VN Ren'Py Completed Fetish Locator [Week 3 v3.4.8] [ViNovella]

[Fazed]

Well the walkthrought isn't very descriptive of what happens if you pick it, although there are some scene changes depending on stuff. It just says that the path is more "darker" and the MC "might get betrayed", I dunno by whom and whether this means him getting cucked.
The whole "movie" comparison is just pure bull. Saying that "I don't wanna do this, but you're forcing me" is such a shit excuse. if the lets say majority want LC path and are paying for it, then how did you let it get this way? Wouldn't that just interfere with your "vision" in the first place anyway, by creating that path if it wasn't your intention?
As for scene changes, with LC and AmRose love, you get a bj from her and another one from Lydia (wow).Not sure about slave, but I believe Lydia doesn't join. If you pick the other cage however, with AmR love still just bj I think, but in the slave path Lydia takes her head and aggressively fucks her face with the MC's dick. Not sure how drastic will the scene changes be or will get

Yea, I was using the fan mod and it only said she is more aggressive for now, so I actually know about all that(i looked). I was more just worried about the spread of content between the paths later. But from written guide it does seem like the worst(getting cucked) is not a guarantee. Seems like her behavior will get increasingly volatile on that path...

 

[lordfridge9]

Yea, I was using the fan mod and it only said she is more aggressive for now, so I actually know about all that(i looked). I was more just worried about the spread of content between the paths later. But from written guide it does seem like the worst(getting cucked) is not a guarantee. Seems like her behavior will get increasingly volatile on that path...

Well a lot of people don't like Lydia anyway, but it doesn't explain or hint at what would happen to others, most importantly AmRose or Stacy. But judging by the "end credits" scene, Stacy seems least likely to go and do something against the mc lol

 

[oaiki]

looking forward to a thread without caged minds

sadly I forgot about the obstinate trolls

 

[gregers]

sadly I forgot about the obstinate trolls

You're literally the only person going on about it.

 

[Fazed]

Well a lot of people don't like Lydia anyway, but it doesn't explain or hint at what would happen to others, most importantly AmRose or Stacy. But judging by the "end credits" scene, Stacy seems least likely to go and do something against the mc lol

Eh, theres always a section of he crowd that just hates the default partner in these games(both male mc or female mc) simply because they are that. It doesnt matter what personality they have, its always something so that's not new. don't care about that. Besides that, I agree. I'm pretty sure Stacy wouldn't do anything to intentionally sabotage or cause misfortune for the MC...but who knows, maybe the darker narrative will call for unforeseen outcomes. After thinking about some more it might end up being a combination of choices that causes things to go south. Like the Pete choice or treating Amrose like shit.

 

[Cartageno]

Haven't had a good facepalming in what feels like hours, so I'll bite

no, but there should be a way to win!
seems like you didnt care to think

Winning/losing a challenge in a game like this can only work in a couple of ways

a) if you fail you can retry, i. e. play parts of the game again
b) similarily you can get an additional challenge if you fail to get back on the "winning" path
c) failing or winning doesn't have much consequences except for one or two scenes and a slight change in some dialogue
d) failing leads to a game over (or, less likely, winning leads to an immediate "you win" happy ending)

But when, as here, major plot elements hinge on whether you win or lose, it has to be pre decided. If you had a real option, it would basically turn into two games with very different stories, meaning twice the story writing, twice the rendering, twice the amount of time needed for the same amount of content for the average player, also twice the disk space used.

That doesn't mean that a dev needs to include a "competition" like that, especially one that seems doable (though that adds to the suspense), it doesn't mean you have to be happy with the outcome, but facepalm everybody as much as you like, if you "cared to think" about how plot driven games work you would have known from the beginning that winning isn't really a probable outcome. Even big studios can't really do it differently, the Mass Effect example mentioned above is pretty spot on (especially because that scene also was annoying af), you might want to read up on it since probably you are too young to remember.

 

[Bella Von Halen]

so we can win the challenge?
or.......

 

[oaiki]

Winning/losing a challenge in a game

that's is probably the crux of the issue ... it is not a game ... its is "a story-driven Visual Novella" ... from the first sentence in the OP.

This means there is no winning / loosing, just different paths to the plotted conclusion; unfortunately, if the plotted paths are not to your liking you just have to live with it.

 

[lemonfreak]

so we can win the challenge?
or.......

No, 20 is impossible

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

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Pretty much. Some people have the naive idea that making a game is super easy: "just slap some pictures together with some written lines and it is ready".

 

[Wooloomooloo]

Did the Patch get reset or something in this version...? I used to have Stacy as "sister", continued from week 2, and now she's calling me "friend" at the end. Wtf?

 

[micmitja]

Did the Patch get reset or something in this version...? I used to have Stacy as "sister", continued from week 2, and now she's calling me "friend" at the end. Wtf?

try this one
https://f95zone.to/threads/fetish-locator-v2-1-12-week-3-vinovella.35068/post-6971293

 

[Srg3369]

3 more girls on the way then I am guessing there will be new fetish coming with them

 

[HogRocket]

Pretty much. Some people have the naive idea that making a game is super easy: "just slap some pictures together with some written lines and it is ready".

Well, in a way your right.....for a really shitty game

That's pretty much the Ren'Py tutorial right there. I tried it. That's when I decided making a game of my own was WAY to difficult - if I wanted to make one that didn't suck donkey ass.

Now to get a QUALITY game.......that's a whoooooooooooole different story!

 

[Y2k94]

Haven't had a good facepalming in what feels like hours, so I'll bite



Winning/losing a challenge in a game like this can only work in a couple of ways

a) if you fail you can retry, i. e. play parts of the game again
b) similarily you can get an additional challenge if you fail to get back on the "winning" path
c) failing or winning doesn't have much consequences except for one or two scenes and a slight change in some dialogue
d) failing leads to a game over (or, less likely, winning leads to an immediate "you win" happy ending)

But when, as here, major plot elements hinge on whether you win or lose, it has to be pre decided. If you had a real option, it would basically turn into two games with very different stories, meaning twice the story writing, twice the rendering, twice the amount of time needed for the same amount of content for the average player, also twice the disk space used.

That doesn't mean that a dev needs to include a "competition" like that, especially one that seems doable (though that adds to the suspense), it doesn't mean you have to be happy with the outcome, but facepalm everybody as much as you like, if you "cared to think" about how plot driven games work you would have known from the beginning that winning isn't really a probable outcome. Even big studios can't really do it differently, the Mass Effect example mentioned above is pretty spot on (especially because that scene also was annoying af), you might want to read up on it since probably you are too young to remember.

my biggest problem with this is, that there was this challenge. it was indicated that there was a way to win, but no indication that it was actually impossible. so you start searching for the right path to win and lose hours of your lifetime for nothing. and then you get a forced "punishment" for something you didnt actually fail!

 

[Cartageno]

my biggest problem with this is, that there was this challenge. it was indicated that there was a way to win, but no indication that it was actually impossible. so you start searching for the right path to win and lose hours of your lifetime for nothing. and then you get a forced "punishment" for something you didnt actually fail!

Yes, the game was rigged from the start, but by the Fetish Locator app already I'd say. FL is obviously evil and won't give you a fighting chance here (that you get so close notwithstanding).

But as I said, from a game programming perspective the odds were really unlikely. Also from a player's perspective it was, once you failed of course, to be expected that 19 would be the maximum. If you already bagged 20, the whole scene how you insert into your childhood friend (roommate? landlady junior?) a mere second after the timeline wouldn't make any sense at all. Granted, if you're short of 19 it also is a bit anticlimactic, and probably many will be - those who don't use a walkthrough, those who skipped a fetish or two and thus the corresponding possibilities.

 

[gregers]

into your childhood friend (roommate? landlady junior?)

The term is 'landlady's youngest tenant' and I will ask you to respect it.

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[RC-1138 Boss]

Played Week 3.
I will say it again, no way Lydia isn't involved with the FL app. I find her encouragement of Mike when he wanted to give up from the game quite suspicious and she was way too happy with the "no penis" idea.

And who would have guess Peter is the one who say "fuck it! Not going to let some anon blackmail me over some porn pics. You can release them in the wild for all i care".
Wonder who took his notebook, maybe the people behind FL app.

Mike took Lyssa's WMD as a champ (still want a scene between them without the damn cage) and it seems the thick lawyer also have Olivier heads over heels for her.

Guess AmRose and Stacy will probably hack the eletronic cage while inside their "faraday cage" in the next couple of days from the looks of it.

 

[AL.d]

I fully support the author's vision and so on, but given that before that almost all "controversial" content was optional, I quite understand "Interminable whining". In my opinion, it is quite justified.

Define "controversial".

I don't like vanilla romance plots in these games, as I think devs can't write it properly and is more fitting for some cheap vampire novel for soccer moms than a porn game. Should I whine when a game forces a default romantic partner (and too many do), or we can only consider controversial what a certain subset of players doesn't like? Is it a majority vote kind of thing and where can we vote? And if it is, do you think a game developing its critical path by committee is a good game?

Personally, I find more worrying the possibility of that movie reference being some meta commentary on dev's thoughts than any "forced fetish". Because any dev thin-skinned enough to feel "forced" to adjust their vision, is bound to fuck it all up at some point.

 

[bamachine]

Not a harem but I want a poly ending with Lydia being the wife, AmRose, Min, Daisy and sis all being poly with my MC. The rest of the girls are just side pieces that I can move on from but those 5 have won my heart.