Ren'Py Holiday Island [v0.5.0.1] [darkhound1]

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Version 0.5.0.0 - development news (updated 4th of April 2025)

Hi guys and gals,
this post offers you a collection of news about the next version of Holiday Island (0.5.0.0).
You can see the main focus and side areas for the next update in the above image.
The change log below is based on the release 0.4.5.0.

As of right now, the update from 0.4.5.0 to 0.5.0.0 has:
1039 additional renders, videos or sound files (only includes post worked, finished renders)
20 new backgrounds for the phone
153 updated renders or videos

New features, major improvements and new content
  • Joy, the winner of the titfight event will get a special evening and night with our hero -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • There will be a huge titfight event at the bar with all the specials and some guests -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Joy gets a pole dance posing scene in the night bar's pink room -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Mercedes gets a short event at the MC's where she invites him to the titfight event at the bar. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • The listen to chat and rumors function will be very much extended. For details, please check this post -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Jessica gets a new room service event with two achievements -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Amy gets another "stay overnight" appointment at her room that's using the same base renders as her existing one, but with some new renders, an additional achievement and changed texts -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • A new sub location for pool billiard will be added to the night bar and Amy will get a repeatable scene with three achievements. She's wearing her special dress during the game -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire gets a new drink scene at a table near the bar wearing her regular dress. The scene has three achievements and a story about a day at the beach with her twin sister Passion. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire will get a new nightbar drink scene on the red sofa wearing her sexy clothes. The scene will have three achievements with a story and a happy ending. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • A new, extended intro dialogue will be added for all characters that have matching attributes (like body type, breast size or height). During the dialogue, the girls will get additional affection points based on matching attributes. This will reduce the grind in the beginning of the game.
    -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Added new introductory dialogs for all girls, depending on the player's choices in Joy's office at the beginning of the game. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Joy gets an appointment in her office where you talk about Miriam and Mercedes -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Amy gets and event in the elevator with two achievements and a happy ending -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire's workout pullups scene will be remade and a teasing achievement will be added -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire's shower event has been rerendered and has four achievements now -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire's scene at the gym shower gets two additional achievements with a happy endings -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire's workout pecs scene will be rerendered and a lot of new images and a new achievement will be added -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Natasha gets a remade workout pullups scene -> will be part of 0.5.0
Minor improvements and changes (including image upgrades)
  • There can now be mandatory appointments that will trigger automatically at any time of day. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • The wait time between picture minigame messages hast been changed from two days to (on average) one day -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Faye's pool exit scenes have been rerendered in 2560x1440 and webp format -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Amy gest a short scene wearing her special evening dress and walking along the hallway with the MC -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Desire's room service images have been upscaled and the animations have been improved -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Several pictures have been added to Yumiko's "Guess Who" game. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • The code for girls to send messages for appointments has been rewritten and improved -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Mia will send a couple of bikini pictures and some text to the MC's phone -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Renée gets a personalized introduction on her profile page -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Alice gets a personalized introduction on her profile page -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Brenda gets a personalized introduction on her profile page -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Delizia gets additional character sprites posing her behind at the bar -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Jessica gets additional character sprites showing her emotion for all her outfits -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Aly gets additional character sprites showing her emotion for all her outfits -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Jessica's pool sunbed scene has been rendered again and new images have been added. Dialogue has been rewritten as well. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Jessica's pool pose scene will be upgraded to 2560x1440 resolution in webp format -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • A quick access button has been added for the player stats -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Scroll bar sizes have been increased and a little more space has been added to make the game navigations easier to use on small devices like mobile phones. -> will be part of 0.5.0
  • Renée's scene at the nightbar in the green room gets an extension (additional position in the couch) -> will be part of 0.5.0
Bug fixes
  • When Amy shows up during Yvette's weight lifting scene when you adjust the weights, a black image is shown -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
  • When asking for an erotic massage and one of the checks (lust, love, affection) failed, the game got stuck -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
  • In some cases, not all "guess who" pictures were shown -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
  • A bug has been fixed where you could get stuck during Miram's breast quest -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
  • Mia's event where she leaves the island could be triggered before her lab scene at the pool -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
  • The arm wrestling icon in the night bar wasn't showing all available scenes -> will be fixed with 0.5.0
Is the update going to break save games?

0.5.0.0 -> No​

Estimated release dates:

0.5.0.0 pre beta version will be available 4th or 5th of April - so testing will start soon.
 
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I don't want to sound impatient - in fact I try to stay composed whereas other people freak about and ask about an exact date of update/release or a leak -, but out of curiousity, how long are these tests?
 
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musicudaisuki said:
I don't want to sound impatient - in fact I try to stay composed whereas other people freak about and ask about an exact date of update/release or a leak -, but out of curiousity, how long are these tests?
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(4/06/25)
From DH's Patreon site:
"A general download will be made available hopefully next week."

Depending on the feedback from testing, changes are made and DH will release. Typically between be 3 - 5 in the past.
 
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I am conflicted. A long test time means a lot of content updates. Short test time means not so much. Even when Darkhound has a good track record with few bugs, for him also holds the law of 'double the amount of code, double the amount of bugs'.
 
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zapallbugs said:
I am conflicted. A long test time means a lot of content updates. Short test time means not so much. Even when Darkhound has a good track record with few bugs, for him also holds the law of 'double the amount of code, double the amount of bugs'.
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Correct, but the titfight night is a monolithic structure that is low on complex code and high on renders.
These are trivial to test, mostly a grammar exercise.

As this feature is typical for the main releases, which tend to have a virtual novel / monolithic component (Lab, Sail Trip), they tend to require much less testing than their size suggests.

Combine this with bugs being fixed on a running basis during the beta test (fast iterations) and there is not much difference between a main release's beta test's duration and a ditto content release.

(Edit. Am one of the testers, which I assume surprise none, though others are more imporant there as I am more a things for Darkhound than test it duck)
 
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