VN Ren'Py Hillside [v0.15.1] [DarkBlue]

[ImperialD]

How does someone loose their time? Lose it, I understand but loose? Do we need to accelerate to near light speed so time get slower for us, thus loose time?

would not loosing time mean faster than light travel

 

[6pak2go]

My MC is ready to burn down the whole town...

Spoiler: Burn it Down

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[jllkfsdj]

which isn't important to the people that stick around and love this game. But yeah if sex is important people should go look for something else

What IS important to us is the story actually getting finished. And from author's declaration there is little hope for it, for he/she/it is giving up for health reasons (why is it always health reasons with adult game devs? xD).

 

[moovigym]

Slow Buring

 

[Dessolos]

What IS important to us is the story actually getting finished. And from author's declaration there is little hope for it, for he/she/it is giving up for health reasons (why is it always health reasons with adult game devs? xD).

yeah even tho it is a bit worrisome it's a bit too quick and early for me to worry if the dev will or will not come back it's only been a day or so since that message. So for right now I have faith and im gonna remain hopeful but for how long I don't know.

 

[Justaphase]

Loved seeing more of Charlotte, some really nice scenes but did anyone else find this update a bit lacking?
It's been over 6 months since chapter 14. I know that it's only the first half but still...it has no music or animations for the dev to spend time on, it's only renders. Guess I was just hoping for a bit more, hopefully the second half will deliver.

 

[jllkfsdj]

yeah even tho it is a bit worrisome it's a bit too quick and early for me to worry if the dev will or will not come back it's only been a day or so since that message. So for right now I have faith and im gonna remain hopeful but for how long I don't know.

Well, good for you to keep hope.

Personally I'm not really attached to this game since it's been more than half a year since last (small) update, Emma romance is progressing slower than getting US back on the Moon since the author wrote himself into a corner by making her sexually/romantically naive on the level of a child even though she's 19 and thus honestly can't really progress a romance with a FAR older man in an organic/somewhat believable way. And until this update dropped I had both forgotten about this story and given up on it being updated or at least with any significant progress in the path I'm mostly interested.

I don't think we're gonna get much more from it; the fact that we didn't even get the entire freaking update in one go is already telling enough for me, besides his explicit declaration that the game is toxic for him and he's giving up. Hell, I'm even doubtful about the second half of 0.15. If he comes back to the game, great; but I'm not holding my breath or my hopes. I would most probably simply suffocate disappointed.

I like this story, but it's not important in my life, not like it seems for some people on this board who are very passionate. I follow just 3 or maybe 4 AVNs, sadly all have authors either working really slowly to the point they cured me of passion for their work by making me indifferent or they are on the verge of giving up.

If the author returns, great, but if not, it's not I lost anything important to me.

 

[joryh]

OnlyPans?

Spoiler: So smexy!

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How lewd! \o/

 

[Rasturac]

Phew, that update more or less confirms it... DB has lost his interest in this game. If THAT is considered "love for his game" thats dissapointing.

But i guess he cant really admit it to himself and his supporters at this point that the game will not end like we all want to.

 

[jllkfsdj]

But i guess he cant really admit it to himself and his supporters at this point that the game will not end like we all want to.

He actually did admit. He literally said that the game has become toxic for him and he has to stop for health reasons and for the good of his family. The only way he could be more explicit would be to say "the development is stopped for good" and I don't think that's something he's prepared to admit to himself, though he knows that is what is going on.

 

[Dessolos]

Well, good for you to keep hope.

Personally I'm not really attached to this game since it's been more than half a year since last (small) update, Emma romance is progressing slower than getting US back on the Moon since the author wrote himself into a corner by making her sexually/romantically naive on the level of a child even though she's 19 and thus honestly can't really progress a romance with a FAR older man in an organic/somewhat believable way. And until this update dropped I had both forgotten about this story and given up on it being updated or at least with any significant progress in the path I'm mostly interested.

I don't think we're gonna get much more from it; the fact that we didn't even get the entire freaking update in one go is already telling enough for me, besides his explicit declaration that the game is toxic for him and he's giving up. Hell, I'm even doubtful about the second half of 0.15. If he comes back to the game, great; but I'm not holding my breath or my hopes. I would most probably simply suffocate disappointed.

I like this story, but it's not important in my life, not like it seems for some people on this board who are very passionate. I follow just 3 or maybe 4 AVNs, sadly all have authors either working really slowly to the point they cured me of passion for their work by making me indifferent or they are on the verge of giving up.

If the author returns, great, but if not, it's not I lost anything important to me.

fair enough yeah I have zero interest in Emma so the update before this one was great for me. Tho to be honest this game has enough content that I like where I could replay the game once in awhile even if it never gives get completed .

Tho to be honest im not to surprised this dev needs a break and isn't enjoying the creation process. Since it didn't feel like this dev took much of a break at all when they had some bad news going on in their personal life and a month didn't feel like that much time to me especially if they are thinking about the game once in awhile. If I recall correctly DB didn't even take the entire month away from development either only something like 2 weeks. Tho im sure alot of other devs dislike the creation process but do enjoy it once they start to put the pieces together. So while it is worrisome this dev saying they don't like creating the game it could be worse to me . Be different if the dev said they didn't love or like this game. Tho I also just don't like to see or think about the negative in things right away either unless it's something immediate which this isn't at least to me.

 

[XCelesX]

is the game still nothing but text with some 2 seconds sex scenes that feel like the dev was forced to do them?
This dev is blue balling us for so long now. It started as a slow burner. Now there is no fire left and I just want it to finally end. Was it a horrible game? As a porn game yes. It was boring to the point I thought I wasn't playing a game that was about sex at all. Was it a bad story? At first no, but the characters are so flat they could fit under a door, the bad guy was pretty one dimensional and it's all drama for the sake of drama. The dev should write a book and be done with the story. Why even bother to make a game that isn't even that good?

 

[ontach]

Well, good for you to keep hope.

Personally I'm not really attached to this game since it's been more than half a year since last (small) update, Emma romance is progressing slower than getting US back on the Moon since the author wrote himself into a corner by making her sexually/romantically naive on the level of a child even though she's 19 and thus honestly can't really progress a romance with a FAR older man in an organic/somewhat believable way. And until this update dropped I had both forgotten about this story and given up on it being updated or at least with any significant progress in the path I'm mostly interested.

I don't think we're gonna get much more from it; the fact that we didn't even get the entire freaking update in one go is already telling enough for me, besides his explicit declaration that the game is toxic for him and he's giving up. Hell, I'm even doubtful about the second half of 0.15. If he comes back to the game, great; but I'm not holding my breath or my hopes. I would most probably simply suffocate disappointed.

I like this story, but it's not important in my life, not like it seems for some people on this board who are very passionate. I follow just 3 or maybe 4 AVNs, sadly all have authors either working really slowly to the point they cured me of passion for their work by making me indifferent or they are on the verge of giving up.

If the author returns, great, but if not, it's not I lost anything important to me.

He wrote himself into a corner in more ways than one. I haven't played this update yet, but harem game this is not. Both Emma and Charlotte are emotionally fragile and Charlotte is not going to allow the MC to romance anyone else. Her sister is already an exclusive choice - it is her or Charlotte. Emma is definitely off limits, unless she starts 'sleepwalking' like in Corrupted Love.

 

[jllkfsdj]

I knew Charlotte was my dreamgirl. She knows.

What's with Americans going crazy about that fucking place so much this year? Was it on the news? Is it trending on X? Or did it feature in one of those tv shows about expats? I'm namely seeing it mentioned EVERYWHERE even in freaking fanfiction and honestly getting a bit sick of it. Sure, it's a beautiful place, but not THAT much, there's places just as beautiful if not more that don't get as much exposure or drool. xD

I can answer this one, because Lucy is ten times better choice than Charlotte. I don't know about the others.

Sure. If you prefer alcoholic sluts. ;-) Okay, I could've worded it better, but those were the two major issues I had with the character and that disqualified her from the race.

 

[Uthuriel]

Man... DB is a dum dum... dude could learn a lot from BD...

 

[Lerd0]

..fun read the last few pages were.....

 

[XCelesX]

Loved seeing more of Charlotte, some really nice scenes but did anyone else find this update a bit lacking?
It's been over 6 months since chapter 14. I know that it's only the first half but still...it has no music or animations for the dev to spend time on, it's only renders. Guess I was just hoping for a bit more, hopefully the second half will deliver.

The dev hates to work on the project. He said it feels toxic to him. Well he always had "something" that held him back from actually working on the game. The money he still took every single time, but the work is the toxic part.

 

[ontach]

The dev hates to work on the project. He said it feels toxic to him. Well he always had "something" that held him back from actually working on the game. The money he still took every single time, but the work is the toxic part.

I can understand his reluctance. There is only one clear path forward: MC + Charlotte; exclusive. The other potential main LIs, Lucy and Emma, are practically out of the picture at this stage. It is going to take a lot to write them back in.

 

[jllkfsdj]

He wrote himself into a corner in more ways than one. I haven't played this update yet, but harem game this is not. Both Emma and Charlotte are emotionally fragile and Charlotte is not going to allow the MC to romance anyone else. Her sister is already an exclusive choice - it is her or Charlotte. Emma is definitely off limits, unless she starts 'sleepwalking' like in Corrupted Love.

I'm glad it's not a harem game, cause harems are not my thing. I probably wouldn't have played it if it was. I loved the sensitive feminine females aspect of the story at first as opposed to masculinized women we are getting browbeat with these days in mainstream media, but it was taken to the extreme, slamming it against the outer wall of the box.

I got interested in the game originally because I was drawn to mature man/young adult woman stories at that time. But this VN turned out a more or less a dead end and waste of time, because I'm honest with myself that MC/Emma love here simply can't work because he made her too child-like. She has no clue about love or sex or romance, she is barely now AT 19 YEARS OF AGE starting to deal with puberty hormones!!! Sure, she was sheltered to the point of child abuse, BUT biology doesn't given an eff about that, which the dev clearly doesn't understand. In fact, she originally focused on MC as a potential father and is now being forced due to her child personality by the dev to change and grow up by force within a few weeks to see him as a sex partner in scenes that honestly rang really unbelievable.

Had she instead been written as a normal girl from the start, just without sexual experience and with increased maturity due to caring for her incredibly traumatised mother who was incapable of taking care of herself; it would've worked. Hell, she would've emotionally been older than her 19 and thus her acceptance of an older partner instead of immature boys of her age would've been much more realistic and natural.

The only thing the author can do now is to send Emma away to her designer gig to mature out of sight and then come back to MC ready. BUT then she wouldn't be the girl he cared for anymore since he wasn't there for the process and he would have to learn who she is now first; and she would've probably grown up in a way that would be incompatible with her former awakening feelings for him, especially with her being in a fashion business which is known for moral corruption, depravities, orgies, drugs, etc.

Charlotte has more hope, BUT the pacing is unbelievable. If she was as traumatised as we were led to believe, Charlotte would be having PTSD episodes and nervous breakdowns constantly from having a man in her house. she wouldn't get to the point of such trust and starting a relationship after just weeks, especially not without professional counseling. The affair with the blond model is the most realistic, but sadly also with the least success cause there is no emotional connection, only sex.

I never played Corrupted Love, can you please explain what you mean by that?

 

[Joshy92]

I loved the scene where the mc tickled Emma I wanted to hold and kiss her so bad.