Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.45.0] [Selebus]

[DeSkel15]

Hm, this seems to be my first post here:

Not exactly my favorite, but that every girl that awakens (if not everyone) will be sacrificed to HOPE by Maya to free her, likely Akira/Sensei, and maybe Ami, from this world, in one of the endings. Or at least she'll think it'll free them.

Sensei might also be given the option to stop her, stay out of it, or help her. Then it'll go straight Blacksouls.

Might just be my Blacksouls trauma speaking, but I also do not trust Ami at all.

Considering Maya Prime is gone, that theory is more or less bunk. Albeit, I suppose New Maya might try to get rid of any competition when she realizes how much of it there is, or if Maya Prime does return, she'll be a little less nice.

Not to mention that Niki moving in, is bound to fuck with Maya (and basically all of Sensei's fuckbuddies).

 

[BlackDays]

Well my first comment on it is from September 2021, so that long, it was an angry ragequit cause this game is an asshole but then like a week later i was back at it cause the game got its hooks in me, even quitting couldn't save me, it kept popping into my thoughts, the ever frustrating curse i've suffered from my whole life... 'what happened next?'.

To check for your own first comment, search by member, jump to the end and if you've been here a long while, hit 'older posts' and jump to the end again.

Edit: taking a proper walk down memory lane, it would seem i didn't actually become one with the thread until March 2022, with the release of the life of prizes update. There's a big gap between that and when i first popped in and from then on it's a pretty constant stream of posts ever since. So i'm updating it in my head, 'i've been a thread regular for over two years now'.

The funny thing is, that now that you posted it, i do remember your first post.
And after you said what you said and were still posting and in it, i thought like "My guy you might have a problem there."

But your actual contribution ever since has made me forget your introduction, so theres that.

 

[LessonsInDissonance]

The point of Nodokathon is to try to break the world so Nao-Chan showing up would honestly be interesting.

People are afraid for the wizards (and rightfully so) but most people look at this game in a different lens than I do.

There's a lot of players who abstain from following the green route because of obvious reasons, and I find it justifiable, but the green route by all means IS the best route AND the "canon" route.

I noticed that a thing has gone under many people's radar, the fact that ALL the USERS want you to follow the green path, despite having different end-goals, but why is that the case?

One could understand that pareidolia's motivation is just a sick desire to see everything defiled, thus destroying her, taking the plug, and so on, but what about the other two?

Fucking girls, in a sense, is a form of taking power, it's what WIRES tells you in his sanctuary audio very early into the game, you are taking their essence, and you need ALL of the essence which can only be attained through fucking every girl you come across, a stronger Akira is a benefit to all of the USERS, but for different reasons.

HOPE wants you to follow the green route so that he can become the most powerful and create a world in his image.
WIRES wants you to follow the green route so that he can rebuild the girls and maintain the world as it is.
Pareidolia wants you to follow the green route so that he can destroy everything as he desires.

Not following the green route means that you will be powerless when facing what's to come near the end.

You need to keep breaking them, taking their essence, and that includes the Wizards, but it will all be okay if you choose to repair them and follow the wires.

In a sick twisted way, doing the bad thing is not the bad thing at all if you look far into the distance.

 

[shmurfer]

So again: Noriko and Tsukasa are my picks. Unfortunately, I'm worried just what sort of 'attention' Tsukasa would receive from Akira as his past temptations slowly continue to reawaken. We may just get a glimpse at what he may have been like in his tutoring days with Maya...

And ironically enough, Tsukasa reminds Akira of Wizard Noriko, as we see in Chinami's "Holden Caulfield" event:

Spoiler

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

AKA the 'correct' choice to remain on the Green Path. So yeah, that's a thinker.

The game goes further and says "YOU ARE WEAK" if you don't pick Tsukasa here, since that 3 event chain of calling her is missed if you pick Chinami here, and the missed event names in order are "YOU" "ARE" "WEAK"

Her next events are going to be very interesting, even if just to see what the next events will be called if you miss them.

anyone who has put me on a list lower than an A is blocked wtf

Cup size

Ah, but you see, here is the problem. I dont think that she actually has any deeper emotion towards him. There is always something totally different that forces her to him. Be it her kinks, her book, or her newest fixation of him been together in the past with sekai. I cant find a single ounce of love in there.

There's probably something there with her sex scenes not awarding lust, unless that's purely a repeatable sex scene thing and I just missed that.

Spoiler: Maya Makes A Tier List

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

Is the "Love Squad" a term that's actually used in the game? (I'm assuming these images are from another Sel discord tier list made to look like a game event.

 

[ccxvidonaferens]

Is the "Love Squad" a term that's actually used in the game? (I'm assuming these images are from another Sel discord tier list made to look like a game event.

Used in game. Can't remember specifically who first uses the term but if I recall correctly it was when Ami, Ayane and Maya went back to Sensei's house after that first day back in class right at the start of the game.

 

[Fire Lord Zuko]

Is the "Love Squad" a term that's actually used in the game? (I'm assuming these images are from another Sel discord tier list made to look like a game event.

It is. The term is first seen in Ami's "Best Friends Forever" character event in Chapter 2:

Spoiler

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

As far as the images you saw, nope! They were all created by me. I made the renders myself in Charastudio and used Ren'py to add dialogue. It's good for practice and makes for fun posts.

 

[Jeraviel]

You guys think we will ever get rid of Pareidolia?
Or will "He" now forever be a little devil on Akira's shoulder that can ocassionally take control?
Honestly it ain't fair that Pareidolia and Sekai are tag teaming now. They are too strong, please nerf

 

[Xiondingens]

There's probably something there with her sex scenes not awarding lust, unless that's purely a repeatable sex scene thing and I just missed that.

No, i am pretty sure at least some story sex scenes award you lust points. Let me check that real quick. Yeah, story events can give you lust points. Girls i believe love him get lust points from story events. So... would that not strenghten my viewpoint that she isnt really in love? But it is definatly weird that she doesnt get lust points. I have to check on this. I mean i am already going trough her events anyway because i want to check something before i present it here.

 

[BlackDays]

The first:
https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-42-0-selebus.48158/post-5560548

The most important for me back then.
Also the one i had in my signature for like two years.
Also me bragging about being an "elder", jk, again.
This is also the one time where i'm ok when people'd say i'm/was too deep (besides in bed ).
I stopped because, it's even in it, i was too deep.
The majority of it is from may 22 2021, with edits up to about a year later.

https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-42-0-selebus.48158/post-5822032

So feast upon it younglings , eviscerate it, leave it be, i don't mind.

 

[DeSkel15]

You guys think we will ever get rid of Pareidolia?
Or will "He" now forever be a little devil on Akira's shoulder that can ocassionally take control?
Honestly it ain't fair that Pareidolia and Sekai are tag teaming now. They are too strong, please nerf

Presumably, HOPE knows that it'll be summer again, Yasu will have her "celebration of summer" tea party again, and by then, Sensei will feel differently about things:

Spoiler

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

So, it might not be directly after this Infinite Spring, but perhaps after a Fall, and maybe a Winter, there will seemingly be another Summer. Pareidolia likely won't be around all that much outside of Spring, not to say it won't still be around. It just won't be the one that Sensei is connected to, by then. Presumably.

 

[IPlay4Fun]

In terms of word count, there's more content than any other game on this site.

In terms of H content, not so much, but H-content isn't the focus of the game (it's a game with H content, not an H game).

We're still 6 or so years out from completion.

6 years!? wtf thats crazy long, i cant even know if im gonna keep playing this games in 6 years, then i will download it and play it now

 

[JelF547]

the green route by all means IS the best route AND the "canon" route.

Lol. Ignoring Io situation, Bad Homie has always been supreme and Good Uncle really shines this year

 

[Xiondingens]

Ignoring Io situation,

Please dont remind me of Io and how the story structure of the game will never allow to have the choice to have a gigantic impact on her storyline, it wont barely have any at all. Some slightly different dialogue here, a missed event there and that is it. I understand why and i dont even want Sel to change the game into a branching story. But i really wish we wouldnt had any choice there at all. Because now i will everytime we see her just get reminded of how pointless any and every choice in the game actually is.

 

[Moonflare]

Presumably, HOPE knows that it'll be summer again, Yasu will have her "celebration of summer" tea party again, and by then, Sensei will feel differently about things:

Spoiler

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

So, it might not be directly after this Infinite Spring, but perhaps after a Fall, and maybe a Winter, there will seemingly be another Summer. Pareidolia likely won't be around all that much outside of Spring, not to say it won't still be around. It just won't be the one that Sensei is connected to, by then. Presumably.

It's a good point that we often forget it was Wires that was harmed by Pareidolia's plan (so far). HOPE would have been sleeping right now regardless, things only affect him if Summer doesn't return by the next season change.

It's unclear if Wires will try to bring Winter back right as Spring ends, or if he'll take the L and wait for Summer to end. Or none of that matters because next season is Fall, but given that Selebus wants another chapter before the dark route, it's unlikely that we'll transition from Spring to Fall right away.

 

[crustlord12]

The first:
https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-42-0-selebus.48158/post-5560548

The most important for me back then.
Also the one i had in my signature for like two years.
Also me bragging about being an "elder", jk, again.
This is also the one time where i'm ok when people'd say i'm/was too deep (besides in bed ).
I stopped because, it's even in it, i was too deep.
The majority of it is from may 22 2021, with edits up to about a year later.

https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-42-0-selebus.48158/post-5822032

So feast upon it younglings , eviscerate it, leave it be, i don't mind.

... I'm not actually the oldest active poster in this thread, am I? Say it ain't so.

 

[Comiies]

Please dont remind me of Io and how the story structure of the game will never allow to have the choice that should have a gigantic impact on her storyline, wont barely have any at all. Some slightly different dialogue here, a missed event there and that is it. I understand why and i dont even want Sel to change the change into a branching story. But i really wish we wouldnt had any choice there at all. Because now i will everytime we see her just get reminded of how pointless any and every choice in the game actually is.

You are in an endlessly repeating loop and your suffering is orchestrated by meticulous malevolent gods that see you as either a toy to be broken or a means to an end for their goal.Yes i think your choices mattering isnt really a thing tbh

 

[Comiies]

It's a good point that we often forget it was Wires that was harmed by Pareidolia's plan (so far). HOPE would have been sleeping right now regardless, things only affect him if Summer doesn't return by the next season change.

It's unclear if Wires will try to bring Winter back right as Spring ends, or if he'll take the L and wait for Summer to end. Or none of that matters because next season is Fall, but given that Selebus wants another chapter before the dark route, it's unlikely that we'll transition from Spring to Fall right away.

I still stick by my season theory.Also wtf will happen in fall?

 

[Breadtaker]

Please dont remind me of Io and how the story structure of the game will never allow to have the choice that should have a gigantic impact on her storyline, wont barely have any at all. Some slightly different dialogue here, a missed event there and that is it. I understand why and i dont even want Sel to change the change into a branching story. But i really wish we wouldnt had any choice there at all. Because now i will everytime we see her just get reminded of how pointless any and every choice in the game actually is.

There was some narrative significance to giving us the option to say no during Stomach Ache. I think it was to show that Sensei had full agency in the choice. No Gods or blackouts forcing it to happen.

I do still worry about all the branching paths in this game like you said. It's limiting and hard to maintaine. Ami, Io, Sara, and Haruka have the most drastic deviations. I can't imagine someone like Haruka will have a satisfying story arc in BOTH paths.

 

[BlackDays]

... I'm not actually the oldest active poster in this thread, am I? Say it ain't so.

We're close

I see you have been in the HHG thread first.
That game was the reason i created my account, because i wanted to see what other people did with KK.
Shame Komi is a lazy ass,... or worse.

 

[Moonflare]

Also wtf will happen in fall?

Spoiler: Doomsayer

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

nothing everything falls but me. We'll literally see the world on fire as the gods have to flee TERMINAL 23 because it went over its expiration date (is my best guess based on the last two updates - since Yasu describes this happened in the past, and when Nao-chan is introduced, narrator talks about how its being born into a fading world).

Edit: also, if you take another look at "Miserably ever after", you'll see the entities talking about how for the first time in years the clocks have corrected themselves (to an extent). Yasu has once remarked how (from HOPE's perspective) Spring and Fall have been taken from them. For we to have Fall again would mean that the clocks wouldn't half correct themselves, it would mean that everything would become more normal than it has been for a long time. All seasons, time passing correctly - now imagine the disaster this would mean for every character in the loop.

Does it mean all memories start to resurface? Does it mean that the bad parts of them that were slipped and locked away come back? And what happens to an everyday life in the last days of a dying world when everyone remembers every horrible thing done to them over a thousand years? That's all not even considering the four parts of a god becoming one again.