Ren'Py Jenny's Quarantine (Game Development Thread)

[rel8aljack]

Overview:
Everyone thought Covid-19 was bad. The new virus is a LOT worse in that it's not just killing old people no one cares about. This time it's even killing rich people. This means extreme measures are called for to protect the elite. Yes, that means another Lockdown.

You feel okay about this, because you've been working from home since Covid-19, but your wife is going stir crazy and your daughter, Jenny, was supposed to be going to college this year. Your relationship with her was fairly distant this past few years. Perhaps now it's time to reconnect.

You know... On a spiritual level?

Developer: Rel8alGames
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Genre: Roomies and Landladies
My Other Game(s): There's a couple around...

Concept:
I'm kind of a fan of toony art and characters, so wanted to do something "cute" for a change. This is my attempt at that. It's also in homage to the hundreds of games on f95zone which are trying hard to present great roomies and landlady stories but often collapse due to Patreon/Paypal police intervention. This game is in no way affiliated with Patreon or Paypal.

Integrated Features/Gameplay:

• The game is a simple story which progresses from day to day
• Choices in the game will not greatly affect the story overall, but WILL affect costumes and outfits worn by Jenny, and may change small pieces of dialogue to match
• Music is already integrated and the selection changes according to time of day (morning, afternoon, evening, and night). It can also change when the character is being sneaky.
• A simple Hearts feature will show how far into the game the player has progressed. I plan for 10 weeks of story, with the 1st week being presented on initial release.

Confirmed Characters:

• Jenny - Your loving roomi- Daughter
• Lisa - Your landlad- Wife
• You - The player

A Note about Support:
With Patreon police cracking down too hard, I decided to forego the whole "Just call them Roomies" route, and simply ask for support via Subscribestar instead. I know some people prefer not to do this, but Patreon's rules limit the kinds of stories we can tell. I update often and also put up videos of the gameplay as it improves and changes are made.

If you choose not to support me, I still hope you enjoy the game for the cute, cheeky and somewhat weird journey this will be...

Test Images:
The following images are tests and not indicative of the final product. This thread is meant to show the stages of development and I hope some of the changes will prove both entertaining and educational as you witness the power of a creative process in full-swing...

Character Images
These are the slides which slide on in more simple ren'py



Backgrounds
These are the locations so far


GUI
A look at the GUI


Full Images
Coming soon - I usually do these last

 

[rel8aljack]

Looks like XMAS!

A time for giving. And receiving...

 

[rel8aljack]

This looks awesome, looking forward to try it, and hooray for incest(without patreons landladys and roommates!)

I really hope more people start to do this if subscribestar gets bigger, the whole "insert name here for your landlady" stuff really makes the writing way worse in most games, just having the "Mom" or "daughter" be a name is very non-immersive, and I mean, what is the incest part except the text? So its kind of important.

I kind of agree. Patreon makes it really difficult for us. Not just because Patreon is Paypal's little bitch, but because most people prefer Patreon to anything else, so it's hard to convince people to sub to you any other way.

 

[rel8aljack]

Bathroom is done. Basement coming soon.

 

[CassidyPRO]

looks promissing

 

[rel8aljack]

every home needs a basement

 

[rel8aljack]

with the recent decision on 'Proud Father' game on f95zone, i'm now cancelling this game. apologies for those interested. i've also decided to refocus into doing some comics to test the waters first, as these take much less work to complete.

 

[BigDaddyDom]

with the recent decision on 'Proud Father' game on f95zone, i'm now cancelling this game. apologies for those interested. i've also decided to refocus into doing some comics to test the waters first, as these take much less work to complete.

Oh no, I just found this game and was excited to see its release! Proud Father only got banned here because of VERY young character designs - based on your sample images I doubt it would be an issue you need to worry about. Hope you reconsider as I'm sure your game would be popular

 

[somebodynobody]

Oh no, I just found this game and was excited to see its release! Proud Father only got banned here because of VERY young character designs - based on your sample images I doubt it would be an issue you need to worry about. Hope you reconsider as I'm sure your game would be popular

Since the character is cartoonish and as long as explicitly stated over 18/21 in age, I think the game shouldn't be in any danger, petite and small grown women exist. Otherwise all games with sprites/chibi/etc would have to also be banned.

According to his subscribestar he has I think moved onto manga adaptations using his stylistic renders. They are behind support paywalls so if you want to talk to him, there he is. Hasn't been here since Oct of 2020. Also you could always tell him to show a mod and see their take on if the rule is broken to see if he wants to come back.