VN Ren'Py Abandoned Kintsugi [v0.1.1] [Mr. Rodrigues]

[satanete]

Quick question; Kintsugi is the ancient japanese technique used (among others) in bonsai to fix a broken pot using gold dust, to repair the pot showing its history and making it even more beautiful... Why did you use this word for your game?

Just curious; please, explain as much as you want if this word has other meanings (I want to start learning japanese)

 

[Faptime]

Anyone willing and able to do an Android port?

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

Hey guys, sorry for not responding your posts, had two job interviews yesterday and got home exhausted, but I'm hard at work correcting the bugs on the prologue, making some changes to the overall pace of the game and finishing the third scene from the first chapter.

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

1. MC name Phil...Really *no name change*
2. MC looks like a Futa with that long hair
3. The Art and Animations style is nice
4. The Story is still not clear



i have to skip this game on point 1 *No Name Change*

P.S Let the Player Choose The Hair Style (this looks afwul)

Any way good luck with this game

1. Haha, sorry for that, it was the first name that popped into my head, I must have been watching fresh prince prior to start working on the game, it could've been "Bubbles" but I thought it was a bit too much.
2. It was either a "Futa" or a "Rapist" I went with the futa, hahaha. But seriously now, I'm sorry you didn't like it, but finding a semi-decent hairstyle on HS is a pain in the ass, this was the best I could do with my limited resources.
3. Thanks man! I'm so glad you liked it, I'm putting a lot of effort on it.
4. Nor will it be for a little while, first chapter will be more interesting story-wise, hope you get a chance to check it out!
5. Don't sweat it! Already fixed it!
6. Dude, right now the amount of work that I would have to put into it for this particular change would completely disrupt the workflow for the rest of the game. Between job interviews, doctor's appointments and the fact that right now I have zero income make the priorities very clear in my mind. If I devote time to this right now, something is gonna suffer, probably the game. I hope you understand and can get past it, but I completely understand if you can't.
7. Thanks! And thank you for your feedback!

Will this game have branches that would require a walkthrough to get through?

Wow, that's a tough question, the game will have some very significant decisions for the player to make, but I intend for them to be fewer in quantity and deeper in impact than your average Visual Novel. Meaning that a few well-positioned saves should suffice. But I really can't say for sure as I don't really know what would you consider a requirement.

Ah ill make sure to be extra careful when I get the chance to rerun with audio. I think it boils down to we're so use to advancing scenes with spacebar or such that when it comes to that kinda thing (credits or the intro thing) we skip accidentally. Its hard to know when we advance things and when it does it, itself. I know some games when an animation is about to happen they'll say like (Dont click next screen for animation) or some kind of indicator. May be a quick "fix" until you find another better way for it.


Also for not being a native English speaker (I'm guessing from your comments about native speaker and such), I'm amazed there werent way more typos or such. I'm so use to finding games here with serious need of a proofreader. I would've guessed you were native English speaker and just had typos. What is your native language if you dont mind me asking?

Either way cant wait for next update! This seems to have a lot of care put into it and thought behind it.

Yeah... I really don't want to ruin the atmosphere by introducing a message in the middle of the story, I know that sounds a bit pedantic but I figure that since I'm already putting the effort, I might as well do the best I can. On the other hand, you gave me an idea, and I included a short message on the splash screen that will only show on the first play-trough. I hope this achieves a good balance between calling attention to the transitions and animations and not intruding too much on the player's gameplay.

And I hope you do (play it with audio on) as the song is one of the first things I have in mind or search for when I figure the story I want to tell on a given scene.

Oh, thanks! Sometimes I feel like I'm a little "rusty" on my Eglish, it's good to know it's not that bad, hehe. Anyway, my native language is Portuguese and I'm "Hueland", hehe.

Next update is coming soon, I hope by the end of next week, perhaps even sooner than that.

Yup! We found each other.

This tool might work for you:
As the writer, consider how your charcter sees 'Miss/Mrs/Mr ______' and then refer to those people that way. (It's a kind of "show don't tell" story-telling--we get to understand the story's characters by seeing how other people react to them.)

For example, your character sees his friends as friends (not "friends"), sees his fiancee as his fiancee (not "fiancee"), and sees Mr.____ as grandfather. Another character might see him as a "grandfather", or Bob, or "Hey, You!", but the most important person in the story sees his grandfather.

Heck, you can proboably remove the quotes in the OP--because only interested readers will get to understand the mystery of the orphan's grandfather alluded to in the preview. (*And* there are no spoilers anywhere! )

Your thoughts?
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Yeah, I hadn't really considered that. And that's a hell of a nice tip, thanks! I'll have to rewrite some of the text for the next chapters, but it was mostly draft anyway.

And yup, I'll edit the OP, there are a few things in there I'm interested in improving.

Quick question; Kintsugi is the ancient japanese technique used (among others) in bonsai to fix a broken pot using gold dust, to repair the pot showing its history and making it even more beautiful... Why did you use this word for your game?

Just curious; please, explain as much as you want if this word has other meanings (I want to start learning japanese)

I hope this answer is satisfying enough without giving away too much!

Spoiler: For anyone interested, but I recommend learning this while playing the game.

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Anyone willing and able to do an Android port?

Right now I really can't, sorry, but if and when I'm able to do so I'll be sure to let you know!

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

Hey folks, I'll be uploading the Prologue V.0.1.1.

No new content, just many fixes and improvements. If anyone is interested, I'll welcome any and every comment, thanks!

 

[Blargher]

Hey folks, I'll be uploading the Prologue V.0.1.1.

No new content, just many fixes and improvements. If anyone is interested, I'll welcome any and every comment, thanks!

I'm downloading the new fix/improvement one now, I'll play it with audio when I do but I probably won't have time to comment until tomorrow. I'll let you know any comments on it tomorrow night.

 

[Blargher]

Going through it again I caught a typo or so I missed. Funny what the brain will autocorrect for us.

Spoiler: typos

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Now as for the music, I liked the audio but I am not a huge fan of the song during the sex scene. I don't even think it's the lyrics specifically. I don't know. o-O Overall though, it is good. Definitely adds something to have the audio on, imho.

Also the intro and credits is quite good. I think a well warning to any future player is just to hit space only if there's text fully on the screen. I noticed most times if you hit space(advancing it), if there's no text immediately it's usually a transition or something. I saw extra careful not to skip anything either this time. (Not sure what you changed to make it less skippable but it was definitely easier knowing you could skip something. Not sure if going in blind if I would've accidentally skipped again)

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

Going through it again I caught a typo or so I missed. Funny what the brain will autocorrect for us.

Hahaha, great, thanks!

Although I'm thinking of going back on the "granpa", as he's not really his grandson, the whole "granpa" as a nickname kind of makes sense.

In Portuguese, it's easier to differentiate without incurring a typo, as in here we have "avô" (grandfather), "vovô"(grandpa) but we also have "vô" that generally precedes a name or a secondary nickname, as in "Vô Augusto". That may or may not be a real grandfather. Bear in mind though that not everywhere in Brazil is like that.

Anyway, thanks for your comment, it made me think and reconsider!

Now as for the music, I liked the audio but I am not a huge fan of the song during the sex scene. I don't even think it's the lyrics specifically. I don't know. o-O Overall though, it is good. Definitely adds something to have the audio on, imho.

Yeah, being realistic, not every song is going to please everyone, I had that in mind going in. In this particular case, I still think it's because of the overall volume of the music being a bit distracting, I'll have to tweak it for the next version, and hope that it makes a little better. I don't mind changing the music if too many people don't really like it, but I would prefer not to do so, as I take a few things into consideration such as the character's personalities, the overall mood of the scene, etc.

Still, I'm very glad that overall it's still a positive.

Also the intro and credits is quite good. I think a well warning to any future player is just to hit space only if there's text fully on the screen. I noticed most times if you hit space(advancing it), if there's no text immediately it's usually a transition or something. I saw extra careful not to skip anything either this time. (Not sure what you changed to make it less skippable but it was definitely easier knowing you could skip something. Not sure if going in blind if I would've accidentally skipped again)

Ah, great! I believe I managed to reach somewhat of a balance (with the help of you guys) so I hope people remain satisfied with it in the coming chapters.

The anally retentive control freak inside of me still preferred that I could block skipping in some scenes. Hahaha. But I'm well aware that most people wouldn't like it so I'll just have to live with it...

Well, now I'm gonna crash, I spent the last 4 hours capturing images only to find out that the transparencies are all f*ucked-up, so I'll have to redo everything tomorrow...

Oh well...

 

[Blargher]

Hahaha, great, thanks!

Although I'm thinking of going back on the "granpa", as he's not really his grandson, the whole "granpa" as a nickname kind of makes sense.
In Portuguese, it's easier to differentiate without incurring a typo, as in here we have "avô" (grandfather), "vovô"(grandpa) but we also have "vô" that generally precedes a name or a secondary nickname, as in "Vô Augusto". That may or may not be a real grandfather. Bear in mind though that not everywhere in Brazil is like that.

Anyway, thanks for your comment, it made me think and reconsider!

See this is why I wasn't sure to begin with if it was a typo or just a nickname. In the US, we tend to have nicknames for them too. Such as gramps, pop pop(never used these myself but yeah) and more. Plus sometimes as a kid we can't pronounce it correctly and it just carries over. I use to not pronounce granny wrong, and even after I was older and knew I was not saying it right. It just stuck as a nickname too. So granpa seemed possibly as a nickname to me, thats why I made a point to question if it was a typo or not.

Yeah, being realistic, not every song is going to please everyone, I had that in mind going in. In this particular case, I still think it's because of the overall volume of the music being a bit distracting, I'll have to tweak it for the next version, and hope that it makes a little better. I don't mind changing the music if too many people don't really like it, but I would prefer not to do so, as I take a few things into consideration such as the character's personalities, the overall mood of the scene, etc.

Still, I'm very glad that overall it's still a positive.

Yeah you shouldn't change it just because a few dislike that one song or such. For me like I said I'm not even sure what it is that made me dislike it to some degree. It's one thing to put into consideration to things that everyone hates like you said or such, but it is still your game and your vision. If the song is perfect for you, it should stay as such imho.

 

[MuffinManWantsPregnancy]

FINALLY got around to playing it. Had it in the backlog for a bit. I wasn't expecting the feels so quick. But I sense a good story ahead. Yet another game to keep on my radar.

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

Hey guys, how are you all doing?

I'm not sure this is the right place, but I would like to give you all an update.

I have not stopped working on the game, far from it. But things are getting serious here in Brazil, and my folks are on the elderly side. Since I'm unemployed anyway, I came to help them in any way I can, I'm terrified of having them on a hospital bed especially in a time like this. This does, however, affect my productivity greatly so things are a bit slow now.

I hope you guys understand.

Anyway, stay safe, stay at home and wash your hands.

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

FINALLY got around to playing it. Had it in the backlog for a bit. I wasn't expecting the feels so quick. But I sense a good story ahead. Yet another game to keep on my radar.

Great! I'm really glad you liked it! I'm planning on releasing an update really soon, I hope you can check it out!

 

[Blargher]

Hey guys, how are you all doing?

I'm not sure this is the right place, but I would like to give you all an update.

I have not stopped working on the game, far from it. But things are getting serious here in Brazil, and my folks are on the elderly side. Since I'm unemployed anyway, I came to help them in any way I can, I'm terrified of having them on a hospital bed especially in a time like this. This does, however, affect my productivity greatly so things are a bit slow now.

I hope you guys understand.

Anyway, stay safe, stay at home and wash your hands.

Be safe man. The US state I'm in just as of Wed went into only essential workers out, so a lockdown in its own way. It's crazy what's going on everywhere so be safe man, family comes first.

 

[juanito]

ETA for mac version? preview images look good

 

[lXenol]

WILL THERE BE AN ANDROID PORT?

 

[zeka7]

Abandoned?

 

[e-disfunction]

Abandoned?

The author's last message was less than 5 months ago. Wait 6 or 8 more weeks before worrying.
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[Mr.Rodrigues]

Abandoned?

No? Not really... Not from my point of view at least...

Anyway, all jokes aside, it really isn’t, though progress has been slow.

I’ll give further details below for those who are interested.

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Now, on the plus side, I managed to write most (if not all) of the main story and now am focusing on writing some of the branching paths the player/reader will face later in the VN.

And since my temp job is due to end by the end of the month and things may be finally settling down, I may be able to dedicate more of my time to this project.

Well, that’s it as far as an update goes. I’ll also be posting later today (or tomorrow depending on your TZ) some general thoughts on the direction(s) I’m planning to take this VN on, as always, any and all comments are welcome!

 

[Mr.Rodrigues]

Aw man, these answers are really, really overdue.

Oh well, better late than never.

Be safe man. The US state I'm in just as of Wed went into only essential workers out, so a lockdown in its own way. It's crazy what's going on everywhere so be safe man, family comes first.

Thanks! Hope you went through this shitstorm safely! Here things seemed like were headed to absolute chaos for a while, but eventually, we settled for semi-controlled chaos. Hehehe

ETA for mac version? preview images look good

Being absolutely honest, I would love to, but while there is no financial return from this project I won't be able to dedicate myself to anything other than the absolute essential to take this thing off the ground, and considering the fact that I don't have a mac myself, I don't see it happening at least for a good while...

WILL THERE BE AN ANDROID PORT?

Same situation as mentioned above, hope you guys understand, cheers!

 

[fried]

Above post (i.e., nine months ago) represents the latest Dev activity we could find across here, Patreon, Twitter, etc.

Given their prior status update, I hope that they are doing well.

Game marked as Abandoned, can always be changed if activity renews.