Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.17.1.2 Steam] [Zetan]

[sauron93]

Sad to see so many people making the ridiculous claims that the dev's level of effort went down with the amount of money he gets from supporters, knowing how much time and effort he and the team put into this.

Sure, it's not as exciting as the first Raider camp update was. But what we got were some nice, hot, sexy-time scenes with Ain + Nadia and Shani. We learned more of Ivy/Yuna and Somni's background, which I love from a story perspective. We finally learned what happened to Zion. A sexy little harem scene with Shani and Kat. Fairy's broken scenes looked hot (though I don't like that path because Fairy is too sweet to not be loved). And a slew of bugs fixed. There's at least over 700 new renders added for those scenes since the October release, from what I counted.

Putting together that animation for Sekhmet's Legion was quite a doozy and took a good amount of time. You all might not appreciate that now because you're in the phase of "gimme nao", but I think of it from a finished product perspective. The people who get to play this for the first time when it's completed are in for a real treat. I'm a bit envious of them.



0.14d was released in October 2023, so it definitely was not 6 months.


Perhaps because the version of Ren'Py used for Desert Stalker is 7.5.3, which is still Python 2, while Ren'Py 8 uses Python 3.

I legit think people that are complaining play the game in skip mode..And are only looking for "scenes"

 

[Gari Fuze]

I cant understand why everyones saying the updates short; theres significant story progression, 3-4 sex scenes not counting the new repeatable events. Wasnt this how usually each update is normally?

2 sex scenes, and 1 meaningless repeatable, and 1 cutscene nobody cares about

 

[Loxxxthenasty]

YES YES YES - The Beta is here!!!

Now the bitching moaning and crying can really begin about "Not Enough Content" or "Why is it so buggy?". We can finally move on to the true crying!!

Pick your Gripe now!

"Is that it? Barely any new content!" Waaaaaah
"Fuck, not enough content" Waaaaaah
"Why is it so buggy in a BETA?" Waaaaahh
"Damn Dev! More money they get less content!" Waaaaah
"That's Why I don't donate but I still want it free!" Waaaah

So damn predictable

WAAAAHHH!!!

 

[tarzan999]

YES YES YES - The Beta is here!!!

Now the bitching moaning and crying can really begin about "Not Enough Content" or "Why is it so buggy?". We can finally move on to the true crying!!

Pick your Gripe now!

"Is that it? Barely any new content!" Waaaaaah
"Fuck, not enough content" Waaaaaah
"Why is it so buggy in a BETA?" Waaaaahh
"Damn Dev! More money they get less content!" Waaaaah
"That's Why I don't donate but I still want it free!" Waaaah

So damn predictable

Is that it? Barely any new content!

 

[Fappable One]

Don't mind me. Just trying to find the Changelog for v0.15

 

[Jaime Lannister]

They deleted 2 scenes from Nadia

 

[quiboune]

Don't mind me. Just trying to find the Changelog for v0.15

I wanted that as well.

 

[therealdoctor126]

Is there a android update

 

[bobtheguy364]

am fine with the update, there descent amount of content have you seen that troll dev waifu academy that short ass update that took while, but this update was nice its true pleasing everyone too much am just happy there descent new stuff sure i would have love some action with ivy or asha and kitty. i did like the shane and ain content nice work. anyhow cant wait for the next update keep it up.

 

[SSJSonGoku]

The more money a developer gets in a month, the longer the updates takes to develop and the less content we get. Thats why I never donate anyone.

Uhm, while it might be true that most devs do less when they receive more, not donating at all would be causing devs (even those working hard) to stop releasing. That's why I donate to several (obviously not top tier), but rotate a part of them.

 

[therealmrwolf]

Uhm, while it might be true that most devs do less when they receive more, not donating at all would be causing devs (even those working hard) to stop releasing. That's why I donate to several (obviously not top tier), but rotate a part of them.

also we dont know if something happen in their lives cos devs are people two and not just robots

 

[xapican]

Loved the Update! Kudos, I specially liked the Yuna/Ivy Content, Outstanding Job Congrats ! and thank you for abducting us from our "grey day by day" into a Mysterious and Magical post Apocaliptic world.
Special thank's to echilog for sharing !

 

[Euphoric Satisfaction]

Love practically everything about this game so much, but ... Dev, please, please, please, please learn what all those facial sliders do in Daz, and use them.

Everything is so pretty in this game, except that nobody has quite figured out how to use their faces yet (girls even look kinda bored during sex, or have a vacant, but pretty expression on their faces).

Unless ... in this society, all emotions are kept in check in as it is a sign of weakness ????

 

[Jaime Lannister]

This update felt very rushed.
The Nadia & Ain scene had almost no meaningful build up. Nadia just walks into the room and grabs Ain's tits. Whereas the earlier updates were fantastic at setting the mood and erotic tension.

did they remove previous Nadia scenes?

 

[PaxHadrian17]

Fact is when it comes to games like this where the work put in is obviously disproportionate to the money it's taking in... people who are paying are straight up being scammed - it's okay to be upset that other people are getting scammed. I wish people would actually remember or care to revoke their subs, actually give the dev a reason to care, scare them that their cash cow might dry up, but they won't. They either forget they have the subscription or are so down bad for the game they're willing to pay out the nose just for the chance the project gets finished. Maybe some people can afford it and they don't care idk. Either way, people don't deserve to have their money taken for the expectation the project gets worked on at a reasonable pace while the author releases 10 hours of work every couple months, even if we are getting it for free.

Like it's nuts that people pay 60 bucks for a triple-A game but they pay 5 bucks a month for 3 years (180 bucks) or more on a product that never gets finished.

It's crazy to me that it's so damn ubiquitous. I know no one it actually effects is going to read this, but please for the love of fuck only donate to projects that give weekly updates and you can tell are producing reasonable amounts of work, it's only going to change if people stop giving them money.

You highlighted an interesting difference between:

Buying a AAA game

and

Supporting a small creator making something unique that the supporter enjoys.

When someone buys a AAA game, they are buying something that should be a finished product (and buggy AAA releases are far OT).

When one supports a creator via SS or Patreon - one is supporting a creator's intent/concept backed up by some level of demo. The very nature of supporting AVNs on these platforms is that they are Not complete and that the $ provided by supporters will help with AVN development.

I started Desert Stalker as a non $ supporter and gave the dev a chance to show me his vision for this AVN.

I was Not disappointed; in fact - I enjoyed it enough to become a $ supporter.

I'm happy to support this dev with $, in spite of the number of people who come here to take it for free while complaining about the dev scamming his $ supporters, the 'lack' of content, the slowness of updates, etc.

I have supported some devs for more than 3 years at $5/month.

The keys to my decision to support a dev over the long haul include:

Do I like what the dev is creating?

Does the dev consistently communicate with me?

Does the dev maintain a reasonable production schedule (quantity/quality produced over a given interval of time)?

Desert Stalker checks all three 'boxes' for me.

I'm not judging you for your choice in not supporting this AVN with $, but I find it interesting that you judge supporters like me for our choice.

I neither want nor need you to get upset for how I spend my money.

I've been 'adulting' for a long time - I'm good - thanks...

So - you can continue to complain about an AVN you are taking for free while justifying not supporting the dev and I will continue to look forward to playing this next rev of Desert Stalker once it is out of Beta.

Cheers!!

 

[Twistty]

They deleted 2 scenes from Nadia

Really - which ones?
And on what game days?
Seems like an odd thing to do???

Edit - I see nothing in the Changelog:

Spoiler: Changelog 0.15 Beta

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[xapican]

did they remove previous Nadia scenes?

No I don't think so, the Nadia scenes iirc were intended to be integrated in ver 14 but the dev team decided against (it is explained somewhere many pages before.
anyway I'd like to make a complete playtrough to see the Shani scene in right cronological order.

Spoiler: afore mentioned scene and proof that devs have all players in mind

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[ThorinKing]

Any way of enabling gore after disabling it during the initial set-up?

Spoiler: Sorry - not working.

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[ThorinKing]

All the "gotta have it nows" screaming for a hero.

A hero emerges.

All the "gotta have it nows" bitching that there's scant content.

The patient, that know from experience the beta would be scant - just sitting back watching the circus, waiting for the bugfixes and missing content.

Laughing.

 

[JavCh]

Another great update, apart from some visual bugs I'm sure will get ironed out since this is just the beta version, but the Shani scene confused me a little. She and MC act like it's her first time sucking him off, but she did so earlier in the 'Reunion' scene that features the entire family. Is this new scene supposed to be chronologically earlier, or is it just a mistake by the dev?

There is a brief text indicating that scene should appear chronologically sooner (before Thermae) if you play the game again completely, but for those having saves where it should already have happened, they show it just to avoid missing the scene. I guess you accidentally skip reading it or some bug make it not appear before the scene.