VN Ren'Py Completed Leap of Faith [Ch. 8 v1.0.3] [DriftyGames]

[Deleted member 216358]

I'm on the Lexi path myself.

There are several reasons why I won't pursue Stephanie:

1. Stephanie is used as a plot piece to try and mix things up once the MC starts falling in love with one of the many LIs in the game. The author makes her available as a LI just when the player is starting to make a choice and wants the player to question who he really wants (his current choice or Stephanie).
2. She waited far too long to explain anything to the MC. She either didn't trust him enough or truly didn't love him, your choice.
3. The whole reason for the breakup and two years of pain and mourning is far fetched. Even if the author says it is 100% true it is still pretty deep in fantasy land. Sure anything is possible but it is pretty out there.

Why I won't pursue Cece:

I'm older than most players on this site. I'm in my 50's. I've seen a lot of friends, family, neighbors, work buddies, and acquaintances end up divorced from these types of girls (people with deep emotional issues). Marriage is hard enough with two partners with level heads. I've been married for 29 years now and have never been divorced so I can speak from experience (there are plenty of people out there who have more experience, no question).

Deep emotional issues are very difficult to fully resolve and often never get fully resolved and they throw an added wrench into the relationship. With the divorce rate at roughly 60% in the US, these types of relationships have a hard time lasting. I've seen it way too many times. I understand that Cece needs lots of love and support but a committed relationship with her is off the table for me. I'll give her as much love and support as I can but as a good friend only. When I've personally seen so many of these relationships end in failure it isn't a smart move for me based on my life experience.

Everyone can make their own choice and I'm not knocking others who choose her, I can understand why. She is the LI in the most need of love and we as human beings have in our nature to be generous, loving, and caring.

My two cents worth...

 

[Deleted member 1571716]

I'm on the Lexi path myself.

There are several reasons why I won't pursue Stephanie:

1. Stephanie is used as a plot piece to try and mix things up once the MC starts falling in love with one of the many LIs in the game. The author makes her available as a LI just when the player is starting to make a choice and wants the player to question who he really wants (his current choice or Stephanie).
2. She waited far too long to explain anything to the MC. She either didn't trust him enough or truly didn't love him, your choice.
3. The whole reason for the breakup and two years of pain and mourning is far fetched. Even if the author says it is 100% true it is still pretty deep in fantasy land. Sure anything is possible but it is pretty out there.

Why I won't pursue Cece:

I'm older than most players on this site. I'm in my 50's. I've seen a lot of friends, family, neighbors, work buddies, and acquaintances end up divorced from these types of girls (people with deep emotional issues). Marriage is hard enough with two partners with level heads. I've been married for 29 years now and have never been divorced so I can speak from experience (there are plenty of people out there who have more experience, no question).

Deep emotional issues are very difficult to fully resolve and often never get fully resolved and they throw an added wrench into the relationship. With the divorce rate at roughly 60% in the US, these types of relationships have a hard time lasting. I've seen it way too many times. I understand that Cece needs lots of love and support but a committed relationship with her is off the table for me. I'll give her as much love and support as I can but as a good friend only. When I've personally seen so many of these relationships end in failure it isn't a smart move for me based on my life experience.

Everyone can make their own choice and I'm not knocking others who choose her, I can understand why. She is the LI in the most need of love and we as human beings have in our nature to be generous, loving, and caring.

My two cents worth...

I'm also in my 50s and I agree with you on Stephanie. She had her chance, and disappeared. I personally couldn't be able to get past that fact. She fucked up and despite her coming back and saying she was an agent(Which, if you delve deep into all the replies here, someone made the comment about her being a 'secret agent', before that was even an actual thing in the game.) is just too far fetched for me to even accept. Also, when the game first dropped, there was no choice when it came to the Steph encounter. We told her we loved her and went about having sex. That pissed off a lot of people, myself included. But, I ended up being a patron after Linda was introduced.

Anyway, Linda till the end for me.

 

[cxx]

yea no steph either, she's history.

 

[ohhiimfox]

Lexi all the Way ! Not because she is this famous popstar with tons of $ on her account...

Idk how to explain it... if she was real i would fall for her big time.. she has this spark in her eyes that makes me crazy ( i Mean just look at my avatar that chick is sexy af)

 

[Deleted member 1571716]

Lexi all the Way ! Not because she is this famous popstar with tons of $ on her account...

Idk how to explain it... if she was real i would fall for her big time.. she has this park in her eyes that makes me crazy ( i Mean just look at my avatar that chick is sexy af)

cough Gold digger! cough Ahaha! Joking.

 

[ohhiimfox]

cough Gold digger! cough Ahaha! Joking.

I mean wouldnt hurt not to worry about money anymore hehe. but it would be a bonus, she could be broke af and i would still date/marry this woman.

 

[yngve]

If the game really is made by someone losing his child to suicide, I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like.
It certainly feels weird to express this via a porn game where random players from all over the world get to fuck a suicidal girl though.

just played this game, I've searched the thread if someone had this exact thought, idk if has been discussed more, or if I actually want a read a discussion at all about it cause it makes me really confused/umcomfortable I think

before that scene (I'm into Cece's path) I was thinking the game needed a bit more sexual content to equilibrate the drama, then that text comes up and...
I hope the dev isn't making the LI character based in his own daughter

...Idk what to say/think really, I'm really confused, should I have a really bad thought about the dev or is it just a very strange way to cope with the issue

EDIT; ok, I just found a dev message that says ' who inspired me to write this story is not in the story by any means. '

 

[Hahn1900]

just played this game, I've searched the thread if someone had this exact thought, idk if has been discussed more, or if I actually want a read a discussion at all about it cause it makes me really confused/umcomfortable I think

before that scene (I'm into Cece's path) I was thinking the game needed a bit more sexual content to equilibrate the drama, then that text comes up and...
I hope the dev isn't making the LI character based in his own daughter

...Idk what to say/think really, I'm really confused, should I have a really bad thought about the dev or is it just a very strange way to cope with the issue

EDIT; ok, I just found a dev message that says ' who inspired me to write this story is not in the story by any means. '

to make it short, the game is influenced on the DEVs own experiences with the suicide of his daughter... probably Cece has many traits of her i think, but Drifty never talked about that in a explicit way, only confirmed (ingame too) that his daughter died because of suicide, and jumping from a bridge... so yeah, it is a rollercoaster ride for Drifty to make this story, especially chapter 6, but i wouldnt say "its based on the life of his daughter" or anything else like that... i would rather say that some parts of the game are influenced by that and her.

 

[tombrady156]

I just started to play this and I just finished chapter 5. I have to say I'm so happy I found this game. Genuinely a great game, I know I'm gonna have to play out all the routes for this game.

 

[Sancho1969]

SanchoMod - Multi-Mod (WIP)

Early Access build through end of Chapter 3 of 7 is complete and available available to internal testers. Potential public release of the EA is probable as long as the mod's thread is approved when submitted. I'll keep y'all posted as always. Consolidated info links can be found in my latest profile post here. Regards.

 

[KnightOwlSC]

to make it short, the game is influenced on the DEVs own experiences with the suicide of his daughter... probably Cece has many traits of her i think, but Drifty never talked about that in a explicit way, only confirmed (ingame too) that his daughter died because of suicide, and jumping from a bridge... so yeah, it is a rollercoaster ride for Drifty to make this story, especially chapter 6, but i wouldnt say "its based on the life of his daughter" or anything else like that... i would rather say that some parts of the game are influenced by that and her.

If anything, I imagine that Drifty wishes someone like the MC had been there to catch his daughter. As a friend or more doesn't matter.. just someone who could have changed things.

 

[Keeper_CZ]

How many episodes are planned in total... Anyone know? This game is amazing...

 

[mitymity]

How many episodes are planned in total... Anyone know? This game is amazing...

The next one will be the final one to wrap up the story.

 

[Terminator_26F]

to make it short, the game is influenced on the DEVs own experiences with the suicide of his daughter... probably Cece has many traits of her i think, but Drifty never talked about that in a explicit way, only confirmed (ingame too) that his daughter died because of suicide, and jumping from a bridge... so yeah, it is a rollercoaster ride for Drifty to make this story, especially chapter 6, but i wouldnt say "its based on the life of his daughter" or anything else like that... i would rather say that some parts of the game are influenced by that and her.

I did not know the bad fate that befell the DEV by the suicide of his daughter. It is something very sad. The proverb says that you should not outlive your children, but it is something that you do not master. I speak about it in an artificial way, because I had neither brother and sister, nor children. I'm alone and in a way it's better like that because this VN made me cry cruelly and I imagine the pain of DEV.

 

[Hahn1900]

How many episodes are planned in total... Anyone know? This game is amazing...

8 chapters in total, so the next one is planned as the last... however, it can be that there will be some epilogues after that if they are not included in the next chapter... dont know what drifty has planned for the last chapter, but my gut feelings are that its must be the biggest chapter so far if its indeed the last one as he confirmed. There are so many things in the open, especially with the other LIs... But the Cece Story has come to an end i think... nothing more to tell, there is only the reunion with the family left and than the ending with the MC, if they stay together or not (will depend on the decisions of course). She is on her way of healing, and thats all the story is about overall.

there will be nothing more... no "pregnancy" or marriage or something like that... its supposed to be a short story about building up a relationship in his early states and get new friends... no long term storytelling here.

 

[yngve]

I think the only thing that can help Cece is find the reason of his illness, I mean the possibility of going back and discover what triggered her depression, and that's pretty much beyond anything the MC and friends can do, it should be done by a professional psychologist

I heard in the u.s. the psychologists are pretty bad, like they just drug everyone and fuck it, but if Cece can recall and analize the cause, that can make her able to change the whole situation

same for you guys going through it, that's how I managed my depression/anxiety -altought in my case wasn't extreme-, those feelings are the just the symptoms of buried things, like extreme family pressure (my case), or something darker like abuse, etc

 

[Deleted member 4298851]

I think the only thing that can help Cece is find the reason of his illness, I mean the possibility of going back and discover what triggered her depression, and that's pretty much beyond anything the MC and friends can do, it should be done by a professional psychologist

I heard in the u.s. the psychologists are pretty bad, like they just drug everyone and fuck it, but if Cece can recall and analize the cause, that can make her able to change the whole situation

same for you guys going through it, that's how I managed my depression/anxiety -altought in my case wasn't extreme-, those feelings are the just the symptoms of buried things, like extreme family pressure (my case), or something darker like abuse, etc

I'm bipolar schizoaffective, had three psych ward visits, more than a dozen suicide attempts (mostly pills and some NCIS-CSI-ish creative ways) and have many of the same issues Cece deals with, that's why it's so hard for me to play this game.

I don't know my family history of mental illness since I was adopted, but this game has broken me down so many times, and it has lifted me back up so many times. It's going to be really sad once it's over, but it's a wonderful, beautiful story that I am very grateful for Drifty for telling.

 

[yngve]

I'm bipolar schizoaffective, had three psych ward visits, more than a dozen suicide attempts (mostly pills and some NCIS-CSI-ish creative ways) and have many of the same issues Cece deals with, that's why it's so hard for me to play this game.

I don't know my family history of mental illness since I was adopted, but this game has broken me down so many times, and it has lifted me back up so many times. It's going to be really sad once it's over, but it's a wonderful, beautiful story that I am very grateful for Drifty for telling.

if you didn't found a psychoterapist you feel comfortable yet just keep looking for the right one to talk and let all out/understand yourself and be stronger, nobody is determined by their genetics, you can do it bro, as Cece can

even if it's never a fully won battle, the issues can become manageable

 

[w123t4]

It is the crazy DJ kink! What a surprise of crossover not only chasing sunset but also artemis!

 

[dagoldwolf]

Anyone else do a 180 on their opinion of Steph from bad to good?

I thought she was pretty much a piece of shit up until her backstory, which while implausible was really hot. Talk about being a committed girlfriend.

Maybe I just have a

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fetish.

Lexi's still my favorite but not by much anymore. The "gun" part during her scene at Lexi's is damn rousing. She's my kinda wild, but yeah, hated everything about the chick up until Ch. 4.