VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch. 12.3 Alpha] [Eva Kiss]

[PervySageKem]

You must have the patience of a monk to avoid playing the rework. But if I were you don't play the rework until chapter 10 comes out. Most if not all the old saves won't work and there's only a handful of scenes that were reworked because some of the gameplay was changed.

Patience of a monk ahahahahah! I think it's just because I follow so many games and I'm constantly picking up new games (specially if they are already Completed). I usually over-focus on F95Zone for some time and then I stop checking on things for months, just to let the updates and new chapters pile on each other.

I like to binge watch series and shit like that, I never follow things on a weekly basis. I let it accumulate over time while I focus on work or other things, then I consume it all in one go.

 

[JohnnyKiss]

It's not entirely true, it's called a prediction. You guessed it better, but I was counting on October a few months ago. And in general, I propose to end these wars "Eva white knights vs milking dev brigade". They lead nowhere, mods end up removing the whole shitstorm.
I do not belong to camp number 2, I just agree that 8 months is too long.
This must change if Eva wants to keep the audience interested in the game. I consider the objective time for such an update to be no more than 5-6 months.

Yeah, I think she might take another vacation for a couple of weeks... But man, this is Spain. My close friends are now living in Spain and they say that in the Spain culture it is not normal to crunch and work half to death. There's nothing to be done here.

I was literally just using the time Dev spent on making Ian's part (4 Months) to predict it and people were still getting mad.

I have no idea why people thought Lena's half was going to take less time when it's litterally the other half of the game. It's roughly the same size as the first one so naturally the same time needs to be spent making it.

If it took less time, it would mean that the Dev was not doing their best for the first half of the game, which is highly doubtful to be the case.

 

[bleachedturtle]

I wonder what the big lewd scene is going to be

 

[lipe2410]

I wonder what the big lewd scene is going to be

She mentions that can be with 3 diferents characters. Usually this mean a Lena lewd scene with Ian, Robert or Mike depending who she is dating/player choose.

 

[tronnley123]

She mentions that can be with 3 diferents characters. Usually this mean a Lena lewd scene with Ian, Robert or Mike depending who she is dating/player choose.

Lena and Jeremy

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

I was literally just using the time Dev spent on making Ian's part (4 Months) to predict it and people were still getting mad.

I have no idea why people thought Lena's half was going to take less time when it's litterally the other half of the game. It's roughly the same size as the first one so naturally the same time needs to be spent making it.

If it took less time, it would mean that the Dev was not doing their best for the first half of the game, which is highly doubtful to be the case.

I'll correct it a bit. Eva seems to have finished the Ian part at the end of August, which means 4.5 months, Lena part takes 3 months, if the game really comes out at the end of November - beginning of December. It looks like hiring an artist has really sped up the work and it's a better pace than it was.

 

[JohnnyKiss]

I'll correct it a bit. Eva seems to have finished the Ian part at the end of August, which means 4.5 months, Lena part takes 3 months, if the game really comes out at the end of November - beginning of December. It looks like hiring an artist has really sped up the work and it's a better pace than it was.

There is no way that timeframe is correct. EvaKiss spent like 3 weeks going at Book Fares and Weddings.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

There is no way that timeframe is correct. EvaKiss spent like 3 weeks going at Book Fares and Weddings.

I agree, it's a terrible waste of time. If I were her, I would go to rest on Bali or Mallorca.

 

[priv.ryan]

surely this chapter has to be the same size as 5 chapters for the time she is taking like tf

True, this game dev is probably overdoing it in the time it's taking. Either the next update is massive or I don't know what is going on.

I haven't played the Reworked version of this game, so I don't know how much work went into redoing everything. But that rework also made the next update take much longer.

The update will feel big if you do multiple playthroughs, but it won't feel any different to the past updates in size if people just do a single path.
Regardless I can already see the "Dev milk" crew jumping on each other claiming the update is too small.

 

[PervySageKem]

The update will feel big if you do multiple playthroughs, but it won't feel any different to the past updates in size if people just do a single path.
Regardless I can already see the "Dev milk" crew jumping on each other claiming the update is too small.

EvaKiss games, with all the different choices and possible pathways you can take, have TONS of content. I still find myself finding new things when I play GGGB after all this time.

 

[What'sNew]

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Chapter 10 weekly status report (19)

Hello everyone,
Chapter 10 is finally getting close to being finished. I'm almost done with the writing, all that's left are a couple of scenes and a final, big lewd scene. This one is complex and it can take place with 3 different characters, so it will be challenging to write, but once that's done the writing will be complete. Lena's part of the script has already caught up in length with Ian's, and will surpass it, so in total this update will have the most density of content to date.

Other tasks that need to be completed are editing the artwork and then revising the script, implementing a few technical things, play-testing and bug-solving. Hopefully I haven't made too many mistakes and we can complete that part quickly. I'm not giving a specific date for the release because I can't confidently predict when everything will be 100% ready, but if everything goes smoothly the Alpha could be out by the end of November/start of December. I'll give you more detailed info in the next weekly update, as the finishing steps come together.

In the meanwhile, I'll show you what some characters have been up to during this time. Who's the one you're hoping to spend some time with in Chapter 10?

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Kinda wished the previews had custom art in it and not just character sprites. Feels like a missed opportunity tbh. Like we could have had an illustration of Ivy grinding on Jeremy.

 

[JohnnyKiss]

I agree, it's a terrible waste of time. If I were her, I would go to rest on Bali or Mallorca.

Why are you ignoring the point? It's impossible that the timeframe you presented is correct because EvaKiss spent 3 Weeks on her vacation.

 

[Turret]

"deleted reason off-topic"
One can discuss the second post, but the other post of mine was NOT off-topic! It was about the overlong time intervall for the ORS ch.10 update and that other high-quality games like "WIAB" and "SG" manage shorter intervalls despite being developed by the same dev in tandem.
Hope the self-censored who reported the posts can now flatfap proudly since it will feel bigger to him!

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

"deleted reason off-topic"
One can discuss the second post, but the other post of mine was NOT off-topic! It was about the overlong time intervall for the ORS ch.10 update and that other high-quality games like "WIAB" and "SG" manage shorter intervalls despite being developed by the same dev in tandem.
Hope the self-censored who reported the posts can now flatfap proudly since it will feel bigger to him!

I didn't have time to reply to that post, but I saw it. Unfortunately, I don't know for what reason, but there are very strict rules about mentioning other games in the threads.
Those games that you mentioned are 3D. Their development speed mainly depends on the hardware power of the developer.
EVa Kiss games - 2D. Each art is processed by hand, completely. No rendering.

 

[Samuel Hidayat]

I wonder what the big lewd scene is going to be

EdxMolly.

 

[GifMeMore1987]

EdxMolly.

Axel drilling Semour. Have fun with the pictures in your head everybody!

 

[JoJoPool]

That's a no-brainer, For sure the scene is going to be Lena getting gang banged by Stan and his two other alternate dimension variants.

 

[coolguy9811]

is there netori or netorare?

 

[Samuel Hidayat]

is there netori or netorare?

Both, I guess. Netori is Ian fucking Minerva and Lena fucking Mike. Netorare is, from Ian's POV for example, Lena fucking Seymour while dating Ian.

Above examples are still under cheating imo. No one steals and/or is stolen from anyone yet except maybe Seymour and Axel stuff.

 

[Deleted member 5500872]

I propose to end these wars "Eva white knights vs milking dev brigade". They lead nowhere, mods end up removing the whole shitstorm.

It's pointless because both sides are mentally deficient. If you are a white knight, and deny that Eva Kiss is half fucking around and half lost in developing her own game, you are in denial at this point. She clearly got overwhelmed by the complexity of her own game and that had to affect her morale as well. I know how hard shit like that can be for a creator.

At the same time, if you think she does that to milk her Patreons while doing nothing - that's even more stupid as that leads to stagnation of her Patreon career at best, and at worst (which is happening now) - to a drop in numbers.

She obviously still works on the game and wants as much support as possible, milking strategy is good for erotic game giants like Summertime Saga/DIK devs where you literally feel like you reached your "maximum success" so to speak so now you can just chill a little bit, basically lowering your output while retaining your audience without hoping for more.

That being said, we are getting an update soon, which is great, question is what does she plan to do in the future. Is an update every 7-8 months a norm right now? Because A LOT of people won't like that, that's for sure. Work smarter, not harder.
In current world of instant gratification and micro content, it would be financially more viable to release more often with smaller chunks instead of working on entire chapter, but I'm just a random nobody on the porn forum, so what the fuck do I know. Don't listen to me, listen to your heart.

Also If Ivy does not fuck Jeremy in the upcoming update after that tease, maybe even inviting Lena or Ian into the mix, I'm joining "Hurr durr evil dev milking patreon where's my pitchfork" brigade just out of spite.