Ren'Py Abandoned God among Kings [v0.27] [SolidDoc]

[SolidDoc]

Is this really your first game? I would love a prequel after you've finished this one. It seems like there's a lot to be uncovered, though, I understand if you don't plan on doing that.

I used to work in the indie scene prior to this, but mostly on the side roles(QA, game design, project lead for a brief time), it's the first time I have ever developed anything on my own, had to learn most of the stuff on the go.
I had a thought of doing something like what you have in mind, starting from his childhood in Nacaricierna, fleeing it, getting accustomed to life outside, then meeting Roses, getting to power. When I first started I was thinking that I am going to bomb and just say "I tried" and move on. Welp. There have been some moments that to me played quite well, when the player does not know what happened and has to get the pieces here and there. Some of the reveals would be ruined, like the ones with Gwen, which felt like it turned out quite nice to me. And I did not think I could do those earlier scenes justice back then, as I was pretty inexperienced all things considered.
Right now, though, I already had to cut most of the side stuff as I simply don't have time for that anymore. Current goal is to finish chapter 1 and maaaybe do a chapter 2 early version release, if I can afford to get to that. I wanted to expand the map system, add more management elements, open up the game a bit more as it's quite linear, optimize the combat a bit (i barely knew any coding when I first started). All this had to go already though, the game simply won't live that long, sadly, so I am mostly gonna focus on story and some combat events for as long as I can.

 

[Giggling Raven]

Well, this is awkward. I just found out from the preview images that there's a character named Raven and I name all my characters Raven as well since it's a unisex name lmao

Edit: It's slightly less awkward now that I downloaded the game and found out we can't change MC's name. Too bad though.

Edit2:
"Now where was I?"
"Balls deep in Raven."
Yep, awkward again.

 

[SolidDoc]

Yep, awkward again.

At least you're cute

 

[Giggling Raven]

At least you're cute

At least I've got that going for me, which is nice.

 

[rero13]

Did you watch Tensai Ouji anime? I see a lot of similarities in char design and the vibe is kind of similar

 

[SolidDoc]

Did you watch Tensai Ouji anime? I see a lot of similarities in char design and the vibe is kind of similar

Looks like a new anime. I haven't really been watching anything in these past few years, so yeah, I have not.
I was sort of going for a Rance type character, with less grapes, as I wasn't a fan of that. At least as a baseline. Hotheaded horndog, but with a more wholesome spin. Perfect vehicle for the plot. But there have been quite a bunch of influence taken all over the place as I used to play a lot of Jrpgs and stuff back in my day, and their tropes often are have commonalities, just like in anime, so there is that.

 

[rero13]

Looks like a new anime. I haven't really been watching anything in these past few years, so yeah, I have not.
I was sort of going for a Rance type character, with less grapes, as I wasn't a fan of that. At least as a baseline. Hotheaded horndog, but with a more wholesome spin. Perfect vehicle for the plot. But there have been quite a bunch of influence taken all over the place as I used to play a lot of Jrpgs and stuff back in my day, and their tropes often are have commonalities, just like in anime, so there is that.

Yeah Rance is an obvious comparison that didn't come to my mind. Anyways love the story and where it's going. Especially The Game plot was my favorite. Always get a boner for secret societies and royalty cunning aristocrats kind of story.

 

[XeroZero000]

Wait, MC is really commoner? I just realized that while reading synopsis here. I thought he was demi god or something.

 

[SolidDoc]

Wait, MC is really commoner? I just realized that while reading synopsis here. I thought he was demi god or something.

All in due time.

 

[SolidDoc]

Yeah.. disregard that previous comment.
The game is basically dead due to my financial situation. I knew it was coming, I just didn't know it was going to be that fast. I was working on updating the early parts of the game, but I will likely not have enough time to finish it, and certainly not enough time to tie it up to the current version.
My only remaining wish is to update as much as I can and release it as a standalone. I will probably do it in parts, just in case the life wallops me again and I have to drop everything. To be honest, I have complicated it already by stubbornly clinging to the game. If i manage to do that, I will drop a link to the new version here.
Thank you guys for following me on my journey, it has been a blast working on it.

 

[Ka1tzer]

Yeah.. disregard that previous comment.
The game is basically dead due to my financial situation. I knew it was coming, I just didn't know it was going to be that fast. I was working on updating the early parts of the game, but I will likely not have enough time to finish it, and certainly not enough time to tie it up to the current version.
My only remaining wish is to update as much as I can and release it as a standalone. I will probably do it in parts, just in case the life wallops me again and I have to drop everything. To be honest, I have complicated it already by stubbornly clinging to the game. If i manage to do that, I will drop a link to the new version here.
Thank you guys for following me on my journey, it has been a blast working on it.

I am honestly, truly sad to read this. My best wishes for you man. I hope things turn around for the better.

 

[SolidDoc]

It pains me the most, but I got nobody to blame but myself.

 

[0pis]

Yeah.. disregard that previous comment.
The game is basically dead due to my financial situation. I knew it was coming, I just didn't know it was going to be that fast. I was working on updating the early parts of the game, but I will likely not have enough time to finish it, and certainly not enough time to tie it up to the current version.
My only remaining wish is to update as much as I can and release it as a standalone. I will probably do it in parts, just in case the life wallops me again and I have to drop everything. To be honest, I have complicated it already by stubbornly clinging to the game. If i manage to do that, I will drop a link to the new version here.
Thank you guys for following me on my journey, it has been a blast working on it.

Damn, it's saddening to hear, hopefully it'll get better soon.

 

[SolidDoc]

Well, the game was very rough, especially at the start. I have also alienated the portion of the playerbase by not making a vn mode, since I thought it would make the lackluster start even worse. Failed to get the audience. I wasn't happy with the state of the game, but I saw this thing coming, so I had to open the Patreon. It didn't do much, I am still in the red, despite the fact that I barely spent anything on the game, outside of my free time.
I had some savings and gave myself time till about mid summer, but the circumstances were against me. I am still clinging to it, stupidly, but I hold little hope of it going anywhere. I have like 2-3 months at best, and it's unlikely that I turn this around. I would need to triple the patreon earnings in order not to bleed my life, and that seems unlikely. It barely moved in the past half a year it was up. And I did have more time to work on it back then, without the releases the game is just in the dark.

 

[Youtiy]

Well, the game was very rough, especially at the start. I have also alienated the portion of the playerbase by not making a vn mode, since I thought it would make the lackluster start even worse. Failed to get the audience. I wasn't happy with the state of the game, but I saw this thing coming, so I had to open the Patreon. It didn't do much, I am still in the red, despite the fact that I barely spent anything on the game, outside of my free time.
I had some savings and gave myself time till about mid summer, but the circumstances were against me. I am still clinging to it, stupidly, but I hold little hope of it going anywhere. I have like 2-3 months at best, and it's unlikely that I turn this around. I would need to triple the patreon earnings in order not to bleed my life, and that seems unlikely. It barely moved in the past half a year it was up. And I did have more time to work on it back then, without the releases the game is just in the dark.

It's really a shame since I really enjoyed this game but your health/living situation is far more important. Hope things get better for you, thanks for the content we've gotten so far.

 

[WinstonChurchill Shows]

Well, the game was very rough, especially at the start. I have also alienated the portion of the playerbase by not making a vn mode, since I thought it would make the lackluster start even worse. Failed to get the audience. I wasn't happy with the state of the game, but I saw this thing coming, so I had to open the Patreon. It didn't do much, I am still in the red, despite the fact that I barely spent anything on the game, outside of my free time.
I had some savings and gave myself time till about mid summer, but the circumstances were against me. I am still clinging to it, stupidly, but I hold little hope of it going anywhere. I have like 2-3 months at best, and it's unlikely that I turn this around. I would need to triple the patreon earnings in order not to bleed my life, and that seems unlikely. It barely moved in the past half a year it was up. And I did have more time to work on it back then, without the releases the game is just in the dark.

sad to hear , I mean at a time where ntr and incest tags are used to get audience you made something real good , hope things get better for you

 

[Ferel]

Well, the game was very rough, especially at the start. I have also alienated the portion of the playerbase by not making a vn mode, since I thought it would make the lackluster start even worse. Failed to get the audience. I wasn't happy with the state of the game, but I saw this thing coming, so I had to open the Patreon. It didn't do much, I am still in the red, despite the fact that I barely spent anything on the game, outside of my free time.
I had some savings and gave myself time till about mid summer, but the circumstances were against me. I am still clinging to it, stupidly, but I hold little hope of it going anywhere. I have like 2-3 months at best, and it's unlikely that I turn this around. I would need to triple the patreon earnings in order not to bleed my life, and that seems unlikely. It barely moved in the past half a year it was up. And I did have more time to work on it back then, without the releases the game is just in the dark.

Damn, it surely was a uniqe one. I just ended my first playthrough and liked your game a lot. I really enjoyed the fight mechanics too. Wanted to support you, but Patreon doesn't like my money, based on where I'm from. Not that 10 bucks a month would change anything. I wish you the best of luck. Wishfull thinking, but may be you'll be able to end a chapter 1 and release it on steam? May be not right now, but in the future. It is a common practise for a really big games to do so after all. For example, Love of magic is three standalone books on steam. And you defenetly have enough content for that. I just don't get it sometimes, despite the fact, that I worked in marketing. I'm shure that your game have a big target audience on the site, and it's good, little rough around the edges, to be fair, but the core is solid.

 

[SolidDoc]

Steam wouldn't let the game pass the check, the cgs are made with Illusion Honey select 2, and they retain all the rights to all content made in their game, and steam is not touching anything that might involve legal trouble with a ten foot pole. The Illusion is dead, but the rights are still theirs. Chances would be low, but not zero. And I certainly don't need that on top of everything.
I honestly couldn't get myself to finish chapter 1. It should have ended on a sad note, with a tinge of hope, and it hits too close to home right now, knowing that it's all in vain. I got so depressed that I couldn't do anything for a couple of days, had to dig myself out of this pit. Drowned myself in work to stop thinking. I was hoping to make an updated version but the life thought my collection of lemons is incomplete, but it seems like I will not finish that as well.
Maybe I could have done it with a bit more time, who knows. The game was indeed rough, in many aspects, the list of things that I wanted to redo was quite long. You can see from the most upvoted reviews that there were many people who couldn't get into it, and I get why. I think the game fairs much better after I had a year of experience making it, early events compared to the start were day and night.
Sucks that it all came down to money, but it's like oxygen. When you need it, you really do. And the patreon support has been on a single person's shoulders the whole time, barely budging.
I'm just as devastated as everyone else here, clinging to it till the moment I can no longer go on. For the first time in my life I though I was onto something.

 

[Yamato2k]

Steam wouldn't let the game pass the check, the cgs are made with Illusion Honey select 2, and they retain all the rights to all content made in their game, and steam is not touching anything that might involve legal trouble with a ten foot pole. The Illusion is dead, but the rights are still theirs. Chances would be low, but not zero. And I certainly don't need that on top of everything.
I honestly couldn't get myself to finish chapter 1. It should have ended on a sad note, with a tinge of hope, and it hits too close to home right now, knowing that it's all in vain. I got so depressed that I couldn't do anything for a couple of days, had to dig myself out of this pit. Drowned myself in work to stop thinking. I was hoping to make an updated version but the life thought my collection of lemons is incomplete, but it seems like I will not finish that as well.
Maybe I could have done it with a bit more time, who knows. The game was indeed rough, in many aspects, the list of things that I wanted to redo was quite long. You can see from the most upvoted reviews that there were many people who couldn't get into it, and I get why. I think the game fairs much better after I had a year of experience making it, early events compared to the start were day and night.
Sucks that it all came down to money, but it's like oxygen. When you need it, you really do. And the patreon support has been on a single person's shoulders the whole time, barely budging.
I'm just as devastated as everyone else here, clinging to it till the moment I can no longer go on. For the first time in my life I though I was onto something.

Damn, Hope you get better at your finance, your game is unique and good man, you can start finish or continue when you are getting better man, wish you all the best.

 

[taler]

So is the game abandoned?