VN Ren'Py Halfway House [Ep.11 - Bonus 7-8] [Az]

[Elfiaz69]

lewd scene with milf?

 

[__b]

 

[The Krogan Dude]

lewd scene with milf?

No

 

[shitass1001]

lewd scene with milf?

Yes, more details: she gives the MC a blowjob (IIRC, it might be a titjob) a handjob, and they do some "hotdogging" and some humping. no penetrative sex yet

 

[Dr.Sloth]

A bit short but it feels like story is finally back on track

 

[Hengat]

I haven't played it since episode 9 and decided to catch up. Mariana's scene in episode 10 and Ashley's scene in episode 11 were both pretty hot and I think visuals improved in lewd scenes, that's all I can say.

About the story...there is a story? I didn't had a problem with whole ep 10 but ep 11 wore me out and I mostly skipped through it.

 

[yossa999]

I haven't played it since episode 9 and decided to catch up. Mariana's scene in episode 10 and Ashley scene in episode 11 were both pretty hot and I think visuals improved in lewd scenes, that's all I can say.

About the story...there is a story? I didn't had a problem with whole ep 10 but ep 11 wore me out and I mostly skipped through it.

Yeah, the 11th episode is actually a half-episode, he decided to divide it in a halves so as not to increase the already rather long interval between updates.

 

[wizardcock]

Yeah, the 11th episode is actually a half-episode

Halfway episode

 

[Neko-Chan Pacifica]

there is one big flaw in the design of the game: Emily corruption path is the most rewarding at this point, because if the player is focused on Emily's love points, then when they have to choose on which shoulder to lean on, if they choose Ash, then Emily's relationship ends, it cannot continue as all the remaining scenes are linked to either corruption points (which a love focus wouldn't have enough of) or the leaning choice.



there is a major branching choice at the start of ep10 that divides the whole episode in two very different paths, and goes deep into ep11. why would you want the save from someone else anyway ? the choices they made are completely different from yours.



just switch the view when talking to Sofia after choosing to stay.



it's obvious that those storylines will move forward and that they will be linked together. the owner of the club is most likely Ash's grandfather. so Ash will end up protecting MC from further issues with the Triad thugs. Bikers will probably be the first layer of protection, thanks to Piper and Cruz, but Mc will need a permanent solution.
Emily's childhood friend, Julie, is also a very obvious storyline that must occur for Emily's character development.
the real unknown is what the relationships with Ash and Samantha will become once MC commits to Emily.



there are mods link URM that allows you to enable your own quick menu and customize it. you'd get the auto text feature back easily.



the dev wants to do a different kind of game. why would you want to turn this one into all the other generic games ?
if you don't like what the dev is making, then don't play it. there are massives amounts of games exactly like you want, it's literrally the default setting for all the games here... just choose one at random and move one.
the fact that you are here complaining means that you actually like a significant part of this game.
you say the MC is retarded, but he is just a guy that came out of hibernation. no social skill and no game besides being honest and genuine with the girls. it's easy to say what he should have done when hiding behind a screen and a keyboard with all the time in the world to think about what to say and how to react... it's another thing altogether to actually do it in real life and real time yourself.

I have invested quite a lot of time in this game from when it first came out to chapter 10, it's not just about simply tough if you don't like it, move on.
Concerning the MC. Anyone who lacks any kind of social skill. These skills are developed in childhood and practiced throughout life, so this has nothing to do with him being in prison for a short period of time. Acts and responds in a child like manner because they know no different, he puts another boy in the hospital after hitting him with a pipe, and leaves him in a comatose vegetative state for the rest of his life, his response is he would do it again, unstable much? He is just written badly, there is nothing believable about him, you need this for immersion and so the story flows well. A caricature of himself perhaps?

I have no problem if your a fan of this game, I am genuinely happy for you, if you are. However that doesn't stop the story from being all over the place. As for his honesty, I don't buy it. His responses are automatic or under duress most of the time, some people will say anything to get out of a situation if they can't cope with it. There is no reason why whining Emily is easily the single most annoying character in the game would be the main love interest of the MC at the end. I believe she is nothing but a red herring and I think that since just before the sisters story in chapter 8, infact I thought this in chapter 7. Why would the dev have Ash and the MC getting closer and closer emotionally, you don't just randomly write that into a story, there has to be a reason for it, if he isn't dating her or won't be, there is no point to it period. It is irrelevent completely. This is where I believe something changed in the game itself, I believe the dev changed his mind about boring Emily or at least I would hope he has. I , like other people want the MC to be with ashley they are perfect fit, infact I would have prefered if he had got with Samantha, anything other than Emily.

I even enjoyed the sisters storyline, except the very odd replies from the MC in the limo both before and after the story event in the mansion. Like I said from the beginning of my main post. You could have this has an harem, you might not want that, and you could carry on playing the way the game is now, or choose ashley or samantha or even emily. Being original would mean all options are open, and he could have applied the stupid point system to however you wanted to play the game..that is being original. There is a reason why harem stories are so popular, because people love them if they are written properly. It usually also helps the developer increase his subscriber base. In anycase it's too late now anyway,unless he changes his mind. Nothing is always set in stone.

I would rather be able to choose the girl I want at the end of the game not pidgeon holed into EMILY because I say so. I mean what the heck is the point of the story for regarding the other side girls who have far more story than boring Emily.

 

[yesz]

so much time passes between each episode that an episode recap would be agreeable

 

[Joshy92]

I have invested quite a lot of time in this game from when it first came out to chapter 10, it's not just about simply tough if you don't like it, move on.
Concerning the MC. Anyone who lacks any kind of social skill. These skills are developed in childhood and practiced throughout life, so this has nothing to do with him being in prison for a short period of time. Acts and responds in a child like manner because they know no different, he puts another boy in the hospital after hitting him with a pipe, and leaves him in a comatose vegetative state for the rest of his life, his response is he would do it again, unstable much? He is just written badly, there is nothing believable about him, you need this for immersion and so the story flows well. A caricature of himself perhaps?

I have no problem if your a fan of this game, I am genuinely happy for you, if you are. However that doesn't stop the story from being all over the place. As for his honesty, I don't buy it. His responses are automatic or under duress most of the time, some people will say anything to get out of a situation if they can't cope with it. There is no reason why whining Emily is easily the single most annoying character in the game would be the main love interest of the MC at the end. I believe she is nothing but a red herring and I think that since just before the sisters story in chapter 8, infact I thought this in chapter 7. Why would the dev have Ash and the MC getting closer and closer emotionally, you don't just randomly write that into a story, there has to be a reason for it, if he isn't dating her or won't be, there is no point to it period. It is irrelevent completely. This is where I believe something changed in the game itself, I believe the dev changed his mind about boring Emily or at least I would hope he has. I , like other people want the MC to be with ashley they are perfect fit, infact I would have prefered if he had got with Samantha, anything other than Emily.

I even enjoyed the sisters storyline, except the very odd replies from the MC in the limo both before and after the story event in the mansion. Like I said from the beginning of my main post. You could have this has an harem, you might not want that, and you could carry on playing the way the game is now, or choose ashley or samantha or even emily. Being original would mean all options are open, and he could have applied the stupid point system to however you wanted to play the game..that is being original. There is a reason why harem stories are so popular, because people love them if they are written properly. It usually also helps the developer increase his subscriber base. In anycase it's too late now anyway,unless he changes his mind. Nothing is always set in stone.

I would rather be able to choose the girl I want at the end of the game not pidgeon holed into EMILY because I say so. I mean what the heck is the point of the story for regarding the other side girls who have far more story than boring Emily.

So, you went into this knowing Emily was the only LI but now you choose to complain?
And just because something is a harem doesn't mean it will do well in fact most devs can't even make a living of these games.

And of course, sometimes things don't mean anything most of these devs are shit writers so what do you expect.

 

[The Krogan Dude]

Bonus 9 Production

Hey folks,
I took a week break after EP11 came out but now I'm back at it. Starting pre production of bonus 9.
Here's some preview of the four main characters that will appear in this bonus.

Basic plot:
A short fantasy adventure where three women come together with a common goal to rescue their love interest (MC) from capture by an evil sorceress (Liz).
Emily, the fighter, bonded to the MC since childhood as his protector. Sam the cleric, mentor to both the MC and Emily. And Ash, the former deposed evil sorceress that fell in love with the MC during their previous struggles.

-----------------------------------------

That's what I'll be up to in the coming months. Yes, it's scope creep for a lowly bonus episode. Yes, I'm prolly biting off more than I can chew without choking. But this gonna be fun and that makes me fired up to work on it. Working on the main game has me a little burnt out. But I'll get to EP12, worry not.

Thanks all,
Az.

 

[wizardcock]

That's what I'll be up to in the coming months.

that's not good news. Not only that the 12th episode will be released in about 1.5 years, but it may turn out to be even more boring than the 11th one, because the developer just lost interest in the main story.

 

[Havik79]

that's not good news. Not only that the 12th episode will be released in about 1.5 years, but it may turn out to be even more boring than the 11th one, because the developer just lost interest in the main story.

Episode 11 wasn't even an episode, it was half a one.

 

[Dr.TSoni]

 

[Hobodouken]

These bonus scenes are nothing but a colossal waste of time.

 

[Aristos]

(Bla bla bla bla...)

That's what I'll be up to in the coming months. Yes, it's scope creep for a lowly bonus episode. Yes, I'm prolly biting off more than I can chew without choking. But this gonna be fun and that makes me fired up to work on it. Working on the main game has me a little burnt out. But I'll get to EP12, worry not.

Thanks all,
Az.

I'm not a native speaker, so I used a dictionary to look up as many synonyms as possible that could describe this guy's attitude accurately.Here's the shortlist:

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I'll try to use a different one in each of my posts from here on out.
For example: Good gracious! This gentleman's effrontery never ceases to astonish me!

 

[HiP1]

I have invested quite a lot of time in this game from when it first came out to chapter 10, it's not just about simply tough if you don't like it, move on.
Concerning the MC. Anyone who lacks any kind of social skill. These skills are developed in childhood and practiced throughout life, so this has nothing to do with him being in prison for a short period of time. Acts and responds in a child like manner because they know no different, he puts another boy in the hospital after hitting him with a pipe, and leaves him in a comatose vegetative state for the rest of his life, his response is he would do it again, unstable much? He is just written badly, there is nothing believable about him, you need this for immersion and so the story flows well. A caricature of himself perhaps?

I have no problem if your a fan of this game, I am genuinely happy for you, if you are. However that doesn't stop the story from being all over the place. As for his honesty, I don't buy it. His responses are automatic or under duress most of the time, some people will say anything to get out of a situation if they can't cope with it. There is no reason why whining Emily is easily the single most annoying character in the game would be the main love interest of the MC at the end. I believe she is nothing but a red herring and I think that since just before the sisters story in chapter 8, infact I thought this in chapter 7. Why would the dev have Ash and the MC getting closer and closer emotionally, you don't just randomly write that into a story, there has to be a reason for it, if he isn't dating her or won't be, there is no point to it period. It is irrelevent completely. This is where I believe something changed in the game itself, I believe the dev changed his mind about boring Emily or at least I would hope he has. I , like other people want the MC to be with ashley they are perfect fit, infact I would have prefered if he had got with Samantha, anything other than Emily.

I even enjoyed the sisters storyline, except the very odd replies from the MC in the limo both before and after the story event in the mansion. Like I said from the beginning of my main post. You could have this has an harem, you might not want that, and you could carry on playing the way the game is now, or choose ashley or samantha or even emily. Being original would mean all options are open, and he could have applied the stupid point system to however you wanted to play the game..that is being original. There is a reason why harem stories are so popular, because people love them if they are written properly. It usually also helps the developer increase his subscriber base. In anycase it's too late now anyway,unless he changes his mind. Nothing is always set in stone.

I would rather be able to choose the girl I want at the end of the game not pidgeon holed into EMILY because I say so. I mean what the heck is the point of the story for regarding the other side girls who have far more story than boring Emily.

so you knew you didn't like the writing, the story and the MC from episode 1, and you still wasted your time continuing the game even after confirming you still didn't like the direction it was going in the next few eoisodes ?
then you complain about it.

dude, the point of the story is the character development for both MC and Emily.
MC's responses are automatic sure. but it doesn't mean he can't be honest... his whole personality is based on the fact that he responds honestly without thinking...
we don't know why he fought the guy he sent to the hospital and how the fight went. so we can't really judge if he is right to say he would do it again. and at least, that's an honest answer for him.
also, the social skills you develop in childhood are VERY different from the ones you develop after 15 years old... the fact that you don't know that is very worrying. Moreover, MC's spent all his time with guys, only guys. there was only a single girl, and she was a tomboy, and she became one of his friends' girlfriend. he literally has zero social skill with girls. showering girls with compliment is very common in AVNs, but it's not in real life, and i would bet good money that it's something most guys on this website has never done and are incapable of doing. that level of honesty is literally what MC is all about.

These bonus scenes are nothing but a colossal waste of time.

unless they prevent the game from getting abandoned because of a burnt out dev...

 

[Eldiran]

This is really f... up, I'm forced to have sex with Ashley, I can't say no. ((((

Yeah, i'm not happy about that. I mean it's fine to have sex with her if i was on her route (which i will probably do one day ), but because i'm on the love route with em, let me be in that route! Why can't i have a choice about that, like most of the game?

It's like i'm betraying em, doesn't feel nice. I didn't even flirt, like i get the +10 for the shower from episode 1 + whatever for the blowjob i cannot avoid in episode 2 and that it? i mean i could avoid everything else, i even fail the check on the train when she gonna smoke (gladly, i'm on em route ), the game give me choice but here in episode 11 they are nada, it feel really unpolish in my humble opinion.

Edit: even with the cheatmod and putting 0 corruption with ash, i get the scene. I don't have the courage to began the whole game from the start to not have this scene

On the topic of the MC behing unreal, stupid or whatever, i don't feel that a bit. Maybe it's because i was really awkward in my youth with girls, so i think he is not that bad at all. And the mc can be play as honest, which is always a plus for me, because that's what i am. Nothing wrong with playing what i am not, but in the romance category, i think that honesty is what make a good relationship.

 

[Neko-Chan Pacifica]

so you knew you didn't like the writing, the story and the MC from episode 1, and you still wasted your time continuing the game even after confirming you still didn't like the direction it was going in the next few eoisodes ?
then you complain about it.

dude, the point of the story is the character development for both MC and Emily.
MC's responses are automatic sure. but it doesn't mean he can't be honest... his whole personality is based on the fact that he responds honestly without thinking...
we don't know why he fought the guy he sent to the hospital and how the fight went. so we can't really judge if he is right to say he would do it again. and at least, that's an honest answer for him.
also, the social skills you develop in childhood are VERY different from the ones you develop after 15 years old... the fact that you don't know that is very worrying. Moreover, MC's spent all his time with guys, only guys. there was only a single girl, and she was a tomboy, and she became one of his friends' girlfriend. he literally has zero social skill with girls. showering girls with compliment is very common in AVNs, but it's not in real life, and i would bet good money that it's something most guys on this website has never done and are incapable of doing. that level of honesty is literally what MC is all about.



unless they prevent the game from getting abandoned because of a burnt out dev...

The point I made about the social skills you develop in childhood is a base from which you develop as you grow older.
The reason I carried on playing was that I hoped the character would improve somewhat. I liked the story with Samantha when he attempted to rescue her, it was quite a powerful scene which I thought was very sweet of him to do, even though he got a really bad beating for it. Then we have the interactions with Samantha going forward and eventually the sisters story which I really enjoyed too. I put aside the way the mc acted so I could read those stories. The fact I don't like the way the MC reacts or speaks sometimes, doesn't mean I dislike the game, I just dislike the weird behavior of the MC at times especially during or after the sisters story.
I can verify what you say regarding showering us women with compliments is the polar opposite mostly, unless the male wants something, which makes me cringe. I understand what your saying. I guess I was just giving my thoughts and thats all they where and if I offended anyone including the developer, it was honestly not my intention at all.

I just thought this game would have been better if you could select who you wanted to be with at the end of the game, which would have been wonderful. I know the developer at the beginning said you will end up with Emily, I just hope that is not the case, and you can actually choose. I know the points are for each individual girl or side girl, and Emily seemingly is the focus. I know a number of people would have liked this to even have some kind of harem system, which is kind of fun I guess. As i said, it's not the game I have the problem with, its' the MC behaving unrealistically that's all. I love the fact that he compliments the girls, but sometimes I think it's just fake because as you have said irl this kind of thing is not common sadly.

Haha yes he did take a rather long break of more than a year from chapter 8 to chapter 9, which was tiny compared to what went before, but at least the new episodes are coming far quicker than they used to do.