VN Ren'Py [DevThread] LustGPT - Unauthorized Sequel to 'The Office'

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What is this?
A devlog of my very first VN. I'm a solo dev and making a game alone is a herculean which requires a considerable amount of effort and time invested. I intend for this to be a small scale game to ensure it's guaranteed completion. As many folks here already know, many projects are abandoned. Hopefully I avoid such fate with this project.

What's it called?
"LustGPT"

What kind of game is it?
My game is inspired by the very popular, "The Office" (https://f95zone.to/threads/the-office-christmas-damaged-coda.57277/). I don't know the current status of that game but at the time I started my own project, "The Office" was in an abandoned state. My game isn't an actual sequel as I only reused the protagonist model in a completely different story.

"LustGPT" is a psychological thriller with elements of political intrigue and sci-fi.

So what's the plan, Captain?
I don't know how many chapters the final game will have. But the plan now is to develop the prologue, release it to the world, and gauge the public's reaction. If there's enough support then further chapters will be developed.

I didn't want to make this thread until I was sufficiently farther along in development.....Now I'm farther along in development.

Promotional Art
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InGame Screenshots
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What's left?
[ ] Branching Dialogue Paths: Still familiarizing myself with ren'py. Need to implement some form of this to make the game replayable (you'll miss some scenes depending on your choices)
[ ] Expand on existing dialogue
[ ] Title Screen: Gotta spice up the title screen. I want to try to make something similar to FFXVI:

[ ] Intro Movie: Most people have a simple intro movie but....I tend to overdo things a bit.
[ ] Publish: Once the preceding three things are done. It's time to package up the ren'py binary, and publish the game on patreon. Though...I may need some beta testers.
 
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Update: 4/15/2025
[x] Branching Dialogue Paths: In the prologue it's just a very minimal implementation. You'll only miss out on 1 or 2 scenes depending on your choice. Not a big deal. Hopefully it'll incentivize the player to replay the game.

[x] Expand on existing dialogue: Expanded some scenes. Though, overall, I think it could be better.

[x] Title Screen: My original idea to replicate FFXVI was overly ambitious so I opted for a simple particle animation:
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Concerns
I have cutscenes in OGV format and some audio in OGG. They run perfectly on my machine but I don't know if it'll run on other people's machines. WebM is the recommended movie format for ren'py.

Synopsis
Due to an unforeseen economic downturn our well-endowed protagonist, Gail, is financially struggling to make ends meet. Just as her life takes a turn for the worse she's saved by a shadowy company, Matrix Industries. And finds herself as a reluctant participant of their secretive A.I. program.

Why did they chose her?
Who's truly behind this advanced technology?
What is Matrix Industry's endgame?

Follow our protagonist as she slowly unravels these mysteries!

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-- Notes:
1) This is my first game ever.
2) This is an incomplete game. Some things might not work.
3) Only the prologue has been done so far. With some support more chapters will be developed later.
4) Please post feedback if something doesn't work, etc.

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Hey, good to see the game.
I started it, but the animation loops in the apartment. I can't go any further. I kind of got seasick. o_O:ROFLMAO:
I proofread the script. Would you like to see it?
 
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Overview

Due to an unforeseen economic downturn our well-endowed protagonist, Gail, is financially struggling to make ends meet. Just as her life takes a turn for the worse she's saved by a shadowy company, Matrix Industries. And finds herself as a reluctant participant of their secretive A.I. program.

Version: 0.21
OS: Windows
Language: English

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Been playing around with compositing. Since I'm rendering in blender eevee instead of cycles/iray my renders won't look good as the other guys. So I have to rely more on post-processing to make it great.

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1) Change the lighting around to get a more cinematic look.
2) Slight contrast boost, depth of field, chromatic aberration
3) I've watched countless compositing tutorials on youtube and I still don't 'get it'. It's like alien science to me. Most tutorials just say, 'press this button', 'turn this off', etc. with no real explanation.
 
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