VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Ch.11 v0.72] [NeonGhosts]

[NebulousShooter]

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Hey, hey folks! Hope you're all having a great week! I spent most of today feeling a little off, only to realize -- daylight savings time struck again, and I lost an hour of sleep. Womp, womp.

On the progress front, rendering work for Chapter 1’s remake is ongoing. Not much to report yet, but I’m still working on getting a new teaser/demo build together. I’d hoped to have it done yesterday, but I think I'll need a few more days. Sorry about that! For the Close Friends, I promise it’s coming, and I really appreciate your patience. The good news? It'll have a bit more content than I originally planned, so hopefully the wait will be worth it.

Working on the spicy scenes with this version of Nicki (and MC!) has been a lot of fun. One thing that never sat quite right with me in the original Chapter 1 was how Nicki and MC/Guy only got together after he got in better shape and moved into a nice condo. That was mostly a result of me keeping things concise back then. But now? I don’t have those same constraints. I can be a little more indulgent and let different branches of the story play out naturally.

So, in this new version, they can potentially hook up in Guy’s twin bed -- while he’s still rocking that spare tire around his waist. For those who enjoy the true love/romance path, I think it makes things a little sweeter and more sincere, seeing Nicki accept our hero exactly as he is.

That said I do have one concern: This version of Nicki is just cute as a button. If I got a lot of hate mail before for ‘ruining’ her with tattoos and a new haircut, I might be in for the pitchfork-and-torches treatment this time. :'D Perils of being a smut peddler, I suppose.

That’s it from me today! Take care of yourselves, and as always, thank you for your support!

 

[Joshy92]

Nicki is a perfect angel tattoos or no tattoos. It's her character and personality that turn me on the most.

 

[NebulousShooter]

Nicki is a perfect angel tattoos or no tattoos. It's her character and personality that turn me on the most.

Sure, but no tattoos is better. And if you check my pfp and sig you know I don't generally mind tattoos

 

[Dessolos]

Personally I like the tattoo version of Nicki more something about the way she looks and probably also the story behind them is why I like it more.

 

[ffive]

Working on the spicy scenes with this version of Nicki (and MC!) has been a lot of fun. One thing that never sat quite right with me in the original Chapter 1 was how Nicki and MC/Guy only got together after he got in better shape and moved into a nice condo. That was mostly a result of me keeping things concise back then. But now? I don’t have those same constraints. I can be a little more indulgent and let different branches of the story play out naturally.

So, in this new version, they can potentially hook up in Guy’s twin bed -- while he’s still rocking that spare tire around his waist. For those who enjoy the true love/romance path, I think it makes things a little sweeter and more sincere, seeing Nicki accept our hero exactly as he is.

I'm confused; does it mean they potentially hook up before Brent happens in the story? Or is the Guy fat and living in his old dump after he gets rich and Nicki comes for the handout? Or is he (still) fat and living in the dump after Nicki comes back from her Florida trip and the timeskip?

 

[Pixillin']

Personally I like the tattoo version of Nicki more something about the way she looks and probably also the story behind them is why I like it more.

I just like Nicky, I kinda wish during the “best girl I know” scene when she looked at them and said something about being covered with her mistakes, guy would have said “If you ever want to get rid of them, you can do it”. I like Nicky better without them, but I’d never say that to her. If she wants to get rid of them, it should be her choice - unfortunately, I suspect that she won’t ask Guy for the money to do it. Nicky is Nicky either way though.

Edit: I still like the idea of Guy providing really good comprehensive health coverage for his employees - which would cover Nicky’s tatoo removal if she wants it and would cover Viola’s mom as soon as she starts working for him.

 

[Dessolos]

I just like Nicky, I kinda wish during the “best girl I know” scene when she looked at them and said something about being covered with her mistakes, guy would have said “If you ever want to get rid of them, you can do it”. I like Nicky better without them, but I’d never say that to her. If she wants to get rid of them, it should be her choice - unfortunately, I suspect that she won’t ask Guy for the money to do it. Nicky is Nicky either way though.

see the thing is my first time playing this game I would of been right with you on she looked better without them up until the last scene or so with her I saw of her during that time ( when she was looking after Maya in our apartment). idk what it was but for most of my play through I was like Nicki is ruined now for me look wise then right when that scene happened , something just clicked where now I love the tattoo's and I can't see her looking the same without them. She even looks less appealing or attractive to me without them idk why.

 

[NebulousShooter]

For me its like choosing to keep a tramp stamp that an abusive ex boyfriend convinced her to get. Plus, I think tattoos do not fit her personality

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[Dessolos]

For me its like choosing to keep a tramp stamp that an abusive ex boyfriend convinced her to get. Plus, I think tattoos do not fit her personality

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I agree with the first part even tho I love Tramp Stamps. But not the 2nd I do think the tattoo's fit her character for me personally. Id expect someone with those tattoo's to have a personality a little similar to her tho probably being a bit more artistic.

 

[Pixillin']

For me its like choosing to keep a tramp stamp that an abusive ex boyfriend convinced her to get. Plus, I think tattoos do not fit her personality

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I agree with all of this, including the spoiler, but for me - asking her to get rid of them is no different from asking her to get them. It should be her call. I’m just worried that she’ll keep them because she can’t afford to get rid of them and doesn’t want “Guy to pay for her mistakes” again.

 

[NebulousShooter]

But not the 2nd I do think the tattoo's fit her character for me personally. Id expect someone with those tattoo's to have a personality a little similar to her tho probably being a bit more artistic.

I’m just worried that she’ll keep them because she can’t afford to get rid of them and doesn’t want “Guy to pay for her mistakes” again.

Now, thats something that fits her personality

 

[Pixillin']

Now, thats something that fits her personality

That’s why I said really comprehensive insurance - then you can sit down with Nicki and tell her that it covers tattoo removal if that’s ever something she wants, tell Viola that it also covers family members, and tell Mason that it covers … everything.

Edit: Although I guess it has to be one way or another - I wouldn’t want Neon to have to do two different renders of Nicky for every scene after that. One with and one without that tats.

 

[ArDZer]

That’s why I said really comprehensive insurance - then you can sit down with Nicki and tell her that it covers tattoo removal if that’s ever something she wants, tell Viola that it also covers family members, and tell Mason that it covers … everything.

Perhaps the protagonist can also cover a psychological therapist for Ashe. She's still kind of shaken up after the accident that ended up with Wren losing a leg, if one remembers what she said back at the jacuzzi.

 

[Dessolos]

Perhaps the protagonist can also cover a psychological therapist for Ashe. She's still kind of shaken up after the accident that ended up with Wren losing a leg, if one remembers what she said back at the jacuzzi.

Also find a way to get Risa away from her Dad and be able to live her own life without his say so tho that will be harder said than done

 

[Pixillin']

Also find a way to get Risa away from her Dad and be able to live her own life without his say so tho that will be harder said than done

They all need help in a variety of ways, I was just thinking about the insurance because all three of them (Nicky, Viola and Mason) would have a hard time asking Guy for the money but there is nothing weird about providing insurance for your employees. That it’s really, really good insurance and he’s not deducting anything from their pay for it is a little weird, but I think that (at least on the good path) guy has established that he’s a really generous person - so they probably won’t fight him on it.

 

[NebulousShooter]

That’s why I said really comprehensive insurance - then you can sit down with Nicki and tell her that it covers tattoo removal if that’s ever something she wants, tell Viola that it also covers family members, and tell Mason that it covers … everything.

Viola's mom better survive the game, Neon doesn't want to test me!

Edit: Although I guess it has to be one way or another - I wouldn’t want Neon to have to do two different renders of Nicky for every scene after that. One with and one without that tats.

Its somewhat manageable since no animations, thats why a lot of games in the past used to work in outfit choices, haircuts, or pubic hair choices, but the moment you want to try animations you extend the dev time by months.

 

[The Anti]

Also, Frumpy Guy is going to gas out like 3 minutes into prime Nicki

No cardio man gonna be begging her to be on top

 

[NebulousShooter]

I'm confused; does it mean they potentially hook up before Brent happens in the story? Or is the Guy fat and living in his old dump after he gets rich and Nicki comes for the handout? Or is he (still) fat and living in the dump after Nicki comes back from her Florida trip and the timeskip?

Probably he gets the money, but doesn't immediately rents the penthouse and gets liposuction
Maybe the Nicki encounter is the last straw that makes him change his life?

 

[ffive]

Probably he gets the money, but doesn't immediately rents the penthouse and gets liposuction
Maybe the Nicki encounter is the last straw that makes him change his life?

Well i dunno, i'm trying to consider all combinations of possible scenarios, but it just doesn't really make much sense to me in any of these cases.

Any sort of getting together after Guy gets the money arguably doesn't prove much in terms of "Nicki accepts our hero exactly as he is". If anything, it potentially makes the optics worse, because when before you could argue that it's either money or improved looks (or both) that made the difference, now it's only the pile of money that becomes Guy's "new quality".

And if the hookup has happened before the money, then it means either Nicki then got together with Brent as her boyfriend, choosing him over Guy, or the hookup has happened while Nicki was with Brent, and she stayed with her boyfriend afterwards? Again, neither case shows any real "acceptance of Guy the way he is", and on top of that would kinda completely wreck that thing in the original prologue how Nicki and Guy having sex is for him "finally getting his dream girl" after years of just wanting her.

So... like i said, i'm confused. :v

 

[Joshy92]

Nicki stayed with Brent because she was scared imo. Leaving him would have been a big change in her life, and some people stay in relationships because of the fear of the unknown.