Ren'Py My Girlfriend's Friends [v1.5B] [Kyle Mercury]

[Sword26]

That was a pretty good update.

The development pace of this game is pretty slow, but at least the content is worth it. The characters and their dynamic with mc are awesome.

Olivia is such a naughty gamer girl; reading her lines and thoughts is both adorable and sexy. Ava's little help in the park was unexpected but hot. Emily is so pliable, and I just want to make her do naughty things.

Somehow Sophia's scene made me chuckle, poor gal. I am curious how things with her will develop.

Sometimes characters looked really different to their sprites, but I guess it's normal in 2d games.

Sophia was definitely interesting as the earlier versions never eluded to MC having a childhood friend; this is becoming like anime for me at least watched enough slice of life and Romantic Comedies to see this stuff a mile away

 

[Drearcerberus]

Hey guys, I'm glad a lot of you are enjoying and playing the game!
And for those of you who've provided useful feedback I really appreciate it.
However it seems some people are under the assumption that this is a finished product when...
I never released 0.9 publicly.
It's only for my patrons to thank them for the support and to help me find bugs in the game. So yeah, there's gonna be bugs. I'm the only one coding and writing this thing so
s'bound to be some mishaps, especially on a not-fully-polished version of the game.

Anyways I see a bunch of people upset about the time limit in the game as well, I can see how you can be upset about this but this is all explained when you start the game. At the end of each chapter, depending on how you spent your time you'll be able to fully experience around 3 of the girls content for said chapter. If that hasn't happened then either you haven't spent your time efficiently or it might be a fault on my end, which I'll test and fix for the public release. Either way it's not hard to start up a new save and go after another girls route, easy replayability was always a goal.
Anyways that's about it. Hopefully this shed some light on things, Have a good one.

(Also to the guy above this post, the track meet just isn't implemented yet dude, it's supposed to happen on day 10 like the game says...)

I think there may be a bug when doing either Charlotte or Mia's path that you can't do the other. If you get Mia too far, she won't show up in the classroom and if you get Charlotte too far her scene repeats in the library and you can't find Mia's phone. Not sure if these are meant to be exclusive.

 

[Kyle Mercury]

Yeah

I think there may be a bug when doing either Charlotte or Mia's path that you can't do the other. If you get Mia too far, she won't show up in the classroom and if you get Charlotte too far her scene repeats in the library and you can't find Mia's phone. Not sure if these are meant to be exclusive.

I know about that one and its been fixed! Wont be an issue next release. Thanks for the message though.

 

[lewdloser]

The morning of the track meet I get a message about this being the end of version 0.5 and then the game ends, even though it's version 0.9. Any way to fix this?

 

[NeoStarr]

So any chance or a changelog? Want to know if I should wait for next or check it out being I've played prior versions

 

[sztrb]

Sophia was definitely interesting as the earlier versions never eluded to MC having a childhood friend; this is becoming like anime for me at least watched enough slice of life and Romantic Comedies to see this stuff a mile away

Sometimes having some tropes isn't a bad thing. In this case, I think if Sophia can turn out to be a freak just so that she can be better than Mia... I think would be the ultimately best case scenario for her character.

 

[gaaby]

any other games similar to this one?

 

[XXXVAA]

i get the idea of replayability, but it just makes the game more grindy for no reason aside the replayability. the game looks great, the art is amazing and it looks to be a well written history, but the only major flaw that i can find is the reset timer, please don't make the game unnecessary grindy it just causes people to dislike and not play the game anymore. aside from that good luck.

 

[astranabeat]

Hey guys, I'm glad a lot of you are enjoying and playing the game!
And for those of you who've provided useful feedback I really appreciate it.
However it seems some people are under the assumption that this is a finished product when...
I never released 0.9 publicly.
It's only for my patrons to thank them for the support and to help me find bugs in the game. So yeah, there's gonna be bugs. I'm the only one coding and writing this thing so
s'bound to be some mishaps, especially on a not-fully-polished version of the game.

Anyways I see a bunch of people upset about the time limit in the game as well, I can see how you can be upset about this but this is all explained when you start the game. At the end of each chapter, depending on how you spent your time you'll be able to fully experience around 3 of the girls content for said chapter. If that hasn't happened then either you haven't spent your time efficiently or it might be a fault on my end, which I'll test and fix for the public release. Either way it's not hard to start up a new save and go after another girls route, easy replayability was always a goal.
Anyways that's about it. Hopefully this shed some light on things, Have a good one.

(Also to the guy above this post, the track meet just isn't implemented yet dude, it's supposed to happen on day 10 like the game says...)

Replayability only work when game play loop is fun. in this case. no it isn't.

This game is about cheating. so 1 or more girls per playthrough. what is the different ? cheating is cheating.

Do you see any sandbox game limit how many girls players can pursuit ? I didn't see any. those DEV knew no one like to start from beginning so they don't do thing that no one want like 3 girls per playthrough like your game.

Replayability somehow work on VN but it isn't really replayability because you load your save and pick something else. you do something NEW. if the game require restart that because story demand it and in most VN game. you need to do that 1 or 2 time maybe. also waiting for text to skip is the most boring shit ever.

Let's be real here. 99% of players who see your game and want to play are players who want to fuck them all in 1 playthrough and get harem ending. only a few thought " oh this girl is cute I will get with only this girl ". maybe some want to get with the girlfriend but I think I can count them in 1 hand. players who play porn game and don't want to cheat.

The game should have 3 ending.
1. faithful ending where MC never cheat.
2. a chance of heart where MC get 1 of other girls.
3. harem end
so a few girls ending where MC get 2 or 3 girls not really fitting here. you need to write every combination of girls for the ending and I don't think using valuable time for that is a good choice. so if I get 3 girls and get ending 2 then what the point to waste time for more than 1 girls to get the ending ? how about let players get all girls and choose to get ending 2 or 3 ? that'd be better.

Sorry for bad Eng. i'm not Eng speaker. but I hope my point got across.

 

[Urk]

Agreed, there is no point on forcing repleyability, specially with the way Ren'py handles saves, just get all girls on a single playthrough and let us have a clean savefile, instead of having to go back and forth all the time.

 

[actually123]

Does katie and her mom have content yet?

 

[Sword26]

Sometimes having some tropes isn't a bad thing. In this case, I think Sophia can turn out to be a freak just so that she can be better than Mia... I think I would be the ultimately best-case scenario for her character.

Of course, I see the benefits, and it's clear Sophia likes you mc as more than friends. I wasn't expecting that plotline, but I know it well

 

[Truvelo]

So the plot of this game tells about the creator of this game? interesting...

 

[sztrb]

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So the plot of this game tells about the creator of this game? interesting...

Its like the plot of the Naked Director...

 

[rux]

Replayability only work when game play loop is fun. in this case. no it isn't.

This game is about cheating. so 1 or more girls per playthrough. what is the different ? cheating is cheating.

Do you see any sandbox game limit how many girls players can pursuit ? I didn't see any. those DEV knew no one like to start from beginning so they don't do thing that no one want like 3 girls per playthrough like your game.

Replayability somehow work on VN but it isn't really replayability because you load your save and pick something else. you do something NEW. if the game require restart that because story demand it and in most VN game. you need to do that 1 or 2 time maybe. also waiting for text to skip is the most boring shit ever.

Let's be real here. 99% of players who see your game and want to play are players who want to fuck them all in 1 playthrough and get harem ending. only a few thought " oh this girl is cute I will get with only this girl ". maybe some want to get with the girlfriend but I think I can count them in 1 hand. players who play porn game and don't want to cheat.

The game should have 3 ending.
1. faithful ending where MC never cheat.
2. a chance of heart where MC get 1 of other girls.
3. harem end
so a few girls ending where MC get 2 or 3 girls not really fitting here. you need to write every combination of girls for the ending and I don't think using valuable time for that is a good choice. so if I get 3 girls and get ending 2 then what the point to waste time for more than 1 girls to get the ending ? how about let players get all girls and choose to get ending 2 or 3 ? that'd be better.

Sorry for bad Eng. i'm not Eng speaker. but I hope my point got across.

First off - your English is fine. No worries.

Second - just because there is something you don't like about the game doesn't mean it's a bad game. I think you just need to adjust your expectations a little. If you go in expecting a sandbox where you can have every girl with no penalties... well, you're going to be disappointed. But if you treat it like a regular VN where choices matter (the way the creator intended from what I understand), then it's fine.

Third - it's RenPy. Just hold down either CTRL key to skip text you've already seen from an earlier playthrough. It's super fast.

Finally - you're kind of getting this game for free here. If you want to tell the creator what endings the game should have, at least be a paying supporter first. No offense, just saying...

 

[The ArcKnight]

First off - your English is fine. No worries.

Second - just because there is something you don't like about the game doesn't mean it's a bad game. I think you just need to adjust your expectations a little. If you go in expecting a sandbox where you can have every girl with no penalties... well, you're going to be disappointed. But if you treat it like a regular VN where choices matter (the way the creator intended from what I understand), then it's fine.

Third - it's RenPy. Just hold down either CTRL key to skip text you've already seen from an earlier playthrough. It's super fast.

Finally - you're kind of getting this game for free here. If you want to tell the creator what endings the game should have, at least be a paying supporter first. No offense, just saying...

I get your points here but feedback is feedback, whether it comes from paid subscribers or not.
The only question is whether this is good feedback or not, which is for the Developer to decide.

On that point though, you have multiple pages of people saying that they like the game, but dislike the fact that you have to replay the game in order to get the rest of the girls. When its just one person saying it, its easy to ignore, when you have pages of people saying the same thing, maybe its something to listen to?

I personally like this game, the art is phenomenal and the humor is great, especially with Sophia. xD

I am also one who would prefer that one could get each of the girls in the same playthrough. Sandbox games are only good for giving you options on what to do first and what to avoid, when its forced on you to replay from the beginning then it isn't fun, its just repetitive.

I personally will wait to continue playing this game til a modder gives us the ability to reset the days so we can experience all the content. There are too many good games coming out each day to be forced to replay the same one over and over.

 

[FlinPaltwell]

Gosh, I'm surprised the time limit is such a big deal to everybody. It takes all of 20 seconds to skip the intro (less, I literally timed it). Or, like Kyle said, just make a save right after the beginning and load it.

The time limit makes your choices matter. Without it, there'd be no consequences to just working and banking money for several days right off the bat. At which point, how much is that action adding to the game? This is an issue most sandbox games suffer from, btw. It's a mild issue, but so is restarting, so...??
I like that earning money is a little puzzle piece I have to slot in, rather than a mindless action I do now and then.

The time limit also allows the main story to progress organically in the background. Otherwise, you'd need to manually do something to trigger the track meet, or whatever other future events are in store. I kinda like that things will happen as you do stuff.

Granted, I doubt I would really care that much if the time limit were removed, but I do think some of you could lighten up a little.

 

[Klab040855]

Great game, i am anxious for the next update.

 

[privitude]

Seems like previous saves don't work. That's a huge bummer.

 

[bigmacaroni]

can't wait for more Charlotte! tbh she kinda gives off ddlg vibes, hope she starts calling the mc daddy in a future update!