Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.53.0] [Selebus]

[fdsasdf_p]

If Maya's idea of "mentioning reset stuff to Ami being the absolute worst step for everyone" is true,

then Sensei here almost unintentionally put 2 and 2 together and got an early gameover immediately after the first reset

 

[args48]

Friend, all the 'care packages' are is really kinda lame DVD extra crap. I could understand wanting to install them if you paid for them, but otherwise? That's just crazy. Also, yes, probably filled with DRM. Can also cause crashes if you paid for them and don't install them just right.

That seems to be my experience with them... They are actually immersion and story breaking. Why does sensei have access to these files on his computer? Right at the start of the game?

They don't blend in with the game at all and any reaming factor they have is just viewing them in a picture/video viewer program outside of the game.

 

[barglenarglezous]

That seems to be my experience with them... They are actually immersion and story breaking. Why does sensei have access to these files on his computer? Right at the start of the game?

They don't blend in with the game at all and any reaming factor they have is just viewing them in a picture/video viewer program outside of the game.

Everything about the laptop is immersion-breaking. A character's mind breaks if you want them to call you Daddy, but you can override it with your magic laptop!

 

[John E. Ringo]

Everything about the laptop is immersion-breaking. A character's mind breaks if you want them to call you Daddy, but you can override it with your magic laptop!

Speaking of, this playthrough after the scene at the Yamaguchi compound I decided to change Chika's lust-master name to 'Gary'...

 

[idiotamerican]

Also the DRM wipe needs to be done after every update.

this is the part i misunderstood. i think he may have skipped drm in .31 since my save backups had been working fine. thanks for the help

 

[laserQ]

Guys, can someone give me 100% save for 0.32.0 please, I lost my saves by downloading DLCs. Help pls.

 

[butterfly boy]

Ugh Sel is so bad at writing I can't believe he made such a egregious plothole

 

[DeSkel15]

Ugh Sel is so bad at writing I can't believe he made such a egregious plothole
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I'm still a little surprised that there is technically "Haruka's actual pipes" lore in this game:

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Sensei was so shocked by the pipes being actual pipes:

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that he apparently carries around a toolbox with him now:

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Like, that's actually apart of the story if you don't fuck Haruka enough by the first Halloween. It's just a dad joke otherwise though.

 

[wamzzz]

I'm a little surprised that so many people are finding that old god scene at the end of Nao-chan's chain to be that spooky. Maybe it was because of the lighthearted tone throughout the entire thing until the very end, but I found it kinda silly and ridiculous. I just started laughing when this chicken scratch stick person showed up in front of Sensei.

Then again, maybe I was in a mood because I thought the end of Io's event was a bit too melodramatic and self-indulgent.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the update. Nao-chan's events were adorable, Maki and Haruka's character development has been interesting, really excited about what's going to happen in the dorm wars and all the developments going on, and I liked the happy event and its implications even if it was absolutely miserable trying to find the last room so I could get out.

 

[ElukiaTV]

I think the drawing is weirdly unsettling.
Dunno why, its just a drawing, and not a good looking one, and .. somehow, thats what makes that drawing so uncomfortable.

 

[saerav]

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[Riolol]

Ima start a new playthrough, wish me luck!

 

[fdsasdf_p]

Can anybody help me on the "word of the day" event, i don't know what to write when you choose "Grow !". I'm stuck...

HOPE is not the answer, the guide on the first page is.

 

[alex2011]

I struggle to see how you come to that conclusion... those of us already following the game continue to get early access thanks to leaks, those searching by top rated games will still come across it and upon checking will discover it's still in active development, those who discover the game elsewhere and search for it here to pirate it will find it easy to do so. All that's really taken away is passive blind discovery, including both new pirates and potential new supporters. The anti piracy crowd might scoff at the suggestion of 'potential new supporters' but there's simply no denying the fact that a number of people who regularly visit this thread both discovered the game via this website and have given it monetary support to some degree at some point, so they certainly exist, even if you choose to think of them as dismissable minority. The impact of day-1 leaks is still as present now as before the game was removed from the promotion system as anyone who was already benefiting from those leaks still knows how and where to benefit from them...

If this is a win on any level then i'll just quietly chuckle to myself whenever someone brags about it.

The effect is a reduction in the rate of new pirates. If less people see the game on the latest updates page, less will be attracted to this thread. Less people attracted to this thread means less piracy, which is exactly what Sel wanted. Passive blind discovery is the reduction of piracy in this case and, as far as supporters, have you not seen where the game is at in terms of income? The latest active goal on SubscribeStar, meaning the latest one not met yet, is to reach the ludicrous amounts gained by another game just because why not. We are well beyond the point of needing new blood in the subscriber pool. In fact, new subscribers could even be detrimental because all tiers give access to requests at this point and that means time needed to work on them that he has to take either out of personal time or game development time, both options having a severe potential negative impact.

What kind of adult company has the legal resources to do that? I get disney or nintendo, but you know the big guns ain't gonna dabble with porn lol

It depends, the game got a pretty big spotlight. Japanese companies definitely won't touch it, there's a stigma on porn of any kind, but western ones could. There is no cultural stigma here and western companies tend to be dangerously greedy when it comes to money. For a western example, look at what CBS did to the rules regulating the making of fan projects for the Star Trek franchise, it basically killed the fan project market entirely and all because one bad apple was violating copyright laws by stepping outside of fair use through making direct profit.

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Good point, I hadn't even considered that. I count Fakku as one of these and they have a history showing interest in Illusion products.

Yeah, honestly, if you give half a shit about these extras you can see about 90% of what's on offer just by looking at the files directly, and the other 10% is just dialogue written in Renpy script. I get you might want the authentic experience but if you're so thirsty for it then just follow the guide.

Personally wish the damn things didn't exist just so we wouldn't have a slow but constant trickle of folks stumbling in asking about them. If they were even remotely worth it i'd happily put up with it but they're not, so it's just fuckin' annoying.

They wouldn't exist if subscribers actually got their benefits, which the leaks prevent since, well, the leaks effectively are the benefits now being given to non-subscribers. It isn't exactly a subscriber benefit if everyone is getting it, so Sel made these to try and give us back something exclusive which he would then allow free users paid access to later. Essentially, if everyone just waited two weeks for free or paid for the early access, these wouldn't exist.

 

[Bingoogus]

The effect is a reduction in the rate of new pirates. If less people see the game on the latest updates page, less will be attracted to this thread. Less people attracted to this thread means less piracy, which is exactly what Sel wanted. Passive blind discovery is the reduction of piracy in this case and, as far as supporters, have you not seen where the game is at in terms of income? The latest active goal on SubscribeStar, meaning the latest one not met yet, is to reach the ludicrous amounts gained by another game just because why not. We are well beyond the point of needing new blood in the subscriber pool. In fact, new subscribers could even be detrimental because all tiers give access to requests at this point and that means time needed to work on them that he has to take either out of personal time or game development time, both options having a severe potential negative impact.

Lol, the day Selly is satisfied with the amount of supporters he has is the day pigs fly. Also, i laid out how new pirates will have next to no trouble in the vast majority of cases but you just side stepped that as though it wasn't 95% of my point about how it's no tangible victory. As i said before, the group most affected by this pyrrhic 'victory' contains most if not all potential new supporters so it's also a hilarious example of an own goal. The pirates will do just fine.

They wouldn't exist if subscribers actually got their benefits, which the leaks prevent since, well, the leaks effectively are the benefits now being given to non-subscribers. It isn't exactly a subscriber benefit if everyone is getting it, so Sel made these to try and give us back something exclusive which he would then allow free users paid access to later. Essentially, if everyone just waited two weeks for free or paid for the early access, these wouldn't exist.

Dude, i've been here for a very long time now, i know why they exist, my point was they're annoying because they're not worth it, if they were then i wouldn't find it annoying to have randoms regularly rockin up asking how to subvert the DRM.

It's good to see you again Alex, watching you do mental gymnastics has always been entertaining and i'm looking forward to the ones you'll do in response to this post too.

 

[manjak8]

Lol, the day Selly is satisfied with the amount of supporters he has is the day pigs fly. Also, i laid out how new pirates will have next to no trouble in the vast majority of cases but you just side stepped that as though it wasn't 95% of my point about how it's no tangible victory. As i said before, the group most affected by this pyrrhic 'victory' contains most if not all potential new supporters so it's also a hilarious example of an own goal. The pirates will do just fine.

Dude, i've been here for a very long time now, i know why they exist, my point was they're annoying because they're not worth it, if they were then i wouldn't find it annoying to have randoms regularly rockin up asking how to subvert the DRM.

It's good to see you again Alex, watching you do mental gymnastics has always been entertaining and i'm looking forward to the ones you'll do in response to this post too.

I think one of the big reasons why there are not more subscribers, is because this game is completely unplayable without progression mod, which updates with public release.

 

[DeSkel15]

So, decided to check out some picture conversations, and came upon this with Imani:

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Here's hoping that was just a joke, and not some kind of effed up foreshadowing.

 

[hcguy]

I think one of the big reasons why there are not more subscribers, is because this game is completely unplayable without progression mod, which updates with public release.

Wow - I guess I just imagined playing it without the mod.

 

[Riolol]

So, decided to check out some picture conversations, and came upon this with Imani:

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Here's hoping that was just a joke, and not some kind of effed up foreshadowing.

Same Sensei, same.

 

[fdsasdf_p]

It’s quite interesting to learn about the range of things that unsettle people.

For me the scary Maya face and Nao-chan drawing are more like just UHM materials; but it's pretty much because at this point of the game I am treating anything eerie like case studies, trying to move closer to the screen and see if I can learn something
(as long as they don't move toward me too quickly I think I can manage xD)

In the traditional scary sense, any scene blasting with enough smiles for me is plenty scary, typically those in the earlier chapters when I wasn’t as mentally ready. Things like:

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(seriously when it comes to scary, nothing beats smiles that you can’t comprehend)

The one event that overloads all my sensory and I actually found myself moving a few inches back is Turn Off The Lights. The whole event creeps me the fuck out and that ten seconds of strobe light plus static sent me off the edge (I think Selly toned this event down later in some updates, but still this event is something I refuse to replay)

Another event that didn't scare me but gave me a shit ton of goosebumps is Bluejay; not because Makoto jumped, but because you realized, even before her free fall finished, that this suicide would be corrected to never had happened. The “you’re not allowed to choose the easy way out” feeling fucked me up so much.