I really didn't expect someone to have a branch in a 20 LI story. You have my respect.
And my hopes for a anal focused Adrian alternative path increases...

PS: marriagematters variable is forgotten or will it have any effect later on? The only cucold scenes with McGee seem to be with consent, though I guess Mills, Gertude are all married...

 

[Grimtown]

though I guess Mills, Gertude are all married...

Mills isn't.

 

[matschbirne]

it's time for a defeat mrs.mills

 

[Grimtown]

it's time for a defeat mrs.mills

Objection... my child!

 

[matschbirne]

mrs. mills always has to wait her turn before i finish the new update, so it seems like i'm in charge already

 

[Remembrance]

Mills isn't. 1665870684804.png

Yeah, I never went past scene 1 when not liking femdom choice turned the attraction flag to false. Nice work on all those screenshots & edits tho. That's dedication lol. I would've just copied the script

 

[Remembrance]

Wondering if there is a sub option in the game aside from turning the table on Mills?

I thought Mi-cha looked like a good option with the "Micha likes to be told what to do" title, but that might just be for building up into "Do what you want, not what others tell you" plot.

I thought she had potential tho. Here is a edited script of her last scene:

"She looks at me, intense pleasure covering her face, her eyes pleading."
mc "Can I... cum, please?"
pc "You want to cum?"
mc "Yes, [pcname]. Can I?"
pc "Maybe if you keep asking."
mc "Ohhh, please [pcname] let me cum."
pc "..."
mc "Ahhh, I really need to. Can I?"
pc "Can I what Mi-Cha?"
mc " Ahh, Can I cum... please? Please [pcname], make me cum!"
pc "Okay baby, since you were so convincing. You can cum now."
"[pcname] finally speeds up to push her over the edge, as all the teasing on the edge makes her cum all the more explosively"
scene micha 12-21
with dissolve
"She collapses against me as her body trembles.

Like I said, so much potential
I generally like the shy girl content & Micha is pretty well done with her pacing(which I think is most important for this type of content)
Good job That was a nice path.

 

[michelazzo]

question: do you think it would be cool if the developer officially said who are the inspirations for the game characters? to me it would add a layer!

 

[cxx]

question: do you think it would be cool if the developer officially said who are the inspirations for the game characters? to me it would add a layer!

prolly none.

 

[Deleted member 2744688]

question: do you think it would be cool if the developer officially said who are the inspirations for the game characters? to me it would add a layer!

Hm. Most are just inspired by me or my friends, not necessarily by any other character, but there are some inspirations I guess.

Suzy and Tammy are partially inspired by my sister and her relationship with her best friend. Kendra is also inspired by my sister, though Kendra's attitude is more me. Jez is sort of inspired by Renee Montoya and some by that cop on Altered Carbon. Dana is mostly me, but her relationship with her fiance is inspired by this girl I used to work with. Mari is me, but the tragedy with her parents is inspired by a news story I read about an accident where a girl lost literally her whole family. Reba is pretty much just me, except the meth. Adrian was a little inspired by Eve in Summertime Saga, I guess. In that I wanted a cool transgender girl in the game. I think I went different enough with it though.

I think that's pretty much all the inspirations. Mostly the characters are just starting with an idea and then expanding based on the story i want to tell and my personal life experiences.

EDIT: Oh! Jamie's past relationship with the MC is based almost entirely on my personal experience and a relationship I had in high school.

 

[TwoSeven13]

Hm. Most are just inspired by me or my friends, not necessarily by any other character, but there are some inspirations I guess.

Suzy and Tammy are partially inspired by my sister and her relationship with her best friend. Kendra is also inspired by my sister, though Kendra's attitude is more me. Jez is sort of inspired by Renee Montoya and some by that cop on Altered Carbon. Dana is mostly me, but her relationship with her fiance is inspired by this girl I used to work with. Mari is me, but the tragedy with her parents is inspired by a news story I read about an accident where a girl lost literally her whole family. Reba is pretty much just me, except the meth. Adrian was a little inspired by Eve in Summertime Saga, I guess. In that I wanted a cool transgender girl in the game. I think I went different enough with it though.

I think that's pretty much all the inspirations. Mostly the characters are just starting with an idea and then expanding based on the story i want to tell and my personal life experiences.

EDIT: Oh! Jamie's past relationship with the MC is based almost entirely on my personal experience and a relationship I had in high school.

Thats really cool of you to share and lay all of that out.

 

[ogr blanc]

hey, quick question, is the relationship with adrian still locked behind you going down on them? if not, are there plans to allow players to keep progressing with them without having to do it?