VN Ren'Py Isabella - Chasing Shadows [Ch. 4.3] [badtimetales]

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Joshy92

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It should be known by now all across F95 that you are a man of impeccable taste.
Alex is such a pretty, sweet girl.


I think he will. I'm sure he loves these girls just as much as we do, and wants only the best for them. Which, incidentally is a throuple.


Heidi or Athena?
And your post wasn't long
Nah my favourite girl in game history is Maya
She is from a certain colllege themed game on here
 

RoadWulf

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Damn wish I'd seen this earlier today. Did I miss anything juicy with Bella due to choices? Thought there'd been more progression by now but it's been too long.
Bella is a good girl, and she knows the relationship between the MC and Alex, she's not a home wrecker and she likes Alex and doesn't want to ruin not only a relationship but possibly two friendships when she's been alone for so long. She may like the MC, but she's not about to torpedo everything for it. So she's been holding back.
 

badtimetales

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That is an awesome image

I admit I haven't played the game in a while because I'm waiting till it's on steam
Is anything like that in the game now?

No, not until now.
The ladies are getting closer in 4.1, living at the MC's house. Isa character building and story progress (incl. the relationships) are planned for the 4.2 and 4.3.

Sorry, you don't fuck a model 2 days after you met her :oops: but we are getting there ;)

From the same short story

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Joshy92

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No, not until now.
The ladies are getting closer in 4.1, living at the MC's house. Isa character building and story progress (incl. the relationships) are planned for the 4.2 and 4.3.

Sorry, you don't fuck a model 2 days after you met her :oops: but we are getting there ;)

From the same short story

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Thanks for answering my questions again mate
I actually like the sound of a slow building relationship
over regular banging tbh

Also, another great picture
These girls are so hot
 

Dessolos

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I know some people are probably upset
But I really like slow building romance in these games
It makes me feel more emotionally connected to the characters
I can not agree more especially sometimes it gives them LI more of a girlfriend feel. If not they are they are usually somewhere in the middle for me which is fine as well. very few LI in these types of games have gave me that feeling even out of the slow burns I have played so far. Maybe only 5-6 LI out of the the 19 AVN games ive finished have given me a true Girlfriend feel. On top of all that i find when there isnt any slow burn relationship there is a good chance the story of the game suffers.
 

Gorse

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The following scene of the recent update got me smiling all over my face :LOL:....

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cause it's actually very similar to...

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badtimetales, you might want to consider to change the dialogue of your scene according to that movie scene for a nonsensical, but at least very amusing movie quote reference?! (Just kiddin') ;)


Anyway, great update! I'm looking forward to more cat-vs.-dog 'fights', more bonding of Isa & Alex and the further concretion of the plot.
 

FatGiant

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I know some people are probably upset
But I really like slow building romance in these games
It makes me feel more emotionally connected to the characters
I'm just taking a bit of a piss to BTT. He knows that that is the content I am waiting for. LOL

Yes. a slow build up is exactly that, a way to build up a character and create more reasons to connect beyond the looks. To learn the whys and the whats, the dos and the don'ts. Writing a character that is only there to be a warm body to have sex with, like a positionable doll made of skin and meat, may work for an empty story. But if anyone wants to write anything with any more depth than that, the character needs to be more than the doll.

We, readers, don't really connect to the written character. Yes, I can ear you go, "What???" Yes, it is true, we don't connect to the character as it is written. We connect to the idea of that character that we create in our minds using IRL examples that we've known and we can relate with. When we say that a character is life-like (as Alex is) it's because it is extremely relatable, and we were able to create a very defined and multi dimensional image of it. In extreme cases, the written characters even gain a living space in our heads, and they will make part of the future relatable attributes we will assign to the written characters we encounter.

In this game, both Isa and Alex are in the life-like area, not only because BTT made a really good job in creating them, but, because he was able to give us a generous amount of connecting points to where we can "glue" our own attributes and bring them to life in our minds. Reading and writing are NOT the same thing, but both are a creative effort. You can't read without creating, because of the internal process that is what allows us to "grok"* a story.

So yeah, to be able to develop a connection, romantic or otherwise, you need material to build it inside of you. That's what a slow-burn story does for us, gives us connecting points.

There I go again, writing too much on a forum where reading is almost a lost art. :: sigh ::

Peace :)

* "grok" is a concept invented by Robert A. Heinlein on his book "A Stranger in a Strange Land", that you can read about here:
 

Joshy92

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I'm just taking a bit of a piss to BTT. He knows that that is the content I am waiting for. LOL

Yes. a slow build up is exactly that, a way to build up a character and create more reasons to connect beyond the looks. To learn the whys and the whats, the dos and the don'ts. Writing a character that is only there to be a warm body to have sex with, like a positionable doll made of skin and meat, may work for an empty story. But if anyone wants to write anything with any more depth than that, the character needs to be more than the doll.

We, readers, don't really connect to the written character. Yes, I can ear you go, "What???" Yes, it is true, we don't connect to the character as it is written. We connect to the idea of that character that we create in our minds using IRL examples that we've known and we can relate with. When we say that a character is life-like (as Alex is) it's because it is extremely relatable, and we were able to create a very defined and multi dimensional image of it. In extreme cases, the written characters even gain a living space in our heads, and they will make part of the future relatable attributes we will assign to the written characters we encounter.

In this game, both Isa and Alex are in the life-like area, not only because BTT made a really good job in creating them, but, because he was able to give us a generous amount of connecting points to where we can "glue" our own attributes and bring them to life in our minds. Reading and writing are NOT the same thing, but both are a creative effort. You can't read without creating, because of the internal process that is what allows us to "grok"* a story.

So yeah, to be able to develop a connection, romantic or otherwise, you need material to build it inside of you. That's what a slow-burn story does for us, gives us connecting points.

There I go again, writing too much on a forum where reading is almost a lost art. :: sigh ::

Peace :)

* "grok" is a concept invented by Robert A. Heinlein on his book "A Stranger in a Strange Land", that you can read about here:
I never thought of it that way
Bu you are absolutely right
 
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fishbrain

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Bella is a good girl, and she knows the relationship between the MC and Alex, she's not a home wrecker and she likes Alex and doesn't want to ruin not only a relationship but possibly two friendships when she's been alone for so long. She may like the MC, but she's not about to torpedo everything for it. So she's been holding back.
Cool thanks, I get that, just wanted to be sure. There's no relationship left for me. I understand the attraction of the throuple but Alex doesn't do it for me. Her reaction with all the Jen stuff as well as being a hypocrite about him not telling her his past while she was hiding hers, that quite frankly wasn't nearly as tragic or as traumatic just turned me off. I'm also predominantly a one woman guy so no harm no foul, let her get back to normal from the concussion then she can take her stupid cat and get the fuck out..
 
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