Ren'Py Abandoned Game of Life [v0.10.2] [Teron]

[dspeed]

Some of my favourites are actually built in Twine and the one thing I dislike most about them is the game engine
I think I started to develop muscle memory playing one of them with the amount of scrolling to selections for repeatable content.



Money works in the latest version, the stretching should be fixed as well due to Ren'Py's resolution restriction.

@dspeed @PrEzi @jerricho13

I just wanted to thank you guys for the constructive feedback regarding the game engine. I realise now that I spent a fair bit of time scripting features into the Unity engine that replicated Ren'Py features which was a case of reinventing the wheel. I'm much happier with the outcome of the Ren'Py 0.1 release than the Unity and I will be moving forward with Ren'Py for the rest of the game.

0.1 Ren'Py link updated with latest build, majority of video content now fits fully in middle panel. Roadmap added for what I'm trying to get done for 0.2.

Cheers

Glad we could help. The switch to Ren'Py and the move over to WEBMs looks great. You'll need to tweak the UI in the future as there's an awful lot of screen real estate that's filled with empty space rather than content (which is what gamers want space to be filled with!) but that's not a 0.2 job and you've definitely built a framework which you can start using as a jumping off point for your story. I'm looking forward to watching your game come together.

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[madhatter11]

Great start I hope you keep going with this great game

 

[Teron]

OP Updated with latest version.

I've spent the week adding some content for male and female players at the gloryhole and the computer repair shop at the mall, I've also redone the gloryhole content that was in place as I wasn't particularly happy with it. The computer repair shop content is directly linked to Mollys storyline, currently Molly is the only person who you can increase the love stat with (to 1) - this is the basis of her storyline getting started.

I've added an inventory however like the rest of the GUI it has had next to no customisation, this will come eventually though. I am not a graphics artist by any stretch of the imagination so whilst I can follow tutorials and will eventually produce a passable GUI, it is going to be time consuming so is currently lower on the priority list.

Almost all of the existing content has been converted to the new webm/fit to middle format. (Images have yet to be worked on)

Please let me know if you encounter any oddities, bugs or major dislikes.

Cheers

 

[Gamerboyfan99]

Could you fix the bathroom scene to be repeatable at caladon?

 

[JustNotFatal]

The image aspect ratio is slowly driving me mad. I wish I was just being melodramatic.

 

[aessir]

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At the computer store, to install the bug on Molly's computer, you can only do it if you go the gay route. If you try to pay the 5k it says test and doesn't install the program.

 

[Meso]

I've spent the week adding some content for male and female players at the gloryhole and the computer repair shop at the mall, I've also redone the gloryhole content that was in place as I wasn't particularly happy with it. The computer repair shop content is directly linked to Mollys storyline, currently Molly is the only person who you can increase the love stat with (to 1) - this is the basis of her storyline getting started.

Actually I was able to get Molly's love above one. Seems you can go back to the computer store and pick up her laptop more than once and give it to her which will boost the score. I assume this is a bug.

 

[Zippity]

The image aspect ratio is slowly driving me mad. I wish I was just being melodramatic.

Question is, are all these pictures originals taken by the developers, or pictures stolen from other porn sites or sources and being used without permission/s?

 

[Tyrranus]

so I decided to give this a go as Im kinda fond of some of the models, I basically just started and wander into the mall and laptop store and get the initial event followed by

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go home and talk to molly and end up with this one

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This is using a save from .1 version just after the intro so Ill try a new game

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Edit:
yep seems to have been a conflict between game versions

Edit2:
The events in the laptop store like to repeat, and Lexi seems to forget to go to her own party saturday, and there is no cab option. Possibly not a bug, but the initial event in the living room with the mother repeats w/o change.

 

[bobn]

So there's no progress with any of the characters other than a 1 with Molly?

 

[hewhocumsbynight]

Can anyone tell me what the name of the woman in the title image is?

 

[samar7]

I can't locate the mega downloads, can anyone provide me with another link

 

[imanadultnow]

Can anyone tell me what the name of the woman in the title image is?

Corey Chase

 

[bgrooshin]

Can anyone tell me what the name of the woman in the title image is?

Cory Chase

 

[RvWCaboose]

I see the potential, But you should add sound and the option to not play the guy on guy scenes, Other than that its good

 

[Teron]

Could you fix the bathroom scene to be repeatable at caladon?

This is an introduction scene so currently isn't repeatable. I will be adding the option to go back and go through a similar scene eventually though.

The image aspect ratio is slowly driving me mad. I wish I was just being melodramatic.

Images took a back seat in the priority list for the last week, I'm hoping to spend some time on them soon though. The vast majority of the images are copied from the original Unity build which admittedly had the same issue but I haven't had time to tackle them yet. When you say aspect ratio though, do you refer to the images that look crushed or stretched, or just all of them in general?

*spoiler*
At the computer store, to install the bug on Molly's computer, you can only do it if you go the gay route. If you try to pay the 5k it says test and doesn't install the program.

Actually I was able to get Molly's love above one. Seems you can go back to the computer store and pick up her laptop more than once and give it to her which will boost the score. I assume this is a bug.

Both bugs, obviously I'll fix those today.

Your ProportionalScale code is way off: "return im.FactorScale(img,minscale,minscale)" is forcing a rescale to a square image, then you're forcing the already distorted proportions into a 500x450 area, which distorts the images even further.
Maybe you should try something along the lines of:

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I added the ProportionalScale code after using im.Scale and didn't see a difference if I'm honest, I think im.Scale was doing the same thing. In any case, the original PropScale code is redundant, I've pulled that out. I think the primary issue is that the images originally used are just too big for the small space I'm cramming them into.

So there's no progress with any of the characters other than a 1 with Molly?

For this update, no. Gloryhole, Computer Repair shop, Molly <- primary additions for this one along with the inventory.

I can't locate the mega downloads, can anyone provide me with another link

I'll fix the issues raised today and upload new links on multiple filehosts.

I see the potential, But you should add sound and the option to not play the guy on guy scenes, Other than that its good

Sound isn't high on my priority list at the moment. You should never be forced into the male gay scenes (other than the clinic but that is telegraphed pretty clearly what is going to happen if you keep going back), at least not until far later in the development when the sub/dom stats are used throughout. One example is the computer repair store not letting you pay for something and having to have sex instead, that's a bug and will be fixed today.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I'll sort the bugs discovered so far and upload new links today. Also, as @Tyrranus found out - you do need to start a new game this time round, I know how to mitigate that for future variable additions I just haven't added the code yet so it won't be a recurring theme (eventually). I'll also be adding end points for content such as when Lexi asks you to go to the party so you know not to keep pursuing that path.

Cheers

Edit: OP Links updated with bugfixes

 

[Saban23]

Pass of Molly Laptop ?

 

[JustNotFatal]

Images took a back seat in the priority list for the last week, I'm hoping to spend some time on them soon though. The vast majority of the images are copied from the original Unity build which admittedly had the same issue but I haven't had time to tackle them yet. When you say aspect ratio though, do you refer to the images that look crushed or stretched, or just all of them in general?

I think most of your images are in 4:3 which makes them fairly elongated. However, I would really look at your UI in general as it uses space inefficiently (Negative Space as it is called is tricky and imo only useful in logos). Blend your UI and the focus image more, instead of having them separated like you do now.

 

[Teron]

Pass of Molly Laptop ?

There is no password at the moment, accessing Mollys laptop will come in a later update.

I think most of your images are in 4:3 which makes them fairly elongated. However, I would really look at your UI in general as it uses space inefficiently (Negative Space as it is called is tricky and imo only useful in logos). Blend your UI and the focus image more, instead of having them separated like you do now.

My thinking has been that spending the time to create a sleek UI before creating some content would have been the wrong way to do things, the UI is bare bones and only there to display basic information and advance the time at the moment however it is something that will be changed completely before the 1.0 release, whenever that may be. I'm hoping to flesh out the initial storylines so that there is a good amount of content before the UI work.

 

[minibw]

I'm getting a "an exception has occurred" error after doing the computer repair threesome scene with a male character:

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I can "ignore" the error, and it just takes me back to the mall, and the "collect Molly's laptop" option is there again, as if I hadn't done the scene yet.

Anyway, I'm enjoying what I'm seeing here and am looking forward to more updates to this game~