VN Ren'Py Higher Education [v0.01.2] [Acton Belle]

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Akakarasu

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Love the art style and the location views with silhouettes to give context to the scenes. Really hoping the next update doesn't take a year, this holds a lot of promise. Would love to see some of Sam's photos, like an album or a folio, to get an idea of her art style. Could also maybe exposit a bit of background with that too.

For example: Pat back in the old city, mom and/or dad doing parenty things (candidly ofc), maybe some landscapes to get an idea of if they come from a small town or big city, maybe Sam took many of the HS yearbook photos? All just ideas, feel free to use or discard any as you see fit. Keep it up AB!
 

ActonBelle

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Jun 18, 2023
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Are those stats also affecting the overall story arc or are sub/dom stats seperate for each of the NPCs and won´t affect anything else?
They're primarily for each character. Their total sum affects Sam's treatment of the "grey" characters or may give some alternate lines in special situations. For example, in this release it can unlock extra lines in Brian's lust-dom route. The overall story will be more affected by what you choose Sam to do and who she spends her time with.

P.S. There is a stat twist with Mary.
Thanks for pointing that out. I will fix it in the next update.

Would love to see some of Sam's photos, like an album or a folio, to get an idea of her art style.
Hm, yeah, for now, you can only see the childhood pictures of Sam with Pat and her parents' wedding photo (that were shown on the train ride in the beginning) in the stat page when you have stats hidden. I have planned a route where she takes pictures in the town later (with which she would start building a new portfolio), but I didn't intend to expand on her past, focusing more on what she does currently. But I can throw some tidbits here and there to flesh her out a bit more.

I hope MC and Yvette start chatting and hanging out with each other and Yvette will be featured on the stats page too!
Sam and Yvette will for sure get to spend more time together in the future, as I meant for Yvette to become Sam's new best friend, but purely platonic (no stats - no scenes). Though I could be persuaded. However, that would happen much, much later in the story anyway.

I hope we don´t get blueballed for too long any more.
When I first started working on HE, I wanted to take the sex scenes slow in the beginning and maintain some sort of "realism", as Sam's a reserved virgin. But I'm not so sure about that now. Rather than romance, I'd like to work on something more exciting myself, too. The next update should have some more explicit scenes with Gina.
 

Buletti

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When I first started working on HE, I wanted to take the sex scenes slow in the beginning and maintain some sort of "realism", as Sam's a reserved virgin.
I sure understand the idea behind that and I am okay with that.

But in that case in order to keep people interested now you would have to alter your update schedule.

I will not commit to a story now when I can expect to have the 1st kinky scene in 1,5 years because either the size of the updates seems not substantial enough or the time between updates is too long.

Please don't get me wrong. The start so far is among my favourite VNs on this page at the moment. So I really wish this to get an Epic story with deep characters and a lot of sub/Dom content.

I wish you all the luck and strength required for that.

Cheers to you!
 
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reandis

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When I first started working on HE, I wanted to take the sex scenes slow in the beginning and maintain some sort of "realism", as Sam's a reserved virgin. But I'm not so sure about that now. Rather than romance, I'd like to work on something more exciting myself, too. The next update should have some more explicit scenes with Gina.
I maybe in the minority but i actually prefer the slower pace to sexual encounters. It allows me to immerse myself into the story a lot more easily and gives the relationships actual impact imo. If the MC is just fucking everything left and right right away then I feel like I might as well open up a porno instead of playing a game lol
 

Buletti

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I maybe in the minority but i actually prefer the slower pace to sexual encounters. It allows me to immerse myself into the story a lot more easily and gives the relationships actual impact imo. If the MC is just fucking everything left and right right away then I feel like I might as well open up a porno instead of playing a game lol
But that does not mean we get nothing. At least a masturbating scene or a longer shower peeping scene that does not get cut short.

Just some sort of action would be good for an AVN. Otherwise it is just a College story people outside of the US have no connection to.

I get that there has to be a buildup. But then the scene also should be man meaningful. Not just 2 renders and then it is over.

Well, everything so far is great here. I Just hope development speed will pick up and is fairly consistent.

Cheers!
 

damnedfrog

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Nov 11, 2020
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Hi ActonBelle.
I just play your game.

And for a first game, I'm amazed by the work and originality you put in it!
The original art (I have nothing against DAZ, but it's a fresh air to see a game not made with that kind of tool).
The attention to details. Like the jackets they wear over their shoulders during the train trip, but which they then tied around their waists once inside the building.
The scene view with the moving little colorful silhouettes.
The UI, like the settings page you have completely redesigned. And with more options than the default, like the dialog opacity slider. The UI really feel and look like if Sam write/draw it.

Also, I'm a sucker for female MC with a pure lesbian route available game. And for what I understand, it's the case in your game, depending of our choices. So another big plus for me.
I don't mind at all that Sam can have interaction with male characters. As long as it doesn't involve sexual ones. In fact I hope we can have some friendship relation with some of them, like Brian. Perhaps he can introduce Sam to the world of RPGs?

I have some questions
  1. Is it me, or every polite choices imply Sam is submissive? I find a bit odd that initiate a normal social relation like greeting someone when you meet them mean you are submissive to them. In fact it's the only thing I didn't like in your game. I can't get what dialog choice will increase what attribute. So I generally try each to see. Perhaps it's because English isn't my first language and I don't perceive some subtle hints, but it feel random for me.
  2. Does the dominant/submissive will have a lot of impact? I know I must be in minority, but I'm not a great fan of dominant/submissive relation. Above all if it's implied harassment, humiliation, sadism, rape and other heavy kinks like that.
  3. Does the transwoman is pre-op or has she totally transitioned?
  4. There is no harem tag, so what happen if we pursue more than one LI?

A few suggestions (of course you can do anything you want with them)
  1. In the NPC list page, could you add the name of the characters we know below there little drawn heads. I know we can get it by clicking on the drawing, but I find it will be more convenient to have them right in the page. By the way I like how you make that notepad.
  2. Adding a few more saves by save page. Perhaps another row of 3, for a total of 9 saves per page.
  3. Adding the possibility to name save.
  4. This one is a highly personal taste, but having the choice for Sam to be unshaven or at least trimmed but not bare shaved. I know pubic hairs aren't so trendy nowadays. And also that it will required more work from you. But in addition to my personal preferences, it seems to me that it fit more for a girl like Sam to keep some pubic hairs.
 

damnedfrog

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Sam and Yvette will for sure get to spend more time together in the future, as I meant for Yvette to become Sam's new best friend, but purely platonic (no stats - no scenes). Though I could be persuaded. However, that would happen much, much later in the story anyway.
OK, what it will take for persuade you?
:)
 
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