Ren'Py Funkelregen [v0.9] [Janamus Sura]

[Suchpornverywow]

Finally someone, who took a deep-dive into the rewrite system!

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On another note:
How was the rewrite system? Did you find any bugs or did something behave unexspected? Was the whole system easily understandable?
And I hope you don't take offense to this question, but how did you screw up with Rachel, that not even 4 rewrites could save you?

No offense taken ^^
Didn't see any bugs, and it was easily understandable.
I just saw the explanation that we would be able to unlock more affection points through gameplay, so I just unlocked a couple of choices as soon as the rewrite system was explained, without thinking further about it, so that's why I didn't have anything left at the end

 

[Quetzzz]

And lastly, the minigame will skip itself after failing 3 times.

Whelp... That's on me for ragequitting between my first two and last two attempts... never made it to an actual third.
There's also the factor of wanting to impress the MC's sister, and I was curious if there was unique dialogue for beating the encounter on the first try.

I played this game a year or so ago but quit during the prologue due to the relatively heavy-handed worldbuilding. I'm glad I restarted and stuck with it this time. Some of these characters are quickly becoming my favorites due to their design and writing. For instance, I'm allergic to FemDom, but Zoela's mild scene was tolerable and a genius way to take the MC off the board for a few hours. And Sarlé, the perfect blend of kindness, vulnerability, and capability... She has access to the combined knowledge of her race spanning 12,500 years but decides to remember how the MC liked her in some sleepwear. Though I hope we'll eventually get to know why and how she's becoming way more powerful than how she described her own abilities during the first nightly visits to the cockpit. Certainly in the span of only a few weeks. That the MC isn't even questioning this worries me a little.

 

[Janamus Sura]

Halloween Artwork #10: Minerva - Golden Throne


I guess it's a little bit of a stretch to already include Minerva in here, since she only had a couple of little teasers in the game and a Discord leak/preview, but here she is:

Anyway, tomorrow it's time for Sara.


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[Janamus Sura]

The latest public release was a week ago and as you probably know, this means the obligatory large scale dev-log is due. I basically have already written the thing, but it is quite short (3 pages) and it's mostly me rambling without taking much feedback into account.

After all, V0.9 is the biggest update up this point and there is of course the save incompatibility, so most of you just need more time to reach the end of the current content. Therefore, shall I release said dev-log tomorrow, this weekend, next weekend - so you can all complete the game and so on. This way, I could maybe find some more topics for the dev-log and a few more votes in the current poll won't hurt either...

Also, the usual suspects haven't posted their opions on Admiral Lesdom and however you want to classify the Lisaeria/Annica events...

 

[Quetzzz]

During Earth's Most Beautiful Flower, I noticed a certain disconnect between me playing the game as an RPG or playing it for the lewds.

Judith says she can shapeshift and that she's ridiculously strong while having the advantage of not looking too buff. She asserts that a bulky woman makes men feel they need to compensate and assert dominance. Then, she asks the simplest of questions: does the MC like strong women?

I didn't know how to answer this. I don't like or dislike strong women. Pirla and Ladira are great, but they're not my type. I certainly don't dislike them because they're strong. Ladira is quite the gentle giant.
It also isn't clear what Judith wants to know by asking this question. Do I mind that she's stronger than the MC? No, I don't. Would I mind her turning the MC into a pretzel during sexy time? Yeah, I would. Maybe she really is asking if the MC likes the look of a bulky woman, or perhaps her remark about dominance is aimed to gauge the MC's submissiveness.
As it is, this question is too vague for me. I would've loved a third option: "I like individuals, not what they're capable of"

This choice made me wonder if I'm supposed to be honest or just guess which reply Judith would prefer. Am I just playing to get everyone's relationship score high enough so I can progress their quests, even when their personality or lewd content doesn't interest me? Does this question even gate content?
I don't know Judith, so for all I know, answering that I like strong women could suggest the MC wants a strong woman to take charge (FemDom) or that he wants to be with a woman who can handle rough sex (MaleDom).
Would saying that I don't like strong women paint the MC as insecure or as assertive enough to be honest about his preferences?

Playing both options, saying I don't like strong women aligns more closely to my preferences, but of course doesn't grant an affection point. To play it safe, I roll back and lie.

A bit later I'm introduced to the rewrite system. I love it; it's an inspired way of manipulating points. It beats the repeatable and grindy events that sandbox games usually have for raising certain scores. However, it doesn't solve my dilemma of not wanting to engage with content I dislike. I like Ladira as a person, but her lewd content doesn't have its intended effect on me. I'd rather not see it. But I don't think there's a way around that if I want her help with Sammy.
The rewrite system will let me play as an RPG and make my own choices and change these choices when the points are required for a quest. It feels disingenuous. The game seems to expect that every player will want to see every lewd and will be attracted to every character/body... But I don't think this has to be the case.

There are two things I'd love the rewrite system to include:
- A notification on the top of each character's page with the score necessary for any open quests.
- A toggle that disables or bypasses intimate scenes per character.

Spoiler: Also, another minor anachronism:

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[Janamus Sura]

#11: Time Warden - Naughty Angel:


Let's see if you can guess, which character is coming tomorrow...

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[Janamus Sura]

#12: ??? - Zero-Point Hearts



Now I wanna keep you guessing... who do you thing is hiding behind these metal shells...?

Anyway, tomorrow it's time for the finale...

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[Janamus Sura]

Halloween Artwork #13: The finale


Happy Halloween everyone!

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[GGW74]

New to the game and playing 0.9.

I've seen a few "X's affection too low" notifications.

How much of the content in the game is behind stat checks? Do others find casual play enjoyable as the game progresses, or do you need to pick one LI and make all decisions accordingly?

 

[Janamus Sura]

New to the game and playing 0.9.

I've seen a few "X's affection too low" notifications.

How much of the content in the game is behind stat checks? Do others find casual play enjoyable as the game progresses, or do you need to pick one LI and make all decisions accordingly?

The game is generally designed to become a harem-style game in the end - meaning it is possible (and more or less expected) to get every girl at the end, but there are a few xor-choices, where you have to decide which LI gets the point, but in the end, nothing is written in stone...

The main story and the sex scenes within it are devoid of said stat checks. The affections thresholds only become important in side stories.

 

[Kagarus]

The game is generally designed to become a harem-style game in the end - meaning it is possible (and more or less expected) to get every girl at the end, but there are a few xor-choices, where you have to decide which LI gets the point, but in the end, nothing is written in stone...

The main story and the sex scenes within it are devoid of said stat checks. The affections thresholds only become important in side stories.

Some of the "affection is too low" notifications are also at points where you can't possibly get enough points yet (if you did them as soon as possible), but need to come back after advancing the main story further - Sarlé being the prime example.
Problem is, this causes anxiety among players, thinking that they did something wrong and are missing content, instead of just needing to keep playing - clarifying whether you need to re-choose your choices or just keep playing would probably be helpful.
(Or even just clarifying - "not high enough now, can be tried again later when your raised it" as opposed to "not high enough now, you missed your chance")

 

[Janamus Sura]

#14: Bonus - Team Thighs


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[YogSothoth1982]

During Earth's Most Beautiful Flower, I noticed a certain disconnect between me playing the game as an RPG or playing it for the lewds.

Judith says she can shapeshift and that she's ridiculously strong while having the advantage of not looking too buff. She asserts that a bulky woman makes men feel they need to compensate and assert dominance. Then, she asks the simplest of questions: does the MC like strong women?

I didn't know how to answer this. I don't like or dislike strong women. Pirla and Ladira are great, but they're not my type. I certainly don't dislike them because they're strong. Ladira is quite the gentle giant.
It also isn't clear what Judith wants to know by asking this question. Do I mind that she's stronger than the MC? No, I don't. Would I mind her turning the MC into a pretzel during sexy time? Yeah, I would. Maybe she really is asking if the MC likes the look of a bulky woman, or perhaps her remark about dominance is aimed to gauge the MC's submissiveness.
As it is, this question is too vague for me. I would've loved a third option: "I like individuals, not what they're capable of"

This choice made me wonder if I'm supposed to be honest or just guess which reply Judith would prefer. Am I just playing to get everyone's relationship score high enough so I can progress their quests, even when their personality or lewd content doesn't interest me? Does this question even gate content?
I don't know Judith, so for all I know, answering that I like strong women could suggest the MC wants a strong woman to take charge (FemDom) or that he wants to be with a woman who can handle rough sex (MaleDom).
Would saying that I don't like strong women paint the MC as insecure or as assertive enough to be honest about his preferences?

Playing both options, saying I don't like strong women aligns more closely to my preferences, but of course doesn't grant an affection point. To play it safe, I roll back and lie.

The beginning of Judith's scene gave me a femdom feeling that made me back away and avoid doing it.

 

[Quetzzz]

The beginning of Judith's scene gave me a femdom feeling that made me back away and avoid doing it.

I played through it, and it's not extreme FemDom, though it does carry that tone. Let's just say I'd rather have an LI call the MC 'Daddy' than an LI wanting to be called 'Mommy.' With Zoela, there's a choice to turn the table and become the dominant party, which makes sense for a sexual creature like her. I don't see how Judith would flip to a sub without breaking her character/personality, so I'd want to avoid future content with her as well.

 

[GGW74]

How do I switch from Ladira's morning visits back to Rachel's morning visits?

 

[YogSothoth1982]

The best thing about the lesbian scene between Sara and Cathrine is that you can make it not happen.

By the way, I think it's already been mentioned, but there's a mistake when Sarle and the MC are meditating to train the MC; it appears as if she finds out then about the MC's future death, but it was something she already knew because she discovers it the morning after Sara tells the MC.

I played through it, and it's not extreme FemDom, though it does carry that tone.

I probably have a very low tolerance for femdom.

Let's just say I'd rather have an LI call the MC 'Daddy' than an LI wanting to be called 'Mommy.'

I tolerate maledom better, as long as it doesn't involve humiliation, violence, or insults. In other words, if it's something fairly gentle.

With Zoela, there's a choice to turn the table and become the dominant party, which makes sense for a sexual creature like her.

I completely avoided her first scene after seeing how it started. And I don't intend to do any scenes with her. Turning the tables isn't something that appeals to me.

I don't see how Judith would flip to a sub without breaking her character/personality, so I'd want to avoid future content with her as well.

I don't think I'm interested in any of her content either.

 

[Janamus Sura]

Welcome to my habit of creation walls of text for recreational purposes… I hope you have already found the time to play through V0.9, which was the biggest update yet as well as an update, that forced a new save...


Preview

We have a total of about 3900 lines of pure text in V0.10 with a total of 1459 LI lines, which is roughly in line V0.6 and V0.8.

It is clear this time, that I did not try to create an equal distribution at all. Instead I made my first “focused” update, where I pick a few LIs and focus on developing their stories. This time around, the honor falls to Lin, Sarlé and Saefia, while the others are more or less background noise... Therefore, it should be easy to guess who is going to have the honor of a sex scene… coincidentally it’s the same group as in V0.7…

Furthermore, this focused approach allows me to have longer events with 500 to 800 lines in one event. I’m not sure, if shifting to longer events is a good thing, but personally, I think my best moments in the game are precisely these large events – Rachel’s birthday, Sarlé’s ice scating + dinner date, the boarding attack and Sabrina’s backstory and of course the final battle on the Ark Station.

Also, these longer events in combination with the expectation of 1 sex scene per beta, mean I have chop up the long main story and stretch it out over all 3 preview betas… I have so much main story, that sex starts to suffer...

Also, I’m putting Sara on hold. Sara is story-wise a main character but sex-wise, she’s a side-character. I also have the feeling, that Sara’s prolonged presence in the main story drains possible development from the other (fuckable) main characters. For example, in the upcoming update, Sara has 206 lines thus easily overshadowing every LI other than the chosen ones. Therefore, I will let Sara leave the ship in V0.10. Of course, she will periodically return and we will again have “dreams” about what she is up to in the meanwhile – pretty much like before V0.7...

Also, I must admit, that I’m very behind in terms of renders, animations and so on… - meaning I barely started. Also, I have much to do otherwise, so the former 3-month cycle won’t be restored that easily… Sighs… I’m already seeing myself sacrificing another Christmas break to the AVN gods...

And finally, I feel the need to apologize for giving little Rachel the smallest share in my history… Additionally, I have to admit I’m running a bit low on ideas for Rachel...



Cerser’s Moan

I’ve been dangling the finale of this quest line in front of you for quite some time and it will finally happen in V0.11, for which I am currently writing the texts. Therefore, I wanted to ask you, what you want to see in this literal cluster fuck, when the ship is flooded with Horny Gas: You can go crazy – ignore any inhibitions and previous sexual preferences, which includes Sabrina’s disdain for her leg...

But I have a few conditions:

• No more than 4 characters per animation/scene (I wanna finish this whole thing at some point…)
• No penetrative sex with the virgins (Rachel, Ladira, Sarlé) or those with whom the first sex will have a major emotional significance/story implications (Sabrina, Annica) – meaning Pirlia, Lin, Zoela and Saefia are fair game – in both entrances…
• For (mostly) continuity/story reasons, Sarlé, Sara, Adrian, Judy, Minerva and other side characters do not take part in this cluster fuck.
• We choose to ignore the tentacle monster in the basement…
  

Apart from that, you can go crazy…



Side Characters

Alright, time to pick apart the question of the day:

I guess it was pretty obvious, that Sara would win this one. She has way more lines than the other 4 on this list combined. Furthermore, I guess the incest aspect is also taking a part in this.

Also, it was easy to expect, that Admiral Lesdom will make the bottom of the list. In her present incarnation, she isn’t very appealing and she basically only has a seemingly random sex scene with shaky/incomplete lore justification.

In previous polls and their analysis we already figured out, that endorsement of a character is pretty directly influenced by recent sex scenes. Therefore I guessed, KesRi would be also very low in the ranking, since she only briefly appeared all the way back in V0.4 and never again – but don’t worry, I have a plan to bring her back…

In contrast, I expected Judy to be way higher on this list. According to the last-sex-scene logic, the curvy woman fucking your brains out last update, should be higher on this list. I rationalize this difference with the theory, that Judy is somehow the most normal/boring woman on this list…

And now coming to the second place: Lisaeria has many thing going for her: First she is an Illab, which for some reason means, she’s always high in most-loved and most-hated polls. Second, she is also a huge wildcard regarding sex and fetishes. She seems knowledgeable and experienced in every fetish and can supply you with any kind of sex toy. And lastly there is also the long “fashion” show with Annica and this update…

But speaking of Lisaeria: Should I keep her as an “enabler” side character like at the moment or should I make her a sexual side character, with whom the MC directly has his fun? If I was to do so, I could go very wild, since Lisaeria offers every possibility in terms of fetishes. I could also place her anywhere on the D/s spectrum – in her interactions with Annica she is mostly displayed as dominant, but a cute little Illab, that’s (secretly) vicious/sexually dominant would be too much overlap with Zoela.

At the moment there isn’t planed much for Lisaeria – just a few instances where the MC or a LI need a specialized sex toy or clothing, which will result in an 20-ish lines event. Also maybe a second round with Annica, where all pretext is dropped about this being a “normal” photo-shot... If you want to see more of Lisaeria beyond that, let me know...



Special Feature

As I have mentioned in most other dev-logs, I always want to add a special feature each update/give myself a programming challenge outside the usual visual novel pipe line. For the upcoming update, there is no urgent mater, that would force my hand. Therefore I want to ask you, if there is any new feature you would like to see in the game.

If there’s nothing coming form your side, I’m planning to expand the space combat mini game. Once you reach Funkelregen’s full capability i.e. after you picked up Sara at the end of V0.7/the start of V0.8, Merax becomes a hotspot on the galaxy map. At the murder-squid’s homeworld you’ll encounter an optional/repeatable fight against a random composition of Meran capital and escort ships.

Speaking of space combat… I want to ask again about the second combat i.e. the one, where you pick up Sara: Is it “playable” by now? I want to invoke the feelings of “I can’t win” and “I shouldn’t be here (yet)”, but I maybe still overshoot on that front…

And lastly let’s talk about the choice rewrite: If you used my provided save with its “walkthrough” choices you basically didn’t have to use this system at all. But to the others: Did you encounter any bugs using this feature? It introduces like 200 new variables which warranted the safe incompatibility. I mean there has to be a bug in there somewhere… Also, how sufficient were the 4 or rather 5 rewrites I granted you from the start?



Showers

Maybe (or maybe not) you have realized, that this update features no expansion of the shower system. This update I have more or less decided to discontinue the feature. The showers were mend as a “soft”-gallery and now the real gallery is here and I can’t come up with an upside the small showers could have over the actual fleshed out gallery scenes (within justifiable workload). Also, I have no idea how to transcribe Zoela’s latest scene into the shower framework…

When I asked the question about the shower last time, the two most numerous answers were “There are showers?!” and “Never used them…” - granted, I made a bad job showcasing this feature in game… Also most damping, it turns out, there was a bug in the shower system: The event-condition for Rachel’s sex scene was missing, so you could see this scene from day 1 among the shower rotation. This bug was kicking since V0.8 Beta 2 (start of this year) and only got discovered/reported last week... do I need to say more…?



Pacing

This section/question is for all the new people and for those, who chose to restart instead of using a provided save:

Due to the nature of game developing, I necessarily have to think/work update by update and run risk to lose the bigger picture. Therefore I wanted to ask if you encountered any wired pacing in the story lines, any annoying bottle necks in the main story (Rachel’s “Sleepy Trouble” could be a candidate for this…), continuity errors or something like that… The bug has already been reported, which allows Annica to appear in the event with Rachel’s cat, even if she isn’t on the ship. It has also been mentioned already, that there are two instances, in which Sarlé is shocked after learning about the MC’s divined demise…

Also, I’m pleasantly surprised, that nobody came to me with a bug caused by loading an old save...



Keywords

Congratulations! You made it through my wall of text. It’s likely you have already forgotten the start, so here are the most important keywords, on which I’d like to have your feedback – of course you can also comment on everything else…

• Ideas for the end of Cerser’s Moan
• Thoughts on Lisaeria
• Ideas for a special feature for the next update
• Is the second space battle “playable”?
• Thoughts on the choice-rewrite system?
• Requiem for the showers
• Wired pacing / bottle necks / continuity mistakes?

And lastly, how did you like my recent Halloween Artwork Event?

 

[Quetzzz]

And finally, I feel the need to apologize for giving little Rachel the smallest share in my history… Additionally, I have to admit I’m running a bit low on ideas for Rachel...

Sammy has a weird mutation due to the anti-allergy treatment and infects Rachel with genetic code that gives her cat-like features and behavior that become progressively worse. (Think of a weird and sci-fi toxoplasmosis.)
It's a race against time to find a treatment before Rachel's genetic code is entirely overwritten. (Insert a bunch of actions and hoops the MC has to jump through, which I currently don't have inspiration for.) Afterward, Rachel is cured but still has some cat-like behaviors. She likes pet play and occasionally pushes stuff from tables.

No penetrative sex with the virgins (Rachel, Ladira, Sarlé) or those with whom the first sex will have a major emotional significance/story implications (Sabrina, Annica) – meaning Pirlia, Lin, Zoela and Saefia are fair game – in both entrances…

We already had a penetrative sex scene with Sarlé though? Or will this quest possibly resolve before we get to that point? Or is she back to being a virgin because she had a bit of alcohol on the date?

We choose to ignore the tentacle monster in the basement…

There goes my plan...
For Sarlé, with her projecting her lust, we could have the MC soil his pants every time he's in the same room as her.

Jokes aside, I think Zoela x Saefia would be good. If they're both driven to extremes, I can see Saefia egging Zoela on, urging her to do her worst.
Sarlé tries meditation to deal with her physical body being horny while her mind is struggling with it. The MC joins her to try and balance her out. The player gets the choice to bring balance to Sarlé by exciting her thoughts or by pulling her physical horniness into himself. The first option would show a sensual scene with the MC creating an exciting environment and scenario. Think feathers, tickling, caresses... The kind of attention that could make a woman climax without even touching her naughty bits. The 2nd option would bypass this scene with Sarlé getting instant relief through the MC exploding in his pants.

Admiral Lesdom

In previous polls and their analysis we already figured out, that endorsement of a character is pretty directly influenced by recent sex scenes. Therefore I guessed, KesRi would be also very low in the ranking, since she only briefly appeared all the way back in V0.4 and never again – but don’t worry, I have a plan to bring her back…

Yeah. Even though I recently played through the entire game, I couldn't really recognize/recollect the names in this poll. The polls of other AVNs also show that characters with the most personality/depth (not necessarily line count) are more popular. Even more for AVNs that aren't just about the porn but also try to tell a story.

But speaking of Lisaeria: Should I keep her as an “enabler” side character like at the moment or should I make her a sexual side character, with whom the MC directly has his fun? If I was to do so, I could go very wild, since Lisaeria offers every possibility in terms of fetishes. I could also place her anywhere on the D/s spectrum – in her interactions with Annica she is mostly displayed as dominant, but a cute little Illab, that’s (secretly) vicious/sexually dominant would be too much overlap with Zoela.

Personally I'm not a big fan of enabler-type characters. They can easily veer into manipulation and corruption, which can go too far. If it's limited to slightly pushing a boundary or providing a safe space for exploration, I don't mind that at all. In that regard, she could even work as a kind of sex therapist, potentially through Funkelregen's holodeck.

Also, how sufficient were the 4 or rather 5 rewrites I granted you from the start?

I only used one to give Rachel flowers instead of the tailplug. I didn't expect the MC to give it in front of her parents and was hoping for a more intimate/funny moment. So the rewrites I got were sufficient.

When I asked the question about the shower last time, the two most numerous answers were “There are showers?!” and “Never used them…”

There are still several remarks in the game about the MC walking in on people in the shower. These didn't make much sense to me but also didn't sound too out of character either.

Due to the nature of game developing, I necessarily have to think/work update by update and run risk to lose the bigger picture. Therefore I wanted to ask if you encountered any wired pacing in the story lines, any annoying bottle necks in the main story (Rachel’s “Sleepy Trouble” could be a candidate for this…), continuity errors or something like that… The bug has already been reported, which allows Annica to appear in the event with Rachel’s cat, even if she isn’t on the ship. It has also been mentioned already, that there are two instances, in which Sarlé is shocked after learning about the MC’s divined demise…

Not really.
There was a point where I was stuck with too few points to proceed with a quest, but these were automatically granted by continuing others. As a new player, this confused me the first time it happened. I felt stuck on these quests because I assumed I had to interact with that character to gain those points.
In general, I checked the map on every timeslot for a marked person or location, which almost constantly gave me something to do until content ran out. I got so used to this method that I forgot to travel back to the station occasionally for other quests.

 

[garyH]

How are we meant to access the gallery? I've downloaded v0.9 and got myself ready to catch up with the game when I've got the time, but when I went looking for the gallery, I was unable to find it.

Ideas for the end of Cerser’s Moan

As long as anything sexual involves the MC, I'm cool with anything. I'm not at all interested in the LI's sneaking off to fuck each other without the MC though.

 

[Quetzzz]

How are we meant to access the gallery? I've downloaded v0.9 and got myself ready to catch up with the game when I've got the time, but when I went looking for the gallery, I was unable to find it.

The gallery will only unlock after a certain point in the story, together with the rewrite system. It will be accessible through the menu in the MC's room.