Ren'Py - Family Mysteries [v0.5 EA] [Mr. Rabbit Team]

[v0.5]


⠀⠀⠀The usual free-roam snooze fest, but with questionable UI and zero content, where scenes don't last for more than 15 seconds, that is if you actually read all the text that describes them (no actual sex yet, just teasing).
⠀⠀⠀There is basically only one choice at the beginning of the game to roleplay as either "dominator", a lover or a cuck and this choice determines the set of events which we will see. From here on out the gameplay loop is the following: open map -> if even available, go to location and interact with it -> if no event, then skip time. And oh boy, you're gonna be skipping time a lot, because that's always so much fun, amaright guys?
⠀⠀⠀Haven't tried the netorare route but the lover/romance route takes 15-20 minutes to finish, and dominator one around 10 minutes. And even then most of this time was spend clicking on UI elements, rather than enjoying actual content.

p.s. with such title and desc. there is surprisingly very little mystery, thriller, detective, plot or character depth.

The game can be much better if it makes a lot of Quality of Life changes. It plays like a visual novel, it's very linear and not very interactive. While the UI is "fancy," it is also annoying to use in the context of this game. The way the navigation is doesn't really click with me, I got very annoyed having to open the map after visiting rooms and go to other rooms to simply pass the time. None of the "time-passers" gave you stats so they ended up being an unneeded extra step. A button to pass the time would help, as well as an option to always have the map open. Presentation is also quite dull, you only know that a character is in their room if you open the map and see their avatar there, maybe these characters should actually show up in the room. Another poor design element is that "Chat" and "Do something" are separate, there really aren't enough options to justify separating them. When there's nothing to do they give you a "Nevermind" option which shouldn't even be a thing. if there's nothing to do, just make the button unclickable. Maybe getting through the game made me a little sour, but the animations aren't even worth it, they're just slidy and lazy.

Graphips are nice and multiple routes are a plus, but the UI makes me want to throw it out in an instant.

Main reasons are the buttons for "chat" and "Action/Explore" which are present in any room. However, their presence does not mean that there is anybody to chat with or action to take or anything to explore. So you press the button to chat -> the only option is "nevermind" and exit. Same for Action/Explore. A simple fix not to waste your time, would be to hide those buttons if there are no actions to be taken.

I like that there are multiple routes, but I would prefer if the NTR route could be combined with either the domination or love routes. For example, maybe the NTR book could become available later as an optional unlock, but only if the player first chose one of the other two paths.
In any case, the game still feels too early in development to fully judge how good it will be, but I do think it has a solid foundation

Games UI interaction massively suffers from no content existing whatsoever, it's two updates in so yes that plays a part, but it's cookie cutter of a story nature means I'm not feeling like engaging typical f95 fashion of giving 5* for "it's potential". The second star comes from the fact the devs aren't holding this side project behind an indefinite paywall.

Gonna need constant updates before you can even get your first fappable scene (the thing people come to porn games for.....mostly), an update of a 2d static groping every 8 months does not inspire confidence in this being playable anytime soon.

I'll happily comeback and change my rating when the game fixes these issues.

I think this game has potential, but I hope the authors can make it a LOT tighter in future versions. I don't need tons of characters, don't need a huge number of places, the fetishes line great for me so I'm excited there, but a tight fun gameplay loop that's gonna quickly get depraved. In this demo it's not quite there.

Best of luck to developers, I'll be keeping an eye on it and hoping for the best!

Amazing graphics, really liked the "mom". I think it's a perfect set up for such game with options to choose for semi-different "paths". Let‘s hope for efficient updates and continuity of same quality!