Ren'Py Abandoned Highschool Rosewood [v0.358] [Arpibald]

[Arpibald]

Hey Throwawaay22 , there's a Library in the game where you can find a book that increase your Lockpicking skill and then the minigame changes it's speed to be slower and less required correct hits. You can reach the Library with UBER, it's one of your Phone Apps, just unlock it and order a lift.

 

[dark_dragon7]

Hey dark_dragon7 , yeah the game already has a female dom character called Mary, I plan to add lot of elements regarding to that topic.

so there is only 1 dom girl at the moment? thanks but that means avoid the other girls haha okey i will download and meet mary thanks for answering

 

[Throwawaay22]

Ah I see, I do have a task to go to the library too, just happened to go for this one first. And stubbornly kept trying the lockpick 'till I finally got it. And yeah the 2nd door after wasn't too bad at all, just the first one with no skill was a pain. Arpibald

 

[Josh Spicer]

It's not like Vault is giving us any good or relevant Pinewood content so I'm all for this.

 

[Arpibald]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Glad you try it out. Have fun, and share your critics and/or opinion about it.

 

[mnbvc]

Art is good, seems almost stolen from camp pinewood though, honest will let it slide as that dev does not seem to release any more and when he does the content is a tea spoon worth.

The gameplay is boring and overly repetitive. An endless loop of, wake up drink - eat - pee - shower - job. With 5 load screen between each one and each one, take has a 10-second load animation.

Mini-games have clearly not been played by the dev. They are mainly QTEs but don't use standard keys, it seems to just randomly choose any key on the keyboard. It is rage-inducing to try and press a key within one second, then have one second to press a key way out of reach of either hand. There is a reason games stick to QWER, WASD or UP, Down, Left, right for QTEs.


EDIT: This is largely fixed by playing on the new easy mode. The new update also make the game 100 x more responsive.

 

[Thanna]

Did you plan a Android port it's sucks so hard when the pc is broken with short circuit and only the grafikart survive hahaha.

 

[dark_dragon7]

how do i save in the game?

 

[PeacefulHermit]

I like the premise of the game since you included my fave characters (Kim and Gwen and I would suggest adding Starfire and Ann Possible in the future)and coincidentally I'm looking for a camp pinewood replacement during the past week (because that game's development is all over the place). Gameplay is good especially the mechanics are well thought off my only issue is the art of nsfw scenes being too similar to camp pinewood. I included this game to my watch list since it has the potential to be something great in the future. Goodluck!

 

[Arpibald]

gshaxmyuc and user84 , I heard you guys, the next update I will reduce hunger/thirst/hygiene level decreasing, and add an option in the phone to toggle PIN, so you guys don't have to retype everytime!

PeacefulHermit , I definitely add Starfire and Ann as well!

Thanna yes, we have an Android version but it's only available on our Discord.

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mnbvc I played the minigames dude, I play osu! very often, it's not hard to pick the lock, but if you struggle with it, find the book in the Library which changes the mechanic of the minigame Also if you have any more idea or opinion feel free to join our Discord and share with us please! You're welcome to join!

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[yihman1]

I like the concept of this game. I like the story and artwork. In theory, this is an awesome game, but in practice, it is one of the worst games I Have ever played... It either a troll game made to fuck with people, or the developer thinks that "Boring Grind" is fun.

The mechanics are as terrible as the grind.

First off it's put into a launcher. So, you download it quickly as it's only about 10 MB, but then take like 20 minutes before it's installed... Fair enough.

Start of the game they give you a "tutorial" where they throw all this information and shit at you. It's a free roam and all that...

Okay so you got a phone to use, but here is the thing. You must punch in a password every time you open the phone.

Then there is a trash can... you must punch in the exact item name to throw it out, and it's case sensitive, and if you don't want to throw anything out and accidentally clicked it you must type "leave".

It's a free roam game where you walk around, and they put in an "anti cheater" feature so if you faint more than once a week you are not allowed to.

Your hygiene goes down fast, and so does your food and water and toilet use goes up fast... by the way they put a fucking LOADING BAR at each time you take a shower. So it's like "washing..." for 30 seconds and you get to enjoy watching a loading bar.

It's practically unplayable.

The grind needs to be softened up, and an "Easy mode" needs to be added or someone to mod it so your food and drink and hygiene and all that shit stays in the good.

It's a combination of a lot of bad tropes...

"Russian Grind"
"Banality Simulator"
"Empty Sandbox"

You gotta hit the "leave" button at the top, and the way you move your character around from room to room is strange. Also it has loading screens for going from one room to another for some reason?

 

[Arpibald]

Hey yihman1 thanks for sharing your opinion I already added a Toggle-Pin in the Phone settings, to avoid typing everytime. About the trashcan I already wrote that down, I want another separated screen where the players can click on the Item but it took time to create, be patient. The loading screen will be removed, and the decreasing level of statistics will be balanced in the next version, I already got that . It's not a troll game, I just don't have the audience to get the right critics yet, now I added some stuff to my list the guys wrote down here, and I fix them as soon as possible

 

[slazy]

I like the concept of this game. I like the story and artwork. In theory, this is an awesome game, but in practice, it is one of the worst games I Have ever played... It either a troll game made to fuck with people, or the developer thinks that "Boring Grind" is fun.

The mechanics are as terrible as the grind.

First off it's put into a launcher. So, you download it quickly as it's only about 10 MB, but then take like 20 minutes before it's installed... Fair enough.

Start of the game they give you a "tutorial" where they throw all this information and shit at you. It's a free roam and all that...

Okay so you got a phone to use, but here is the thing. You must punch in a password every time you open the phone.

Then there is a trash can... you must punch in the exact item name to throw it out, and it's case sensitive, and if you don't want to throw anything out and accidentally clicked it you must type "leave".

It's a free roam game where you walk around, and they put in an "anti cheater" feature so if you faint more than once a week you are not allowed to.

Your hygiene goes down fast, and so does your food and water and toilet use goes up fast... by the way they put a fucking LOADING BAR at each time you take a shower. So it's like "washing..." for 30 seconds and you get to enjoy watching a loading bar.

It's practically unplayable.

The grind needs to be softened up, and an "Easy mode" needs to be added or someone to mod it so your food and drink and hygiene and all that shit stays in the good.

It's a combination of a lot of bad tropes...

"Russian Grind"
"Banality Simulator"
"Empty Sandbox"

You gotta hit the "leave" button at the top, and the way you move your character around from room to room is strange. Also it has loading screens for going from one room to another for some reason?

I agree with this. The anti cheater is the most annoying one. You're not able to fast foward the game. That's one of the worse. Boring grind is not everyone's food. Some would love to just do it fast. You're making a porn game not a game that'll get an award of the year kind of game. They should remove this feature . It's not for everyone

 

[Arpibald]

Hey slazy thanks for commenting, I heard what you guys said, I'll definitely look after these stuff as soon as possible!

 

[PeacefulHermit]

Since it's still in early development I would like to add my feedback as well because I forgot to add most of them in my previous comment.
First is loading screens. This is a sandbox game meaning players will explore a lot. it might not be convenient at first but you got to think of what the end user will feel once he have to experience it for 10 or 15 more times it will inevitably add up to a lot of wasted minutes of gameplay making them impatient and irritated ruining the overall game experience. I just don't want to see another Yandere Dev spaghetti code situation so optimizing code while it's still in early development is important and highly suggested.

Second is big props to for the innovative concept of using a launcher. It's just not the norm here so it might take a while for frequent users to get used to it.

Third is you might want to tone the survival mechanics a bit. I understand the concept of making it a realistic sandbox game but keep in mind that people came here expecting NSFW scenes with x character rather than constantly worrying that their hygiene meter goes down fast with few interactions

Fourth is a minor gripe but will you please add the options settings in the pause menu?
I would like to change text speed as well but I can't find the means to do so in options settings.
That's all and once again goodluck on development.

 

[Arpibald]

I heard you PeacefulHermit , there's a lot of stuff to needs to be fixed! I add more and more stuff to my TODO List you guys wrote here, and I will fix all of them as soon as possible! Thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you commented!

EDIT: I added already 3 LINKs with the raw .ZIP so you don't have to use the Launcher if you don't want to...

 

[Pmmesoles]

I like the art a lot but similar concerns with other people of the game forcing a grindy playstyle instead of having an option to bypass the grind, also it seems like i cant fast open menu with RMB? is that to reinforce the idea of the phone(maybe we could disable the mundane task of the unlock?)

All in all the game has really good art and good enough writing but theres clear decisions here to make the game sustainable as a VN without the porn being a main contributor. Still i wish there was a way to have my cake and eat it too with an easy to play porn VN with little grind.

 

[Arpibald]

Hey PMFootGames , thanks for your comment! I know there's a lot of stuff that I have to fix.. but I'm not sure I understand the second part you wrote. :/

 

[Pmmesoles]

I was saying it seems to me you made the decisions with the grind and such so the game would still be fun to play if you play the censored version, but if i just kind of want the porn + story and not so much the grind i dont have that option

 

[HBKTheIcon69]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Glad you try it out. Have fun, and share your critics and/or opinion about it.

For the tag marking lesbian content as I notice this is another game with male getting footjob from female character however the concept is the equal content for female sucking on toes of female during lesbian scenes...is that implemented yet?