Ren'Py Horton Bay Stories - Jake [v0.4.4.2] [Lumphorn Games]

[clowns234]

How much NTR content is present in the game

Technically, there is one occurrence in the prolog - which is skippable (cheating girlfriend / now ex-girlfriend is why he moves to Horton Bay). Otherwise, he is not romantically involved with anyone yet.
If you define NTR as any woman in game having sex with anyone else besides the MC - then yes.

 

[omnifill]

great game like where your going with, just two miner things

1. i got used to the models quickly but never the elongated smiles. they kinda get to elongated that they hit the uncany vally, but only for a few not everyone (it is apparent in the cherictor sheet thou). this of course might be intentional but if it wasnt, i think all you need to do is rather just srink it a bit or lesson the cringling around the face when they smile.

2. completly not game realated but forum. you might want to add the swinging tag, because you have people with open relationships and sharring in the game. of course what you have is not actual swinging but we dont have a sharing tag so its the closses thing to the acts in the game you can get

 

[JamieSadistic]

All these bitches look like something from The Hills Have Eyes.

 

[Deleted member 3172135]

Love the game and how ambitious it is. Instant favorite. It's rare you get such an immersive sandbox game, especially one with so much effort put in to the world itself and with such consistent writing. And there's so much amazing potential for quality NTR content (netorare and netori) as well - what with the cameras, aphrodisiac drug, and all the side characters, such as the doctor (future video recordings to find...?), ex-tenant (returns and aims for revenge?) and the book shop boss (future blackmail?), as well as all the slutty characters. Favorite girl so far is definitely Gemma.

Only criticisms I can think of right now would be the obvious, and assuredly already mentioned ones - firstly, sometimes the facial expressions can get a bit... dodgy. This isn't too major for me however as I find the writing is ultimately always more important than the art itself (that is otherwise pretty good). The map navigation can also be horrible and confusing. This isn't too much of a problem now what with fast travel, but could be later when more events are added. It feels like I always mistakenly go to use the arrows to head in the direction of the arrows rather than the actual cardinal points they represent--confused by the change of perspectives of the camera.

I'd love for there to be sexual stats or something of that sort for characters, for example to track how much they do certain acts with the player or others -- it's a simple yet effective feature in a lot of Japanese porn games I've always enjoyed and found to increase the immersion of a game's story, as well as the gravity/impact of decisions (no going back or forgetting--stats are stats) and characters becoming sluttier. Even simple sex stats such as those found in A Struggle With Sin (virgin or not virgin, who virginity was lost to, and player blowjob/vaginal/anal counters) would be great, and would be cool to have showing on the phone along with the other stats present. Though I guess these features would be most effective with more repeatable events/actions.

One question I have though - are the cameras meant to be functional at this point? Nothing/no character ever shows up on them for me.

 

[clowns234]

One question I have though - are the cameras meant to be functional at this point? Nothing/no character ever shows up on them for me.

It worked for me so I assume you just pick bad times to look?
Although there could be a glitch.

 

[Deleted member 3172135]

It worked for me so I assume you just pick bad times to look?
Although there could be a glitch.

Shiiit think I might have to reinstall then, pretty sure I've tried every time at this point. Thanks!

 

[Taka@LumphornGames]

2. completly not game realated but forum. you might want to add the swinging tag, because you have people with open relationships and sharring in the game. of course what you have is not actual swinging but we dont have a sharing tag so its the closses thing to the acts in the game you can get

I thought about it, but considering the sheer amount of confusion and/or varied opinions that a lot of people have regarding tags and their meanings, I've tried to stay as true as I can to what the forum descriptions state and have included (and omitted) as such. But in that vein, we could probably use a few more distinct tags to use.

Love the game and how ambitious it is. Instant favorite. It's rare you get such an immersive sandbox game, especially one with so much effort put in to the world itself and with such consistent writing. And there's so much amazing potential for quality NTR content (netorare and netori) as well - what with the cameras, aphrodisiac drug, and all the side characters, such as the doctor (future video recordings to find...?), ex-tenant (returns and aims for revenge?) and the book shop boss (future blackmail?), as well as all the slutty characters. Favorite girl so far is definitely Gemma.

Only criticisms I can think of right now would be the obvious, and assuredly already mentioned ones - firstly, sometimes the facial expressions can get a bit... dodgy. This isn't too major for me however as I find the writing is ultimately always more important than the art itself (that is otherwise pretty good). The map navigation can also be horrible and confusing. This isn't too much of a problem now what with fast travel, but could be later when more events are added. It feels like I always mistakenly go to use the arrows to head in the direction of the arrows rather than the actual cardinal points they represent--confused by the change of perspectives of the camera.

I'd love for there to be sexual stats or something of that sort for characters, for example to track how much they do certain acts with the player or others -- it's a simple yet effective feature in a lot of Japanese porn games I've always enjoyed and found to increase the immersion of a game's story, as well as the gravity/impact of decisions (no going back or forgetting--stats are stats) and characters becoming sluttier. Even simple sex stats such as those found in A Struggle With Sin (virgin or not virgin, who virginity was lost to, and player blowjob/vaginal/anal counters) would be great, and would be cool to have showing on the phone along with the other stats present. Though I guess these features would be most effective with more repeatable events/actions.

One question I have though - are the cameras meant to be functional at this point? Nothing/no character ever shows up on them for me.

Thanks for the feedback. As for your predictions:

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The map orientation mess is definitely on my list of things to address. I've mentioned it before but, I also hate it. It just seemed like a logical thing to do at the time.
Sex stats are also something that I was thinking about early on in development, and there are some very basic variables already in place for this kind of system. But it needs to be fleshed out - a lot. Though I'm still keen on implementing something like this at some point.

As for the hidden cams, well . . . There are only a few times of day that you'll see anything right now. It's literally just a case of rendering out the images, but I've simply had higher priority stuff to do so far. But I promise, it will be done!

 

[axilgreeen]

I thought about it, but considering the sheer amount of confusion and/or varied opinions that a lot of people have regarding tags and their meanings, I've tried to stay as true as I can to what the forum descriptions state and have included (and omitted) as such. But in that vein, we could probably use a few more distinct tags to use.




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The map orientation mess is definitely on my list of things to address. I've mentioned it before but, I also hate it. It just seemed like a logical thing to do at the time.
Sex stats are also something that I was thinking about early on in development, and there are some very basic variables already in place for this kind of system. But it needs to be fleshed out - a lot. Though I'm still keen on implementing something like this at some point.

As for the hidden cams, well . . . There are only a few times of day that you'll see anything right now. It's literally just a case of rendering out the images, but I've simply had higher priority stuff to do so far. But I promise, it will be done!

Ya the tags here are still being put in.

They desperately do need the sharing and possible even a hall pass tag because swinging is not true sharing it’s just a shorterm or even just a one time pass, and it’s especially not ntr since you alowed/wanted it to happen.
but then again we still don’t have a nutori tag (that would also be something for you to put up here with the whole possibility to take lukases girl from him. Natori (ntr) is taking from you, nutori is taking from them) ether and only the pure ntr tag which needs to be split into two parts itself as pure ntr and optional ntr because their is a big difference in those two.
But something like that comes with time so for now you work with what they give you which is swinging, which kinda fits the game do to Lukases drunk scene.

for the other points on your response thread.

The reason for the confusion with the map for me was the fact that you had in some cases the same area but from a different view and way (like getting to the bar from the park is not the same was as getting from the bar to the park). It terns you around real good and you get lost just going down the same street (also the lac of tag in the arrows didn’t help regain your orientation) the semi POV view was probably not the best choice, all the areas should look the same no matter where your coming from to prevent confusion.

for the states add in a relationship tracker (not for you, that’s their already) since it seem that some of the friendships, relationships and enemies will be fluid. This one would be significantly less in-depth then oursof course since it would be more akin to a list then a variable and state list like ours.

finally the spy camera I actually have aquestion on. It seems like it record’s and not just films. If that’s the case wouldn’t that mean anything that happens in the house be recorded even the scenes your in. Or is this more of a time based record where you actually need to be their to save it.

 

[Taka@LumphornGames]

finally the spy camera I actually have aquestion on. It seems like it record’s and not just films. If that’s the case wouldn’t that mean anything that happens in the house be recorded even the scenes your in. Or is this more of a time based record where you actually need to be their to save it.

It's sort of loosely implied that you only get recordings when you make them yourself. Though to be honest that part of it is really just plot fodder.
For example during the party in the utility room, or the video that Rupert saved of Gemma. I don't have any intentions currently of making a 'record' button or anything like that.

 

[omnifill]

It's sort of loosely implied that you only get recordings when you make them yourself. Though to be honest that part of it is really just plot fodder.
For example during the party in the utility room, or the video that Rupert saved of Gemma. I don't have any intentions currently of making a 'record' button or anything like that.

that's what i was expecting. its going to just be one of those plot covenant ones. like the fact that you have a phone that can take videos yet you alwase forget that fact. catching lucas cheating yet taking the harder wrought (maybe even rating yourself out identically) even thou its been used before to great affect to record someone cheating, ironic.

in this case its just going to one of those. i only record when i press record types.
player "ow ok why you turn it off then"
jake "their done"
player "dude that's a security camera you can literally record the hole day"
jake "i don't have enough data to do that"
player "it go's to the cloud and might even be stored on a app like arlo"
jake "don't understand you, and I'm just going to do what i do"
player "fuck it fine"

no complants thou, it makes it so much easer for you if jake has selective stupidity about basic reality's.

 

[Taka@LumphornGames]

that's what i was expecting. its going to just be one of those plot covenant ones. like the fact that you have a phone that can take videos yet you alwase forget that fact. catching lucas cheating yet taking the harder wrought (maybe even rating yourself out identically) even thou its been used before to great affect to record someone cheating, ironic.

in this case its just going to one of those. i only record when i press record types.
player "ow ok why you turn it off then"
jake "their done"
player "dude that's a security camera you can literally record the hole day"
jake "i don't have enough data to do that"
player "it go's to the cloud and might even be stored on a app like arlo"
jake "don't understand you, and I'm just going to do what i do"
player "fuck it fine"

no complants thou, it makes it so much easer for you if jake has selective stupidity about basic reality's.

Well, Jake's certainly not a genius. But it's sort of like if Gandalf just called his eagles to fly Frodo straight to Mount Doom. A saga turns into a paragraph.
There are always going to be easier and quicker ways to tell a story, but if the protagonist always chooses the safe, logical and obvious route, there's not going to be much of a story to tell.
It may leave the reader/watcher/player perplexed and confused at times, but there it is. Everything is easier to see from an outside perspective or in hindsight. Jake has neither.

 

[axilgreeen]

Well, Jake's certainly not a genius. But it's sort of like if Gandalf just called his eagles to fly Frodo straight to Mount Doom. A saga turns into a paragraph.
There are always going to be easier and quicker ways to tell a story, but if the protagonist always chooses the safe, logical and obvious route, there's not going to be much of a story to tell.
It may leave the reader/watcher/player perplexed and confused at times, but there it is. Everything is easier to see from an outside perspective or in hindsight. Jake has neither.

For the sake of the story

 

[deathsa]

How do i enable the cheat mode?

 

[Taka@LumphornGames]

How do i enable the cheat mode?

Open your phone at the top of the screen, click Settings, then turn Cheat Mode to On.

 

[kartolas]

Fine game. The issue I have with most sandbox is that I'm constantly forced to do stuff I don't want to. It's like, the more things the MC does that I wouldn't have done, the more I get annoyed and eventualy close it. The party Lucas invited the MC to prety much resumes it. I would have said No but I would have said yes if it was Gemma or Adel asking.
Anyway, after playing 4 days, the entire story seems too dark for my taste. By dark I mean corruption, blackmail sort of thing which is not the stuff I like to deal with for fun.
I'll be giving it another try on episode 2.

Thank you and good luck.

 

[renato186a]

It worked for me so I assume you just pick bad times to look?
Although there could be a glitch.

Thanks for playing and for the feedback!



I have a feeling this probably happened during the weekend? If that's the case, I've already fixed it for the next update.



There are currently 10 photos and 5 videos available to collect on the phone during v0.1.0. Some of the photos, however are in locked locations

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, but all 5 videos can be obtained without cheats.



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This is one of the most difficult things about the writing process and it's easy to see how many developers lose their way with it. Especially with so many characters to keep track of. But we will certainly endeavor to let them keep their personalties intact throughout the game (with the minor exceptions of corruption etc).



Okay, thanks for pointing that out. I've seen this before and thought I'd fixed it, but apparently not! - This should now be fixed for next update.

find that there in the variables that are in the script you can unlock many things in the game

Do you intend to hide these variables in other episodes?

 

[myuhinny]

Warning to anyone planning on trying this game out before you start the game make sure you either 1 hit the fucking mute button or 2 reduce your speaker volume down to 1 to prevent your ears from bleeding from the loud ass fucking music when you bring the game up.

How can this physically happen if they are not wearing them? Did they just magically appear out of thin air?

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[Taka@LumphornGames]

Do you intend to hide these variables in other episodes?

How do you mean?

There is quite a lot of code in place for future content, as well as content that's in the game but not accesible without cheating yet. But all of that will be legitimately accessible in time.
There are a few variables that will disappear over time, such as the Lucas toggle and other things that relate to currently locked content. But only after you can achieve the same result by simply playing the game.

 

[Cendash]

Whoah!
The faces! The super crazy eyes!
I keep picturing the MC's wingman trying to wave him off without alerting the chick who just triggered soul-devouring girlfriend mode.

I laughed so hard I think I injured my sinuses a bit.

Checking this one out right now.

If it gets sexy enough, they may be on their way to combining fap fuel with hysterical visual cues. Can you have a wank while laughing like a lunatic on mushrooms? Will your body even allow that? Will your brain? We may find out.

 

[Saint Blackmoor]

v0.1.1 update changelog , I think a new start is in order