Ren'Py Abandoned Insight [v0.7.0] [Doragin]

[Doragin]

This is the point where I say I'm too poor to actually have a patreon account and therefore cannot vote...
That being said, lemme say I'm definitely interested in seeing where this goes and 100% would support you on there if I had the means to.
Anyways, since I can't vote on there I'll say on here that my vote goes to "whatever the dev wants to do." That being said, I realize you're still learning and it would be a bit much to expect, but something like Harem Hotel or Mythic Manor is typically how I like updates to go for sandbox games. Adding a little bit for all the main girls (1 to 2 events)+advancing the main story a bit+adding stuff for a few side girls+a new thing (or new things) as the dev finds the time/interest/desire to add more. Although I don't completely mind when a dev focuses on a few girls each update like in Corruption, or even better The Headmaster, in which they also progress the main story a bit and add a decent number of side events each update. I mean, ideally every aspect of the game would get more than "just a little bit" every update, but I realize that's a bit much to expect from single-person developers, especially those who are newbies and can't yet make this their full-time job.

You don't need to pay me to vote, it is a public vote, you just need an account (a free one will work I THINK) all things I post on Patreon are free you can just follow me no need to pay .

When/if I ever get the amount of money those people get I will gladly update my game like them XD.
I only give so much time to the game development and most of it is still learning the things I need like I am now learning photoshop thats why my updates are super slow.
Thank you for your understanding

 

[il497]

You don't need to pay me to vote, it is a public vote, you just need an account (a free one will work I THINK) all things I post on Patreon are free you can just follow me no need to pay .

Sorry, it wasn't clear, I knew I didn't need to pay to vote, I actually meant to say that I never made a Patreon account before this because it doesn't make sense to me to have an account when I don't even have money to put into it, and I guess I'm also too, er, lazy to make one now for the sole purpose of voting on polls I guess...

When/if I ever get the amount of money those people get I will gladly update my game like them XD.
I only give so much time to the game development and most of it is still learning the things I need like I am now learning photoshop thats why my updates are super slow.
Thank you for your understanding

And yeah, that makes sense. I hope you can get to the point dude! Also, I feel like at the point where you're currently at, it totally makes sense to me for you to put out smaller/slower updates while you polish your skills to the level where you're satisfied, especially for something like improving and standardizing the appearance of the game, which would've probably been a much bigger headache if you tried to tackle way later on. Anyways, good luck with learning photoshop and working on the next update!

 

[Doragin]

Sorry, it wasn't clear, I knew I didn't need to pay to vote, I actually meant to say that I never made a Patreon account before this because it doesn't make sense to me to have an account when I don't even have money to put into it, and I guess I'm also too, er, lazy to make one now for the sole purpose of voting on polls I guess...



And yeah, that makes sense. I hope you can get to the point dude! Also, I feel like at the point where you're currently at, it totally makes sense to me for you to put out smaller/slower updates while you polish your skills to the level where you're satisfied, especially for something like improving and standardizing the appearance of the game, which would've probably been a much bigger headache if you tried to tackle way later on. Anyways, good luck with learning photoshop and working on the next update!

Ahh laziness where would we be without it, probably rich or something.

You guys are too nice here, this isn't the internet I know and love. Where are the trolls at.

 

[Slayerz]

You don't need to pay me to vote, it is a public vote, you just need an account (a free one will work I THINK) all things I post on.

If you want, you could also create Polls at the top of this thread in F95.

If you go on the top right corner, under the 3 dots:


I find that this game has a similar path to Harem Hotel, from which perhaps you could find ideas. I really like Insight for now though. Has great ideas of feeling what others feel and so much potential with that elf. I'm still not sure how it'll go story-wise. I'm guessing 3 paths: Love path, harem path, or blackmail/slave path Also, that scene in the bathroom with that random girl was unexpectedly too good I wish you all the support for the next version!

 

[Slayerz]

Yep I'm one of those sandbox haters. I think it's because most sandbox games make you stretch a smaller amount of content over a much longer period of time than visual novels (GRIND). Also, even for those that have a hint system, having to travel everywhere to see content is annoying. There's no actual guarantee all your work will be rewarded with a scene or just brickwall'd with a "More in next version." because the developer wants to do a scene or two per character each update. That and the story tends to be extremely weak in sandboxes.

I totally agree that there are tons of unfinished v0.01 games and perhaps sandbox types can be more ambitious than mini-games types. I think sandbox gives you a lot of freedom on where and who you want to focus on first. It's a different path than linear stories, but I guess it's not for everyone. I'd recommend giving another try to sandbox but ones that has the completed tag or almost version 1.

Glassix has been in development for around 5 years and there is just so much content that you have to play multiple days to finish. Currently, the devs are almost finished as they are adding more costumes for girls and fixing bugs, but there's an end.

 

[Doragin]

If you want, you could also create Polls at the top of this thread in F95.

If you go on the top right corner, under the 3 dots:
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I find that this game has a similar path to Harem Hotel, from which perhaps you could find ideas. I really like Insight for now though. Has great ideas of feeling what others feel and so much potential with that elf. I'm still not sure how it'll go story-wise. I'm guessing 3 paths: Love path, harem path, or blackmail/slave path Also, that scene in the bathroom with that random girl was unexpectedly too good I wish you all the support for the next version!

I was not aware I could do poll here, I used it now but it is kinda limited on the number of options sadly, so I had to change the vote somewhat.

Thanks yet again XD, I keep thanking people here, feels nice XD

 

[Slayerz]

I was not aware I could do poll here, I used it now but it is kinda limited on the number of options sadly, so I had to change the vote somewhat.

Thanks yet again XD, I keep thanking people here, feels nice XD

Hmm perhaps grouping the options in the future could help?

Haha yeah, I really like the F95 community for the support and the ability to connect directly with the devs! Pixieblink from The Professor has started recently and he's working on his 2nd game now. He is really interacting with the community and maybe you could find some ideas on his threads about how he interacts with people for feedback in the future.

 

[zh]

I voted "whatever the dev wants" for the poll of this thread.
If the Dev had fun working on a story or some renders, I think the player feels it. So in my opinion, games tends to get A LOT better when Devs just work on what they want to work on without caring too much about fluctuating desires/lust/opinions of their fans.

 

[Bobber Tail]

I opened the phone to check goals and it locked me in a error

 

[Doragin]

I opened the phone to check goals and it locked me in a error

Thanks that is an easy fix. will do it right now and reupload

 

[Doragin]

I opened the phone to check goals and it locked me in a error

Thanks for catching that, re-uploaded with the bugfix included

 

[chaughton22]

This game just caught my eye, at a glance it seems to have some potential. Many of the comments (including notes from the developer) I read through discussed the relative lack of in-game content, but many were from a number of months ago. Can anyone who's familiar with 0.4.1 give a brief, up to date, spoiler-free answer re: whether Insight is worth a playthrough at present, or if you would advise waiting for further updates?

 

[Doragin]

This game just caught my eye, at a glance it seems to have some potential. Many of the comments (including notes from the developer) I read through discussed the relative lack of in-game content, but many were from a number of months ago. Can anyone who's familiar with 0.4.1 give a brief, up to date, spoiler-free answer re: whether Insight is worth a playthrough at present, or if you would advise waiting for further updates?

No xd, I have a recommendation in Dev notes, I will change it when I think it's worth a play.

 

[chaughton22]

No xd, I have a recommendation in Dev notes, I will change it when I think it's worth a play.

Thank you for the prompt reply; it might be helpful to other players to include the date of last edit in the Dev notes; without, it's unclear whether that recommendation was from closer to v0.1.X or v0.4.1. Just a suggestion.

Otherwise, I'll continue to monitor this thread, and look forward to investing some time in the near future when you feel it's reached a more satisfying state of affairs. Thanks for being an active participant in these forums.

 

[eldarmike3]

there is a scripying buy on latesed update when you go into the phone and go to goals

 

[Execet]

Getting a script error when click on any of the goals on the phone.

 

[Doragin]

there is a scripying buy on latesed update when you go into the phone and go to goals

Getting a script error when click on any of the goals on the phone.

Ya that bug was already reported my bad sorry guys.

Unless you mean the bug is still in the new version if you guys are on PC is the file name "Insight-0.4.1-pc_bugfix.rar " or just " Insight-0.4.1-pc.rar "?

 

[eldarmike3]

Ya that bug was already reported my bad sorry guys.

Unless you mean the bug is still in the new version if you guys are on PC is the file name "Insight-0.4.1-pc_bugfix.rar " or just " Insight-0.4.1-pc.rar "?

im only getting Insight-0.4.1-pc.rar

 

[Doragin]

im only getting Insight-0.4.1-pc.rar

That is supper weird I updated the links, and for me it shows it was updated.
anyways here is the fixed version, that should already be published but for some reasons it's not:

You must be registered to see the links

 

[Takonar]

Gave it a shot after seeing this in the latest updates tab a few times and this is a very charming game. Base concept is rather interesting and I look forward to see how it is executed, it was a small thing but seeing the 'you feel horny' indicator when passing by the bathroom and using that to find a new scene was great, really played into the empath stuff being a core mechanic rather than just a gimmick, I liked that. That being said I am not super interested in investigating the player's backstory or anything, I'll just take the empath abilities at face value and roll with it, don't need to dwell on it.

I played it and saw all the content in maybe... 30 minutes? At least until I had 'wait for an update' on every goal, so I assume that was all the content. Models seem nice and are solidly in my strikezone and the idea of the school and working with all sorts of (what I assume are) fantastical/otherwordly girls is a good method of having interaction by porn logic. There isn't a lot yet to comment on, but most of everything I saw was at least par if not better. Backgrounds aren't mindblowing but they only need to be functional, which they are. I only have two real nitpicks and both are related to navigating. It'd be nice if there was some sort of visible indicator of what objects/people are interactive without having to mouse over them, and some of the camera angles in the house where you'd have sudden drastic elevation changes of the camera angle were a bit disorientating if you're going through them quick.

All in all I like what I see, even if there isn't a ton, and I am interested in seeing where the dev takes it. There's a lot of interesting games on this site, some with a lot of content some with not so much content, but what really struck me is the potential of this one and I figure it's worth supporting the dev so I can see if they manage to exploit all the potential of this concept.