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

[RC-1138 Boss]

So, originally the dev from The Regional Manager (great game, great guy, go play it!) did the art for Chapter 1. I used his model for Nicki, but there were certain things about her that I didn't love, and I wound up changing a bit before I took over rendering Chapter 2. I gave her more distinct eyes, tweaked her face a bit, blah blah blah. So, the Nicki present in Chapter 1, matches the Nicki that exists from Chapter 2 and on. I changed her hair from the original, just because that original asset was dForce hair, which is a giant pain in the ass to work with.



I just wasn't happy with it, honestly. Due to how it was made (with me writing, and someone else rendering) it just never felt as cohesive as I wanted it to. And I couldn't have as many renders as I wanted, because another dev was doing the art, while working on his own game, so he only had limited time to fuck with it. The new version lingers more on Nicki and Guy's friendship, goes into his original crypto investment a bit more, introduces some characters earlier, and adds more variety to the sex scenes. I wouldn't say it's just a new coat of paint on an old story. It's more like a retelling of the original, with more elements added.



Difficult to say, but my best guess would be mid-late July? I'm still early into Chapter 11, and it should be a pretty large chapter.



Eh, I'm not really frustrated. I'm pretty accustomed to this pattern by now. I do [X], some folks says it's the death of the game, and then we rehash the exercise in four months. Been that way since the first release. I just wish people would realize that, if their intent is to whip me into submission like a dog, it's just.. Not going to work? That seems to be the impetus, right?

"How fucking dare you do this thing I don't like! Bad! Bad developer!"

Like.. Maybe that works for some people? But, I'm always working as quickly as I can, and yelling at me about X, Y, or Z isn't going to make me go faster.

Still, I appreciate the kind words!



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Quoting this because there are already lots of moronic people pulling their hairs and screaming the game is over because Neon decided to remake chapter 1 to get it to the quality standard of later updates.
Which by the way anyone who visited this thread in the past or even bothered to read before posting already knew was going to happen.

 

[SteelyDan14]

Sorry I think you got them back to front.
Friends in Deed is the soft version.
Friends in Need is the one with the Dark path.
Just Sayin.

Thanks for the correction!

 

[dudeipoop]

why has this thread become full of idiots who never even bother reading the thread? the chapter 1 remake has been in the works for god knows how long lol

 

[Dessolos]

so much negative comments over something that has been knowing for over an year and said it won't be a full remake. I had to stop reading after the 10th comment got boring

 

[MiltonPowers]

why has this thread become full of idiots who never even bother reading the thread? the chapter 1 remake has been in the works for god knows how long lol

 

[ImperialD]

This.
But nevermind Nikki - look at the MC! This guy looks like a total looser right now: with a beer belly, wearing sweatpants and slippers (WTF!). Yuck, total turndown. Previous version was much better (in terms of visuals) IMO.

if the MC had long hair and a beard ( grey ).. he'd look like me damn typos

 

[Overlord070]

Man, I hate when shit get's retconned like this, especially after so many years have passed. New MC looks and acts extra retarded too.

Maybe there are legit reasons why this was done but if it's just because people disliked Nikki or whatever and you want to make her more likeable, I doubt it will work. People that dislike her will still continue to do so. She was perfectly fine before, she had flaws and in a moment of weakness tried to exploit her friend and regrets that, there's character there.

 

[Pixillin']

Man, I hate when shit get's retconned like this, especially after so many years have passed. New MC looks and acts extra retarded too.

Maybe there are legit reasons why this was done but if it's just because people disliked Nikki or whatever and you want to make her more likeable, I doubt it will work. People that dislike her will still continue to do so. She was perfectly fine before, she had flaws and in a moment of weakness tried to exploit her friend and regrets that, there's character there.

I agree that she was perfectly fine before - I mean in the original I was on the Nicky solo path but the Dev wanted to give us more backstory and set some other things up. Basically wanted us to have more info about who Guy and Nicky were before Guy got rich. And apparently someone else did the Ch1 artwork and there were some bits he didn't like, so his call.

 

[Overlord070]

I agree that she was perfectly fine before - I mean in the original I was on the Nicky solo path but the Dev wanted to give us more backstory and set some other things up. Basically wanted us to have more info about who Guy and Nicky were before Guy got rich. And apparently someone else did the Ch1 artwork and there were some bits he didn't like, so his call.

Meh, it's not just the new art that is bad imo, but oh well, it's the devs work to rework and redo as he likes. It is what it is.
I'll just put it on the back burner and check back in a year or 3 to see if it's completed.

 

[Spfjolietjake]

First time I didn't mind a remake. If it's just the vanilla version that's great with me. However if we lose treating Nikki like a two dollar whore and the beautiful dark scenes this will go to one of my favorites to eh.

This dev has already removed (rewoked, altered) some of the dialogue etc throughout the vn so I'm just hoping it mostly effects the love pathers. There is very few vns with good dark content and this is one of them.

 

[DaFinker]

what the fuck is this guy

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Peter Dinklage with heavy makeup and a dye job?

 

[| Spawny |]

Ayo here, i try to re-play 0.72 from the beginning, but it seems like its impossible to make Dark choices in the intro with Nicky ? Am i missing something ? Out a question, i try to search here, but didnt find. Dark choice disapear totally ??

 

[Sether0]

Ayo here, i try to re-play 0.72 from the beginning, but it seems like its impossible to make Dark choices in the intro with Nicky ? Am i missing something ? Out a question, i try to search here, but didnt find. Dark choice disapear totally ??

Have you installed a ?

 

[hollowdroch]

I might've missed it, but does taboo patch work on a Chapter 1 remake? Or will we get non-patreon version later perhaps?

 

[| Spawny |]

Have you installed a ?

Yup, but nothing changes, the intro isnt the same as the version i played month ago. I can't chose any Dark choices

 

[Sether0]

Yup, but nothing changes, the intro isnt the same as the version i played month ago. I can't chose any Dark choices

I just checked, and with the patch installed, the third option appears:

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Open the patch.rpy file in the “game” folder with a text editor and make sure it looks like this:

label patch:
    $ patch = True
    return

And that the file you use to launch the game is named like this: FriendsinNeed.v.0.72

 

[| Spawny |]

I just checked, and with the patch installed, the third option appears:

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Open the patch.rpy file in the “game” folder with a text editor and make sure it looks like this:

label patch:
    $ patch = True
    return

And that the file you use to launch the game is named like this: FriendsinNeed.v.0.72

Still the same :/
I try install 0x52_URM, but Choice didnt appear on the game, only in URM :/

 

[Audi4Rings]

so to sum it up the dev reworked the game to soften it up for Patreon? I enjoyed the game and if I had to stop playing it I'd be ok with that. There wasn't much story left anyways right?

 

[Dessolos]

so to sum it up the dev reworked the game to soften it up for Patreon? I enjoyed the game and if I had to stop playing it I'd be ok with that. There wasn't much story left anyways right?

From what I understand it wasn't because of pateron those things are still in SS version I thought. It was more to fix things up like the art and give more background and story

 

[Pixillin']

so to sum it up the dev reworked the game to soften it up for Patreon? I enjoyed the game and if I had to stop playing it I'd be ok with that. There wasn't much story left anyways right?

Most of the story is still to come. Keep in mind there are two different versions of the game - Friends in Need, and Friends Indeed. The latter is the vanilla, Patreon version. We haven't seen the version for Friends in Need yet, and the chapter rework is for a variety of things - Neon has never been that pleased with it and has been planning a rework for a long time. Lots and lots more still to come.