VN Ren'Py Karlsson's Gambit [v0.8.2 Test] [Grym Gudinna Games]

[Sharpshooter890]

Same here...wonder if we will come to possibly regret that, or if she will respect us more for it? Hmmm....

It's like one the best scenes in the game - very hot, very cruel. Her facial expressions are great and the music fits the atmosphere. And she tells you that you get bonus points with her in the future, so it's totally worth it. But I get it, a paralyzed man in a wheelchair looking at his wife getting railed by MC is not for everyone (and that's not even the worst of it).

Miss Tess sure knows how to make a great scene.

 

[Maviarab]

Don't worry, we all have a good time discussing things we like, we have different opinions and that's what makes the conversation interesting. New perspectives allow us to appreciate the game even more. It's like Star Wars talks (when it was actually good, pre-Disney times). So it's all good, mate!

it is amazing/surprising/whatever. I think this must be the only thread where people have different opinions and thoughts and no one insults anyone else (for real, we jest a lot for sure), there are no arguments, bad mouthing...

It's actually quite refreshing isn't it. Way to go us! (or, the content matter keeps all the idiots away...either or lol).

It's like one the best scenes in the game - very hot, very cruel. Her facial expressions are great and the music fits the atmosphere. And she tells you that you get bonus points with her in the future, so it's totally worth it. But I get it, a paralyzed man in a wheelchair looking at his wife getting railed by MC is not for everyone (and that's not even the worst of it).

Miss Tess sure knows how to make a great scene.

She certainly does yes, impeccible thoughts, writing and as you say, expressions. If Tess wrote your normal cookie-cutter harem/incest story this thread would be busier than many...it would be so popular. Just makes it all the better IMO, this my second favourite VN out of all the ones I've tried (and that's a damn exhaustive list over the last 4 years, over 600+ heh).

 

[Mr. Chatty]

it is amazing/surprising/whatever. I think this must be the only thread where people have different opinions and thoughts and no one insults anyone else (for real, we jest a lot for sure), there are no arguments, bad mouthing...

It's actually quite refreshing isn't it. Way to go us! (or, the content matter keeps all the idiots away...either or lol).

She certainly does yes, impeccible thoughts, writing and as you say, expressions. If Tess wrote your normal cookie-cutter harem/incest story this thread would be busier than many...it would be so popular. Just makes it all the better IMO, this my second favourite VN out of all the ones I've tried (and that's a damn exhaustive list over the last 4 years, over 600+ heh).

It's too niche and dramatic for most people to give any attention to it. And the people who actually are into this, they are too nice to argue about anything if you know what I mean.

 

[Stan5851]

If I remember correctly, on a sub route you only get 1 scene with her and Dominique, and she is pretty much a different character there - she is polite, lacks confidence (asks the MC to do things instead of giving orders) and is generally a pleasant gal.

Maybe, but I'm going by what I've seen on my route, namely the first Wpod2 trial in the mines. And there Chloe showed all her true nature. BTW, psychologically, there was quite a detailed analysis of each of the girls' behaviour there, when there is no big boss standing next to them and they are on their own. So, I drew certain conclusions. I may adjust my opinion depending on how Chloe behaves next, but I don't think she will change.

There is a scene in the Black Room in ep.7 (the darkest stuff happens there), and she is a very chill compared to Olivia and Juliette (they piss on a guy while he is being burned alive, while Phoebe just wants a good old-fashioned licking in a hot tub). Also, on the Dom route she hints that there is a good reason why she hates her husbando so much. She absolutely is an evil bitch, but I think there could be more to her than meets the eye. I look forward to interacting with her more in the future.

Although I don't play the sub route, I saw this scene you write about (via Sancho Mod's gallery) as I wanted to see what we would be told about Kane's real sister. But her behaviour there doesn't say much. We'll see how she performs on the game show. But either way, to me, she will remain a sadist and a murderer, and I will act on that.

 

[Sharpshooter890]

Maybe, but I'm going by what I've seen on my route, namely the first Wpod2 trial in the mines. And there Chloe showed all her true nature. BTW, psychologically, there was quite a detailed analysis of each of the girls' behaviour there, when there is no big boss standing next to them and they are on their own. So, I drew certain conclusions. I may adjust my opinion depending on how Chloe behaves next, but I don't think she will change.

Oh, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just meant to say, that depending on whether it's a Dom/Sub playthrough, certain characters can be quite different, thus ranking/comparing them is much harder.
But yeah, Chloe as portrayed in Wpod2 doesn't deserve to be in charge, she would ruin everything in the long-term. Angelica is an obvious choice for a leadership position.

 

[Maviarab]

We'll see how she performs on the game show

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Chloe is a poor man's juliette and since juliette isnt particularly bad at the leadership thing, I don't think chloe would be either. Probably more controllable then angelica as well.

 

[Maviarab]

Chloe is a poor man's juliette and since juliette isnt particularly bad at the leadership thing, I don't think chloe would be either. Probably more controllable then angelica as well.

Easily more controllable as she a puppy...an obediant yes ma'am...eager to please her masters.

She brainless in other words and has no standards or morals and will literally probably do anything to get on someone's good side. Now, that can either be a good or or a bad thing, depending on how one looks at it.

 

[Stan5851]

Same here...wonder if we will come to possibly regret that, or if she will respect us more for it? Hmmm....

It's hard to say how she'll really feel about us, but if we choose this first,

and then refuse to fuck her, we won't (technically) lose anything in terms of her relationship points.

 

[Maviarab]

It's hard to say how she'll really feel about us, but if we choose this first,
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and then refuse to fuck her, we won't (technically) lose anything in terms of her relationship points.

That's exactly what I did...was hoping for respect (forget the points for a moment). I think we will have the opportunity with her again regardless if we continue to climb the ranks, she will obviously 'be around' so we're bound to run into her again at some point when we have advanced.

 

[Stan5851]

IMO, this my second favourite VN out of all the ones I've tried (and that's a damn exhaustive list over the last 4 years, over 600+ heh).

Can I ask which is the first one?)

 

[Silver_Crow117]

Oh, she's saving animals and cuddles you, how very nice of her. Right after poking holes in the eardrums of her slaves.. What an upstanding citizen.

I will agree, I have a soft spot for Deliliah - she is fair in her judgements and doesn't like snitches, but yeah, her motives remain unclear. Is she a mole, does she have an agenda of her own? We'll have to wait and see..

Don't worry, we all have a good time discussing things we like, we have different opinions and that's what makes the conversation interesting. New perspectives allow us to appreciate the game even more. It's like Star Wars talks (when it was actually good, pre-Disney times). So it's all good, mate!

Hey Veronica might be doing things to… those unfortunate individuals but I’m mostly focused on the relationship between MC (Kane) and her hahaha and yes! I love this community !!

 

[Maviarab]

Can I ask which is the first one?)

PM'd you.

 

[DoverDad]

it looks like I'm the only one who likes Chloe oh well more pussy me I mean Kane then

 

[fifo5310]

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No plan with these pics, just doing a long public Patreon post very soon and may as well put them here too. Content phase might be done by my time tonight absent minor stuff/scene tweaks. Hope to move fully to editing phase after one full day of rest Friday (I need it!) and starting hard Saturday.

 

[fifo5310]

Hi everyone!

I'm up pretty late to write this (about 3 am) so please forgive any minor grammar/spelling mistakes.

I am just writing this post to announce that if I finish my workflow tasking tomorrow (Thursday technically now so I guess tonight) then I will be finished with the initial writing/rendering stage which I call the content generation stage.

After this is done, I move formally to editing which includes music, dialogue edits, render fixes, in depth play testing (especially flags from prior choices and how things branch properly for future updates). My major concern with testing this time around is definitely save compatibility and how it overall tests with all the flags I have used in the past. I am not really a tech person at all, so this is the most scary element for me.

I do not know how long I will take to finalize all editing, but generally it has been between 1-2 weeks in the past. If there are no major problems/hiccups during testing, it may be out before the end of this month. (this has always been my goal since maybe October or so when I finished a presentation on the 27th)

I will take a full day of rest Friday (or a little bit to wrap up last tweaks for content generation) and then sleep like 12 hours until Saturday so I can approach this phase with a fresh mind/perspective. I've been grinding pretty hard the last 13 days or so (I think it will be almost 400 renders just from this time period) with very little sleep, so it's time to rest a day!

Here are my estimated render counts for Test Version Episode 8, Part I which I will formally call Episode 0.8TPart1

Dom Path: 1128

Secret Sub: 189

Main Branch (all can see): 464

Sub Path: 1,434

All renders: 3,215

Keep in mind I will announce with the Test Version what scenes are missing and still coming for the Final Version of 0.8. So I always recommend people to eventually make saves under the FINAL version of this first part of 0.8 which will end up 0.8P1Final versus the Test Version of 0.8TPart1. The biggest reason for this recommendation is because I will be adding a few new choice flags that currently are not in Test. (I need to fine tune how to calculate the flag points for Part II and want to get feedback on it from certain players I trust) So if you carry over a Test Version save, and I've added a new important flag afterwards, you might miss that branch in Part II.

I hope everyone has a blessed year in 2024! I do not believe 2023 could have gone any better for me from a professional standpoint, so I feel very fortunate and lucky. I have always had a goal of a very specific net worth by 35, and now I believe I am going to hit it before 30. I also have had a very good personal thing happen to me recently, so I kind of feel on the proverbial Cloud 9 even though I'm so tired right now too, hehe.

I will be taking a seven day trip overseas in mid-February to start a formal preliminary planning overview of our big client we got in October 2023 but I will still be working on the game too. (more likely at that point the start of Episode 8, Part II or last minute tweaks to get out the Final Version) I'll be upgrading both my main computer (to an RTX 4090) and a new laptop (not sure it can do renders but will get a very nice one anyway) after this 0.8P1Final is out. I didn't want to try and mess with anything being so close to the update with transferring over files, etc. (especially when I had a nasty SSD crash earlier last year!)

When I release Test, I will have a long laundry list of things I want to add for Final and it will depend on what I got in Test. For example, the lowest priority on my Test Version list is animations, the most important are proper branching flags/dialogue edits/render edits, and then something like music is lower priority but higher than animations. Meaning that if everything else is done on Jan 30 or so EXCEPT animations for a release, I may just choose to release it and put it all on Final.

Last, I always appreciate anyone that is kind enough to send me a nice word or just that they enjoy the game. While I admit I primarily do the game for my own creative reasons (and just the fun of it), I always hope people have fun too!

I have also finally kind of moved past caring too much about harassment/haters as well, as I finally realized my life is so fortunate and blessed and that I shouldn't let that bring me down very much in the grand scheme of life. In the end, if you wake up feeling excited to be alive every day, why let yourself be brought down? I guess it's the old adage the best revenge is a life well lived and I'm very, very, lucky that it's true right now.

Thanks to everyone for their patience and support! I know I'm not exactly a speed demon with progress, but I am always working hard and I am still proud that I have basically never missed a weekly update yet (absent moving it off a day or two for specific reasons) to my Patrons! (even if the week was bad, hehe) When you have to do weekly updates, it gives you no excuse to be lazy because you have to face the music and be accountable, hehe.

Ok, I'm rambling (late night brain fog) but seriously, thank you all and I will keep working hard and doing my best to get out the update! Love you all, thanks!

Tess

 

[Bombmaster]

No plan with these pics, just doing a long public Patreon post very soon and may as well put them here too. Content phase might be done by my time tonight absent minor stuff/scene tweaks. Hope to move fully to editing phase after one full day of rest Friday (I need it!) and starting hard Saturday.

Gods work, although who is the chick hugging Kane(probably) with the pink dress, someone have a clue?

 

[hu lover]

this looks like an interesting looking game.

maybe will try this out later on.

 

[Silver_Crow117]

No plan with these pics, just doing a long public Patreon post very soon and may as well put them here too. Content phase might be done by my time tonight absent minor stuff/scene tweaks. Hope to move fully to editing phase after one full day of rest Friday (I need it!) and starting hard Saturday.

Spoiler tag my friend…Rookie mistake

 

[Silver_Crow117]

Gods work, although who is the chick hugging Kane(probably) with the pink dress, someone have a clue?

It’s Claudia