VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Ch.10 v0.71] [NeonGhosts]

[CrazyRabbit]

That was a really good update (I need more Gabby but even with an entire chapter with her, I'd still say that )
Brent redemption ? Won't bet money on it but hey, who knows ?
Viola is becoming so much cuter every update, and that's saying something. I do hope we can help getting Mason and her to...get it on, in a romantic way I mean.
Nicki was a riot, always impeccable humor from the shortstack. She's growing on me (not litterally, she tiny) more and more.
And the scene with Gabby.... broke my heart a little. So much they never said to each other, I hope we can finally clear things up with her next update.
Who knew Cassie was so close ? And a delinquant like her big bro now ; I'm so proud.


Fantastic work NeonGhosts ; it was really worth the wait. One of my top 10 VNs, hands down.

 

[Swordsman83]

No rape/blackmail scenes and whenever the time comes no incest (incest isn't in the game yet but is planned for it in the future).

The "main version" is the same; to disable rape/blackmail scenes you just delete the patch, or change the patch from true to false and hit save.

Honestly as the dev said, the vanilla version should be removed from the OP, as you can just remove the patch to have the vanilla version.

thanks for the information..

 

[AMUR48]

Sneak Peek of the Week! 11/22/24

Hey, hey folks! Hope you're all doing well, today. Just a quick FYI -- the beta release for Chapter 10 dropped today, adding a new, small with Ashe which wasn't in the alpha release. I also did my usual round of bug-fixes, and little additions. One thing I'm slowly working on is adding accurate dialogue portraits for all the characters. To that end, I've recently done them for Mr. Fowler, the dream/delusion versions of Cassie, and flashback versions of Guy and Cassie. Plus, probably a few more I've forgotten.

As more people continue to play the update, I'll no doubt continue to
get more bug reports, and tweak little things here and there. I've still
got a little change to make in Chapter 9. Some players wanted the
option to simply turn off the video Lucien shows you, in that chapter.
That's a pretty easy and reasonable request, so I'll be making that
change. I also wanted to have a few pieces of hand-drawn art in the
game, for when Guy and Nicki are talking about comics. I got them all
partially done, but just didn't have time to finish. So, I'll spend my
next few days doing that.

Besides tying up loose ends, my
attention is now on the remake of Chapter 1, and next steps in Chapter
11. I'm honestly hoping Chapter 1 goes pretty quickly. It'll follow a
similar route as the existing Chapter 1, but with a little extra. The
opening is a little more organic, Nicki and Guy's friendship is
highlighted more, and we get some little teases about characters who
show up later.


As for Chapter 11, I'm trying to write a modestly-sized update, which
will mainly touch on Gabby, Ashe, and Viola, while also dealing with the
immediate fallout of Chapter 10. If you know, you know. >_>

But,
I'm definitely looking forward to getting Ashe back for a couple of
little scenes, where we'll be visiting her at her place of work. To that
end, I just took a little time today to design her office, and sketch
out a little bit of dialogue.

I'm also thinking ahead to Chapter
12, where we'll see Brittani do a screen test for her movie role, under
the eye of Guy, the film's director, and Ashe. Should be fun! I know I
should really focus more on the immediate concerns I have, but.. C'mon.
It's Brittani!

I'll leave you with your regularly scheduled Sneak Peek at the story
ahead. But, as always: take care of yourselves, and thank you for your
support!

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mc"Ashe? Babe?"

ash"Guy! Like, I'm in here!"

mc"Oh. Uh.. Hi. This is.. Cozy. I brought you a plant, but uh.. Not really seeing a window in here."

ash"Mmhm.. My boss still isn't happy about being forced to hire me. So, she like, banished me to the dungeon."

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[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

Gonna be a rough few days for the public release

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

Gonna be a rough few days for the public release

Sounds like the beta rectified most everything that was wrong.

IMPORTANT: When starting Chapter 10, please make sure you start from the end of Chapter 9, where MC arrives home to find Brent trying to kick in his door. If you previously created a save file with a Demo Version, it will not work with this new version.

Nine times out of ten, if you're getting an error saying that "[X] is not defined," it's because your save file was created with an incomplete/demo version of a previous chapter. Try going back one or two chapters, and then skipping forward to the current content.
If you have any questions, problems, or bugs to report, please visit the Discord. SubStar's messenger system isn't always very responsive, and you're more likely to get a timely response from me, or a member of the community, on Discord.

Changelog:

• Bug-fixes, typos, etc. corrected from Alpha.
• Updated portraits for certain characters.
• Added a small Ashe scene when MC is in the bath. To access it, you need to be on Ashe's girlfriend path, where you had a good date with her, and she slept over/had breakfast with you.
• 1709 images, plus 12 small animations

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

That's what I thought in the first scene. But the second and third (where she lets you straight up fuck her) scenes she is clearly into a male pleasing her female body. The only time you are given an indication that she isn't enjoying what is happening is if you call her a girl instead of a boy. It just feels very weird that she wants to be seen as a boy but also ENJOYS and ENCOURAGES the MC playing with her pussy.

Mason is going to do whatever he thinks will keep him in that apartment, hence why he drops to his knees as soon as he learns about living there. If Mason thinks that being a girl will keep him there, he's fine with playing the girl.

 

[Uncle Xander]

right after you get the eternal shiner, on the first night Nicki is moved out, Guy has a moment where he bolts awake from a dream and looks at a pic of Ashe trying to find something, later he thinks its a bracelet but it isnt. has this mystery been solved or is it set up for plot that isnt in the game yet?

 

[Comaco]

right after you get the eternal shiner, on the first night Nicki is moved out, Guy has a moment where he bolts awake from a dream and looks at a pic of Ashe trying to find something, later he thinks its a bracelet but it isnt. has this mystery been solved or is it set up for plot that isnt in the game yet?

Depends on the choices you make in Chapter 10. If you land yourself in jail, you will have a brief revelation on what it actually was in the picture that was relevant.

 

[NewTricks]

She's a lawyer. If you hold her hand, she'll probably steal your watch.

Watch? You'd better count your fingers afterward.

 

[SlowGoesSlow]

mc"Ashe? Babe?"

ash"Guy! Like, I'm in here!"

mc"Oh. Uh.. Hi. This is.. Cozy. I brought you a plant, but uh.. Not really seeing a window in here."

ash"Mmhm.. My boss still isn't happy about being forced to hire me. So, she like, banished me to the dungeon."

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I can't believe Ashe got banished to the depths of Home Depot.

 

[Ciaran8023]

I can't believe Ashe got banished to the depths of Home Depot.

A fate worse than death unfortunately.

 

[Jroc666]

A fate worse than death unfortunately.

At least she wasn't sent to the Lowe'st part of hell

 

[Animal95]

Ashe needs a red stapler..

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Im not sure whats better about that preview Britt ( who's at least a year away), Guy without the black eye or the fact that the next update has girls I would def like to get to know more about.

Is anybody high on Dash? Im meh on her.

 

[DatGuy20]

I’ve talked about this before, but to be brief: I wanted to pause development on the thing that happens at the end of Chapter 10, and then backtrack to clean things up and remake Chapter 1. It just took longer to get there than I thought it would. See earlier comments re: one chapter essentially becoming three.

I could hem and haw about if it was a good decision or not, but.. It’s already done. Why worry about it?

Now, my task for the next few months is to get Chapter 1 fully remade, touch up some stuff for Chapters 2 and 3, pull all the variables out and place them so that the game doesn’t throw those “[X] not defined” errors in the future, and then go through every menu option and see if I need to add any variables. I also have to upgrade my PC with new parts.

It’s all going to be a pain in the ass for me, and not a ton of fun for my subscribers to read about. But, after putting out ten chapters, I’d hope that I’ve mostly earned their trust enough that they understand why I feel the need to move backwards, instead of forward.

If I’d suddenly stopped after Chapter 4, and then redone everything from the ground up, maybe they’d have been less forgiving? I dunno! Maybe not.

But, as I said: what’s done is done. If anyone wants to wait until the remake is done, that’s their prerogative. I personally don’t think it’s the biggest deal to just check out the new content, and then fast-forward through the remake to get back to Chapter 10. Most of the game’s scenes aren’t super difficult to get to. It’s rarely a situation where you need to do W, X, and Y, in order to unlock outcome Z.

What you gonna put into your new pc?

 

[fishbrain]

Were we supposed to start new saves recently? I can play but get a ton of errors that I can always ignore and continue.

 

[Elduriel]

Were we supposed to start new saves recently? I can play but get a ton of errors that I can always ignore and continue.

you loaded a save from an earlier beta version. See the dev recommendation:
https://f95zone.to/threads/friends-in-need-ch-10-v0-70b-neonghosts.112500/post-15421416

 

[justin.case]

mc"Ashe? Babe?"

ash"Guy! Like, I'm in here!"

mc"Oh. Uh.. Hi. This is.. Cozy. I brought you a plant, but uh.. Not really seeing a window in here."

ash"Mmhm.. My boss still isn't happy about being forced to hire me. So, she like, banished me to the dungeon."

Broke up with Ashe, you know whole false pretense thing, it was satisfying as fuck tbh.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

Sounds like the beta rectified most everything that was wrong.

My bad, I meant the wait. I like to get public release so all the bugs are mostly squashed. Plus extra scenes being added. Update sounds so good, it's going to be a hard.. long.. week

 

[Dessolos]

My bad, I meant the wait. I like to get public release so all the bugs are mostly squashed. Plus extra scenes being added. Update sounds so good, it's going to be a hard.. long.. week

yeah I know what you mean I usually don't wait for public on this one the wait is kind of hard. However I will say the wait is a bit easier knowing the focus is Mason and some Gabby mostly and those are the 2 LI I don't care for or interested in enough to be on their path but put them in the friend zone.