VN Ren'Py Jezebel [Ep. 2 v2.02] [Mr. Pengo]

[Mr. Pengo]

Actually sounds like gets worst (or probably better for the most), as Erika girls appears and moves out with "V" irrelevant from my choices.

Yeah, Erika is the only canon partner Duvessa will have, for a multitude of reasons (they both trended heavily toward it not making sense otherwise when writing). But you will be able to skip all of her sex scenes. Everyone else is entirely avoidable.

 

[Leelloominai]

Yeah, Erika is the only canon partner Duvessa will have, for a multitude of reasons (they both trended heavily toward it not making sense otherwise when writing). But you will be able to skip all of her sex scenes. Everyone else is entirely avoidable.

just to be sure if i got it right, by "only canon partner" do you mean there is no other romance in the game (other than purely sexual encounters)? in other words i cannot finish the game with other character as my partner?

 

[Mr. Pengo]

just to be sure if i got it right, by "only canon partner" do you mean there is no other romance in the game (other than purely sexual encounters)? in other words i cannot finish the game with other character as my partner?

Nope, just only canon sexual partner. As in, their relationship canonically gets physical. Every other potential partner of hers is up to you. Maybe 'canon' isn't the right word. There will absolutely be other romance in the game, and what Erika and Duvessa have with one another will not neccesarily constitute romance.

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[dragoonknight1221999]

Just wanted to dote on what a great game this seems like it has the potential of becoming. Using the universal mod for renpy I checked out some of the ways scenes could play out if different choices were made previously, and this may be one of the few games where I actually keep more than one play through going to see how the story turns out.

Especially seeing how

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I really hope that we get to see how different things can happen based off your choices. Cause at least with this chapter, it seems like some of the choices don't actually seem to matter as much. Like you can fail your investigation at the market when asking questions, but you still figure out what's going on anyways due to other events that happen. So hoping that the which ending was received at the end of the chapter makes a bigger difference going forward.

Of course on the flip side, making two many branching choices that can cause a slowdown for future updates as you'd basically have to write different stories from that point forward if it branches too much. And it can get easily out of hand if too many major branches happen where things get really complicated to keep track of and write. But I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this game going forward.

I particularly enjoyed that the sub paths seem to be written well even with how the main character is written. It didn't feel jarring or out of character. It felt very believable that she could act out as a very confident, brash person but actually has a hidden submissive side (possibly hidden even to herself) that can come out when confronted by someone else with a strong personality. I was concerned when first stumbling upon this game since I normally like playing female protags as more submissive that this wouldn't be my personal cup of tea. But it actually works out really well.

The only real complaint I would personal have (which isn't to say it's a bad thing, just something that I personally would like to see different), is how the last h-scene is only possibly to get if you

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I was able to find times to choose options that I'm okay with, but still wouldn't have been my first choice if not for the fact that I wanted that scene since, based off my personal kinks, he's the one I'm most interested in.

 

[Mr. Pengo]

Just wanted to dote on what a great game this seems like it has the potential of becoming. Using the universal mod for renpy I checked out some of the ways scenes could play out if different choices were made previously, and this may be one of the few games where I actually keep more than one play through going to see how the story turns out.

Especially seeing how

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I really hope that we get to see how different things can happen based off your choices. Cause at least with this chapter, it seems like some of the choices don't actually seem to matter as much. Like you can fail your investigation at the market when asking questions, but you still figure out what's going on anyways due to other events that happen. So hoping that the which ending was received at the end of the chapter makes a bigger difference going forward.

Of course on the flip side, making two many branching choices that can cause a slowdown for future updates as you'd basically have to write different stories from that point forward if it branches too much. And it can get easily out of hand if too many major branches happen where things get really complicated to keep track of and write. But I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this game going forward.

I particularly enjoyed that the sub paths seem to be written well even with how the main character is written. It didn't feel jarring or out of character. It felt very believable that she could act out as a very confident, brash person but actually has a hidden submissive side (possibly hidden even to herself) that can come out when confronted by someone else with a strong personality. I was concerned when first stumbling upon this game since I normally like playing female protags as more submissive that this wouldn't be my personal cup of tea. But it actually works out really well.

The only real complaint I would personal have (which isn't to say it's a bad thing, just something that I personally would like to see different), is how the last h-scene is only possibly to get if you

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I was able to find times to choose options that I'm okay with, but still wouldn't have been my first choice if not for the fact that I wanted that scene since, based off my personal kinks, he's the one I'm most interested in.

Thanks for playing! I agree with you on both qualms, the market investigation is something I wrote very early on and didn't have a roadmap for in terms of branching consequences. I agonized over whether or not to

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, but ultimately decided it was more fitting to leave it in. Either way, I think I've learned from both of these things and plan to make accessing whatever content the player wants more streamlined in the future. My goal is not really to make this a game where you can 'win' or 'lose' so much as 'what you want to see happen, happens'.

 

[BakersWam]

Every other potential partner of hers is up to you.

I adore Erika so far, she's adorable. I'm curious about how the romance routes will work. Will they be locked with specific characters or can you have multiple? Could some turn poly?

 

[Mr. Pengo]

I adore Erika so far, she's adorable. I'm curious about how the romance routes will work. Will they be locked with specific characters or can you have multiple? Could some turn poly?

Duvessa has been polyamorous and non-romantic for her entire life, so rest assured any potential romantic relationships will be slow burns that don't prevent you from getting with other people as well. And yes, there will be some 3+ person relationship dynamics to come!

 

[LordWanze]

To each their own. For me personally, there are a number of wicked anime girls who helped inspire Duvessa in the first place.

It will be on Android within the week!

Is that still in the making?
Doesn't work on Joiplay sadly.

 

[Mr. Pengo]

Is that still in the making?
Doesn't work on Joiplay sadly.

Yup, Android release today or tomorrow.

 

[LordWanze]

Great, thank you.

 

[Deadxd908]

I wasn't expecting much, but I’ve been genuinely surprised by how the story developed through certain choices and kept my attention. I really hope it gets completed in the future, I'll definitely keep an eye on it.

 

[Buletti]

Dear Mr. Pengo I encountered what I guess is a bug:

MC is on maximum sub points before the secret meeting with Nikolai in the night. After the encounter with the thug I can choose to kill him or let him go. If I choose kill, one sub is didacted. If I choose to let him go, the indicator is almost completely maxed out in the dom side. As if the counter went out to the right side and came back in on the left like Pacman.

This seems to be rather strange behavior to me.

 

[Mr. Pengo]

Dear Mr. Pengo I encountered what I guess is a bug:

MC is on maximum sub points before the secret meeting with Nikolai in the night. After the encounter with the thug I can choose to kill him or let him go. If I choose kill, one sub is didacted. If I choose to let him go, the indicator is almost completely maxed out in the dom side. As if the counter went out to the right side and came back in on the left like Pacman.

This seems to be rather strange behavior to me.

This problem has already been noted and will be addressed in the next update/patch which should be out in less than 24 hours time. However, for now, it is just a visual thing; your character is still at max sub level, the pause menu is just bugged.

 

[Buletti]

This problem has already been noted and will be addressed in the next update/patch which should be out in less than 24 hours time. However, for now, it is just a visual thing; your character is still at max sub level, the pause menu is just bugged.

Awesome! THX for the quick confirmation.

Cheers!

 

[Kiliana]

Loved this. Hope we can get the next episode soon and with the same quality.

 

[Mr. Pengo]

Quick update on the Android launch and 1.02...I'm consulting with my coding expert to figure out a way to fix a bug for existing save games in addition to new ones, so it's taking a little longer. It will be released tomorrow, along with my first progress report since the game's release.

 

[Ababytu]

Thanks for playing! I agree with you on both qualms, the market investigation is something I wrote very early on and didn't have a roadmap for in terms of branching consequences. I agonized over whether or not to

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, but ultimately decided it was more fitting to leave it in. Either way, I think I've learned from both of these things and plan to make accessing whatever content the player wants more streamlined in the future. My goal is not really to make this a game where you can 'win' or 'lose' so much as 'what you want to see happen, happens'.

I do want to mention that while having "phantom choices" like the market investigation has some... issues, sometimes, there are other times that it's pretty neato.

For instance: I understand you could have just had Duvessa scream "WHO ARE THEY" in text when she was roughing up that merchant in the market. But it FELT more impactful to pick the option to have her scream it. And that feeling does matter, at times. Especially when trying to capture the feeling of a semi-crazy cackling evil scene.

HOWEVER... if you link invisible variables to what otherwise seem like flavor choices you're a monster. And I say that not to you, but to all VN devs.

Monsters.

 

[telidar]

I do want to mention that while having "phantom choices" like the market investigation has some... issues, sometimes, there are other times that it's pretty neato.

For instance: I understand you could have just had Duvessa scream "WHO ARE THEY" in text when she was roughing up that merchant in the market. But it FELT more impactful to pick the option to have her scream it. And that feeling does matter, at times. Especially when trying to capture the feeling of a semi-crazy cackling evil scene.

HOWEVER... if you link invisible variables to what otherwise seem like flavor choices you're a monster. And I say that not to you, but to all VN devs.

Monsters.

Yeah, C&C in this VN is close in complexity to Alpha Protocol, lol, you don't see that kind of thing every day.

 

[Mr. Pengo]

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Apart from that , great game. I truly enjoyed playing it.

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Thanks for the kind words!

 

[GreenDark]

I don't like mostly anything involving Jasen. He just pops up out of nowhere with incredible resources and already crazy high influence. Also, he's not much of a character. He's mostly a plot device to force Duvessa to deal with the peasantry and to provide Davor's letter.
The situations Duvessa deals with as a result of his appearance are worth their presence in the story, but the way they came about because of Jasen feels incredibly forced.

I love this VN, by the way. I'm currently writing a big wall of text where I talk in detail about all of the ways this has very quickly become one of my favorites. I just have a few criticisms and Jasen is one of them.