Ren'Py Abandoned Heavy Five [Ch.2RS] [Nottravis]

[Hornyowl]

There are too many diverging paths to make the game enjoyable. Choosing one option during Freeroam often permanently shuts you out of other options. Maybe the dev would want to consider changing the time system where things can be done on following days. As it exists, choices are actually being removed from the MC/player, which makes the tripe in the Q & A at end just a load of hot crap. In several cases (contrary to what the dev claims) a decision actually means game over, since to continue playing becomes exceedingly frustrating and unenjoyable. There is a reason why all full PC games do not have such a structure...it leads to players losing interest and less people purchasing the game.

I like the game (storyline etc.) and don't even mind that 3 Chapters into an adult game there is nothing to corrupt an 11 year old, but the mutually exclusive choices have killed it for me.

 

[Skeltom]

There are too many diverging paths to make the game enjoyable. Choosing one option during Freeroam often permanently shuts you out of other options. Maybe the dev would want to consider changing the time system where things can be done on following days. As it exists, choices are actually being removed from the MC/player, which makes the tripe in the Q & A at end just a load of hot crap. In several cases (contrary to what the dev claims) a decision actually means game over, since to continue playing becomes exceedingly frustrating and unenjoyable. There is a reason why all full PC games do not have such a structure...it leads to players losing interest and less people purchasing the game.

I like the game (storyline etc.) and don't even mind that 3 Chapters into an adult game there is nothing to corrupt an 11 year old, but the mutually exclusive choices have killed it for me.

It is a real problem. The chapters are overly limited and the only lewd content is actually a bad choice in game, or part of a game inside of this game with characters that have nothing to do with anything. And to make that situation even worse the time you are with Sarah you aren't even the one who gets to fuck her in the simulation...

 

[TheDevian]

30FPS animations add up quickly.

 

[Skeltom]

30FPS animations add up quickly.

Maybe, but how man animations were in the last update, five or six two second animations? That's maybe 3000 renders and there are no where near 7000 stills for the events.

The dev is going to do what they want but to me that seems like a massive misuse of render and development time just to show a door open. It would be so much more beneficial to add those frames to plot and relationship progression. But that's just me.

 

[Akamari]

Maybe, but how man animations were in the last update, five or six two second animations? That's maybe 3000 renders and there are no where near 7000 stills for the events.

2,048 still images; 79 animations made up of over 9,000 renders

 

[reiterhaniwa]

The dev is going to do what they want but to me that seems like a massive misuse of render and development time just to show a door open.

Verisimilitude has value entirely of itself.

 

[Skeltom]

Verisimilitude has value entirely of itself.

I disagree, doors don't need to seem "real". Now if it were a character animated in any way such as a wave, blink or walking then that would be something else entirely..

 

[Akamari]

I disagree, doors don't need to seem "real". Now if it were a character animated in any way such as a wave, blink or walking then that would be something else entirely..

Doors take very little time and resources to animate compared to characters. You shouldn't see these little immersion adding animations as something that prolongs production because they don't. Lewd animations account for most of that.

You might be pleased to know that Chapter Four will include also several non-lewd animations of characters.

 

[Skeltom]

Doors take very little time and resources to animate compared to characters. You shouldn't see these little immersion adding animations as something that prolongs production because they don't. Lewd animations account for most of that.

You might be pleased to know that Chapter Four will include also several non-lewd animations of characters.

They absolutely do take up development time 22 1 sec videos at 30 fps of inanimate objects. 660 renders at a 20 minute render time each. That's 13,200 minutes or 220 hours of renders just on the animations before the posing.

Unless my math is wrong that seems pretty significant to me, especially since the dev only has one pc.

 

[A.C.H.B.]

So.... support the dev on Patreon so she can have two pc's! That way you have less things to nitpick about.

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

So.... support the dev on Patreon so she can have two pc's! That way you have less things to nitpick about.

Dev already has two PCs, she's looking to get a 3090 based one in the near future to speed up development.

On the whole nitpicking thing... Are you new to the internet?

 

[A.C.H.B.]

Dev already has two PCs, she's looking to get a 3090 based one in the near future to speed up development.

On the whole nitpicking thing... Are you new to the internet?

Nitpickers drop it after the initial post or two. Our guy over here goes on for a few hours. I actually admire his dedication... to nitpicking.

 

[Akamari]

They absolutely do take up development time 22 1 sec videos at 30 fps of inanimate objects. 660 renders at a 20 minute render time each. That's 13,200 minutes or 220 hours of renders just on the animations before the posing.

Unless my math is wrong that seems pretty significant to me, especially since the dev only has one pc.

Yes, it is wrong. Different things take different times to render. Where 1 render frame of a character may take 20 minutes, a 1 render frame of a door may take 2 minutes. Rendering times always vary depending on how complex and detailed the scene, the assets, the lighting, are. The dev has two PCs and it's the second that tends to do the less resource demanding secondary animations when not busy.

 

[Skeltom]

So.... support the dev on Patreon so she can have two pc's! That way you have less things to nitpick about.

Do you not understand how conversations work it's a back and forth. It's a simple discussion between players about the development prosses of the game. It seems like unless you post something positive about a game anywhere on this forum your either nitpicking, bitching or trying to find problems with the game.

Maybe one day these threads wont be so very one sided.

 

[PopPop63]

Nitpickers drop it after the initial post or two. Our guy over here goes on for a few hours. I actually admire his dedication... to nitpicking.

Nit picking is a lousey thing to do...

 

[Dragon59]

Nit picking is a lousey thing to do...

Arguably, nitpicking prevents a lousy situation.

 

[drdredit]

There are too many diverging paths to make the game enjoyable. Choosing one option during Freeroam often permanently shuts you out of other options. Maybe the dev would want to consider changing the time system where things can be done on following days. As it exists, choices are actually being removed from the MC/player, which makes the tripe in the Q & A at end just a load of hot crap. In several cases (contrary to what the dev claims) a decision actually means game over, since to continue playing becomes exceedingly frustrating and unenjoyable. There is a reason why all full PC games do not have such a structure...it leads to players losing interest and less people purchasing the game.

I like the game (storyline etc.) and don't even mind that 3 Chapters into an adult game there is nothing to corrupt an 11 year old, but the mutually exclusive choices have killed it for me.

100% agree - hope that the next update is better that way an has some payoff. This the dev is definitely a teaser..... entirely possible that the multi-branch story has become impossible to manage.

"it's with the tester's fellas..."

 

[Qwert99]

100% agree - hope that the next update is better that way an has some payoff. This the dev is definitely a teaser..... entirely possible that the multi-branch story has become impossible to manage.

"it's with the tester's fellas..."

We're at the "I won't say much for the next half a year before I announce that I actually decided on scrapping 80% of my previous work and starting over but no worries it's totally gonna be worth it" stage of Nottravis' usual development cycle, we can only hope that the next iteration of Chapter 4 won't take 2 additional years to conjure up lmao

 

[Canto Forte]

We are starved 4 actual interactions .. meaningful human interactions.

Not the tense court marshal you 4 fondling the babe I”m ogling kind of dialogues.

Chris is the usual gamer chick, jealous, head over heels for everyone, condescending,
coming on to every gurl she can pierce her eyes into, making nekkid star jumping her mission.

MC should be on par with that, but because of dev ex makina, somehow, he is not.
Oh .. and we can be under her thumb if we wish it .. to not get even the scraps of girls she devours.
Sheeeesh!

 

[XaGnard]

We're at the "I won't say much for the next half a year before I announce that I actually decided on scrapping 80% of my previous work and starting over but no worries it's totally gonna be worth it" stage of Nottravis' usual development cycle, we can only hope that the next iteration of Chapter 4 won't take 2 additional years to conjure up lmao

It's really a pity, some developers have real talent, but they lack the necessary project management skills. At the moment, however, I still assume that chapter 4 will be released soon.