Ren'Py - Life as an Innocent Waitress [v0.2.1] [Frisson Studios]

I played the game for the first time in v0.2.1.
First, I'd like to point out a small inconsistency. It advertises with the incest tag, but there are no family ties. You can change the relationships, but at the same time you get a warning that family ties like father and uncle are not allowed. However, you're not penalized if you use them anyway.
Yes, you have to comply with the requirements of advertising platforms (like Patreon) and at the same time cover as many of the players' fetishes as possible to reach a broad audience. But you either save yourself the useless warning or really don't allow such relationships.

Now, let's talk about the game using a few concrete examples.
The protagonist conforms to the usual clichés and is quite pretty to look at. However, the graphics could generally be improved a bit in terms of sharpness and contrast.
The male NPCs are also up to the usual standard. They're all ugly, "ugh." There are also handsome guys who act like assholes.

The serving game is pretty good, but also a bit unfair. I had 4 occupied tables, nothing happened for 12 rounds, and then 3 tables ordered at the same time.

A bug also occurred here. In the "Cute" mod, you can't change the dodging. You have to go back to normal to change it.

It's supposed to encourage corruption, so you get into financial difficulties. But the earnings are generally too low to pay rent and at least be able to afford something after two weeks. I'm not even talking about the maximum spending on the most expensive items.

The skill system is worth noting. A nice idea that also has an impact in the game, especially when it comes to cleaning, which is difficult to do perfectly at first. Second place makes a significant difference here.

I'm curious to see what the currently unimplemented content will bring. I'm hoping for more than just more hot brothers. Especially since the youngest one will be quite a bit further ahead in terms of sexual maturity. I'm also hoping for new locations. While these will probably only be the usual suspects, a visit to the beach or a spa could be helpful for relaxation and relaxation.

Well, as for the game's actual premise—a largely disenfranchised female population—there's hardly any sign of that so far. The bar patrons behave far too passively, when women are actually fair game. And if women are such a rare commodity, she should actually have a much higher status when half a dozen men have to compete for one woman.

Why is she using Secret Desire voluntarily and not being forced to do so by her father/landlord/whoever? He sits in the room with her and gives her instructions on what she needs to do to earn enough money to pay the rent.

I'm wavering between 3 and 4 stars, as there's still significant potential for improvement. However, I haven't had a game in a long time that offers so much content in such an early version, which is why I'm ultimately leaning towards four stars.
I'm excited to see what the next updates will bring, as this is a game I'm even considering supporting. However, I find the pricing of $3-100 a game rather ambitious.

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Great so far! Getting some Princess of Zeven/Grace of Labyrinth Town vibes in how the corruption progresses.

The bar grind is well executed; slow enough to build interest, fast enough to not lose it. Keep it up!

Will the eventual maid scenes require us to actually do the cleaning grind? Right now the cleaning seems entirely optional if you are going for a corrupted MC.

Best of its genre probably. I really hope the updates keep coming.
Excellent character design, love it.
Though I can't give it five stars because the UI is just meh and I am not the biggest fan of how the skill system is currently implemented, I would like to see what unlocks there are for example.
Also quite a few bugs with the latest release.
But I could not stop playing it until I unlocked everything of this release.

Not many games here are also captivating by their gameplay while also delivering in the adult department. This one, while somewhat simple for now, checks those boxes. Every game that has some form of managment is my fetish in it of itself. Cannot wait for more.

This will be a 5 star game and even THE BEST of this genre(waitress corruption) if the dev can keep doing what he has done in this update.

Girl is hot, and the character development is already very decent given only 0.2 version, and it already have much more content than some other waitress game that has been there for 4 years.

0.2 update has make a big update to the game, I am even surprised that the dev can put new content and new mechanism to the game in a relatively short time between last updates.

Can't wait to see more !

"This game is impressively well-compressed in terms of size, offers much more content than expected for its file size, has many events, and is incredibly fun. It's one of the best games of 2025."
100/100

SO good....from the progression to the scenes, story and lets not forget the character development(s)...please keep going with this and if you can add it can we get some mindbreak/ahegao maybe a little belly buldging? (wink wink) haha but no really it's sooo good please keep up the great work!!

Simple yet amazing. One of the best games in this website an dis still early. Sometims the simplest scenarios are the best. No fantasy elements just a simple slice of life wiht corruption and incest for those who want.. I hope more games follow this path

For a 0.1.0 release quite the amount of content.
I hope the Dev can keep up this level.
The FMC is very attractive and while I'm not really a fan of the household situation (I'd prefer a small apartment with a "real" landlord) the bar can become something really nice

Nice Story whit a lovely gameplay. The gameplay in the bar is fun and easy not boring if evolve in this way. The internet stuff on modelling is also nice and the public train is very good. Please continue to work it . Still a little early but I would like to see moreeee soon.

Review as of v0.1.0
Wanted to see what all the glazing was about, and still kind of wondering what the glazing is all about. I'd imagine it's because there have been so many disappointing attempts at this genre of game that people feel extremely excited whenever a new one pops up. Anywho, on to the review.

The Good:

• For what appears to be models made in Honey Select 2, the female character doesn't look as samey as other HS2 games I've seen. I kept having to go back and forth as to whether it actually was HS2 or not, so well done.
• On that same note, Angel is actually very attractive.
• The dev says there's a Pure route, which will be harder to accomplish but possible.

The Bad:

• The "Pure" route, as it stands, is actually kind of impossible, and literally everything in the game is tied to making money through corruption. I wouldn't be commenting on this if it wasn't suggested in the game, but you're pretty much railroaded into corruption, as the alternative is missing every single one of your rent payments. Taxi rides are expensive, repairing locks is insanely expensive, even if you get the half off skill upgrade, and you really don't have the money to buy an energy drink if you're trying to be "Pure" and lower rent by cleaning the house, because you're already going to be struggling enough making regular payments.
• Angelina herself acts as if her entire life began the moment you pressed "New Game", and that she hasn't already been living for 19 years. She freaks out whenever any male exhales in her general direction, and treats her relatives (yes they're her relatives, shut up) like she just met them yesterday. At this point, I'm convinced she's high functioning autistic.
• Locks. The game says Gregory will repair the locks if you wait a few days, but I swear it's been 5 days and they're still broken. A "Pure" route, or even a "I just kind of don't feel like being molested right now tbh" route requires locks, which you can get additional charges (the tooltip is worded awkwardly) by leveling up the skill, which you can get skill points by studying. Then once the lock gets jammed you get the privilege of paying one of your limbs to fix it, or half of one of your limbs at level 4.
• I know it says more skills will be added in the future, but if you're going for corruption, you can pretty much completely ignore all skills in the current version. But if you're trying to stay "Pure", you NEED skill points, but you can't really afford spending the energy studying, because you also need that energy to cook, clean, and work.

inb4 "Why are you trying to be pure in a corruption game?"

I always do a chaste/virgin/pure save and a gaping whore save, just to compare the two. Some games actually offer some pretty neat content for keeping in your pants. If this game never suggested that a Pure route could be done, I wouldn't be here bitching about it. If they remove that line of dialogue and replace it with "You'll become a drooling slut no matter what, but you can somewhat determine the speed of your descent", I'd be like "Thank you have a nice day" and adjust my review accordingly.

tl;dr: Pure route isn't viable in any way, Angelina is a hot autist, and I'm willing to update my review as new versions come out.

Review for 0.1.0
I am very enthusiastic about this early release. This game does a lot of things right in showcasing the corruption of our heroine, as well as making it into a proper game (in the sense that the player can take gameplay decisions to slow down her descent). The grind, while present, makes sense in context and importantly, tools are given to the player to reduce it, hence a sense of progression.
Many elements are marked as in future updates, such as interaction with the not-brothers and expanded skills (currently, there are no skills related to bar service) and alternative uniforms. This rating is a vote of confidence, we will see this realizes its potential as a truly rich and fun corruption game.

This game is great for corruption fans and fans of the bar scenario. There are many animations and scenes that are varied enough to not feel extremely repetitive. I like the gameplay loop. What I don't like is how almost everyone is trying to bang her. It feels like she's the only woman in this world and her being stuck in a flat full of pervs is a bit extreme in my oppinion.
Keep your eyes on this game! It's already amazing and can only get better from here.

It seems like a game with potential, although there is little content and copies of corruptiontown. But the author should be warned that further content is under developmemt. It will be respectful to save some time gamers

honstly, for an initial release yes there is stil to be much done but, if the game is really going on the path it is saying it is going, it's going to be one hell of a game, i read in a comment that there are only 2 guys working on it, dudes you two are one hell of creators, i mean you took alot of what has been asked for ages in alot of communities (mostly reddit and here that i know of) about a good waitressing games, with slow corruption and new events, and you do the waitressing and the mini games, guys good job keep the good work, and be creative as much as you can gg.

Loving it so far, well paced, slow paced without feeling too grindy, gradually opening up new events. Looking forward to new development.

The main character is cute and well made model. The writing is fine and interesting.

A few minor bugs in speaking character not being correct, but well made game.

Definitely on my watch list

I forgot to rate... Anyway, great game so far, I'm into this corruption stuff and this game is doing it well so far. Love the whole setting of a waitress slowly giving in to the advances.

Good amount of content for a first release, very promising. No real complains from me as of now.

This game ticks all of my boxes, so....young Frisson Studios, I will watch (and obsess over) your game development with great interest.

If you like harassment/groping scenes, this game is totally for you. I'm normally not into HS2 render, but Angel is hot as hell.

Spectacular Game, 3d games are not my cup of tea, but there are some exeptions: this game. I hope the updates are awesome, cuz there is a lot of potential. Some of the current things that can be improved are the grinding (not by a lot), the of-like section, and the things around the house.