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

[Dessolos]

another good game gone to shit to rework\greed\laziness.... what a pity

It's literally been known for a year at least. It wasn't even that long of a deveolopment cycle for a rework either. So I don't get how it's being lazy or greedy unlike others take do it for no reason for an entire year. I have yet to play it but from everything that has been said about it makes sense to do it for once. Since it's part a code rework and part of story / visuals.

 

[Hullahopp]

Time for Neon's Standard Check-In and Address Talking Points with Talking Points: Starring Neon!

• WTF, Dead Game: I put out a full chapter in November. I took an unpaid vacation December, halting my billing for my platforms. I returned in January and put out the Chapter 11 teaser with 150~ images, and then in February put out a mini-game for Sapphire with another 150+ images. I wanted the Chapter 1 remake to be done for March, but due to a couple factors, it just didn't happen. I'll return to this in a bit. But, I'd love for someone to point me towards all these games made by solo devs, which have a bunch of branching paths, and also update every month. Because I'm lucky to get one update a year from my favorites.
• 150 Images, This Is a Bullshit: The reason I made this Chapter 11 teaser was because I always put out some playable content for my $15 tier each month. As I was writing Chapter 1's remake during January, I couldn't really put out a demo for Chapter 1. But, I'd written some of Chapter 11 while I was on vacation, so I decided to just render that, and make it available to my high-tier patrons. Plus, that gave me a little jump on Chapter 11.
• Why Didn't You Remake Ch. 1 Ages Ago?! aRe yOu StUpiD: I've explained this about a dozen times, and half of them to the same gentleman. But, once more with feeling, I suppose. I'd always planned to remake Chapter 1, once Cassie was introduced. That was kind of the waypoint in my mind, for when the story would hit a bit of a climax, and feel like a season-ending cliffhanger. It felt like both a satisfying little break, and a tease for the future. Basically, the perfect place to park the story, and have people wait a bit. But, it was originally meant to happen sooner. Some plot developments got moved forward, ahead of it -- Lucien, Risa, Mason, etc. Then, things just snowballed, and pretty soon I had to redraw the plot map a bit.
• But Why Remake It Now: Chapter 10 is the end of Season 1. This year I'll be packaging the first ten chapters (plus Brent, Alex, and Sapphire's short stories) up, and getting it ready for Steam distribution. If anyone could tell me a better time to do it, which doesn't require a time machine and tremendous hindsight, I'd be interested. Do I wish I'd done it back when I originally planned to, after Chapter 4? Sure. Can't do anything about that now, though. The best time to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best time is today, and other such idioms.
• Where Are My Favorite Characters: Literally every love interest has appeared in the last two updates. Ashe only had a small part, but she also had almost an entire update to herself, so her inclusion felt less pressing. The nice thing is that we're kind of coming to a point where several of the main characters (Nicki, Ashe, Risa, Mason) have had full ero scenes on all their alignment paths. Pepper and Viola have had full scenes on their dark paths. This means that one of the biggest headaches for each character (multi-position, multi-cumshot sex scenes) are slowly being winnowed down, which removes a substantial burden for each character. So, plot developments should come a little faster, and girls who haven't had sex scenes yet will get them (Gabby and Brittani are next-up, and Carolina some time later this year).
• Where Are My Plot Advancements: Cassie showed up, Nicki ditched you or is your girlfriend or is gaining confidence as your assistant, Ashe is collaborating with you to secure her position at the museum, the photo mystery with Ashe has been resolved but had a new wrinkle added, Gabby's family is now reunited and her relationship to the player has been firmed up on every path, Brittani's about to collaborate with the player to make a movie which sets up her arc, Mason has his glasses (and soon a job at Barron Books), Risa's redemption plotline with Lucien is in swing, a date with Carolina is imminent, and and and.. Like, shit's happening all over the place.
• Heh, 150 Images? No Thanks: Respectfully, I don't make content for this forum. I make it for my supporters. My supporters understand why I put out the (sometimes bite-sized) content that I do, because I communicate it to them, and if they want to reach out directly, I'll explain my plans and reasons in more detail. My concern is only ever in delivering them what I promise them, for their support. That means $15 supporters get some kind of playable demo monthly, $5 supporters get a weekly update with a look at the script and art, and $2 supporters get exclusive bi-weekly art and story features. I can't even guarantee that they'll like it, though I do my best.
• I Am Not a Robot, I Am a Human Being: Life happens, and that does affect development. My day job got busier and more stressful over the past few months, which means some days I just haven't had the mental bandwidth to write or render as much as I might like to. My area of the country was also hit with: an ice storm, tornadoes, and floods, in a three month span. This meant intermittent power outages, surges, etc. I bought a UPS and a solar battery/generator, which allow me to work through small outages. But, we return to the fact that stress does have an impact on my ability to actually.. Do things. But, all that aside, if you're unhappy with my decisions, understand this -- I am not a content creation machine. I do not analyze and fine-tune my output for maximum return on investment of my time/effort. Sometimes, I miscalculate how long something will take. Sometimes, I get writer's block. Sometimes (like recently) I fuck up some renders and have to redo them. I don't have a studio, an assistant, or anything else. It's literally just me, writing, rendering, coding, doing blog posts, doing art, managing my social media, tracking expenses, filing taxes, etc. while still working a 60+ hour a week full-time job, and trying to have an actual life.

As always, thanks for reading and playing.

You're a gentleman, but next time try this instead of a long explanation:

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[Chucke1992]

Shame that girls disappear if you abuse them, rather than developing the stockholm syndrome

 

[Kateterpeter]

Sham that girls disappear if you abuse them, rather than developing the stockholm syndrome

I hope you can draw them back in >

 

[Eland51298]

I'm just reading these comments and I'm starting to think that people are idiots who can't read or have mistaken the threads.
Seriously everything Dev writes about was known for a long time, it's known that there will be a remaster of the first chapter, so what the fu*k are you complaining about?

and as for the “short” update, do you guys have eyes or not that you don't know that this is a fuc*ing teaser?

Edit: Seriously you get a Dev who clearly feels passionate about what he does, is active, makes a lot of content, communicates very well what he does and what he plans to do, and most importantly he talks to us in the forum for a bunch of thieving lechers who steal his game and you have the nerve to complain about non-existent problems? Seriously?

If I were the dev I would say fu*k it and from that point I would only speak on patron/subscribestar

 

[Simpgor]

Spoiler: Only read if you like bullying dumbs

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The preview was a really good PREVIEW and since I can read i wasn't expecting a full ass update despite the fact that it's on a porn piracy forums "LaTEsT UPdaTeS!!!1!1"

It's good to see everyone coming together though

 

[RebelliousKnightMordred]

Just because she's looking for something serious doesn't mean she isn't down for a threesome, maybe with another girl she trusts. Also, seems kinda messed up for the dev to tease that and then go no where with it lol




Also, wth. Gone for like a day, and suddenly a ton of crybabies in the thread throwing their plastic sporks because their free food wasn't to their specifications or something. Embarrassing, dudes... lmao..

wow dude you totally owned them, you're so cool man, can I get your autograph or something?

 

[Ehterias]

i see a lot of girls in the cover image, but however I don't see the harem tag anywhere, could someone tell me if he has it so I know if I play it or not?

 

[Rorikon215]

No harem. You'll have to suffer through having sex with these attractive ladies one at a time.

 

[hhhhhhdddd]

Dumb question but how do I update the game? I mean so that i still have my saves

 

[ffive]

No harem. You'll have to suffer through having sex with these attractive ladies one at a time.

To be exact, you certainly can have sex with more than one of those ladies per a play through, and doing it with more than one at a time probably isn't out of realms of possibility, either.

They just aren't going to be all simultaneously MC's girlfriends.

 

[Fappingnation]

nice

 

[Arachnox]

Started a new game but the first Ashe scene auto rejects the 'sister roleplay'. I added the taboo patch (patch.rpy in game folder), but it still did not bring up the option to accept the roleplay. Am I missing something?

 

[soldano]

Chapter 11 actually looks pretty good. I'm a little bummed out about being spoiled, since FiN is one of those games where I like to play the chapters. Basically because chapters are really chapters, that is: a narrative unit. But I liked the beginning of Chapter 11.
Now, this happened because I didn't read the changelog. Wasn't a Chapter 1 remake supposedly in the works, or am I mistaken? I thought I'd find that in this update.

 

[prpa]

Chapter 11 actually looks pretty good. I'm a little bummed out about being spoiled, since FiN is one of those games where I like to play the chapters. Basically because chapters are really chapters, that is: a narrative unit. But I liked the beginning of Chapter 11.
Now, this happened because I didn't read the changelog. Wasn't a Chapter 1 remake supposedly in the works, or am I mistaken? I thought I'd find that in this update.

Remake will be released this month, according to the last patreon post.

 

[A Li QAQ]

Where can I download the patch for the Dark Route?

 

[GokutheG]

The level of entitlement of some users is astonishing. No wonder so many of the devs who try to interact with this site's users leave. It's very clear that Neon is very passionate about this game so just chill out.

 

[Deleted member 6503042]

I thought we don't need the patch, it's already embedded. Two different game and all thingy. Am I mistaken?

Btw, if we need it you can find it on OP(first post of the thread) under taboo patch. Since it's universal, no need to update.

 

[Ehterias]

To be exact, you certainly can have sex with more than one of those ladies per a play through, and doing it with more than one at a time probably isn't out of realms of possibility, either.

They just aren't going to be all simultaneously MC's girlfriends.

okay, thanks bro, I'm not interested in the content of the game then, I don't understand where the logic is of having more than 10 girls 1 man and not having the harem tag, but well everyone does their game as they like, I don't have time to play the game 20 times to be able to meet or have something with everyone.

 

[Nerv_rr]

okay, thanks bro, I'm not interested in the content of the game then, I don't understand where the logic is of having more than 10 girls 1 man and not having the harem tag, but well everyone does their game as they like, I don't have time to play the game 20 times to be able to meet or have something with everyone.

but you get to get all of them and you will see all scenes for a route , its not a specific run for each LI , its just that in the end you have to settle for one , and there is no threesome or gangbang scenes for guy yet