VN Others Long Story Short [v0.10 Steam] [TTrickGames]

[Sasanid]

Haven't played this game yet, just a quick question cause I didn't find the answers I was looking for while searching, is the story built around NTR, like is it prevalent to the story ? If I don't want it, will I miss a lot of the story ? Essentially, while I know we're literally asked at the start if we want it or not, but is it worth playing without ?

 

[kikomascado]

Haven't played this game yet, just a quick question cause I didn't find the answers I was looking for while searching, is the story built around NTR, like is it prevalent to the story ? If I don't want it, will I miss a lot of the story ? Essentially, while I know we're literally asked at the start if we want it or not, but is it worth playing without ?

No, you have avoidable Netorase (sharing) in one of the routes, and one of the LIs is the girlfriend of your bestfriend, so at best it would be Netori (stealing).
So yeah, plenty of content without it, and very worth it in my opinion!

 

[Sasanid]

No, you have avoidable Netorase (sharing) in one of the routes, and one of the LIs is the girlfriend of your bestfriend, so at best it would be Netori (stealing).
So yeah, plenty of content without it, and very worth it in my opinion!

I had this game in my AVN queue forever, I'm a story-first, choice-driven type of player, and I did read somewhere the writing was pretty good in this game. Just not an NTR fan, but to each their own.

Anyway, thanks for the quick reply, appreciate it

 

[kikomascado]

I had this game in my AVN queue forever, I'm a story-first, choice-driven type of player, and I did read somewhere the writing was pretty good in this game. Just not an NTR fan, but to each their own.

Anyway, thanks for the quick reply, appreciate it

I really like this game, you should play it a see for yourself how it is.
But there isn't anyone stealing your girls, just some sharing scenes, but you have to explicitely chose it for it to happen.

 

[Halofromdowntown]

nothing new!!! 0 Scenes....

 

[The Wicked One]

nothing new!!! 0 Scenes....

Keep in mind, this is just the STEAM release. However, there is a new Jenny scene.

 

[Shadowplayer40]

Another person has made an unlock for the steam version: https://f95zone.to/threads/long-story-short-v0-9a-ttrickgames.31351/post-15190261

Gallery & Scene unlocker

Version: v0.9a.

Installation:
Seems there are a few different alpha versions, to find which file you need, navigate to resources\app\dist\static\js and look for a main.numbers.chunk.js file. Get the attached file that matches the numbers you have. Rename your existing file by adding .bak at the end and extract the unlocked file instead.

On mac you have to look inside the .app file lss.app/Contents/Resources/app/dist/static/js

Neither of those match mine. :/

 

[chris_s9181]

Thanks for the update. It would’ve been nice to get some Emily or Alex content. Hopefully in the next one.

what was the update when i updated the game i dont feel like there was anything added

 

[bulbor]

Is the next update (1.0) the last one?

 

[NTRCreator]

what was the update when i updated the game i dont feel like there was anything added

Here is what the changelog says -

v0.9 final Steam
Added missing animations from v0.9a
Added Jenny scenes
Added Joe rival and Ann hate paths that were paused at the beginning from v0.7
Minor bugfixes since first version that was posted on Steam

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

Is the next update (1.0) the last one?

The next update is 0.10, not 1.0, and it won't be the last.

 

[69Cum69Boy69]

v0.9a N/A... what is N/A?..

 

[Elduriel]

v0.9a N/A... what is N/A?..

it means no changelog

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

v0.9a N/A... what is N/A?..

Not Available. It means the staff didn't have the change log available to them when they updated the post.

 

[alp777]

I tried the game for the first time and i really liked it, there isn't many games with a decent story and content and graphics and to be honest i decided to become a donator just to help the dev a tiny bit but then i checked his patreon page and i checked last 3 release dates (0.8, 0.9a and 0.9 steam version) and i realized there was like 7 months in between those release dates. Tbh i think 7 months between releases is a very long waiting time especially when i consider the updates are not very big (mb/gb wise) and the difference between 0.9a and 0.9 steam version is very slim (content wise) i decided not to. Now i didn't type all this stuff to criticize or anything like that, i genuinely liked the game and i wanted to express my only discontent about it. I saw the same pattern in other good games (good games but very slow updates for example a wife and a mother) the problem is , most developers want to reach to a bigger audience/player base but when there is such a huge time gap between patches only the most dedicated fans will remain loyal and majority will lose interest over time and as they lose interest -> the dev will get less support and he will also lose interest/will to develop the game faster etc. So i believe if he spends a lilttle bit less time thinking about very tiny details in the story and/or posing and stuff and focus a little bit more on delivering the episodes faster both the dev and most of the players /subs (you can never please everybody) will be happier. I know , i'd sub his patreon if he'd deliver more episodes each year... nothing crazy i'd probably sub for 10£ but i think some other ppl would do so aswell.

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

I tried the game for the first time and i really liked it, there isn't many games with a decent story and content and graphics and to be honest i decided to become a donator just to help the dev a tiny bit but then i checked his patreon page and i checked last 3 release dates (0.8, 0.9a and 0.9 steam version) and i realized there was like 7 months in between those release dates. Tbh i think 7 months between releases is a very long waiting time especially when i consider the updates are not very big (mb/gb wise) and the difference between 0.9a and 0.9 steam version is very slim (content wise) i decided not to. Now i didn't type all this stuff to criticize or anything like that, i genuinely liked the game and i wanted to express my only discontent about it. I saw the same pattern in other good games (good games but very slow updates for example a wife and a mother) the problem is , most developers want to reach to a bigger audience/player base but when there is such a huge time gap between patches only the most dedicated fans will remain loyal and majority will lose interest over time and as they lose interest -> the dev will get less support and he will also lose interest/will to develop the game faster etc. So i believe if he spends a lilttle bit less time thinking about very tiny details in the story and/or posing and stuff and focus a little bit more on delivering the episodes faster both the dev and most of the players /subs (you can never please everybody) will be happier. I know , i'd sub his patreon if he'd deliver more episodes each year... nothing crazy i'd probably sub for 10£ but i think some other ppl would do so aswell.

I've discussed with him a few times about doing smaller, but more frequent, releases. The idea is not off the table.

The problem is that the ree-rees will piss and moan regardless. They will expect the same amount of content he puts out in 6 months in a 3 month window, for example. I've seen it happen to other devs who gave it a try. I still think the smaller, more frequent, release cycle is the way to go, though. People who want to wait to download until there's substantial content can do so, while everyone else can play sooner.

 

[Elduriel]

I tried the game for the first time and i really liked it, there isn't many games with a decent story and content and graphics and to be honest i decided to become a donator just to help the dev a tiny bit but then i checked his patreon page and i checked last 3 release dates (0.8, 0.9a and 0.9 steam version) and i realized there was like 7 months in between those release dates. Tbh i think 7 months between releases is a very long waiting time especially when i consider the updates are not very big (mb/gb wise) and the difference between 0.9a and 0.9 steam version is very slim (content wise) i decided not to. Now i didn't type all this stuff to criticize or anything like that, i genuinely liked the game and i wanted to express my only discontent about it. I saw the same pattern in other good games (good games but very slow updates for example a wife and a mother) the problem is , most developers want to reach to a bigger audience/player base but when there is such a huge time gap between patches only the most dedicated fans will remain loyal and majority will lose interest over time and as they lose interest -> the dev will get less support and he will also lose interest/will to develop the game faster etc. So i believe if he spends a lilttle bit less time thinking about very tiny details in the story and/or posing and stuff and focus a little bit more on delivering the episodes faster both the dev and most of the players /subs (you can never please everybody) will be happier. I know , i'd sub his patreon if he'd deliver more episodes each year... nothing crazy i'd probably sub for 10£ but i think some other ppl would do so aswell.

some of that may be true, but you gotta understand, many devs do this as a passion project. They have their jobs, their families, whatever. They do this in the little free time they have. Most of them can't make a living out of it. We get what we get, especially here, where it's free.

 

[kikomascado]

The next update is 0.10, not 1.0, and it won't be the last.

Mathmatically speaking, isn't 0.10 lower than 0.9? Hahaha

I tried the game for the first time and i really liked it, there isn't many games with a decent story and content and graphics and to be honest i decided to become a donator just to help the dev a tiny bit but then i checked his patreon page and i checked last 3 release dates (0.8, 0.9a and 0.9 steam version) and i realized there was like 7 months in between those release dates. Tbh i think 7 months between releases is a very long waiting time especially when i consider the updates are not very big (mb/gb wise) and the difference between 0.9a and 0.9 steam version is very slim (content wise) i decided not to. Now i didn't type all this stuff to criticize or anything like that, i genuinely liked the game and i wanted to express my only discontent about it. I saw the same pattern in other good games (good games but very slow updates for example a wife and a mother) the problem is , most developers want to reach to a bigger audience/player base but when there is such a huge time gap between patches only the most dedicated fans will remain loyal and majority will lose interest over time and as they lose interest -> the dev will get less support and he will also lose interest/will to develop the game faster etc. So i believe if he spends a lilttle bit less time thinking about very tiny details in the story and/or posing and stuff and focus a little bit more on delivering the episodes faster both the dev and most of the players /subs (you can never please everybody) will be happier. I know , i'd sub his patreon if he'd deliver more episodes each year... nothing crazy i'd probably sub for 10£ but i think some other ppl would do so aswell.

If you read some earliers posts, you'll see that there wasn't much content added because he was busy getting things ready for Steam release, and he paused payments on some periods he wasn't working on it.
And if you buy the game on Steam or Itch.io, you'll have the updates without having to spend more, and also he give the games for those whose total money spent on Patreon surpasses the game price.

 

[kikomascado]

I've discussed with him a few times about doing smaller, but more frequent, releases. The idea is not off the table.

The problem is that the ree-rees will piss and moan regardless. They will expect the same amount of content he puts out in 6 months in a 3 month window, for example. I've seen it happen to other devs who gave it a try. I still think the smaller, more frequent, release cycle is the way to go, though. People who want to wait to download until there's substantial content can do so, while everyone else can play sooner.

I don't mind waiting more for more content, the only thing that annoys me is having updates for specific routes only.
When I see there have been an update, I get very excited to play, only to see my prefered path have no new content.
But this is a personal opinion, don't know if anyone shares it. Hahaha

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

Mathmatically speaking, isn't 0.10 lower than 0.9? Hahaha

lol yes, but software/VN versions aren't math. There are various versioning schemes developers use. TTrick increases the number as if counting from 1 to 100 (or higher). So, next we'll have 0.10, then 0.11, 0.12, and so on.