Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.17.1.2 2024-12-30] [Zetan]

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wildride69 said:
Dev log 20.10.2024
"Sigh... Fine. But try to stay professional about it..."
Hope you had a nice week! The recap of this week is pretty simple, I put all the time into the continued Pepper content that is available after the new mutant mission and I almost completed it. With over 130 renders you will get multiple stages of content, and this time, she will have to use more than her hands to get your DNA...
Next week I want to focus on other small scenes and possibly zipping the content tie a bit more. I want to get the update ready for November, and there is still a lot left to be done, but I'm positive.
Render progress:
Mutant's quest II: 95%
Pepper's lab: 90%
Repeatable events:
- Sparring with Shani: 60%
- Igor repeatable visit: 10%
- Raider throne room repeatables: 5%
- Mutants repeatable sex events: 0%
Reworks (& folder names):
Shani's first adventure (d2e): 100%
Back from the pyramid: (d2f): 0%
Ivy's test; mistreated slave (d3b): 20%
Shani and MC in old Cairo (d3c): 10%
Emilia's introduction (d3d): 0%
Kyra in basement (d4a): 100%
Ain's attempted kidnapping (d4b): 20%
Discovering the mutants (d5b): 100%
First trip to Adira w/ Kyra (d5c): 95%
Queen roasts kidnapper (d5d): 10%
Kateryna & Igor first visit: 100%
Abrax' introduction: 30%
Showing Kateryna the city (d6a): 100%
First Asani visit (d6b): 30%
Complete code rework: 10%
UI improvement: 0%
Animations (including new ones in reworks): 15%
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Not a fan of the focusing on Dr.Pepper could we get more focus on Taco Bell's Baja Blast instead?
 
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Jericho85

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wildride69 said:
Dev log 20.10.2024
"Sigh... Fine. But try to stay professional about it..."
Hope you had a nice week! The recap of this week is pretty simple, I put all the time into the continued Pepper content that is available after the new mutant mission and I almost completed it. With over 130 renders you will get multiple stages of content, and this time, she will have to use more than her hands to get your DNA...
Next week I want to focus on other small scenes and possibly zipping the content tie a bit more. I want to get the update ready for November, and there is still a lot left to be done, but I'm positive.
Render progress:
Mutant's quest II: 95%
Pepper's lab: 90%
Repeatable events:
- Sparring with Shani: 60%
- Igor repeatable visit: 10%
- Raider throne room repeatables: 5%
- Mutants repeatable sex events: 0%
Reworks (& folder names):
Shani's first adventure (d2e): 100%
Back from the pyramid: (d2f): 0%
Ivy's test; mistreated slave (d3b): 20%
Shani and MC in old Cairo (d3c): 10%
Emilia's introduction (d3d): 0%
Kyra in basement (d4a): 100%
Ain's attempted kidnapping (d4b): 20%
Discovering the mutants (d5b): 100%
First trip to Adira w/ Kyra (d5c): 95%
Queen roasts kidnapper (d5d): 10%
Kateryna & Igor first visit: 100%
Abrax' introduction: 30%
Showing Kateryna the city (d6a): 100%
First Asani visit (d6b): 30%
Complete code rework: 10%
UI improvement: 0%
Animations (including new ones in reworks): 15%
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Can't wait to taste all 23 of her flavors :p
 
Yngling

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neronio said:
Don't know how people are going to take this because it's a very popular game but I can't be the only that feels like it has become a victim of its own success.
I say this because the pacing up until the older daughter (don't know her default name) comes back from the Zone was great and it felt like it was going somewhere. After that, feels like I'm playing one of those filler seasons of The Walking Dead, the difference being I've got to wait months for each episode to release.
It's just getting boring. I remember being excited at the time how the plot of the fight between the mutants and Zeta was going to play out and the role we would play in it (like we could side with the Queen, side with the mutants or even play both sides) and feels like it has been completely abandoned. You could say this new Queen chapters we've been getting are part of that story but are they really? Because they feel a bit self contained and the mutants side of the story hasn't been touched on in God knows how long so there's no dynamic us and the story itself can play off.

It's a shame because this was my favorite game but now feels like its success has led the dev to ditch their original plan for the story and it's now just getting bloated with side content that progresses nothing because the game is now way too profitable to end it. Ironically, kinda like The Walking Dead.
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I think you are partially correct.

The way I see it is that Shani's mission to the Zone was probably made a bit too early in the story. The content with other household members was not to that level yet.

The "problem" of this game is that there are a lot of story lines. Some main storylines, like the upcoming conflict with the decayed and the MC's job of finding artifacts and allies in order to win this conflict, but also how the MC is increasing his influence with the Queen. And several side stories, such as Ig*r, Rabiah, Katarina etc. etc. As well as the household events, which need to keep up with the rest of the story. It's really a lot and the dev team has a hard job doing all of that. And not only making that content but also in a way that it makes sense (and here I think that they kind of overstepped with Shani's first mission).

On the other hand, all this varied content is also what makes this game great.
 
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Jericho85

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Yngling said:
I think you are partially correct.

The way I see it is that Shani's mission to the Zone was probably made a bit too early in the story. The content with other household members was not to that level yet.

The "problem" of this game is that there are a lot of story lines. Some main storylines, like the upcoming conflict with the decayed and the MC's job of finding artifacts and allies in order to win this conflict, but also how the MC is increasing his influence with the Queen. And several side stories, such as Ig*r, Rabiah, Katarina etc. etc. As well as the household events, which need to keep up with the rest of the story. It's really a lot and the dev team has a hard job doing all of that. And not only making that content but also in a way that it makes sense (and here I think that they kind of overstepped with Shani's first mission).

On the other hand, all this varied content is also what makes this game great.
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I mean... Can't really please everyone. If there's not enough porn and too much story telling, people complain. If there's lots of porn but not with the fan favorites or [insert favorite girl here], then people complain. And of course if the VN has content that certain insecure F95ers object to... then they'll complain about it over... and over... and over again... Even to the point of writing a stupid script to block posts mentioning everyone's favorite bro so that they don't get triggered.

As a sucker for vanilla/romance porn VNs, my personal opinion has always been that good storytelling is a nice bonus, but the important thing is good character writing and good character interactions. I want to give a shit about the characters and at least for me, the story is mostly just a vehicle to get to know the characters. So I'm perfectly fine with the amount of side content in Desert Stalker because even the side girls have their interesting subplots and unique flavors.

With that said, Desert Stalker really is one of the few games where I'm actually impressed by the world building too. So I do look forward to the broader story in Desert Stalker but the side content is awesome too. Besides, My favorite girls are Fairy (healed), Emelia, and Ivy(Yuna), so I'm probably going to be waiting a while before any more substantial development with any of them.
 
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ImSenjou said:
I've made a script for Tampermonkey/Violentmonkey/Greasemonkey, that hides posts containing the word 'Igor' in this thread, for anyone else who wants it, here it is:

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And if the script works as designed, it will hide itself from you. Very clever, hiding in plain sight.
 
Yngling

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Jericho85 said:
I mean... Can't really please everyone.
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That's what I meant. The dev has more ideas than the team can keep up with. And the fact that all/most of these ideas are good and warrant further developement doesn't really help.

Jericho85 said:
Besides, My favorite girls are Fairy (healed), Emelia, and Ivy(Yuna), so I'm probably going to be waiting a while before any more substantial development with any of them.
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Exactly. I really like those girls too.

But honestly, IF I were in charge of the development, I would try to wrap up the side stuff and not introduce more of it.

After completing DS's main storyline, I would make a spin-off based on a the side stories.

But anyway, I am not the dev, I am just along for the ride, so....
 
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