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

[SunGodYoru]

Best thing about the bots coming out is that they’re all in one place to easily add to my ignore list.

Neon doesn’t miss so I’m hyped to play through this.

 

[Takkertje]

So according to devs Patreon the 0.72 version and the remake of chapter 1 are going to be combined in the end.
What's the use for this then?

 

[Elduriel]

I have a question, brother. Can I play it now, or does this update only contain the rework of chapter 1

And do I have to wait for a rework of chapter 2, or can I play now

not a bad question. Wait until the new update. I've played it already. It is fucking awesome, and gives a lot more background. Worth it. Then play the og game.

 

[With The]

hmm so this is standalone remake for ch1 ?
why not just combine with the old one, this really feels disconnected.

 

[kev4U]

Their concern is not completely unwarranted. A lot of us has lived through re-boots and remakes that either made the game worse or just lead straight to abandonments.

I do not follow this thread closely, and did not know about the announcement, but even if I knew, I would not be unconcerned about the remake.

We have seen this story before, and even though it is probably not going to happen here, I would personally sigh a breath of relief once the main story resumes.

A reboot/remake, even though the intention is good, is something that makes people jittery and impatient and the surrounding negativity could demotivate the developer and often leads to the game being abandoned.

Instances where I felt more at ease, were where completely new content gets rolled out, together with reworked earlier chapters.


TLDR Even though this is planned, it's still making me nervous.

Well said and is basically how I feel every time a game is remade or gets a remake. Yet as seen by many members based on the replies it's easier to be an asshole then try to understand that perspective. Man the replies ruin this forum every-time.

Now having said that I myself hope it doesn't slow down any more future development. That's all now from this lurker.

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

not a bad question. Wait until the new update. I've played it already. It is fucking awesome, and gives a lot more background. Worth it. Then play the og game.

I'm a little confused this is not the new update

okay so if I understand correctly don't play this update play the next one

and keep in mind I've been saving it up for a while so I don't think I know what's in some chapters

 

[NeegNog]

seems like the dev is just trying to avoid the 1 year no update by releasing all these small updates and minisodes whit 100 renders

 

[Krytax123]

Oho and the idiots who can't read and don't know that the remake of the first chapter was announced months ago have arrived

Rework hell is rework hell, no matter when/if it was announced.

Its only a good idea in like 1/20 cases, we will see if this avn belongs to the rare breed.

Imo the rework was not needed here at all. Does he intend to rework more chapters?

 

[Elduriel]

I'm a little confused this is not the new update

okay so if I understand correctly don't play this update play the next one

and keep in mind I've been saving it up for a while so I don't think I know what's in some chapters

you misunderstood me. I paid for the new update, that's why I said you should wait for it. It's not public yet. When it leaks here you should def play it.

 

[Eland51298]

Does he intend to rework more chapters?

Only chapter 1 was supposed to have a remake because it was not Neon who created it(if I remember correctly)

 

[mafarus]

Let me guess, the guys from Steam decided that the game was too dark and showed the dark sides of the human soul?

 

[Vidal the king of Pervert]

you misunderstood me. I paid for the new update, that's why I said you should wait for it. It's not public yet. When it leaks here you should def play it.

oh I see thank you my brother

and thank you to everybody else for replying to my comment that means a lot

 

[sisco1986]

why does everyone keep defending this saying it's only a 1 chapter remake...he literally says right here he's coding out 6 chapters, and we all know renders take 10x longer than the actual coding. We aren't going to see chapter 12 for literal years.

did you have a brain fart while you were writing that?

if the coding takes 10x less time than the renders why wouldn't have chapter 12 for "literal years"

 

[Eland51298]

did you have a brain fart while you were writing that?

if the coding takes 10x less time than the renders why wouldn't have chapter 12 for "literal years"

I think he confused coding with creating renders

 

[NeegNog]

but seriously ,the renders do look pretty in the remake and it is an big improvement , however i hope that we advance in the story as well it feels like its been a while...

 

[HUNUTAN]

Wow, a remake... What is this? What is this for?

 

[NeonGhosts]

Because I love repeating myself: Chapter 1 was remade in its entirety -- I'd get into the reasons why, but let's just say it's because I wanted to personally hurt people's feelings that were looking forward to Chapter 11, and went through a lot of effort to do so.

The following chapters (2-10) needed to have some code and story beats updated, but I've tried to leave as much untouched as possible. While I'm going through the chapters line by line, I'm adding some renders here and there, and tweaking some dialogue. But we're talking about 100~ renders, for scenes I've already built, lit, etc. and 90% of it is in Chapters 2/3, with 20ish added to Ashe's date scene. As soon as that's done, I'll be re-releasing Chapters 1-10 as Season 1, and Chapter 11 will kick off Season 2.

Now, let's play Jump to Conclusions!

• I'm Milking My Supporters: True! You got me, nobody tell those naughty little cows.
• I'm Trying to Avoid the Abandoned Tag on This Fine Pirate Site: True! Granted, Chapter 10 only came out in November, and the abandoned tag doesn't kick in for at least a year.. And the Blue Valentine mini-sode came out in February.. And the Chapter 11 teaser in March.. And now a full chapter in April.. Shit, I'm putting a lot of work into not working.
• Steam Demanded I Change the Content: Truueeeee! As you can see, Friends in Need is already on Steam, but they demanded I strip out any naughty content. So, I'm reworking it as a farming sim. The new title will be Friends with Seed. It still sounds dirty, but it isn't.
• I'm Abandoning the Game: Trrruuuuueee-- *

 

[Elduriel]

oh I see thank you my brother

and thank you to everybody else for replying to my comment that means a lot

you know it

 

[Eland51298]

Well, and all is clear gentlemen and ladies, you have your answers, and if you do not like it, then i suggested to hover over X in the upper right corner of the screen and press it ;p

 

[ffive]

because even after the coding is done he still has to render all the new images and animations???

There is little to no new images and animations to render. The dev is just adjusting code of subsequent chapters to be uniform with changes to variables made in the remake of Ch.1.

He is also simultaneously working on the next chapter of the game, but of course can't expect people who'd rather scream their head off that the sky is falling, to know that much. Even if he's mentioned in the thread more than a few times.