VN Ren'Py Defending Lydia Collier [v0.17 Beta 1.3] [White Phantom Games]

[Canto Forte]

When rich people own you, they own everything you own, everyone you know.
Lyd owns MC and Ellie simply because they are both working for her.
Where did you all think all those basement caged bodies came from?
People are very much expendable in this game, as even officers of the crown,
agents of her majesty secret service die in heaps and nobody lifts any armed
arms to end the titan killers who have been using Char as a punching bag
and even tried to end Lyd ... while MC has the proof, police has it too,
the special services know it too, yet these Titan blackmailers, sex slaves traffickers,
sex offenders are afforded all these activities on top of guerilla warfare,
dead smack in the center of London ...
al these events are jarring, notwhistanding all the lagal inconsistencies of plot.

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[Tuatha Dé]

I'm having the same bug where i did not choose the Ellie/Lydia path and they never met but the game says they did..

I imagine that the dev has not yet completely modified that part, surely everything will be fine when v0.16 is released, for which there is still a long way to go.

 

[Redplanetblues]

Some of you sure put a lot of thought into what is essentially some escapism.

 

[BigDdave1999]

On a previous playthrough i went with an Ellie route, things were nice and i liked Helena the mother doing her best to prevent her house to crumble under her 3 daughters, she felt like a devoted mother doing her best to keep her house running with the 3 young women around her home.

So the less i can say is that i was really surprised when on a further playthrough i decided to try the Helena route and everything went to hell suddenly with the mother transforming into some kind of degenerate masochist nymphomaniac selling all her daughters without hesitating.

Is this always like this if you try the Helena route or is it possible to get into the relationship with Helena without triggering the "everyone goes insane" situation ?

you don't have to go after the other daughters that she says she will help you with but she's still pretty messed up, she's always been that way even if you don't do her route you just don't see it... well you might have had an idea if you visited her bathroom in the middle of the night...

 

[Dessolos]

On a previous playthrough i went with an Ellie route, things were nice and i liked Helena the mother doing her best to prevent her house to crumble under her 3 daughters, she felt like a devoted mother doing her best to keep her house running with the 3 young women around her home.

So the less i can say is that i was really surprised when on a further playthrough i decided to try the Helena route and everything went to hell suddenly with the mother transforming into some kind of degenerate masochist nymphomaniac selling all her daughters without hesitating.

Is this always like this if you try the Helena route or is it possible to get into the relationship with Helena without triggering the "everyone goes insane" situation ?

I really need to finish a Ellie run then I guess do dark Ellie run to see all of what you mentioned. I kinda dropped Ellie and went to a different save and just did played both Steph paths it seemed like to me Ellie turned into a mean girl against her sisters.

 

[Ziltoid]

Spoiler: That scene

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was everything i was waiting for since i first played this game 3 years ago! I absolutely loved the dialog! the scenes of the game could be a little bit longer tho.

 

[JimmyJazz69]

Bimbo Steph is the best character ever.

 

[Dessolos]

Bimbo Steph is the best character ever.

she is a fun path for sure but I enjoyed non Bimbo Steph more she felt more wholesome to me which I liked.

 

[gelu123]

she is a fun path for sure but I enjoyed non Bimbo Steph more she felt more wholesome to me which I liked.

Plus you can cheat on non bimbo Steph

 

[Dessolos]

Plus you can cheat on non bimbo Steph

haha I didnt try that was more worried about her finding out. While normal steph is hot and overall pretty and somewhat sweet/kind kinda scared if she caught the MC cheating.

 

[lipe2410]

Plus you can cheat on non bimbo Steph

And with Bimbo we can add a hot redhead billionaire without worry with cheating

 

[JiraiyaSennin]

But is the update also the hotfix or is that somewhere else ?

 

[Orgitas]

But is the update also the hotfix or is that somewhere else ?

the hotfix is included in the main download in the OP.

 

[Thermophob]

But is the update also the hotfix or is that somewhere else ?

Hotfix is already applied, both in update only and full download.
Also in compressed version by Sons of Liberty.

 

[janeiro_30]

Any idea on why this game has not been compressed?

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

Any idea on why this game has not been compressed?

It has, I know, because I did it, twice, because of the bugfix, search compressed.....or check post #5,292

 

[janeiro_30]

It has, I know, because I did it, twice, because of the bugfix, search compressed.....or check post #5,292

Mb, perhaps i misspelled 3 times ...I found it after your reply
Well at least i learned how to compress my own .rpa filed game

 

[gelu123]

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Defending Lydia Collier Development Update
Hello everybody,
Apologies for the delay in posting this and the lack of replies if you've messaged me, I have been moving house again the last week which has been a bit chaotic.
Nowhere near as much drama as last time, just had some issues with the landlord not basically doing any of the repairs required for months on end. I had a read through my contract and found the early release clause and broke the tenancy within the 3 months available at the start of my contract before I was stuck there for good. Was a little bit impulsive as I was hoping he'd fix the stuff when I threatened to leave, but he didn't so I just went through with it and moved again.
I didn't have internet until today so that's why I hadn't posted anything. I was expecting to get internet the day I moved in and the transition to be pretty seamless but things never seem to work out as planned.
Rendering hasn't really been delayed by this as the machines were only off for a day or two whilst I physically moved as I don't need the internet to render, so it was just whilst everything was unplugged moving from A to B and I'll be able to catch this up over the weekends.
I'm finishing up the final Tiffany scene now, and then once I've finished this scene I'll be in a position to set a release date which will be in September.
The customs I have queued will also be made very soon, I've been so used to always being online I just keep the requests in the messages, so without the internet I couldn't read them and didn't want to make something based off what I vaguely remember and then miss a specific and need to redo it. Going forwards I'll put them in a Document or Excel sheet incase I ever don't have the internet again. Sorry about that, they're being worked on now and will soon be on the way!
Thanks for all the new and continued support!
WP

 

[Orgitas]

Pesky dodgy landlords.

 

[jd8097619]

Most of the time a Lawyer would never dream about stepping into the investigation like the MC has. They would either hire a Private Detective or hope the Detectives at the local station are of decent quality. Otherwise it would greatly jeopardize the case entire. Given that our MC is supposed to be a decent solicitor. I would imagine he would not go ahead with it himself too. That was the first jarring moment. However we don't really play AVNs for them to be realistic, do we? aha.

Oh sure, but it's so weird how it goes from "suspension of disbelief" levels of writing (certain party names, the fact a lot of background renders are clearly whatever was available that's vaguely "British" etc) that is there to framework otherwise extremely good character beats that make it an adult visual Novel and then you get the Ellie and Vanessa paths that just feel like "porn game".