VN Ren'Py Dog Days of Summer [Rework v0.2.1b] [BlackWeb Games]

[problematic toy]

So it's not fully done yet but it is close, I hope to have v.5 up tomorrow or the next day, so just bare with me a while longer.

So... how's that going?

I just finished a playthrough and I want more!


Also, a little intrigued about the world. Everything looks and reads like its set in SoCal or atleast the US in general, but the currency is £s and Vivian and her mother talk about being part of Britain and wishing it would join the EU (that was set up as a counter to the empire?) so clearly some sort of alternate history shenanigans seem to be going on.

 

[bonerland]

So... how's that going?

I just finished a playthrough and I want more!


Also, a little intrigued about the world. Everything looks and reads like its set in SoCal or atleast the US in general, but the currency is £s and Vivian and her mother talk about being part of Britain and wishing it would join the EU (that was set up as a counter to the empire?) so clearly some sort of alternate history shenanigans seem to be going on.

From what I can gather, they live in New York, or as it was originally called, New Amsterdam, and BlackWebGames has stated that the American Revolution never happened.

 

[BlackWebGames]

So... how's that going?

I just finished a playthrough and I want more!


Also, a little intrigued about the world. Everything looks and reads like its set in SoCal or atleast the US in general, but the currency is £s and Vivian and her mother talk about being part of Britain and wishing it would join the EU (that was set up as a counter to the empire?) so clearly some sort of alternate history shenanigans seem to be going on.

It's coming. There was actually a bit of an unexpected sex scene that I hadn't planned on doing but that's just how the story turned out so I'm doing the renders right now. Hopefully will be done by Monday.

About the world... I will admit, I have been a little pensive on what I should really explain about that. Yes, I have a lot of the details worked out but am a strong believer that world building info should be explained in story as it becomes relevant to the the story. Because the city is more of a center point in my other game 'Mother Lover's Society' there is a lot more info about it there. (yes, both stories take place in the same city)

I also figured most people probably wouldn't be all that interested in the small textbook I have made in terms of lore for this world.
But the short answer is:

The American Revolution never happened as such most of modern day Canada and everything east of the mississipi river is all part of the expansive British Empire along with the Caribbean islands and Cuba. Most of the west coast is run and controlled by the Japanese Empire. The middle part of North America and in Mexico broke away from their French rulers long ago and have broken up into half a dozen or more smaller countries.

The story takes place in the city of New Amsterdam. An undefined location on the east coast of North America but the city proper is on an island with two underground roads connecting to the mainland. But it is closer to the Sothern end hence the hot summers.

New Amsterdam much like its real life counterpart Amsterdam, is a semi independent state. Most of the British Common Law does not apply inside the city limits and most things that are not considered essential are considered legal. Drugs are legal, prostitution is legal, drinking and smoking is legal however you have to be 16 in order to purchase said items. The list goes on.
I of course have more. I have the whole founding of the city, and the 'special' circumstances around that which will be covered in later games. World War 1 did happen but not in the way we think of it because of how massive the British Empire had become at that point. Prussia and Russia acutely were allies against Britain instead of enemies, therefor Lennon was never sent by the Prussians to Russia to kick off the Soviet Revolution and things continue on from there.

Like I said. I have put way more thought into this than is probably necessary for a porn game but that's just what I do.

 

[neennah]

Lennon was never sent by the Prussians to Russia to kick off the Soviet Revolution and things continue on from there.

I know this is a mistype for Lenin, but there's something amusing about the idea of the Beatles singer going over to Russia to start a bloody revolution (presumably humming the words to "Imagine" as he did so).

 

[Alley_Cat]

It's coming. There was actually a bit of an unexpected sex scene that I hadn't planned on doing but that's just how the story turned out so I'm doing the renders right now. Hopefully will be done by Monday.

About the world... I will admit, I have been a little pensive on what I should really explain about that. Yes, I have a lot of the details worked out but am a strong believer that world building info should be explained in story as it becomes relevant to the the story. Because the city is more of a center point in my other game 'Mother Lover's Society' there is a lot more info about it there. (yes, both stories take place in the same city)

I also figured most people probably wouldn't be all that interested in the small textbook I have made in terms of lore for this world.
But the short answer is:

The American Revolution never happened as such most of modern day Canada and everything east of the mississipi river is all part of the expansive British Empire along with the Caribbean islands and Cuba. Most of the west coast is run and controlled by the Japanese Empire. The middle part of North America and in Mexico broke away from their French rulers long ago and have broken up into half a dozen or more smaller countries.

The story takes place in the city of New Amsterdam. An undefined location on the east coast of North America but the city proper is on an island with two underground roads connecting to the mainland. But it is closer to the Sothern end hence the hot summers.

New Amsterdam much like its real life counterpart Amsterdam, is a semi independent state. Most of the British Common Law does not apply inside the city limits and most things that are not considered essential are considered legal. Drugs are legal, prostitution is legal, drinking and smoking is legal however you have to be 16 in order to purchase said items. The list goes on.
I of course have more. I have the whole founding of the city, and the 'special' circumstances around that which will be covered in later games. World War 1 did happen but not in the way we think of it because of how massive the British Empire had become at that point. Prussia and Russia acutely were allies against Britain instead of enemies, therefor Lennon was never sent by the Prussians to Russia to kick off the Soviet Revolution and things continue on from there.

Like I said. I have put way more thought into this than is probably necessary for a porn game but that's just what I do.

I think you underestimate how bored some of us get between updates, particularly for games like AWAM. We have discussions about the population density of pigeons and how many fit into a handbag FFS. Speculation continues as to where San Alejo might actually be. Personally I think it's LA.

World-building, and a dev that actually interacts with the thread here with it is far more interesting than I think you give it credit for. Besides, it adds to immersion.

 

[BlackWebGames]

I know this is a mistype for Lenin, but there's something amusing about the idea of the Beatles singer going over to Russia to start a bloody revolution (presumably humming the words to "Imagine" as he did so).

 

[Alley_Cat]

I know this is a mistype for Lenin, but there's something amusing about the idea of the Beatles singer going over to Russia to start a bloody revolution (presumably humming the words to "Imagine" as he did so).

From what I've studied, there are companies in the US where the shares are held entirely by the workers of the company, which is far closer to what Marx had actually intended than anything the "communist" countries actually apply.

What we see in "capitalist" countries is nothing like what Adam Smith envisioned either in his "Wealth of Nations" either. Banks should have been allowed to fail during the Global Financial Crisis under his ideal.

But then that's the fun of alternate history, isn't it?

On a possibly lighter note, are there Moon Nazis in this AU?

 

[BlackWebGames]

On a possibly lighter note, are there Moon Nazis in this AU?

There are no NAZIs as the Great War (WW1) ended in a stalemate where Japan was allowed to keep the bits of Russia and Prussian islands that it conquered, and France lost most of its holdings in Africa to the Prussians. (Germany isn't a thing because it came about due to the Napoleonic wars which never happened because the French Revolution never happened because the American Revolution never happened which caused the economic depression in France. Instead France slowly lost its grip on power over the next hundred years as it's monarchy continued to flounder and diminish, having to sell or give up much of it's colonial presence in the America's and later Africa.) As such the massive hyper inflation after WW1 never happened leading to the economic depression in both Germany and Italy thus the fascist factions were never in a position to ever be able to rise to power.

Instead what you had is a growing consolidation of European powers against the greater British Empire, thus the formation of the EU.

China still had it's cultural revolution with Mao but they eventually lost the war to Japan leading to something of an arms race between eastern and western powers. The EU not backing the Japanese Empire but also secretly supporting them to undermine Britain hold in the Pacific and India, but also not wanting them to get too powerful and becoming just as big of a threat.

The invention of atomic bomb in the 50s caused a lot of tensions to cool on the surface as neither of the world powers wanted to see how a conventional war with nuclear weapons would play out thus entering them into a semi cold war.

Tensions have mostly fizzled out, instead focusing mostly on economic dominance over the others.

 

[problematic toy]

It's coming. There was actually a bit of an unexpected sex scene that I hadn't planned on doing but that's just how the story turned out so I'm doing the renders right now. Hopefully will be done by Monday.

Awesome, cant wait ♥

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Yes, probably way too much for a typical porn game, but I was born in the UK so I guess the mentions of Britain really jump out at me, and I'm bit of an alt-history nerd so I love different timelines. So, if the Prussians were around in the 1910s and part of the first world war does that mean there was no Franco-Prussian war in 1870 and so no unified Germany (atleast until after the great war)




Also, I've been plaything through some different routes in the last few hours; hopped off the incest express to try a relationship with Evaline and I think I've found that its possible to completely lock yourself out of it, if not playing domme, before you've even begin it really, which makes it kind of cruel given how close you get so im thinking bug or oversight?

In this route I've helped Eva to cheat by sending her the essay This leads to the confrontation with the teacher, but since i'm not dominant I can't tell her to stuff it when she tries to blackmail us, but I also do not want to get black mailed so I have to bluff her and Eva gets expelled. I invite Eva to stay over and turn down her offers for casual sex asking to start a relationship instead, and Tara will even say after this that we're on the path for a relationship, but at this point its already doomed. Because I needed to bluff the teacher i needed to have built up enough lies beforehand and the only way I've found to do this was lieing to Des at the start in the gallery, withholding that rich guy's card from Des and then lieing to Mom about going to Rebecca's party. This means I'm locked into going to Rebecca's party, and I also end up inviting Des to go to even if I invited Eva first and there is no route through the club that continues a romantic path with Eva. Either Des finds out about the budding relationship and sets off an argument that brings it down in flames (after which its just not mentioned again, Eva sleeps with Mom and I seem to be shunted onto a Des romance path) or at the end of the night Shanna turns up and spikes our drinks, forcing sex with Des (after which the romance with Eva is not mentioned again, she sleeps with mom as before and we're on a Des romance path). Is there an obscure option somewhere I'm just missing because it doesn't seem right you know?

 

[Alley_Cat]

There are no NAZIs as the Great War (WW1) ended in a stalemate where Japan was allowed to keep the bits of Russia and Prussian islands that it conquered, and France lost most of its holdings in Africa to the Prussians. (Germany isn't a thing because it came about due to the Napoleonic wars which never happened because the French Revolution never happened because the American Revolution never happened which caused the economic depression in France. Instead France slowly lost its grip on power over the next hundred years as it's monarchy continued to flounder and diminish, having to sell or give up much of it's colonial presence in the America's and later Africa.) As such the massive hyper inflation after WW1 never happened leading to the economic depression in both Germany and Italy thus the fascist factions were never in a position to ever be able to rise to power.

Instead what you had is a growing consolidation of European powers against the greater British Empire, thus the formation of the EU.

China still had it's cultural revolution with Mao but they eventually lost the war to Japan leading to something of an arms race between eastern and western powers. The EU not backing the Japanese Empire but also secretly supporting them to undermine Britain hold in the Pacific and India, but also not wanting them to get too powerful and becoming just as big of a threat.

The invention of atomic bomb in the 50s caused a lot of tensions to cool on the surface as neither of the world powers wanted to see how a conventional war with nuclear weapons would play out thus entering them into a semi cold war.

Tensions have mostly fizzled out, instead focusing mostly on economic dominance over the others.

See, far more interesting than pigeons! Moon Russians (Leninites, Stalinites, or something)?

 

[BlackWebGames]

Awesome, cant wait ♥




Yes, probably way too much for a typical porn game, but I was born in the UK so I guess the mentions of Britain really jump out at me, and I'm bit of an alt-history nerd so I love different timelines. So, if the Prussians were around in the 1910s and part of the first world war does that mean there was no Franco-Prussian war in 1870 and so no unified Germany (atleast until after the great war)

Posted at the same time. Answer in the post above yours.

Also, I've been plaything through some different routes in the last few hours; hopped off the incest express to try a relationship with Evaline and I think I've found that its possible to completely lock yourself out of it, if not playing domme, before you've even begin it really, which makes it kind of cruel given how close you get so im thinking bug or oversight?

In this route I've helped Eva to cheat by sending her the essay This leads to the confrontation with the teacher, but since i'm not dominant I can't tell her to stuff it when she tries to blackmail us, but I also do not want to get black mailed so I have to bluff her and Eva gets expelled. I invite Eva to stay over and turn down her offers for casual sex asking to start a relationship instead, and Tara will even say after this that we're on the path for a relationship, but at this point its already doomed. Because I needed to bluff the teacher i needed to have built up enough lies beforehand and the only way I've found to do this was lieing to Des at the start in the gallery, withholding that rich guy's card from Des and then lieing to Mom about going to Rebecca's party. This means I'm locked into going to Rebecca's party, and I also end up inviting Des to go to even if I invited Eva first and there is no route through the club that continues a romantic path with Eva. Either Des finds out about the budding relationship and sets off an argument that brings it down in flames (after which its just not mentioned again, Eva sleeps with Mom and I seem to be shunted onto a Des romance path) or at the end of the night Shanna turns up and spikes our drinks, forcing sex with Des (after which the romance with Eva is not mentioned again, she sleeps with mom as before and we're on a Des romance path). Is there an obscure option somewhere I'm just missing because it doesn't seem right you know?

There are ways to go to the party and not have your drink spiked but there are several factors there.
But I can promise you that you are not locked out of the Evaline romance by anything you described here. It's simply Evaline is going to be a bit of a slower burn in that regard.

It hasn't happened yet if she is living with you but eventually Evaline is going to invite you to a Sorority Party going on. Where who knows what sort of things will or wont happen.

 

[neennah]

(Germany isn't a thing because it came about due to the Napoleonic wars which never happened because the French Revolution never happened because the American Revolution never happened which caused the economic depression in France. Instead France slowly lost its grip on power over the next hundred years as it's monarchy continued to flounder and diminish, having to sell or give up much of it's colonial presence in the America's and later Africa.)

I like that alt history, because very few people seem to realise the link between French revolution and American was less about liberty and more because France had basically bankrupted herself in a bid to own Britain.

Did you decide on why American Revolution didn't happen? [Better British policies? key players such as Washington remaining loyal? Early defeat at Bunker Hill leading to collapse of revolution?]. I'm def of the view that American War of Independence is one of those historical events which isn't inevitable [and of course there's another history where it's even more successful and the modern US includes Canada or at least parts of it]

 

[dolfe67]

BlackWebGames

Are you british or fan of them to reinvent their history ?

 

[BlackWebGames]

I like that alt history, because very few people seem to realise the link between French revolution and American was less about liberty and more because France had basically bankrupted herself in a bid to own Britain.

Did you decide on why American Revolution didn't happen? [Better British policies? key players such as Washington remaining loyal? Early defeat at Bunker Hill leading to collapse of revolution?]. I'm def of the view that American War of Independence is one of those historical events which isn't inevitable [and of course there's another history where it's even more successful and the modern US includes Canada or at least parts of it]

George Washington never started the French and Indian War/7 Years War, thus never bankrupting the two countries. Thus Britain never enacted the taxation policies that sparked a majority of the people. Instead the reforms were more gradual and things like representation in parliament from the colonies were handled much differently. However this also means the British Monarchy has far more power and influence then they do in real life.

 

[BlackWebGames]

BlackWebGames

Are you british or fan of them to reinvent their history ?

More like, I knew I wanted never wanted to set this game in 'real life' but also wanted to keep it close enough that it was still mostly familiar. This just seemed liked the easiest way to do things. Also I just find most games are set in America(understandably) and thought this would be a fun and interesting change of pace.

 

[lnppo]

Lol, dev hates America so much he created an elaborate historical fan fiction where it was never founded.... in a porn game. Lmao.

 

[problematic toy]

Lol, dev hates America so much he created an elaborate historical fan fiction where it was never founded.... in a porn game. Lmao.

Where the heck does this come from? Making an alternate history of a loyalist america doesnt mean someone hates america.

 

[sharpys]

Look I came for some Evaline x Mom smut, not to hear a Harry Turtledove novel.

 

[Alley_Cat]

Look I came for some Evaline x Mom smut, not to hear a Harry Turtledove novel.

I came here for Eva x Mom x Vix smut, doesn't mean I can't enjoy a little AU along the way.

 

[neennah]

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I came here for Eva x Mom x Vix smut, doesn't mean I can't enjoy a little AU along the way.

yep, porn games need background and story, they're not (or shouldn't be) just a succession of pictures.