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

[JSimon8668]

wow still nothing released after so long...i should say :i've told you...but than the heavy 5 knights will come and blame me for saying it...what a shame..can't belive there is still someone who trust this dev at this point

Good thing you didn't say that then.

It is less about defending the dev and more about being annoyed by entitled pirates who make easy predictions and then pat themselves on the back for being so smart while sucking any fun or enthusiasm out of what others enjoy.

Most games are abandoned, of those that aren't - they tend to have longer and longer dev cycles. It is not stupid to hope for a game you like to continue, and it is not clever or interesting to predict someone will fail at a massive endeavour they undertake on their own, whether or not you end up being correct.

Have you ever tried celebrating someone's attempt at doing something creative instead of deriding it? Heck, why not try something creative yourself - I am sure people will be patient and supportive about it.

 

[evileeyore]

Have you ever tried celebrating someone's attempt at doing something creative instead of deriding it? Heck, why not try something creative yourself - I am sure people will be patient and supportive about it.

He did! Didn't you see his post! It was completely and totally creative and unique and not at all derivative of the other one-thousand four-hundred thirty-nine other haters who've posted here before him...

 

[GentleMaster]

wow still nothing released after so long...i should say :i've told you...but than the heavy 5 knights will come and blame me for saying it...what a shame..can't belive there is still someone who trust this dev at this point

Yes Notty is a bit of a chaotic dev, who doesn't really seem to be great at the 80/20 rule, or sticking to a plan, and tries to push limits of the tools she's using that would probably be better off respected. But, she also pauses Patreon payments during every single extension she has needed to finish the game. So there's clearly no evil intend behind it. It's just a normal person, trying to create the best thing possible, often slightly exceeding their grasp... But, with how she acts towards her supporters, I can say I trust her in that she wants the best for her subscribers and that she truly wants to create the best game possible. I do think she should focus on getting the game done, more than trying to add new stuff or keep polishing endlessly, and to learn to just be happy with what she created, but that's just who Notty is. And, if she doesn't charge me for the extra months she needs outside of the normal development cycle, then who am I to complain? After all, what does she gain from not getting paid until the next release and keeps postponing the release?

 

[digitalnoise]

So which is the actual current version of this game?

The "Chapter 2" download appears to be older; the Chapter 4 download contains Chs 1 - 4, but it's hidden in a spoiler which typically indicates an older release rather than newer/current; and even the main post indicates that Chapter 2RS is the current.

 

[reiterhaniwa]

So which is the actual current version of this game?

The "Chapter 2" download appears to be older; the Chapter 4 download contains Chs 1 - 4, but it's hidden in a spoiler which typically indicates an older release rather than newer/current; and even the main post indicates that Chapter 2RS is the current.

The main download (Chapter 2, file "HeavyFive-2RS-pc" in the download links themselves) is the most current. If the Chapter 4 download looks more recent, I'd guess the links probably expired and were replaced.

 

[digitalnoise]

The main download (Chapter 2, file "HeavyFive-2RS-pc" in the download links themselves) is the most current. If the Chapter 4 download looks more recent, I'd guess the links probably expired and were replaced.

Ah, got it. I'll be honest, the interface from the older version looks better in some regards, but I realize that may just be me - the font in the new one is very trek-ish, and hard to read.

I was hoping for more content, as there doesn't appear to be any actual H-scenes between the MC and other characters in the latest version, but the story is engaging and I can be patient!

 

[RoadWulf]

I love Notty and all, but she will never finish this. She can't even get the story past a few chapters before she goes back and reworks things. I'm not convinced there is much of a story past a certain point.

 

[Oddball2k]

I love Notty and all, but she will never finish this. She can't even get the story past a few chapters before she goes back and reworks things. I'm not convinced there is much of a story past a certain point.

Basically, you mean that the endings are not already plotted.. Wrong!!

The endings were in fact the first things she plotted. She reverse-engineered the main(and sub) plots and also romances according to them till the point of origin: The arrival of the Entrepid near Ophion.

For the "but she will never finish this.":

 

[evileeyore]

I was hoping for more content, as there doesn't appear to be any actual H-scenes between the MC and other characters in the latest version, but the story is engaging and I can be patient!

Not sure what you mean by "H-scenes", but you can sex up the hot asian engineer in Chapter 3 (it's either 3 or 4 and I want to say it's 3).

 

[Hatchet80]

I'm waiting for Ch. 5RS to play this game. I've heard nothing but good things about the content and can't wait to see the finished product.
To Notty, thank you for your time, effort and creativity! I'm rooting for you!

 

[evileeyore]

I'm waiting for Ch. 5RS to play this game. I've heard nothing but good things about the content and can't wait to see the finished product.
To Notty, thank you for your time, effort and creativity! I'm rooting for you!

Agreed. Latest update (on the 31st) has the game squeezed down enough that Notty has put it (reremastered chapters 1-5) back in the hands of playtesters to find any last bugs. (She'd paused playtesting when she realized that the game was too large for mobile release, so it had to be compressed, and it's better to do that before bug testing to make sure no animations or visuals were terribly messed up.)

 

[Hatchet80]

I appreciate the heads up!