Ren'Py Completed Long Live the Princess [v1.0.1] [Belle]

[Dracula Belmont]

Nice game i must say you did well

 

[RustyV]

...I will say is that I write my characters as if they are actual people. Most adult game developers create their characters as vessels for the scenes they want to see. It means that the characters will sometimes disagree with the direction I intended to take them in, forcing me to change things around, but that's okay. It makes for a better story with more believable characters.

I'm also "respectful" towards the characters I write. What I mean by that is that the characters have agency and don't just exist as sexual gratification for the player. They have their own needs and wants, and they don't always fit well into the player's schemes. Characters like Evelyn are strong and independent, able to make their own decisions and make positive change even if the player doesn't get involved.

I think the mark of a good game (or book) is one that sparks players (readers) to think and then motivates them to speculate about where the adventure is headed and create their own "what if" scenarios. Belle's game is definitely one of those.

That being said I still suspect the pixie is real and a ghostwriter for the game.

 

[Belle]

I just got some good news from Patreon. They have given me access to their Charge Up Front feature, so that should be the end of fake pledges. It will make the total pledge amount far more accurate from the beginning of next month. I

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explaining the changes and what they mean for both new and old patrons.

This takes a load off my shoulders, let me tell you. It's been so annoying watching people fake pledge all the time. If people want to pirate my game, the least they can do is to not flaunt it in my mailbox.

 

[Le Taz]

Good news.
Less worries equals easier focus and relaxed times...
All the best for everyone

 

[zazzaro]

I just got some good news from Patreon. They have given me access to their Charge Up Front feature, so that should be the end of fake pledges. It will make the total pledge amount far more accurate from the beginning of next month. I

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explaining the changes and what they mean for both new and old patrons.

This takes a load off my shoulders, let me tell you. It's been so annoying watching people fake pledge all the time. If people want to pirate my game, the least they can do is to not flaunt it in my mailbox.

It's weird that people use fake pledges. I mean coming here is literally one easy Google search away, making a fake pledge harder both in execution and concept.

Well, anyway happy for ya!

 

[Le Taz]

Guess not everyone knows about F95

 

[zazzaro]

Guess not everyone knows about F95

Everyone knows about Google though, and we are literally the second result.

 

[Le Taz]

Second explanation would be the patreon bonus...

 

[zazzaro]

Second explanation would be the patreon bonus...

Don't know what that is honestly.

 

[Le Taz]

Well When you become a patron, depending on how much you give to the dev you get some bonus features. Like earlier release, special renders etc...

 

[RustyV]

I just got some good news from Patreon. They have given me access to their Charge Up Front feature, so that should be the end of fake pledges. It will make the total pledge amount far more accurate from the beginning of next month. I

You must be registered to see the links

explaining the changes and what they mean for both new and old patrons.

This takes a load off my shoulders, let me tell you. It's been so annoying watching people fake pledge all the time. If people want to pirate my game, the least they can do is to not flaunt it in my mailbox.

Why would Patreon even do something like not collecting money immediately? This is literally how nearly every common commercial exchange has worked since the beginning of trade. Go try and buy a car by telling the dealership "Look I'll take the car now, but I pinky swear I'll pay you later."

Nice to know you are going to get the money you deserve Belle.

Plus you are one of the nicest and the most pirate friendly devs ever, so why jerk you around?

 

[User_32285]

Why would Patreon even do something like not collecting money immediately? This is literally how nearly every common commercial exchange has worked since the beginning of trade. Go try and buy a car by telling the dealership "Look I'll take the car now, but I pinky swear I'll pay you later."

Nice to know you are going to get the money you deserve Belle.
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Plus you are one of the nicest and the most pirate friendly devs ever, so why jerk you around?

I agree with your point, but that's a really bad example as cars and many other consumer items are easily bought by paying in installments.

And these examples also have a way to be reclaimed if the installments are not payed, which is hard in the case of a Patreon game.

 

[RustyV]

Not to labor a point but the bank pays the dealership for the car and you pay the bank (plus interest).
So if you ever pay extra on a car payment to pay it off faster make sure the extra goes to the principal a lot of banks put it toward the interest.

 

[buttslayer69]

hopefully somebody here can help me in exposing primrose's small secret. I've exhausted all dialogue with her, worked every morning shift with her to the point where there are no new sequences and yet i haven't been able to unlock the hint about her giving the erotic books to her dad. anybody willing to let me know how to do this?

 

[Belle]

hopefully somebody here can help me in exposing primrose's small secret. I've exhausted all dialogue with her, worked every morning shift with her to the point where there are no new sequences and yet i haven't been able to unlock the hint about her giving the erotic books to her dad. anybody willing to let me know how to do this?

Are you sure you aren't just missing the arrows on the clue screen? As the number of clues grow, they end up spread across multiple pages.

But taking your statement literally, there is no clue about that exact thing. Are you searching for something that doesn't exist?

 

[RustyV]

Are you searching for something that doesn't exist?

Isn't everyone?

 

[Walter Victor]

When I first read Primrose's explanation of what had happened, I was struck by how easy it would be to upset Samarra's opinion of the motive for the murder. Just have Primrose produce the two bags of gold coins given to her by the old woman. Samarra's whole theory was that Primrose was desperate for cash to keep the library open. Yet here in her possession is coin enough to keep the library afloat indefinitely. The presence of this stash would also help substantiate the story about the old woman. Together with the chameleon scales, this should be more than enough to rid Primrose of any suspicion in the crime.

And yet, Dickon never mentions it after he hears of it, and certainly not in his talk later with Samarra. Strange. If he believes the coins would be confiscated as evidence, he never says it... or even thinks it.

What is also strange, is that no one else here on this thread seems to have mentioned this.

 

[Belle]

When I first read Primrose's explanation of what had happened, I was struck by how easy it would be to upset Samarra's opinion of the motive for the murder. Just have Primrose produce the two bags of gold coins given to her by the old woman. Samarra's whole theory was that Primrose was desperate for cash to keep the library open. Yet here in her possession is coin enough to keep the library afloat indefinitely. The presence of this stash would also help substantiate the story about the old woman. Together with the chameleon scales, this should be more than enough to rid Primrose of any suspicion in the crime.

And yet, Dickon never mentions it after he hears of it, and certainly not in his talk later with Samarra. Strange. If he believes the coins would be confiscated as evidence, he never says it... or even thinks it.

What is also strange, is that no one else here on this thread seems to have mentioned this.

"Yes, Miss Samarra, I may have been desperate for money, giving me motivation to kill Truthsayer Merek, but here's two bags of money I suddenly got at the time of his murder to prove my innocence."

Doesn't really work now, does it?

Also, Primrose feels guilty and responsible. She doesn't want to admit to the presence of the woman unless she has to, and by the time the MC manages to force it out of her, he tries a different approach that is more constructive to the investigation long-term.

 

[SuddenReal]

When I first read Primrose's explanation of what had happened, I was struck by how easy it would be to upset Samarra's opinion of the motive for the murder. Just have Primrose produce the two bags of gold coins given to her by the old woman. Samarra's whole theory was that Primrose was desperate for cash to keep the library open. Yet here in her possession is coin enough to keep the library afloat indefinitely. The presence of this stash would also help substantiate the story about the old woman. Together with the chameleon scales, this should be more than enough to rid Primrose of any suspicion in the crime.

And yet, Dickon never mentions it after he hears of it, and certainly not in his talk later with Samarra. Strange. If he believes the coins would be confiscated as evidence, he never says it... or even thinks it.

What is also strange, is that no one else here on this thread seems to have mentioned this.

While keeping the library afloat is Primrose's main concern, she has a Code (thank you Terry Pratchett). That Code is to follow the rules, and by accepting the money, she broke the rules (she wasn't allowed to let anyone in). The only justification she has for breaking it, was to save the library, even though it's her greatest Shame. So, if she came forward and told Samara what she did and gave the money, Everyone would know she broke her Code (not that anyone would care, but it did in her mind), and even though she'd be free, the money would be gone and she would have broken her Code for nothing. Her self-perceived reputation would be shot (again, even though anyone would understand and not judge her).

Primrose is a stickler for the rules, so admitting she broke the rules is worse than clearing herself for murder. She'd rather be a hyporcrit in her own mind and bear the burden alone than Everyone knowing it and judging her (even though those Everyone doesn't exist).

 

[Walter Victor]

Doesn't really work now, does it?

Of course it works. There is no proof of when she got the coins, but it credits her story of the old woman, which is further verified by the discovery of the chameleon scales. It is not proof that she is innocent, but it at least pokes holes in Samarra's theory, and provides an alternate theory of the crime, and bolsters the theory provided by the scales alone.

"Samarra, here are the chameleon scales used to transform someone into an old woman, and here are the bags of coins she gave Primrose to gain entry." If not from the old woman to gain entrance, who else is going to dump bags of gold coins on a librarian?

No gold coins = Samarra'a motive; gold coins = bye bye Samarra's motive.

Primrose is a stickler for the rules, so admitting she broke the rules is worse than clearing herself for murder. She'd rather be a hyporcrit in her own mind and bear the burden alone than Everyone knowing it and judging her (even though those Everyone doesn't exist).

I might buy that, but Dickon is not bound by any code of Primrose's, and should be more than willing to break it, to keep her out of prison.