Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.44.0] [Selebus]

[KnowNoHope]

really wish there was something else like this game I could read or watch atm, book or series, doesn't even need sex or anything. just a story with a loose interconnected plot that is designed to make the audience solve and figure out the narrative.
I'll take suggestions

 

[barglenarglezous]

really wish there was something else like this game I could read or watch atm, book or series, doesn't even need sex or anything. just a story with a loose interconnected plot that is designed to make the audience solve and figure out the narrative.
I'll take suggestions

Have you tried Sensei Overnight? Has similar vibes, but without the grind.

 

[KnowNoHope]

Have you tried Sensei Overnight? Has similar vibes, but without the grind.

yeah, its enjoyable, still playing it, but didnt really feel the mystery/theorizing plot line that im wanting to kill my mental stimulation cravings

 

[Vovasenko]

really wish there was something else like this game I could read or watch atm, book or series, doesn't even need sex or anything. just a story with a loose interconnected plot that is designed to make the audience solve and figure out the narrative.
I'll take suggestions

Ever played Outer Wilds?

 

[KnowNoHope]

Ever played Outer Wilds?

nope but that sounds right up my ally, putting it on my list... which has more crossed off on it then to do
thanks

 

[Vovasenko]

thanks

You got it boss, hope ya' like it.

 

[TheAnonymousMouse]

really wish there was something else like this game I could read or watch atm, book or series, doesn't even need sex or anything. just a story with a loose interconnected plot that is designed to make the audience solve and figure out the narrative.
I'll take suggestions

Ever try Raging Loop? Very heavily focused on the mystery element, and I know when I played through it I was trying to decipher what was causing the events that were occurring or if certain individuals were involved... But I will say the ending was rather lackluster, made me actually a bit mad that some of my theories didn't play out.

But that said, it is still a game which sticks in my mind and was very enjoyable over all despite the end.

 

[dathk321]

Hey, I just got back to play the game after dropping some ver and replaying the screen bj of Maya. I wonder it was the dream of sensei about her or she really bj him in his room. I thought she didn't love him.

 

[brknsoul]

Does anyone else kinda wanna strangle Touka?

Who ever is behind all the timeskips and resets is getting really sloppy!

I thought this was an isekai/possesion deal, but it seems that an errant reset caused massive memory loss in Sensei (probably multiple times).

Best I can figure is Sensei dated Niki, then some time later his brother died, Sensei took Ami somewhere else and raised her. Started teaching, then 'woke up' one time without remembering anything. Most of Sensei's knowledge came from the dossier book Maya left for him.

I can't place in the timeline when Maya 'stole' Sensei from Niki, was it before or after his brother's death?

 

[KnowNoHope]

Hey, I just got back to play the game after dropping some ver and replaying the screen bj of Maya. I wonder it was the dream of sensei about her or she really bj him in his room. I thought she didn't love him.

You haven't played far into the game have you?

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[KnowNoHope]

You can try Umineko, Higurashi, and/or SubaHibi if you're in the mood for some more VNs. All three are mysteries with a horror angle.

Hey, I just got back to play the game after dropping some ver and replaying the screen bj of Maya. I wonder it was the dream of sensei about her or she really bj him in his room. I thought she didn't love him.

Definitely looking into everything anyone suggests thanks everyone

 

[barglenarglezous]

Does anyone else kinda wanna strangle Touka?

Who ever is behind all the timeskips and resets is getting really sloppy!

I thought this was an isekai/possesion deal, but it seems that an errant reset caused massive memory loss in Sensei (probably multiple times).

Best I can figure is Sensei dated Niki, then some time later his brother died, Sensei took Ami somewhere else and raised her. Started teaching, then 'woke up' one time without remembering anything. Most of Sensei's knowledge came from the dossier book Maya left for him.

I can't place in the timeline when Maya 'stole' Sensei from Niki, was it before or after his brother's death?

Very rough timeline:
1) High school-aged Sensei dates Niki.
2) He gets injured, begins an affair with Ami's mother
3) He vanishes on Niki as he has fallen in love with Ami's mother
4) Some time later, Noriko finds him and starts getting tutored by him
5) Soon after that, Maya also starts getting tutored by him
6) Some form of relationship begins to form between Maya and Sensei
7) Ami's parents die
8) Sensei becomes a teacher
9) Something causes Kumon-Mi to become isolated from the rest of Japan and the cycle of resets begins.

 

[Wardtnaci]

started a new playthrough....

Anyone know how to slow down those fast flashing frames with the static tv noise? (can't think of the right name for it)
Is there a RenPy function for it?
Trying to see the individual frames to read what's written them. Because clearly there are clues and hints on them that Sel wants us to barely see and pick up on key words, but they are flickering slightly too fast for me.

 

[brknsoul]

He gets injured, begins an affair with Ami's mother

Hrmm.. Looks like I missed this somewhere. What was the injury? How was it caused? Mebe that'll jog my memory? (Geez, problems remembering a game about memory loss.. )

Ok, the affair with Ami's mother makes more sense why Sensei fell into a puddle of despair and Ami had to look after him for a while, and eventually fell for him.
I guess I have trouble reading between the lines.
If it's possible, could you tell which event/s show this, so I could replay it?

 

[brknsoul]

individual frames

They should be in the game\images\misc folder. Sort by date.

Niki's letters are heart-wrenching!

 

[KnowNoHope]

Does anyone else kinda wanna strangle Touka?

God yes
the only problem is she would enjoy it and think its an attempt to initiate normal healthy human intercourse and try to break out the S&M rope
The reasoning for the apartment gift was just bad.
I have a better reason right now without even trying that would have given a bit of personality and sass to Touka.

How it should have played out:

Sensei: why are you giving me an apartment?
Touka: so the next time you feel like fucking Chika you won't do it in my bed.
Sensei:.. how d-
Touka: yeah her perfume was obvious and the sheets stank. You both disappeared for a long time, at the same time, and there were no other men in my house but a few servants that wouldn't even dare giving up a 6 figure salary to fuck in my bed no matter how adorable Chika is
Sensei: so you got me an apartment?
Touka: when you're rich you can give expensive passive aggressive insults to people that piss you off just so they remember what I could have spent this money on intead to make this problem go away. Enjoy the sleep assisting technology in the bed, I spared no expense, I'm leaving.
... Touka is gone
Sensei: so that was her bed

 

[barglenarglezous]

Hrmm.. Looks like I missed this somewhere. What was the injury? How was it caused? Mebe that'll jog my memory? (Geez, problems remembering a game about memory loss.. )

Ok, the affair with Ami's mother makes more sense why Sensei fell into a puddle of despair and Ami had to look after him for a while, and eventually fell for him.
I guess I have trouble reading between the lines.
If it's possible, could you tell which event/s show this, so I could replay it?

From the scene Good Boy:
"I recall a time when I was younger and cut my hand on the glass of a window that I attempted to climb out of. I fell two stories and landed on my ankle in a way that made it incredibly difficult to walk for at least two weeks. During that time, I grew closer to someone who would one day leave me."

This memory comes to him when he finds himself in the hallway of a school that isn't the one he teaches at. So he was in school when it happened, and Ami's mother was a teacher -- presumably, she was helping him get around and to/from school during his recovery, and that's when they grew close.

Sensei being in love with her has been hinted at throughout the game, but it wasn't until another Happy Scene (something everyone knows and ignores) that it became clear that it had been an affair, not some form of unrequited love.

 

[Wardtnaci]

Very rough timeline:
1) High school-aged Sensei dates Niki.
2) He gets injured, begins an affair with Ami's mother
3) He vanishes on Niki as he has fallen in love with Ami's mother
4) Some time later, Noriko finds him and starts getting tutored by him
5) Soon after that, Maya also starts getting tutored by him
6) Some form of relationship begins to form between Maya and Sensei
7) Ami's parents die
8) Sensei becomes a teacher
9) Something causes Kumon-Mi to become isolated from the rest of Japan and the cycle of resets begins.

I think 4 happens after 6 IMO. Because IIRC Maya does say that she hated Noriko trying to swoop in and take him away from her (and Succeeded?).

10) Real Sensei is lost after a reset (maybe 1st reset).
11) A fake Sensei creates the Diary with the class photo and initial thoughts the students.

 

[brknsoul]

fake Sensei creates the Diary

I though Maya created the diary..
Either that, or the diary persisted through resets.
I don't think there's been mention of a 'fake' Sensei.

 

[k1n5l4y3r]

I think 4 happens after 6 IMO. Because IIRC Maya does say that she hated Noriko trying to swoop in and take him away from her (and Succeeded?).

10) Real Sensei is lost after a reset (maybe 1st reset).
11) A fake Sensei creates the Diary with the class photo and initial thoughts the students.

Maya created the diary with class photos, because too many Senseis were getting lost, she says that in one event IIRC.
Also Ami says Sensei never tutored Maya. I don't remember which event tho.