Ren'Py Abandoned Lab Rats 2 [v0.51.1] [Vren]

[ReJoe]

The models are more lifelike but more like Street Walker prostitutes rather than pretty Call Girls of Lab Rats 1. Why not take the honey select models from the 1st game and render them to be more realistic? Don't get me wrong, I know this took a LOT of effort to produce Lab Rats 2. I followed Vren from the Very early versions of Lab Rats and I didn't miss a release. He does great work.
The banner picture on the OP is misleading and needs to be changed.

 

[seden]

Seem the console codes have been changed, do anyone know the current ones ?

 

[Numenorius]

No offense meant, I understand a lot of work goes in this, however, I just have to say the females are non too pleasant to look at so far. I'm in the early stages, but damn, I would kick my dog off of them...

 

[Darkaura]

Am i the only one

To me they are fine, for now. A tad too much "women's softball team" to them though. Hopefully Vren can tart them up a bit going forward.

 

[Daxter250]

No offense meant, I understand a lot of work goes in this, however, I just have to say the females are non too pleasant to look at so far. I'm in the early stages, but damn, I would kick my dog off of them...

tahahahaha xD. when even ya dog shouldn't fuck those girls, then we really have a problem here!

 

[mighty]

The models are more lifelike but more like Street Walker prostitutes rather than pretty Call Girls of Lab Rats 1. Why not take the honey select models from the 1st game and render them to be more realistic? Don't get me wrong, I know this took a LOT of effort to produce Lab Rats 2. I followed Vren from the Very early versions of Lab Rats, and I didn't miss a release. He does great work.
The banner picture on the OP is misleading and needs to be changed.

I agree 100%.

While the in-game models aren't eye candy right now, the current pics/banner for the game is doing LR2 a disservice for any newcomers coming in to check it out.

 

[Misty]

Seem the console codes have been changed, do anyone know the current ones ?

Have not found so far but i know online save editor works (at least for money it does).

 

[Centurion]

So, is there an actual MC or another ghost?

 

[Criticaster]

This dude does good work, but I think the illusion models were better, if not suffering for the "illusion" issue.

 

[fakelandempire]

Have not found so far but i know online save editor works (at least for money it does).

Ghost. The one issue people unanimously disliked in the first one, and it's still here in the sequel.

 

[Jvk1919]

WTF Lab Rats 2 sux big time give us Lab Rats 1 back plz

 

[shinonen]

WTF Lab Rats 2 sux big time give us Lab Rats 1 back plz

Honestly, if you give it a chance, it has some serious potential. Based on the content pipeline he's setting up, it seems like he could potentially even go back with nicer base models later on and just globally swap them in after a week straight of automated rendering. That wasn't a possibility with the Illusion models.

Between the height, hair, hair color, skin color, eye color, body type, breast size, ass size, all those permutations with all sorts of possible clothing, this could, given enough time, be the closest thing to a "harem world" simulator as we've gotten so far. Most of them have been in the form of paper dolls (HHS+), or live action pictures and videos (The Last Man), or a bunch of assets stolen from assorted hentai games that look ridiculous together (Haramase Simulator).

If it was just that, it would be an interesting experiment, but he's crafting it on top of an interesting core gameplay loop of a business simulator. The closest thing I've played to it is something like Game Dev Story or the other Kairosoft games where you hire people with various skills and slot them into an interconnected web of dependencies to try to maximize profits or product quality. It's like that, but you can also fuck your scenario writer against a window.

And this is just 0.2. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this game becomes.

 

[depechedNode]

My previous question is unanswered, so I'm guessing Vren didn't clarify the Daz model variety for future or did he, shinonen's message implying that he did.

If he's going to make this game as seen in the demo with just one Daz model and its variations, then IMO the game is doomed even if it'll have great mechanics. Because same face but different hair or/and weight doesn't work.

I know it will be a lot of work but I hope he add many more different Daz models with their variations or at least figure out a way to change the faces drastically for each variation. If he can do this, I'll be a patron too.

 

[bsjfan69]

The models are fine (even if they all look the same), what bothers me the most is the complete 180 on the gameplay. First game was a super simple generic renpy almost-VN, while this is shaping up to be some sort of complex management simulation game. And that does not lend itself well to renpy. Even walking from location to location is a bother.

 

[Carmen Sandiego]

@shinonen pretty much summed it up.

I don't know how he'd go about recreating a Honey Select model for recreating the older characters, if he even plans to add them, for Daz... But irrespective of that, if the only issue you have right now is how it looks right now, better models can always be added later. The potential for this game is amazing if he can get it to work.

 

[shinonen]

My previous question is unanswered, so I'm guessing Vren didn't clarify the Daz model variety for future or did he, shinonen's message implying that he did.

If he's going to make this game as seen in the demo with just one Daz model and its variations, then IMO the game is doomed even if it'll have great mechanics. Because same face but different hair or/and weight doesn't work.

I know it will be a lot of work but I hope he add many more different Daz models with their variations or at least figure out a way to change the faces drastically for each variation. If he can do this, I'll be a patron too.

My understanding is all of the art is placeholder art. He's hasn't even implemented most of the sexual positions yet. Most of the values of actions aren't working correctly (getting happiness from an action that's supposed to drop happiness, for example). The small assortment of characters right now is a proof of concept -- they've been put through his content generation scripts and were individually made with very little effort after the framework is in place.

I have to imagine once the game is more solid, and once he's added a majority of the systems that he wants to add (Like right now, the human resources role seems broken), he'll focus on better variety and better looking models, although he hasn't said that. It's what I would do in this situation, though. No sense cranking out content for an incompletely, broken game.

Eventually he plans on introducing the original characters into this game, although if it's in some sort of story mode, or if they just show up randomly, that's not clear.

 

[BluePerson]

The models need work. Looking forward to more content though.

 

[Frostling]

The models look fine. If you find one ugly, just don't hire her. Jeez, people.

The way this game is, I would not be surprised if we can change their appearance in the future, too. We can already, with tits.

 

[krwiopalczasty]

Honestly, if you give it a chance, it has some serious potential. Based on the content pipeline he's setting up, it seems like he could potentially even go back with nicer base models later on and just globally swap them in after a week straight of automated rendering. That wasn't a possibility with the Illusion models.

Between the height, hair, hair color, skin color, eye color, body type, breast size, ass size, all those permutations with all sorts of possible clothing, this could, given enough time, be the closest thing to a "harem world" simulator as we've gotten so far. Most of them have been in the form of paper dolls (HHS+), or live action pictures and videos (The Last Man), or a bunch of assets stolen from assorted hentai games that look ridiculous together (Haramase Simulator).

If it was just that, it would be an interesting experiment, but he's crafting it on top of an interesting core gameplay loop of a business simulator. The closest thing I've played to it is something like Game Dev Story or the other Kairosoft games where you hire people with various skills and slot them into an interconnected web of dependencies to try to maximize profits or product quality. It's like that, but you can also fuck your scenario writer against a window.

And this is just 0.2. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this game becomes.

Bullshit, models are everything if model suck, the whole game sucks and no matter how great the scenario or gameplay is, when u cant look on game so if he does not come back to the illusion models or give us anything other than now, then this game will remain shit

 

[titsgtfo]

Bullshit, models are everything if model suck, the whole game sucks and no matter how great the scenario or gameplay is, when u cant look on game so if he does not come back to the illusion models or give us anything other than now, then this game will remain shit

Models are definitely a critical component, but this isn't a game yet, it's a tech demo. It's the framework for a game. If you want a game with models that look good, play Lab Rats 1 again. Lab Rats 2 as it is right now is super cool from a development perspective, but it's not a porn game yet.