VN - Ren'Py - In for a Penny [v0.72] [Moist Sponge Productions]

Review is of v0.22.

After a promising start, this game lost its way for a couple of updates and seemed to be meandering, with the story not really progressing in any interesting way.

However things have got back on track with the last couple of updates and the story line and characters are progressing well, with a good mixture of entertaining scenes and dramatic tension.

One caution is that the constant introduction of new characters might end up overwhelming the writer - there are so many to keep track of, and many have not made any appearances for several updates.

A related issue is that I for one have forgotten who many of them are, and there is no easy way to identify them without going back to an early save. Hopefully this will be fixed soon, as there is a stub of a character information page - it is really needed.

A final plea - please get someone to proofread, as there are far too many simple errors, mostly incorrect use of homophonic words like "knew" for "new", etc.

TL;DR
is if you love GIANT TIDZ this is for you

What can I say, I was hooked from day one with this. It's like one of my top ideal VN's, MC (you) get's to go round fucking various breast sides girls, I do love me some gigantic breats and this VN fills that void as there isn't many out there.
I honestly think the story is written well as well as the development of the charectors, MoistSponge is doing a great job on this. I only hope after this he makes more giant breast games in the future. With a dash of breast expansion (personnal hope).

As of version 0.19
I love the Harem story design where you are the only man in a ship full of women with various model type and not all of the women are willing to have sex with Main character but as story progresses you are having them one by one . The story is at decent pace and art is nice and it seems MC family is added to the game looking forward to future updates with them . Overall a great visual novel . Kudos MoistSponge for this game , added to my watchlist and looking forward to the next release .

Renders are good
Story is confusing You can switch to the view of mc or someone else
This game is a game where you need to save to see both scenes
And that's what i really don't understand why it's made this way
No bugs

Well, as of 0.17, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Based on the date of the first release, the tags, and the models, I expected a brief fuckfest, and nothing else.

The writing (dialogues and story) is actually pretty good (even if it could use a thorough revision of typos), the MC is... I wouldn't exactly say "likeable", but more like "easy-going".(he can be obnoxiously dense and victimist sometimes), and most of the girls are engaging (even the "evil" ones, I'd like to know them better).

The models are good and varied, though you have to be a fan of big tits, or you're in the wrong place, here, as even the "flat chested" are pretty well endowed by regular standards. Some criticism could be said about this, though: considering the weight of the "big tits" tag in this game, much more could be done with them during the H scenes. They take up half of the screen most of the time but, during sex, they are barely there. Play more with them!

There are some "animations", but the quality is certainly so-so, if not lacking. If they can't be better, I honestly wouldn't bother with them. A few more renders instead (and some text/dialogue to portray what's happening) would be more than enough to make up for it.

The amount of content also took me by surprise. For slightly more than a year since the development began, I expected way less content. Truth be told, there're still plenty of girls to get laid with, but it doesn't feel scarce. I do believe there might be too many women. I think half of them would've sufficed, with more focus put in each one of them, but I don't think much can be done about it, by now.

I'll keep an eye on it for the future.

I love your work, too bad it's a visual novel. Hope your next creation is a harem game.
Otherwise it is true that the hero sometimes lacks courage and the aliens have still not been punished by him. Personally, I expect the hero to dominate everything from a harem.
But your VN has enormous potential to make it a good big boobs harem "game" of a dominant virile man who slams every woman's buttocks when he feels like it ...

I happily endorse what Larry2000 has said. This is fun, very refreshing and warmheartedly quirky. It's one of several VNs around which give us a look at a story with, for me, a fascinating and, astounding originality. The story just carries you along (with absolutely no need of a notepad) and into which the mostly lovely cast of predominantly big-boobed ladies dovetail perfectly with the setting and storyline. Though I'm no literary apostle of his, the style of humor reminds me somewhat of Kurt Vonnegut.

Anyway, this is a wonderfully enjoyable creation of which both Moist Sponges have every right to be proud and which, if it is of any significant importance to them, I hope attracts some much more useful support over on Patreon.

So, thanks a bunch Moist Sponge Productions for your prodigious talents, your enlightened inventiveness and, of course, your precious hard work and quality which, as I just said, I hope rewards you accordingly.

This game need to be treated more like webcomics than anything else. Word of warning, first day is brutally long and nearly made me drop this game. All things considered it is not bad, I like MC, I like most of supporting characters.

This is great!
The writing is good, the MC is likeable. There is an ambitious number of harem members, most of whom look great. The sex scenes are hot.
The main character is presented with some interesting world building, and the plot revolves around him solving its mystery.

It's a slow burn and there is so little player choice that it's basically like reading a comic. Many of the girls also have very big boobs. These are not downsides: if you enjoy those things don't skip this one.

This is turning out to be one of my favorite games on this site. I love the laid back pace and getting to know all about the characters and the world. Screw the haters. Keep on doing what you're doing.

The art is incredible and the bodily proportions are very much to my liking!
well done and looking forward to more. Very interesting how some of the family groups use alliteration. I must admit I wish some of these girls were real, especially the ones with the freckles....

There is something quite special in this game. It's something that is hard to put your finger on. It's not that games with Harems are typically realistic, it's just that they try and justify it when in reality there is no justification.

What this game does that's SUPER refreshing is it doesn't bullshit you. It's a harem game. That IS what it is. HOWEVER, just because it's a Harem game doesn't mean it's a sex fest. I saw other reviewers talking about how for a game with the Harem tag and revolves around the idea of having sex with every girl as a concept, there is almost no sex involved. To those I say this:

Are you kidding me? Is that not goddamn refreshing? I've played a LOT of Harem games on this site and even NON Harem games and they push you into sex with everyone right away. If you want that experience, cool. But don't trash this game cause it wants the MC to be something other than a horndog that bangs everything without any other purpose.

The MC is my favorite part of this game cause he likes having sex. He finds the girls attractive, but doesn't feel the need to just bed everything that walks. There is power in controlling yourself as much as it is to let go and indulge. It's refreshing to see that there might be a dude out there that thinks before he sticks his dong into everything.

Pros
-Love the HUMONGOUS breasts. It's silly and it's dumb, but it's also different. Why not have huge impossibly sized breasts when you live in a world where they can't sag or cause you pain.
-MC isn't a horned up youth waiting to bed everything in his wake.
-The writing is funny and engaging. It's not stilted translated dialogue from Russia. It's home grown from what I can tell.
-The pacing is pretty decent. Maybe a bit slow, but this game isn't about just fucking everything, but allowing the MC connect with each girl.
-The story is wacky and doesn't take itself too serious, even when it takes itself seriously.

Cons
-The MC's penis is... riDICKulous! As some have pointed out, it's wider than his arm and it's over a foot long.
-There is an NTRish scene in a flashback that some that like Vanilla might not like. (I didn't) but the Dev doesn't like it, so it's possible to be changed in the future. Who knows. IT IS DEAD!
-When you are introduced to each girl, it's really hard knowing which girl is which. Like, there are over 40 women, and sometimes characters are introduced two at a time and it's easy to lose track of who is talking.

Final thoughts:
This game was made for me. It's a silly game with a crazy idea. The MC isn't just trying to fuck everything (even though he will eventually) and the pacing is slow enough to enjoy forming relationships with each character.

If you like slower Harems with big breasts or like silly stories with fun characters, this is DEFINITELY for you. If you are impatient or don't wanna wait on story lines to be properly established, then avoid it.

(Psst, there might be family loving in the future )

the MC no matter his integration has no pair. yes being confused by stuff is understandable. But if yoyu someone as a bitch then just grow a pair and tell her to shut the hell up. If not then why create a vn with a male protag that does not have female domination.

For a game designed around a man having to make love to a town full of women or 2 alien girls suffer .... nothing much happens.

How the 2 alien girls haven't been punished yet I don't know because the lack of action goes against everything they said at the start.

The plot makes no sense to what is actually going on with is ... well ... nothing.

We're 11 updates in and it's gone nowhere. The most action the game has scene is from a flashback and it shows no sign of improving.

Only 1 word describes this game and it's a word I wouldn't ever have considered could be used for a game about 50 women all there to have sex with 1 man.

Boring.

IT is, arguably, the single most boring VN i've had the misfortune to play.

From limited action to shit scenes that don't match the plot. On top of that it has terrible characters. Hardly any of them have a personality and if the nuns didn't have names I wouldn't be able to tell them apart, they all act exactly the same.

By far the worst offender is the MC who is the most useless, utterly moronic waste of a lead character. You read the overview and listen to what certain characters say in game and the MC actively fights against it. Women throw themselves at him and he all but runs away.

I didn't manage to finish the latest update. I've tried with this several times and quite a few people have voiced the same issue with the lack of anything going on I just couldn't be bothered with it anymore. I got a couple of scenes into the update and it dawned on me I was forcing myself to play but paying no attention, I was bored.

By all means check it out yourselves and make your own minds up but I just can't recommend it unless you're suffering from insomnia then this might help you fall asleep.

Even though I've given this VN 3 stars, I'm writing this because it has a lot of potential. This VN is still just getting started and I think it could very well turn in to a very good VN if the dev listens to some of the criticism here.

I don't know if the devs read these things but I really hope that this dev does.

The writing is pretty good, there's a pretty interesting backstory and character development etc. I think the dev has also done a pretty good job introducing and framing each girl in an attractive and tempting way to the reader, both in terms of writing and appearance. The renders of the girls aren't amazing but they are good enough. I think these elements alone are enough to make a great VN and the dev has done an exemplary job in crafting them for the reader so far.

Here's the criticism:

Your renders look good but let's face it, your animating skills just aren't ready yet. I think it's fair to say that your animations aren't adding much to the scenes at the moment.. I think you should, instead, embrace your strength until you get better at animating. Drop the animations for now and just focus on getting good still-frame shots of the action. Try zooming out a bit with your frame and getting good emotional, sexy, still-frames of the scene... like framing a beautiful painting. Animations are great but you can still get a lot out of the positioning and framing of the camera on these beautiful bodies that you have spent so much time creating.

There are lots of girls in this VN, something to keep track of who's who would help, especially when someone who is not present in the scene is being talked about. Maybe show a small head-shot whenever a name is referenced, or some kind of color-coding scheme which labels each name with a different color? Perhaps different shades of the same color for girls who are related since there are several large families?

The MC's attitude is a little strange. Hear me out.. I know people have already mentioned this. I understand that you must have a build-up to the story so you can't have the MC act like a typical guy and instantly try to bang every single woman. But I think there needs to be more creativity in how the MC is behaving in this circumstance, because how he's acting so far is just not believable. Consider that the MC has just met 40+ exceedingly beautiful women and yet has never thought to himself that any of them are particularly attractive other than some expletives about big tits (and enjoying actual sex during sex scenes). Even guys who are afraid to actually be forward in pursuing women are at least thinking about being forward and what may come of that. Maybe spending a bit of time writing what the MC is thinking could go a long way in showing the reader that this guy actually likes the attention he's getting and wants more of it with specific girls but is constrained by nerves and being in a bizarre situation that makes him feel not so great about pursuing women as if everything was normal and he had not been abducted by aliens. As it stands right now, the MC just comes across as having inhuman levels of constraint or disinterest and it's distracting. I think a good way to view writing the MC's thoughts is that it foreshadows to the reader what the MC's future may hold with specific girls and puts that anticipation in the reader's mind which keeps them interested. As it stands now, for all the reader knows, this guy may bang everyone or may decide to just sit in his house and do nothing and he doesn't really care which one happens.. and when you're reading an erotic VN it makes the MC feel like an antagonist, which I don't think is a good thing.

Ok that's all. I think you're doing a great job so far and I wish you the best. I look forward to future updates.

Love it. Finally a developer who is not afraid of huge boobs, we need more of those.
Story is fine and quite genius actually, because it lets you explore so many different settings and characters.
Would give 5 stars, but have to give only 4, because of the mediocre animations. Hopefuly the dev will get better with those.
Very promising game.
Oh, and scene replay gallery would be nice.

Like that large breasts means that here. There is some effort taken to make the renders slightly different than the norm, though the key word is 'some'. It's a passable story. I wish it had a walkthrough or gallery mod, it's replayability isn't high enough to play the 'guess which choice for the result you want' game, and if I wish that I can't call a game 'good' relative to some out there, however I also don't see any flaws that make me immediately want to call it 'bad', if you like the preview pics you'll probably like the game.
I'd call it a 2.5 but I'll round up to 3 just because lately I've had a pet peeve with devs calling things 'big' or 'large' breast that really aren't and at least here they aren't playing around with that lol.

Interesting premise, definitely harem ( which I have no complaints about, lol). Some very nice models and very clean graphics. My only problem is the impossible breasts, its very offsetting and a major letdown to a very nice game.

I find it VERY annoying and unbelievable that a loser with no life is given an opportunity to fuck 50 something women with you being the only dick in sight. Any normal person would jump at, and yet he's apprehensive. Like what!

Pros: I like the fact that there's a group of women that actually hate him and is working to foil his plans. The writing, although long winded, goes into details of all the women. It helps brings out each individual's character. The women are nicely draw.

Cons: The sex scenes are lacking and the renders could be approved on. Would like actual options, more of a free roam, that actually gives me a choice on who I am as a MC. Whether I want to be a horn dog or this shy character. As far as I see it, you have no real choices. I found it really hard to know who was talking when the women were in groups of 2 or more. How about you zoom in on the person during their dialogue.

All in all, it's interesting and I would like to see how this pans out. Fuck these broads like your life depends on it, which I think it does.

Really good writing if you take the chance to read it. You can catch some humor lines here and there which help brighten up the story. If your looking for fap material than this isn’t the game for you because it's not a virtual novel with a whole bunch of sex scenes but it’s a VN with sex scenes and a good story. You don’t need to be a incredible smart person to understand the story you just need to take your time and enjoy it.

Pros:
- Good story
- Amazing variety of girls that all have their own story
- Amazing dialogue
- Good amount fo work
- Humane MC who doesn’t just try to dick every girl he sees but approaches with sensibility like we humans do in a real world situation. No guy in the real world as soon as she sees a girl is like “let’s fuck” it’s not plausible and there is no way the girl will reply to complete stranger “sure, let’s fuck” she’s more likely to press charges against you.

Cons:
- Little issue with who’s talking when there is a group talk
- Not the greatest animations but the dev is trying. Hopefully they will get better with each update