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

[Moonflare]

I like how Wakana just decided one day that she's going to be friends with Akira and fuck it

Spoiler: The purest intentions

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And so it begins.

 

[Budoop]

Wakana has totally stolen my heart since she started being friends with Akira.
Its such a shame to see her and Osako in conflict.

 

[shmurfer]

I don't know what I was doing before, but I was under the impression that autovn can't be disabled even if you switch it off in the setting. You don't even have to remove the mod to disable it. Oh well. I can tell most of you don't use autovn. I don't enjoy sandbox experiences very much, especially when they are this complicated

Understandable. It's not like the sandbox is doing too much for me, but the game was designed around it. You occasionally lose little bits of context / reactions from the world by doing something like Autovn and I'm trawling through most of the dialogue paths and even most of the huggy boy dialogue to ignore world cues. (Like breaking into sleeping Futaba's room has a line where you say something like "I must look like a monster to the girls standing outside of their dorms but at this point they know what I'm about")

Only thing i'm not 100% sure on is if the guide mod is uninstallable, i know it locks saves to it but i am unaware if there is a way to de-mod a save back to normal later, and as it only updates on public release, not leak, it means a two week delay on being able to play the new content on that save. Though again, tbh, once you hit the content wall, someone will almost certainly provide you an unmodded save to continue you on from, be it a green path or red path save you want, only thing you'd have to do is alter the lust names then, if you disagree with the save providers preferences.

Only two weeks to play through the save with the guide mod though isn't it? You can still play with the out of date guide mod and just not be guided through the latest update.

I will say a bunch of the saves I've used are guide modded saves.

 

[Budoop]

Guide mod is not uninstallable, can confirm.
When 0.46 comes out I'll have to sit back like a twat and wait for the mod to update.

 

[Antosha]

I genuinely forgot about that moment. Why did you remind me of that...

Sorry.

 

[Budoop]

What are some characters that surprised you with how much you ended up enjoying or liking them, for whatever reason?

I have a few examples. One is Rin. I didn't really know what to expect from her at first, but she absolutely won me over. She's a fun girl who deserves nothing but happiness. Her boobs are also no joke.

Touka is another. I thought she'd be a bitchy rich girl, initially, but she was the complete opposite. Though she's certainly a stereotypical sheltered rich girl, she has a kind heart and is very sweet.

Kirin's development in later chapters is interesting, to say the least.

Ayane needs no introduction. She's way stronger than I thought possible and I'm kinda rooting for her.

Imani is hilarious and fun, and her and Sensei's relationship is endearing to me.

IDK, just curious to hear what you guys think. And did any girl who you didn't notice much at first become your best girl or waifu?

I can second Touka, I thought she'd be the dumb and accidentally condescending type the whole time with no other big personality things that wouldn't be drilled into her by some awful event, turns out she's sweet and protective.

Think Miku belongs here too, I'm not averse to Tomboys but she was boring as hell as a pure gym fan. Very un-relatable to me.
Her arc into an explorative and curious girl is really nice to me, just all around a fun chr to be near now.

Obligatory Niki comment, think this one is the biggest for me, I like bitchy girls but it's a bit 2D for a game like this and most of the time the diversion traits for this kind of character is ALWAYS "Oh she secretly cares" but man, Niki is OUTWARDLY caring and kind to Akira in a really heart felt and touching way, I didn't expect her to go to such lengths for someone she cared about and the way she also tried to make Ami feel better is admirable and cute, although boy she's in for a surprise.
Went from a "eh" side chr to a high tier favourite for me.

This also extends to Maya, I thought her "hiding" her feelings was a bit cliché and it got old for me, never hated her or anything but I remember thinking "oh get over yourself" a few times. Most of these got absolutely axed over time as she began to crack under the pressure, and finding out she is like that because she can't love you is heart wrenching.

TBH though none of the girls on this list were people I actively disliked, only were more neutral or uncaring about. They all grew on me massively and I'd list all four in the top sections if I had to rate all the girls.

 

[Moonflare]

My man, Selebus - credit where it's due. This is such good writing! (I'll explain):

Spoiler: The art of never knowing

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Spoiler: Rest of the event

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Good homie, the one true path. I love Rin, fuck Otoha.

 

[lolzmandude]

I... I think I regret getting Ayane's lust stat high enough for the Kirin thing in chapter 1. The follow-up I'm seeing now in chapter 2 is just... really depressing. I think I fell into the trap of "getting all the stats up" and I am now paying the price.

 

[Budoop]

My man, Selebus - credit where its due. This is such good writing! (I'll explain):

Spoiler: The art of never knowing

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Spoiler: Rest of the event

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Good homie, the one true path. I love Rin, fuck Otoha.

Couldn't agree more on all of this.
Otoha can go fuck herself.

 

[lolzmandude]

also, actual serious question: is the gibberish text able to be translated somehow? like, the keyboard smash text. because if so, there's a lot of things I haven't read

 

[Moonflare]

also, actual serious question: is the gibberish text able to be translated somehow? like, the keyboard smash text. because if so, there's a lot of things I haven't read

Selebus uses multiple ciphers, such as viginere, caesar, hexadecimal, other languages (mostly japanese kanji), visual artifacts and reversing the text. For most of them, you can use the wiki by looking for the specific event, and going over the "secrets" tab.

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If you'd like to do it yourself, then there are translators for all of them online.

Edit: mind you, a good part of this tends to be hidden in replay, so you'd have to jump to the event manually through URM (for which you'd also use the wiki to look for the event label - which is different from its title).

 

[Jorge88]

also, actual serious question: is the gibberish text able to be translated somehow? like, the keyboard smash text. because if so, there's a lot of things I haven't read

The one that looks like somebody smashed the keyboard is probably Vigènere/Caesar Cipher. It's a pain in the ass to decypher it without the key, so it's probably better if you search the event name on the wiki, like Moonflare said.

 

[lolzmandude]

Selebus uses multiple ciphers, such as viginere, caesar, hexadecimal, other languages (mostly japanese kanji), visual artifacts and reversing the text. For most of them, you can use the wiki by looking for the specific event, and going over the "secrets" tab.

The one that looks like somebody smashed the keyboard is probably Vigènere/Caesar Cipher. It's a pain in the ass to decypher it without the key, so it's probably better if you search the event name on the wiki, like Moonflare said.

I figured out the hex on my own like halfway maybe into chapter 1 but the actual fucking ciphers are definitely not something I will try to figure out myself so fair enough

 

[Tommykjohnson1990]

I can't get the latest happy event. The one with the old save wirh Amy in the Mall. Can anyone show what happens please

 

[DeanNoriko]

My man, Selebus - credit where its due. This is such good writing! (I'll explain):

Spoiler: The art of never knowing

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Spoiler: Rest of the event

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Good homie, the one true path. I love Rin, fuck Otoha.

I was about to say "I will like your post to underline the Rin love, but skip the content, as I was (accidently) on the bad homie path in my original playthrough and haven't gotten around this part in my replay yet".
But then the reply function unraveled all the spoilers and threw the pictures in my face Noooooo

Anyway, still looking forward to it. Rin is just genuinely Akira's best buddy/friend.
Like (weird take incoming) imagine all the girls turned suddenly into guys, or alternatively, Akira became magically gay (aka dark path, aka that other game on itch.io), then Rin would be #1 by a landslide, they just vibe so well. They have this specific kind of connection that other girls don't really have with him, it's difficult to explain.

 

[shmurfer]

I can't get the latest happy event. The one with the old save wirh Amy in the Mall. Can anyone show what happens please

You need to play through 0.45 first (even though it's part 2 of halloween 2024, you can skip if you have the right save)

I believe the line you need to experience is after the maya rape. It says you've unlocked alexis.

Then you take that paredolia mall save and experience the happy event.

And then you can go back to your 0.45 save or whatever. That event and reward is a persistent unlock.

 

[Ffefuhfeuhfeuh]

Guide mod is not uninstallable, can confirm.
When 0.46 comes out I'll have to sit back like a twat and wait for the mod to update.

you can still play with an old version of guide mod installed, it just won't have the hints for any new content yet

 

[Fake Rabi ~]

LEAVE SANA OUT OF IT! Even if yes, she probably would. But that's besides the point! Play with Sana AFTER Sensei fucks her.

She'll like it though, remember, she's literally asking for it...

 

[lolzmandude]

I feel weird saying this because it might sound like me "fetishizing" human beings for being themselves, but anyway: the lesbians in this game are so god damn cute and I wish them the best.

I fear this game for all it will do is bring ruin.

 

[crustlord12]

I can't get the latest happy event. The one with the old save wirh Amy in the Mall. Can anyone show what happens please

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