Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.48.0] [Selebus]

[Riolol]

I thought I was the only one who hated the mall. So many were singing it's praises at the time.

 

[Antosha]

I was working on my own linear mod (that I stopped because someone already made one for the game) but unlike theirs, I absolutely hate the reset events and allowed skipping through them... Amy just plays each room back to back there were like 20 different rooms! Ridiculous.

Funny that I've spoken to a few people who don't know this (cough cough fd) but hitting the Tab key once is an auto-skip button so you don't have to hold down Ctrl

I didn't know that.

Though I don't usually like to auto-skip — in theory, I want to be able to stop and check things out if they're, you know, interesting.

 

[Fire Lord Zuko]

Damn yo. All these Mall haters coming out of the woodworks.

That’s okay. I’m willing to die on this hill and your takes on the matter are just as valid. All the clicking around isn’t for everyone.

LoveBlueHairedGirl was right. I’m a major M for puzzles and problem solving.

 

[Muk_king]

I thought I was the only one who hated the mall. So many were singing it's praises at the time.

Amy is a gem. The mall is not. But it's also closed for renovations in story now. Rumor is a new Toys 'R' Us will be there.

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[Moonflare]

I mean, we're all discussing the puzzle part of the Amy event, while ignoring the actual important part of if Amy pushed her boyfriend into the hole or not (and why).

Edit: Would Akira even be her boyfriend when Sekai was still alive in that terminal/reality?

 

[Comiies]

I mean, we're all discussing the puzzle part of the Amy event, while ignoring the actual important part of if Amy pushed her boyfriend into the hole or not (and why).

Edit: Would Akira even be her boyfriend when Sekai was still alive in that terminal/reality?

Akira transcends the mere boyfriend-girlfirend relationship.Anyways fuck the mall and give me the next update!

 

[fdsasdf_p]

Funny that I've spoken to a few people who don't know this (cough cough fd) but hitting the Tab key once is an auto-skip button so you don't have to hold down Ctrl

That guy sounds like a fucking idiot; can't even play the game properly? UGH

 

[Bingoogus]

I... loved the mall... i think... it had an impact on me in a way that i value at least... but it did mess my head up for a bit, as such things tend to for i am not 100% sane and can get... lost in existential blackholes if i spend too long thinking about such things. That music track can send me back so i am careful with replaying it. One thing i should mention though is that although i can say i value having played the mall once, i haven't actually gone through it a second time, so i have no idea if i'd love or hate it again, I'm reluctant to retread materials that have previously sent me to the edge of my mental safe zone, that precipice is like standing on the edge of a 50 story skyscraper with a swirling vortex beneath it... after having been derealized and depersonalized for 5 months nearly a decade ago, that abyss is both terrifying and tempting... so yeah, the mall is basically out of bounds for me for replay.

 

[Unseenatlas]

yall ready for the new update?

 

[fdsasdf_p]

I... loved the mall... i think... it had an impact on me in a way that i value at least... but it did mess my head up for a bit, as such things tend to for i am not 100% sane and can get... lost in existential blackholes if i spend too long thinking about such things. That music track can send me back so i am careful with replaying it. One thing i should mention though is that although i can say i value having played the mall once, i haven't actually gone through it a second time, so i have no idea if i'd love or hate it again, I'm reluctant to retread materials that have previously sent me to the edge of my mental safe zone, that precipice is like standing on the edge of a 50 story skyscraper with a swirling vortex beneath it... after having been derealized and depersonalized for 5 months nearly a decade ago, that abyss is both terrifying and tempting... so yeah, the mall is basically out of bounds for me for replay.

Stand proud Mall Lover! I love the mall too, but my reasoning is...weird, something like "The audacity of this MOFO to install a backroom situation in the game! Think I'd get trapped?! Well FU challenge accepted let me escape this in record time muhaha!"

And I don't even like going to malls in real life so yea ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Detective Dc345]

Spoiler: Ayane Halloween Costume (0.44 Preview)

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It's September 2nd somewhere I guess.

 

[Fire Lord Zuko]

Spoiler: Ayane Halloween Costume (0.44 Preview)

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It's September 2nd somewhere I guess.

Lady Ann Ayane!

I never thought I needed to see Ayane dressed as Panther from Persona 5 until now, but this is too perfect.

 

[Moonflare]

Spoiler: Ayane Halloween Costume (0.44 Preview)

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It's September 2nd somewhere I guess.

Tell Selebus that if it's ready, I'll accept him releasing it a day early.

Also, Ayane all in red huh... a letter in red ink asking to meet in spring. Beware the color red. Probably nothing... unless?

 

[LessonsInDissonance]

Spoiler: Ayane Halloween Costume (0.44 Preview)

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It's September 2nd somewhere I guess.

Molly Asuka Langley cosplay WALLAHI

 

[Detective Dc345]

Today is the Cum Jar Connoisseur's birthday. Happy Birthday Ami.

 

[Moonflare]

some art while waiting for the next update:

Spoiler: must be how the girls see akira

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Spoiler: coming up soon to a 0.43 near you

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Spoiler: dark route incoming

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Spoiler: meet me in spring - halloween's going to be wild

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Spoiler: conceivable? yes probable? not sure

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Spoiler: also 0.43

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Spoiler: references

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Spoiler: please no I'd rather she died instead

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Spoiler: a family about to be torn - again

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As always, make sure to visit the official fanart thread for more

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[fdsasdf_p]

Fair point.

So... yet another nail in the Sel-is-fallible coffin?

Depends on what he thought of when deciding this to be a sorta ruling. I'd give him a pass if he was not going for being alliterative but instead, merely going for name combinations with initials being two same alphabets. Writing Japanese names in English initials is a thing but I am uncertain how popularized it has become to properly give Selly the benefit of the doubt for the sake of authenticity.

Alas, I also have my doubts on Shiawase being Sekai's maiden name. The tone might fit well with her not liking her own last name, and the thought of writing this presumed full name into "shiawase no sekai" (world of happiness) gives me the creeps under the context of LiL. Still, that's pretty much it; these just sound nice and aren't truly increasing the likelihood of "Shiawase is indeed her maiden name" in a supportive manner.

If anything, I'd think that Shiawase is a certain girl equivalent to Himawari solely because of the available parallel I can draw between Shiawase Group and Himawari Co, the two mysterious LLCs both featured in the Pareidolia Mall, and the fact that neither Shiawase or Himawari sounds like a name for an individual. But this direction of development is also weird in its own right because we have both enough girls and enough mysterious figures to worry about. Hence I guess if true I'd rather have Shiawase being Sekai; it's just the lack of a direct and convincing bridge between them really boggles the mind.

 

[barglenarglezous]

Lady Ann Ayane!

I never thought I needed to see Ayane dressed as Panther from Persona 5 until now, but this is too perfect.

I definitely would not mind more of the girls done up in P5 costumes. Or Persona in general.

 

[BlackDays]

Nah, he just got used to living on $10k a month income in 2020-2021, but unfortunately, that same $10k in 2024 buys a hell of a lot less of just about everything.

Hm, could be the case. Don't know how hard inflation hit other countries because of corona.
My country had it a bit worse, because probably our "friendos", bombed our critical energy infrastructure which hit quiet hard inflation wise, because someone in our govenment, before all that, thought nuclear energy bad, replace with gas power plants...
So i can't really compare.

tbh I wonder what his total income is when you factor in the annual pass stuff and merch

i guess it always feels weird to see ppl asking for money but the dev is in a sort of position where unless he does exactly that, he'll just end up slowly losing money (if not due to subscriber loss, then due to inflation - this dude does not get any annual raises or refreshers)

also wonder how many subscribers he could have obtained if he:
1) didn't piss off f95
2) didn't rework the intro sequence to be so damn off-putting: the Ami scene is just way too in-your-face imo. from what I remember of playing the original, it was a mystery that slowly builds up to that
3) listened to community feedback about ppl disliking the gameplay and puzzles: i think he views them as essential for immersion or something? either way, it seems like there's a near-unanimous consensus on them being shit
4) increased the quality of sexual content instead of dropping animations - for instance, he could integrate animations in the game itself instead of only having them in the repeatable events. i think the majority of ppl that find this game organically are looking for porn so it makes sense to cater to that
5) capped the word count to like 30-40k per update (~1.5-2 hours of content) and focused on making it tighter/more focused

10k, if someone isn't satisfied with 10k (or above) there's some other problem involved, from my pov.
And he at least did invest in the stock market as far as i read, so my argument wasn't a total shot in the dark.
But hey, it's his personal business so he can invest in black jack and hookers for all i care... ah..., fuck blackjack...

About the reset puzzles and the likes.
If i'm right about his age, he might have been playing old J VN's/dating sims and having to do strange things like:
Be at the right place, at the right time, with x item to further a route or meet that missable special character, he kinda is right on track.
Though, we don't have that much of routes, more like little diversions, and no characters to miss.
But if what i said was his inspiration, he totally overdid it.
I think much has already been said about the lewd stuff ingame, so i don't think i could add some significant thing to it.
And yeah, the rework had me raise at least one eyebrow, or three.

Don't forget part of adding the care packages was so he could claim the game has ** by f95 standards and tried yelling it out loud so the mods had to remove the game from the site. It wasn't purely business benevolent. And of course when it didn't work he started getting bored of them, swapping to a system that only provides the reward if enough people pay for it (bonus animations per pledge stretch goal)

Can't really tell if Sel did the wizard stuff in the care packages (if it really has that stuff because i dunno) just to spite F95.
What i do know/remember is him "kinda" apologizing and explaining himself in an eye soring (color wise) post.
That was some really interesting post, because, while i might understand his mental state of "I don't give a fuck about anything", how smart of a world view is that?
I do hope that he isn't treating every aspect of his life this way, don't know how that guy is in private, but i do know that it will cost him extremely dearly if he hasn't/ won't come to a better conclusion.
Also, him abondining the ** (the initials intantionally?) was just a business choice.
He saw them getting leaked the moment they were released, so they had no benefit for him/his patrons.

 

[Comiies]

Tell Selebus that if it's ready, I'll accept him releasing it a day early.

Also, Ayane all in red huh... a letter in red ink asking to meet in spring. Beware the color red. Probably nothing... unless?

Its just a sexy costume mom.Relax its not that deep(It is)