VN Ren'Py Dilemma Of Devotion [Development Thread]

[ShinyDarkRai]

Another update on phone.

It is more fleshed out now.
You can have choices in messages now.
These choices can have an impact on your stats or alter your story.


View attachment phone_expmple.mp4

 

[SexyShelly]

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[Shikharisfree]

 

[ParaloopLampy]

Got a chance to check this game out a little early. The girls are super cute and well written, the characters are very likable, setting and story are great setups so far, and i will marry my cousin (in game)
My only criticism is the use of British slang. Please do not force your britishness upon me thanks
Looking forward to playing this every update

 

[osanaiko]

Shaking my head so hard right now.

Complains about British English.

LITERALLY POSTS A CUP OF TEA!!! (ignore the hover text)

 

[ParaloopLampy]

Shaking my head so hard right now.

Complains about British English.

LITERALLY POSTS A CUP OF TEA!!! (ignore the hover text)

I thought it was coffee I'm gonna lose my mind

 

[Shikharisfree]

 

[SHSStudio]

i see, i see. i need to start a carrier as a teacher...

 

[ShinyDarkRai]

Final look on Phone UI in DOD

Cheats will only be available in patron version

View attachment phone_final.mp4

 

[SexyShelly]

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[Shikharisfree]

Release next week!

Thank you for those that have showed interests and play tested the demo , we appreciate all the feedback.

 

[SexyShelly]

Sorry, I had to make a wallpaper of this lady, I think she is so adorable

 

[NebulousShooter]

Everything looks so good, but in the year of our Lord, 2024

 

[Shikharisfree]

Everything looks so good, but View attachment 3382659 in the year of our Lord, 2024
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You can completely ignore the sandbox and keep playing the story , plus our sandbox isn't a grindfest more of a too much to put in vn so side stories that if you want to know more about the mc and his past.

 

[ShinyDarkRai]

Everything looks so good, but View attachment 3382659 in the year of our Lord, 2024
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It's not the sandbox you expect. There is no money system, so you don't need to go for job at Walmart to grind

 

[NebulousShooter]

The best sandbox, with zero grind is still a VN with unnecessary extra clicks. Which is faster, click door to exit your room, click entrance hallway, click door to exit house, click Character A location on the map, or have a choice on screen with 'go to a date with character A'(one click) to get to the exact same content?

There is zero benefit in trying to game-fy a renpy 'game', no matter the effort it still plays like shit compared to Unreal Engine and the likes and multiple negatives, extra code that increases the chance to get fucked up and cause bugs, less players because they filter out your game by that tag, you get my point.

You want bonus content, have it accessible from the main menu as side stories, you want to have optional dialogue, use the Witcher 3 system of colored text for main story and white text for extra lore.

If we stop pretending, devs go for sandbox/free roam because it gives them extra excuses for longer dev cycles. Change my mind!

 

[ShinyDarkRai]

The best sandbox, with zero grind is still a VN with unnecessary extra clicks. Which is faster, click door to exit your room, click entrance hallway, click door to exit house, click Character A location on the map, or have a choice on screen with 'go to a date with character A'(one click) to get to the exact same content?

The reason that is there is to give players 'Have your own adventure style'. Some players want only lesbian-patch, some players want only harem patch.(with no guys)

This gives you a chance to pursue the love interest you like and avoid the ones you don't like.

There is zero benefit in trying to game-fy a renpy 'game', no matter the effort it still plays like shit compared to Unreal Engine and the likes and multiple negatives, extra code that increases the chance to get fucked up and cause bugs, less players because they filter out your game by that tag, you get my point.

The benefit to sandbox is mentioned above. I'd rather make 3d game with unreal than a 2d sandbox. You use the game engine according to your game demands. This game's demands are loading images and animations which renpy can easily do.

You want bonus content, have it accessible from the main menu as side stories, you want to have optional dialogue, use the Witcher 3 system of colored text for main story and white text for extra lore.

The gallery will have bonus content available from the main menu, and you can use walkthrough mod to get Witcher 3 colored text effect.

If we stop pretending, devs go for sandbox/free roam because it gives them extra excuses for longer dev cycles. Change my mind!

Longer dev cycles? Do you know how much content this game releases with? 2360~ renders
Also, we are targeting for 3 week update cycle.

 

[Shikharisfree]

The best sandbox, with zero grind is still a VN with unnecessary extra clicks. Which is faster, click door to exit your room, click entrance hallway, click door to exit house, click Character A location on the map, or have a choice on screen with 'go to a date with character A'(one click) to get to the exact same content?

There is zero benefit in trying to game-fy a renpy 'game', no matter the effort it still plays like shit compared to Unreal Engine and the likes and multiple negatives, extra code that increases the chance to get fucked up and cause bugs, less players because they filter out your game by that tag, you get my point.

You want bonus content, have it accessible from the main menu as side stories, you want to have optional dialogue, use the Witcher 3 system of colored text for main story and white text for extra lore.

If we stop pretending, devs go for sandbox/free roam because it gives them extra excuses for longer dev cycles. Change my mind!

Think of it like this , within a sandbox it allows the player and dev control of what and where to set progress instead.

We have a full fledged vn mode in this game as well , you are free to play it and ignore the sandbox but playing it will give you info you might want to know about the past of the mc and existing characters and obviously alternate endings.

Secondly you're a little incorrect about the fact that devs do it for longer cycles , developing a sandbox with 3 working maps , proper phone system, quest targeting is just as if not harder than doing a vn only game.

We don't get our assets magically from a stock store , we have to create them uniquely as well at times if daz store or stuff does not have what we want.

Lastly , In vn's there is a huge issue of the fact that once you've introduced a character there are fanbases of that particular character , there could be the same for multiple characters which then confuses the dev and angers the player on what to give focus on as if they were written as a part of the story , suddenly writing them out and half assing the script only ruins it.

Sandbox in this context allows the dev to give all the content that was planned and the player to control the ability to where , how , when or if he wants to engage with those particular characters.

Ex - We have about 11 girls roughly , now some may just want zoey and if we were to do vn of a teacher teaching in uni , most of the time she wouldn't be with him , the sandbox however allows you to just ignore the uni elements or other girls or romances to focus on zoey instead.

 

[Bubbles and Sisters]

I love sandbox games! It all depends on how the game is structured. The potential of sandbox is that you can walk around where you want and have the world happen to you and depending on where you go you yourself "create" that story. More often than not tho you just click your fave girls room, go to sleep, wake up click her room over and over

 

[Shikharisfree]

I love sandbox games! It all depends on how the game is structured. The potential of sandbox is that you can walk around where you want and have the world happen to you and depending on where you go you yourself "create" that story. More often than not tho you just click your fave girls room, go to sleep, wake up click her room over and over

You're in for a surprise then

Since we don't just have corruption , we have the ability to fix their lives as well..

The latter obviously won't show nsfw but will allow your mc to stay pure and continue the canon story.