VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.13.2 Full] [Eva Kiss]

[jimul18]

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Chapter 10 weekly status report (9)

Hi everyone,

I've started (almost) falling behind with my weekly status reports, but I'm gonna try to avoid that happening! I'll keep this one super-short because this weeks I've been very focused on writing, making slow but constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case).

I'm finishing writing Ian's part, one major scene and a few secondary ones remain, and I'll start writing Lena's part as soon as I'm done with that. So far the written content is as long as the entire Chapter 5, so this one will also be a chunky update.

I finally have some completed artwork, and that boosts my morale too. I took note of your observations about Emma's illustration and you were right, as sexy as she looked with that defined musculature, Emma's a bit chubbier than that. My colorist did a great job rendering those volumes, but I softened them down so they correspond to the character as seen on her sprite.

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I am changing my way of supporting EK.... I've been thinking about this for a while now and the previous discussion about the earnings on Patreon and this weekly status report has confirmed my decision. Thusfar I have been a on-and-off Patreon supporter since the latter days of GGGB but mostly consistent throughout ORS. I am still an avid fan of the game and will sporadically create some fanart...

However I feel like the release windows and recent updates are no longer in line with what I get from the game (nor what I want it to be) and merit continous support. Or rather I have gotten to the point where I think some drastic changes are required to right this ship. If there was an option to support/donate per release I would do that and I might re-up my patronage on every other release. But this has become a circle-jerk of "EK is abusing her supporters" and "She is still one of the best creators, trust in EK" during every break between releases, followed by a latency period of praise - rinse - repeat.

I am not sure what the way forward is. A per release model might incentivise small (cash-grabby/lackluster) releases but I can't remember the last time a post on patreon was suggesting a shorter release window. It's always "[I'm] making constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case)".

 

[Brazilian Engrish]

Eva has the solution in her hands. Each release corresponds to an entire chapter. Break in two. Finish and release the Ian perspective so she'll have time to work on Lena. 2-3 months, Ian release. Then another 2-3 months, Lena update and end of chapter.

 

[grima_grima]

I've just published a fan-made story with Lena and Jeremy (more than 100 images), hopefully you'll enjoy it (while we wait for the next update):

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[CoalPhelps]

Come to think of it, the script on GGGB was shorter than this one right?

Yeah, sure. The second half of the game feels like it was finished in a hurry, so there's less text in the scenes than before, especially the dialogues.

 

[John Doe Jr.]

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Chapter 10 weekly status report (9)

Hi everyone,

I've started (almost) falling behind with my weekly status reports, but I'm gonna try to avoid that happening! I'll keep this one super-short because this weeks I've been very focused on writing, making slow but constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case).

I'm finishing writing Ian's part, one major scene and a few secondary ones remain, and I'll start writing Lena's part as soon as I'm done with that. So far the written content is as long as the entire Chapter 5, so this one will also be a chunky update.

I finally have some completed artwork, and that boosts my morale too. I took note of your observations about Emma's illustration and you were right, as sexy as she looked with that defined musculature, Emma's a bit chubbier than that. My colorist did a great job rendering those volumes, but I softened them down so they correspond to the character as seen on her sprite.

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I for one am thankful for the change. She was looking like a bodybuilder and it just felt a bit off

 

[CoalPhelps]

I for one am thankful for the change. She was looking like a bodybuilder and it just felt a bit off

I agree. It looked fun, but honestly didn't fit her character.

 

[Night Hacker]

I've written about it here before, so I'm going to quote myself:

"Fair point about Axel, but Jeremy's best friend? Come on! How about the fact that he judges Ian when he won't show him Lena's Peoplegram. Or the fact that even after Ian says he wants Alison exclusively for himself, he's still going to make a move. I mean, what the fuck is your problem dude, just leave her alone if your bro asks you to. Or the fact that he supports Axel humiliating Wade to earn brownie points in front of Ivy and Jess, even though Wade is his buddy, which Ian rightly berates him for. He doesn't talk about Cindy because of his bullshit "gentlemen code," but okay, that's probably a really good thing on his part after all.

About how few people could resist being seduced by a model. Maybe, but if I were Jeremy, I would honestly tell Ian that I acted like a shitty friend and that Lena is not what he thinks she is. Aside from all of the above, the only thing he did for Ian was occasionally push him to the girls he was flinging with, but that wasn't enough to make him the best of Ian's friends."

All in all, Jeremy's not a bad fuck off-friend. You know, someone to drink beer with and talk shit with. And a potential wingman. But he's a total asshole and definitely not a bro.

And a threesome with Sage and Quinn fucking rocks, I can see that you're a man of culture.

Agreed. I went with the friending Jeremy route. All he wants from you is to bang the girls you did. He ends up having sex with everyone you did, and then after mentioning a threesome with Allison, he does it... with someone else and sends you the pictures. The friend route with him doesn't go well AT ALL, so in my normal replay, I don't care about how he feels (because he doesn't care how you feel). He seems to only want to steal women from you.

 

[eightypercent]

I incurred a series of errors (exceptions) which ended in a dead end (could no longer IGNORE or QUIT).

This was at Ian and Perry's flat, with Emma, following scene between Lena and Cherry. I toggled to W10, and saw that W10 colors had been modified (background colors including Toolbar) as well as Wallpaper. Rebooting did nothing ofc. I manually corrected everything.

This occured on a new playthrough.

Does anyone know of a fix? Thanks!

Apart from that, loving this wonderful VN

EDIT... OK OK I now understand it IS a FEATURE... wow?!

 

[gazlene]

Refuses? In my route Lena slept with Jeremy but option to get serious with Ian was open. And she was a little upset when Ian suggested leaving everything casual. It probably depends on other factors.

are you sure it was a save where that happened and you're not mixing it up? I've never been able to have her sleep with jeremy that morning and get serious with ian. She can do the blowjob game and dirty pictures, but i've never gotten serious relationship to be available when she sleeps with Jeremy that one morning. I wonder what the variable is if it's not that

 

[CoalPhelps]

Refuses? In my route Lena slept with Jeremy but option to get serious with Ian was open. And she was a little upset when Ian suggested leaving everything casual. It probably depends on other factors.

Psychology is an interesting science. It allows you to explain the actions of a person and make it clear why he behaves this way, because he is not a bad person. The study of childhood complexes, which you mentioned, is precisely the area of psychology.
There are much worse and more annoying people in this game (probably I will make such a rating in the near future)

>Fuck yeah, Sage 4Life, I'm in love with her.

HELL YEAH! Sage team!

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As someone has already written, maybe you mixed up the preservation or the preservation, because if Lena exactly slept with him, then she immediately refuses. And the very possibility of offering a relationship depends on her relationship with Ian.

It helps to find out the reasons for the behavior, but having those reasons doesn't make a person not bad, because they have and will continue to commit those transgressions.

SAGE TEAM ALL THE WAY!

 

[Night Hacker]

I think ORS is a lot better than Being A Dik. The developer for being a Dik is actually kind of a Dik last time I heard for how he treats people on this forum.

I like both games for different reasons. They can all exist in the same universe.

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

As someone has already written, maybe you mixed up the preservation or the preservation, because if Lena exactly slept with him, then she immediately refuses. And the very possibility of offering a relationship depends on her relationship with Ian.

It helps to find out the reasons for the behavior, but having those reasons doesn't make a person not bad, because they have and will continue to commit those transgressions.

SAGE TEAM ALL THE WAY!

It turns out you were right. I went and checked. The option is open and Ian offers a relationship, but Lena refuses because she does not want a serious relationship and offers to continue to have fun.
You think Jeremy is the catalyst? Mike is still there, and I threw out that degenerate Robert.

 

[XXXVAA]

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Chapter 10 weekly status report (9)

Hi everyone,

I've started (almost) falling behind with my weekly status reports, but I'm gonna try to avoid that happening! I'll keep this one super-short because this weeks I've been very focused on writing, making slow but constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case).

I'm finishing writing Ian's part, one major scene and a few secondary ones remain, and I'll start writing Lena's part as soon as I'm done with that. So far the written content is as long as the entire Chapter 5, so this one will also be a chunky update.

I finally have some completed artwork, and that boosts my morale too. I took note of your observations about Emma's illustration and you were right, as sexy as she looked with that defined musculature, Emma's a bit chubbier than that. My colorist did a great job rendering those volumes, but I softened them down so they correspond to the character as seen on her sprite.

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nooooooooooo, give me buff emma back.

 

[CoalPhelps]

It turns out you were right. I went and checked. The option is open and Ian offers a relationship, but Lena refuses because she does not want a serious relationship and offers to continue to have fun.
You think Jeremy is the catalyst? Mike is still there, and I threw out that degenerate Robert.
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Yep, there's no doubt about it, there's been a lot of questions about it and determined that it's a key factor. As far as I recall, Mike does not affect the ability to enter into a relationship.

 

[Doppelgang]

View attachment 1913449

Chapter 10 weekly status report (9)

Hi everyone,

I've started (almost) falling behind with my weekly status reports, but I'm gonna try to avoid that happening! I'll keep this one super-short because this weeks I've been very focused on writing, making slow but constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case).

I'm finishing writing Ian's part, one major scene and a few secondary ones remain, and I'll start writing Lena's part as soon as I'm done with that. So far the written content is as long as the entire Chapter 5, so this one will also be a chunky update.

I finally have some completed artwork, and that boosts my morale too. I took note of your observations about Emma's illustration and you were right, as sexy as she looked with that defined musculature, Emma's a bit chubbier than that. My colorist did a great job rendering those volumes, but I softened them down so they correspond to the character as seen on her sprite.

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I think Chapter 5 was about 11.000 lines of code (it might have increased after the rework), while the last few chapters have been around 20.000 lines. So if we add a bit more to the current length because there’s a few scenes left on Ian’s path, and then multiply it by two, we can roughly expect a chapter that’s bigger than the previous ones, but not that much.

I also find it interesting that Eva writes all of Ian’s scenes in this chapter before Lena’s, considering how complex the story has become. I’ve assumed it would be necessary from now on to jump between Ian’s and Lena’s perspectives a few times within each chapter, especially with how they could be in a relationship and there’s even more things that tie their paths together.

Maybe Eva just decided to keep things as simple and straightforward as possible. Or maybe she’s not writing with the same chronology as the game, for that matter; that we’ll actually jump back and forth between Ian and Lena, but Eva’s got a clear enough plan to finish all of Ian’s parts first, and then go back and start writing Lena’s earlier parts.

It turns out you were right. I went and checked. The option is open and Ian offers a relationship, but Lena refuses because she does not want a serious relationship and offers to continue to have fun.
You think Jeremy is the catalyst? Mike is still there, and I threw out that degenerate Robert.
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Neither Mike nor Robert affect it, only Jeremy. And the lena_loves_ian variable (or whatever it’s called), obviously.

 

[rockie]

Good bye Buff Emma.. we can't have nice things

 

[Varrilete]

I kinda hated buff Emma. Reminds me of those girls that get roided up and look terrible after they get older.

almost all girls look terrible when they get older...

 

[Rudmi]

Sad news regarding my work on walkthroughs:

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[Trasher2018]

View attachment 1913449

Chapter 10 weekly status report (9)

Hi everyone,

I've started (almost) falling behind with my weekly status reports, but I'm gonna try to avoid that happening! I'll keep this one super-short because this weeks I've been very focused on writing, making slow but constant progress (at least slower than I'd like, but that's always the case).

I'm finishing writing Ian's part, one major scene and a few secondary ones remain, and I'll start writing Lena's part as soon as I'm done with that. So far the written content is as long as the entire Chapter 5, so this one will also be a chunky update.

I finally have some completed artwork, and that boosts my morale too. I took note of your observations about Emma's illustration and you were right, as sexy as she looked with that defined musculature, Emma's a bit chubbier than that. My colorist did a great job rendering those volumes, but I softened them down so they correspond to the character as seen on her sprite.

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Good. I am not against a buff girl in the mix, butt Emma is not the one.

I always saw her as a more chubby girl - and you would expect her to be in the fitness club a lot with that physique. So a lot more connection between her an Jeremy e.g.

 

[JohnnyKiss]

Hi guys, As always, I recommend watching this video with headphones and on Full screen.

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"They don't understand she can't release an update in 1 month"

Meanwhile here we are, on month 8 and only less than half of the Chapter 10 has been finished...