Stan5851

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That is the uncompressed version. That is the version you get directly from SS/Patreon or Steam.
However, that doesn't change the fact that 0.18.3 weighs almost half as much as the previous version 0.18 (as mentioned above). Personally, I didn't notice any compression artifacts on my 24” 1920x1080 monitor, but that's just me, my glasses and my monitor.

But I quite admit that people playing on monitors with a larger diagonal or/and higher screen resolution may notice this сompression effect “from the dev”...So it's probably easier to ask this question in the dev's discord.
 

SonsOfLiberty

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However, that doesn't change the fact that 0.18.3 weighs almost half as much as the previous version 0.18 (as mentioned above). Personally, I didn't notice any compression artifacts on my 24” 1920x1080 monitor, but that's just me, my glasses and my monitor.

But I quite admit that people playing on monitors with a larger diagonal or/and higher screen resolution may notice this сompression effect “from the dev”...So it's probably easier to ask this question in the dev's discord.
They said in one of the devlogs that they optimized the game a lot better, same with the animations and images. There were also many changes to images (either removed or optimized). There also have't been any complaints about what they've did besides screwing up a lot of the animations due to compression which they fixed in v0.18.3, v0.18.4 just adds some translations.

The game has gotten progressively smaller with each update. I don't notice anything either, but I'm not one that oogles graphics either.
 
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Sir-Duke

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Since this game got so many positive reviews, well, it got me curious.

But since it's Ren'Py, I mostly can't work with those "type of games"

So here my question:

Can you actually do something in this game?

You know, like scavage around, walk to different places, talk to different people (or especially don't talk to certain people, if you don't wish to), have an active inventory?

Or is it just (harshly spoken and mostly judged by other Ren'Py games) a clickfeast slideshow with one render image to the next render image, only a shortly interrupted by a "yes orno" decision question.
 
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PurerWorks

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Since this game got so many positive reviews, well, it got me curious.

But since it's Ren'Py, I mostly can't work with those "type of games"

So here my question:

Can you actually do something in this game?

You know, like scavage around, walk to different places, talk to different people (or especially don't talk to certain people, if you don't wish to), have an active inventory?

Or is it just (harshly spoken and mostly judged by other Ren'Py games) a clickfeast slideshow with one render image to the next render image, only a shortly interrupted by a "yes orno" decision question.
As far as I know, it has a sandbox structure. In other words, you perform certain actions by clicking on things on the screen. However, in the end, every game is limited by Ren'Py's constraints in this regard. After all, Ren'Py is a game engine designed primarily for making visual novels.
 

Maviarab

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Since this game got so many positive reviews, well, it got me curious.

But since it's Ren'Py, I mostly can't work with those "type of games"

So here my question:

Can you actually do something in this game?

You know, like scavage around, walk to different places, talk to different people (or especially don't talk to certain people, if you don't wish to), have an active inventory?

Or is it just (harshly spoken and mostly judged by other Ren'Py games) a clickfeast slideshow with one render image to the next render image, only a shortly interrupted by a "yes orno" decision question.
It's an AVN...not an open world RPG.
 

Sir-Duke

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As far as I know, it has a sandbox structure. In other words, you perform certain actions by clicking on things on the screen. However, in the end, every game is limited by Ren'Py's constraints in this regard. After all, Ren'Py is a game engine designed primarily for making visual novels.
Thanks!

And yeah, I basically don't come along well with Novels.
That's mostly my fate with Ren'Py.

Still exclusions apply!
Lust Hunter, The Fixer and Life as an Innocent Waitress quickly come to my mind.
All quite good games, still made with Ren'Py, but quite far from the usual image-to-image way.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not gonna judge or discredit any of the other Ren'Py content.
It's just not my interest.

So even if Desert Stalker is one of the best Visual Novels with some player input,
I'd probably not gonna like it, if I generally don't like Novels???
 

PurerWorks

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Thanks!

And yeah, I basically don't come along well with Novels.
That's mostly my fate with Ren'Py.

Still exclusions apply!
, The Fixer and Life as an Innocent Waitress
All quite good games, still made with Ren'Py, but quite far from the usual image-to-image way.

And don't get me wrong, I'm not gonna judge or discredit any of the other Ren'Py content.
It's just not my interest.

So even if Desert Stalker is one of the best Visual Novels with some player input,
I'd probably not gonna like it, if I generally don't like Novels???
I've only played "Lust Hunter" among the games you mentioned. However, I don't think it had such an advanced inventory system, etc. That said, I haven't played it in over a year, so there have probably been a lot of changes. Maybe someone with more up-to-date knowledge can chime in.
 

Sir-Duke

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I've only played "Lust Hunter" among the games you mentioned. However, I don't think it had such an advanced inventory system, etc. That said, I haven't played it in over a year, so there have probably been a lot of changes. Maybe someone with more up-to-date knowledge can chime in.
Well, I actually do not recommend Lust Hunter, since I somehow couldn't get into it...

Although I couldn't really point out, what that game was missing for me...

Anwyays, what I'd really wanted to say is, that Lust Hunter is a mix of Ren'Py and RPGM.
But as a "Dungeon Crawler" with card game fighting mechanis and a lot of decent quality animations as reward / loss.
You do have a customizable character with a fully working inventory, to change your stats, that take into your card battle.
And a small "hometown" full of other mini games.

Basically nothing of the usual image sliding Ren'Py mechanis in obvious sight.

But we're not in this threat to talk about other games,
I'd just wanted to adress, that it's not Ren'Py, limiting the content of those games.
It's what some devs still manage to pull out of that small engine.
 

Perseus134

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a bunch of images are missing early on, like with the blacksmith during off to the market. Maybe more.
I had similar issues, quite a few images weren't loading during the market visit. I'm guessing it's some of the changes that new updates introduced, never had this issue last time I played.
 

Machete

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Hope we can buy a cuck chair, make Omar sit on it and make him watch as we bang his stepdaughter and maybe his wife too.
Does cuck chair come with a buttplug for Omar?
Jokes apart, i don't see why all the hate for Omar. He might not be a raging bull like Zaton, but he's overall a good man and a cunning merchant. I wouldn't mind a plotline were he finally grow a pair of Zetan balls. Maybe noth with Rabiah. He could buy the twin girl from her dumb bother and have a younger hot wife for whom he could buy out the family estate from the brother.

Just to brainstorm some random storyline.
 

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Does cuck chair come with a buttplug for Omar?
Jokes apart, i don't see why all the hate for Omar. He might not be a raging bull like Zaton, but he's overall a good man and a cunning merchant. I wouldn't mind a plotline were he finally grow a pair of Zetan balls. Maybe noth with Rabiah. He could buy the twin girl from her dumb bother and have a younger hot wife for whom he could buy out the family estate from the brother.

Just to brainstorm some random storyline.
I don't hate him. He just fits as a cuck who doesn't have the balls to act towards his desires... though I doubt he would be successful as Nadia doesn't like him at all.
 

colombianhoes

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I don't hate him. He just fits as a cuck who doesn't have the balls to act towards his desires... though I doubt he would be successful as Nadia doesn't like him at all.
Nobody likes Zaton either until he forces them or shows his magic cock lol
If Omar had a bigger cock and showed it to Nadia, according to the porn games logic, she would be forced to like it
But we dont know that do we, there still might be chance for Omar ;)
 
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