VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Ch.1 Remake v0.25] [NeonGhosts]

[SonsOfLiberty]

Kind of funny, I bet people are expecting "taboo" patch to be incest (it is not ).

 

[Haremm lover]

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EDIT: For anyone reading this, the Nicki patch was just a little joke I put out to play with the fans here. Be aware that installing it will revert your game back to version .375, so if you really want to see it, install it in a back-up copy of the game.

Well, gang.. Here it is. People have asked for it. Screamed for it. I've gotten private messages raking me over the coals, people pledging to never play the game again, and a smattering of poor reviews. I know when to admit I'm wrong.

So, here is.. . If you install this patch into your main FiN folder and allow it to merge with the existing "game" folder, it will overwrite existing script script files, and add new images to support a new path. With this path, you can choose to excise Nicki entirely from the story.

Just start from the beginning and, when you get to the choice to help her or not, choose "Tell her to fuck off."

Is there any other link as Mega.nz is taking me inside my mega.nz folder and not on the link from where this can be downloaded?

 

[boobsrcool]

How much of the update.... is being love viola hugging smelling her sweet breath hearing her pissing aggressively russian you like her pissing sweetly affectionate piggy back ride hand holding eye contact they know its real they can tell viola 100 times viola respectfully viola sex smile lidded eyes flushed skin shy but also oh so loved heart emoji viola

 

[watdapakisdis]

Kind of funny, I bet people are expecting "taboo" patch to be incest (it is not ).

To be fair, incest is part of the taboo patch. It comes with the dark options (eg. rape, drugs, etc.) unless the dev changed the code for Cassie and roleplay options for Ashe and Brittani.

 

[Lightaces]

Fuck the haters.

Not my type. I like girls who know what they are doing in bed, not incel male virgins.

 

[Lightaces]

yo Neon, I have a question, is Viola's path pretty much over if Guy rapes her in the store? or is it planned to get back to her somehow anyway? so far all her later scenes are available only if Guy is nice or a bit of dick to her, the darkest path didn't have anything after the scene...

Neon has implied there will be no more lewd scenes with her, and she'll be gone for a while, but will come back as a part of Dark Guy's ultimate downfall.

 

[AthenaYandere]

So if Vanilla version is the game with the Non-Patreon stuff removed, do we still need the taboo patch for the not Vanilla version?

 

[Lightaces]

The dev has explained it literally few posts above yours:

It was a monthly update for the paid supporters. The point of these "ridiculous movements" is to give them some bang for their buck monthly.

And we appreciate it. If you aren't paying for it, your opinion literally does not matter. It's not for you.

 

[Lightaces]

So if Vanilla version is the game with the Non-Patreon stuff removed, do we still need the taboo patch for the not Vanilla version?

Friends Indeed = Patreon version with anything even remotely dark completely removed from the code.
Friends In Need = Subcribestar version, with all of the dark code intact, but the darkest material disabled. If you want the darkest of the dark, you need to add the dark patch or edit the existing patch.

 

[Kukipett]

Well this game is dying slowly like many others. The dev explained he doesn't have much time anymore or is tired of spending all his free time on it.
I understand, this is life, it's hard to be involved in a project for years if you have a life and other things and people to take care of.
So many good games have disappeared or are updated rarely but it seems that the slop made by milkers is always here on time !

 

[Pixillin']

Well this game is dying slowly like many others. The dev explained he doesn't have much time anymore or is tired of spending all his free time on it.
I understand, this is life, it's hard to be involved in a project for years if you have a life and other things and people to take care of.
So many good games have disappeared or are updated rarely but it seems that the slop made by milkers is always here on time !

There is absolutely nothing true in what you said and you’d know that if you actually read what the dev said.

Neon has implied there will be no more lewd scenes with her, and she'll be gone for a while, but will come back as a part of Dark Guy's ultimate downfall.

IIRC he said that there was nothing new coming with Viola on the dark path (I mean if you raped her, she vanished so nothing really surprising) - there hasn’t been anything lewd on her good path yet.

 

[trumpthatbitch]

Well this game is dying slowly like many others. The dev explained he doesn't have much time anymore or is tired of spending all his free time on it.
I understand, this is life, it's hard to be involved in a project for years if you have a life and other things and people to take care of.
So many good games have disappeared or are updated rarely but it seems that the slop made by milkers is always here on time !

It was a good game in the past but then it veered into multiple paths and there just isn't enough content anymore to justify following it on the path I am playing. I stop following the thread and hadn't downloaded an update for over a year after seeing it in the latest updates I got two minutes worth of content.

It isn't even really criticism at the the rate the game is going it won't be finished. At this point he should consider finishing it as a kintetic novel then add in optional paths later at least then there would be content in the updates. It sort of reminds me of another game The Way the dev was a solid dude but he'd release like 100-124 render updates of 1-2 minutes for a game that had four paths instead of having a 10 minute or so kinetic update. It just made it impossible to follow or care about any updates.

 

[yossa999]

• I Am Not a Robot, I Am a Human Being: Life happens, and that does affect development. My day job got busier and more stressful over the past few months, which means some days I just haven't had the mental bandwidth to write or render as much as I might like to. My area of the country was also hit with: an ice storm, tornadoes, and floods, in a three month span. This meant intermittent power outages, surges, etc. I bought a UPS and a solar battery/generator, which allow me to work through small outages. But, we return to the fact that stress does have an impact on my ability to actually.. Do things. But, all that aside, if you're unhappy with my decisions, understand this -- I am not a content creation machine. I do not analyze and fine-tune my output for maximum return on investment of my time/effort. Sometimes, I miscalculate how long something will take. Sometimes, I get writer's block. Sometimes (like recently) I fuck up some renders and have to redo them. I don't have a studio, an assistant, or anything else. It's literally just me, writing, rendering, coding, doing blog posts, doing art, managing my social media, tracking expenses, filing taxes, etc. while still working a 60+ hour a week full-time job, and trying to have an actual life.

As always, thanks for reading and playing.

It's sad that you have to explain things like this. I think that any adult adequate person understands this without explanations, that an indie developer working on a project in their free time from their main job cannot produce as much content as a game studio with a bunch of hired workers and millions of investments. Although, sometimes looking at the results you can confuse where the studio worked and where the talented indie developer.

It seems obvious that because the project depends entirely on one person, and that person is a human being, so any circumstances in that person's life will immediately and directly affect the project. Probably, only those who have never done anything on their own, or a teenager in their parents' basement, may not understand this. But the latter are supposed to be age restricted from registering on this site.

Well, and don't forget that most of those who like the game usually don't really comment much or participate in arguments here, they just react with likes to the dev logs and enjoy the updates and teasers. Like me, for example.

I really like that you provide a true early access to the game. Most developers are afraid to show an extra preview render so as not to spoil anything. But I fear they overestimate the significance and impact of their "unexpected twists and turns."

Those who don't want spoilers can wait for the release of the full version, while those who don't care about that are enjoy new content as soon as its ready. I've hardly seen anything like this from other developers, except perhaps those who initially decided to release the game in small updates of 100-200 renders long.

 

[slick97]

WTF, Dead Game:
150 Images, This Is a Bullshit:
Heh, 150 Images? No Thanks:

What many users don't see is the backend side of the game and the plethora of branches (as you mentioned). While some variables maybe add a bit more work - such as Mason's gender - you've also learned from past mistakes and implemented those lessons learned.

Why Didn't You Remake Ch. 1 Ages Ago?! aRe yOu StUpiD:

This seems to be a trend amongst devs lately in which they go back to rework early scenes with the new skills they learned from later development. This effort only matters in two cases:

1. You're genuinely unhappy with the quality and want to homogenize it
2. You truly believe it's deterring potential new members from joining your Patreon/Subscribestar

Personally, I think the writing in chapter 1 is fine considering how much content is already out there, but you should do work on what motivates you the most.

Where Are My Favorite Characters:
Where Are My Plot Advancements:

I'd consider these types of comments as trolling. You decided on telling a story with an expansive cast of characters, each one having some role to play. Each chapter should focus on only a couple at a time so that none feel left out. Or, if you lose motivation/inspiration for a character, then don't hesitate to phase them out from the cast in a similar manner as with Nicki (except without the option to keep them around).

I Am Not a Robot, I Am a Human Being:

To add to this a bit further: you're sharing what I hope is a passion project for you for the rest of us to enjoy alongside you. The moment it starts to feel like a job rather than a hobby is the moment you'll start to see a decrease in overall quality.

The world is full of those lacking empathy. Block those people out and surround yourself with those who genuinely enjoy your work, because they're ultimately the ones who will stick around to see the project through.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

That was flirty talk. She's made it quite clear she doesn't share, same with Nicki.

Ashe is looking for something serious.

Just because she's looking for something serious doesn't mean she isn't down for a threesome, maybe with another girl she trusts. Also, seems kinda messed up for the dev to tease that and then go no where with it lol




Also, wth. Gone for like a day, and suddenly a ton of crybabies in the thread throwing their plastic sporks because their free food wasn't to their specifications or something. Embarrassing, dudes... lmao..

 

[NeegNog]

Just because she's looking for something serious doesn't mean she isn't down for a threesome, maybe with another girl she trusts. Also, seems kinda messed up for the dev to tease that and then go no where with it lol




Also, wth. Gone for like a day, and suddenly a ton of crybabies in the thread throwing their plastic sporks because their free food wasn't to their specifications or something. Embarrassing, dudes... lmao..

 

[indio68]

another good game gone to shit to rework\greed\laziness.... what a pity

 

[Mesmerizet]

Whenever a porn game has a character like Isabella, someone who is legitimately just a nasty person and hurts the people around her, my inner sadist kicks in. Basically I wouldn't be happy with any scene involving Isabella that wasn't rough, mean, and humiliating for her.

On the good path that could be something like, after you secure a high-paying acting gig for Brittani, she cuts her mother out of her life. Isabella comes to you asking for support, either monetary or to win Brittani back. She expects to pay you with sex, because she really believes malexfemale relationships can only ever be transactional, a zero-sum game. You can either rebuff her, which she'd take poorly, or you can fuck her. She'd be down for anything (she's been in this position before) but there would be a lot of eye-rolling and she'd be bored for most of it... unless you made her pay attention with rough stuff. This kind of steps on the story beats that Risa has but I'm just spitballing.

On the evil path I'm thinking of a scene where Brittani is doing a modelling shoot for you, and Isabella is there making a shit-ton of demands, and being annoying. Of course she's aware that you're an asshole, but she feels a bit too comfortable thinking that, as a fellow asshole, you have a kinship. She believes there's a hierarchy where she's only slightly below you, since she controls her daughter's labor, which you want. Eventually she pushes too hard and ruins the shoot, and you take out your anger on her violently and in front of her daughter. I mean completely overpower her, really destroy both Isabella's bad bitch self-image and any belief Brittani has that her mom deserves respect. In fact, put Isabella and Brittani, mother and daughter on the same level: whore who's there to please you.

I also want to do this with that brunette girl that hangs out with Jamie. God she sucks.

Tbh, I don't feel any hatred towards Isabella, but I would like to financially dominate her and keep her on a leash in the game i.e. making her accept her fate which is gold-digging to survive. Have her do tasks to get money out of Guy, instead of her getting free swipes everywhere and living off his $.

 

[Dessolos]

another good game gone to shit to rework\greed\laziness.... what a pity

It's literally been known for a year at least. It wasn't even that long of a deveolopment cycle for a rework either. So I don't get how it's being lazy or greedy unlike others take do it for no reason for an entire year. I have yet to play it but from everything that has been said about it makes sense to do it for once. Since it's part a code rework and part of story / visuals.

 

[Hullahopp]

Time for Neon's Standard Check-In and Address Talking Points with Talking Points: Starring Neon!

• WTF, Dead Game: I put out a full chapter in November. I took an unpaid vacation December, halting my billing for my platforms. I returned in January and put out the Chapter 11 teaser with 150~ images, and then in February put out a mini-game for Sapphire with another 150+ images. I wanted the Chapter 1 remake to be done for March, but due to a couple factors, it just didn't happen. I'll return to this in a bit. But, I'd love for someone to point me towards all these games made by solo devs, which have a bunch of branching paths, and also update every month. Because I'm lucky to get one update a year from my favorites.
• 150 Images, This Is a Bullshit: The reason I made this Chapter 11 teaser was because I always put out some playable content for my $15 tier each month. As I was writing Chapter 1's remake during January, I couldn't really put out a demo for Chapter 1. But, I'd written some of Chapter 11 while I was on vacation, so I decided to just render that, and make it available to my high-tier patrons. Plus, that gave me a little jump on Chapter 11.
• Why Didn't You Remake Ch. 1 Ages Ago?! aRe yOu StUpiD: I've explained this about a dozen times, and half of them to the same gentleman. But, once more with feeling, I suppose. I'd always planned to remake Chapter 1, once Cassie was introduced. That was kind of the waypoint in my mind, for when the story would hit a bit of a climax, and feel like a season-ending cliffhanger. It felt like both a satisfying little break, and a tease for the future. Basically, the perfect place to park the story, and have people wait a bit. But, it was originally meant to happen sooner. Some plot developments got moved forward, ahead of it -- Lucien, Risa, Mason, etc. Then, things just snowballed, and pretty soon I had to redraw the plot map a bit.
• But Why Remake It Now: Chapter 10 is the end of Season 1. This year I'll be packaging the first ten chapters (plus Brent, Alex, and Sapphire's short stories) up, and getting it ready for Steam distribution. If anyone could tell me a better time to do it, which doesn't require a time machine and tremendous hindsight, I'd be interested. Do I wish I'd done it back when I originally planned to, after Chapter 4? Sure. Can't do anything about that now, though. The best time to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best time is today, and other such idioms.
• Where Are My Favorite Characters: Literally every love interest has appeared in the last two updates. Ashe only had a small part, but she also had almost an entire update to herself, so her inclusion felt less pressing. The nice thing is that we're kind of coming to a point where several of the main characters (Nicki, Ashe, Risa, Mason) have had full ero scenes on all their alignment paths. Pepper and Viola have had full scenes on their dark paths. This means that one of the biggest headaches for each character (multi-position, multi-cumshot sex scenes) are slowly being winnowed down, which removes a substantial burden for each character. So, plot developments should come a little faster, and girls who haven't had sex scenes yet will get them (Gabby and Brittani are next-up, and Carolina some time later this year).
• Where Are My Plot Advancements: Cassie showed up, Nicki ditched you or is your girlfriend or is gaining confidence as your assistant, Ashe is collaborating with you to secure her position at the museum, the photo mystery with Ashe has been resolved but had a new wrinkle added, Gabby's family is now reunited and her relationship to the player has been firmed up on every path, Brittani's about to collaborate with the player to make a movie which sets up her arc, Mason has his glasses (and soon a job at Barron Books), Risa's redemption plotline with Lucien is in swing, a date with Carolina is imminent, and and and.. Like, shit's happening all over the place.
• Heh, 150 Images? No Thanks: Respectfully, I don't make content for this forum. I make it for my supporters. My supporters understand why I put out the (sometimes bite-sized) content that I do, because I communicate it to them, and if they want to reach out directly, I'll explain my plans and reasons in more detail. My concern is only ever in delivering them what I promise them, for their support. That means $15 supporters get some kind of playable demo monthly, $5 supporters get a weekly update with a look at the script and art, and $2 supporters get exclusive bi-weekly art and story features. I can't even guarantee that they'll like it, though I do my best.
• I Am Not a Robot, I Am a Human Being: Life happens, and that does affect development. My day job got busier and more stressful over the past few months, which means some days I just haven't had the mental bandwidth to write or render as much as I might like to. My area of the country was also hit with: an ice storm, tornadoes, and floods, in a three month span. This meant intermittent power outages, surges, etc. I bought a UPS and a solar battery/generator, which allow me to work through small outages. But, we return to the fact that stress does have an impact on my ability to actually.. Do things. But, all that aside, if you're unhappy with my decisions, understand this -- I am not a content creation machine. I do not analyze and fine-tune my output for maximum return on investment of my time/effort. Sometimes, I miscalculate how long something will take. Sometimes, I get writer's block. Sometimes (like recently) I fuck up some renders and have to redo them. I don't have a studio, an assistant, or anything else. It's literally just me, writing, rendering, coding, doing blog posts, doing art, managing my social media, tracking expenses, filing taxes, etc. while still working a 60+ hour a week full-time job, and trying to have an actual life.

As always, thanks for reading and playing.

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