HTML Masters of Raana [v0.8.4.8 A1.1] [GrimDark]

[luwinkle]

BTW to those complaining about grind and the like: If you have any meaningful ideas to lessen it join the discord and suggest it to Grim. He's very open to suggestions/ideas. If they make sense and can be worked in they probably will be. *several* of my own were added.

 

[luwinkle]

You know nothing then!

Lol in response to you shooting down all of his points he just copy-pasted his original post as a 1 star review.

 

[Ennoch]

Lol in response to you shooting down all of his points he just copy-pasted his original post as a 1 star review.

I think the game will survive it somehow

 

[bradstev]

Do we know what the new changelog is?

 

[LizJ]

Do we know what the new changelog is?

Changelog for v0.8.1.5b(Public)?
See https://f95zone.to/threads/masters-of-raana-v0-8-1-5b-grimdark.100207/post-10590337
("Spoiler" at bottom of post)

 

[LizJ]

Version: 0.8.1.5b(Public)
Issue: I am not seeing an image for the Cultist Monk in Stokke Hills.

The code calls for <img src="Pics/Combat/emelee.PNG">
That folder contains "emelee.png"
and the screen shows a broken image link.

(If it turns out that the code is case-sensitive, please note that there are two other upper-case images called at other places in the code:
/Pics/Combat/eauto.PNG
/Pics/Combat/won.PNG

 

[Hargan2]

Version: 0.8.1.5b(Public)
Issue: I am not seeing an image for the Cultist Monk in Stokke Hills.

The code calls for <img src="Pics/Combat/emelee.PNG">
That folder contains "emelee.png"
and the screen shows a broken image link.

(If it turns out that the code is case-sensitive, please note that there are two other upper-case images called at other places in the code:
/Pics/Combat/eauto.PNG
/Pics/Combat/won.PNG

Are you on linux, by any chance?

 

[itszadam1992]

cheats?

 

[rndmann]

Adding more virgin girls planned? Possible candidates: teenage girls, slaves that whose past experiences aren't mentioned in their backgrounds or girls with Pure trait (only Caitlin at the moment?).

 

[tarzan999]

Is the list of slaves in the wiki uptodate? And is there a guide that mentions what content is there to do with each girl?

 

[Gunner Rey]

Adding more virgin girls planned? Possible candidates: teenage girls, slaves that whose past experiences aren't mentioned in their backgrounds or girls with Pure trait (only Caitlin at the moment?).

Yes, there's more virgins coming, it's being alpha tested now.

 

[Gunner Rey]

Is the list of slaves in the wiki uptodate? And is there a guide that mentions what content is there to do with each girl?

The wiki looks to me to be up-to-date to the newest alpha, which is Rachael and the rest of Eliana's with a bonus here and there like a new Lovisa pic because she's Grimdark's fave. Although I will note there's a pic here and there missing, like a training pic for some of them (Juno?).

You can peek into the pics file and see which ones still have a plethora of generic 'WIP' placeholders and which seem to be completely filled out.

 

[Deleted member 580953]

Yes, there's more virgins coming, it's being alpha tested now.

Is it just the random girls or more characters?

 

[behindmoon]

Random slaves have had text content updated with pretty much every update since the concept has been introduced. There's also a fair gallery of basic pics and I think some have been added just recently to the alpha releases.

I mean randomly refreshed slaves
Now after buying a random slave does not refresh a new slave
Of course, I still prefer to capture slaves in battle

 

[Gunner Rey]

Is it just the random girls or more characters?

I was referring to randoms, I gathered that's what he meant. Otherwise I've read Lovisa is a complete virgin and Michelle is an anal virgin if you start a run in the latest alpha, but I haven't restarted yet and couldn't tell you for sure.

 

[Gunner Rey]

I mean randomly refreshed slaves
Now after buying a random slave does not refresh a new slave
Of course, I still prefer to capture slaves in battle

I think I read capturing slaves in battle is something he's considering for the combat update.

Otherwise I don't understand what a 'randomly refreshed slave' is. Unless...there's about ten or twelve pics that the girls share (some of them extreme hotties) and even if you get the same pic two or three in a row like I've seen sometimes that's just the luck of the draw.

 

[Dixon Butz]

there's about ten or twelve pics that the girls share

If you mean the random picture sets, Grim said he's up to 36 random slave sets in the current Alpha release.

 

[LizJ]

Are you on linux, by any chance?

By 100% chance; yes.

 

[lxrt56]

This game is not a good sandbox game. And without a serious overhaul of mechanics, it's never going to be a good sandbox game. This is made all the more tragic because its a game with a lot of potential, but I don't think it will ever be allowed to simply be fun.

The entire point of a sandbox game is to let people play in the sandbox. This game looks like a sandbox, but its a sandbox where you're not allowed to play with the sand. At least not without filling out the appropriate paperwork and checking out a regulation-sized sand shovel.

Just read any of the "getting started" guides. They recommend:

• Extremely specific character background choices.
• Extremely specific skill choices.
• Extremely specific early game strategies.
• Extremely specific interactions with the harem.

Doing anything other than what is in the guide is basically pointless. You will either lose or lock yourself out of content.

Failing to properly employ these strategies leads to a slow death via bankruptcy. Non-standard strategies do not work. There are important skills for late game that you simply cannot get if you do not follow these procedures pretty much to the letter.

Even when you do follow these strategies, holy crap -- what a grind-fest. Why should I have to make a fully non-combat character and then rely on combat to make it through the early game? Why is non-combat not viable for early game? Why is a combat oriented character not viable for late game?

Why put us in a situations where we are obliged to make decisions that make no sense except from a game mechanics perspective? Why make the early game a complete struggle where you're constantly on the verge of bankruptcy, grinding, grinding, grinding in the hope that one far-off golden day you will be allowed to finally play in the fucking sand?

If I have to make a specific character, invest in very specific skills, and do very specific things at very specific times in order to be able to play, why even make a sandbox game? It's mind boggling.

I, like many others, find the "correct" way to play the game completely torturous. And if you're making a sandbox game with a "correct" way to play it, you're doing it wrong.

it’s not a good game in its current state, period
it’s also REALLY content starved and that seems extremely unlikely to significantly change given the game’s track record and ocean wide, puddle deep philosophy
I’m subbed to the patreon because I really like the concept and the dev is constantly sharing updates and ideas, but it’s clear this will never be properly filled out or unslogged, for lack of better wording, it’s far beyond the dev’s capacity

These two posters are absolutely right. But as another poster mentioned "the grind" is the game. I wouldn't blame the dev though. Or are you talking about something specific?

That's what sandboxing is: you grind up your stats, over in-game months/years and in-real life days.

Problem with the sandboxed style is a lot of what you did in the initial days of playing is different from what you do later. You don't need training or skill books after they're done: Once you've charmed one girl you've charmed them all - the quests are fun the first time around. This is true of all sandboxes: repeatability is an illusion.

Someone mentioned skyrim: everyone gets the itch to play it once a year: you fireup the perk calculator and the modder and the setup takes a few hours: you play for 30mins tops. Its a meme at this point. All roads lead to 30mins of stealth archer.

I would suggest that you compare this game within the realistic scope of it being a twine game with daz3d pics that you found while horn dogging. You'll find that: Its a lot of fun playing around with different starting stats, different strategies, different first buy/get girls, etc.

Yes there is one optimal gameplay, yes Lovissa's ass is square and yes there maybe no depth to the play and yes the game's getting too complex for a p-game. But its a game you can spend a lot of (fun) hours on. The music is lovely, the game is almost 100% bug free and the concept rocks, the execution of that concept is excellent.

Play it like a game: for a few weeks/months and then move on. I played a lot of it over the 794 (Nov'2021) to 814 releases, had an absolute blast, now I'm moving on.

I wish good luck to you all. May the two moons smile on you.

 

[Gancoek]

I honestly dont mind the grind just please dont add anymore content that require a restart because redoing all the grind just to get back where i was is really not fun. I know I can just ignore those contents but man am i a completionist.