VN Ren'Py Imperial Chronicles [v0.6] [Lazy Monkey]

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TigerWolfe

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Filipis said:
On his post about ordering a new PC rig for rendering, majority of the Patrons agreed that he should focus on increasing the update cadence, not on increasing graphical quality. The game is already a looker, it doesn't need BaDIK levels of quality just for us to wait 4 months for updates again. So, in essence, he should put out updates of higher quality (but not enough to actually notice, just a cleaner image maybe) and faster now.

Math tells us that renders for 0.6 will be done in 15 - 20 days, and add a week for testing & spell check, we are looking at a late September release - unless the next dev update has the render speed increase even further.

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The ceaseless pursuit of graphical fidelity is silly, and bad for all corners of the games industry. The 4k usage numbers on steam show that it's silly to pursue it too.

Personally I've got 4k monitors but the difference between 4k and 1080 for me, is almost never worth the increased dev time, cost, or compute power to display.
 
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Filipis said:
On his post about ordering a new PC rig for rendering, majority of the Patrons agreed that he should focus on increasing the update cadence, not on increasing graphical quality. The game is already a looker, it doesn't need BaDIK levels of quality just for us to wait 4 months for updates again. So, in essence, he should put out updates of higher quality (but not enough to actually notice, just a cleaner image maybe) and faster now.

Math tells us that renders for 0.6 will be done in 15 - 20 days, and add a week for testing & spell check, we are looking at a late September release - unless the next dev update has the render speed increase even further.

Hella fast if you ask me, and lovin' every second of it. Give your love to Lazy Monkey!
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Yeah I would agree with this. This game is already visually good enough and sure improvements would be nice but definitely not at the cost of speed. If he maintained the current quality and increased render speed that's the best situation imo.
 
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TigerWolfe said:
The ceaseless pursuit of graphical fidelity is silly, and bad for all corners of the games industry. The 4k usage numbers on steam show that it's silly to pursue it too.

Personally I've got 4k monitors but the difference between 4k and 1080 for me, is almost never worth the increased dev time, cost, or compute power to display.
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I agree in principle, but games like Dreamland are absolutely amazing to gawk at, even at lower-than-4K resolutions.
But that game will get updates every 8 months, which is a massive YIKES from me.

I prefer devs that actually finish games in a reasonable time frame over games that I will probably die before finishing.

What's the use of seeing titties in 8K when even a direct injection of Viagra won't get my wiener up by the time the game shows them to me and I'm playing it on my way to be embalmed for my funeral... :KEK:
 
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weezal said:
Yeah I would agree with this. This game is already visually good enough and sure improvements would be nice but definitely not at the cost of speed. If he maintained the current quality and increased render speed that's the best situation imo.
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That was the consensus on his Patreon, and LM didn't even ask our opinion. So LM fans are already dead-set on LM just focusing on getting IC updated sooner over improving fidelity.

Which is precisely the reason I am his Patron over supporting, say, Dr. Pink and his dating simulator.
Sure, the game is visually impressive and plays like a charm, but I am not waiting half a year (at best) for an update to learn that my chosen LI isn't even the focus of the update. Fuck that shit, gimme more Queen Mother and Elin, please and thank you!
 
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Filipis said:
That was the consensus on his Patreon, and LM didn't even ask our opinion. So LM fans are already dead-set on LM just focusing on getting IC updated sooner over improving fidelity.

Which is precisely the reason I am his Patron over supporting, say, Dr. Pink and his dating simulator.
Sure, the game is visually impressive and plays like a charm, but I am not waiting half a year (at best) for an update to learn that my chosen LI isn't even the focus of the update. Fuck that shit, gimme more Queen Mother and Elin, please and thank you!
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LM is perhaps the most consistent dev I've seen alongside weirdWorld. They stick to these 2-3 month dev cycles and meet them. Shame LM isn't quite as big as others.
 
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yeah I'd rather he stick with this level of render quality maybe a clearer image with less artifacts, bc every time I see a dev say "oh guys I have a new graphics card or a new PC so now updates will be much more faster" they end focusing too much on visuals increasing the render quality to the point that they start struggle to make renders and updates end up taking longer than even before
 
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MAGO-DAG said:
Hahaha just decided to try this game, and I can't stop laughing at this scene View attachment 3967128 :KEK:

Great start, I like it so far, knowing the first game from Lazy_Monkey , I had no doubt that I would like this one :)(y)
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The only thing I want to know is: will all the women we impregnated during our exile (Spring and the dwarven lady) come back later on, sporting a nice round belly, demanding we take care of them? :LUL:
 
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Uriel ☁ said:
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I keep rendering.
Now with the new hardware, even if I’m not in a hurry, I manage to do a ten percent cycle in 3 days. I'm very happy about this. Thank you again!
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Doesn't look familiar, isn't she? Most likely a new character. Can't even spot that its human or elven ear... Definitely a 'she' though, hope it's a hot one.
 
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Filipis said:
How do you get that scene with Val? Do you have to be a specific trait? (Warrior, Bookworm, Mage)
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You can be Mage or Warrior. However, unless you're into darker content, you'll likely never get that scene. You have to basically tell her you won't help her when you camp. She'll try to escape and then you have the option to go in that direction. After that, when you help her with Alaina later, you'll get that scene the other poster showed.
 
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DrakoGhoul said:
You can be Mage or Warrior. However, unless you're into darker content, you'll likely never get that scene. You have to basically tell her you won't help her when you camp. She'll try to escape and then you have the option to go in that direction. After that, when you help her with Alaina later, you'll get that scene the other poster showed.
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So, the scene in question happens after you
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Canto Forte said:
There is a walkthrough and according to it - only if you are a warrior you can do the intense phisical feats necessary to become Damon Valerian in this game.


MC needs to also overpower her after he chases and manages to catch up to her and get hold of her.
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Who tf is Damon Valerian?
 
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Code words for Daemon Targaryen
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Who tf is Damon Valerian?
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He had a huge carte blanche with the old ruler shouldering the blame, just like Daemon acting up totally like a Harry to the UK royal court, and like in this game the ambition sidelined the old for the brash knuckle head of the younger ruler to be - holder of throne now.

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was much better ruler than his father. He also had a failed coup attempt against his father though in the end he got what he wanted and exiled his father afterwards
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