VN Ren'Py Echoes: The Lies We Tell Ourselves [Ep.1 Public] [Oldcat]

[Raynare69]

This is probably one of my favorite initial release starts in a very, very long time. The dialogue was great, to say the least. So many times in other games, I find myself skimming through parts of dialogue but I never felt the urge to do so here. It was entertaining and the inner monologue felt very natural, welcome even. Entertaining and also relatable at times.

Besides what I felt was a somewhat rushed ending to My Real Desire (also by Oldcat), for the most part I liked that game, so I'm looking forward to seeing how this game will develop!

...Also, it helps a lot that that I really like Roxy and her personality so far haha. As someone who played for Elaine only route in My Real Desire, you can probably guess my type! I just hope we get to see more of Roxy here, as I remember Elaine not getting a whole lot of content towards the end of Oldcat's other game being my biggest let down.

Cheers and best of luck! Amazing start!
Edit: Posted a positive review in hopes that more people will find this project.


No-context non-spoiler Roxy image for no reason other than I love her character:

 

[stimtheone]

Is that Orion from Eternum?

 

[elijahreed2000]

great models

 

[Reniere]

Welcome to LongWood.... So we in Florida huh lol

 

[duz1nn]

ooh another game from him, thats awesome.
I know ppl are a bit in distress because of the abandoned game, but for those who played My Real Desire knows that the game was good and enjoyable. And the new one Myth of Slayer is also a enjoyable one.
Is kinda of a risk making 2 games at the same time, my concern is if they are going to be short games :/
Well lets see what you are cooking with the new game.

As always, i wish you a good luck with your project and cant wait to see what you have in store for us.

 

[Khrixten]

It's a good start, it's a more refined reading it goes well with the theme.

I just would appreciate to see the lewd/kissing sounds with it's own sound control and not with the main sound control. For me it kills the mood of the reading, the overall sounds and music are good.

As for character appearance Grace's breasts look like that are about to blow up... if that's the main goal go ahead and ignore this comment.

I like both My Best Desire and Myth of Slayer, I hope this one goes well as well.

 

[skyrfen]

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[DrakeLockewood]

It's a good start, it's a more refined reading it goes well with the theme.

I just would appreciate to see the lewd/kissing sounds with it's own sound control and not with the main sound control. For me it kills the mood of the reading, the overall sounds and music are good.

As for character appearance Grace's breasts look like that are about to blow up... if that's the main goal go ahead and ignore this comment.

I like both My Best Desire and Myth of Slayer, I hope this one goes well as well.

Yeah, it seems to be the Oldcat special: Have lewd sounds with main volume and not the sound or voice channels (despite them being volume options)

 

[DrakeLockewood]

Also, the fact that going with Roxy leaves you with 5/7 Mina and 2/2 Roxy while refusing to go and leaving with Mina gives you 7/7 and 0/2 Roxy makes me think this isn't going the harem route like MoS and MRD

 

[ZennyZan]

Glad he's still making games

 

[single_guy_from_au]

What's dis game even about?

This game is about a guy (MC) who arrives to the University and meets all these very good looking girls there. Each of the girls has an interesting story and I think there will be some mystery involved about MC.

Just check my brief review of this game - I am sure you are going to like this game too (if you liked https://f95zone.to/threads/myth-of-slayer-ch-8-oldcat.230968/ and https://f95zone.to/threads/my-real-desire-epilogue-full-oldcat.51151/ games).

PS. I you are worried about "Myth of Slayer" here is the latest post with the next episode details - https://f95zone.to/threads/myth-of-slayer-ch-8-oldcat.230968/post-18321671

 

[CrystalEyes95]

Promising start with great character designs, decent renders, good animations. Already noticed some glaring similarities to My Real Desire, which I did enjoy, but I hope they don't become excessive. Also Oldcat for the love of god, please in the future, reduce MC's inner monologuing/thinking, if not, get rid of it entirely. It was fine the first time for the player to understand that he changes his personality based on the situation, but that at that point, this is where "show not tell" becomes very important. It is just not enjoyable or interesting to have the MC literally spell out every single action he's going to take. It completely takes the anticipation and mystery out. It's a visual novel, not a book.

If you can fix that issue with the MC's inner monologue, then I think this will be a very enjoyable and good AVN. With that out of the way, I'm looking forward to the next update. Good luck!

 

[Oldcat (Lyk4n)]

It's a good start, it's a more refined reading it goes well with the theme.

I just would appreciate to see the lewd/kissing sounds with it's own sound control and not with the main sound control. For me it kills the mood of the reading, the overall sounds and music are good.

As for character appearance Grace's breasts look like that are about to blow up... if that's the main goal go ahead and ignore this comment.

I like both My Best Desire and Myth of Slayer, I hope this one goes well as well.

You can adjust kissing sounds in Sound Volume bar. However, for the lewd sounds (handjob, blowjob, sex), I added them in editing software in order to make the sounds match with the actions, so they're attached in the video files and automatically went under the Main Volume bar. However, I'll try to see if the timing still matches if I export the video and sound separately.

 

[Pgsurprise]

This is interesting. I think that it portays the inner monologue for people with mental health issues better than any AVN, and perhaps a lot of mainstream works.

I'm also surprised it is so different than Myth of Slayer, which I really like, too.

Good luck with the game.

 

[QwertySmurfy]

Haven't started yet as this is still in 0.1, I usually like for an AVN to at least have a bit more content before I get invested in it. But I'm look forward to this as I've played previous AVNs by the dev. I'm in the epilogue of My Real Desire and caught up with Myth of Slayer.

 

[TosaTo]

What a great start! It’s been a long time since I’ve had this much fun playing a first version of a game. I really like the designs — good luck!

 

[Battle Brother Mac]

Too much inner monologue. No need to include unnecessary rambling.

 

[dangoneinsane]

Holycrap this MC is so cringeworthy

 

[chefftali]

i started playing the game with anticipation because of the renders and your previous work
i tried to read patiently without skipping
i couldnt last long tho.. right now, i am at the scene where mc closes his dorm/home room's door for the first time
i just had to came here to see how other people are finding this looong unnecessary inner monologues(especially) and dialogues
probably ctrl my way through from now on...

i hope you dont get offended, IN MY OPINION, you have to fix this and fast, my man.. like real fast, quick patch or sth
otherwise i feel like a lot of people will lose interest before you can show the real goods...
this will quickly turn into "wait for the walkthrough mod, ctrl and fap to renders only" kind of game for many people.

these are all my opinions only tho
may be most people are not like me, who knows..

best of wishes with your game(s)!

 

[kazeiheikaya]

this is a WILD CHANGE UP from myth of slayer holy lol.
Curious starting a second project when MoS is still rolling and is a pretty decent hit right now.

Little too much of the pretentious artsy vibes though my man, I see alot of people doing this and I dont quite understand why. It's like old hipster writing of the 2014-2018 era. Everythings an act, a show, curtains, drama, pizazz, over-embellished, awkwardly witty. This kind of writing gives me a weird kind of anxiety because it just feels so off.

Myth of slayer is very direct, to the point, concise in most ways. It doesn't feel so extra. Granted, I'm not dissing your vision, if its what you wanna do, its what you wanna do. I'm speaking as someone thats a huge fan of MoS thats following up with the new work and just aint really feelin this one so far.

Probably wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't so pedantic with the writing though. I know MC's a director, but it doesnt have to be his entire personality, you know? Just my thoughts. Goodluck sir. Also dunno if intended but MC really makes it sound like he buried some bodies on the side of a highway, kinda wild.