VN Ren'Py Light of My Life [Ch. 8 v0.8.1] [Naughty Road]

[Hungover00]

I guess I wasn't clear, myself. I don't like sharing spoilers. If you must know -yes, you are pretty much correct about Chapter 7- . As for Chapter 8 in that situation, I haven't played that through yet. These seem like a lot of spoiler-driven questions, honestly.

As for the bastard playthrough - I have a save on here somewhere through Chapter 5 of doing just that.

It would seem a waste for NaughtyRoad to put all that work into different branches for people not to play it, simply reading spoilers about it here.

Yes, TAB is a skip option - but you can turn skip on and have it run without you having to hold TAB down.

Set your preferences:
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And then activate Skip within the VN:
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I almost never play evil/bastard routes in any games, so I'm not going to see that content any way. Hence the request for information, or spoilers, because I was moderately curious how the dev approached writing the different paths. I already played through with Macy and Denise, but no one else, and once with everyone. I'm sure the non-Macy and Denise paths are well written, but there are more than games and books and shows out there. I don't see variations for a third+ playthrough as spoilers. Tidbits, maybe. And if I had the skip settings like that I'd blow past any little changes, which would defeat the purpose, unless it was for big events, which could be answered here. Or so was my theory.

 

[naughtyroad]

(...)
I wonder if they bought Brooke's best friend at the same sale? (I'm hinting at the photocopier that Brooke had a special relationship with haha)

Yeah, I like to think she and Karma visited the auction together and she has him sitting under a tarp somewhere, a little restauration project waiting for some free time and a lot of e-bay shopping for spare parts.

(...)just curious what plot points change if you don't wife your 'wards.' For example, do Macy and Denise get married to each other with you as a witness? (...)

Exactly. It's pretty similar to what happens if you refuse the ceremony.

There is one really peculiar variation of the events there, that takes place if you used the low-love escape when having sex with Macy for the first time in chapter 6. Basically, having that moment doesn't make sense if love is low, but because I don't want to soft-lock you out of Macy's path if you're on low love, you can pledge to do better in their relationship and the scene will still take place.
Anyway, if you used that escape, and try to weasel out of the ceremony, she will have none of it and it turns into something of a shotgun wedding. I wonder how many people got that variant.

 

[Hungover00]

Exactly. It's pretty similar to what happens if you refuse the ceremony.

There is one really peculiar variation of the events there, that takes place if you used the low-love escape when having sex with Macy for the first time in chapter 6. Basically, having that moment doesn't make sense if love is low, but because I don't want to soft-lock you out of Macy's path if you're on low love, you can pledge to do better in their relationship and the scene will still take place.
Anyway, if you used that escape, and try to weasel out of the ceremony, she will have none of it and it turns into something of a shotgun wedding. I wonder how many people got that variant.

Interesting! Thanks for the reply. I imagine it's always a curious balance, of giving the vast, unpredictable 'players' as much autonomy or personalisation as you can, while also not creating headaches and massive amounts of work for yourself (especially if no one makes those choices).