VN Ren'Py Hooked! [v0.4.5] [BlenderKnight]

[Lurker]

In my opinion, it’s somewhat baffling that this game ranks so highly in the weighted ratings. On one hand, the content is simply too short—when combined, the 0.4 barely amounts to half an hour. The game itself doesn’t really have any standout features; if anything, it only offers one animation per version. The story is rather mediocre, and the characters lack appeal.

It's alright to have an opinion, but all the points you are making are funny at best, odd at worst.
"Content is short", yes, when compared to some novels that easily span 2 hours of reading, but the length of a novel or game in general isn't the important bit - It's the quality that the game brings to the table. "Quality" might be a bit of a broad term here, I'm aware and most people have different definitions of it anyways, but in this case you can easily narrow it down to the following attributes of the game:
- art-design
- character-design
- dialogue/ writing
- animations

All of them are either unique, well-done or both.
It might not suit your taste, but objectively all of these points required knowledge and time to craft properly. Those are your "Standout features".
Which is why people, and many at that, like this game.

"Story is short"; yes - that is true and will most likely be true once it's done, too.
Again, length doesn't matter at the end of the day - Not every game has to (or should) end up like VNs like "A Wife And Mother".
"Character lack appeal" - Purely your subjective opinion.

The thing that irks me, and maybe you can elaborate on that, is that if you don't like what the VN has to offer then why are you wasting your time with a post that didn't even had one valid point of criticism?
You can, you know, just move on, look for something that you prefer instead.

 

[MrTrue]

So, v0.4.5 is out and the changelog says there's a new chapter but.. It ends exactly where v0.4.0 ended. Am I missing something?

Only some fixes and official release of the episode from alpha/beta.
There was some talk about a fishing minigame, but not sure if that was a joke or not.

 

[axellslade]

Only some fixes and official release of the episode from alpha/beta.
There was some talk about a fishing minigame, but not sure if that was a joke or not.

Oh and that. The fishing minigame changed a lil' bit.

 

[Monkeystuffbababooey]

this game is peak

 

[Alfius]

This game looks very promising.

It looks like it still needs a bit of content, so I will wait another 5 months before I try it, but I look forward to it.

Good luck dev!

 

[PrivilegedCholo]

unique game but it needs way more rn otherwise it'll end up the same as what a legend.

 

[stalinsvempire]

unique game but it needs way more rn otherwise it'll end up the same as what a legend.

every project could end up not in the way we'd like, but I respectfully disagree about the latter. at least 'Hooked' doesn't have complicated things like a whole fantasy realm with an unnecessary lore, and a dozen or so characters with the promised 'WIP' content. seems like BlenderKnight knows what and why he's doing and he does that with the style. the whole plot of 'Hooked' fits in to a couple sentences, so I don't believe this would be like another '10 years adventure'.
the way I see it, this is how light and fun little games should be made. a textbook for the adult VN industry if you will. the developement time is a problem, but then again it is a VN and only one person can envision how it should look and go

 

[Artix0]

every project could end up not in the way we'd like, but I respectfully disagree about the latter. at least 'Hooked' doesn't have complicated things like a whole fantasy realm with an unnecessary lore, and a dozen or so characters with the promised 'WIP' content. seems like BlenderKnight knows what and why he's doing and he does that with the style. the whole plot of 'Hooked' fits in to a couple sentences, so I don't believe this would be like another '10 years adventure'.
the way I see it, this is how light and fun little games should be made. a textbook for the adult VN industry if you will. the developement time is a problem, but then again it is a VN and only one person can envision how it should look and go

Yeah one of Hooked's greatest strengths, other than BlenderKnight's phenomenal artistry, is the fact that it doesn't suffer from overscope. It knows exactly what it is and needs to be, who its 3 girls are, and that all it needs to do is let us vibe and fuck them in a multitude of ways and scenarios. Absolute dream

 

[Poopcat]

Didn't realize how much I enjoy this art style. This and HardStuck are some of my favorites on the site.

 

[Nahovi8]

Anyone knows similar games to this? Looking for good animations and styles

 

[jvbatman]

Aren't we all?

 

[Pingplam]

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Hooked! Mid April Report

 

[Lewd9993]

This is pretty high quality, impressive.

 

[EZMoney0320]

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[TheRedwarrior]

sry im late, wow blenderknight made a game, cool...
now i'll wait for Jackerman to fo the same

 

[Hvallur]

sry im late, wow blenderknight made a game, cool...
now i'll wait for Jackerman to fo the same

Look up Tentacular

 

[TheRedwarrior]

Look up Tentacular

ye saw that game before, didnt know it his game, ok, i'll wait for a new game

 

[Pingplam]

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[Kikao0224]

Hello everyone, I'm going to share something with you that has me intrigued.(Patience, I'm using Google Translate)
I went to replay the last update and came across a speech from MC that after Max loses his glasses, he is impressed with how Max's eyes are captivating and then he questions himself saying where he had seen them before:
This turned on a light bulb in my head and made me remember a time when I asked on Discord about which new girls might be coming to the game in the future (the girl from the clothing store already being confirmed).
Why am I talking about this? Well, I really wanted a character who already appeared in the game and almost no one gave due attention to return for future updates.
Look at this hottie!!!
And if I told you that this character there would be Max herself but with different hair and clothes!
It seems to make sense to me, since this announcement was probably made by the girls themselves.
What if Max was dressed like this to draw more attention to the volunteers? Well, we'll only know that in the next update, but I'm almost certain that BK didn't put that on for nothing.

 

[Jonmanchu]

this is the example of a game that devs need to understand that u dont need fancy renders and complicated mini games with high graohics to make a game great.u just need good story and quality writing not that i am complaining about the art quality.it is also great and unique.hope more devs produce quality content like this.waiting for the update eagerly now