Ren'Py - Crossing the Lines [W2-D1-2] [Temptales Studio]

This is a great game.

The art is fantastic, it's dynamic, flows very well, no grind, and good fun. It feels a bit short as it stands in W1-D7-1.1.1, so the 5 star rating is also an encouragement to continue on this path.

the game is good, wish there was a virgin or pregnancy element to it, the scenes are drawn well same with the rest of the game too so far, character are gorgeous, hope there are some light hearted elements or maybe some darker ones but other than that i can't think of anything that would make this game better than it already is so five stars 100%.

Okay, quick hot take from someone who got sucked in way longer than planned, Crossing the Lines is one of those early-access VNs that actually feels alive. I went in expecting another “choices matter” game where… they actually don’t. But here? The choices do matter.

You’re Emily, 22, juggling school, money, friends, and way too many tempting situations. The game’s great at making even small decisions shift the vibe of your whole run. Not in the fake “option A or B, same outcome” way, I’m talking actual little forks that change how Emily feels, who she leans on, and what trouble she finds. You can keep her neat and squeaky-clean, or slide her into spicier territory. No “right” path, just whatever you choose, and the consequences that come with it.

The cast is what really hooked me. They’re messy, distinct, and memorable, Vicky and Charlotte stood out right away, and Mrs. Harris/the teacher brings this weirdly tense energy I’m here for. It’s not just stock love interests either, you’ve got friends who might turn into something more, shady types, flings, criminals, and some solid family drama. Everyone feels like they’re pulling Emily in different directions, and the writing doesn’t moralize, so you can really shape her however you want: steady, chaotic, or somewhere in between.

For an alpha, the UI’s surprisingly thoughtful. The phone tracker logs stats, bios, and a “Path” tab so you remember your big choices after a break. There’s a Scene Gallery, visible money HUD, and legit branching with jobs, love interests, cheating routes, morality checks… it already feels like a proper VN, not just a linear story pretending to have choices.

Visually, it’s rocking a clean, expressive 2D art style, which is a nice change from the flood of samey 3D renders. Scenes, wholesome and otherwise, have personality. Sure, a few could use more polish, but the charm’s there. Pacing-wise, yeah, it’s still early days, but updates are frequent and the dev clearly listens.

Right now, my Emily’s run feels completely my own, which is the best thing I can say about a choice-driven game. If they keep this pace, it could easily become one of those sleeper-hit VNs everyone talks about. Until then, I’m just seeing how far I can push Emily without totally wrecking her life… though maybe that’s half the fun.

Thank you, TempTales-Paul, a truly delicious start: interesting characters, kind graphics, zero bug, 100% compatibility with macOS.
I hope you continue like this because your game flows very well and it is very pleasant to play it.
I therefore have a lot of curiosity to see how this story will unfold.

This is a definitely a sleeper hit of game and hopefully have tons of support in the future.

Story: Very interesting as there are tons of direction you can take Emily (MC) to many different direction. Will she be the good and pure girl who strong against all obstacle or will she succumb to her own desires and do immoral actions like being a criminal who sleeps around many people.

Character: Very colorful and diverse cast that will help shape Emily to whoever she be. From your close adoptive family, close friends turn lovers, flings, criminals, and a seductive teacher who loves to play with her slaves, the variety is endless. My personal favorite are Vicky, Charlotte and Mrs. Harris.

Art: Pretty good 2d art and very unique and charming. After pilfering through way too many 3d arts, I like some 2d artwork and its sex scenes. Definitely could need some polishing here and there, but so far, I like it.

Gameplay: Honestly though, this game have tons of branching choices and consequences that that lives up to the VN name. Different LI path, cheating routes, jobs you can take to make money and the morality choices. Plus with the addition of the phone tracker, you can track your stats, paths and relationship points to see where you stand. I will say, its better than 90% of the Ren'py VN I played and that cause most Ren'py VN barely have choices and its just a linear story.

Overall, this game is very fun have tons of potential and I can't wait to see what the game unfold.

Version W1-D6-01

Writing and story are ok. Most of my concentration was on trying to balance working, studying and find something that is not whoring. At this point, there wasn´t much. But this has a great promise to be a good game, if at some point you find a path for the MC that you like. As there seems to be multiple paths planned.

Visually game is meh. Art style is nice, but there is just static characters talking in plain clothes majority of the game. Sex scene, that i did see, were one or two not-that-sexy pictures.

As the paths do progress and get more interesting (if they do) and sex scenes get better (if they do), i could easily see this 4 or 5 star. At this point, there isn´t much to see.

Lots of options and distinct characters. Unique artstyle and pretty consistent updates so far. Hope this one can gain more popularity. I really like the elements of corruption at the female MC's workplaces.

Great game hope it comes to steam when its finished, I like choices, even choose Emily & Charlotte as a couple , and good choices and sex scenes, great game, great game excited for Saturday full day.

Has a lot of promise here. If they keep it up, it could go a long way. Its a bit too short for now to tell though. But from what I can see there's a nice variety of characters already set. I do hope more show up though. And I hope they maintain the art style.

Well, this game is still in early stages, but it is really promising. The visuals are very nice. Great style. The story is intreaguing and the choices make sense. But what I like most of all: you can chose the romantic path freely. You can chase the dudes or do the lesbian path!

Really pretty art and interesting story. I like the choices you can make, and I hope stats will not totally decide the options you will have when the story progresses. I like the romance option, which contains the possibility of betrayal. So many fetishes can be included in the game with the freedom of avoidance. Promising start, hope the best for this project!

A really cool FMC 2d game with cute art. I love that there are multiple paths already and you can have several options. The fact that other characters are having sex with others just makes it more realistic in my opinion.

So far, so bad.

The good:
I really like the art style. Beautiful and unique.

The MC is nice. She looks good and the player has opportunities to shape her to their tastes. So far we couldn't see too much because it's an early version, but what there is is good.

So far the story is simple but enjoyable. Student moves in with her best friend, has to manage her work/studie/love life. Nothing ground breaking, but good nonetheless.

The bad: You play a female cuck.
We have
- the party whore
- the two best friends fucking each other
- "Mother" fucking her "son"
- "Sister" leeching after old guys
- "Brother" that is the biggest arsehole yet
- Cuck "Father" who simps after his "Son"
Some of them are surely LIs, too early to say which ones. Both best friends are, so you already have unavoidable NTR in the game.
The other friend fucks every dick and pussy from the club you can work in, as long as they don't push for commitment.
Not interested in the guy you meet in the club, but since said party girl is instantly all over him, it's obvious where he ends.

At this point there is no point for me to play the game. I have zero interest in any relationship with any of those characters, and can't for the life of me say why the author decided to ruin every single one of them. The most interesting character so far was the teacher, but she has very little content so far. And given the early revelations about everyone else, she's probably married and searches for a cleanup slave.

It is salvageable. Give the player actual interaction.
- Let them flirt with someone BEFORE they fuck half the city.
- If we're in the flat with the best friends, let MC interrupt them BEFORE they fuck all night long.

V4.5 - The stats are a plus, showing that it will have several routes, and having submission as one of the stats opens a door to female/male domination. The AVN, for now, is focusing on stealing other dudes from other girls or being a full-fledged lesbian. The FMC is an official step-something in her family, hard to patch that.

It's a really promising start. The art style is fun and different from most of the games being put out at the moment. A female protag who seems to have actual agency and isn't naive and swept up into corruption is refreshing too. It's also nice to see a game that has attractive male characters and isn't solely focused on making hot women and bland men.

0) Unpretty main character. Art should show more beautiful people than in life, not less.
1) Poor sound work. The sound of the phone in the game made me spill tea all over my dress.
You can't make that ugly, harsh, loud sound. It's also disgusting because it's almost
almost the only sound in the game.
2) Cowardly storytelling. Instead of a normal family, it's that foster parent cliché again,
to raise as much money for Patreon as possible. If I was interested in money,
I'd find something more profitable than making short stories.
3) Mediocre art. The art style is devoid of light and shadow and the correct laws
of color combination. Anatomical proportions don't always look natural. In the era of
DAZ and AI it looks like a sabotage against your own work. A deliberate degradation.
4) Vistagram? Probably the author thinks so highly of himself that he is sure that
NATO will send a DELTA SWAT team to bring him before an international tribunal for a crime
of nightmarish gravity: writing the word Instagram in a porn game. And for the production
pornography (!) won't even be prosecuted.
5) Compulsive lesbianism. The first exit from the house and already available option to choose - lesbian.
In real life, such a delicate relationship requires the most complicated etiquette. You can't just admit,
even to your best friend, that you're a lesbian. The author of this game must be a boy from a non-Western country.
and believes that if politicians promote LGBT, it's normal for ordinary people to be LGBT.
He would be quite surprised to find out how wrong it is.
6) Excessive mechanics. The author seems to think of women as some kind of robots that
have functions - depravity, lust, submissiveness - and these functions have a scale like an
an ancient barometer. This view of women is typical only of teenage boys.
7) The setting is realism, and that's great. Good thing it's not another stinking fantasy.
But that's about it. We don't see a woman's extraordinary fate, we see another typical college girl
with the same boring problems we've seen a thousand times before.

Very good start, good luck to the dev! There was a bit too much narration in the beginning, but it got better as it was day two and beyond. Scene composition could use some work (for example one night stand with a guy from the bar, having sex on the sofa - the entire scene looked a bit off). Hopefully as the game gets more traction and some donations, the author will invest more into the art assets. But so far great stuff! Looking forward for more.

Very promising game with a unique story that can lead to many outcomes, can't wait to see what the dev has us in the future and where the story will lead us into.
The main character is engaging and can be very interesting seeing her achieve her goals or be corrupted

A very good start. I really like 2D games, they have a soul that I find lacking in 3D games, which all look the same. And for once, it's not a manga style.
I feel a vibe of Eva Kiss' games, and I think it's the inspiration even if the game goes out of the track. I really like that even with just this beginning, which is quite short, there are a lot of choices and options.
Even just having different work, each with a storyline, seems great. I hope the content will expand.

I give it 5 to encourage development and I will revise it depending on what happens next.

Far from being bad, but there are some corrections that I think should be made: very little content, at the moment it is closer to being a VN than a standard game (this feeling will probably change with more content), the content that is available would be better if it had some different options, so far everything is very linear.
It is worth testing and I will revisit in the future to see if it has improved, it has potential.