VN Ren'Py Love by the Water [v0.5] [CURE]

[TigerWolfe]

Honestly, humor is subjective so maybe some or even most will disagree with me here... but I think this would be better without virtually all of the ADHD animations that are clearly for humor. Like the MC in the car, before his hair gets "fixed." (although I think it works for that hair scene better than most), or when Frankie or whoever is just wagging her finger a lot.

Some get a snerk/chuckle, some miss the mark completely. If having the humor the way it is allows Cure to continue to output the story at the quality it is, I'll happily take the lolsorandom humor that misses the mark for me sometimes, it's more than made up for in the other aspects of this, by a LARGE margin.

 

[goontuber]

oh my god i need more Liam and i need it YESTERDAY (and im not even gay probably)

 

[Pgsurprise]

Honestly, humor is subjective so maybe some or even most will disagree with me here... but I think this would be better without virtually all of the ADHD animations that are clearly for humor. Like the MC in the car, before his hair gets "fixed." (although I think it works for that hair scene better than most), or when Frankie or whoever is just wagging her finger a lot.

Yeah, I think it's hilarious. I don't watch anime, but I have to imagine it is some over the top parody of it?

I've read the changelog and that doesn't seem like a whole lot of new content. I'm really hoping the animations aren't those really simple animations that shows off a characters outfit or them dancing or anything like that, and are more for the sexual scenes. I hope this dev takes their time on the next update because I'm actually enjoying this game so far. I haven't played the update yet, but I'm really looking forward to future updates that hopefully add a ton of new content. Just a quick edit, I just started the new update and I'm really wondering why sasha looks like a stick figure with disproportionate, overly sized tits. Why is her waist so impossibly skinny? That's borderline anorexia and it looks so weird, especially with her tits being the same size they were before.

I think it's that she was homeless and starving, and I hope she gains weight as she gets steady food. Big breast are probably porn related. Heck, by the other characters she could be half her original size.

 

[Rhinochoc]

Can't wait to see what's next, very nice game!

 

[Paradox004]

Yeah, I think it's hilarious. I don't watch anime, but I have to imagine it is some over the top parody of it?

As someone who does watch anime... no, that's not a parody of most anime. It might basically be someone copying an already parody anime... but I just really don't recall any ADHD animations like that for minor things like wagging a finger. But at least you kinda proved my point that it's subjective, since you do find it funny.

 

[Paradox004]

Some get a snerk/chuckle, some miss the mark completely. If having the humor the way it is allows Cure to continue to output the story at the quality it is, I'll happily take the lolsorandom humor that misses the mark for me sometimes, it's more than made up for in the other aspects of this, by a LARGE margin.

I'm pretty sure the humor doesn't allow Cure to make the game, though? Like, I don't think people are funding it for that, probably? So it's just time and effort the dev could put into other things? Unless the dev simply insists on humor that I think will miss the mark for many...

But hey, I just wanted to say my preference would be to delete that humor and avoid it going forward. It's not like I'm paying anyway (too broke), and maybe I'm wrong and in the minority. Not necessarily much reason to listen to me.

 

[TigerWolfe]

I'm pretty sure the humor doesn't allow Cure to make the game, though? Like, I don't think people are funding it for that, probably? So it's just time and effort the dev could put into other things? Unless the dev simply insists on humor that I think will miss the mark for many...

But hey, I just wanted to say my preference would be to delete that humor and avoid it going forward. It's not like I'm paying anyway (too broke), and maybe I'm wrong and in the minority. Not necessarily much reason to listen to me.

Creatives often don't make their art, if they can't make it their way, regardless of funding. That's what I meant with that. If Cure doesn't enjoy the story they're telling and how they're telling it, they will very likely quit making it, regardless of whether or not people are funding it. Creative work rarely benefits from a design by committee most of your paying customers want x and don't want y approach, unless you want all AVNs to become like COD, or an EA Sports game. You gotta let the dev have their foibles and fly their freak flag, or it's just mush for the masses.

 

[Paradox004]

Creatives often don't make their art, if they can't make it their way, regardless of funding. That's what I meant with that. If Cure doesn't enjoy the story they're telling and how they're telling it, they will very likely quit making it, regardless of whether or not people are funding it. Creative work rarely benefits from a design by committee most of your paying customers want x and don't want y approach, unless you want all AVNs to become like COD, or an EA Sports game. You gotta let the dev have their foibles and fly their freak flag, or it's just mush for the masses.

Ah, I kinda thought you maybe meant something like that... but thanks for confirming and expounding on it. I won't disagree, for the most part... but sometimes I think people don't realize, "Oh shit, MOST people DON'T like that?" if nobody tells them. They aren't NECESSARILY dead-set on it. But yeah, that's why I was like, "This is my opinion, but humor is subjective so maybe almost nobody feels the same as me." And idc really if the dev ignores me. There's a skip button.

 

[ImBruiser]

Is there a walkthrough mod for this?

 

[Hordragg]

Is there a walkthrough mod for this?

Next time do search yourself, please, but here you go:

the "correct" choices use a bold font. there is no need for a walkthrough.

 

[ilozq]

i liked the game, hoping to fuck mermaids soon of course . also gotta say the trap dude being part of the main squad is a turn off for me.

 

[Joey Schwarzdorn]

Hi hii, you two are right about Crush Sisters and Silver Moon being based on Smash Bros. and Golden Sun, respectively. The "Nightmare Carry Close" subtitle is a similar joke based on the Kingdom Hearts game "Dream Drop Distance" lol. Other than the titles, though, the game synopses and characters are made up by me and not based on anything. Sorry if that's disappointing :c

It's only disappointing because I kinda wanna play a game with the plot you described in that scene.

 

[Jin-Woo']

Happy New Year '26! Dev log #10

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3 days ago

I'm a little late, but Happy New Year! I was able to enjoy some much needed time with family and loved ones over the holidays, and I hope the holiday season was similarly kind to you all. I was away from my computer for the last few weeks, but I'm settled into the new year now and really excited to get back into it.

Starting off in a big way, I wanted to finally put together the render that I've been dreaming of making since the beginning of this game's development, and that's one with every single main and recurring character in the game! It totals to over 40 characters, posed in a single 8k image! It took me a few days to organize and edit and would have been fundamentally impossible with my old hardware lol. Seeing all of these characters Pickle and I have worked so hard bringing to life over the last few years in one image like this was really moving for me. You can really see how truly diverse and special the cast is! I've attached both 4K and 8K versions below with or without the logo. I hope you enjoy it.

In the last dev log, I believe I reported being at around 150~ renders. We're at about 315 now, plus an additional 175 renders that are actually more remake scenes I've been slowly chipping away at. The next update features flashbacks to some old scenes that new information re-contextualizes, and it played really silly flashing back to images that look like a fundamentally different game, so I fixed a few scenes that I hadn't gotten around to yet.

On top of the nearly 400 renders since the previous log, Pickle and I also had a lot of fun making the 50(!!!!) Christmas renders that we posted last month (most of which were released for free on a daily basis for 2 weeks!). I hope it's clear that we're hard at work over here in the dungeon!
Anyway, that's it for hard numbers and progress. All that's left is for me to reiterate that I hope everyone has a lovely year. While it's not my favorite holiday specifically, this time of the year is a really special one to me. It's silly, but I absolutely believe in leaving things in the past year and walking optimistically into a new year. Thank you so much for all of your support last year. Let's make sure 2026 is wonderful together!

cure! pickle!