VN Ren'Py Abandoned Dr. Amana, Sexual Therapist [v2.0.0P] [Ianvs]

[Cartageno]

I think Monica has a couple of uphill battles to fight to gather people's attention. She is sat right between "that young thing" (aka teenagers, the "college kink") and a grown woman ("milf kink") so doesn't profit off these very popular likeability boosts. Lore wise she is further removed from the MC - wife, daughter, co-worker are just closer, daughter's friends you've known for years as well - without any meaningful interaction so far in the game. She's not "conventionally hot" being short haired and butch (which of course also can be kinky but not on a "milf" level in general popularity).

But what I think puts her at a disadvantage the most is that - apart from the wife, but wives/fiancées/established girlfriends work a bit differently - she isn't taboo in the slightest (no incest, no boss-subordinate, no patient-therapist), removing that little tingling on the inside, there is no real conflict as with Nanami. You could just cut her out of your life without any consequences while the other girls you'll have to continue living with to some extent so you'll have to "make arrangements" with them, even with Lupita (who also serves the Latino kink, not the most common, then again I wouldn't know many who dislike it, while Monica arguably isn't dark skinned enough to score with ebony lovers just for that).

Now, all this could hold for Ayhsel's alternative suggestion of Lita/Lola as well even though they look younger and more "classic hot", but they would still be some kind of "forbidden fruit": having an affair with a prostitute would be seen differently than one with a fitness coach.

So in conclusion there's not too much that makes her stand out for probably a large swath of the player base. She isn't bad but overshadowed because her development will have less impact on the character's story and in a more story driven novel like this that doesn't promote her. If we had the same characters in an "everybody wants to jump your bones after two minutes" game, results might be different, but here the story element is stronger. And even in that other one, not serving a major kink may relegate her to midfield at best.

And I gotta admit even though personally I like her for not filling a character mould seen in every other game and then some, she has some high-end competition here. Yes, even Amanda, who is arguably the most classic character in this game (shy young girl with a little crush on you).

 

[fried]

I think Monica has a couple of uphill battles to fight to gather people's attention.

But what I think puts her at a disadvantage the most is that - apart from the wife, but wives/fiancées/established girlfriends work a bit differently - she isn't taboo in the slightest (no incest, no boss-subordinate, no patient-therapist), removing that little tingling on the inside, there is no real conflict as with Nanami.

Yet, an employee of the club seems to be her boyfriend. She also has an overly judgmental view of said man, which says to me that their relationship dynamic, the MC's deepening interactions with the "boss" from that club and the MC desiring to keep his (paid) affairs a secret could all pull together into a world of hurt and even blackmail against the MC, while adding unknown amounts of tension into any affair he has with Monica.

She came off like a self-assured nobody, but all those tendrils leads me to believe she will play a role in undesired exposures and concerns for the MC. So, I'd like her path explored for those factors, essentially.

 

[fabulous007]

While I voted Emily because I like the character, I admit I have no clue what her love path could be about. No problem with the hate path, it will have its own dramas and aims, stuff will happen, but what about the love path (if you already wrote the story Hume, don't reply, I prefer being surprised).

As for advice to make the game better I have none, it's hard to be really critical toward this game for me. Of course I have personal preferences (like I'm a bit sad the old scene with swimsuit-Cassie and her father in the kitchen will be rewritten), but nothing I would objectively criticize as poorly made. I just hope once again for big differences between blue/red paths.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Yet, an employee of the club seems to be her boyfriend. She also has an overly judgmental view of said man, which says to me that their relationship dynamic, the MC's deepening interactions with the "boss" from that club and the MC desiring to keep his (paid) affairs a secret could all pull together into a world of hurt and even blackmail against the MC, while adding unknown amounts of tension into any affair he has with Monica.

She came off like a self-assured nobody, but all those tendrils leads me to believe she will play a role in undesired exposures and concerns for the MC. So, I'd like her path explored for those factors, essentially.

Haven't thought about that. So far while we had women characters involved with a blackmail plot (Nanami, Lola and Lita) none was the direct responsible.
It would be interesting if Monica reveals herself as such a dangerous and scummy character. Hmm i think i may be changing my mind about who looks more intriguing for the next route.

 

[RomanHume]

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It's been a quiet week but not an unproductive one. The character design for Lupita's son has been completed and we'll be seeing him in game very soon!

News update coming tomorrow and then maybe we'll get some streams in this weekend.

Cheers and I'll talk to you soon!

 

[Ayhsel]

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It's been a quiet week but not an unproductive one. The character design for Lupita's son has been completed and we'll be seeing him in game very soon!

News update coming tomorrow and then maybe we'll get some streams in this weekend.

Cheers and I'll talk to you soon!

That puts me in a lot of trouble. I really enjoyed Red with Lupita. But I still want to treat her kid good...

It's gonna be interesting how things play out.

 

[Ayhsel]

I think Monica has a couple of uphill battles to fight to gather people's attention. She is sat right between "that young thing" (aka teenagers, the "college kink") and a grown woman ("milf kink") so doesn't profit off these very popular likeability boosts. Lore wise she is further removed from the MC - wife, daughter, co-worker are just closer, daughter's friends you've known for years as well - without any meaningful interaction so far in the game. She's not "conventionally hot" being short haired and butch (which of course also can be kinky but not on a "milf" level in general popularity).

But what I think puts her at a disadvantage the most is that - apart from the wife, but wives/fiancées/established girlfriends work a bit differently - she isn't taboo in the slightest (no incest, no boss-subordinate, no patient-therapist), removing that little tingling on the inside, there is no real conflict as with Nanami. You could just cut her out of your life without any consequences while the other girls you'll have to continue living with to some extent so you'll have to "make arrangements" with them, even with Lupita (who also serves the Latino kink, not the most common, then again I wouldn't know many who dislike it, while Monica arguably isn't dark skinned enough to score with ebony lovers just for that).

Now, all this could hold for Ayhsel's alternative suggestion of Lita/Lola as well even though they look younger and more "classic hot", but they would still be some kind of "forbidden fruit": having an affair with a prostitute would be seen differently than one with a fitness coach.

So in conclusion there's not too much that makes her stand out for probably a large swath of the player base. She isn't bad but overshadowed because her development will have less impact on the character's story and in a more story driven novel like this that doesn't promote her. If we had the same characters in a "everybody wants to jump your bones after two minutes" game, results might be different, but here the story element is stronger. And even in that other one, not serving a major kink may relegate her to midfield at best.

And I gotta admit even though personally I like her for not filling a character mould seen in every other game and then some, she has some high-end competition here. Yes, even Amanda, who is arguably the most classic character in this game (shy young girl with a little crush on you).

Those are very valid points and a potential good explanation about why I don't care about her. It is true that I found her physically not very appealing. But even her personality was not a turn on for me, while Lita was a "my goodness, this girl with suck me dry before we get to fuck given how hot she is" and I am talking about her personality not looks.
And yes, the lack of a more important presence of her in MC's life compared to the other characters or a specific kink as "a relationship with a prostitute" and all the complications a guy as MC could have is that relationship is disclosed to the public are probably a reason.

So looks, bla. Personality, bla. Personal situation, bla. Poor girl, she had no chance from the beginning.

Yet, an employee of the club seems to be her boyfriend. She also has an overly judgmental view of said man, which says to me that their relationship dynamic, the MC's deepening interactions with the "boss" from that club and the MC desiring to keep his (paid) affairs a secret could all pull together into a world of hurt and even blackmail against the MC, while adding unknown amounts of tension into any affair he has with Monica.

I am always all in for the conflict, but I would prefer that that guy has nothing to do. Monica herself could bring the potential "risk of the affairs" without blackmail from some external guy.

Anyway, we'll see what happens.. My opinions on her have been spoken. Remains to see if they can be overturned.

 

[RomanHume]

2021-03-13 News

Alright, it’s that time again let. So let’s recap the week.

Cassie’s Alt Game Mode Images (Nude and Lingerie)

As I’m sure you $20+ patrons are aware, I have not yet provided the alternate images for the recently released Cassie chapter. I am still working on these. We created the images during the original artwork creation for Cassie’s chapter. But in an attempt to get Cassie’s chapter out as quickly as possible I hadn’t queued many of them until it was done.

I’ve had the machines running night and day working to play catch up and as soon as these assets are done I’ll post up the link. If you were a $20+ Patron in the Month of February or March, I owe you these images. Even if you’ve reduced or removed your pledge since.

Going forward I’m going to render these alternate images at the same time I do the core content so that there is no lag.

Where were the Live Streams?

This week didn’t provide much of an opportunity to do the streaming. The real job kept encroaching upon my time (go figure the bastards want me to work on their shit during the time they’re paying for instead of working on my game…the pricks).

However, I did spend my evenings and afternoons working on other aspects of the game. Some character designs were finished and some additional rewrites done to tighten up the story. Some additional improvements and modules were written for the Scrivener to Python Conversion script to add some additional functionality that I felt would offer us more variety in the story.

Now that the conversion machine is built it’s proved to be incredibly easy to expand. The last upgrade automatically writes almost 30 lines of code based on a six character notation in the script. It’s a massive time saver because it not only writes the code but does so the same every time to ensure it’s error free. So no debugging required.

Thus the week wasn’t lost, I just didn’t have any convenient mornings available to do an uninterrupted stream.

Script Re-Writes

One of my goals for moving forward is to have chapters that are shorter but dense. A lot of action in a tiny well paced package. Cassie’s chapter, while fun to do and play, can’t be a template for chapters going forward. Counting from when work on her chapter actually started, it took three to four months to put together. I want updates to be faster than that.

That said I’m going to start pacing out some of the plot in the hopes that we can achieve an update schedule of every month and a half to two months. This will give a nice steady stream of new content while allowing us to cycle through characters more frequently.

This means most new chapters will play out around the length of Amanda’s last chapter. A healthy amount of content with enough forward momentum to keep the story moving.

It is with this goal in mind I’ve started going through portions of the script and viciously trimming fat. Ultimately this was a good thing because in re-writing Emily’s newest chapter I had a ton of content that could not only be introduced at a later time, but could be done so in a much more dramatic and enjoyable fashion. All the while plot points I had in mind for later found opportunity to get introduced earlier and in a much more satisfying way. I’m just as excited about Emily’s upcoming chapter as I was about Cassie’s and as I am about Lupita now. (What can I say, I love my characters!)

Poll Results

Which reminds me, Emily won our recent “~Who’s Next” poll.

So when Lupita’s chapter is concluded, expect Emily’s to follow.

The 3-1-1 Plan

Starting next week I want to begin the 3-1-1 plan. I want to spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday working on Lupita. Thursday I want to spend working on Emily, and then if we are lucky and get to squeeze in a Friday stream, spend this day working on old content or creating custom assets in Blender.

That’s the tentative plan and if it works like hope, by the time we’re finishing up with Lupita we’ll be half way done with Emily. Emily can then move to Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the next character can fill up the Thursday slot.


We’ll give a go starting next week and see how it plays out.

Character Cards

Finally, I’ve started putting together character cards to introduce new characters as they’re completed. They aren’t anything special, just quick easy renders and some back story. Since they’re so effortless to make I want to do a series of them, one for each character in the game.

I’ll go back and do some for the characters we’ve already met and as they’re done post them under the ‘characters’ tag on Patreon and Subscribestar. I’ve also created a channel in the discord to collect this as well. Think of it as the out of game equivalent of the journal for players to reference or review.

Again, I know they don’t add much. They’re just easy to make and I think they look pretty sweet when they’re done. I won’t try and convince you it’s any deeper than that. =D

Conclusion

Alright, that’s all I got for now. The real job might not have left me with any uninterrupted time to stream, but between those interruptions I’m still very happy with how much was accomplished. I’ll spend this weekend continuing my education on creating a Blender -> Substance -> Daz pipeline for custom environments and assets. And then on Monday, we kick off again fresh and drive forward with Lupita.

Everyone have a great weekend and I’ll catch up with you soon.

Cheers!

 

[Bloodguard]

Have you thought about putting this game on Steam Early Access? It has enough content to qualify, and would get great exposure that way. I'm not sure how that all works, but there are a lot of much worse adult games on Steam, and I think this could do well there.

 

[GrabberWalkie]

@RomanHume

So, in a nutshell, you've remade the Cassie chapter in v.2, added Lupita, and are now going to work on Emily, yes?

 

[RomanHume]

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Here is a character that has long been in the works. I've teased her in the past but I've just recently finalized her design and personality.

Originally I was saving Sarah for introduction in Monica's upcoming chapter. But as I thought more about the character, who she was and her role in the story, I found other places that she fit as well.

And so now Sarah's role has increased ten-fold in some pretty amazing ways that I think will cross over well with some of the other characters.

If you ever stood a chance of having a three way with your wife an another character...Sarah just may be the ally you need to help her (and potentially others) unlock some of their inner desires.


And no, it's not through the use of fucking healing crystals....

Cheers mates. We'll talk soon!

 

[fabulous007]

Wow Sarah's model is so pretty. I look forward seeing her in the story.

 

[Ayhsel]

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Here is a character that has long been in the works. I've teased her in the past but I've just recently finalized her design and personality.

Originally I was saving Sarah for introduction in Monica's upcoming chapter. But as I thought more about the character, who she was and her role in the story, I found other places that she fit as well.

And so now Sarah's role has increased ten-fold in some pretty amazing ways that I think will cross over well with some of the other characters.

If you ever stood a chance of having a three way with your wife an another character...Sarah just may be the ally you need to help her (and potentially others) unlock some of their inner desires.


And no, it's not through the use of fucking healing crystals....

Cheers mates. We'll talk soon!

She is fantastic!!

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Private yoga classes while selling crystals online? I am calling it now! She is a meth drug dealer and those classes are just her cover!

Jokings aside now could this one be the glue for my Jane, Lola and Nanami poly relationship?

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

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Here is a character that has long been in the works. I've teased her in the past but I've just recently finalized her design and personality.

Originally I was saving Sarah for introduction in Monica's upcoming chapter. But as I thought more about the character, who she was and her role in the story, I found other places that she fit as well.

And so now Sarah's role has increased ten-fold in some pretty amazing ways that I think will cross over well with some of the other characters.

If you ever stood a chance of having a three way with your wife an another character...Sarah just may be the ally you need to help her (and potentially others) unlock some of their inner desires.


And no, it's not through the use of fucking healing crystals....

Cheers mates. We'll talk soon!

I like her already!

 

[RomanHume]

Guys

I have this message from the last update: "an uncaught exception occurred"

I downloaded twice from different sources but the problem remains

Can someone share here another file with the last update please?

Can you specify which version you were playing? My version or the compressed version?

Latest port Android please

At this time I don't have an official Android port yet. However, now that v2.0.0 has launched and I'm thoroughly convinced the interface is sound, I have plans over the next few months to being altering the gui to work with a mobile screen (right now the elements simply won't display right.) Having never done an Android conversion before, I cannot yet give an eta, but having a full android build is definitely on my to do list.

In the meantime, I don't yet know if someone else has made an unofficial port.

Where is the check button when you're selecting kinks and fetishes? I am playing the android version of the game.

Not sure. Please see above.

Or is there an actual path to knocking up every chick in the game and still somehow scheming/manipulating/earning/eking out a desirable outcome in the end?

I mean...what the fuck could possibly go wrong...

Though the... Neighbor's Daughter's daughter might have some fucked up genetics, to say the least.

I'm sure he'll grow up to be a perfect member of society...

Anyway, you have +1 subscriber) Thanks for your game.

Big thanks mate! And I hope as the content continues to roll out things fall in place and everything starts to make sense. I look forward to future feedback on whether or not I hit the mark. Cheers!

Ok thanks for you reply, i mean i understand it (but i still don't like it ) but i am sure you tried to give the best option possible, its just that i like the game and seeing an "old saves don't work" sign always makes me loose interest in a game. But! i'll soldier on and take my big boy pants off (pun intended)

One of the goals with this rework was to avoid future saves breaking. The v2.0.0 code base was written with save breaks specifically in mind. So all the gui features and modifications are carried out at runtime and your player data stored in a central location. If I did my job right, this will be the last time you see save breaks ever with this game.

Also I didn't know that about Nanami. I "cheated" and read that you only get to have sex with her(in the office) on the red path so I stayed on that path. submitting to her might be something I have to try and see what's up. But probably wouldn't be a main save. That alley scene...damn

Just be careful submitting to Nanami. That bitch is crazy. Like, for real violent crazy.

This game used to be on my favorite list
will check back later versions and see how it goes

Sorry it fell of the list but I understand. The day will eventually come when I feel I've mastered the fundamentals and can then focus on providing top quality animation. I'm just not there yet.

still wanna bang Amana.

Me Too!

er....shit....I guess I can't say that anymore. New contexts and all. Let's try...

I as well!

Any plans to potentially convince Emily to participate in threesomes while not directly cheating on the mc? Or do you see each of the mc’s lovers only interacting with him one-on-one, ignorant of any other sexual relationships he may be also in?

Funny you mentioned that. I just introduced a new character today that I plan to exploit as a bridge to possibilities previously considered out of reach. We'll write some story for her and see what happens.

me doesnt work to start game. i chose erverthing before and next the game tell me thanks for playng wtf

What version are you playing?

 

[A.C.H.B.]

I mean...what the fuck could possibly go wrong...
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DAST sequel confirmed.

 

[Anthony11553]

DAST sequel confirmed.

Plot twist on this route you go back to therapy without sex and you just sit an office for 6 hours

 

[Belnick]

Sorry it fell of the list but I understand. The day will eventually come when I feel I've mastered the fundamentals and can then focus on providing top quality animation. I'm just not there yet.

it is your game, you cant make it fit everyone's taste
no need to apologize as I have 700 other games from f95zone to update when they come, i tis just that I removed this game from watch list and might check back later.
you do your game the way you want and then I can decide if I like it or not, artistic license and free speech are great

 

[RomanHume]

Where does sex with Cassie fit in the timeline, is this before or after we take Amanda to the hotel?

I try to avoid having a strict time line as much as possible. One because I don't know what order the players may execute the various chapters and two because I worry about possibly writing myself into a corner and being unable to do certain things because it defies the "time line".

Obviously there will be times when some events must preclude others. But I have it coded in a way that any chapter that is reliant on another happening first, won't be available until the required chapter is complete.

Obviously there are some glaring continuity errors that I want to fix when I upgrade the 1.1.5 content. But knowing that these kinds of errors may occur again, I've also made efforts to code v2.0.0 in such a way that I can go back and 'tweak' dialogue if I need to. This way as continuity errors occur, I can easily fix them without save breaks.