VN Ren'Py Our Home [v2.19.2] [Old Hiccup]

[Abhai]

needs a darker background for the text its hard to read at times

and here i am wondering wtf devs put those ridiculous dark bacgrounds all over the screens

well, to each their own, as always.
text-box opacity slider would be the best solution probably.

 

[Nightwing94]

so only new scene is marta the maid

 

[Blarfz]

I'm stuck on "There are pending sidequests."

I go to every marker and skip time, nothing happens.

I only have Amelia and Norah, Norah says "Keep the pool clean" (Doesn't say how, nothing happens when I go there.) and "The Weekend" (Nothing happens on the weekend)

Couldn't trigger the side quests. Said something was up at Norah's on the weekend and after mindlessly clicking just gave up. It's a empty sandbox with hints that aren't really helpful. I'll come back when this game actually has content and maybe a better hint system. I wish the dev luck and hope they're able to create the game they envision.

Ended up using unren to figure out what to do. Another gym quest got triggered at 13H on Wednesday.

 

[Sababukin]

I've just started the game, I'm about to leave the orphanage, hopefully I'll find a job, an apartment and someone to cut my hair xD

 

[OldHiccup]

I didn't get through the whole playthrough before quitting and deleting, literally nothing so far couldn't be improved by being in a AVN format with choices. My favorite genre of all time is sandboxes like morrowind/skyrim/ark these adult sandboxes are so lacking in content that it is offensive to me personally. I feel they are only done as time wasting exercises to mask a lack of actual content.
The renders were good the writing was just ok but I probably wouldn't bother with it anymore tbh due to the format but best luck.

I respect each person, and their preferred type of game.

Maybe my game isn't your type of game and that's okay, that's okay.

Our Home is not a PORNO game, it is an ADULT GAME, and games need to have some kind of puzzle difficulty, things you need to figure out to advance the story.

VN are more straightforward, normally you don't need to figure anything out, just need to keep holding the controller and move on to the sex scenes.

Anyway, your comment is an eye-opener to me about the type of gamers who enjoy what I do, but I'd like to be a little more direct with things.

I'll improve the tips even more and maybe try to implement something that makes it easier for the player to find the events, leaving it optional.

 

[OldHiccup]

and here i am wondering wtf devs put those ridiculous dark bacgrounds all over the screens

well, to each their own, as always.
text-box opacity slider would be the best solution probably.

I get a little asked about it, like, for example.

Many people like the dialog box, others hate it, I tried to build a half-term with a transparent box always taking care to keep the important parts of the scene more centered.

Well, I'm going to create other dialog box options, so I can please you better and having an option with opacity solves the problem.

 

[Blarfz]

I'll improve the tips even more and maybe try to implement something that makes it easier for the player to find the events, leaving it optional.

Have you considered adding an exclamation point on the world map for when a location has a specific event ready to go? That way people that don't want to explore can just mash the skip time button to see where they have to go next.

 

[OldHiccup]

Have you considered adding an exclamation point on the world map for when a location has a specific event ready to go? That way people that don't want to explore can just mash the skip time button to see where they have to go next.

That's an idea.

I'll work on something like this, promise to share something when I manage to find a way.

Thanks for the idea.

 

[Stillbrook13]

After 1st vist psychologist, went to the gym then the hint is went back to nora, but it showed you need the key to enter? why?

Same for me, any help please?

 

[OldHiccup]

Same for me, any help please?

The answer is in the SMS you send right after the house cleaning event, she hopes to meet you at her house at 7am, these events will repeat at the same time during the week. Usually at the front of the house.

Events are checked at every moment of the game, whether passing time or navigating through environments.

You don't need to go to the map, for an event to be found, just spend time in front of the house, and the event will be automatically found.

 

[Stillbrook13]

The answer is in the SMS you envy right after the house cleaning event, she hopes to meet you at her house at 7am, these events will repeat at the same time during the week. Usually at the front of the house.

Events are checked at every moment of the game, whether passing time or navigating through environments.

You don't need to go to the map, for an event to be found, just spend time in front of the house, and the event will be automatically found.

Very pedantic ;-)

Thanks!

 

[MrBenny]

After 1st vist psychologist, went to the gym then the hint is went back to nora, but it showed you need the key to enter? why?

You have to push the clock ahead.

 

[CoomerCarlos35xxxv]

Harem?

 

[OldHiccup]

Harem?

For sure.

But we have a romance route

 

[CoomerCarlos35xxxv]

For sure.

But we have a romance route

 

[Kadajko]

You have to push the clock ahead.

To what time? I skipped a few days hourly.

 

[Amedeux]

Nice renders, girls, UI, etc.
But after a year and a half it is still a Demo, we barely know the characters and begin to imagine the development of the future story. I`m sorry, but I'm too old to wait another two years for a sex scene.

 

[OldHiccup]

Nice renders, girls, UI, etc.
But after a year and a half it is still a Demo, we barely know the characters and begin to imagine the development of the future story. I`m sorry, but I'm too old to wait another two years for a sex scene.

I understand your frustration, and I share it too.

I really wish I could dedicate A LOT more time to Our Home.

But while I'm answering this message I'm at the office working and questioning myself, why the hell did F95 leave to publish my update on a Sunday at 20:00, since it was ready since 01/05, making me keep an eye on my work code that pays my bills, and another in the messages you send me here.


I won't deny it, it's a bit like you said, it's a demo, the next version is planned to be quite big, and I want to deliver it in a shorter development time.

Since most of the problems I had with language, code base were resolved in this version.


I really like to do things right, I don't want to throw in a sex scene out of the blue, so we'll still have to wait a while for screens here, but I don't want to take 2 years, maybe 6 months.

Thank you for following Our Home, I hope to see you soon.

 

[burbero]

If I'm playing a game, I want my character to look good. So why does MC look 12 years old and wear weird shirts?

 

[OldHiccup]

If I'm playing a game, I want my character to look good. So why does MC look 12 years old and wear weird shirts?

Advance the story a little, things will happen, each in its own time.

He's an orphan, he doesn't have much contact with the outside world, as time passes he'll become a huge pussy eater haahahah