Ren'Py Divine Dawn [v0.32] [Cryswar]

[Animalsfan5698]

0.3 update released on time! Major changes;

• ~20k words added, mixture of conversations, lore, and shenanigans.
• Finishes off dinner, night, and morning content.
• 2.5 new H-scenes.
• 5 and 10-stat traits filled out (mostly).
• Gallery added.
• 27 trillion stupid bugs fixed. There's always more.
• Sarah, Ashley, and Metatron now have semi-official character themes, pending feedback.

0.4 will be in ~2 weeks, hopefully March 22nd. It will include the next party member, the Mastery system, and the first randomized adventure, though the last one may not be fully polished until 0.5 depending on how much of a trainwreck it is.

As always, I post daily and weekly updates on the

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My upload speed is garbage so I'm relying on mods to update OP, it takes me several minutes to upload to 1 server much less 7.

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also, animalsfan, I think I found and fixed the issue you ran into back on page 1. Hopefully. Maybe. >_>

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This is the third timely release counting the leadup to the first one, or second post-launch update if you prefer. Since I've hit my release date goals and (roughly) content goals for each, I feel much more confident today in saying to myself and others that I am committed to the game and can actually deliver on my goals.

As such, I started a Patreon that I'll link in the OP. To be 100% clear, the game will remain free; the patreon is mostly for supporting my work and voting on some update content.

If you would rather wait longer to be sure I'm not just a one-month-chump, that's fine, I probably would too personally. I just wanted to get it started now in hopes of getting a little closer to commissioning content to improve the game as we slowly work towards something I'd be more willing to call a proper 1.0, at which point I'm aiming to have about 4-5 hours of content. ....And then hopefully another 2-3 years of development to actually tell the rest of the story. We in this shit for the long haul.

Ok, i will try and give it a go next time i get the newest version, and see if it works in a different folder, if it does, i can have it and the files be in there instead of somewhere else on my PC, but i will need to try and test it first next time i download the newest version of this game

 

[Vran Reinhold]

will there be images in game or will it just be text and backgrounds?

 

[Yiu113]

This is easily the best writing I've seen in a porn game yet, it's rare that one's able to draw me in. Also rare that it can make me laugh my ass off a whole bunch.

 

[Vran Reinhold]

will there be images in game or will it just be text and backgrounds?

 

[Animalsfan5698]

@Cryswar It works, the thing you mention in your version 0.3 update post works, i manage to be able to see the name of the game appear in the screen when i load the game inside the folder i mention on my first post for it, same for seeing the title screen, it works now.

 

[Cryswar]

will there be images in game or will it just be text and backgrounds?

Right now, text and backgrounds. I am very much planning to commission art, now that Patreon is up I am beginning to save for that.

This is easily the best writing I've seen in a porn game yet, it's rare that one's able to draw me in. Also rare that it can make me laugh my ass off a whole bunch.

Hey, I'm glad you got a kick out of it! Both the humor and the appeal. Not gonna lie, that was my biggest fear going into this and people have pointed out some valid flaws, but it really makes me happy to know that overall it was pretty enjoyable and really makes me want to continue to improve.

@Cryswar It works, the thing you mention in your version 0.3 update post works, i manage to be able to see the name of the game appear in the screen when i load the game inside the folder i mention on my first post for it, same for seeing the title screen, it works now.

Glad to hear it! I apologize again for the earlier trouble, that was 100% my bad and I'm glad I was able to fix it relatively quickly.

 

[Animalsfan5698]

Right now, text and backgrounds. I am very much planning to commission art, now that Patreon is up I am beginning to save for that.


Hey, I'm glad you got a kick out of it! Both the humor and the appeal. Not gonna lie, that was my biggest fear going into this and people have pointed out some valid flaws, but it really makes me happy to know that overall it was pretty enjoyable and really makes me want to continue to improve.


Glad to hear it! I apologize again for the earlier trouble, that was 100% my bad and I'm glad I was able to fix it relatively quickly.

At least you know how it happens in future updates and be able to fix it for the new ones as well, keep on making new contents and stuffs over time when they are ready as well as being as bug and glitch free as possible, love to see new characters like dragons or dinosaurs in the future

 

[Cryswar]

At least you know how it happens in future updates and be able to fix it for the new ones as well, keep on making new contents and stuffs over time when they are ready as well as being as bug and glitch free as possible, love to see new characters like dragons or dinosaurs in the future

Thank you for being so patient with me, hopefully we'll never have an issue like that again!

Several dragons are indeed planned, maybe too many LOL. You will probably be able to suplex a T-rex eventually, I'm not sure about banging one but if FGO can do it maybe I can figure something out there down the road!

 

[Chaika-chan]

I think Ravenleaf already covered it, but for the night choices, the 'Just Sleep' option leads to some wonky dialogue in the morning. Even Ashley's is a tad suspicious with the mentions of Sarah in the morning, but not nearly as mindbreaking to the reader, unless.... there was some unknown/unseen shenanigans the MC doesn't remember. xD

 

[Animalsfan5698]

Thank you for being so patient with me, hopefully we'll never have an issue like that again!

Several dragons are indeed planned, maybe too many LOL. You will probably be able to suplex a T-rex eventually, I'm not sure about banging one but if FGO can do it maybe I can figure something out there down the road!

I am lookinf forward to them, and i can wait as long as i need for each update, you just keep on doing what you do best for this game over time while taking breaks every now and then for eating, drinking, and other such real life stuffs to keep you alive and happy

 

[Cryswar]

I think Ravenleaf already covered it, but for the night choices, the 'Just Sleep' option leads to some wonky dialogue in the morning. Even Ashley's is a tad suspicious with the mentions of Sarah in the morning, but not nearly as mindbreaking to the reader, unless.... there was some unknown/unseen shenanigans the MC doesn't remember. xD

Demons of the night, never trust 'em!

But yeah, that was my faulty assumption that everyone would just pick one of the two, didn't really account for it in the breakfast scene, will be fixed in 0.4.

(in the future, at night in camp, there will be a 'surprise me' option - you may wake up to the unexpected...)

I am lookinf forward to them, and i can wait as long as i need for each update, you just keep on doing what you do best for this game over time while taking breaks every now and then for eating, drinking, and other such real life stuffs to keep you alive and happy

Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope to keep up with the 2 week schedule, I genuinely enjoy working on the game and interacting with the community, and I want to be remembered for daily progress updates/biweekly game updates rather than for going MIA and screwing people for Patreon bux.

 

[Chaika-chan]

Demons of the night, never trust 'em!

But yeah, that was my faulty assumption that everyone would just pick one of the two, didn't really account for it in the breakfast scene, will be fixed in 0.4.

xD Yeah, I think most would pick one of the two, but I had to see what the third option did for completionist sake.

(in the future, at night in camp, there will be a 'surprise me' option - you may wake up to the unexpected...)

That... is kinda hot, ngl. Also, considering they're succubi, depending on your lore, some dreamwalking shenanigans could be possible as well to avoid the whole... obvious physical things with others around.

 

[Cryswar]

That... is kinda hot, ngl. Also, considering they're succubi, depending on your lore, some dreamwalking shenanigans could be possible as well to avoid the whole... obvious physical things with others around.

Yup! 100% real talk, the camp content will definitely be a lot more bare-bones at the start and develop over time, but there is a fair amount of dream stuff planned when I can get to it. And not just with succubi! One... very major character will be met there down the road, actually.

Also, other party members walking in on the action is half the fun. :^)

 

[Animalsfan5698]

Demons of the night, never trust 'em!

But yeah, that was my faulty assumption that everyone would just pick one of the two, didn't really account for it in the breakfast scene, will be fixed in 0.4.

(in the future, at night in camp, there will be a 'surprise me' option - you may wake up to the unexpected...)


Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope to keep up with the 2 week schedule, I genuinely enjoy working on the game and interacting with the community, and I want to be remembered for daily progress updates/biweekly game updates rather than for going MIA and screwing people for Patreon bux.

Glad you are happy from that, everyone on the internet and real life need to be nice, friendly and supported 100% of the time instead of being the opposite of those, and keep on doing what you do best with real life and the internet, maybe the 100% animal, creature, and monster characters might join the party with the main character and others in the future?

 

[nothingreallymattress]

Cryswar: On Linux, v0.3 breaks on startup because you try to os.chdir to a directory with a backslash. I strongly recommend just using '/' as the directory separator on all platforms; it generally works just fine on Windows.

(I also strongly recommend not using os.chdir ever. Use

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[Cryswar]

Cryswar: On Linux, v0.3 breaks on startup because you try to os.chdir to a directory with a backslash. I strongly recommend just using '/' as the directory separator on all platforms; it generally works just fine on Windows.

(I also strongly recommend not using os.chdir ever. Use

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if you need to access files dynamically.)

Will look into it! First time doing shit with files so I'm learning as I go, I got renpy.list_files working a while back, but had no idea how to use renpy.file and couldn't get it working when I tried. No promises for 0.4 aside from the / thing, hopefully by 0.5 I'll be able to improve the loader.

 

[Animalsfan5698]

I think the Farming part before the Prologue Boss Fight, the one with Endless Living Flesh enemies might not be available for me to farm levels on, and that battle is the one where the player is forced to win to continue, if level grinding is not available before that point, then some Anti-Frustation Features need to be in use for players that are 100% bad at Strategy games like me

To give some Example for this, each Game Over on a battle that your forced to win fully in will make the player character and all allies Max HP go up by 50 Points, the chances of receiving statue effects from enemies go down by 20%, or having the Accruacy go up by 20% and Damage by 10 points, something to try and help players that can't win the forced story fights no matter what class they are due to not knowing what to do no matter how hard they try.

 

[Cryswar]

I think the Farming part before the Prologue Boss Fight, the one with Endless Living Flesh enemies might not be available for me to farm levels on, and that battle is the one where the player is forced to win to continue, if level grinding is not available before that point, then some Anti-Frustation Features need to be in use for players that are 100% bad at Strategy games like me

To give some Example for this, each Game Over on a battle that your forced to win fully in will make the player character and all allies Max HP go up by 50 Points, the chances of receiving statue effects from enemies go down by 20%, or having the Accruacy go up by 20% and Damage by 10 points, something to try and help players that can't win the forced story fights no matter what class they are due to not knowing what to do no matter how hard they try.

IIRC you don't actually get XP beyond 2 Living Failures, but 0.4 will bring infinite farming with the first adventure, so for the rest of the game you can grind as desired.

On the Temple boss - Metatron being able to AOE heal every 3 turns makes it impossible to lose, the battle just takes a while if you do that, and turn 5 a message pops up telling you to keep the mobs down fast to avoid damage stacking up. The hp% breakpoints aren't super clearly conveyed ingame (I think it's 70%, 50%, and 20% boss hp) but they get special messages hinting at it too.

Finding a good balance between 'interesting boss mechanics' and 'arcane bullshit you need a supercomputer to figure out' can be challenging, I'm sorry you had a bad time with it and will try to improve the communication ingame there. For right now though, you can just have Metatron heal every time it's up and it's a free win.

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As an unrelated note, I spent most of yesterday working on dealing with NRM's suggestions, the game should now be platform-agnostic AND I finally got the android port working as well! Had to update to renpy 7.4.3 since it fixed the issues from 7.4.2 that kept me from updating, from my testing so far savegames appear to be fine and systems still work. So, knock on wood. Still looking at around the 22nd or 23rd for a release date, the camp will probably be bare-bones until 0.5 to flesh it out.

Also, cowgirl pretty clearly won this update's content poll so that'll happen too.

 

[Animalsfan5698]

IIRC you don't actually get XP beyond 2 Living Failures, but 0.4 will bring infinite farming with the first adventure, so for the rest of the game you can grind as desired.

On the Temple boss - Metatron being able to AOE heal every 3 turns makes it impossible to lose, the battle just takes a while if you do that, and turn 5 a message pops up telling you to keep the mobs down fast to avoid damage stacking up. The hp% breakpoints aren't super clearly conveyed ingame (I think it's 70%, 50%, and 20% boss hp) but they get special messages hinting at it too.

Finding a good balance between 'interesting boss mechanics' and 'arcane bullshit you need a supercomputer to figure out' can be challenging, I'm sorry you had a bad time with it and will try to improve the communication ingame there. For right now though, you can just have Metatron heal every time it's up and it's a free win.

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As an unrelated note, I spent most of yesterday working on dealing with NRM's suggestions, the game should now be platform-agnostic AND I finally got the android port working as well! Had to update to renpy 7.4.3 since it fixed the issues from 7.4.2 that kept me from updating, from my testing so far savegames appear to be fine and systems still work. So, knock on wood. Still looking at around the 22nd or 23rd for a release date, the camp will probably be bare-bones until 0.5 to flesh it out.

Also, cowgirl pretty clearly won this update's content poll so that'll happen too.

It is fine, i did manage to almost win it the first time, i think the boss's HP got to about 5% or so the first time i do it, so it is possible for that save i did before starting that battle, so maybe i should have her use the Clear the Battlefield option each time the endless Living Flesh enemies appear and have her use the healing one if not needed, i was using the Fire Magic Class when doing that the first time at level 7, so i can try that again if i want to or wait until the version make that boss battle eaiser to win on, but you keep on doing what you do, i always level grind and stuffs on RPG game where Enemies don't have level scaling to the point where every enemies either get defeated in one turn, or they only do 1 damage per turn without status effects causing problems, this apply to video games as well.

Looking forward to the next updates and stuffs it comes with it.

 

[Kraverin]

You are gonna release the new version on 22/3? That would be a great birthday gift for me
Also i never spiritually related so much to a character in porn game before.