VN Ren'Py Mastering the Pink Box [v0.10] [Studio 68 Games!]

[Justaphase]

Just digging up an old post of mine and potential spoiler of the main story.

Spoiler: Potential spoiler of the main story

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[Lady Lydia]

Nick is a brake for Devon and her mom. But mom/stepmom and the red head could be interesting. Red my nummer one. The Killers are not the only one, a spotting team or more, dependent on the true scale, that we dont know.

Oh yea, right Devon does have a black brother doesn't she, so she come from a reconstituted family right, so the father probably had a relationship with Sam and Sam left him Devon because she was basically working in the sex industry and didn't want to raise a kid. Well if my idea is correct anyway, at some point she caught the MC's father eye, and she got into a relationship with him.

As for the Killers not being the only ones, well their could be more than one car involved sure, but likely they would still be involved with the killing, so its still the same, considering how the father was talking about its clear their was not many people on his side, so yea likely the people involved with the assassination saved the MC.

Some other post show an image of what seemingly appear to be Todd driving the pursuing car, its possible he had some reason to want to kill the father but didn't want to kill his buddy, I mean otherwise their interactions in the game would be incredulous, first he could have left him to die, second why the Hell is he taking care of the MC like he does including sharing his girlfriend, it would be particular to do that much for a guy you secretly hate, plus... Todd doesn't strike me as being smart enough to keep up such a charade.

 

[itachi-00947]

do i need to restart the game cuse its showing error maybe cause i used mods??

 

[Maximilian87]

this goes back to my point that the dev is pushing the game more to Sharing than other options... also, what does he mean without permission, aint that just cheating/ntr?

 

[Maxwell D]

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this goes back to my point that the dev is pushing the game more to Sharing than other options... also, what does he mean without permission, aint that just cheating/ntr?

I'm going to drop this title.
Just not for me.

I've got Being A DIK, Campus Bonds, No Such Luck, Not Going Back, Intertwined, Race of Life, Summer Heat, A Man for All, Seeking Closure, Reborn, Law School, Domino Beach, u4ia, Unbroken, College Kings, Rovering to Sussex, The Power of Truth, Sickimtrack, On My Way Home, Westview Academy... etc

More than enough titles that fit my preferences.

This one is going too far into the NTS/NTR direction with characters that only think about sex, and have barely any character outside of that.

Almost every character in this game is a hardcore shameless pervert.
Although this theme isn't my jam, I prefer how Pale Carnations handles a club focused on sex.
Characters still have hesitation, shame, and aren't just pure sex crazed fiends.

Girls in this game start off attractive, somewhat likeable, and then the mask slips, and they are utterly gross and disgusting.
Colleen with all those fat and old dudes pretty much killed this game for me.
It's definitely for the NTR/NTS crowd.

When it started, it seemed like it could be for the Being A DIK college shenanigans crowd too, but no, this isn't it.
It's too weird for me and doesn't mesh with my preferences.

Best of luck to those that enjoy it.
No hard feelings.

 

[blkcrow20]

I love sharing games and play quite a few of them. Looking at your list of games, it's not surprising it doesn't work for you. I only play one game from your list. Though I do love Pale Carnations.

 

[Maximilian87]

When it started, it seemed like it could be for the Being A DIK college shenanigans crowd too, but no, this isn't it.
It's too weird for me and doesn't mesh with my preferences.

this is kinda of what i had in mind, that the game was being developed for multiple crowds, to be more than just another fuckfest, i dont know if the dev lost his jam or why is he catering to a single fettish... it seems i was mistaken, i will still check the next update see where it goes, but im kinda out as well, even tho i really liked the potential of this game

 

[Maximilian87]

I love sharing games and play quite a few of them. Looking at your list of games, it's not surprising it doesn't work for you. I only play one game from your list. Though I do love Pale Carnations.

not really man, why people keep gatekeeping the game bro... thats sooo baaad....

pale carnations, new coral city, and a few others that i forgot the name, do multiple stuff like that very very well, and without catering.... not all is black and white, as not all the tags on this website work correctly if you know what i mean

 

[Maxwell D]

this is kinda of what i had in mind, that the game was being developed for multiple crowds, to be more than just another fuckfest, i dont know if the dev lost his jam or why is he catering to a single fettish... it seems i was mistaken, i will still check the next update see where it goes, but im kinda out as well, even tho i really liked the potential of this game

Yes, exactly, the potential was great.
At the start, I thought Colleen would be doing something simple, like a non-sexual escort...
Maybe one sugar daddy at most.
I didn't realize it would get so dark and corrupt, and a train would be run on her.

I had no problems with the girls sleeping with their boyfriends, etc...
I was fine with Charlie and Hugh, but then her work at the club... ugh...

I dislike NTR, but I'm not one of those crazy anti-NTR guys that take it too far, and don't want wives sleeping with non-MC husbands.

These girls are just free-to-use shameless perverts though. Very repulsive for me.

not really man, why people keep gatekeeping the game bro... thats sooo baaad....

pale carnations, new coral city, and a few others that i forgot the name, do multiple stuff like that very very well, and without catering.... not all is black and white, as not all the tags on this website work correctly if you know what i mean

I do play Pale Carnations, although I do not love that theme, because it has so many other redeeming qualities.
The LIs are likeable.
There is some light in the darkness.

New Coral City, was pretty fun, even though again, I don't love that theme.
The route variety is crazy, lots of replayability.
The characters match a Hollywood type setting, where everyone is fighting to climb to the top.

Mastering the Pink Club has college students behaving like the most depraved middle-aged to old swingers and perverts.
Characters don't match their setting.
It's pretty much all darkness, without even glimpses of light.
Every older adult is a predator. There are no good mentors or examples.

I prefer adult visual novels with light-hearted perversion and shenanigans.
When the perversion gets too dark, it makes me uncomfortable, or even repulsed.
I feel like I need a cold shower after playing a dark perverted game.

Is it my mind or the characters in the game being corrupted if I stick with something like that?
So I'd rather just move on and play something more vanilla.

 

[Anteron]

As said, not interested in sharing. For me it's no different from the other NTR. Other dicks = not acceptable. It should at least matter if you choose to turn it off. Having the option but not respecting it is just a dick move.

 

[SlapE]

this goes back to my point that the dev is pushing the game more to Sharing than other options... also, what does he mean without permission, aint that just cheating/ntr?

No, it's not cheating or NTR, it just means without asking beforehand, as in you chose the option where Devon and Todd can do stuff together at anytime, just like the MC and Misty can do things together without needing to ask Todd beforehand. Pretty much an open relationship, but only with another couple instead of with just anyone, though that could be a future option, who knows.

It's optional on the sharing/swinging path.

 

[Maxwell D]

No, it's not cheating or NTR, it just means without asking beforehand, as in you chose the option where Devon and Todd can do stuff together at anytime, just like the MC and Misty can do things together without needing to ask Todd beforehand. Pretty much an open relationship, but only with another couple instead of with just anyone, though that could be a future option, who knows.

It's optional on the sharing/swinging path.

We just have different frameworks.

To us guys that dislike NTR/NTS, it's hard to fathom a dude wanting to share his girlfriend or wife.

If he wants to share his girl with us fine, we'll take it if we're hungry, but he better not be hanging out in the corner, and GTFO.

Of course that scenario is only in-game. In real life I wouldn't want another dude's chick, even if they offered.
Game-wise, just the thought of NTR is gross, but being the bull doesn't bother me.

I'm not a harem guy, but I do get the appeal. I do have that darker impulse.
But I disagree with it on a moral and practical level, so I cannot embrace it.
I have no such dark impulse for NTR/NTS that needs to be fed though.

So sharing in a game is not NTR to someone that has that impulse.
It's like, high-five, we're buds, let's swap. High-five bro.
To us non-NTR dudes, it's not a high-five, but a punch to the face.
To a guy that hates NTR, any other dude inserting his penis into their girl is NTR.

Harem vs NTR, is like a Territorial Barbarian Warrior framework vs. a Free Love Hippie framework.
They just won't mesh.
Mastering the Pink Box is not just a Free Love Hippie framework, it goes beyond that in depravity.
It's more of a corruption/use and be used game. No allusions to love involved.

 

[TonyMurray]

The number of people who reference BaDIK as if they're expecting something similar from every game with a college setting... Look at the tags and summary for individual games before just diving in. Here it's pretty obvious from just the tags that it's a sharing/swinging-based game.

 

[Polyphem]

Oh yea, right Devon does have a black brother doesn't she, so she come from a reconstituted family right, so the father probably had a relationship with Sam and Sam left him Devon because she was basically working in the sex industry and didn't want to raise a kid. Well if my idea is correct anyway, at some point she caught the MC's father eye, and she got into a relationship with him.

As for the Killers not being the only ones, well their could be more than one car involved sure, but likely they would still be involved with the killing, so its still the same, considering how the father was talking about its clear their was not many people on his side, so yea likely the people involved with the assassination saved the MC.

Some other post show an image of what seemingly appear to be Todd driving the pursuing car, its possible he had some reason to want to kill the father but didn't want to kill his buddy, I mean otherwise their interactions in the game would be incredulous, first he could have left him to die, second why the Hell is he taking care of the MC like he does including sharing his girlfriend, it would be particular to do that much for a guy you secretly hate, plus... Todd doesn't strike me as being smart enough to keep up such a charade.

Nicks statement contradict this but he can be a unreliable narrator, we dont know. Todd is smarter as he shows and many things are not clear at the moment. Why the parents and not the son? Are the parents still alive? Why in general? The hart condition are more initiation when business as usual. Jenn was hes Ex for the accident. He was stagnant, the accident forced him to act.

 

[Dessolos]

So Nick and Devon sharing when ( i'm just joking I know it isn't that kind of game but lowkey wouldn't mind if it happened but I know it won't)

 

[Maxwell D]

The number of people who reference BaDIK as if they're expecting something similar from every game with a college setting... Look at the tags and summary for individual games before just diving in. Here it's pretty obvious from just the tags that it's a sharing/swinging-based game.

The first couple of chapters did feel like BaDIK.
It's only the latest chapters that strayed far from that formula into NTR/NTS-land.
How was I supposed to know that the Pink Box was a swingers club in the first chapters?
I thought it was going to be like the Pink Rose.

I didn't read the forums when I started playing this.

Just played update after update, then when things got crazy, I came to the conclusion that this isn't what I signed up for.
Before playing this update, I skipped 2 or 3 chapters, and the game wasn't deep into the wilderness of NTR/NTS land then.

Us BaDIK dudes, are like hey, whoah, slow down... No noooooo. Whyyyy?!

 

[Justaphase]

So Nick and Devon sharing when ( i'm just joking I know it isn't that kind of game but lowkey wouldn't mind if it happened but I know it won't)

Nah I don't want the dev losing his Patreon.

 

[Dessolos]

Nah I don't want the dev losing his Patreon.

yeah same which is why I had to make it as a joke

 

[Dessolos]

The first couple of chapters did feel like BaDIK.
It's only the latest chapters that strayed far from that formula into NTR/NTS-land.
How was I supposed to know that the Pink Box was a swingers club in the first chapters?
I thought it was going to be like the Pink Rose.

I didn't read the forums when I started playing this.

Just played update after update, then when things got crazy, I came to the conclusion that this isn't what I signed up for.

Us BaDIK dudes, are like hey, whoah, slow down... No noooooo. Whyyyy?!

I feel like we either played a different game or just saw things differently. I never got BAD vibes once and right away I got a swinging / sharing vibe from the game. I don't think you need to play much of the game to get the theme of the game is sharing

 

[Maxwell D]

I feel like we either played a different game or just saw things differently. I never got BAD vibes once and right away I got a swinging / sharing vibe from the game. I don't think you need to play much of the game to get the theme of the game is sharing

I thought that it was a wild college game.
Some threesomes, cheating, drama, etc.
Not swinging like old perverted married couples.

I thought of Teresa as a wild girl like Aubrey from College Kings.
I thought her boyfriend would be the butt of jokes like Dawe.
Charlie and Kyuw had their boyfriends, so they should sleep with them.
I thought they were wild bad girls like Quinn.

I did like it better when I didn't know that Kyuw's boyfriend was in on it though.
That reveal was a disappointment.

A weird vibe clue was Graham.
I could reason that he's a closet Chad/Troy type.
Joe Dirt came along, hmm weird... another dude pushing his girl on you.
That's when things got sus.

Todd going full-blown swinger banger Broseph is when the alarm fully sounded.
I had skipped some updates before the Colleen/Todd reveal, so I was surprised.