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

[Reafwalk]

The new update is just the interstitial stuff between the new Chapter 1 and 2. It shows how Guy started the charity, why he went abroad, his feelings on Nicki's absence, his return home, shows his relationship with the Chen family, and finally has him arrive at the bar where he'll meet Ashe. Adds 350~ images, and an ero scene with various options which is used to shape Guy's personality moving forward.


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Is there an estimate (definitely not a time I would try to hold you to) of when to expect Ch1-10 to be all put together and ready?

 

[Machete]

If I remember correctly, the Chen family is the woman who owned the store before Guy and her daughter, right?

There might be a father and siblings involved. But i think if the daugher is legal age, she definately needs some humping action.

 

[NeonGhosts]

Is there an estimate (definitely not a time I would try to hold you to) of when to expect Ch1-10 to be all put together and ready?

Sometime before the end of June is the goal. I've got a staycation this month, which'll be a big help.

If I remember correctly, the Chen family is the woman who owned the store before Guy and her daughter, right?

Correct! They still own and operate it, Guy's just a co-owner now.

Praying for a droplet of Alex content after the June/July update

I'm glad someone else loves the pink-haired muscle mommy. I've got plans for her!

 

[Joshy92]

Perhaps those Alex plans involve me calling her mommy? I promise I'll be a good boy for her.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

Are these remakes to remove all of Guy's "abusive" scenes and turn the game into a vanilla version like the one on Patreon?

Nope. Wouldn't make much sense to scrub chp 1 after having added one of the best dark scenes in chp 10 and continuing to add them in the unreleased chp 11.

The new update is just the interstitial stuff between the new Chapter 1 and 2. It shows how Guy started the charity, why he went abroad, his feelings on Nicki's absence, his return home, shows his relationship with the Chen family, and finally has him arrive at the bar where he'll meet Ashe. Adds 350~ images, and an ero scene with various options which is used to shape Guy's personality moving forward.


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Getting ever closer to a release.

I know you don't like to give things away, but I'm guessing that ero scene is our MC's first opportunity for a truly dark scene after the rework? If that's the case, and it ends up replacing Nicki's place in that regard, I like that. I know a number of players don't, and I get why, but personally, from the perspectives of character logic and narrative pacing, I think it works better. Now Nicki can return without too many head scratches and unanswered questions if you went for dark Guy route; even considering an abusive background, it still felt odd and like it didn't have enough development. Not only that, but now that Nicki is truly established to be a close friend, her abuse can be shifted to later chapters and it makes it more meaningful and 'earned' imo, instead of her introduction and 0-10 betrayal from Guy all being crunched into the beginning. Just my 2c, don't know how you feel about it.

I'm pretty blind right now, though, so I guess I really need to play it before I can comment on anything.

EDIT: I really do need to play, though, because I think I just remembered that there's an option to rape Nicki in the chp 1 rewrite All the talk of the dark route being 'gone' got me confused. But still, I think it's supposed to be softer than the original? Maybe everything I just said is pointless or maybe it still applies, ohh welll.. Looking forward to playing either way!

 

[The Anti]

Another week, Another nice Devlog, Viola all alone in MCs apartment.. Perfect for dark path content.

Dark path Best path!

 

[fannum]

IMHO, nothing ever goes well if you don't dance with the girl you brought to the party ... especially if you try going home with someone else!

 

[DiTo]

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Hey, folks! Hope you're all doing well this week! I'm feeling a little bushed -- the day job's been kicking my butt all week. Fortunately I've got a staycation coming up, during which time I hope/plan to recharge my batteries a bit.

I just put out a new teaser build for $15+ supporters, which has 300~ renders and serves as a little bridge between the new Chapter 1 and the existing Chapter 2. Reviews have been good so far, even if it isn't quite as polished as I'd like. I was rushing to get it out the door by the end of May, so it's missing little things like character dialogue avatars that match the way the characters appear in the scene. And there's a scene with Carolina that I cut which I'm now going to go back and reinsert. But in terms of content, it's 95% final. There's a nice little spicy scene, and it expands the world a bit.

I'll be making that content available to the public later this month, once I've finished integrating it with the following, pre-existing chapters. That'll be where most of my writing/coding time will be going this month.

My rendering time, however, will be spent getting back to work on Chapter 11. I've been working on some of the Cassie material which immediately follows from the existing Chapter 11 content -- so far, so good! But I also wanted to jump ahead a bit and lay out some stuff for a scene that (finally!) sees Viola stepping into her role as Guy's maid. You can see a bit of that attached. I'm toying with giving Ms. Pavlischeva a new hairstyle, because the existing hair prop for her is honestly such a pain to work with. I figured having her show up with her hair tied back for work would make for a pretty painless transition to a new style. I'm not fully settled on this one, and I need to experiment with some other color options.. But I'm kinda digging it.

Alright, that's it for me this week! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!

 

[Ragnar]

Another week, Another nice Devlog, Viola all alone in MCs apartment.. Perfect for dark path content.

Dark path Best path!

Corruption path > Dark path

 

[DaynNight090]

oh wow Chapter one Remake. Here goes the money milking scheme. Poor poor patreon supporters. I mean isn't the game in development in 5 years already. Need another 5 years to complete it? Maybe 3 reworks for a lousy game with uninteresting characters

 

[ffive]

 

[NewTricks]

OK folks. I've got the 0.27 version (Friends Indeed, because I support Patreon ), and I wanted to say that you will not regret the download.

oh wow Chapter one Remake. Here goes the money milking scheme. Poor poor patreon supporters. I mean isn't the game in development in 5 years already. Need another 5 years to complete it? Maybe 3 reworks for a lousy game with uninteresting characters

 

[WaltS]

[…] a lousy game with uninteresting characters

If that is your opinion then why get your knickers in a twist like that?

 

[yossa999]

oh wow Chapter one Remake. Here goes the money milking scheme. Poor poor patreon supporters. I mean isn't the game in development in 5 years already. Need another 5 years to complete it? Maybe 3 reworks for a lousy game with uninteresting characters

Nah, here you just go to ignore and nothing more.