Ren'Py - Lust Academy [S4 v4.5.1d] [Bear in the Night]

It's one of the coolest Harry Potter simulators we have. I think it's bad that it's mandatory for practically everyone to have breasts bigger than their heads, but ok. It would only be better if you had the option to play with a female protagonist as well.
I expect more content with this girl looking like Emma Watson. Is it too much to ask for one who looks like Evanna Lynch too?

Really like the Story and Content of this game. Well done to the Developers!
It's a different story from the normal games, it add a bit of a magic side and until now the characters are well placed and with great renders.

Imaginative and new, although of course there other story/games that have magic in them this is done very well so far.

Story isn't very long and it is a sandbox game ( don't mind sandbox as long as the game is decent ), and this is the beginning i don't doubt there will be lots more story.
9/10 so far

Writing is well done and understandable, no broken English that i can see.
10/10

Renders are very good, better than many others i have played. The whole environment is clean and well done not grainy with girls that have massive boobs.
10/10

Animations are well done, although rather short but longer than so many others that just use loops and only last for 1 or 2 seconds. Animations are a huge part of the overall rating, The more involved and longer the sex scenes the better,. So far this is well done although not long. There is difficulty of course in adding a lot of animations.
8/ 10 ( sex scenes could be longer and more involved.)

Game play is good, although not everyone likes sandbox or mini games. Sandbox is not a bad word, there are sandbox story/games that are well done and interesting. Mini games are not for everyone either, these are well done, not long and drawn out nor a huge grind. Certain ones are nicely done like the magic lessons. It's creative and not overly difficult.
9/10 - the combat should not be one shot and then over 2 or 3 would be better with different spells but this is just the beginning, look forward to more .

The big things that give high ratings and interest to a story/game are of course:
How emotionally involving the story is and how well written.
Amount of time between updates
Renders for characters and environment.
Animations and extent of.
Imagination and creativity.

I think all of them are pretty well done for the little time it has been out. It is a good beginning.

[v0.2.1f]

It's rather apparent at this point that this game is not a story rich game. It's not too serious. It doesn't avoid porn tropes and porn logic. In fact, it revels in it. You won't likely find much depth to the characters. You won't find a captivating overarching plot full of mystery and wonder. So the people who came here to experience a cool story in a harry potter inspired universe will likely be disappointed unless they can pivot away from that expectation.

What this game is... is basically your average college game with a sleep molesting MC who isn't overtly evil, but has a mind that is constantly looking for sex. The sleep molesting is, of course, portrayed as something innocent as is typical with porn game logic. Basically, don't expect realistic depiction of characters. They are basically all porn caricatures. Honestly, this is fine. Not every game needs to transcend the basic porn tropes, but most of us probably expected a bit more on the writing front due to the setting. Perhaps you could enjoy it if the concept of "innocent sleep rape" is something you can accept lol. The writing also gets rather cringy at times. The "funny" or "flirty" dialogues especially. The writing as a whole gives me the impression that the main writer is a non-native speaker which results in poor delivery of jokes and what not. The grammar isn't atrocious, so it likely went through a proofreader.

The renders speak for themselves though. There are also nice non-sex animations showing character introductions and cool scenes here and there. Models are super hot. Music is decent. Not great, but decent.

So up to this point, the game isn't faring too well. The writing is arguably the most important aspect and it scores quite low on that category. There is one thing that I feel like the devs did pretty well, though. The way the story arcs for the characters work is implemented pretty well for a sandbox. There is no grind, per se, for the character stories. You won't have to repeat the same conversations and events dozens of time to progress. Each time you talk to a character, they have a different thing to say and it advances their plot line by one step. Attend class and they have new lectures every time (until the current material runs out at least). However, many of the mini games are a chore to go through, especially the memorization game that is required for grinding $. There is also a "find the hidden items" which is shitty.

Still, any sandbox that preserves a natural flow to the plot and doesn't totally break immersion by having characters repeating the same dialogues all the time is a success in my book. You will see some repeat dialogues. That's inevitable in a sandbox, but it's not to the point where you are just taken out of the game. With that in mind, I could rate this as a solid 3. It's very clear that this is a labor of love by the devs though. The production value is very high. I feel bad giving it an average rating, but it is what it is.

Review for s1
i had this game on ignore for a long time
Replaying it there is much more content then the first time i played
I always was first with my magic guild
i got points by attending lessons doing cafe work later even dueling or crafing
Lot of sexy girls

Season 2 is where the game went down for me
Some girls from first season arent there anymore
Second seasoin starts with a long visual novel with no choiches
To many useless event that just skip time
story second season is bad
Renders are good
night events are good
No bugs

v0.4.1f Art is still great. The addition of the Visual Novel play through to avoid the tediousness of the sandbox is a nice improvement. The removal of requiring minigames is nice. Pacing is a bit wonky, with tons and tons and tons of dialogue with little to no flesh. Then three sex scenes almost back to back. Additional points for option to make Aubrey have a dick or not. It's come a good way since June, and I hope in another 6 months it continues its improved course. Changing rating to 4 stars.

v2 Art is nice, minigames frustrating with no rollback. I'm here to jerk it and read some things, maybe even have a chuckle. Not have to take notes or screenshots in order to pass puzzle games, will have to check back next version.

Great Game!
Clearly inspired by Harry Potter's world, but it keeps a unique style on the characters/interactions side. And of course, on the NSFW side.
Renders are very good, animations too even if there's not much content so far.
I hope the devs keep up the good work, I'll keep an eye on the project!

v0-2-1ab

(Warning: Broken english ahead )

So, I had to try this game, I'm a Harry Potter fan, and I was excited, but I have to be honest, it was a little disappointing.
Here we go:

It is very difficult to sympathize with this MC the guy is a creep, only think about sex (that's new huh?)e.g when it comes to choosing a house, what does he think? That he doesn't want to be away from the hot girls, and in the first test what he think to summon power? Ashley masturbating. LOL Come on man, he has a fucking world of magic that he never knew about, how the hell you don't give a damn about it? But ... The magic world also only thinks about sex e.g at the time of selection, how will the most powerful wizards convince you to join their houses? They will be on their knees sucking your dick.. Of course. How she will give you more power? Fucking. Of course. I'm afraid this is going to become a fuck fest, where all the girls will be bisexual just for the sake of a kink and threesomes, and they won't have a normal personality, or a good character development, just hot girls for a dumbass MC.

It seems to me that all the magic is just bait, when you are playing it does not mean too much, the game does not seem to be different from any other game that takes place in university or school, it is the same thing, with a hint of magic that makes little difference e.g Elijah's plot ... man, dealing drugs, come on bro, give me something big. Making it worse: maybe will have sleeping sex, AKA rape, really? After so many games, I thought we were over it. Is it really that hard to write a normal MC and normal girls? I had a certain expectation in a game focused on the HP universe, there is a lot that can be explored, JK left a huge world with many creatures and mysteries to explore, with a real focus and seriousness, its possible to make a huge and a good story. And all relationships can develop more slowly, sex should be a reward, not the main thing in my humble opinion.

It has some bugs too, but it doesn't bother me as much as the other things I said, I'm sure it can be fixed.

I just spoke badly about the game, but I liked some things, the renderings are fantastic, the characters are very beautiful. The scenario is also well prepared, some references are really cool to pick up, and the narrative to show some problems or future adventures are well done, like the advice of Director Arthur, and maybe a betrayal by Jacob. The animations are amazing too, man, we have some moves and some powers too. And congratulations to Haley (your Hermione), damn, she is very similar. The map is really cool too, and even the UI, although a little slow, I think it's done well in terms of design.

Well, I may be wrong, I'm just a casual player, and maybe all the things I complained about about the game is exactly what you wanted to present to the players, and I'm just not the target audience. Anyway, good luck to the dev.

Review as of version 0.2.1ab

This is one to keep your eye on for now. There isn't much by the way of meat yet but what is there is promising. Decent renders and animations and the writing is pretty good. A few interesting story lines and the hints of an overall story with some direction is encouraging.

The sandbox is fine, it makes sense for the setting but is limited in scope at the moment. The dev should be careful in how content is added, if everything becomes accessible after the prologue it'll quickly become messy and a chore to play. Don't be afraid to lock content/new characters behind progression in multiple story threads.

I suggest saving often and not relying on autosaves. As of the version being reviewed I ran into quite a few bugs and crashes. I can honestly say I've never seen a loading screen on a Ren'Py game before. To the Dev you should work on optimizing the coding or looking for outside help if it's feasible for you to do so. People are forgiving in early versions but will drop it if it doesn't improve, no matter how pretty the product looks in screenshots.

P.S when you reload a save a single rollback appears to fix the background loading issue, Dev you should fix this as a priority, very visible and jarring.

TL;DR Put it on your watch list, be patient and support the Dev with bug reports and on Patreon if it interests you. I look forward to updated/increasing the rating as the game develops.

Since last Update definetely one of my favourites. The renders looks great and the story is pretty much similar to an known movie but i like that

Not all things are good because it got a few wrong spells in the text but for an beta its ok. I think a proofreader will write a correction or my english is not that good and the text is good hahaha

This is a game which i will support and cant wait to play more

this game is very nice

renders/animations are awesome

a unique "whats-to-do-now" system with this book

the phones "lustagram" is very nice too

with one eye closed i can get over this harry-potter-style ,
but i think it will be great in the future

"Sabrina Spellman" - nice one , was cool at the time

im eager to see more of this game
and i hope it keeps those high standards

good job @Bear in the Night

Great start to a really interesting project. Love the "Potter" vibe! The characters so far are really interesting. (especially the "Hermione" looks awesome). The renders so far are really nice! Can't wait to see more of the whole story!

5/5 stars!

For [0.1.2], so not much content yet.

The art is fantastic, in the sense that it is of a quality which I have hardly seen in any other game, it also has surprising "production values". It gives a really professional impression; but I somehow had the feeling that the artist's heart is not in it too much. (Somehow the opposite of amateur fanfic with little technical skill but much enthusiasm and heart-blood...)

I feel similarly about the story, the LIs and the whole game: Well made, with professionalism and routine, but somewhat bland.
In particularly I found none of the LIs particularly endearing, and did not get any sense of the MC's character.

As far as I know there is no gameplay, it is a linear VN without meaningful choices, but this would not be a big problem.

(Victoria's anatomic monstrosity is off-putting, but she is only one of several LIs)

So in my purely internal, subjective rating this would be 3 stars, but given the really high "objective" quality (and lack of any real serious problems) I cannot give it less than 4...

I'm not going to rate this one lower as it's still fairly new and it has loads of potential. But just a heads up, as of 0.1.2, there's maybe a half hour or so of content. So I'd actually suggest you not bother with this one for... a year or two.

That aside, everything here is quality. Renders are probably amongst the best I've seen in a Ren'py title (though sometimes face animations look very weird), and the writing isn't Game of Thrones but it's more or less solid. Everything here, is a fantastic base to build a truly amazing game off of. But, again, as it is right now there's just not enough game to make even downloading it worth it.

This has to be one of the best games out here.. It's a classic Harry Potter story set in a world of modern culture & porn. The renders and animations are drop dead gorgeous. The characters are amazing and super hot. I really hope to see a lot more of this game in the future.

It is a candidate to be the best game on this site. The graphics, design, parody, the way the story is handled, and the characters are outstanding. This game is among my top 5 favorite games on the site. 9.3 / 10

The characters in this game are outstanding.

The worldbuilding in this game is very similar to harry potter if your a big fan of that your gonna love this game.

Even with it's lack of content now it looks like this game is going to updated well into the future hopefully and be well done.

TLDR: Game looks great / harry potter / give it a shot dang it

early on so not a ton to rate thus far. I am a huge harry potter fan so I am enjoying the plot and the way theyve changed it to fit the genre. Excited to see if they can stay close to the real plot while making it different enough to keep my attention and not be predictable. Will continue playing when more updates are out. 7/10 so far

I was very curious and excited about the history of the game, it has great potential, it's just incredible, the graphics and animations are really cool, I just think we should have more freedom to choose the path of the game, like choosing not to go to the lion house, also that the choices have weight in the history itself and can change the path we follow, however I believe that this will be implemented in the future, I am very excited and I look forward to the new updates.
I've played v0.1.2 E and had no problems with anything, everything was very clean and well done, all the characters look amazing,especially Haley.

Although the game is still getting worked on. I'm going to give it my best shot to review it in it's current form.

The first thing you'll notice when starting this game is that it's absolutely beautiful.
From character models to backgrounds the game is stunning to look at, couple this with a good usage of short animations during normal scenes
and it turns into great eye candy. The artist who worked on this definitely knew how to create a beautiful game.
If art alone made a great game though many other games on this website would not be able compete and I would rate this game 5 Stars.

Sadly this is not the case or rather luckily this is not the case, because when creating a game in the style of a visual novel one must not forget that the visual part is not alone in creating a memorable and high standing game.

This leads to the reason why I am currently only giving this game 3 stars,
Because although the art is beautiful the same cannot be said for the writing.
Plot wise the story is okay not particularly original, it's harry potter but for adults some names were changed and some hot looking characters were thrown in. Not bad not good just okay.
But the writing oh god the writing it's not the worst I have seen but it's pretty mediocre none the less, made even worse because of the look of the game just brings the writing in sharp contrast.
The dialogues are awful they feel stilted, robotic, empty, they lack any form of wit or character and come over as if the writer has never written a decent dialogue between people before.
Or that the writer is not a native English speaker and is therefore not wise to the nuances of native speech and dialogue. This is reinforced by the fact that many sentences feel wrong, there are some grammatical errors and the construction of the sentences feels iffy. It's the same for any written part in the game,It's not that it's confusingly written that's not the problem you can follow the story, it's just so boring to read and it feels like it was made out of plastic.
Our MC is also not the best, he's not very charming although the story acts like he is nor does he stand out in any way that makes him very likeable or interesting, same for the girls right now they feel like they don't have a single personalty amongst them.
This also hampers what few sex scenes we get. I mean they look good enough but any time someone opens there mouths it gets ruined.

Gameplay wise the game is a typical visual novel. Right now we don't get enough of a feeling on whether our choices have any impact on the story so it's more of a kinetic novel, but it's too early to tell. This will probably change during development.

So to sum up if the only thing you are looking for is some pretty pictures with a mediocre story to tie them together and you don't like reading then I would recommend this. If writing and dialogue are things you enjoy move along there are a dozen better written games some of witch can offer similar quality of renders but are at least fun to read and play.
Still this game is early in it's development giving the creators ample time to really make it great, Because even a mediocre story can become incredible in the hands of a good writer. And I hope that by investing in the writing I can come back and give this game a 5 star rating. But right now it's a 3.