VN Ren'Py Abandoned Ecchi Sensei [Day 22-23 Final] [BlueCat]

[baloneysammich]

The shitshow caused by the 18-month old "new" update, is almost as hilarious as the shitshow of no release for 2 years .
I was wondering if BC could damage his product any more than he has, but even I couldn't have imagined this

Unwarranted expectations for the release lead to outrage and disappointment?

 

[juan palote]

Having never played LabRats1
The game won me over with it's own merits.
Granted playing the mod version is pretty much required

Yeah, well, i was one of the first ones that tried his product, LabRats, when he was just starting, loved it, and then he went and created LarbRats2, milking the success of the first one.

Not cool for those of us that loved the first one, and yeah, i know the mod helps, but any "review" should be maded for the original product, which SUCKS

So yeah, not a good example of a good sandbox game when it literally needs a mod to be played/enjoyed

 

[a1fox3]

LabRats2 is milking the success it got with LabRats, which wasnt a sandbox and its the game that got him recognition.

LabRats2 sucks

Then you just don't know how to play it.
Once you figure out how to make money its a great text base sex game.

 

[juan palote]

Then you just don't know how to play it.
Once you figure out how to make money its a great text base sex game.

Its not just the money, its all the juggling between the two stats that goes up and down, honestly, if i wanted to play a game with stat juggling, i wouldnt play any of these games, and thats where sandbox games suck.

I want story and i want lewd scenes, i am not here for "mechanics", i have AAA games for that that are much better and entertaining.

Sandbox adult games are not entertaining, they are just annoying, like LabRats 2 is

I dont want to manage stats, money, time of day and all that crap, because honestly the Devs of these kind of games suck at making that entertaining, not to mention all that crap completely kills the immersion in the story, which is what i want

 

[giantsquidboy]

is there dm patch for week 3 final

 

[akiostein]

why can't i play it on joiplay? in vain i downloaded from week 1 to week 3

 

[a1fox3]

is there dm patch for week 3 final

Yes there is you just don't know how to use LewdPatcher.
Click here and scroll all the way down to the bottom.

 

[baloneysammich]

Yes there is you just don't know how to use LewdPatcher.

More like LewdPatcher doesn't know how to be used. It's hard to say what's worse, that barely detectable activator/link or the confusing naming scheme of ES releases.

 

[a1fox3]

More like LewdPatcher doesn't know how to be used. It's hard to say what's worse, that barely detectable activator/link or the confusing naming scheme of ES releases.

You got the right.

 

[720NoScope]

Yeah, well, i was one of the first ones that tried his product, LabRats, when he was just starting, loved it, and then he went and created LarbRats2, milking the success of the first one.

Not cool for those of us that loved the first one, and yeah, i know the mod helps, but any "review" should be maded for the original product, which SUCKS

So yeah, not a good example of a good sandbox game when it literally needs a mod to be played/enjoyed

I get your point and also really loved Lab rats 1, but honestly think vrens work is downplayed by a lot. The mans got a vision, it may not be obvious and align with your expectations of an adult game at first sight but he puts a lot of effort in his game(s) for not even gaining that much more patrons(compared to others) in a 3-4 year span. For example 2017 he already was at 1.8k ish and works rellentlessly till this day with frequent updates and communication to his patrons.
I dont support anyone but if I would it`d honestly be vren for sure.

 

[poopyfartcumboy]

so i was trying to download this, waited all through the download, started the install, but then when it was completed it said it wasnt able to install on my device? i was using an android with the .apk version, and i had plently of storage. whats up with it?

 

[Spamdumpster]

I am still hoping, at some point, for either clarification as to what is needed to download from a "I am BRAND NEW to this game" perspective, or the links to be re-activated. I tried downloading week 3(I think?) but the link would constantly fail.

So, if/when the FAQ is updated (see my previous post about myself and others being confused even after reading it) I think i'll try to download this again. From what it sounds like though, the developer, one uh...Bluecat? Either they've only just thrown this together in the hopes of avoiding getting flagged as an abandoned project, or something else is going on and I'm still not clear on that.

Regardless of how things work out, I am HOPING that at some point, this will be made clear as to what should/should not be done and what is/is not happening overall.

 

[Parnso]

LabRats2 is pretty good once you get the mechanics going
Degrees of Lewdity is the single best and almost only text based/minimal graphic Hgame I play
Harem Hotel & Public Sex Life were two of this first games I got into on this site.

A sandbox isn't inherently bad, an empty sandbox is bad, and thus when you look at a sandbox early in development it seems bad, but you can only really tell if it will be bad once there is enough content.

Like, especially if they have one of those "everyone moves around all day and different events will trigger at each time/location"
gimicks, as long as there are enough interactions that you can hit "something" at almost any given location, you won't care that you didn't hit a specific thing. Granted with a linear story you will always hit the eventuality of "I'm looking for this very specific interaction" so in-game guides are also usually a must.

In my opinion, all of these would be doable without sandbox and even better.
The sandbox only adds extra clicks to anything, but doesn't really do anything.

 

[TheDukeofWeapons]

The Duke is not Impressed...But Still Happy there was an Update... I suppose it's what they call 'the beauty of the grotesque'

 

[baloneysammich]

I am still hoping, at some point, for either clarification as to what is needed to download from a "I am BRAND NEW to this game" perspective, or the links to be re-activated. I tried downloading week 3(I think?) but the link would constantly fail.

So, if/when the FAQ is updated (see my previous post about myself and others being confused even after reading it) I think i'll try to download this again. From what it sounds like though, the developer, one uh...Bluecat? Either they've only just thrown this together in the hopes of avoiding getting flagged as an abandoned project, or something else is going on and I'm still not clear on that.

Regardless of how things work out, I am HOPING that at some point, this will be made clear as to what should/should not be done and what is/is not happening overall.

Yo. I responded to you here. You may not have seen a notification because the post was deleted for a time and I had to petition to have most of it restored.

Once I get some more feedback from "newbies" I'll update the FAQ.

 

[jwhu]

Hi can anyone help? Game works fine without the DM patch but when i put the DM patch into the game folder i get the following error when opening the game.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/menu/options.rpy", line 36, in <module>
NameError: name 'game_stage' is not defined

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/bootstrap.py", line 331, in bootstrap
renpy.main.main()
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/main.py", line 492, in main
renpy.game.script.load_script() # sets renpy.game.script.
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/script.py", line 283, in load_script
self.load_appropriate_file(".rpyc", ".rpy", dir, fn, initcode)
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/script.py", line 797, in load_appropriate_file
self.finish_load(stmts, initcode, filename=lastfn)
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/script.py", line 485, in finish_load
node.early_execute()
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/ast.py", line 2193, in early_execute
value = renpy.python.py_eval_bytecode(self.code.bytecode)
File "/Applications/renpy-7.4.11-sdk/renpy/python.py", line 2269, in py_eval_bytecode
return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/menu/options.rpy", line 36, in <module>
NameError: name 'game_stage' is not defined

Darwin-21.1.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
Ren'Py 7.4.11.2266
Ecchi Sensei
Thu Jun 9 04:09:44 2022

 

[tigerdiamond]

In my opinion, all of these would be doable without sandbox and even better.
The sandbox only adds extra clicks to anything, but doesn't really do anything.

I whole heartedly disagree, but this is too far off topic already

 

[Virulenz]

Joining the offtopic i have to say i loved labrats and couldnt wait for updates...and then it was over and labrats2 came...i dont dislike sandbox and managing at all, in fact i prefer 4x and roleplaying games with tons of management and character development, but it was not labrats anymore and honestly, without the mod its the most boring game i ever played and a disgrace for labrats1.

To go a little ontopic, any news about the future? Is the merge still planned or will bc wait until the next abandoned tag hovers over his wallet to make a quick release without all the features he claimed to had improved?

 

[Shawnchapp]

Are there any bugs in the Week 1 (Torrent version)?

downloaded it yesterday on day 3 now haven't noticed any bugs yet...

 

[Essecks]

Lab Rats 2 may not be your jam, but saying that it's "milking the success of LR1" is absurd when the work being put in on Lab Rats 2 is far greater than the previous game. Vren is doing things to push Ren'py to its limits and is now looking to integrate Live2D into it. Whether it's a good game for all that effort is a matter of debate, but you can't act like he's coasting by on his previous success when he's putting in that much work.