Ren'Py Holiday Island [v0.4.1.0] [darkhound1]

[PhantomStranger]

Honestly, the latest reviews are pissing me off!
Can the morons who whine about no sex and too little content at least try to play the game for more than 5 minutes?

Please don't listen to the stupid trolls.
Your game has some of the best graphics around, TONS of content and a great variety of things to do even for sandbox games.
Holiday Island has been in my top games list for years now, and every new update never fails to remember me why.

Just let the morons be and keep up!

 

[Cedo0099]

Speaking about review, you got all types... good well redacted and some light or even laughable. The most funny i read are those who do a good review and fail about the rating itself because they are fans... I read the review they make and i will rate the game 3 or 4 stars and they rate it 5 and i'm: WTF!!!

 

[Spurrea]

Best.Game.Ever!

 

[Bantry]

Warning:
There is no sex in this game!





Also, there is no anal, bestiality, incest or any other over-the-top kinks. None will be added. You do NOT have to play the game. Just move on.



For all of you getting crashes immediately, be they resolution or mod errors; Download and READ the Companion Guide. All your problems are covered along with proper installation of the game and the mod.

 

[shinomond]

Are there any names that have Easter Eggs? Started over and tried a few like Daddy and Son and gave the game a new meaning.

 

[Randeza]

i can understand some of the reviews, when i played the game i had to constantly switch out companions and the one's i pickt at the beginning with had no content.

 

[SiJa]

Are there any names that have Easter Eggs? Started over and tried a few like Daddy and Son and gave the game a new meaning.

I am sure there are lots of Words/Names you can use for your name in the game that makes the dialogue more funny.
Enjoy trying out, and let us know the best ones

 

[ILI42]

Update: talking about Developer Option playing this on Android. Got my blue tooth keyboard/mouse yesterday. It's pretty Hit Shift + O. Nope. Apparently it's not enabled and won't be. I found an .apk viewer program and the file needed to enable the console is not there.

find the directory named "game" and try to add the following file

https://f95zone.to/threads/enabling-developer-command-consoles-in-renpy.113/#post-110921

 

[Bantry]

i can understand some of the reviews, when i played the game i had to constantly switch out companions and the one's i pickt at the beginning with had no content.

Valid point, however, as the game has evolved and developed, the early scenes have been completely re-done so that a player now knows which of three tiers the girls fall into. You want lots of content and achievements? Pick Tier 1 girls.

 

[vodka581996]

I don't get it .
Why you need infirmary when you already have doctor office ?

 

[Bantry]

I don't get it .
Why you need infirmary when you already have doctor office ?

Not sure what you mean. Have you found another location to visit on the island? Infirmary and Doctor's Office are synonymous or interchangeable.

 

[SiJa]

i can understand some of the reviews, when i played the game i had to constantly switch out companions and the one's i pickt at the beginning with had no content.

Valid point, however, as the game has evolved and developed, the early scenes have been completely re-done so that a player now knows which of three tiers the girls fall into. You want lots of content and achievements? Pick Tier 1 girls.

Also to say a girl has no content is misleading.
The lowest Guest (not staff/special character) is Lacey who has 22 events/scenes/achievments.
All the rest somewhere in the middle with Amy being the most at 87 (due to being Tier 1 and popular)

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[Randeza]

Valid point, however, as the game has evolved and developed, the early scenes have been completely re-done so that a player now knows which of three tiers the girls fall into. You want lots of content and achievements? Pick Tier 1 girls.

Also to say a girl has no content is misleading.
The lowest Guest (not staff/special character) is Lacey who has 22 events/scenes/achievments.
All the rest somewhere in the middle with Amy being the most at 87 (due to being Tier 1 and popular)

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I stopped playing a few updates ago, it was to grindy for my taste. You switched out companies alot and the preference picking system when i used it often included tier 2 and tier 3 girls or picked them over tier 1 girls.

 

[bobthebuilder223]

Honestly, the latest reviews are pissing me off!
Can the morons who whine about no sex and too little content at least try to play the game for more than 5 minutes?

I support you on Patreon and I love this game to death but some of these people have a point. The strength of this game lies in the quality of its renders and that there is tons of great tits, which means that if you're into tits and like to look at 3D models, this is a dream come true, hence why I support you on Patreon and love this game to death. But the fact of the matter is that gameplay isn't up to par, the sex scenes are there but mediocre (and, yes, it is all very vanilla) and the dialogues aren't exactly rivetting either. You can say that that is the way it is and that's that OR you could try and start supplementing your strengths with other people's talents. Find a decent writer, find a decent animator, find someone to rework gameplay mechanics and thereby play to your strength, which is rendering, while other people play to theirs and thereby elevate this game to another level. You don't have to do it, obviously, it's your project, but to dismiss criticism of the game as inadequate per se won't do anyone any good.

 

[Bantry]

You might want to reconsider and give the game another try. I would also suggest downloading the Companion Guide as it has a ton of information on the game, girls, achievements, etc. There's even information on how to reduce the grind.

 

[Bantry]

Honestly, the latest reviews are pissing me off!
Can the morons who whine about no sex and too little content at least try to play the game for more than 5 minutes?

I support you on Patreon and I love this game to death but some of these people have a point. The strength of this game lies in the quality of its renders and that there is tons of great tits, which means that if you're into tits and like to look at 3D models, this is a dream come true, hence why I support you on Patreon and love this game to death. But the fact of the matter is that gameplay isn't up to par, the sex scenes are there but mediocre (and, yes, it is all very vanilla) and the dialogues aren't exactly rivetting either. You can say that that is the way it is and that's that OR you could try and start supplementing your strengths with other people's talents. Find a decent writer, find a decent animator, find someone to rework gameplay mechanics and thereby play to your strength, which is rendering, while other people play to theirs and thereby elevate this game to another level. You don't have to do it, obviously, it's your project, but to dismiss criticism of the game as inadequate per se won't do anyone any good.

I don't think the developer is dismissing criticism of the game, just the obvious 'cookie-cutter' reviews. There is no sex, there is no anal, there is no content, you have to grind and on and on. No where, including your post is there an example of what game, and its corresponding traits, are listed as examples of what would make the game better. The biggest mistake I see is that reviewers seem to think there is more than one person working on Holiday Island.

Holiday Island, all 8,500+ renders and all 130,000+ lines of code are done by ONE person! In his spare time at that. Holiday Island is not a vehicle for him to make money or provide employment for others. For the short time of just over 2 years it has grown and the technical aspects (quality of renders, GUI, etc.) have constantly improved. The developer is open and responsive to ideas of new contents and improvements, but he is not going to parcel out components to others as that would take away from his vision of Holiday Island.

Regardless of what others would like to see in Holiday Island, it is just their opinion(s) skewed by their own likes, dislikes, fetishes, etc. They do not offer examples of other games or specific changes (saying the writing could improve is incomplete, try submitting a scene that you have rewritten to show a clear example) or better yet, create their own game to match their vision. So bottom-line, in my opinion, is one either likes Holiday Island as it is or they don't. No one is forcing anyone to play the game.

 

[asasstutu]

any full save ?

 

[DuckSwim]

I support you on Patreon and I love this game to death but some of these people have a point. The strength of this game lies in the quality of its renders and that there is tons of great tits, which means that if you're into tits and like to look at 3D models, this is a dream come true, hence why I support you on Patreon and love this game to death. But the fact of the matter is that gameplay isn't up to par, the sex scenes are there but mediocre (and, yes, it is all very vanilla) and the dialogues aren't exactly rivetting either. You can say that that is the way it is and that's that OR you could try and start supplementing your strengths with other people's talents. Find a decent writer, find a decent animator, find someone to rework gameplay mechanics and thereby play to your strength, which is rendering, while other people play to theirs and thereby elevate this game to another level. You don't have to do it, obviously, it's your project, but to dismiss criticism of the game as inadequate per se won't do anyone any good.

Clearing up a few misunderstanding here,

Whether actual people like what content there is, is not a topic.
That the game has 'no content' in troll reviews is the issue.

The excuse the troll posters use is objectively invalid (the game content is likely the biggest in existence).
Yet though invalid cannot be removed or commented except by a moderator.
(F95 loophole, Reviews are the only non-commentable content there is).

Anyways, is a non-topic, it will not change, neither will the internet.
So we should not spend more time on it.

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Darkhound is a programmer, his strength is programming.
He is a programmer who is also exceptionally skilled as a 3D artist.
It is a common misunderstanding that he is a 3D artist first

 

[Bantry]

any full save ?

 

[Trasher2018]

You might want to reconsider and give the game another try. I would also suggest downloading the Companion Guide as it has a ton of information on the game, girls, achievements, etc. There's even information on how to reduce the grind.

When a game needs that, it is a showcase of bad gamedesign. There should be no NEED for such an app. Especially to reduce grind. Its up to the dev to just reduce the grind.

Especially in this game with little to no "real" content (most ppl are here for the sex and not for nice 3D rendered tits, these you can get alot easier) and a lot of boring grind.

The concept and idea behind this is nice and everytime I see an update I think "oh yeah, have to look into it again" - then I remember the grindy "progression" and all that and wait. Every now and then I have a look, but there is not much that gets me running.