Ren'Py Lustful Desires [v0.82.0] [Hyao]

[aseknospam]

There's a trend that's kinda concerning about all recent scenes:
So fucking in this game is like breathing,
but when you want to hv deeper connection / affection, You just ... Shy Kiss ?
What happened to "more passionate sex"?
Will Hand-holding become illegal next?

Well Hyao slowly trying to interpite more romantic moments, like Everett first heart scene or recent Rhot and Barrel heart scenes that doesnt include any sex and more romantic driven, it just abit on a low end since people expect more hot moments and sometimes can complain or find those romantic options are not worth their time and complain about it, especialy when its characters that they are not interest about.
But it deffinitely on more rising tragectory

 

[nackedsnake]

Well Hyao slowly trying to interpite more romantic moments, like Everett first heart scene or recent Rhot and Barrel heart scenes that doesnt include any sex and more romantic driven, it just abit on a low end since people expect more hot moments and sometimes can complain or find those romantic options are not worth their time and complain about it, especialy when its characters that they are not interest about.
But it deffinitely on more rising tragectory

Because that's not how "Romantic" works. Being "Romantic" doesn't mean "Intimate but no Sex".

The "Hand-holding >> Shy Kiss >> Shy Fuck" approach only works on people who's not open to you yet (while Allergic to sex), so you build up intimacy / connection then they finally opens up.
But for anyone who's already fucking you? This approach feels ridiculous, like some virgin wants to write a romance story but turns out cringe.
It should be "sex with more passion", "intimate moment after fuck"(compare to where he would kick you out right after sex), or "a proper event with foreplay / aftercare than just a fuck".

 

[aseknospam]

Because that's not how "Romantic" works. Being "Romantic" doesn't mean "Intimate but no Sex".

The "Hand-holding >> Shy Kiss >> Shy Fuck" approach only works on people who's not open to you yet (while Allergic to sex), so you build up intimacy / connection so they finally open up.
But for anyone who's already fucking you? This approach feels ridiculous, like some virgin wants to write a romance story but turns out cringe.
It should be "sex with more passion", "intimate moment after fuck"(compare to where he would kick you out right after sex), or "a proper event with foreplay / aftercare than just a fuck".

Not realy when character is ment to be emotionaly closed off character, but open in regard physical activities like Rhot for example, who are enjoy physical action with a player, but the emotional side of him is a new thing for him so his expression of it would be awkward, same for Barrel who wasnt realy either think about more deeper proper connection with something beside simple fucking that not involve actual emotions, that can actualy happened in real life when people experience physical aspect of relationship long before they have any kind of emotional experience with their partner, the whole Shyness and stuff are indicator of someone who are inexperice in regards to the feeling so people tent to fumble in confusion about what they feel and what they want, and passion is more deep level of investments and desire, you cannot be passionate while being confused about what you feel and experience

 

[rothi]

Because that's not how "Romantic" works. Being "Romantic" doesn't mean "Intimate but no Sex".

The "Hand-holding >> Shy Kiss >> Shy Fuck" approach only works on people who's not open to you yet (while Allergic to sex), so you build up intimacy / connection then they finally opens up.
But for anyone who's already fucking you? This approach feels ridiculous, like some virgin wants to write a romance story but turns out cringe.
It should be "sex with more passion", "intimate moment after fuck"(compare to where he would kick you out right after sex), or "a proper event with foreplay / aftercare than just a fuck".

Imma be real, really I just want Rhot to invite us to his tent or his sleeping quarters or wtv already. He's gone to MC's chamber plenty of times yet everything we do is always MC's initiative. They even play with the idea of visiting with Xeroth, which is a shame we still haven't gotten.

As romance goes, Rhot's awkwardness makes total sense, considering:
1. Before MC he had never even interacted with a human before, much less been intimate with one and there's still obviously a species barrier between them even if they've been doing naughtiness for a while.
2. He hasn't fully processed his feelings for MC
3. He's too prideful when it comes to his position, yet often acts like a child
4. There's obvious tension between what him and MC have vs MC's relationship with the other lizards, which we see especially if we romance Roushk
We still get scenes that are more tender between them, most notably at the fair (and recent update) and also before, during, and after sex if you choose it to be.

In the case of Barrel, I think his awkwardness really comes out of left field....
Barrel has long been established to be very shameless, self-centered, overly confident, and prone to all kinds of debauchery
Most if not all of his interactions with MC have been in the purely nasty side in either route, if he were to catch actual feelings for MC I see it as OOC for him to express that like a teenager who's having his first crush, instead of just openly wanting to spend more time with MC and generally being nicer to him.

 

[Bluestorm99]

Imma be real, really I just want Rhot to invite us to his tent or his sleeping quarters or wtv already. He's gone to MC's chamber plenty of times yet everything we do is always MC's initiative. They even play with the idea of visiting with Xeroth, which is a shame we still haven't gotten.

As romance goes, Rhot's awkwardness makes total sense, considering:
1. Before MC he had never even interacted with a human before, much less been intimate with one and there's still obviously a species barrier between them even if they've been doing naughtiness for a while.
2. He hasn't fully processed his feelings for MC
3. He's too prideful when it comes to his position, yet often acts like a child
4. There's obvious tension between what him and MC have vs MC's relationship with the other lizards, which we see especially if we romance Roushk
We still get scenes that are more tender between them, most notably at the fair (and recent update) and also before, during, and after sex if you choose it to be.

In the case of Barrel, I think his awkwardness really comes out of left field....
Barrel has long been established to be very shameless, self-centered, overly confident, and prone to all kinds of debauchery
Most if not all of his interactions with MC have been in the purely nasty side in either route, if he were to catch actual feelings for MC I see it as OOC for him to express that like a teenager who's having his first crush, instead of just openly wanting to spend more time with MC and generally being nicer to him.

I would like if Rhot and other characters visited our house like Barrel.

 

[Bluestorm99]

I would like to see the other bandit characters get more content.

 

[nackedsnake]

Imma be real, really I just want Rhot to invite us to his tent or his sleeping quarters or wtv already. He's gone to MC's chamber plenty of times yet everything we do is always MC's initiative. They even play with the idea of visiting with Xeroth, which is a shame we still haven't gotten.

As romance goes, Rhot's awkwardness makes total sense, considering:
1. Before MC he had never even interacted with a human before, much less been intimate with one and there's still obviously a species barrier between them even if they've been doing naughtiness for a while.
2. He hasn't fully processed his feelings for MC
3. He's too prideful when it comes to his position, yet often acts like a child
4. There's obvious tension between what him and MC have vs MC's relationship with the other lizards, which we see especially if we romance Roushk
We still get scenes that are more tender between them, most notably at the fair (and recent update) and also before, during, and after sex if you choose it to be.

In the case of Barrel, I think his awkwardness really comes out of left field....
Barrel has long been established to be very shameless, self-centered, overly confident, and prone to all kinds of debauchery
Most if not all of his interactions with MC have been in the purely nasty side in either route, if he were to catch actual feelings for MC I see it as OOC for him to express that like a teenager who's having his first crush, instead of just openly wanting to spend more time with MC and generally being nicer to him.

That's why I said it's just a "Concerning Trend", like IIRC every recent affection addition end up being a shy-kiss.
This works in some cases, but not in the other.
Like the Barrel one IMO is super reaching and artificial.
And how many "Shy intimacy with Rhot" we already got at this point? Will it ever go deeper?
Logan? Don't even want to comment.

Really missing the more Affectionate interactions like Berny's breakfast, Logan's first fuck, etc.

Let's hope I'm just over thinking.
BTW, are all of these written by Hyao? Or all the kissing scenes are by the new writers? That could explain it.

 

[aseknospam]

Another fanart of BW from Stan

 

[Sant3224]

I would like to see the other bandit characters get more content.
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Genuinely forgot abt the last two lmfao

 

[kanon09]

I would like to see the other bandit characters get more content.
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Genuinely forgot abt the last two lmfao

The last two artwork were added relatively recently. I think they were one of the earlier enemies in the early zones and had no art in almost forever. Probably why nobody really thinks of them until they got the nice art.

 

[ghxstb3yond]

I would like to see the other bandit characters get more content.
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Me waiting for the fem bandit to get a simple Sprite. I swear I saw a sketch of her on their patreon Ages ago, but they still haven't colored her in/added her. (yes ik its a male focused game, but she's been here since like version 0.15 or so)

 

[kanon09]

Me waiting for the fem bandit to get a simple Sprite. I swear I saw a sketch of her on their patreon Ages ago, but they still haven't colored her in/added her. (yes ik its a male focused game, but she's been here since like version 0.15 or so)

Game is so gay focused it's gonna take quite a while. It's really just up to Hyao getting the feeling for it. (Or if the patreons pipe up about it, but there's no way that's happening)

 

[Sargash]

i mean majority of the men are dad bod from the beginning.

Ya but their was a somewhat okay balance of bara/dadbod and just athletic+monsters+creatures. But recently it's just been afaict just bara

 

[Sargash]

What are you on about? This game is always about Muscular / Chubby body type. This is a Bara game.

The game hasn't been exclusively bara the, just a large portion of it. And that's fine

 

[nackedsnake]

The game hasn't been exclusively bara the, just a large portion of it. And that's fine

There's literally one NPC Arion that's not Bara, and he's very unpopular.

Also hilarious You are Complaining while saying "That's Fine"

 

[HlinikZHumpolce]

There's literally one NPC Arion that's not Bara, and he's very unpopular.

Also hilarious You are Complaining while saying "That's Fine"

Dont disrespect my boy Arion...

 

[fat_fingers_ma_gee]

There's literally one NPC Arion that's not Bara, and he's very unpopular.

Also hilarious You are Complaining while saying "That's Fine"

hes alright, not my though. Now Feliar, hes got some zing.

 

[Icekingchernobog]

Imma be real, really I just want Rhot to invite us to his tent or his sleeping quarters or wtv already. He's gone to MC's chamber plenty of times yet everything we do is always MC's initiative. They even play with the idea of visiting with Xeroth, which is a shame we still haven't gotten.

As romance goes, Rhot's awkwardness makes total sense, considering:
1. Before MC he had never even interacted with a human before, much less been intimate with one and there's still obviously a species barrier between them even if they've been doing naughtiness for a while.
2. He hasn't fully processed his feelings for MC
3. He's too prideful when it comes to his position, yet often acts like a child
4. There's obvious tension between what him and MC have vs MC's relationship with the other lizards, which we see especially if we romance Roushk
We still get scenes that are more tender between them, most notably at the fair (and recent update) and also before, during, and after sex if you choose it to be.

In the case of Barrel, I think his awkwardness really comes out of left field....
Barrel has long been established to be very shameless, self-centered, overly confident, and prone to all kinds of debauchery
Most if not all of his interactions with MC have been in the purely nasty side in either route, if he were to catch actual feelings for MC I see it as OOC for him to express that like a teenager who's having his first crush, instead of just openly wanting to spend more time with MC and generally being nicer to him.

barrel catching feelings kind of makes sense given his recent interactions with mc. He's willing to be meet halfway with mc and not disrespect any of mc's boundaries(if you give him any) and not just force his way through on any of the terms given to him. So barrel actually being taken care of by the mc when he wasn't feeling well is probably something he hasn't felt in a long time which would equate to his awkwardness, infatuation and confusion the day after.

 

[rothi]

That's why I said it's just a "Concerning Trend", like IIRC every recent affection addition end up being a shy-kiss.
This works in some cases, but not in the other.
Like the Barrel one IMO is super reaching and artificial.
And how many "Shy intimacy with Rhot" we already got at this point? Will it ever go deeper?
Logan? Don't want to comment.

Really missing the more Affectionate interactions like Berny's breakfast, Logan's first fuck, etc.

Let's hope I'm just over thinking.
BTW, are all of these writing by Hyao? Or all the kissing scenes are writing by the new writers? That could explain it.

I do agree there seems to be a trend like that yeah.
Honestly, ever since the Northcrest raid update Hyao has been on a bullet train in progressing the main story, adding new NPCs, new areas, new enemies new major plotlines. I think it would be good for the game if he slowed down a little, I wouldn't mind an update or two that is just polishing some of the earlier parts of the game, and giving more substance/side stuff to older characters, some new sprites for old characters would be cool too. The story isn't bad but frankly we all know the relationships are why ppl play.
But I'm not a game dev, so I can't really complain, he's basically soloing this thing and it seems the process is working out for him, we also don't want an artist block to happen.

All of the Barrel romance route is written by a guest writer. Maybe with the exception of the first visit to MC's house, but I'm not sure of that.

There's literally one NPC Arion that's not Bara, and he's very unpopular.

Also hilarious You are Complaining while saying "That's Fine"

There is also Xer, but there's very little content of him too.
Honestly before Julian got a sprite I imagined him as more of a lean or slim guy, but I guess not. I won't hide that my preferences are for bara too, but sometimes it is kinda immersion breaking when everyone has the same exact body type. I feel like that was less of an issue when ZoroJ was still on the project, his designs were more varied (which is kind of ironic if you see his personal work), and he's also the one who did most of the female art.

barrel catching feelings kind of makes sense given his recent interactions with mc. He's willing to be meet halfway with mc and not disrespect any of mc's boundaries(if you give him any) and not just force his way through on any of the terms given to him. So barrel actually being taken care of by the mc when he wasn't feeling well is probably something he hasn't felt in a long time which would equate to his awkwardness, infatuation and confusion the day after.

I don't have a problem with Barrel catching feelings for MC, but the way he displays it feels very off.

 

[MingeMaster]

Another fanart of BW from Stan

As much as I generally like Stan's art, he doesn't do a great job of capturing BW's facial features (as in, as drawn by Narram in BW's sprite).