Ren'Py Dilemma of Devotion [Ch.3 Ep.1.5] [PulseHavenStudios]

[Shikharisfree]

This game seems to have really good character but the sandbox in this game is useless and frustrate!
Why I have to click a lot of the arrow to travel around why not fast travel?
And no guide? for corruption shit or anything? or can I use console to adjust the corruption?
I can't stand this game sandbox or anyone have full save or full gallery?
and patroen scene? ewww

What do you mean fast travel , do you want the screen to be clogged with icons?

Secondly Guide is underway atm.

Thirdly , corruption adjusts dialogue and reactions and responses based on values so adjusting them manually would ruin the game's flow.

Lastly , patreon scenes are non canon and for those that prefer paying money to us , none of the game's in game's events are locked behind anything.

 

[Shikharisfree]

ah damn, thanks, looks like my saves are bugged

In this early versions saves mostly work but errors can happen since we're adding functions people are asking.

That results in renpy shitting itself sometimes.

 

[Saphfire]

Sandbox...., no thank you. I´m too old for this.

 

[Shikharisfree]

Ladies and gentlemen , this is what we call an unhinged cunt.

I usually avoid replying to reviews as everyone has their own taste but special cases require it

So to answer the review anyway here's a response since I'm too tired to even bother to message them.


cakeofdoom See firstly , the reason the girls are locked with time slot is so you have the ability to explore the university and for realism.

Idk what world you're living in but people don't just give you attention, they are busy in their lives as well depending on time of the day.


Secondly , 200 million characters introduced
If about 11 people feels too much for you to remember holy shit I pity your IRL social life.


Thirdly , Haven't looked into the code but code will be rewritten

Okay if you don't know how development or python even works why are you even bothering to criticize it?
The game has variables , choice remembering setups , scenes and dialogue changes depending on choice and corruption levels so what the fuck are you on about?

The game has about 5 function stats and 3 hidden ones , which again your ass can't locate because that requires understanding python.

Now coming to your last segment of people saying you're cynical and hence giving the 2 star , trust me keep that sympathy star and shove it where the sun doesn't shine

Cynical is very loose term , you're delusional at best and at worst mentally handicapped.


Oh and just to end it on a proper note , perhaps consider learning how games are developed first before educating other devs on it.

Now do me and others here a favor and hit that unwatch thread on left top , I'd rather have people that play the game properly and judge it than shit stained houseflies like you around.

 

[cakeofdoom]

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Ladies and gentlemen , this is what we call an unhinged cunt.

I usually avoid replying to reviews as everyone has their own taste but special cases require it

So to answer the review anyway here's a response since I'm too tired to even bother to message them.


cakeofdoom See firstly , the reason the girls are locked with time slot is so you have the ability to explore the university and for realism.

Idk what world you're living in but people don't just give you attention, they are busy in their lives as well depending on time of the day.


Secondly , 200 million characters introduced
If about 11 people feels too much for you to remember holy shit I pity your IRL social life.


Thirdly , Haven't looked into the code but code will be rewritten

Okay if you don't know how development or python even works why are you even bothering to criticize it?
The game has variables , choice remembering setups , scenes and dialogue changes depending on choice and corruption levels so what the fuck are you on about?

The game has about 5 function stats and 3 hidden ones , which again your ass can't locate because that requires understanding python.

Now coming to your last segment of people saying you're cynical and hence giving the 2 star , trust me keep that sympathy star and shove it where the sun doesn't shine

Cynical is very loose term , you're delusional at best and at worst mentally handicapped.


Oh and just to end it on a proper note , perhaps consider learning how games are developed first before educating other devs on it.

Now do me and others here a favor and hit that unwatch thread on left top , I'd rather have people that play the game properly and judge it than shit stained houseflies like you around.

Well ain't we angry, calling me a delusional, handicapped shit stain really made me see the error of my ways . To address some points: calling a character spending every single whole afternoon watching TV a schedule is a stretch even for an insecure dime-a-dozen "game developer" like you. 200mil is an over-exaggeration for effect (I'm sure you know what that is, being human and such), but your 11 characters don't amount to one meth addicts personality IRL, sry. It's precisely because I know coding that I don't even have to look to know awful signs of something gone wrong, ofc I could have went through the effort of reviewing you "allegedly" amazing revolutionary code, but in all honestly the game is so bare bones and shallow that it's not worth the effort of trying to "fix it". Name calling is par for the course, and I couldn't give a fuck what people taking advantage of porn addiction think or say about me, but it does say a lot about you. You're an insecure prick masquerading as a "game developer" that feels attacked or threatened by what rando lurker has to say about their "game". It's honestly pathetic and sad.

And don't worry, the only reason I even replied was because you tagged me, I never planned to ever revisit this mess again. The review might have been harsh, but you could have taken it as constructive criticism, instead you only made yourself look bad in front of your would-be subscribers, grats. I won't be participating in anymore discussions on this thread bar revising my review should the game ever get better (hihi) or if you say something unbelievably funny again. Cheers!

 

[Shikharisfree]

Well ain't we angry, calling me a delusional, handicapped shit stain really made me see the error of my ways . To address some points: calling a character spending every single whole afternoon watching TV a schedule is a stretch even for an insecure dime-a-dozen "game developer" like you. 200mil is an over-exaggeration for effect (I'm sure you know what that is, being human and such), but your 11 characters don't amount to one meth addicts personality IRL, sry. It's precisely because I know coding that I don't even have to look to know awful signs of something gone wrong, ofc I could have went through the effort of reviewing you "allegedly" amazing revolutionary code, but in all honestly the game is so bare bones and shallow that it's not worth the effort of trying to "fix it". Name calling is par for the course, and I couldn't give a fuck what people taking advantage of porn addiction think or say about me, but it does say a lot about you. You're an insecure prick masquerading as a "game developer" that feels attacked or threatened by what rando lurker has to say about their "game". It's honestly pathetic and sad.

And don't worry, the only reason I even replied was because you tagged me, I never planned to ever revisit this mess again. The review might have been harsh, but you could have taken it as constructive criticism, instead you only made yourself look bad in front of your would-be subscribers, grats. I won't be participating in anymore discussions on this thread bar revising my review should the game ever get better (hihi) or if you say something unbelievably funny again. Cheers!

I ain't reading any of that because you don't even know how to form sentences or paragraphs properly , if you knew python again you'd know the variables existing in the game , again it takes actual knowledge not huffing your own farts to do that.

Pretty piss poor attempt at making yourself seem smart.

but hey I did read the part where you called it constructive criticism aka words out of your ass and cheers , so yeah good riddance thanks for throwing yourself out trash bag ~

 

[Crosaith.]

Sandbox...., no thank you. I´m too old for this.

Yea, gotta agree. I like the art and the story seems interesting, but ugh... sandbox. It's time-consuming & draining. Last thing I wanna do is feel like I'm workin on my day off. I'll give this a go if the dev adds a way to skip the sandbox filler and let us enjoy it as a vn.

 

[Holmster74]

Really liked this game, then sandbox started..

 

[Jstforme]

Really liked this game, then sandbox started..

This is a recurring theme with devs that choose sandbox. I wonder if the Dev can give us some insight as to why a one would choose to go for a quarter of the potential audience? I theorize it's much like politics, the devs have their bubble they communicate with and think everyone love sandbox, when in reality it's the opposite? Just don't understand the decision process with going sandbox, just seems like voluntarily putting a ball and chain to your project.

 

[AL.d]

This is a recurring theme with devs that choose sandbox. I wonder if the Dev can give us some insight as to why a one would choose to go for a quarter of the potential audience? I theorize it's much like politics, the devs have their bubble they communicate with and think everyone love sandbox, when in reality it's the opposite? Just don't understand the decision process with going sandbox, just seems like voluntarily putting a ball and chain to your project.

It's a "business" decision for most. If you pad the game by gatekeeping plot progression through repeatable bs, you can stretch actual content delivery. They know most people don't give a fuck about repeatable shit and a gazillion clicks to navigate, they aren't stupid. Time wasting is intentional.

 

[Aground9437]

Is there a fix for the textbox. It annoying the hell out of me.
The names and text are almost in the middle of the screen and keep changing. I can't really enjoy the game with all the distractions
Hope the dev change it to a normal textbox at the bottom of the screen and a lot smaller.

 

[Shikharisfree]

Yea, gotta agree. I like the art and the story seems interesting, but ugh... sandbox. It's time-consuming & draining. Last thing I wanna do is feel like I'm workin on my day off. I'll give this a go if the dev adds a way to skip the sandbox filler and let us enjoy it as a vn.

It's in the works , just currently loaded with work so kinda hard to impliment.
Thanks for playing.

 

[Shikharisfree]

Really liked this game, then sandbox started..

Vn mode is in the works.

 

[Shikharisfree]

Is there a fix for the textbox. It annoying the hell out of me.
The names and text are almost in the middle of the screen and keep changing. I can't really enjoy the game with all the distractions
Hope the dev change it to a normal textbox at the bottom of the screen and a lot smaller.

Are you not using the transparency settings?

 

[Shikharisfree]

This is a recurring theme with devs that choose sandbox. I wonder if the Dev can give us some insight as to why a one would choose to go for a quarter of the potential audience? I theorize it's much like politics, the devs have their bubble they communicate with and think everyone love sandbox, when in reality it's the opposite? Just don't understand the decision process with going sandbox, just seems like voluntarily putting a ball and chain to your project.

Okay so think of it like this
There are two types of sandbox devs.

One - Milking cuz they want to.
Two - Exists because vn is impossible in that format without annoying playerrs.

So let me explain this to give you an idea of as you said by the dev.

There are roughly 11 girls in the game right? perhaps even more later on.

Now doing a vn mode with these in our form factor would require writing segments between the girls , which isn't too hard from the start but gets super messy at the late angle.

Secondly , some people prefer the college girls , some people prefer kimiko and zoey as you can see in poll

and then some people prefer the canon story where you just want to see where it goes.

That is another reason why sandbox allows you to just go towards her instead.


Now with all that said a vn only mode is in the works but currently our hands are loaded that's all.

 

[Shikharisfree]

It's a "business" decision for most. If you pad the game by gatekeeping plot progression through repeatable bs, you can stretch actual content delivery. They know most people don't give a fuck about repeatable shit and a gazillion clicks to navigate, they aren't stupid. Time wasting is intentional.

Not quite , I agree most devs do that but we don't have any grinding required in any form .

We straight up have the girls there and their respective events only locked behind you yourself being corrupted which can be done fairly easily in the game if you keep picking corrupt choices.

The only stat that I can say grind would be stamina? Which isn't even in the role of the game rn or active.

 

[Aground9437]

Are you not using the transparency settings?

Yes. It's the textbox itself. I think it's way too big . IMO, the names are way too high from the bottom
Transparency settings are perfectly fine.

 

[wiwem71072]

Yes. It's the textbox itself. I think it's way too big . IMO, the names are way too high from the bottom
Transparency settings are perfectly fine.

I believe the textbox was the main reason I have this game in my "Finished bad UI games" bookmarks folder.

 

[LionBear]

Thanks for sharing this game.

 

[Shikharisfree]

Yes. It's the textbox itself. I think it's way too big . IMO, the names are way too high from the bottom
Transparency settings are perfectly fine.

Save errors might happen if we do that , however we'll try.