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

[Innocience]

I am sorry if it has been asked before but my English is basic and I have been confused with some things that have been said here, will the game with the dark paths be updated or has that part been abandoned and only the basic part is left?

No, it is not abandoned. The dark path version of 0.55 has been leaked before (if you use the search you'll find it), but the thread OP has not been updated. It will be updated when the public release will be live (some time after thursday).

 

[Maviarab]

And I'm not saying the opposite. But I do believe that if an update is, to say the least, 10% porn and 90% story, it is normal that there will be disappointed people. Maybe when planning an update we should consider, I don't know, including at least 30% porn (I'm saying the percentages offhand, without thinking seriously).

And what I do think is that it is a mistake not to include at least one porn scene that will unlock everyone no matter what. Maybe a scene that appears with any of the 3 main routes. Don't know. But I understand that in a game like this achieving that is difficult. Basically because it could be that you are kind to Britanni, that you have raped Viola and no longer appears, that you are passing on Nicki, and that you have a love-hate relationship with Ashe. And that in the update none of those routes have a sex scene. In fact, it happened to me in my main gameplay. I didn't visit Nicki the night before, so that's it. I didn't rape Ashe and then drug her. Not there either. And with Britanni I'm on the line between abusing her and helping her. So in that gameplay I didn't get a single porn scene. Not even one. Even so, I enjoyed the game because the story interests me.

And of course, then I have other gameplays in which I have unlocked the few porn scenes that there are.

And finally, what anyone can see is that the streamer's scene adds nothing to this update. It's a scene that could have been left for when it was relevant. I don't doubt that it will be relevant in the future, but right now it is not connected to anything, nor does it tell us anything about anyone. The story does not advance. It's pure filler at this point.

If it had to be cut somewhere, that was the point. And leave time for at least one porn scene before the final scene with Risa (even a porn scene with Risa, before leaving with the car).

In short, I think this update has not been planned well. But it does not matter. First because it's just my opinion. And second because if you enjoy the plot of the game, very interesting elements are introduced in this update. You delve deeper into Risa's character, for example. But also in Britanni and Carol and even in Pepper if you didn't do it in the previous one. And then, if you have destroyed Ashe in your gameplay, here you see her at her lowest moment. A broken toy. The consequences of your actions.

You like the sound of your own voice don't you (or in this case...your keyboard).

I'll keep it simple for you...AVN...not PVN....adult does not stand for porn.

 

[soldano]

No, it is not abandoned. The dark path version of 0.55 has been leaked before (if you use the search you'll find it), but the thread OP has not been updated. It will be updated when the public release will be live (some time after thursday).

In fact, almost all the porn content in this update is for the Dark Path.

 

[soldano]

You like the sound of your own voice don't you (or in this case...your keyboard).

I'll keep it simple for you...AVN...not PVN....adult does not stand for porn.

Are you serious? Have you thought about that calmly, or is it just a pilgrim idea?

 

[RainbowRobo]

Being honest. Without this forum the game would never have been. This game, and the vast majority of porn games that flood the Internet today. So it's a quid pro quo.

If a developer is upset about his game being here, he's just an idiot. If it weren't for this forum, there would be no patrons, no dissemination, or anything at all. There would be no game.

Oh yeah. Gone are not the days an artist needs to be exploited to gain 'exposure' until they are able to establish themselves enough to have a name in the public consciousness. That goes doubly for industries that don't have huge machines able to mass produced formulaic wide appeal media, because at least there people are willing to associate "artists deserve money" with "i consume this art". Granted because of generations long propaganda campaign decrying that you're totes stealing money from the artists pocket every time you don't pay a corporation for it. Niche interests like gaming sub cultures end up lacking that legitimacy. Add in the exploitation and instability inherent in the pornography industry, I'm fucking shocked we get anything at all that we don't import from japan.

But that just makes me more impressed that people do it. For love of the art, or for ambition to make money, it matters not, it's just a tiny shred of hope in an otherwise miserable landscape.

 

[Machete]

To get Nicki's you must have visited her the night before (at the end of 0.4).

Not sufficient, you also need in some kind of dark path with her. Otherwise it's just breakfast chit chat (with some additional back story for Nicki). In my run i didn't even get the GF thing despite i'm in turbo nice guy path. But maybe i went too polyamorous, hard to tell.

 

[depeche mode]

i just want bimbo brittani so i guess will have to wait for next ep to start again from the beginning

 

[ko.os222]

NeonGhosts when we getting more brittany content other this tho? and yes in the dark content context. cause I remember you saying we be getting them this year beginning so I am patiently waiting :3 and if this is it then whens the next time?

 

[ko.os222]

Also when do we find out what happens to ashe in the dark path after 4.0???
NeonGhosts

 

[Machete]

Also when do we find out what happens to ashe in the dark path after 4.0???
NeonGhosts

In the current release. In the version 4.2 there are like 5-6 different versions of how the night can go and the morning after there are a couple of scenes for the dark path and a girlfiendish breakfast with her if you didn't go sleeping somewhere else. In generale Ashe is taking a huge amount of space in lates releases.

 

[Ragnar]

In generale Ashe is taking a huge amount of space in lates releases.

And that's a good thing. The girl with more content right now is Nicki.

 

[DatGuy20]

The next "main" girl is likely to be gabby as we still have to free her dad from prison and that'll probably lead to gabby + madison stuff

 

[blkcrow20]

The next "main" girl is likely to be gabby as we still have to free her dad from prison and that'll probably lead to gabby + madison stuff

I hope so, Gabby is my favorite.

 

[NeonGhosts]

Not sufficient, you also need in some kind of dark path with her. Otherwise it's just breakfast chit chat (with some additional back story for Nicki). In my run i didn't even get the GF thing despite i'm in turbo nice guy path. But maybe i went too polyamorous, hard to tell.

For Nicki's romantic/sex content, you have to have her "nirom" status. You get it by being romantic at the diner breakfast a couple chapters ago, then reaffirming your romantic interest when you find her gaming with Maya. I'm going to tweak this scene later so you can still have sex with her on the FWB route, and just miss some of the more romantic dialogue.

NeonGhosts when we getting more brittany content other this tho? and yes in the dark content context. cause I remember you saying we be getting them this year beginning so I am patiently waiting :3 and if this is it then whens the next time?

Also when do we find out what happens to ashe in the dark path after 4.0???

Brittani's going to be a big part of the update following the Chapter One reboot (Chapter Ten). It's basically a Gabby, Brittani, and Viola trifecta. And Ashe's story picks up immediately if she slept over. If not, we'll see her again as Brittani's movie project gets underway.

 

[Maviarab]

For Nicki's romantic/sex content, you have to have her "nirom" status. You get it by being romantic at the diner breakfast a couple chapters ago, then reaffirming your romantic interest when you find her gaming with Maya. I'm going to tweak this scene later so you can still have sex with her on the FWB route, and just miss some of the more romantic dialogue.



Brittani's going to be a big part of the update following the Chapter One reboot (Chapter Ten). It's basically a Gabby, Brittani, and Viola trifecta. And Ashe's story picks up immediately if she slept over. If not, we'll see her again as Brittani's movie project gets underway.

Hey Neon, will the Ch1 rework be an update on it's own?

 

[NeonGhosts]

Hey Neon, will the Ch1 rework be an update on it's own?

Yup! It'll be fairly substantial, with a lot more setup for MC, Nicki, Brent, etc. Plus, an earlier glimpse at Carolina.

 

[SomeOldFart]

Brittani's going to be a big part of the update following the Chapter One reboot (Chapter Ten).

 

[soprano31]

It's basically a Gabby, Brittani, and Viola trifecta.

 

[Raizen84]

Yup! It'll be fairly substantial, with a lot more setup for MC, Nicki, Brent, etc. Plus, an earlier glimpse at Carolina.

A question when there will be content with Viola either for both paths, in version 0.4 it was only story and there was no action hahahaha. I think she would be a good second girlfriend for the protagonist besides Nicki and Ashe. Another one that has not had a leading role is Madison in the story on the paths.

 

[Krynh]

Maybe just enjoy what you enjoy and let others enjoy what they enjoy? I find it quite sad that in a thread of a quality game like this one, the romance fans again and again try to kink shame the people who enjoy the dark path.

I didn't take it as kink shaming, more making fun of those who like it leaving because there's consequences.