Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.19.4] [Zetan]

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Kellermann

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Paz said:
This is something we discussed as a last minute addition but ended up not going with it, mainly for 2 reasons.

1. While I agree that being able to select angles is better, I personally felt that the simplest ways -having a menu or some "camera angle" icons- seemed slightly out of place and/or "distracting" in a sense, and

2. More importantly, some animations are not loopable, not without heavy editing at least. The Ain animations for instance cannot loop seamlessly due to the hair movement being out of sync in first and last frames (dForce and all). There are a couple of ways around it, like fading to black in every loop, but that would be jarring for a 1.5 second animation.
Or render a far longer animation and carefully cut it, which wasn't an option this time around sadly (a 4-second animation takes ~80 hours at 40 minutes per frame).
Hence our choice to sort of "chain" them together into a single, bigger one.

That said, it might (possibly? probably?) end up being in the game in some fashion, at least for some scenes.
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I can certainly appreciate that and the hard work involved. Though, if hair movement the deciding factor that an animation cannot be looped then I vote to ditch the hair movement. And this from a person who generally supports physics in lewd animations. Ain and Nadia (especially) hair movement look very nice but I'd rather see time focused on body movement than hair. I would almost prefer a static render to an auto-advancing animation.

Nadia I understand a little more because her hair is one of her defining features. But Ain hair tied, so in several positions the amount of hair movement can be limited (or non-existent) without any great loss. But again, just a personal preference thing.
 
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Phase_01 said:
Sweet, thank you for answering!
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There are 3 routes for Fairy (Broken, Neutral and Healed). There are only 2 scenes in the Replay Gallery for Neutral ( Appreciation ) and Healed ( Gratitude ). There is no Replay Gallery scene for Broken yet (because the Replay Gallery only showcase lewd/sex scenes and the Broken route does not have lewd/sex scene in this release).

As per Machete reply, the Appreciation and Gratitude scenes are mutually exclusive you either you have to load an earlier save or using an unlocker to see the other one.

Hope that helps.
 
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JohnF95zone said:
There are 3 routes for Fairy (Broken, Neutral and Healed). There are only 2 scenes in the Replay Gallery for Neutral ( Appreciation ) and Healed ( Gratitude ). There is no Replay Gallery scene for Broken yet (because the Replay Gallery only showcase lewd/sex scenes and the Broken route does not have lewd/sex scene).

As per Machete reply, the Appreciation and Gratitude scenes are mutually exclusive you either you have to load an earlier save or using an unlocker to see the other one.

Hope that helps.
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Ohh ok, thank you that helps a lot.

Surprised there's no broken scene added alongside the neutral and healed scenes, but honestly I'm scared (aroused) to see what else can even be done to that poor girl :HideThePain:
 
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JohnF95zone said:
they want the scene to be enjoyable by the stalker of the Broken route while at the same time facing less hatred from the players of the other routes. Regardless, there will be complaints:HideThePain:.
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I know there might be complaints, but if you don't like it just don't play it ffs. Just stfu and take care well of Fairy.
 
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JohnF95zone said:
The followings are (mix of) my observations, opinions and speculations regarding the Broken route.

It is tricky compared to the other lewd/sex scenes because it can easily be interpreted as "extreme" and controversial because of its exploitative nature.

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I would say it's a good opportunity for some BDSM since the game has the tag. but practically nothing in scenes
I doubt they will introduce something much more hardcore that the game already has. so I'm not very worried about the complaints
 
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PHIL101-YYouPPHard said:
God bless the dev and this new update, had me best nut ive had in a very, very, very long time. dont know how, but he did something right! :p
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Hear, hear

Desert Stalker: Giver of post nut happy affirmations

I agree, each episode there is at least one (if not many) scene that is a real blaster. For me it was giving Fairy (now renamed to Gingersnatch) the baby gravy.
But wait there's more! You also get some excellent storytelling, adventure, and cinematics while making that pickle sneeze. Hell there is even a dash of comedy and horror thrown in at just the right times.

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Fantastic update (even if it was narrative-light). Zetan has quickly risen to the top of my list for consistent, outstanding quality.
There was at least two occasions in 0.12 where I actually stopped myself and thought: "Damn! Even the lighting in this render is fucking immaculate..." That is just a reflection of the dev's attention to detail. Really impressive work here, seriously.

I am genuinely giddy waiting for 0.13! Who knew I could be so invested in a VN...
 
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I tried this new version "b" and still...some of the content is missing, not much but it does. Anyway! The new update (at least, the one I could play) was amazing. I love that the devs are focusing on Shani's path, yet I would've loved a explication about that strange house, even tho I have a hint of what happened.

CAN'T WAIT FOR 0.13!
 
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Drew Anderson said:
LOL. Honestly, as someone who is not a fan of NTR or sharing, this game does sharing well. You can play the game and if you skip it, you barely miss a beat. It's very easy to ignore if you're not into that.
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and it is truly avoidable not like some other games where avoidable means the event still happens but you can only choose not to see it
 
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asakura14 said:
I tried this new version "b" and still...some of the content is missing, not much but it does. Anyway! The new update (at least, the one I could play) was amazing. I love that the devs are focusing on Shani's path, yet I would've loved a explication about that strange house, even tho I have a hint of what happened.

CAN'T WAIT FOR 0.13!
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What do you mean by missing contents? Are you not able to access/view/play the contents?:unsure:

Some contents can only be accessed on the relevant route(s) depending on player's choices made throughout the game.
 
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Guys, this game is aws, not best render pics, animations but its story, harem is fk good.
Can any1 recommend for me any games like this one, pls ?
 
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Gavin Ray said:
Fantastic update (even if it was narrative-light). Zetan has quickly risen to the top of my list for consistent, outstanding quality.
There was at least two occasions in 0.12 where I actually stopped myself and thought: "Damn! Even the lighting in this render is fucking immaculate..." That is just a reflection of the dev's attention to detail. Really impressive work here, seriously.

I am genuinely giddy waiting for 0.13! Who knew I could be so invested in a VN...
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I even waited like 5 minutes at main page, with music and the wallpaper it was perfect.
 
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