Ren'Py Hero Party Must Fall [v0.5.3] [Nitrolith]

[Lewyn Collins]

No, not big. It's going to be a smaller than usual story update. Like I communicated on discord and patreon this update is going to tie some loose ends and setup the stage for phase 2 of the story.
The main highlight will be an H scene with Cecille, similar in style to Elena's last H scene.

It won't come out at the end of the month because I had to draw some extra CGs (One is a timelapse with many variations) and some scenes were extended in length. But it should be soonish.

So this 0.4 version is still the super buggy game I played at the beggining of the month? Should I wait and just play the version you're uploading in a while?

 

[nitrolith]

So this 0.4 version is still the super buggy game I played at the beggining of the month? Should I wait and just play the version you're uploading in a while?

Yeah, might as well wait for the new v0.4.

 

[KSmato]

double press mouse1 broke my save Xd

 

[dara122]

Yeah, might as well wait for the new v0.4.

Nitro, I have a doubt based on the 0.4 that you uploaded previously... will the new version 0.4 expand the story from the end of 0.36?

 

[Dadidares]

a question when the dungeons will be used and there will be more minigames

 

[Alandir]

Nitro, I have a doubt based on the 0.4 that you uploaded previously... will the new version 0.4 expand the story from the end of 0.36?

The ner version 0.4 will contain the reunion of Mars and Elena with the rest of the party along with a sex scene with Cecille.

 

[mrttao]

What's the difference? what visual change caused her to become a prostitute?
With Sera I actually traced over her old standing image. The main change is her skin tone and lipstick. I was experimenting with purple because in some CGs it worked. I'll probably go back to dark brown like it used to be at first.

I'll probably go with this for now:

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Sera is such a good girl.

 

[mazzjazz]

kinda wish the MC didn't look so stereotypically like a NTR guy, get what i mean? like having the skin colour of some one with vitamin deficiency or skin disease is my main problem otherwise it seems like a fun game. playing 0.36

 

[hecom]

Please nitrolith do not forget the corruption H-minigame, it's what makes this game great.

 

[nitrolith]

Mars is not black. He's originally quite pale, all demons of noble heritage are white since they live underground.
Canonically, Mars tanned his skin because he would rather be mistaken for a lowborn human, than a noble human. It helps him fit in better in the more populous cities, even though his height makes him stand out easily.

Mars is that color, because the game originally was supposed to be a NTR legend ripoff.
But as I was writing the story, I included that subversion.

Also, the BBC thing is totally a western thing that is now influencing some japanese artists due to twitter and fan commissions.
The standard Japanese NTR guy is the ugly bastard or the tanned playboy. Mars mimics the second form obviously.
I honestly only care about Japanese tropes, and mimicking Japanese games/VNs that I enjoyed.

The tanned playboy is tanned because it implies that he spends time outside hitting on girls. This is why in doujins they're often put in beach scenes.

 

[mrttao]

Well, Mars is not black. He's originally quite pale, all demons of noble heritage are white since they live underground.
Canonically, Mars tanned his skin because he would rather be mistaken for a lowborn human, than a noble human. It helps him fit in better in the more populous cities, even though his height makes him stand out easily.

This is never mentioned in the game.
If we actually saw mars "disguising" himself like that it would certainly re-contextualize things.
it would also excuse the inconsistent appearance on mars. that is just his disguise slipping on occasion.
... although at that point you would probably get accusations of blackface.

 

[nitrolith]

This is never mentioned in the game.
If we actually saw mars "disguising" himself like that it would certainly re-contextualize things.
it would also excuse the inconsistent appearance on mars. that is just his disguise slipping on occasion.
... although at that point you would probably get accusations of blackface.

Yeah, it's not mentioned in the game yet. I guess it's a spoiler. But I don't consider it a big revelation or anything like that.

I'm not Japanese, my intended audience are people familiar with Japanese H games. Mainly because that's what I consumed and that's what I understand. If it also appeals to some people who aren't familiar with Japanese games, then that's great. Works for me.

Using weebspeak is cringe unless the game is set in Japan. The events in the game take place on a planet different than Earth entirely. And the events are set in NotMedieval europe given the characters' European names. This aspect will be explained as the story progresses as well.

Honestly, I thought "Hero Party" is enough to make the player think this is inspired by Japanese media but maybe I'm wrong.
But really, the entire game is constructed from Japanese tropes and scenes from Japanese H games/VNs, but rearranged and executed in my own style.

 

[kinglionheart]

Yeah, it's not mentioned in the game yet. I guess it's a spoiler. But I don't consider it a big revelation or anything like that.

I'm not Japanese, my intended audience are people familiar with Japanese H games. Mainly because that's what I consumed and that's what I understand. If it also appeals to some people who aren't familiar with Japanese games, then that's great. Works for me.

Using weebspeak is cringe unless the game is set in Japan. The events in the game take place on a planet different than Earth entirely. And the events are set in NotMedieval europe given the characters' European names. This aspect will be explained as the story progresses as well.

Honestly, I thought "Hero Party" is enough to make the player think this is inspired by Japanese media but maybe I'm wrong.
But really, the entire game is constructed from Japanese tropes and scenes from Japanese H games/VNs, but rearranged and executed in my own style.

Thanks for the spoilers. Nice to see there is a reason for the stereotypical NTR guy look other than being what a NTR guy usually looks like. Using certain Anime and H-Game tropes is fine but giving good reasons for their existence in the story is great.

 

[mrttao]

eah, it's not mentioned in the game yet. I guess it's a spoiler. But I don't consider it a big revelation or anything like that.

How would it be a spoiler? It is something that happened just before the game started, and MC knows it IC.
Only the player is unaware of it for some reason

Using weebspeak is cringe unless the game is set in Japan. The events in the game take place on a planet different than Earth entirely. And the events are set in NotMedieval europe given the characters' European names. This aspect will be explained as the story progresses as well.

Yes, it is cringe.
but you need some way to communicate to the viewer that this is meant to be a japanese game and should be viewed as such

 

[Mommysbuttslut]

Yes, it is cringe.
but you need some way to communicate to the viewer that this is meant to be a japanese game and should be viewed as such

Anybody even remotely familiar with Japanese NTR/netori games is going to immediately recognize what this is inspired by. Even if you aren't that familiar with them Mars is such a typical Japanese NTR surfer dude it really should be pretty apparent at just a glance.

 

[mrttao]

Anybody even remotely familiar with Japanese NTR/netori games is going to immediately recognize what this is inspired by. Even if you aren't that familiar with them Mars is such a typical Japanese NTR surfer dude it really should be pretty apparent at just a glance.

it is an english game by a western dev for a western audience, with zero weebness, and the trope in question looks exactly the same as a very common western porn trope.

 

[Mommysbuttslut]

it is an english game by a western dev for a western audience, with zero weebness, and the trope in question looks exactly the same as a very common western porn trope.

It seemed pretty damn obvious from the first time I played through that this was based on Japanese NTR games. Unless you're completely unfamiliar with those games I can't see how someone wouldn't pick that up.
Mars doesn't look like a BBC bull, he looks like a surfer dude delinquent bull. It's not just skin tone, it's his hair and body type and too. He looks like a ripped male gyaru.

 

[jack koff]

it is an english game by a western dev for a western audience, with zero weebness, and the trope in question looks exactly the same as a very common western porn trope.

If this hurts you this much, I may have two solutions.

1. Take mars and edit him to your liking so he can't make you cry
2. Stop watching this forum or go do something better than complain about the skin complexion of a MC

 

[c4145317]

I now have a fetish for hearts drawn on asses. This is going to be horribly difficult to satisfy.

 

[infiniteduress]

I now have a fetish for hearts drawn on asses. This is going to be horribly difficult to satisfy.

Theres some faces, dicks, and a cat drawn on an ass. Does that count?