VN - Ren'Py - Abandoned - Navigating The Rift [v0.5] [TrippyDippity]

Putting aside the content (which I very much enjoyed), the thing I appreciate most about this title is the QOL/accessibility.

meaty content for a first release
great renders with a few animations sprinkled in
decent premise
brisk plot pacing
no bullshit grind

This Dev sets the standard of what should be expected in a new release and knowing that this is their first effort must be commended.

For a first game this is excellent and I hope that my review does more to encourage the Dev than discourage him.

The premise of the story is standard and the arc of corruption works well within that premise. It could be set in a mountain cabin after an avalanche, a tropical island after shipwreck, or a haunted castle on a dark and dreary night, ala, Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The graphics are also pretty standard but one of my favorite models is used for Ashley so, kudos for that. There are a limited number of sex scenes, (not snippets, but full on scenes) but they are nicely done. Facial expressions, as they're provided, are spot on.

Charlie's plan is a good one and well carried out. I like that the MC is used primarily as a vehicle for continuity in the story. His role is to help us through the repetitious mini-grind that provides the impression of the passage of time in addition to the preliminary cuckolding effect. That's all fine and dandy.

My issue is with how the scenes are used to tell the story. We often see advances in the corruption through snippets and have to wait for the passage of time when the activity has become more of a routine for Charlie and Ashley. this is WAY wrong.

The power of a story like this rests in the heat-of-the-moment internal conflict and the degradation and ultimate submission of the trainee as she struggles with her moral obligations and her growing, drug-induced lustful responses to the antagonist's unforgiving demands. WE NEED TO SEE THAT.

I want to be in Ashley's head as she wrestles with what's happening, as it happens. That's the beauty of this stuff that's missing here. We need to see the initial gropes and grinds played out as they happen, not in a small, split-second image that flashes across our screen. We need to see Ashley's emotions erupting on her face as Charlie's hands roam her body, driving waves of both of guilt and lust surging through her.

Play these scenes out for us FIRST, then give us the snippets as a reminder of where they've been, not as a preview of what's to come. Let us experience that moment with them instead of seeing them do it after the second or third time.

Each advance should provide an initial scene for the viewer, showing how it unfolds and the emotional surge felt by both Ashley and Charlie as they experience the sensations involved both physical and emotional.

Engage your audience in the moment with your characters and this will more of a memorable experience for us.

I'm willing to up my rating, but not until I feel more involved in the moment and less like an after-thought.

Can't believe it's your first game dude, amazing animations and scenes, something new and wanted to se more, wanted to support as soon I reach the current game version, hope you can complete this game!.

One of the best NTR games on F95 without a doubt. The game has much content for a first release, has great renders, and interesting and believeable story. I, dear developer, wish you good luck on your journey to deliver us NTR fans a masterpiece we have been waiting for far too long.

The Dev pretty much has started with a BANG he has acquired the eyes of many NTR fans who are growing tired of the forever teasing, devs milking their subscribers, buggy updates and same story being played out without any new imaginative settings.

It's a simple game with so far 3 main characters. A very easy backstory to understand, amazing animations, a slow but yet very paced corruption.

I usually hate the involvement of any drugs, hypnotism or blackmail in any Ntr story but the developer found a way to use this in way where the FMC still keeps her sanity and it's just a tool used to increase her needs.

Overall I'm looking forward to this Dev future in the NTR genre

great game, he's good. much better than 1000s of developer. and story is great. content is quite alot. and most of all the case is NTR done right. game is short and sweet gonna help dev financially. and he game so much without any milking.

Excellent game! This is what the initial release of a game should be. The scope is limited, and the mechanics in the game are are executed excellently. The pacing on the corruption is good, and the story makes sense.

If I have one complaint, its the reuse of scenes between key events to pad thing out. Hopefully the dev addresses that in the future.

Wow, what a great first release. The first release provides a lot of game content, with very different gameplay and great renders and animation.

I really enjoy watching the plot of a girl slowly falling down, and the current story is very good in this regard. I am really looking forward to the upcoming storyline. This developer has great potential and I hope more people will know about this game and support the dev

Haven't even finished the first update and it is already a five out of five for me, so crazy rare to see a debut release being this full featured. And the netorare corruption is on point, will be subbing on Patreon immediately, can't wait to see what else this dev can make.

The game is terrifyingly mesmerizing, without a doubt one of the contenders of NTR game of 2024 and it isnt even finished. The scenes are well thought out and obscurely lewd; although, would be nice to see new animations for the gf tracker as it can get repetitive. However, for the first run I would advise not to use it the gf tracker as currently the game isn't that long.
The english language is easy to understand and the language brings about a sense of confined environment that clearly adds to the degradation of the MC. Each progressive step into the story adds a hopeful loop into the idea of accomplishing a problem and solving the dilema of the protagnistic. Yet for every step forward it seems you are taken 2 steps back. Precicly what the NTR genre is missing these days as the niche becomes more mainstream. This game is going for a precise audience and the game design is masochisticly out of this world for that audience.

Unforunate the game is still not finished however, the layout of the VN is a game changer and definitely replayable if one holds back on using the tracker.
All in all this one is a MUST for NTR connoisseurs as well as a shoutout to the developer for bringing about a solar ray of hope to the genre out of empty void of shit ntr games.

Pretty good honestly. The model of the girlfriend is pretty unique-looking and I pick up some Middle Easter/South Asian vibes from her, which makes her extra hot. The corruption is not too fast or not too slow. The in-game advancement of time makes the corruption more believable. Top notch renders and animation. Perfect fap material if you're into ntr.

Just when I was running out of faith in NTR games...

PROS

* Does not waste rendering time on sex scenes between the MC and the girlfriend. Instead they're able to convincingly establish that they have a loving relationship through dialogue.

* The dev knows what they want their game to be and fully commits to it. There's nothing more disheartening as an NTR fan than seeing a Harem tag in there as well because you know it's just going to slow the development down because there's multiple branches that need to be followed. The fact that there's only one route is very commendable and appreciated in an NTR game.

* There's believable reasons why the game plays out the way that it does. The dev does a great job of establishing why there would only be one route for the mc throughout the story. I feel like the odds of the cheating occurring organically would still be high just based on the nature of the dynamic between the three characters... it would just be a much slower burn without all of the drugging shit that the antagonist does.

* The stat-system. By definition netorare is cheating, in which the person being cheated on is unaware. A lot of games, particularly RPGmaker games, rely on shadows or sounds to provide titillation. Here we can not only see what's going on by way of live cams (that only we as the players can see) but we see live updates of what exactly is happening. It's the best of all worlds; the MC is aloof but we as players can see exactly what's happening.

* The character models. The GF's tits are about as big as they can be without bordering on ridiculous. The antagonist has a big dick but not stupidly so.

* The animations. For a first time dev, the animations look great. No notes.

NEUTRAL / SUBJECTIVE

* Typically I hate blackmail or brainwashing in NTR games but I don't mind it (the latter) here. Bear in mind that I think this game could've played out roughly the same way without it, but I get why it's in. It's not so much about the GF and the antagonist becoming close to her, but also driving a wedge between the couple.

CONS

* For every new level of "corruption" scenes repeat. It's about three repetitive scenes per level (or sexual act). It absolutely takes you out of the story because the dialogue pertains to an initial surprise or reaction so when that's repeated over multiple days it makes zero sense. I'd like to see that cleaned up. It's not so much the "grind" but more so that it takes you out of the story.

SUMMARY

A breath of fresh air in the NTR genre. It is exceedingly rare to find a Western dev who is committed to just making an NTR game without feeling the need to add unnecessary branches just to not alienate people. I'm excited for the future and look forward to future releases.

This was pretty awesome! unique way of showing things in a believable way. She looks great and the progression feels right. Even the stuff that repeats can be gone through quickly to get to the next step.

excellent

body modifactions is the unexpected extra that gives this so much potential especially if we can decline stuff that we don't like in the future.

already impatient for further releases hopefully the path maintains course and the CCTV stuff is always great. Maybe it should be hidden for the MC to some extent and we can chose to view it from the point of view of the girlfriend. Regardless this is looking very promising and came out of nowhere. Can't wait to hear about updates on the patreon.

v0.5 Reviewed

Four stars for quality execution and a rather unique approach to telling the story.

The characters (there are only three and only two are ever visualized completely) are done competently, though neither really wins any awards for uniqueness or artistic excellence.

The writing is quite solid, with a unique take on what amounts to a "stranded on a desert island" scenario.

This is truly a challenge to rate because on one hand, you have a clearly superior effort in terms of writing, amount of content for a first release, and production values, and on the other it manages to combine the worst elements of a kinetic novel with the repetitiveness of a sandbox.

As others have noted, there is (so far) no way to influence the outcome of the game. The MC is relegated to a hapless bystander as his girlfriend is seduced away from him both chemically and through devious gaslighting.

The girlfriend proves convincingly challenging to woo as the antagonist does everything he can to minimize your role in her life and expand his...Pun intended.

The sound effects are inconsistent and in my case, the hum of the spacecraft popped in so jarringly at one point, my dogs began barking hysterically.

I'm not quite sure what was missing for me here, but if I were to take a wild swing at it, I would say it's the absolute lack of ability for the MC to control anything around him. For example, NTR being unavoidable is fine, but giving the MC agency to decide whether or not it was netorase, becomes a sharing arrangement, or a mission to save his relationship, even if it's doomed to fail would have provided a better avenue for player investment, in my opinion.

All of that aside, for a first effort, this is leaps and bounds ahead of most other new stuff. I appreciated the dev's commitment to not releasing until he had enough content to evaluate, and I hope his craft only improves with time.

If you like sci-fi settings and good overall production values, this will scratch some itches while leaving others wanting.

It is very cool.

It is clear that there are still technical flaws in the work. But, as for me, it's already almost 5 stars.

Except for the recurring scenes, I don't remember disliking anything. (they will be replaced later, right? version 0.5)
imho, it would be nice to balance the flow of time. (Months? It's hard to believe) and the increase in the statistics of the effects on the girl is significant for both the main character and the antagonist.

The rest is a matter of fetishes.

LOVE THE game , minimum grinding , excellent story line , high quality graphics , high quality sex scenes , sex drug training done right , definitely worth recommending. the story starts slow , but quickly picks up pace , the game is set in space and the story premise is about a space trip gone wrong , and the protagonist space ship crashes in a high radiation system where the protagonist and his girlfriend are saved by a survivor of another crashed ship where they get together and try to repair ship to escape but the survivor is not who he seems , he hides sinister secrets and has dark plans about stealing protagonist girlfriend through various means including drugs, brainwashing , submission training , humiliation and rape training , etc , meanwhile the protagonist is getting ntr'ed while he fixes spaceship. this game definitely deserves all the support for the hard work done to make this game especially for future development. this game is definitely 9/10 .

Absolutely fantastic for a first release! Essentially an NTR & Corruption Trainer with an oblivious MC (at least for now) with a surprisingly decent mount of content. Truly surprised at the amount of events and content that take place for a first release. This guy does Corruption over time and NTR right!

awesome work so far, great graphics and i like the mechanics of the game. will be watching and waiting for updates. would like to support this and future works as well. thanks for making this trippydippity

this uses your typical visual novel approach but includes the live cam and stats, really great stuff for this type of game. like the NTR myself

So far so very good!

Loads of content for an initial release, with fantastic animations and a concise but thorough setup/premise explanation.

Game uses a pretty well worn mechanic for the corruption and it starts quickly, but given how quickly the game gets into the actions and how it plays out narratively, it really isn't an issue.

Looking forward to future updates!