VN Ren'Py Imperial Chronicles [v0.11] [Lazy Monkey]

[hampsure]

If the plot branches too much it is impossible to finish the game. Ravager is another perfect example of this how Devs can be too ambitious.

It's not even a problem specific to games with branching narratives. There are plenty of games that don't even have specific routes that still end up in stuck being development seemingly indefinitely due to being/getting over-ambitious with the scope. It's a really important thing to manage properly in any project to be able to be able to deliver a completed product.

I played all 3 'paths' with the other wife on a mage run. Not sure if your affinity changes anything, but that means there are possibly 6-18 different variations on just the coup plot.

While it doesn't really split things off into new branches, affinity completely changes at least the starting scene (and which girl it's with) in the variation where either Cass didn't tell you about or didn't go along with the coup but didn't kill her. For you, there was a scene with Alaina since you were a mage but there's one with Lia for Bookworm and Elin for Warrior. I find the branching really interesting (if a tad much sometimes) but I'm not sure if I'm such a fan of the way affinity is implemented. It's often just used to restrict content to specific affinities throughout the game rather than to give different options/variations. It may be okay for some dialogue, the way situations are handled, and maybe side-character interactions but when it affects main story knowledge and LI scenes it can be frustrating.

 

[777889]

it looks good

 

[Sossse]

just for understanding: there is not a lingle path where cass just ourright kills the MC, right? she always tries to use him for whatever her main goal may be. cound this not be a sign that deep down she never intended to inflict any long term harm on the MC as in the end she was still clinching onto her brohter(exspecially if he promised to marry her) to somehow make things right fot her. kind of makes it more believeable for me that in the end she was kind of like a lost, stupid child that threw a tantrom and totally knew she has put herself into a corner, hoping her brorher couls somehow make it (all better) for her

 

[Lord Kata]

just for understanding: there is not a lingle path where cass just ourright kills the MC, right? she always tries to use him for whatever her main goal may be. cound this not be a sign that deep down she never intended to inflict any long term harm on the MC as in the end she was still clinching onto her brohter(exspecially if he promised to marry her) to somehow make things right fot her. kind of makes it more believeable for me that in the end she was kind of like a lost, stupid child that threw a tantrom and totally knew she has put herself into a corner, hoping her brorher couls somehow make it (all better) for her

Yes maybe we can fix her at the end

 

[Raziel_8]

just for understanding: there is not a lingle path where cass just ourright kills the MC, right? she always tries to use him for whatever her main goal may be. cound this not be a sign that deep down she never intended to inflict any long term harm on the MC as in the end she was still clinching onto her brohter(exspecially if he promised to marry her) to somehow make things right fot her. kind of makes it more believeable for me that in the end she was kind of like a lost, stupid child that threw a tantrom and totally knew she has put herself into a corner, hoping her brorher couls somehow make it (all better) for her

She doesn't kill the king either, despite hating him. Apparently regicide is a bit risky and why do it when you have a better alternative at hand. As for the MC she needs him, why would she kill him, it wouldn't help her at all.
The kingdom doesn't accept a woman as ruler, if she would think she could take (and keep) the crown for herself she would have done it.

Not sure if she would have killed the sisters and queen, but seeing what happens if you follow the white coronation, i think she would have done it, if she had the time and deemed it necessary.

 

[Sossse]

i think she would have done it, if she had the time and deemed it necessary.

i dont believe her to be this cruel. i mean, she does bring lia to the MCs cell to trie and force him to cooperate by implying she will hurt lia. but in the end, if you refuse, all she does is say she will come back in another month to try again. never really harming lia. i firmly believe she still has a good chunk of simpathy left inside her for the only family she has left in this world...

 

[markleon]

more mom please !!

 

[Raziel_8]

i dont believe her to be this cruel

She doesn't have the time cause he escaped before, neither is she close with Lia or Elin and she seems to activly dislike the queen.
But she has zero issues to burn down the city, which would have cost who knows how many thousands of lives, if it didn't start to rain and Conrad needed to protect Lia from her men at the end.

 

[D4rkK1ng]

Nice update, cant wait for the next one.
Right now its my favorite VN and i believe its one of the best you can find in this site.

 

[JJJ84]

Just played the update (late to it given I've recently been on a holiday lol), and played through 2 variations; Cass route, Elin/Queen mother route.

Something I noticed - Cass's route (i.e. Green Crown) felt...... far too short, compared to the Loyalist route (i.e. White Crown; Elin, Queen mother)?
It almost felt like the dev put majority of his efforts into Loyalist route, and Cass route felt like a.......second fiddle.
Honestly, I expected more things to happen with Cass's route.
Not sure whether this will balance out with next update (more Cass route content, and less Loyalist route content?), but whether that happens or not, it is what it is.

As a player I really enjoy branches, but I do hope the dev doesn't get too lost or burnt out with all these several branches created.

 

[BrothersKeeper]

Yes maybe we can fix her at the end

Fr, harem route with Cass under control is the end goal for me

 

[Dubbed Tales]

Just played the update (late to it given I've recently been on a holiday lol), and played through 2 variations; Cass route, Elin/Queen mother route.

Something I noticed - Cass's route (i.e. Green Crown) felt...... far too short, compared to the Loyalist route (i.e. White Crown; Elin, Queen mother)?
It almost felt like the dev put majority of his efforts into Loyalist route, and Cass route felt like a.......second fiddle.
Honestly, I expected more things to happen with Cass's route.
Not sure whether this will balance out with next update (more Cass route content, and less Loyalist route content?), but whether that happens or not, it is what it is.

As a player I really enjoy branches, but I do hope the dev doesn't get too lost or burnt out with all these several branches created.

there were elf queen content??? where? i didnt find any. it felt like all the contents were for cass. and there werent any content with elf queen

 

[JJJ84]

there were elf queen content??? where? i didnt find any. it felt like all the contents were for cass. and there werent any content with elf queen

If you didn't see any, that's because you probably only played the Cass route, that's why.

The update was split into 2 big branches;

1) Join the coup; aka "Green Crown route"
which is branched out into smaller sub branches into whether MC keep Cass as his regent or gets her killed and have her replaced with someone else, there's variations I haven't tried kill Cass and replace her route, so that could be different color crown route )

or there's

2) Remain loyal to the crown - reject Cass when she asks you to join her coup; aka "White Crown route"
this I'd say is the route for Elin, Queen mother and Lia.
Out of them three, Elin and Queen mother have lewd content (for Elin, there's the handjob. with Queen mother there's is an option to fuck her, but not recommended given it's pretty much negative consequnce afterwards )

 

[yokai watch]

Any update of v0.7

 

[Dubbed Tales]

If you didn't see any, that's because you probably only played the Cass route, that's why.

The update was split into 2 big branches;

1) Join the coup; aka "Green Crown route"
which is branched out into smaller sub branches into whether MC keep Cass as his regent or gets her killed and have her replaced with someone else, there's variations I haven't tried kill Cass and replace her route, so that could be different color crown route )

or there's

2) Remain loyal to the crown - reject Cass when she asks you to join her coup; aka "White Crown route"
this I'd say is the route for Elin, Queen mother and Lia.
Out of them three, Elin and Queen mother have lewd content (for Elin, there's the handjob. with Queen mother there's is an option to fuck her, but not recommended given it's pretty much negative consequnce afterwards )

i choose the warrior path. did u choose the bookworm or sorcerer path?

 

[JJJ84]

i choose the warrior path. did u choose the bookworm or sorcerer path?

I chose the sorcerer path iirc.

But I think you still have the White Crown route regardless of what class specialty chosen in the game's opening (unless I'm wrong about that).

 

[Abhai]

there were elf queen content??? where? i didnt find any. it felt like all the contents were for cass. and there werent any content with elf queen

if you are on cass route you will get cass content aka no queen content in this update.
if you arent on cass route BUT if you kill cass (in previous update) you wont get queen content in this update as well...which is a shame

 

[traplover19]

holy crap this game lets you be evil like an actual tyrant especially at the end of the current chapter

 

[Santiana]

Best ren,py fantasy game i have ever play.

 

[Cazzan]

Just played the update (late to it given I've recently been on a holiday lol), and played through 2 variations; Cass route, Elin/Queen mother route.

Something I noticed - Cass's route (i.e. Green Crown) felt...... far too short, compared to the Loyalist route (i.e. White Crown; Elin, Queen mother)?
It almost felt like the dev put majority of his efforts into Loyalist route, and Cass route felt like a.......second fiddle.
Honestly, I expected more things to happen with Cass's route.
Not sure whether this will balance out with next update (more Cass route content, and less Loyalist route content?), but whether that happens or not, it is what it is.

As a player I really enjoy branches, but I do hope the dev doesn't get too lost or burnt out with all these several branches created.

The shortest of all the branches (in this update) is killing Cass when she suggests the coup. The longest by far is rejecting her but letting her live. The Cass branches fall in between those.