VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Mini-Sode: Blue Valentine] [NeonGhosts]

[Machete]

Friends, is there any ntr, sharing etc. in this game? I saw a photographer taking pictures of girls in the pictures, can this be completely prevented? (I browsed a little bit in the search section but I didn't understand much)

MC can come to posses some explicit pictures from his girls from before their relationship and there are girls, who are not LIs, who are seen in action with different men.
Some of this content is not avoidable but it so very doesn't qualify as NTR.
The closest thing which, by extremely far, is considerable NTR is one of the LIs who is initially in a relationship with a different guy and sleeps with MC (avoidable) before the relationship is over. That was kinda controversial in the past, but the whole sequence is under reworks and it might change significantly in future releases.

 

[imzahai]

MC can come to posses some explicit pictures from his girls from before their relationship and there are girls, who are not LIs, who are seen in action with different men.
Some of this content is not avoidable but it so very doesn't qualify as NTR.
The closest thing which, by extremely far, is considerable NTR is one of the LIs who is initially in a relationship with a different guy and sleeps with MC (avoidable) before the relationship is over. That was kinda controversial in the past, but the whole sequence is under reworks and it might change significantly in future releases.

so netori is ntr?
i think it, for most people, it boils down to; are you playing someone getting cucked [very very niche] or someone cucking [niche], or just someone interested in a woman [or 9] and not interested in sharing.

 

[Machete]

so netori is ntr?
i think it, for most people, it boils down to; are you playing someone getting cucked [very very niche] or someone cucking [niche], or just someone interested in a woman [or 9] and not interested in sharing.

I think the actual genre parameters are as the same time very defined and very interpreted subjectively by each person.
In general, very roughly, NTR is being cucked and possibly humiliated and NTS is share partner with consense.
Which is Netorare, Netore, Netorase, Whatever, i have no idea.
Yet i've seen people complaining about unlabeled NTR content because MC met a former lover from like 10 years before the game and they started a new relationship, and in the 10 (TEEEEN!) years in which the MC and the LI where no contact, she had at least another relationship. TEN FUCKING YEARS OF NO CONTACT.
So, it's very subjective i guess.

 

[sad564a5s4654]

NeonGhosts How much of the game will you remake?

 

[Dessolos]

NeonGhosts How much of the game will you remake?

from my understanding Just Chapter 1 is a remake and anything beyond that is just re doing some code and variables.

 

[ffive]

And what is he doing with those photos?

Spoiler: he's wanking to them.

(also, they're for a calendar which will be sold to gather money for charity the MC is in running)

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Go play the actual game.

 

[NebulousShooter]

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Hey, hey folks! Hope your week's off to a great start.
I fell a little short of my goal of having 210 renders for Chapter 1, and currently have 187 complete. That number can always shift a little during the process of plugging them into the script, with certain images getting tossed because I realize they're not needed. But, that's where the raw number stands at the moment.
I'm still having a lot of fun with this whole process of redoing Chapter 1, and I really think the whole game will ultimately benefit from it. Gone is the awkward exposition dump that basically catapulted us into the meat of the story. Now we really get to spend some time with our hard-luck hero, before his life changed forever. Not too much, mind you.. But, enough that it helps us to appreciate how much his life changes in an instant.
So, big thanks to everyone for indulging me while I tidy things up. Hopefully, you'll all find it well worth it.
Besides the Chapter 1 remake, I don't have too much to talk about, today. But, this weekend you can look forward to a long-delayed surprise, just in time for Valentine's Day.
But, until then: take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!

 

[Joshy92]

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Hey, hey folks! Hope your week's off to a great start.
I fell a little short of my goal of having 210 renders for Chapter 1, and currently have 187 complete. That number can always shift a little during the process of plugging them into the script, with certain images getting tossed because I realize they're not needed. But, that's where the raw number stands at the moment.
I'm still having a lot of fun with this whole process of redoing Chapter 1, and I really think the whole game will ultimately benefit from it. Gone is the awkward exposition dump that basically catapulted us into the meat of the story. Now we really get to spend some time with our hard-luck hero, before his life changed forever. Not too much, mind you.. But, enough that it helps us to appreciate how much his life changes in an instant.
So, big thanks to everyone for indulging me while I tidy things up. Hopefully, you'll all find it well worth it.
Besides the Chapter 1 remake, I don't have too much to talk about, today. But, this weekend you can look forward to a long-delayed surprise, just in time for Valentine's Day.
But, until then: take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!

Is that a young Guy Neb?

 

[starkj]

Started playing this game recently and it's pretty good, am doing a nice guy run because i'm not into rape/molesting stuff and the game can be pretty wholesome, i also don't understand the Nicki hate, she's probably my favorite so far and Britanny is hot af.

 

[NeonGhosts]

NeonGhosts How much of the game will you remake?

Right now, I'm just focused on redoing Chapter 1, and trying to keep its reverberations through the rest of the plot minimal. I'm adding a platonic route, so that'll need to be referenced in Chapter 3, when Nicki returns. That'll mostly just mean adding dialogue and some extra renders. Then there's the naked hot tub scene, which I should probably add a clothed version to, which would be a couple hours of work just loading renders and adding clothes to both characters.

There's really not that much stuff I think needs to be fixed. And most of it is contained in the first three chapters, and is just limited to wonky art. The city background in this Ashe sequence needs to be lowered in some spots, and the lighting for the bookstore scene is just super busted. My posing was also a little suspect, in those first three chapters. After that, I think I hit my stride, and the art looks pretty consistent.



There's some stuff I'd like to add that I never had time for originally -- Ashe was meant to have a couple extra scenes in Chapter 7, and Risa was meant to have more sexual positions in Chapter 9, for example. And there's the occasional goof, like wine bottles reappearing and disappearing in Chapter 7, which would take me a day or so to fix.

There's also little bits of plot which I need to change, because my plans shifted a bit from the beginning of the story. This just means a few lines of dialogue being re-written, here and there. But, like I said -- right now I'm just worried about Chapter 1.

Is that a young Guy Neb?

It is! The very beginning of the new Chapter 1 opens with Guy watching tech-bro Kobalt's livestream, dumping all his money into it, and then waking up horrified to discover what he's done. Then we get a little fade from past to present, which I've already teased on the blogs.

 

[starkj]

Wait, so how old is MC supposed to be? Wasnt the time between when he spent all his money and present time like 5 years? Guy aged fast.

 

[ffive]

Wait, so how old is MC supposed to be? Wasnt the time between when he spent all his money and present time like 5 years? Guy aged fast.

He's 30-something iirc? It's not so much he looks old now (i'd say his appearance is pretty normal for his age) as he seems very young in the earlier/rework part. Like in early-mid 20s, tops.

 

[starkj]

He's 30-something iirc? It's not so much he looks old now (i'd say his appearance is pretty normal for his age) as he seems very young in the earlier/rework part. Like in early-mid 20s, tops.

Yeah, that's what i meant, maybe the 5 years will be changed to more.

 

[NeonGhosts]

I'm very loosey-goosey with Guy's age. But, my basic framework tends to be: moved to the big city at 19-20 after failing out of college, invested in crypto/lost his money at 25-26, spent ten years in retail purgatory so he's 35-36 at the beginning of the game, and by the time we find him in Chapter 2 he's 36-37.

I tend to think of him as having aged prematurely due to stress and a terrible diet.


Worth noting is that Young Guy's model has all the same facial geometry as Present Guy, just with a younger-looking skin.

 

[sad564a5s4654]

Right now, I'm just focused on redoing Chapter 1, and trying to keep its reverberations through the rest of the plot minimal. I'm adding a platonic route, so that'll need to be referenced in Chapter 3, when Nicki returns. That'll mostly just mean adding dialogue and some extra renders. Then there's the naked hot tub scene, which I should probably add a clothed version to, which would be a couple hours of work just loading renders and adding clothes to both characters.

There's really not that much stuff I think needs to be fixed. And most of it is contained in the first three chapters, and is just limited to wonky art. The city background in this Ashe sequence needs to be lowered in some spots, and the lighting for the bookstore scene is just super busted. My posing was also a little suspect, in those first three chapters. After that, I think I hit my stride, and the art looks pretty consistent.

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There's some stuff I'd like to add that I never had time for originally -- Ashe was meant to have a couple extra scenes in Chapter 7, and Risa was meant to have more sexual positions in Chapter 9, for example. And there's the occasional goof, like wine bottles reappearing and disappearing in Chapter 7, which would take me a day or so to fix.

There's also little bits of plot which I need to change, because my plans shifted a bit from the beginning of the story. This just means a few lines of dialogue being re-written, here and there. But, like I said -- right now I'm just worried about Chapter 1.



It is! The very beginning of the new Chapter 1 opens with Guy watching tech-bro Kobalt's livestream, dumping all his money into it, and then waking up horrified to discover what he's done. Then we get a little fade from past to present, which I've already teased on the blogs.

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When all this is over, I'll be here ready to play.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

I'm very loosey-goosey with Guy's age. But, my basic framework tends to be: moved to the big city at 19-20 after failing out of college, invested in crypto/lost his money at 25-26, spent ten years in retail purgatory so he's 35-36 at the beginning of the game, and by the time we find him in Chapter 2 he's 36-37.

I tend to think of him as having aged prematurely due to stress and a terrible diet.
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Worth noting is that Young Guy's model has all the same facial geometry as Present Guy, just with a younger-looking skin.

Indeed. Working on a 6x1 scale will kill your body and mind.

 

[DaynNight090]

NeonGhosts How much of the game will you remake?

entire game. is remade. imagine the time

 

[MagicMan753]

I'm very loosey-goosey with Guy's age. But, my basic framework tends to be: moved to the big city at 19-20 after failing out of college, invested in crypto/lost his money at 25-26, spent ten years in retail purgatory so he's 35-36 at the beginning of the game, and by the time we find him in Chapter 2 he's 36-37.

I tend to think of him as having aged prematurely due to stress and a terrible diet.
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Worth noting is that Young Guy's model has all the same facial geometry as Present Guy, just with a younger-looking skin.

A little older than I would of liked, wished timelines was moved back a little to have him a bit younger. Hopefully you don't mention his age in game, cause that would ruin it a bit and the game too.

I guess I am just going to go my headcanon, cause I prefer him more earlier 30s, like 31-33 range, cause that is bit too old for my liking, just want him a bit younger personally.

 

[ArDZer]

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Hey, hey folks! Hope your week's off to a great start.
I fell a little short of my goal of having 210 renders for Chapter 1, and currently have 187 complete. That number can always shift a little during the process of plugging them into the script, with certain images getting tossed because I realize they're not needed. But, that's where the raw number stands at the moment.
I'm still having a lot of fun with this whole process of redoing Chapter 1, and I really think the whole game will ultimately benefit from it. Gone is the awkward exposition dump that basically catapulted us into the meat of the story. Now we really get to spend some time with our hard-luck hero, before his life changed forever. Not too much, mind you.. But, enough that it helps us to appreciate how much his life changes in an instant.
So, big thanks to everyone for indulging me while I tidy things up. Hopefully, you'll all find it well worth it.
Besides the Chapter 1 remake, I don't have too much to talk about, today. But, this weekend you can look forward to a long-delayed surprise, just in time for Valentine's Day.
But, until then: take care of yourselves -- and thank you for your support!

Since the players will see a flashback about how everything came to be, it does make one wonder if Melvin aka the boss will be seen. The protagonist said he wasn't going to burn bridges with him after he helped him out before he became rich (and I could be wrong but the protagonist was considering to buy the store where he previously worked. He did purchased the one where Callie currently works and had that meeting with Brittani and her mother). Can't wait to see the upcoming chapter.