Ren'Py - NPC Tales: The Shopkeeper [v0.30 EA] [D.mon Games]

[v0.30]

Nice unique game about groping and free-use. I'd say its a rare genre, where game mechanics are actually tied to sex in a sandbox where all your moves are important. Its not a puzzle and easy to understand, while also fun to play.

Content right now is limited mostly to your main plaything - the shopkeeper girl, which you can grope, undress and have sex with. There is also an optional encounter with city guard. It needs some preparations and planning to have fun with her.

The UI is simple and intuitive. There are some unexpected options to use items on the girl. I think the shop needs more items for some intimate fun. But its already a game mechanic and I think more items will be added later.

Definitely needs more content, but I really enjoy what it already has. And since its advertised as tech demo - the main focus was on implementing gameplay, which is great.

I wish all the good luck to Developer and will keep an eye on new updates.

honestly surprised at how fun the game is i was expecting something less interactive but was pleasantly surprised by the free use content and can clearly see the love that went into making the game we need more games like this

Really great to see a game with actual gameplay that ties into the sex. The art is cute, and apparently not fully AI, despite the tag. Things are obviously very early, so not a lot to say yet, but very promising so far.

Cute models, but the animations needs a bit of work. People demands animated scenes, but it's hard with AI. The story and narrativa is not that great. The mechanics are well made. A very simple and beautiful game.
4 starts.

Great product :
-Models are very nice, especially the main one - shopkeeper.
-Tons of interactions with the NPCs
-Facial expressions change
-You can undress them and even cut their hair which grows back later.
Good attention to details which shows the devs dedication.

For a v0.25 this is great work.

10/10 would buy later down the line.

Pretty awesome.. keep it up..

A little buggy and not that much content yet.
But what there is really good.
In time this could be a great game.

But atm..
it's basically just a tech demo.

But it's still worth trying.. =)

Once there is more to do I will revisit and possibly update to 5. Love the groping mechanic but not much to do or much reward at the moment with this. Another thing that you should think about adding is stats and more items whether they be combat based or usable on the npc's out of combat. and possibly the ability to talk to the guard out of combat.

Why it's 5 stars, it made by A.I bs that nobody want, it's so simple, just some strip, molest and ... that's it.
But to me, it's how A.I games should focus. Because the A.I pose is unstable and limited with idea of kinetic visual novel, Point and click is the solution. It's good, at least till now.

Review for version: 0.20 Fix (android)

Originality - 90%
Renders - 80%
Playability - 60%
Performance - 70%
Bugs free - 50%
Animations - 70%
Amount of content - 30%

Total - 65%

I'll definitely watch closely this game. It has potential. So far it doesn't have much content though. Occasional bugs that sometimes ended up in a dead game which forced me to save a lot.

Hopefully dev will add some visualisation where to click to trigger desired action. (for example click on pussy sometimes trigger vaginal and sometimes fingering). Same goes for battle -> it took me some time before I realized I can steal items / break them and also have combat sex. Interactions similar to 'The Shopkeeper' with other characters would be also cool.

A small download, playtime of this demo is around an hour, maybe more while you are still figuring out the mechanics.

I give it an extra star for the writing that made me chuckle a couple of times (interactions with character 3). The porn part is pretty vanilla with a little bit extra spice, not really enough for me at this point, but promising premise for sure.

The graphics are nice, I don't have the immidiate 'yuck soulless AI' reaction to it. Your milage may vary.

Definitly going to check out future versions, though that might be the far, far future.

I really liked the game. Waiting for newer characters and more actions. Stealing the clothes is a very creative option. Wish we could do that in reality. The third character is listed so was waiting for her.

Great start.

I don't know why people tend to talk down AI generated graphics. Good art is good art no matter how it's made.

The demo is very bare-bones now, but all that it has it's near perfect. If this game continues to be developed with this kind of quality it's going to be a hit.

I wasn't expecting much (AI generated art + early in development didn't really scream quality or quantity) but I was pleasantly surprised, from what I gather the AI art was more AI assisted art with rough sketches being run through a generator or something with a little post work to clean things up. In addition, there are numerous little details for the npcs that change as you progress which is very welcome.

Gameplay wise it is somewhat rudimentary and simple in many ways but as this is a tech demo and I had fun with what was there I'll give it a pass (if you like stuff like night attack or other bar management groping games you'll probably like this). Overall I think this project has a lot of potential and I wish the dev luck.

Pretty art and that's it. No gameplay, not even a demo to a game.

The MC is unknown, the shopkeeper is unknown. The motivation is unknown.

There is nothing here but steal girls clothes and grope her we get no idea why.

really cool concept, wish there were more groping and free use games. Even thought it's just a demo, you get two NPCs you can play with. Love the art too, please keep it up
As for future updates, i hope we'll be able to dress up the characters as we wish (like leaving them with no underwear) and also them reacting to getting sprayed with cum (a slight arousal increase) would be amazing xD

Loved the demo, very promising game! It took me a while to discover all the game mechanics - for example you can buy a dagger for fighting, but you can also use it to shave pubic hair, which then appears in your inventory with a description like "elven hair - where did you get it...?", you can even sell it. It's a bit surreal, but very funny

Nice proof of concept. What little there is seems very fleshed out. The mechanics have a bit of depth. The art looks great despite being AI generated. Looking forward to more content and more characters!

Great progress so far, responsive dev, meaningful updates. I think this game might eventually become the pinnacle of the NPC genre. There are some very interesting interactions so far: you can strip a girl, sell the clothes back to her in exchange for a dagger, and then shave her vagina with it. I hope to see this game worked on for years to come.

For some people, the use of AI to help with the art is an automatic veto, which is perfectly understandable, but for those that can accept it, I highly recommend you give the game a try.

A short game at the moment but fun to play. Development seems to have just started so it looks like there will likely be a lot more content and characters in the future. It'd be nice to see some more minigames and items in the game but the current content is enough to have fun.
One thing I like is how you're thrown into the game and there isn't a mountain of text. Having a little more dialogue and text in the intro might be good but I rather have too little text than too much.

This is a very promising demo, I look forward to more content being added. Some issues figuring out the exact location to change actions, but once you realize you have to you have feel around for them its pretty intuitive. The art is great as well. Keep up the good work!