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

[Akamari]

I was actually thinking about asking Notty for the character she uses for Thea, for the same reason. What I'm working on would take place in some similar timeline, possibly about a hundred years later. It definitely wouldn't be the same "universe", but some reference wouldn't look out of place. Though I could also just vaguely reference it within some dialogue, as the "Ophion Incident" or something. Whatever the reader takes from such reference would then depend on his or her own playthrough(s) or imagination.

I have an idea of one character being an ardent fan of Daphne DeWitt's films. As my project is set in a slightly alternate version of current time Earth it's what would make most sense.

 

[Nottravis]

*reads up*

I swear I did Bored Pilot before any of this...*pinkie swears!*

 

[Huitieme]

Oh, mine wouldn't be theft, I would get permission... and it would be a homage (see, I do know some French!) I already have permission for some other very well-known characters to have cameos in my game.

(Just so you know, it's "hommage", with two "m". Because va te faire foutre, that's why )

I wouldn't be too keen to see Becca used in the same role she already has in H5, actually. I think something discrete is always preferable, like maybe a PPF poster or a few lines talking about a scene from another game. But using straight-up another game's character, and especially for the narration bit which could be the very first scene your players will see, I think there are more subtle ways to pay tribute to our favorite Smuttress.

Cameos are only as great as the scene/game/movie/media whatsoever they appear in. If I was to make the shittiest turd of a movie with nonsensical plot, awful acting, etc. and then put in great characters from a great movie, let's say Darth Vader, to use an over-the-top example. Then my movie would not only not be better, but it would sully an important character for everyone. Now, if I were to make the funniest movie ever, with a great story and wonderful actors, and then add Tommy Wiseau's character from Tommy Wiseau's movie The Room (by Tommy Wiseau), it would not diminish my own movie but would instead shed a positive light on TW.

Long story short: be careful with cameos.

 

[Dripping]

(Just so you know, it's "hommage", with two "m". Because va te faire foutre, that's why )

I wouldn't be too keen to see Becca used in the same role she already has in H5, actually. I think something discrete is always preferable, like maybe a PPF poster or a few lines talking about a scene from another game. But using straight-up another game's character, and especially for the narration bit which could be the very first scene your players will see, I think there are more subtle ways to pay tribute to our favorite Smuttress.

Cameos are only as great as the scene/game/movie/media whatsoever they appear in. If I was to make the shittiest turd of a movie with nonsensical plot, awful acting, etc. and then put in great characters from a great movie, let's say Darth Vader, to use an over-the-top example. Then my movie would not only not be better, but it would sully an important character for everyone. Now, if I were to make the funniest movie ever, with a great story and wonderful actors, and then add Tommy Wiseau's character from Tommy Wiseau's movie The Room (by Tommy Wiseau), it would not diminish my own movie but would instead shed a positive light on TW.

Long story short: be careful with cameos.

True, that's why I'd rather pick Thea. She'd be fun to see across several games as a

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. Just the nameless character you see walking out a store as you enter, or unnamed engineer you see soldering some circuitry in a corner of your screen, or lined up as one of the Valkyries at the edge of a medieval battlefield.
She actually already is an "extra" in Heavy Five. She speaks no lines, and you only get to see her on the RahRah path. There's no indication whatsoever that she has, or ever will have, any decisive role within any plotline, nor that we'll ever hear about her again. It's fairly probable that Notty laughed her ass off, with how her marginal character blew up in all our theorizing. Well, she DID blow up, but here, she also blew up metaphorically.

 

[Nottravis]

True, that's why I'd rather pick Thea. She'd be fun to see across several games as a

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. Just the nameless character you see walking out a store as you enter, or unnamed engineer you see soldering some circuitry in a corner of your screen, or lined up as one of the Valkyries at the edge of a medieval battlefield.
She actually already is an "extra" in Heavy Five. She speaks no lines, and you only get to see her on the RahRah path. There's no indication whatsoever that she has, or ever will have, any decisive role within any plotline, nor that we'll ever hear about her again. It's fairly probable that Notty laughed her ass off, with how her marginal character blew up in all our theorizing. Well, she DID blow up, but here, she also blew up metaphorically.

*smiles slowly...*

 

[Akamari]

She actually already is an "extra" in Heavy Five. She speaks no lines, and you only get to see her on the RahRah path. There's no indication whatsoever that she has, or ever will have, any decisive role within any plotline, nor that we'll ever hear about her again. It's fairly probable that Notty laughed her ass off, with how her marginal character blew up in all our theorizing. Well, she DID blow up, but here, she also blew up metaphorically.

Well, if that helps you sleep at night...

 

[noname777]

Nottravis
Any chance for a public update anytime soon? Just asking.

 

[DA22]

*reads up*

I swear I did Bored Pilot before any of this...*pinkie swears!*

Sure and you are incapable of changing anything on the fly if you wish to. For some weird reason I do believe you this time though.

noname777 The latest version is already on this site and Notty is already working as hard as she can and her computer allows on Chapter 4. It will be here when it is ready and a Pirate decides to share it or the version becomes public when chapter 5 is released. No earlier and no later.

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

(Just so you know, it's "hommage", with two "m". Because va te faire foutre, that's why )

Not the way my character says it! And the same to you sir!

 

[Huitieme]

Not the way my character says it! And the same to you sir!

Then you're caractère iz wrong! Typos are absolutely French

 

[Akamari]

noname777 The latest version is already on this site and Notty is already working as hard as she can and her computer allows on Chapter 4. It will be here when it is ready and a Pirate decides to share it or the version becomes public when chapter 5 is released. No earlier and no later.

Actually, he means public version of Chapter 2.

Public release of Chapter Two will be after Chapter Three is released to Patrons. (note I need to check Patreon's terms and conditions as Two gets a bit naughty so might have to be behind a $1 wall. Will advise)

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Really? I thought he was refering to a news update. Since chapter 3 is already here.

 

[Goblin Baily: DILF]

Notty, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...

You could have kept the story in a drawer and pretend it's not there but you didn't

 

[Akamari]

Really? I thought he was refering to a news update. Since chapter 3 is already here.

Yes, he had asked before. Apparently, he wouldn't play a pirated version.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Yes, he had asked before. Apparently, he wouldn't play a pirated version.

Curious...

 

[Huitieme]

Curious...

Well, not all of us are lawless pirates.

 

[PJWhoopie]

Sorry I am late getting to this. But I have been thinking abut it on and off throughout the day (since I read it this morning) and have wanted to reply.

Which character has made the most impact on you guys so far?

Chris’ character, to me (or at least my play through) is the key stone character, and for all intents and purposes, the real MC. while the dom/sub thing isn't (necessarily) my "cup of tea", regardless, Sarah is the hors d'oeuvre/starter, Chris is the mains/Main Course.

Y'see all the content is designed in a way, or at least the best way I can given I'm a novice, that the player gets the game they want.

Some of it will absolutely not be to people's tastes. Some of it will. And yet, I now wonder (again) as per the example above if peeps will end up seeing content they don't actually like (and indeed might put them off playing) just to see it all?

*might have screwed up?*

You might have screwed up...

For me, (and i do not want to unleash a cavalcade of sycophantic ire) I don't want you to make a game based on what you think I ( or anyone else for that matter) "might like". I want to play your game the way you made it for you... and if that is not what this is, then I think you screwed up.

I really like the game (so far) but right now, it is more than "just" a game. It is a community of folks that are getting together to cheer you and each other, on. This is your first game, and like somebody's first novel, or first song, I am more than half interested because we are getting to see what makes you tick.

The game is kind of like inviting us over to take a peek in your room.... look in your closets, check out your cds, books, movies.... but as an adult game, we also get to check under your bed and look in the drawers of your nightstand.

We will never meet, and the anonymity is kind of refreshing. And should be a bit liberating in a way as a game developer.

I am not going to lie.. I have been attracted to your game "partly" because you are a female developer and that is pretty rare (not rocking horse shit rare... but rare). So many of the adult games that I have downloaded and played (from this site) are male developed and male targeted games. It makes me scratch my head sometimes (and I am a male) because," gee... look, ANOTHER game about an 18 year old high school student that will inevitably peek in on someone taking a shower, sleep with his mother and sister, and somehow work in the same clothing store, same gym, and same classroom that I have seen ad nauseam".

So I am basking in this breath of fresh air that is the game you call "Heavy Five" and at the same time getting to peek around your room with a lot of cool folks (forum members) that I would absolutely LOVE to hang out with (real world) and who are now going to eviscerate me for saying so.

Commense.

 

[DA22]

For me, (and i do not want to unleash a cavalcade of sycophantic ire) I don't want you to make a game based on what you think I ( or anyone else for that matter) "might like". I want to play your game the way you made it for you... and if that is not what this is, then I think you screwed up.

Basically what you said.

 

[Huitieme]

Sorry I am late getting to this. But I have been thinking abut it on and off throughout the day (since I read it this morning) and have wanted to reply.


Chris’ character, to me (or at least my play through) is the key stone character, and for all intents and purposes, the real MC. while the dom/sub thing isn't (necessarily) my "cup of tea", regardless, Sarah is the hors d'oeuvre/starter, Chris is the mains/Main Course.

So, what you mean is that Annie is the severely alcoholized dessert? I'm okay with that

You might have screwed up...

For me, (and i do not want to unleash a cavalcade of sycophantic ire) I don't want you to make a game based on what you think I ( or anyone else for that matter) "might like". I want to play your game the way you made it for you... and if that is not what this is, then I think you screwed up.

I really like the game (so far) but right now, it is more than "just" a game. It is a community of folks that are getting together to cheer you and each other, on. This is your first game, and like somebody's first novel, or first song, I am more than half interested because we are getting to see what makes you tick.

The game is kind of like inviting us over to take a peek in your room.... look in your closets, check out your cds, books, movies.... but as an adult game, we also get to check under your bed and look in the drawers of your nightstand.

We will never meet, and the anonymity is kind of refreshing. And should be a bit liberating in a way as a game developer.

I am not going to lie.. I have been attracted to your game "partly" because you are a female developer and that is pretty rare (not rocking horse shit rare... but rare). So many of the adult games that I have downloaded and played (from this site) are male developed and male targeted games. It makes me scratch my head sometimes (and I am a male) because," gee... look, ANOTHER game about an 18 year old high school student that will inevitably peek in on someone taking a shower, sleep with his mother and sister, and and somehow work into the same clothing store, same gym, and same classroom that I have seen ad nauseam".

So I am basking in this breath of fresh air that is the game you call "Heavy Five" and at the same time getting to peek around your room with a lot of cool folks (forum members) that I would absolutely LOVE to hang out with (real world) and who are now going to eviscerate me for saying so.

Commense.

All of this, except the part about guys making games for guys. If your game is about an 18 years old arsehole spying on his family taking a shower, the issue is not about you being a male. It's about you being a talentless hack. Simple as that.

Fortunately, Notty is neither male, nor talentless, nor a hack. She's a talentful smutty female. She is love. She is life. She *is innocent*

 

[Akamari]

Fortunately, Notty is neither male, nor talentless, nor a hack. She's a talentful smutty female. She is love. She is life. She *is innocent*

Signed. Notty's the most talented dev I've seen. Innocent of all the major flaws others put on display in their games.