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

[Xiondingens]

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.

But you see, that is the problem. There is just one path. The perfect example for that is ayane and kirin. Their friendship ended either way, just in the non blackmail route it did end without any reason.

And the way Sel does handle them they are quite easy to maintain, because every big choice you do, will always have the same outcome for the mainstory. There is no branching here. And that is good, because it makes it easier for him to keep a monthly release. And that is bad, because the choices never really matter as much as they should be.

 

[barglenarglezous]

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

My first post in this thread was in Nov 2020, so we might be pretty close.

 

[crustlord12]

My first post in this thread was in Nov 2020, so we might be pretty close.

Ah fuck I can't read. Whew.

 

[Antosha]

My first post in this thread was in Nov 2020, so we might be pretty close.

My first post here seems to be Sep 9, 2020. Complaining about the annoying Ch1 Happy scene where you had to go home. Because of course. :shrug:

 

[crustlord12]

My first post here seems to be Sep 9, 2020. Complaining about the annoying Ch1 Happy scene where you had to go home. Because of course. :shrug:

ok boomer

lmao gottem

 

[barglenarglezous]

My first post here seems to be Sep 9, 2020. Complaining about the annoying Ch1 Happy scene where you had to go home. Because of course. :shrug:

Oh thank fuck, I'm not the resident old fart after all.

 

[BlackDays]

Oh thank fuck, I'm not the resident old fart after all.

You might still be older than me

My first post here seems to be Sep 9, 2020. Complaining about the annoying Ch1 Happy scene where you had to go home. Because of course. :shrug:

You know, you people really should have reminded me while i was still writing that post... now it's kinda too late.

 

[Moonflare]

You guys all talking about being old by having posted in dec 28 2020, and, on the opposite end, we have just recently found out that DeSkel probably was having sleepovers along Yumis and Tsuneyos in pre-school by then

(still shocked by how young he is, when I'm so old I was goth before they built the first cathedral)

 

[BlackDays]

You guys all talking about being old by having posted in dec 28 2020, and, on the opposite end, we have just recently found out that DeSkel probably was having sleepovers along Yumis and Tsuneyos in pre-school by then

(still shocked by how young he is, when I'm so old I was goth before they built the first cathedral)

Oh come'on you brought forth that date for a reason, like Nodoka did (did she? was it that event? confirmed!).
Hint: It's mentioned on other ocassions

Mabye additionally it's even a girls birthday? Didn't look.

 

[hcguy]

Sweet Jesus, with the poster tier lists and the "who's been here longest", this thread has crawled up its own ass as far as most of you accuse Selebus of being.

 

[DeSkel15]

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

In theory:

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Out of the entities that we know of:

• HOPE wants to fix things
• Wire god/USER2 wants to maintain order
• Pareidolia wants to sing/fuck around
• and The World Itself (possibly the main Sekai) seems to just want to watch everyone suffer, I guess, lmao.

Nao seems to want to watch, at least, Sensei dance, but implied it's half divine and doesn't want to use Sensei, while not blaming others for doing so.

Assuming that Fall is the World's season, it doesn't seem like things will go well. It was excited for Makoto to find out her father was gone, which she found out in her Chapter 3 'Whispers of the World' Event...then it seemed to torment her afterwards:

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So, that's the kind of entity it seems to be.

May have also slaughtered Yumi in Reset 5 (maybe Tsuneyo?), and Ami in Reset 6 (and maybe someone else based off Makoto's texts).

Or, something entirely different is going on and going to happen.

 

[Moonflare]

Oh come'on you brought forth that date for a reason, like Nodoka did (did she? was it that event? confirmed!).
Hint: It's mentioned on other ocassions

Mabye additionally it's even a girls birthday? Didn't look.

that was the day of the sleepover, cause I'm so immersed in the lore of this game that even when I'm trying to make a joke it becomes an informative piece of theorycraft lol

 

[DeSkel15]

You guys all talking about being old by having posted in dec 28 2020, and, on the opposite end, we have just recently found out that DeSkel probably was having sleepovers along Yumis and Tsuneyos in pre-school by then

(still shocked by how young he is, when I'm so old I was goth before they built the first cathedral)

The way I see it, I'm:

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And that's all there is to it.

 

[BlackDays]

that was the day of the sleepover, cause I'm so immersed in the lore of this game that even when I'm trying to make a joke it becomes an informative piece of theorycraft lol

Tsuneyo just mentioned the 28th of december 2020 to Yumi out of her ass. I guess it was a Tojo Ramen event.
Confirmed: Tsuneyo Event "Ramen Girl".
At the very end.

 

[Moonflare]

Tsuneyo just mentioned the 28th of december 2020 to Yumi out of her ass. I guess it was a Tojo Ramen event.
Confirmed: Tsuneyo Event "Ramen Girl".
At the very end.

[...] well, yes. That's what I said, Tsuneyo is referring to the day of the sleepover, which was on dec 28 2020, which is also the name of that event.

She mentions this to Yumi because Tsuneyo retains memories in form of dreams, that was revealed when she takes Molly to the amusement park and later is joined by Akira. She mentions this to Yumi because Yumi was also there, hence she was trying to confirm that was a real memory by asking another person involved.

The date dec 28 2020 is important to us since that first event because it placed the entire LiL timeline in the year 2020 (aka the year the resets started). If the resets started on the day dec 28 is still unclear.

That's also no one's birthday (that I recall), although it sits in the middle between Kaori's and Maya's.

 

[Moonflare]

I don't remember when seasons change - is it with every reset? And is guaranteed that the next season will be fall if it does change? If not, maybe fall = ch5 = dark route?

Seasons change every two resets. But that could be because Spring and Fall were gone = thus, when it should have shifted to Spring and Fall, Winter and Summer just kept going for one reset longer.

Selebus mentioned that there is one more chapter after this one, and only then we get to the dark route (which would technically count as chapter 6, in his words). I base this off of a screenshot shared here in the thread, someone with discord access might look it up for you if there's such a need.

 

[DeSkel15]

I don't remember when seasons change - is it with every reset? And is guaranteed that the next season will be fall if it does change? If not, maybe fall = ch5 = dark route?

Typically every 2 Resets, and every Chapter, there's a seasonal change.

Chapter 1 is in Summer. After Reset 2 (There is Nothing), it becomes Winter and Chapter 2. After Reset 4 (A Life of Prizes), it became Summer again and Chapter 3. After Reset 6 (Times New Roman), it became Spring, and Chapter 4.

Presumably, after Reset 8, it'll become Fall (or maybe Summer or Winter. It's not guaranteed as far I recall). Reset 7 seems to be coming up, but we'll see.

 

[Xiondingens]

That's also no one's birthday (that I recall), although it sits in the middle between Kaori's and Maya's.

Oh... and with sekai's heart inside of Kaori. Who does remember the timeline of events of akira teaching maya and noriko and the accident that killed sekai? Is there a shared time when sekai was still around and akira already giving lessons in love to maya?

 

[Moonflare]

thx. how do u guys remember this stuff btw? i literally cant even remember what happened 2 updates ago let alone list event names from the start of the game lol

also deskel are u at least in uni? unsolicited advice but I feel like if youre actually in high school then you really ought to stay away from sites like this. id be very concerned if I knew my little brother was browsing f95 daily (not cos of the porn but the forums, altho porn is ofc bad in its own way). i know its hypocritical but I reaally think youd be better off

DeSkel isn't in highschool, don't worry. He won't be in highschool for a few years yet.

Can't speak for him, but I think it's probably the same - I remember it cause for some time, eveytime someone asked something, even if I remembered it somewhat, I'd open the game and look for it to get the screenshot. Do it enough times and you remember things by heart. Which is why I now sometimes just quote the event's name instead of opening the game (still have to do it for obscure stuff obviously).

*Replaying the entire game at least once after you understand things more or less helps a lot as well.

Is there a shared time when sekai was still around and akira already giving lessons in love to maya?

We can't say it 100%, but it is unlikely. Sekai was around when he was giving lessons to Noriko, but Maya only came after Sekai's death and Akira leaving Niki. Otherwise Maya would have met Niki since they'd still be dating, and Maya came to live with Akira (not just have lessons) - which would be even stranger if he was still dating Niki "and Sekai". Thus, it's 99% that Maya only showed up after Sekai died.

 

[lttesch]

Is there a trigger for the happy event in .42? I've played through and gotten all the events except for the red room.