Ren'Py Family, Friends and Strangers [v2024.01] [JohnAndRich]

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randomguy26

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OK, than i go
and who are you again?

Nobody who could show a paying customer the door, then make yourself important somewhere else ...
I am confused with your reply. The second part of my comment wasn't directed at you.It was at people who were making fun of porn games making sense. Unless you mean it despite knowing that.
 

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I am confused with your reply. The second part of my comment wasn't directed at you.It was at people who were making fun of porn games making sense. Unless you mean it despite knowing that.
Who are u talking to btw? I actually like porn games having a good/plausible story.. But at the end of the day if u dont focus on the porn aspect then what's the point of making these games?? I'm not talking about this game Or the more popular ones(where the balance is kept imo).. But i did play a game recently which just goes on for ever without little to no "porn content".. Storywise it's a great game and people gave great reviews as well..
 

randomguy26

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Who are u talking to btw? I actually like porn games having a good/plausible story.. But at the end of the day if u dont focus on the porn aspect then what's the point of making these games?? I'm not talking about this game Or the more popular ones(where the balance is kept imo).. But i did play a game recently which just goes on for ever without little to no "porn content".. Storywise it's a great game and people gave great reviews as well..
Turns out you were one among them my dude ,since you were the one making fun of porn making sense.I mean,i get it people have different interests and how some games tend to blue ball story progression. I get what you're saying ,since a perfect balance is what everyone expects. That comment about porn shouldn't make sense rubbed me off the wrong way is all. At the end of the day it all boils down to personal preference which i am sure you understand.
 

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Turns out you were one among them my dude ,since you were the one making fun of porn making sense.I mean,i get it people have different interests and how some games tend to blue ball story progression. I get what you're saying ,since a perfect balance is what everyone expects. That comment about porn shouldn't make sense rubbed me off the wrong way is all. At the end of the day it all boils down to personal preference which i am sure you understand.
My comment was literally about that one guy who said this game doesn't make sense.. Also I never said porn shouldn't make sense.. All I said was "U shouldn't expect them to make sense".. Like what the dev said.. It's not for everyone!
 

randomguy26

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My comment was literally about that one guy who said this game doesn't make sense.. Also I never said porn shouldn't make sense.. All I said was "U shouldn't expect them to make sense".. Like what the dev said.. It's not for everyone!
Ah i see.It seems i was hasty in taking your words out of context.You're right, this game isn't for everyone.
 
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Rich

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can I ask something? when is the new chapter coming? Thanks
Big sigh.

Panos24, you have asked this question multiple times in the past, and you always get the same answer.

That being, in two parts:

  • "When it's done."

and

  • I don't give schedules out ahead of time, because each chapter involves a different amount of work, and the amount of time I have to work on them varies from time to time. I would rather not make a forecast than make one and then miss the date.

Not that it will do any good, but I will also tell you again that asking the question yet again in the future isn't going to get you a different answer.

Rest assured that I AM working on it. 20 new renders last night, for example.
 

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Big sigh.

Panos24, you have asked this question multiple times in the past, and you always get the same answer.

That being, in two parts:

  • "When it's done."

and

  • I don't give schedules out ahead of time, because each chapter involves a different amount of work, and the amount of time I have to work on them varies from time to time. I would rather not make a forecast than make one and then miss the date.

Not that it will do any good, but I will also tell you again that asking the question yet again in the future isn't going to get you a different answer.

Rest assured that I AM working on it. 20 new renders last night, for example.
Rich, if it makes you feel any better, yours is not the only thread I have seen Panos24 asking "When is update due?"
Although to be fair he is increasing his vocabulary, because most of his posts were previously the same four words!!
 

BadmanBaxter

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I always prefer to ask how an update is coming along. I don't want release dates I just wanna know if things are going well. You already answered this question and have always delivered to the best of your ability so that I don't feel worried that the game won't go well for some reasons like others. Some people are impatient and some people I assume are worried because a game they may have played was abandoned and they might worry about games. Block these people out and just do you man.
Big sigh.

Panos24, you have asked this question multiple times in the past, and you always get the same answer.

That being, in two parts:

  • "When it's done."

and

  • I don't give schedules out ahead of time, because each chapter involves a different amount of work, and the amount of time I have to work on them varies from time to time. I would rather not make a forecast than make one and then miss the date.

Not that it will do any good, but I will also tell you again that asking the question yet again in the future isn't going to get you a different answer.

Rest assured that I AM working on it. 20 new renders last night, for example.
 
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Rich

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I always prefer to ask how an update is coming along. I don't want release dates I just wanna know if things are going well.
From an author's point of view, I'd consider that a very fair approach. To answer in that vein, things are moving along reasonably well. I've had the slight distraction of the IRS and my taxes to contend with (not to mention those of my mother and my mother-in-law), plus the other random bits of life flying about, but I'm making steady progress on the renders, which is always the biggest part of the job. My big question at this point is that there are two potential stopping points on one of the paths - I haven't yet decided whether to break at the first point, which would let me get the next iteration out sooner, or push through to the second one, which, to my twisted brain, somehow feels like a slightly better point at which to do the chapter break. So, we'll see.

Some people are impatient and some people I assume are worried because a game they may have played was abandoned and they might worry about games.
Yes, completely understand. This is one of the reasons I try to stay engaged here - to reassure people that I haven't abandoned the story. I have my good weeks and bad weeks attitude-wise toward working on it - that's probably completely normal, but I am quite determined to finish it.

(It actually occurs to me that I'm going to feel somehow lost when I finally do finish. Wonder of novelists experience that feeling?)

Block these people out and just do you man.
So far, I've managed to survive without blocking anyone. Again, there's that "tolerance" thing. Plus, what if someone piqued my ire, I blocked them, and then they made some good, reasoned posts? I'd miss them.

Panos24 - apologies if my reaction came across over-harsh. But, also, look at it from my point of view....
 

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you have asked this question multiple times in the past, and you always get the same answer.
Rich has now changer his name to Little Sir Echo

From an author's point of view, etc,etc,etc, God dam man you are not allowed to have a life the game is more important than life itsel (or maybe it IS life itself?)
 
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BadmanBaxter

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You sound like a top guy and I hope your life starts to get easier being relatively young I'm not exactly sure how taxes work but I know they can be a pain. Where I work tax is taken out of your pay straight away. I'm sure when this game is over you will find some other game to craft if you so desire so don't be to worried on that front. When I said block I meant ignore them. Physically blocking is a thing but should be last resort but ignoring them and not answering which was what I was advocating would have been ok. You have more tolerance then I do.
From an author's point of view, I'd consider that a very fair approach. To answer in that vein, things are moving along reasonably well. I've had the slight distraction of the IRS and my taxes to contend with (not to mention those of my mother and my mother-in-law), plus the other random bits of life flying about, but I'm making steady progress on the renders, which is always the biggest part of the job. My big question at this point is that there are two potential stopping points on one of the paths - I haven't yet decided whether to break at the first point, which would let me get the next iteration out sooner, or push through to the second one, which, to my twisted brain, somehow feels like a slightly better point at which to do the chapter break. So, we'll see.



Yes, completely understand. This is one of the reasons I try to stay engaged here - to reassure people that I haven't abandoned the story. I have my good weeks and bad weeks attitude-wise toward working on it - that's probably completely normal, but I am quite determined to finish it.

(It actually occurs to me that I'm going to feel somehow lost when I finally do finish. Wonder of novelists experience that feeling?)



So far, I've managed to survive without blocking anyone. Again, there's that "tolerance" thing. Plus, what if someone piqued my ire, I blocked them, and then they made some good, reasoned posts? I'd miss them.

Panos24 - apologies if my reaction came across over-harsh. But, also, look at it from my point of view....
 
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Agree. I don't think the dev will rush into the Becky content. It just doesn't fit the character arc. They will probably start the training process next chapter, but it might be couple of chapters away before we see a corrupted Becky
Bill's stalking of Becky has advanced to the next level, which can't be good for her. Given that he prefers MILF's and leaves the teens to Paul, I don't think he's particularly interested in Becky, from a purely sexual POV. They both love playing mind games on their victims though, so breaking her mentally might be part of their plan.

Anyone even slightly familiar with Becky might guess that public nudity is one of her greatest fears, so blackmailing her into that type of exposure could be their first step towards breaking her? Ordering her to streak through the school cafeteria at lunchtime, showing the football team her naked cheerleading routine in the locker room after a game, or exposing herself to a teacher in exchange for grades (that she can easily earn herself) are all humiliating possibilities that could shatter her mentally.
This is great news. The boy must be broken before he transforms into a sadistic woman defiler and Becky is the last woman in his life that seems "pure". Once she is tempted and breaks that veil of purity Parker will turn to lust and manipulation to achieve his own satisfaction.
That's certainly one motive for the cops to go after her, because Paul (if Parker cooperates) is still trying to convince him that all women will whore themselves out without hesitation to get what they want. If they can blackmail Becky into doing something that looks like that to Parker, he'd lose faith in Becky, end their relationship and possibly try to wreck her life in revenge. If Parker isn't cooperating, the cops can do something similar to punish him for defying them.
As long as mellissa was blackmailed by the police it was okay for me......but after the discussion with the sis and seeing mellissa with tom i am feeling........angry......
I hope the dev put a happy ending at least one of the routes :) ......he better not prove mellissa a slut.....
I'm a Melissa fan as well, so her affair with Tom is puzzling. Melissa's moralising attitude towards her kids could be as simple as not wanting them to make the same mistakes she made as a teen, but the affair is harder to explain. Maybe she's a sex addict? :)
 

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I like see Melissa the mothe of Parker blackmailed from cops like in the original story (remember Melissa with Paul in shoes shop)
it would be great if the sequel to the game was somewhat similar to the original story. Parker blackmails Melissa and in the end fucks her
 

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I like see Melissa the mothe of Parker blackmailed from cops like in the original story (remember Melissa with Paul in shoes shop)
it would be great if the sequel to the game was somewhat similar to the original story. Parker blackmails Melissa and in the end fucks her
So, with any degree of reality, what would Parker blackmail Melissa with? Despite what porn videos show, crossing the incest line is a pretty big step for a mother. What could Parker possibly have that would give him that kind of power over her?

Or are you suggesting that she should follow the "OMG, it's huge, I have to have it" trope that we see everywhere?

Also, why would Parker go after Melissa when he has all these other choices?

I'm not asking these questions to be facetious - I'm truly curious. One of the things I like about this story is that it doesn't have all those unrealistic plot stereotypes. The motivations and reactions of all the characters seem very plausible. (Yes, I know, the cops were a bit over the top at the beginning. But their motivations are easily understandable...)
 

BadmanBaxter

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She Is cheating with some teacher bloke. Not sure on a why wat this moment but if the game goes in that direction I am sure the dev will create a plausible reason.
So, with any degree of reality, what would Parker blackmail Melissa with? Despite what porn videos show, crossing the incest line is a pretty big step for a mother. What could Parker possibly have that would give him that kind of power over her?

Or are you suggesting that she should follow the "OMG, it's huge, I have to have it" trope that we see everywhere?

Also, why would Parker go after Melissa when he has all these other choices?

I'm not asking these questions to be facetious - I'm truly curious. One of the things I like about this story is that it doesn't have all those unrealistic plot stereotypes. The motivations and reactions of all the characters seem very plausible. (Yes, I know, the cops were a bit over the top at the beginning. But their motivations are easily understandable...)
 
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