Ren'Py - Escaping the Goblins [v0.6] [dj03man]

  1. 3.00 star(s)

    WarblGarbl

    EDIT: The new update is pretty good. Game looks better UI wise but still not a ton of new content. I've bumped the rating up a star, still needs more to really become great.

    Tl;dr: Good concept, AI vids are interesting, I don't expect much going forward.

    You're probably looking at this game because of the AI vids. They're pretty high quality, although it does slip into the realm of uncanny for me. Dev clearly knows what they're doing with the videos or they just found an easy way to get quality videos, I don't know.

    The concept of the game isn't bad. Goblins take over the city but don't rape elves, elven girls have to prepare a plan to beat them without being suspicious, goblins have pheromones to make them horny. The game itself is also horny as hell, with the character design clearly showing that.

    What's the problem? For one, this is very early despite the seeming existence of a gameplay loop. Play it for long enough and the issues of early release become clear. Only one of the three characters actually have combat, the girl who can fight, does not have all her videos in the files actually useable, and the stats don't do anything. You can run out of stamina, max out lust, or gain full suspicion, nothing really changes.

    The other clear issue is that I don't think much of any of this game was actually worked on by human hands. From the music to the voices to the art to the writing, it all seems AI. I would not be surprised if the code is also AI but LLMs do a good job with those, at least initially. Is this a problem? Likely yes, as the project will grow the disconnect will become much more apparent. Plus there are already plenty of missing textures in this game. If AI art has one strength over the other methods of delivering visuals, it's speed.

    (I accuse the writing as being AI due to one simple trend. If you play, notice how any time the writing suggest something... suggestive, there's a ellipsis. Like, "The elves will need to be... creative," something like that. LLMs do this a lot. There's also some disconnect in the narrative. The goblins can't bang the girls without consent but demand sex from the girls sometimes?)

    This is an improvement over the dev's other game but that isn't saying much in my opinion. Maybe the dev can deliver something good but right now the only bit of soul I see in this is the art, and even that's weird looking. At least it's not the 1000th NTR phone AI slop game this week.
  2. 4.00 star(s)

    Tromilka

    [v0.2]

    It's early days, so there are bugs, assets missing and the game mechanics are only halfway in place, but so far it's looking quite promising. The AI videos are hot.

    From a peek at the project files it looks like it's implemented by vibe coding; I wonder how that will work out going forward.
  3. 4.00 star(s)

    LurkyMcLurkFace

    I went in with zero expectations and all I can say is if it keeps going in this direction we'll have a great game on our hands. Good slow build with clear paths to tiering and growth. Naturally repetitive now, but hoping it will progress.
  4. 4.00 star(s)

    Captaingum

    Has potential the Animation are very well done for Ai .There are alot of bugs witch need adressing like some scenes do not play a video witch sucks and the grinding is just not fun .all in all needs a bit more work but could be amazing if you keep at it
  5. 3.00 star(s)

    krystal26

    Its alright just needs more content in it love the ai and how it works just need to keep going on updates and content so keep this going and if you want to give it a play just know only one of the girls has sex scenes for now
  6. 1.00 star(s)

    desmosome

    [v0.2]

    The AI animations are pretty nifty. That's about it. This is not even close to playable. Wouldn't surprise me if dev just asked some LLM to make a code base for a game. It's truly ass and has no point to it.
  7. 1.00 star(s)

    Mercedes

    Zero quality control before putting a game online.
    While the AI graphics and video loops may be quite attractive, what's the point if you're left alone in the game without any explanation? No objectives are stated, there are various stats, like suspicion, but individual actions randomly earn plus or minus points.
    A morning visit to the library increases suspicion, while the same action the next day decreases it.
    And what's even worse are all the incorrect image links, or there are no images at all.
    If you want to see the short videos, download the game and look at the corresponding folder in the game files. For now (v0.2), skip the game itself.