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

[RC-1138 Boss]

I believe they're more getting at the fact that it'd be physically impossible for a person to do actual 24/7 shifts for prolonged time. There must be two of them in there (at least) simply because a person needs to get their 7-8 hours of sleep to function.

Maybe their captors don't care about Emily and the other women sleep habits and wake them up whenever they feel there is a possibility to make money/blackmail some fool who decides to show their faces.
That could also help explain why she looks so tired.

 

[ffive]

Maybe their captors don't care about Emily and the other women sleep habits and wake them up whenever they feel there is a possibility to make money/blackmail some fool who decides to show their faces.
That could also help explain why she looks so tired.

I don't think this is really enough of explanation -- if you go for more than couple days without sleep it pretty much starts to cook your brain, causing hallucinations and only getting worse as it goes. More than that and they'd be effectively killing what's supposed to be their biggest earner. And Sapphire is supposed to physically be there 24/7 -- in the main game they even keep her there in the morning when there's little to no customers showing up.

 

[Doctor Shark]

Read 4 posts above yours, i put the screenshots from the ingame sequence that disprove that. Pepper and Emily aren't the same person.

Also as others pointed out, she is "available" 24 hours a day because she is a prisioner in that place.

Now no idea if you are joking with that last phrase but it made me chuckle.


Agree. Specially when we take into account all the shit Emily has been subject to as a sex slave in that place.

If you actually read the scene you posted, you'd note that Guy realizes Pepper and the camgirl he's been talking to (Saffron) are different people because of the eyebrows (and the piercings), which I mentioned. The girl in Blue Valentine has dark eyebrows and piercings, which Saffron doesn't. Therefore it's either:

1. Pepper and set in the past (I think this is most likely).
2. Pepper and currently she's still camming and splitting time with other girl (possible but less likely since both Pepper and Saffron have consistent looks every time you encounter them; Guy could just never have caught a Pepper camshift, though).
3. A third sister.

When you research Sapphire's online footprint, the game mentions that all her profiles link back to three pictures: a schoolgirl, a dominatrix and a slave girl. On the surface, these are just roles of one and the same camgirl, but there's a small possibility that each of those "roles" is individual girl out of what's an actual triplet.

I really like this idea but they all appear to be Saffron (light eyebrows, no piercings).

 

[Pixillin']

Yeah, a small problem with that plan is that having them engage in "hot lesbian sex" is basically asking them to do incest, and not everyone is as much into fucking their relatives as porn game players.

That and, assuming we somehow - at some point get Sapphire out of the warehouse and out of danger, she's probably not going to be that into performative sex for men's gratification anymore. I think the only way it happens is if guy somehow takes over management of the warehouse and gets Pepper in there or liberates Safire - but for a price.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

If you actually read the scene you posted, you'd note that Guy realizes Pepper and the camgirl he's been talking to (Saffron) are different people because of the eyebrows (and the piercings), which I mentioned. The girl in Blue Valentine has dark eyebrows and piercings, which Saffron doesn't. Therefore it's either:

1. Pepper and set in the past (I think this is most likely).
2. Pepper and currently she's still camming and splitting time with other girl (possible but less likely since both Pepper and Saffron have consistent looks every time you encounter them; Guy could just never have caught a Pepper camshift, though).
3. A third sister.

Interesting. I will re-check the short story/game later to look at this.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

Ok, so, the triplet's names are Pepper, Patricia (Cherry), and Emily (Sapphire). Now I'm wondering if Pepper's real name isn't actually revealed yet? Obviously Pepper is a real name, but so is Cherry. Makes sense that Pepper wouldn't want to be using her real name if she's trying to avoid attention from (corrupt) police working with Lucien. Hmmm.

Are there actually 24 beings physically identical to Pepper who all serve as interfaces for a single hivemind and spend one hour each day camming?

lol, I recently replayed an old adventure game called Beneath a Steel Sky (anyone remember that? ), and there's a creepy scene where there's a bunch of offline replicant androids just staring at the PC. I'm picturing multiple rows of vacant Peppers just staring off towards Guy Revenge of the Camgirl Bots.. put guns in their titties Neon!

When you research Sapphire's online footprint, the game mentions that all her profiles link back to three pictures: a schoolgirl, a dominatrix and a slave girl. On the surface, these are just roles of one and the same camgirl, but there's a small possibility that each of those "roles" is individual girl out of what's an actual triplet.

Interesting; it's possible. I'm leaning towards it's just three popular niches that horny guys request Although, it could also be a keen reference from Neon towards the sisters' general roles to expect in their sex scenes, yet still technically be Sapphire's cam personas. So, Pepper would obviously be the dominatrix; the other two make sense either way to me.. but we see Patricia (Cherry) dressed as a schoolgirl, and Emily (Sapphire) dressed in a slave collar, so I guess that's resolved.

The only way I see a foursome is corruption or dark path, I think there's absolutely no way on a romance route. Sorry Joshy boy, it's a sexy idea, but think about it: what person, identical triplet or not, wants to bang/share their sibling? Barf! And on top of that, it's probably been a key focus of their sex slavery, so it's also assuredly a traumatic pressure point. I think the game probably won't go quite that far with porn logic by having them thank you for saving them from sex trafficking and then taking turns giggling up-and-down-and-up-again on your lap, know what I'm saying?

Either way, looking forward to seeing some quality triplet content from our boy Neon!

 

[Joshy92]

NeonGhosts - Okay, I'll create an evil character like Isabella that no one could possibly want to bang or romance

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[9ssmith9]

Hey, folks! I've posted a new game, free for everyone in celebration of Valentine's Day.

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Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely folks who have supported and encouraged me -- and to the haters, you only make me strongerrrrrr!

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You seriously wrote a porn game in which I spent several minutes convincing a cam girl NOT to take her clothes off.

I really hope your day job gives you other outlets for your writing, or, if not, that you someday expand beyond porn games. Not that there's anything wrong with porn games at all, but there are other genres that could probably use you too.

 

[ffive]

I really like this idea but they all appear to be Saffron (light eyebrows, no piercings).

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If there's three of them there's no say that only Saffron is the one with lighter eyebrows. And piercing isn't something that a person gets born with, it could be a recent addition for all we know, before the pictures were taken. For this matter, even the eyebrow shade can be something of a red herring -- brow tint is a thing, just like hair dye.

There's also technical aspect/possibility of using the same model for the renders because it's simpler and the player isn't expected to scrutinize the pics they've seen for a briefest moment for this sort of differences.

 

[cherryblaster]

this game would be absolutely perfect if it was complete and if another minor issue was resolved, in my humble opinion. I tried a playthrough where I'm resentful of Nicki but still a good, decent person. Meaning at the start of the game, I do acknowledge my feelings for her but I'm resigned to the idea that she is lost to me but I resolve that I will help her this time because I'm a decent human being who admits he got lucky and she's royally fucked. But I don't want her to start kissing me and shit when I do be nice and gift her the money. I would appreciate an option and scenario where it's possible to forego that but still help her and then move on without actually getting anything in return. Like a final goodbye to her, atleast at just the start, like a mindset thing. I don't like the idea that even though I have decided to gift her the money, I am very accepting of how she reacts so promiscuously with me. It does in fact, really her cheapen her character too.

 

[ffive]

It does in fact, really her cheapen her character too.

Yeah, it's soooo cheap when a character recognizes/acknowledges your MC had a crush on them for years and actually responds positively to it.

 

[NeonGhosts]

Really enjoying the theory discussion in here! I'm avoiding reacting to any of it, so I don't lend any credence to a particular reading, but.. I do appreciate it!

this game would be absolutely perfect if it was complete and if another minor issue was resolved, in my humble opinion. I tried a playthrough where I'm resentful of Nicki but still a good, decent person. Meaning at the start of the game, I do acknowledge my feelings for her but I'm resigned to the idea that she is lost to me but I resolve that I will help her this time because I'm a decent human being who admits he got lucky and she's royally fucked. But I don't want her to start kissing me and shit when I do be nice and gift her the money. I would appreciate an option and scenario where it's possible to forego that but still help her and then move on without actually getting anything in return. Like a final goodbye to her, atleast at just the start, like a mindset thing. I don't like the idea that even though I have decided to gift her the money, I am very accepting of how she reacts so promiscuously with me. It does in fact, really her cheapen her character too.

The new Chapter 1 will have a platonic option for the first chapter, allowing someone to potentially start a romance with Nicki when she comes back in Chapter 3.

You seriously wrote a porn game in which I spent several minutes convincing a cam girl NOT to take her clothes off.

I really hope your day job gives you other outlets for your writing, or, if not, that you someday expand beyond porn games. Not that there's anything wrong with porn games at all, but there are other genres that could probably use you too.

Thank you! Sadly, my day job is much more physical than creative. But, it's a reliable paycheck, so I can't complain. It is my hope to eventually parley my platform into other creative work, though. I've been kicking around an idea for an erotic comic for a long time now, and I've been writing a fantasy novel that's part high adventure, and part monster-fucking. It'd be cool to finish FiN, and then transition to creative work that doesn't keep me chained to my desk for hours a day. But, we'll see how things go.

 

[Visick]

How much branching is there in this one? Including the patch content. I usually like to have a save for each route, but sometimes too many routes gets a bit much. So is there just sorta being kind vs being bad? Or would there be more branching within those?

 

[Cup Of Jello]

How much branching is there in this one? Including the patch content. I usually like to have a save for each route, but sometimes too many routes gets a bit much. So is there just sorta being kind vs being bad? Or would there be more branching within those?

There's a lot in terms of different versions of scenes. It's great for choice, but I myself gave up trying to keep a save for every version lol

 

[NeegNog]

How much branching is there in this one? Including the patch content. I usually like to have a save for each route, but sometimes too many routes gets a bit much. So is there just sorta being kind vs being bad? Or would there be more branching within those?

i think there is 4 major routes 2 in dark path

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and 2 in love path

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[bobbo69]

Dev Update 2/17/25


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Hey, hey folks! Hope you're all doing well this week!
Just to let you know where things stand, I'm currently around 320 renders for the Chapter 1 remake, and things are still moving right along. At present I'm mostly working on stuff set inside the convenience store, with Nicki, Guy/MC, and Brent. While this scene largely mirrors the original version of Chapter 1, I also added a little something to it, so it doesn't just feel like a tired retread. I really don't want this whole exercise to feel like a shot-for-shot remake with slightly nicer renders, so I'm trying to add a few twist and turns that weren't there originally. Hopefully, that'll make it feel fresh and exciting for you longtime supporters.
To that end, you can see a new scene depicted in the images attached to this post, featuring the man who convinced our hero to sink his life savings into cryptocurrency -- Kobalt! Every cryptobro cliche rolled into one, this guy is a natural chameleon who adopts whichever persona best serves his interests. So, we get to see two very different versions of this dude inside a very small window of time -- and they both suck! But, I'm super happy I got to make my very own clickbait thumbnail, just for this little sequence. :'D
Moving along, over the weekend I posted an all-new mini-sode, free to everyone. Most folks seemed to really dig it, which is always very gratifying. Starring Spicy Sapphire, this little game puts the player in the role of an anonymous viewer of her stream, with the ability to influence the narrative to a small degree. I'll make sure this little mini-sode (along with the one starring Alex) are inserted into the actual game, with the next release.
On the subject of mini-sodes: Up until now, every mini-sode I've done has been a little bonus release for a holiday (April Fool's for Brent, Halloween for Alex, and now Valentine's Day for Sapphire), but I don't plan for this to be the case forever. Once I've finished the Chapter 1 remake, and Chapter 11 is in the can, I'm planning to put out some mini-sodes that'll be tier-locked for patrons, before being made available to the public, just like normal releases.
Finally, on the advice of a supporter, I've been experimenting with AI audio to over-dub my voice on some of the Daz tutorials I did. I need to play with the editing a bit, but I'm hoping this will mean I can give you folks even more content here.
I'll leave you with that, today! As always, take care of yourselves and thank you for your support!

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

First time that i heard about daz tutorials.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

How much branching is there in this one? Including the patch content. I usually like to have a save for each route, but sometimes too many routes gets a bit much. So is there just sorta being kind vs being bad? Or would there be more branching within those?

There's basically 4 main routes: friend/neutral, romance, corruption/findom, and dark/force. Each of those routes also have variation within, so like you can be nicer in your corruption route, or meaner; you can be wholesome in your romance route, or tend more towards selfishness like pushing them into anal or something; and so on.

There's also other choices not related to the interaction routes; for example, some days you have choices of what you want to do for the day, and you can't choose everything, so you'll miss out on small little scenes or bits of information here and there. It's nothing major, you're not going to miss out on an entire LI or ruin a route or anything dumb like that. But if you're a hardcore completionist or something, you'll miss out a little bit in one playthrough. But, within each erotic scene, there's usually a ton of choices and you can pick all of them, so no issue there at least.

I think a lot of players seem to have a touch of the OCD, which is a shame and something I can relate to. But honestly, if you're going to break away from that habit for any game, I really think you should do it for FiN. Just choose whatever feels right and you'll probably enjoy what you see. If you ever feel like playing the game again at another time, have fun picking something else and seeing what happens! Try to keep in mind that individuation and replayability is the goal here, not stressing you out with tons of separate saves Good luck man!

 

[Joshy92]

Shit guys, you know if I find who is hurting my precious flower Sapphire I'll be doing a little old neck snapping.
I don't care, I'll bust into the facility all by myself and deal some hard justice, Joshy style.

Wait for my princess, I'll save you.

 

[soldano]

i think there is 4 major routes 2 in dark path

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But you have to keep in mind that each character has their own routes. I mean, there aren't really 4 routes, but there are 4 routes for each of the main characters. So, you can be an asshole to Ashe, for example, nice to Brit, etc...
And there are even certain mini scenes that only unlock with a specific combination. For example, there's a scene where you're a jerk to Ashe and she sees you being nice to Viola, and the game shows her with her head down. Jealousy? Pain? In any case, I guess it would be simpler for Ashe to just think that you're a son of a bitch. But seeing that you're a son of a bitch to her, but nice to others, makes her wonder: Why me?
Anyway, what I mean is that the four routes thing may be fine as a broad overview, but when you get down to something more micro, it's a bit more complex.