VN Ren'Py Hillside [v0.15 First Half] [DarkBlue]

[Raminita]

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Hi, guys.
First of all, I want to let you know that I will be going away on holiday from 3rd to the 10th of June. I didn't manage to get away anywhere last year, so I'm looking forward to a change of scenery. As a result, I won't be posting a weekly report during that week , but I will try to post a wallpaper or something instead so you don't forget about me while I'm gone.
On to this week, I completed the three teaser images for v0.14, and I have also written the story for it. However, I won't be focusing on creating new content for v0.14 for some time now as I concentrate on fixing existing issues and reworking a few things.
One of those issues is the lack of choices in recent updates. Over time, the number of player choices has gradually decreased, transforming the experience into more of a kinetic novel. Therefore, for the remainder of this week, I've been working to add more choices where they are lacking and to make them meaningful.
Thanks for your support,
DB​

 

[Tulrek]

I have to say I was really surprised when I first played this and Zak was killed relatively early
I thought he would hang around like a bad smell.

I have to say that

Spoiler: The stalker

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[Jarulf]

Zak was just a wannabe baddie, awful as he was. The real monsters are still out there.

 

[yossa999]

I have to say that

Spoiler: The stalker

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Well, it seems that he was so confident in his irresistibility and uniqueness that the idea that someone could turn him down simply did not cross his mind. Arrogance + short temper = dead Zak.

 

[markel1000]

I have to say that

Spoiler: The stalker

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Facts he seems well calculated but one tiny bit of adversity he folded so damn fast

 

[Yaaai]

Emma can be LI? For some reason, she's trying to marry me to Charlotte..

 

[shitass1001]

Emma can be LI? For some reason, she's trying to marry me to Charlotte..

its been answered before, but yes, emma will be an LI. probably gonna be one of the last routes if I had to guess

 

[GayLord Jesus]

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Hi, guys.
First of all, I want to let you know that I will be going away on holiday from 3rd to the 10th of June. I didn't manage to get away anywhere last year, so I'm looking forward to a change of scenery. As a result, I won't be posting a weekly report during that week , but I will try to post a wallpaper or something instead so you don't forget about me while I'm gone.
On to this week, I completed the three teaser images for v0.14, and I have also written the story for it. However, I won't be focusing on creating new content for v0.14 for some time now as I concentrate on fixing existing issues and reworking a few things.
One of those issues is the lack of choices in recent updates. Over time, the number of player choices has gradually decreased, transforming the experience into more of a kinetic novel. Therefore, for the remainder of this week, I've been working to add more choices where they are lacking and to make them meaningful.
Thanks for your support,
DB​

These holidays and paradise vacations are the most troubling news, for me at least .

We're still waiting for another reluctant vacationer to get back into development. And I personally remember (my all time favorite game developer, - Chains of Pleasure.) another dev who went on a new years vacation to 2019 China to never resurface ever again.

 

[HillsideVN]

These holidays and paradise vacations are the most troubling news, for me at least .

We're still waiting for another reluctant vacationer to get back into development. And I personally remember (my all time favorite game developer, - Chains of Pleasure.) another dev who went on a new years vacation to 2019 China to never resurface ever again.

Be not troubled, Gaylord, for I will travel a mere two hundred miles via motor vehicle and shall surely return in but one week. Hopefully, refreshed, renewed, and reinvigorated.

For me, the likelihood of being kidnapped by the CCP is extremely low.

 

[KoGa3]

...For me, the likelihood of being kidnapped by the CCP is extremely low.

Probably. But do watch out for your "Andrew" stalker!

 

[Joshy92]

When the dev says he is adding more choices does he mean in the next few updates or is he going back to add more choices
to earlier parts of the game?

 

[Abhai]

When the dev says he is adding more choices does he mean in the next few updates or is he going back to add more choices
to earlier parts of the game?

in the next episode/s ofc.

 

[HillsideVN]

When the dev says he is adding more choices does he mean in the next few updates or is he going back to add more choices
to earlier parts of the game?

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant adding them to earlier parts of the game, particularly the last few releases before the latest one. V0.12, for example, only had two choices and they were only available on certain paths.

 

[macacosss]

will we need to start all over because of those new choices?

 

[Abhai]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant adding them to earlier parts of the game, particularly the last few releases before the latest one. V0.12, for example, only had two choices and they were only available on certain paths.

so, rework then?

 

[HillsideVN]

will we need to start all over because of those new choices?

I'm going to do everything I can to avoid having to start a new game.

 

[HillsideVN]

so, rework then?

Yes.

 

[Abhai]

I'm going to do everything I can to avoid having to start a new game.

if your plans are to add more branching, choices, changed variables etc...there is close to zero chance it could be doable without making old saves unplayable (and without adding new renders, scenes and everything needed in that case).
if i might suggest it - much better would be to add a few additional choices in the new episodes instead.

 

[jaw1986baby]

if your plans are to add more branching, choices, changed variables etc...there is close to zero chance it could be doable without making old saves unplayable (and without adding new renders, scenes and everything needed in that case).
if i might suggest it - much better would be to add a few additional choices in the new episodes instead.

Depends

If the choices set or alter variables then it is more likely but you can still load into a dialogue asking how you want to have those choices.

But if the choices just add flavor dialogue and possibly some render or two with no carry over variable then it would not break the save.

So that is what needs to be determined by DB
If you want to add or alter variables you will have to code the dialogue to pop up asking about the missed choices.

 

[Abhai]

Depends

If the choices set or alter variables then it is more likely but you can still load into a dialogue asking how you want to have those choices.

But if the choices just add flavor dialogue and possibly some render or two with no carry over variable then it would not break the save.

So that is what needs to be determined by DB
If you want to add or alter variables you will have to code the dialogue to pop up asking about the missed choices.

based on his thoughts here, an intention isnt to add just a flavor dialogues, yet to put more meaningful choices.
we can only wait and see how it all will turn out to be.