Ren'Py Holiday Island [v0.4.5.1] [darkhound1]

[Barioz]

So, just some first impressions. Game reminds me a lot of Superpowered. Buttons here and there and everywhere.

The start was a mix of lightweight and hilarious at the same time. Scenario was promising but the reason behind it...okay, nevermind in this kind of game. :coldsweat:

Regarding the choices I think it would be better to just exclude what you don't like and not the way round, 'cause I don't mind the different cup sizes or body types except muscular. The way it is now it feels like I'm missing stuff that I would like to see but couldn't include because I had to make a choice. I also think the girl in the plane should be Joy since you met her at first and it would be better than a random one. Oh, and why do I pick two girls, what's the meaning behind this?

So far, so okay, but as soon as you are at he island it's just confusing. You get thrown into it with no explanation what to do, which goals to achieve or anything at all. In the intro it was mentionend that you have a schedule. Well, I was missing that one when I got to the island. So you end up roaming around, see pictures of girls and then randomly try to chat with them.

And this leads to a long, exhaustive trial and error session with the different characters. So before you even got some appetite you feel already the claws of grinding and fading motivation. These are just my first impressions, but it's a bit of a pity 'cause I really welcome this different non incest based scenario.

 

[Erkoed]

Some girls I see the (+) and (-), some others I don't.

you gotta talk to them about all topics once to discover the + and -

 

[JPL]

For those of you that complain about how much grinding there are in games, hello, it is suppose to be this way. If you want to just click a few buttons and watch sex - you can do that by download XXX videos & click on the video files, then press the play button. There you go, no grinding at all.

 

[Barioz]

For those of you that complain about how much grinding there are in games, hello, it is suppose to be this way. If you want to just click a few buttons and watch sex - you can do that by download XXX videos & click on the video files, then press the play button. There you go, no grinding at all.

There is a huge difference between making progress by a motivating task and mindlessly pressing buttons with no real meaning and repeating statements. So hello, no, it's not supposed this way.

Have you played My sweet neighbours? In this game your task is to boost stats with the main characters and it feels rewarding and non repetitive. Here you have a shared pool of statements for all girls and all you do is try to find out which category goes for which girl by trial and error and then repeat those buttons with the standard statements again and again.

 

[gestved]

Some girls I see the (+) and (-), some others I don't.

the + means she like a conversation theme, the - means she doesn't

it only appear when you try those options and see the result, so you don't need to memorize what each girl like, and it's random every new game

 

[Ramirez™]

There is a huge difference between making progress by a motivating task and mindlessly pressing buttons with no real meaning and repeating statements. So hello, no, it's not supposed this way.

Have you played My sweet neighbours? In this game your task is to boost stats with the main characters and it feels rewarding and non repetitive. Here you have a shared pool of statements for all girls and all you do is try to find out which category goes for which girl by trial and error and then repeat those buttons with the standard statements again and again.

In this game you also need to boost stats.
You can unlock clothes and events by raising love and lust.
If you did something wrong you don't miss events/scenes. You just loose a bit of time and can try again later.
Last week I played "My sweet neighbours" and missed a scene because I was 1(one) point short and no chance to get that scene without loading a previous save.
The grinding isn't that bad either. Within a few weeks you can have all girls maxed out.

 

[WaveOfPig]

YES!!! Yvette is my favourite!

do you know who the girl is in the gif under your post?

 

[darkhound1]

For those of you that complain about how much grinding there are in games, hello, it is suppose to be this way. If you want to just click a few buttons and watch sex - you can do that by download XXX videos & click on the video files, then press the play button. There you go, no grinding at all.

Thank you so much for writing that

 

[Driver]

Amy is best girlfriend ever!

 

[Taleon]

the ones with the + / - you have had conversations with before, the ones with out, you have not.
just talk to each girl till you see them ^^

 

[Barioz]

In this game you also need to boost stats.
You can unlock clothes and events by raising love and lust.
If you did something wrong you don't miss events/scenes. You just loose a bit of time and can try again later.
Last week I played "My sweet neighbours" and missed a scene because I was 1(one) point short and no chance to get that scene without loading a previous save.
The grinding isn't that bad either. Within a few weeks you can have all girls maxed out.

The thing is none of this feels natural. On paper you build up a relationship but it's not really a process of progress or rewarding. After I got thrown onto the island I had no clue what to do or where to go and decided to go to the lunch room and found 3 girls. So you talk the very first time to them and it isn't like slowly getting to know the other person and build that relationship, no, it's just finding out the categories to go and see the same statements to grind points. It happened a lot that I got an exchange of statements about things on the island that I hadn't even done yet. The girls don't feel like they have a personality and background, just some variables in the background to explore and push.

I also read that Amy is one of the girls with most content atm. Well, guess what, I don't have her in my game. I had to choose one cup size but would have gone for all of them and also said yes to the melon question. So to get this girl in the game I have to restart, make certain choices and start the same grind again. Meanwhile in My sweet neighbours you can load that save and simply use the fast forward function of Ren'Py and the walkthrough and see the little sequence you were missing within seconds.

 

[MonteChristo]

Thank you all.

Another quick question: what is the meaning of the choices you make during the intro, in particular the 2 girls you get to handpick?

 

[Erkoed]

Thank you all.

Another quick question: what is the meaning of the choices you make during the intro, in particular the 2 girls you get to handpick?

Not so sure about that one but I think you can have several girls depending on your choice in the plane and maybe stuff he'll add later ?

 

[darkhound1]

Thank you all.

Another quick question: what is the meaning of the choices you make during the intro, in particular the 2 girls you get to handpick?

All your choices will have an impact on the girls you will get on the island.
Your two "hand picked" choices will arrive on the island sooner or later or might just be there from the beginning.
Each girl has a certain height, body type, breast size, etc.
Depending on your choices "points" are given to each of the girls. The island will be populated by the girls with the highest number of "points".
Hope that explains it well enough.

 

[darkhound1]

Here is something cute for you. Could not resist.
Made her look a little older.
Would you like to see her on the island in one of the next updates?
This render took only 3 minutes on a gtx 970. So there really is no reason any more to have bad quality renders in games.

 

[MrJay]

Here is something cute for you. Could not resist.
Made her look a little older.
Would you like to see her on the island in one of the next updates?
This render took only 3 minutes on a gtx 970. So there really is no reason any more to have bad quality renders in games.

This is the same, or very similar/inspired by another, model that is used in at least two other games afaik. I'm a little tired of seeing this model and your other ones look more unique to your game, I feel like if you're going to use it maybe you should change it up a little more.

 

[MonteChristo]

Having not played those other games, I like her (but I still like huge boobs the best...)

 

[Paitryn]

Here is something cute for you. Could not resist.
Made her look a little older.
Would you like to see her on the island in one of the next updates?
This render took only 3 minutes on a gtx 970. So there really is no reason any more to have bad quality renders in games.

Would love to see her in game. I think it would be kind of fun to have a game that is made up of popular porn game characters, as if they are porn stars. Though for HI I think this is the limit to how far I would go. This game has its own characters that are too good to be distracted by other games.

This is the same, or very similar/inspired by another, model that is used in at least two other games afaik. I'm a little tired of seeing this model and your other ones look more unique to your game, I feel like if you're going to use it maybe you should change it up a little more.

The point was to put her in the game for everyone to notice. It's more for parody.

 

[Taleon]

She would make a wonderful addition to the island

 

[gestved]

the game needs more normal sized breast girls, so yeah, she would be great