VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [S1 v0.85c] [NeonGhosts]

[NebulousShooter]

Ashe has really become one of my favorites over this update. It's fun peeling back her hot girl veneer, and revealing the complicated person who's behind it all.



Gabby was just in the last update! D: In any event, she's not going anywhere. I laid this out in a patrons-only post, but my plan for the next few updates is basically as follows:

- Viola and Ashe (next update, coming soon)
- Mason, Alex, Risa, Gabby, and Madison (Early-mid August)
- Redo of Chapter One/bugfixes (October/November?)
- Gabby, Viola, and Brittani (January-February)

such a long wait for Brittani...its ok, I'm fine

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I avoided asking after the update, but is the shopping scene the Brittani content that was promised when you initially did your timeline of updates last year?Because if yes and now she has to wait her rotation again for another half a year, that is beyond bullshit, compared to 100 routes and scenes with Ashe and Nicki.

If you skipped her lewd stuff because you want it to be in a better moment than after her ass of her bf assaulting you, we haven't even started her route yet...Maybe in 3 years will gets some meaningful progress.

Looking at the previews now we have to deal with Risa' shit, what happened with her being just a side hoe for extra lewd stuff?
At this point I pray the sister is just a plot device and not yet another character to be added into the rotation.

 

[Joshy92]

I avoided asking after the update, but is the shopping scene the Brittani content that was promised when you initially did your timeline of updates last year?Because if yes and now she has to wait her rotation again for another half a year, that is beyond bullshit, compared to 100 routes and scenes with Ashe and Nicki.

If you skipped her lewd stuff because you want it to be in a better moment than after her ass of her bf assaulting you, we haven't even started her route yet...Maybe in 3 years will gets some meaningful progress.

Looking at the previews now we have to deal with Risa' shit, what happened with her being just a side hoe for extra lewd stuff?
At this point I pray the sister is just a plot device and not yet another character to be added into the rotation.

According to the character sheet Cassie is a main LI.

I always assumed she was anyway.

 

[Dark Silence]

More girls added to the roster, pushes other LIs like Gabby and Mason scenes out even further. I already haven't played in months. But it is what it is. I'm not goin to bitch and moan about it. When my favorite LIs have parts, I'll play. What I don't like though is being forced to play through scenes of LIs I don't care about, just to get to what I do care about.

 

[Joshy92]

More girls added to the roster, pushes other LIs like Gabby and Mason scenes out even further. I already haven't played in months. But it is what it is. I'm not goin to bitch and moan about it. When my favorite LIs have parts, I'll play. What I don't like though is being forced to play through scenes of LIs I don't care about, just to get to what I do care about.

But that happens in every VN bro.
We can't just ignore every girl we don't like.

I would agree if we had to sleep with her, but we don't.

Besides Risa's storyline will probably be connected to other girl's as well.

 

[blkcrow20]

But that happens in every VN bro.
We can't just ignore every girl we don't like.

I would agree if we had to sleep with her, but we don't.

Besides Risa's storyline will probably be connected to other girl's as well.

lol Yes, we can. I ignore the ones I don't like. Sorry, Joshy. I know you have a bigger heart then me.

 

[Dark Silence]

But that happens in every VN bro.
We can't just ignore every girl we don't like.

I would agree if we had to sleep with her, but we don't.

Besides Risa's storyline will probably be connected to other girl's as well.

That's not the point, bro. I respect Neon and his way of tellin the story, I can still choose not to like it. That has no bearin on Neon. I hold no animosity towards him.

 

[Joshy92]

lol Yes, we can. I ignore the ones I don't like. Sorry, Joshy. I know you have a bigger heart then me.

Every big game on this site that I have played we have to talk and interact with the girls.
Look at a certain college themed game.

We still have to hang around them even if we don't plow them.

 

[Dark Silence]

Every big game on this site that I have played we have to talk and interact with the girls.
Look at a certain college themed game.

We still have to hang around them even if we don't plow them.

But we aren't forced to help them. We do have choices which limit our interactions with them. Hell, we can even ignore them somewhat.

 

[Joshy92]

But we aren't forced to help them. We do have choices which limit our interactions with them. Hell, we can even ignore them somewhat.

Honestly, I just feel like everyone is blowing the Risa thing out of proportion.
She is a sweet girl who needs help I would have jumped at the chance to help her if it was an option.

This is way less linear than lots of games on here.

 

[blkcrow20]

Every big game on this site that I have played we have to talk and interact with the girls.
Look at a certain college themed game.

We still have to hang around them even if we don't plow them.

Yeah, college themed games have been over blown. I stay away from most of them. Too much of the same same.

I don't mind interacting with them so long as I don't have to make them an LI.

 

[Dark Silence]

Honestly, I just feel like everyone is blowing the Risa thing out of proportion.
She is a sweet girl who needs help I would have jumped at the chance to help her if it was an option.

This is way less linear than lots of games on here.

Look, bro. I get it. You love and simp for all the girls. Sometimes to your detriment. But that's you. Not everyone is like that. I avoided Risa and others as much as I could. Only interaction I've had with most of them have been what was forced. Ok, no issue.

Reason Risa's path pisses me off so much is the fact it's drugs. I would never help someone go into a drug den. That could literally get me killed. I'm over 6 feet and I love to fight, but drug dealers are usually packin heat and what is my size and fightin ability worth against a gun?

Her path is the only one I think Neon should've made completely optional. But again, it's his story and I'll play it out just so I can get to my LIs storylines.

 

[talion777]

Yeah, college themed games have been over blown. I stay away from most of them. Too much of the same same.

I don't mind interacting with them so long as I don't have to make them an LI.

It can be done, and there are games where you have the ability to choose whether you want to pursue individual girls or not, or groups of girls, allowing you to bypass some elements of repetitive or undesirable storyline, but they're few and far between and often require some common sense decisions (or admitedly sometimes seemingly odd decisions) in order to navigate the game. College game or not if something is well done then you'll enjoy it, just like movies, where people race to try to clone the magic of something original with cheap and ill conceived copies as soon as possible after release.The real challenge is to have varied story lines that allow you to replay without having to endlessly repeat all the same scenes over and over again.This greatly increases replayability but people are lazy and they want to be able to bang everybody in one go in a linear fashion, which to me becomes boring as fuck. I suspect that it makes the branch mapping so complex for devs that it becomes too challenging and too much work to try to maintain a cohesive storyline and continuity when most people are satisfied or with or even prefer linear storylines to keep things simple. As a gross and sometimes inaccurate generalization most people here seem to have an aversion to complex branching and any sandbox or free roam or puzzle elements that complicate their ability to fap without straining their brain overmuch. I personally like game elements that make the stories more complex, but I recognize that I'm in the minority, and I have to keep reminding myself that as much as we refer to these VNs as "games" they really are stories first, and not video games, and that the people who play these aren't "gamers" per se, and come with a completely different mindset and cultural values than what gamers do. For people who do both it's a bit schizophrenic. lol

 

[Joshy92]

Look, bro. I get it. You love and simp for all the girls. Sometimes to your detriment. But that's you. Not everyone is like that. I avoided Risa and others as much as I could. Only interaction I've had with most of them have been what was forced. Ok, no issue.

Reason Risa's path pisses me off so much is the fact it's drugs. I would never help someone go into a drug den. That could literally get me killed. I'm over 6 feet and I love to fight, but drug dealers are usually packin heat and what is my size and fightin ability worth against a gun?

Her path is the only one I think Neon should've made completely optional. But again, it's his story and I'll play it out just so I can get to my LIs storylines.

Haha you know me bro I simp hard.

I was ready to bust in there and kick arse to help my fierce princess.
Risa is my next sweetheart.

 

[Dark Silence]

Haha you know me bro I simp hard.

I was ready to bust in there and kick arse to help my fierce princess.
Risa is my next sweetheart.

Of course. But in RL, you wouldn't survive. Shit like that only happens in movies. In my younger days, I was a badass and even then, stormin a drug den was never in my job description.

 

[DA22]

Of course. But in RL, you wouldn't survive. Shit like that only happens in movies. In my younger days, I was a badass and even then, stormin a drug den was never in my job description.

Yeah I was also not happy about the Risa line and fact neon decided MC needs a protagonist or else there is not enough drama. I know it is a me problem but I dislike most games with protagonists that are in reality unsurmountable for MC except for some serious plot armor. It is cheap drama, where making an MC fail due to own mistakes or treating people as they do not like is way more interesting as drug dealer number 2001. Like Nicky disappearing when went to rough was fair enough for me.

I loved the slice of life part of game until now and do not mind replaying that 20 times for different paths. Not going to replay 20 times for a story of MC being shat on by an all powerful drugs dealer drama and cliff hangers. Just not my thing and seems it will be unavoidable. It is a main reason I do not play NTR games anymore either, not because I can not survive one sex scene I do not like, but dislike protagonist based games and especially if the protagonist is set to level 15 and keeps hanging over the whole game.

 

[Joshy92]

All I know is once I get Risa out of there I won't let her go back
I'll buy her drugs somewhere else and I'll do it while she is safely back at my apartment.

I don't mind putting myself in danger but I don't want her getting hurt.

 

[Dark Silence]

All I know is once I get Risa out of there I won't let her go back
I'll buy her drugs somewhere else and I'll do it while she is safely back at my apartment.

I don't mind putting myself in danger but I don't want her getting hurt.

IF you're like this in RL, bro, you're goin to end up in a situation you don't want. I mean think about it. Even if you're the toughest, strongest and biggest badass in the world, that's not goin to save you from a bullet. Dealers don't carry bats, knives, pepper spray/mace or tasers. They carry guns. You want to save someone who is an addict and I understand that. Addicts can't be saved, unless they've hit rock bottom and finally want it. Even then, it's still up to them. Not you, me or anyone. Buyin them drugs yourself is only contributin to them killin themselves. That's what drugs do. They kill.

 

[Joshy92]

IF you're like this in RL, bro, you're goin to end up in a situation you don't want. I mean think about it. Even if you're the toughest, strongest and biggest badass in the world, that's not goin to save you from a bullet. Dealers don't carry bats, knives, pepper spray/mace or tasers. They carry guns. You want to save someone who is an addict and I understand that. Addicts can't be saved, unless they've hit rock bottom and finally want it. Even then, it's still up to them. Not you, me or anyone. Buyin them drugs yourself is only contributin to them killin themselves. That's what drugs do. They kill.

I have to do something though bro
Did you see her big beautiful eyes pleading for help?

Maybe I could at least pay for her to go to rehab or something.

 

[Dark Silence]

I have to do something though bro
Did you see her big beautiful eyes pleading for help?

Maybe I could at least pay for her to go to rehab or something.

I haven't played in months, bro. Am waitin on Gabby and Mason's update. But I'm sorry, addicts use those eyes, words and actions to their advantage. Believe me, I know from experience. That's what pisses me off the most with this bein forced. One, I don't know Risa. Except through the very few forced interactions. Which amounted to very little. I never sought her out for convo or anything.

In RL, I have put myself into far too many dangerous situations for this path to sit well with me. One of my sister's boyfriends beat her badly once, I drove to his apartment and shit got outta hand real quick. There were other situations that I won't speak of, all of them got outta hand and should never have happened.

But this is Neon's game. I may not like parts of it, but if I want to continue playin for the two LIs that I like, I have to deal with the stuff I don't like.

 

[Joshy92]

I haven't played in months, bro. Am waitin on Gabby and Mason's update. But I'm sorry, addicts use those eyes, words and actions to their advantage. Believe me, I know from experience. That's what pisses me off the most with this bein forced. One, I don't know Risa. Except through the very few forced interactions. Which amounted to very little. I never sought her out for convo or anything.

In RL, I have put myself into far too many dangerous situations for this path to sit well with me. One of my sister's boyfriends beat her badly once, I drove to his apartment and shit got outta hand real quick. There were other situations that I won't speak of, all of them got outta hand and should never have happened.

But this is Neon's game. I may not like parts of it, but if I want to continue playin for the two LIs that I like, I have to deal with the stuff I don't like.

Sorry about your sister bro.

About the game
I'm excited for Mason content too I can't wait to bust a big load in that fucking perfect body.

I bet Mason has some of the best tits in the game.