VN Ren'Py Onhold Naked Ambition [v0.82] [Apollo Seven]

[HylTin]

Hm.... Graphics are very nice even if pixel art (and animations are really awesome) but story and gameplay are not good at all... story is a little bit long and gameplay isn't understandable at all (what have we to choose, when, why the "cards" thing if we can't choose them....)... In short, for me and for now, I think this game is good to value the art (when someone will provide a Walktrough) but the rest is totaly "a pain in the ass" and kill the enjoy of the game and the art...

And yeah, why no save? You think that we only play 24/7 on our life?....

 

[waiwode]

That pain when you have three red cards in your 10-ish card deck, and get none of them in your five card draw....

There are two basic mechanics in the game:

1) Card Tests: You are dealt cards from a small deck with several possible suits, and if you have a matching card to the "favoured" suit (indicated in your text box) you get a pass.

2) Skill Tests: A test will require a skill (like Conversation). If you match the required rank, you get a pass, if not you fail the test.

If I had any advice for other players: pick your four supporters early. Syngergize them as much as possible, to minimize the skills you need to train. Only train in the skills they like. The difficulty will creep up, and if you play the generalist (and I love to play the generalist) you will soon find your "strong" skills won't be high enough to match the difficulty of the game.

 

[Loqic]

It looks great, I love the style.
The game itself is just not enjoyable with the cards and stat rubbish. This would have been much better as a normal VN.

 

[Apollo Seven]

I like the unique artstyle, looks very interesting. Good luck, dev

Thanks I'm glad you enjoy it I...

Fun to play, wish the graphics were better. Looking forward to updates.

Oh. Wish the graphics were better? Damn I...

What a breath of fresh air in the sea of all those uncanny valley yet the same looking blender renpy vns.

Back in the game baby! I knew ray3dave was lying I...

Art choices are mediocre here. But, I enjoyed this a lot. Gets a good grade from me.

Fuck. Whose lying, huh? Which one of you is telling the truth?

Jokes aside, I'm glad people seem to like the game. On the topic of why you can't save and load the game at will, you can't do that because the game isn't actually a VN, it's a rougelike with a lot of text. Let's imagine this world where you can just save willy nilly, the game doesn't work anymore. You just reload before the card tests until you get the result you want. There shouldn't be a button that says 'force the Princess to do what you want' the whole game is about the Princess NOT doing what you want. It's not a game about choosing options, seeing what happens and then choosing different options to see different text and images. It's a game about trying to guide the Princess and watching how she fucks it up.

I know that most porn games are built around infinite agency, you chose what to do, who to fuck, how to fuck, but that's not what this game is. If you want to skip through stuff until you get to the exact image that gets your rocks off, that's great, play one of the thousand games on this site that gives you that. I know this game would probably have more fans if it were just a VN with a cool a e s t h e t i c but that's not what I want to make. I want to make a game where you train the princess to be a fencing master and then she fucks it all up like an idiot by drinking tea instead. I make games with porn in them, not porn delivery systems that are tangentially games.

 

[HylTin]

Well... Answer is done and as I just said on an other topic: "each his own likes I guess"... Shame for me and your art to me but don't doubt that you will have your players for this one... Good luck anyway 'cause you deserve it!

 

[kekasaurus]

It's quite an extraordinary game. Great art, AND music too. Or at least royalty free music I haven't heard a dozen times before. I hope that hundreds of random events will be added in order to make the chance elements more difficult to manage as well as increasing the amount of story text.

And I really like the characters. Even characters I don't usually like, like the ones working for religious organisations like Gales I found very cool after getting to know them more.

 

[Not'cilol]

tbh i really like this
tho it took a while before i understood the card thing
i really love the art style (except the cum because it looks like white confetti) and the princess is really cute
if the next update is as good as the first release i will drop money on the dev
good luck and great job!

also hoping for some more fetishes

 

[uwak]

its so hard to read you should put a darker color font for the text im on andriod btw

 

[y0sman]

What the heck? No Save load file in renpy? You kidding me? Shame. Peristent save file missed. I can't save when an where i want. Too bed. I need to wait for another one.

And yeah, why no save? You think that we only play 24/7 on our life?....

When I was playing it, I could close the game at any time and then clicking continue brought me right back to where I was because the game was auto saving.


I've only seen it once, but I missed some of it, but I could've sworn I saw a 3 red card requirement when you go to the first ball. Something about Evette telling you to dual Adelin. I think I missed the first check with Adelin (yellow), and also missed the singular red check before the ball. Anyone might've seen the check and know what needs done to speak to Evette at the ball?

 

[abgazil]

When I was playing it, I could close the game at any time and then clicking continue brought me right back to where I was because the game was auto saving.


I've only seen it once, but I missed some of it, but I could've sworn I saw a 3 red card requirement when you go to the first ball. Something about Evette telling you to dual Adelin. I think I missed the first check with Adelin (yellow), and also missed the singular red check before the ball. Anyone might've seen the check and know what needs done to speak to Evette at the ball?

I believe you need to have bad relations with Adelin so he embarasses you to get that check

 

[MojoSky]

I like the throwback graphics and animation. The story overall seems pretty good too, but the bad luck with card draws feels kinda bad. But my main concern is that having a bad day with repeatedly failing tests will hurt in the long run.

 

[Alleykatt]

I know that most porn games are built around infinite agency, you chose what to do, who to fuck, how to fuck, but that's not what this game is. If you want to skip through stuff until you get to the exact image that gets your rocks off, that's great, play one of the thousand games on this site that gives you that. I know this game would probably have more fans if it were just a VN with a cool a e s t h e t i c but that's not what I want to make. I want to make a game where you train the princess to be a fencing master and then she fucks it all up like an idiot by drinking tea instead. I make games with porn in them, not porn delivery systems that are tangentially games.

Stick to your vision. This is great. I like it much better than your TF card game.

 

[88Michele88]

When I was playing it, I could close the game at any time and then clicking continue brought me right back to where I was because the game was auto saving.


I've only seen it once, but I missed some of it, but I could've sworn I saw a 3 red card requirement when you go to the first ball. Something about Evette telling you to dual Adelin. I think I missed the first check with Adelin (yellow), and also missed the singular red check before the ball. Anyone might've seen the check and know what needs done to speak to Evette at the ball?

Ther noway I gonna play without save game by myself, it useless. It a same a game without persistent file infinity save file to save the game. It boring. No Save No Party.

 

[Naturohusumaqui]

Android version needs a change the text is white and appears in a light colored box so it's barely readable

 

[Fakecrash]

so we can't even cheat the save thing by copying the files -_-"

 

[y0sman]

I believe you need to have bad relations with Adelin so he embarasses you to get that check

Every time I've gone back to try to get it, Amelia is the one to talk after Collette enters the ball. I guess I have to fail the red check right before going into the ball. That's a hard one to do, with a 2.5% of making that fail.

 

[Atlas]

This is a great game. I love the deck-building mechanic. A lot of people are complaining about the lack of save scumming but I find it adds stakes to the game. This is a game about managing losses, not achieving perfection. I find the dialogue options are very well written. Everything feels compelling. Writing failure is hard and it feels like people are responding reasonably when the Princess fails to achieve.

I am a big fan of the art. The dick sucking animation is a bit clunky, but, more importantly, when the cock ejaculated on her face it was perfect. Some things work and others dont. Having a weird detached phallus fuck a face is a bit awkward but everything else is very compelling. I like a game that makes a stylistic choice. This game has art direction. So much better than random 3D render thrown in front of a background.

I am really excited to see where this game goes. More sex is obviously preferred. This game is also about choosing enemies. I would love a path where you blow Ulric the whole game and then at the end you have him executed. Fire whore princess for the win!

 

[sack02]

I get why the ability to savescum is removed, but it would be nice to have multiple save slots for multiple playthroughs.

 

[Deleted member 70728]

Yeah I really like, I guess it just takes some time to get used to it

 

[Not'cilol]

I get why the ability to savescum is removed, but it would be nice to have multiple save slots for multiple playthroughs.

i 100% agree
it would be nice playing different routes at the same time