VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [Ch.1 Remake v0.25] [NeonGhosts]

[Deleted member 4053539]

You Ashe lovers will have fun with the next update.. But until then, here's an image from the Patreon-exclusive photoset I put up recently, which expands on the bubbly blonde's back-story.

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Hah, I always say I'm not a foot fetishist, but I'm definitely a foot accessory fetishist. :'D

Did Ashe have an animation?! I don't think I did one for her.. Unless I've lost my mind, which is entirely possible. I'll just assume it was so immersive your memory changed to believe there was an animation.

Yeah! It's so weird to me when devs give short-shrift to arguably the most important part of the game, and meanwhile conversation scenes will have twenty renders of someone fidgeting back and forth as they talk.

FYI: Current render count is 518. I need 20ish more for Pepper's scene, which I'm knocking out today. Then I'll put up a game build tonight for $15+ patrons. I fully expect this update to run over 1200 renders, but after that I'll be taking pains to make smaller, more frequent updates.

Ashe and Madison are my favorites, I also loved Nicki, but I gotta be honest that I hate her new looks, she looks like a slut, the original sweet Nicki was so perfect, but I get it some people like this kind of look.

 

[Kulman]

Will there be some more gabby content if you were a dick to her in the next update? Looking at other paths, seems like the dick path missed out on a lot so far (as far as gabby is concerned).

 

[NeonGhosts]

Will there be some more gabby content if you were a dick to her in the next update? Looking at other paths, seems like the dick path missed out on a lot so far (as far as gabby is concerned).

Gabby's in the next update (Chapter Four: Part Two), but her appearance mainly just sets up her sexy content for Chapter Five, while also continuing the plot with her dad. Chapter Five will be a ton of Gabby, Viola, and Brittani, with a little Mason.

And yeah, unfortunately some of the characters' content just moves at different speeds, based on the needs of the story. For instance, Pepper and Viola's corruption/submission routes advance more quickly than their affection routes. But, Ashe and Nicki's basically advance at the same rate.

 

[Xypher]

Gabby's in the next update (Chapter Four: Part Two), but her appearance mainly just sets up her sexy content for Chapter Five, while also continuing the plot with her dad. Chapter Five will be a ton of Gabby, Viola, and Brittani, with a little Mason.

And yeah, unfortunately some of the characters' content just moves at different speeds, based on the needs of the story. For instance, Pepper and Viola's corruption/submission routes advance more quickly than their affection routes. But, Ashe and Nicki's basically advance at the same rate.

Take your time for each characters. While I have favorites, I equally like all the girls.

 

[Hadrik]

Frick this is quality writing and i stumbled upon this treasure trove haphazardly. Kinda wish I found more that way but still thank you for creating this. Anybody have recommendations though?

 

[rudy007]

Thanks so much!

Here's some of my favorites/inspirations, off the top of my head:

Banking on Bella - Replete with moral choices and girls that break the mold in terms of standard VN girl design, I think BoB and FiN share a lot of similarities. The scene with Viola and Gabby at the boutique is basically a response/homage to a very similar scene in BoB.

The Regional Manager - A sandbox game focused more on the negative side of the moral axis, there's plenty of opportunities to be the bad guy in this one. And again, Brittani's photoshoot scene in FiN is an homage to TRM's photoshoot scenes. Plus, TRM's dev Horizontical did the renders for Chapter One of FiN, and Nicki and Brent both have little cameos in TRM. One day I'll steal Andrea from TRM, to have her guest star in my game.

Where the Heart Is - I really like this one. It's got a ton of content, nice models, and it allows you to be a bit of a dick, every now and then. The story's spinning its wheels a little right now, but I feel like it's heading towards a conclusion.

Sisterly Lust - Really nice models, and there are two characters that you get to dominate a bit harder than the others, while still keeping things upbeat and happy.

Bad Bobby - A classic constantly beleaguered by problems, I still love this one, warts and all. The visuals look a bit dated by now, the dialogue is awkward, and typos aren't uncommon, but I still like it.

I can see that, but I'm really happy, you didn't use their worst tag; sandbox. Even if I can understand than some people like it, it's a dealbreaker for me. I play one sandbox one game, I know, as soon it finish, I will play it never again. From grinding I get nausea.

 

[silversurfer1]

Sorry if this has been talked about before but I'm wondering:

Will there be any stuff where you're on the darker path with a girl but she eventually, slowly starts to like it? I could see it making more sense for some girls than others but I'm just curious.

 

[HentaiKami]

Sorry if this has been talked about before but I'm wondering:

Will there be any stuff where you're on the darker path with a girl but she eventually, slowly starts to like it? I could see it making more sense for some girls than others but I'm just curious.

You mean like kind of stockholm syndrome or mind broken situation? Considering darker path is pretty much rape for most LIs....

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

I can see that, but I'm really happy, you didn't use their worst tag; sandbox. Even if I can understand than some people like it, it's a dealbreaker for me. I play one sandbox one game, I know, as soon it finish, I will play it never again. From grinding I get nausea.

Sandboxes almost always end up being grindfest timesinks in some form or another which usually results in, intentionally or not, heavily padded playtime to cover up less content. I'm ok with smaller chunks of content if the dev really wants to go that route or just has to for whatever reason, but man I hate when "sandbox" is there to force you to play for sometimes HOURS in the worst cases to get small trickles of content. Plus, the writing and story usually suffers and I honestly think it's harder to execute properly anyways.

I'm trying to think of sandboxes that are done well and really Summertime Saga is the only one that comes close, though it can still be annoying. Love & Sex definitely is a quality game, but the grind and keeping up with all the stupid stats is there to ruin your fun. Something Unlimited is fine I guess, but sandbox aspects still are a big boo from me. Twisted World is same deal. I can't recall any others, guess they didn't leave a good impact.

But also, just to emphasize what Neon said, Banking on Bella really is a fantastic game and if you like FiN, BoB gives the same vibes imo! The devs for that game could really use some attention from fans!

 

[NeonGhosts]

Sorry if this has been talked about before but I'm wondering:

Will there be any stuff where you're on the darker path with a girl but she eventually, slowly starts to like it? I could see it making more sense for some girls than others but I'm just curious.

This will more or less be the corruption path for most girls. All the girls want or need something that they may be willing to trade sex for, and if the arrangement is treated with respect, it could end with them happy enough to continue it.

Light spoilers for Gabby.

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[ChaosGhost]

damnit WHY no Harem that screams for Harem Tag....

 

[NeonGhosts]

damnit WHY no Harem that screams for Harem Tag....

People have asked the harem question a lot, and my answer is basically that it's a harem game, until you get to a point that a girl expects a monogamous commitment. For some girls that may be relatively early in the game, and for some it may be closer to the end. Some girls will be okay with an open relationship of some kind, and some won't. There's a tease to that effect in the next update, for one of the girls.

But, there's also the possibility that you could have an all-corruption playthrough, ending with a harem of girls that are motivated to be with you due to the promise of wealth, power, or simple security.

I try to keep the game, and the personalities of the girls, rooted in some kind of reality. So I just can't see a future where like.. Gabby and Madison are willing to share you, while making it consistent with their personalities. It'd just break the reality of the game. But, I do have certain girl combos planned, and there's one girl who's polyamorous and will be cool with you dating other people.

 

[Hongfire Survivor]

I'm trying to think of sandboxes that are done well

I still play Lab Rats 2 but the modded version.

I've started over sooo many times and it's just really easy to have fun in it.

Shame no one has seen Vren since October.

 

[BillyPlums]

Stuff ...

I'm trying to think of sandboxes that are done well and really Summertime Saga is the only one that comes close, though it can still be annoying. Love & Sex definitely is a quality game, but the grind and keeping up with all the stupid stats is there to ruin your fun. Something Unlimited is fine I guess, but sandbox aspects still are a big boo from me. Twisted World is same deal. I can't recall any others, guess they didn't leave a good impact.

... stuff

I kind of like the sandbox of Reclusive Bay. The dev put in a method to bypass the money requirement completely, but I've never used it. The lock picking and hacking on the computer got me all the money I needed fast, so that I didn't even need to do the silly "girl needs you to do something and will give you $20 if you do it" other than the one time for points

 

[HentaiKami]

People have asked the harem question a lot, and my answer is basically that it's a harem game, until you get to a point that a girl expects a monogamous commitment. For some girls that may be relatively early in the game, and for some it may be closer to the end. Some girls will be okay with an open relationship of some kind, and some won't. There's a tease to that effect in the next update, for one of the girls.

But, there's also the possibility that you could have an all-corruption playthrough, ending with a harem of girls that are motivated to be with you due to the promise of wealth, power, or simple security.

I try to keep the game, and the personalities of the girls, rooted in some kind of reality. So I just can't see a future where like.. Gabby and Madison are willing to share you, while making it consistent with their personalities. It'd just break the reality of the game. But, I do have certain girl combos planned, and there's one girl who's polyamorous and will be cool with you dating other people.

It's absolute crime if Ashe & Gabby harem isn't possible, crime against our human rights i tells ya

(edit. I of course mean wholesome path harem with them, my heart couldn't take hurting Ashe or Gabby )

 

[Xypher]

People have asked the harem question a lot, and my answer is basically that it's a harem game, until you get to a point that a girl expects a monogamous commitment. For some girls that may be relatively early in the game, and for some it may be closer to the end. Some girls will be okay with an open relationship of some kind, and some won't. There's a tease to that effect in the next update, for one of the girls.

But, there's also the possibility that you could have an all-corruption playthrough, ending with a harem of girls that are motivated to be with you due to the promise of wealth, power, or simple security.

I try to keep the game, and the personalities of the girls, rooted in some kind of reality. So I just can't see a future where like.. Gabby and Madison are willing to share you, while making it consistent with their personalities. It'd just break the reality of the game. But, I do have certain girl combos planned, and there's one girl who's polyamorous and will be cool with you dating other people.

Understandable, though it'd be nice to have a fantasy or dream segment between Gabby and Madison, like a Halloween or Christmas special. While maintaining the canon story.

 

[JonesTheFake]

Gabby's in the next update (Chapter Four: Part Two), but her appearance mainly just sets up her sexy content for Chapter Five, while also continuing the plot with her dad. Chapter Five will be a ton of Gabby, Viola, and Brittani, with a little Mason.

And yeah, unfortunately some of the characters' content just moves at different speeds, based on the needs of the story. For instance, Pepper and Viola's corruption/submission routes advance more quickly than their affection routes. But, Ashe and Nicki's basically advance at the same rate.

Will we ever have the opportunity to get Gabby return to her old look? While I like her current look, there's something about her past one that just makes her really hot.

 

[NeonGhosts]

Will we ever have the opportunity to get Gabby return to her old look? While I like her current look, there's something about her past one that just makes her really hot.

With the straight blonde hair? Mmmmaybe something similar, but likely not that exact look. The blonde hair was very much her trying to be something she thought Jamie wanted, and returning to it would be kind of painful at this point.

I had a vote on my Patreon, and people narrowly voted to keep her curly hair, but the straight undercut came in second place. We'll see she's made some changes to her hair next installment, due to reasons. But, in Chapter 6 I'd like her to try something a little different. I dunno, something like this could be cool.


A continuing struggle for Gabby is her desire to be taken seriously, and treated like an adult. She may come to realize that the cotton-candy hair is impeding her in that goal, and switch to something a little more mature. But, I think she'll still retain her affinity for fun colors.

 

[Zerorox]

It's kinda refreshing for VN to go into less porn-logic

 

[NeonGhosts]

EDIT: For anyone reading this, the Nicki patch was just a little joke I put out to play with the fans here. Be aware that installing it will revert your game back to version .375, so if you really want to see it, install it in a back-up copy of the game.

Well, gang.. Here it is. People have asked for it. Screamed for it. I've gotten private messages raking me over the coals, people pledging to never play the game again, and a smattering of poor reviews. I know when to admit I'm wrong.

So, here is..

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. If you install this patch into your main FiN folder and allow it to merge with the existing "game" folder, it will overwrite existing script script files, and add new images to support a new path. With this path, you can choose to excise Nicki entirely from the story.

Just start from the beginning and, when you get to the choice to help her or not, choose "Tell her to fuck off."