Ren'Py Life as an Innocent Waitress [v0.1.0] [Frisson Studios]

[spblu]

Gotta say I'm a little burned out on "new promising 0.1 game" every few months but I did like the intro of this game and how very self-aware the dev is of how most of these games go and what they're going to try NOT to do. Hopefully they succeed.

 

[MewingMaster]

Hmm.. since the studio liked my review, I would like to say something.. stay humble and have humility. If you get blinded by money and praises, you will lose sight of what makes you great in the first place.. you risk becoming "just another porn game".. do you desire that? or do you want to be remembered forever?

I want to see this succeed.. and I wanted to be proven wrong.. and that can only happen if you add quintillion amount of content without compromise. Buona serata.

 

[Frisson_Studios]

Hmm.. since the studio liked my review, I would like to say something.. stay humble and have humility. If you get blinded by money and praises, you will lose sight of what makes you great in the first place.. you risk becoming "just another porn game".. do you desire that? or do you want to be remembered forever?

I want to see this succeed.. and I wanted to be proven wrong.. and that can only happen if you add quintillion amount of content without compromise. Buona serata.

We have our goal, and while we may have started off on the right foot, we won’t get complacent. There's still a lot to be done and offered. We just want to create enjoyable experiences, based on what we love. Unless this becomes something serious (talking about earning $8000+ to make a decent wage for both of us, which we’re not expecting anytime soon (not even in 2 years)), this is just the beginning. Still, if you rate it a 2/5, I guess we won't be hearing from you again, since it’s clear you didn’t enjoy the game.

 

[TheUberstuff]

We have our goal, and while we may have started off on the right foot, we won’t get complacent. There's still a lot to be done and offered. We just want to create enjoyable experiences, based on what we love. Unless this becomes something serious (talking about earning $8000+ to make a decent wage for both of us, which we’re not expecting anytime soon (not even in 2 years)), this is just the beginning. Still, if you rate it a 2/5, I guess we won't be hearing from you again, since it’s clear you didn’t enjoy the game.

I personally can't stand people who tell other people to "stay humble and have humility" such an arrogant thing to say to someone. I love the start of this game. 15/10, and because I love the start I am going to trust the devs know what they are doing and don't need my arrogance telling them how to do stuff.

 

[howdyguilt]

Is it possible to successfully make rent every week? I don't want to be in debt to the landlord

 

[johnyakuza1]

Is it possible to successfully make rent every week? I don't want to be in debt to the landlord

Not possible in this version, but technically, you'd have to be fully corrupt, get nude at the bar for maximum tips, and upload the secret desires photos everyday, and you'll make just about enough money to pay the landlord weekly. AC would need to be turned off every night.

If you wish to maintain the pure route, there is no way to achieve that just from the tips alone, this is why it's going to be difficult keeping Angelina “pure” per se... You'd have to make compromises somewhere or other.

 

[Severthe]

A troll comes into the thread, casts his fishing rod and you take the bait.

Yeah I know lol. Sometimes you're just in a bait-taking, rant at dumbasses for being dumb mood though ^_^

 

[Penitensary]

What? That metaphor is absurd. Are there different scenes? No. Any scenes are the same no matter how you play it. Pointlessly. It's all edgy, it's a render. It isn't real. As far as dragging it out goes, why, the same scenes happen. Constipated.

The metaphor stands because not everyone wants to play a game like they're speedrunning the content. You want to unlock every scene as fast as possible? That's fine. You want to take your time and see how long you can hold out against the game's corruption mechanic for no other reason than just because you can? That's fine too.

And yes, it's not real. Of course it isn't. That was never into question. Like you said, ultimately we all see the same scenes so it simply boils down to a preferred playstyle thing.

 

[MewingMaster]

We have our goal, and while we may have started off on the right foot, we won’t get complacent. There's still a lot to be done and offered. We just want to create enjoyable experiences, based on what we love. Unless this becomes something serious (talking about earning $8000+ to make a decent wage for both of us, which we’re not expecting anytime soon (not even in 2 years)), this is just the beginning. Still, if you rate it a 2/5, I guess we won't be hearing from you again, since it’s clear you didn’t enjoy the game.

You are wrong about one thing dear, you will hear from me again, but not anytime soon. I may even silently decide to subscribe, but I would never announce such a thing..

The stars don't mean anything.. If I gave it 3 would it make any difference? By the time I wrote one review, there are three new reviews giving you 5-stars. It is exactly what I was warning about.. you may see all these praises and choose to never improve because it is so easy to get distracted by them. Why listen to the truth when yes-men, 15/10 ratings and blind trust and loyalty exists?

It is not that I didn't enjoy your game, but I have rated it objectively about what it is right NOW. I am not distracted by future promises or my idea or desires with it.. because everyone has their own desires with a game, no matter what. Some like content A, some prefer content B, while some dislike content C. They think if they give better stars or keep giving money, they may get their desired outcome.. but that's far from the truth

If you understood the gist of my review, that is enough for me. I'm not pretending to be a guru telling you how to do stuff, listening or ignoring is all up to you. I hope you get the decent wage you desire.

Arrivederci

 

[MewingMaster]

I personally can't stand people who tell other people to "stay humble and have humility" such an arrogant thing to say to someone. I love the start of this game. 15/10, and because I love the start I am going to trust the devs know what they are doing and don't need my arrogance telling them how to do stuff.

It's true, keep your arrogance to yourself.. No one can stand it anyway fottuto segaiolo.

 

[Frisson_Studios]

You are wrong about one thing dear, you will hear from me again, but not anytime soon. I may even silently decide to subscribe, but I would never announce such a thing..

The stars don't mean anything.. If I gave it 3 would it make any difference? By the time I wrote one review, there are three new reviews giving you 5-stars. It is exactly what I was warning about.. you may see all these praises and choose to never improve because it is so easy to get distracted by them. Why listen to the truth when yes-men, 15/10 ratings and blind trust and loyalty exists?

It is not that I didn't enjoy your game, but I have rated it objectively about what it is right NOW. I am not distracted by future promises or my idea or desires with it.. because everyone has their own desires with a game, no matter what. Some like content A, some prefer content B, while some dislike content C. They think if they give better stars or keep giving money, they may get their desired outcome.. but that's far from the truth

If you understood the gist of my review, that is enough for me. I'm not pretending to be a guru telling you how to do stuff, listening or ignoring is all up to you. I hope you get the decent wage you desire.

Arrivederci

Well, it's clear we have different tastes. Personally, I’d give a game:

- **1/5**: A game I really disliked, especially if it made a lot of promises and ultimately disappointed me.
- **2/5**: A bad game—one play was enough to know it wasn’t something I would enjoy.
- **3/5**: An "okay" game—playable, and I might return to it.
- **4/5**: A good game that I genuinely enjoyed, and I would love to see more.
- **5/5**: An excellent game that exceeded my expectations, and I’d definitely want more of it.


In any case, I personally wouldn’t rate a game with a 1 or 2 if I simply liked what I saw but felt it was still too early to make a judgment, or just to avoid giving the devs an inflated sense of how their game is perceived.

Imagine if everyone rated a game the way you do—'The game was just launched, so I’ll rate it a 2 and maybe update later.' Good games would often get a 1 or 2 until they have more time in development. I believe this could make it harder for devs to get accurate feedback early on, especially if the game is still evolving.

That said, it’s your rating style, and I totally respect that—it’s just not how I personally approach it. Everyone has their own way of evaluating, and I’m no one to tell anyone how to rate games here.

PS: I was going to come up with something witty or ingenious to finish this, but my brain went on vacation. Maybe next time I'll have a punchline instead of this!

 

[James8585]

The metaphor stands because not everyone wants to play a game like they're speedrunning the content. You want to unlock every scene as fast as possible? That's fine. You want to take your time and see how long you can hold out against the game's corruption mechanic for no other reason than just because you can? That's fine too.

And yes, it's not real. Of course it isn't. That was never into question. Like you said, ultimately we all see the same scenes so it simply boils down to a preferred playstyle thing.

No. Please don't tell me what I want. I know what I want. I don't mind the game taking longer in how any corruption unfolds. Why am I going to take longer? An erroneous concept. Literally redundant if it hasn't added anything else. A different scene/s. Why would anybody take longer playing something, if you can play the game as per usual not taking longer? Planet cuckoo.

My former complaint was at any options not working. As in raising exhibition, 100, getting drunk 100, and raising arousal to more or less max, 95 I managed, to try to grant the suggestion of being nude, didn't work. What was the point? A hard cut off would have worked better than playing further to try to unlock options that don't unlock, not without editing the code.

 

[w123t4]

This game has potential, even I as a person no much like female protagonist and sandbox still kind of enjoy it, looking forward to the future updates

 

[TheUberstuff]

It's true, keep your arrogance to yourself.. No one can stand it anyway fottuto segaiolo.

Pretty sure its your arrogance people can't stand based on the responses to my post. You clearly think way to highly of yourself and think your opinion matters more than other people's, it doesn't and by far the posts on this forum are very much in support of this game and this dev. I will put you on ignore now as you have nothing to say that I care to hear about and I would hope the dev would ignore you as well. There are far more people deserving of their attention then some arrogant, everything revolves around me person like yourself.

Good day, I hope you get some help.

 

[LowLevelLesser]

The game is updated slowly and inconsistently but "Defenestration" is probably one of the best corruption games out there. (Just adding to the other games being mentioned.)

Edited to add: Also, check out "Dilmur" which has a combo of consensual and non-consensual corruption AND the main character is able to corrupt others as well.

 

[niuash]

Can't wait for the new Saturday devlog. They're always exciting!

 

[johnyakuza1]

Can't wait for the new Saturday devlog. They're always exciting!

It looks like there isn't one.

 

[BloomGuy]

So, I see a lot of hype surrounding this game, a lot of ‘love’ being spread. There’s a ton of words flying around ‘charm', ‘potential', and so on. But the game isn’t even fully released yet, it’s still in a pre-pre-pre-alpha stage, and people are already talking about 'exciting' weekly devlogs that are always exciting? Perhaps it’s me getting cynical with age, but doesn’t this sound like every other hentai dev out there? Feels like the dev’s trying to sell half-baked pizzas from Spain.

Guess I’ll just keep a hentai dev bingo card on hand, just in case.

 

[BloomGuy]

It looks like there isn't one.

And so, it begins... Brother.

 

[johnyakuza1]

Feels like the dev’s trying to sell half-baked pizzas from Spain.

Half-baked? Brother it's been 5 years and the guy hasn't even purchased the Pizza ingredients yet!