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

[lipe2410]

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Chapter 9 weekly status report (6)
Hi everybody,
I'm coming back from the underground to briefly update you about the progress on Chapter 9.
Today I finished play-testing a big block I have been working on, and I'm sending it to my testers to make sure it's polished while I work on the final, remaining block of this update. Sorry for the lack of updates, but for some reason I wanted to have this done before posting anything.
The writing is being harder than I anticipated and I'm kind of frustrated about taking so long, but I don't want to half-ass it. I haven't shown anything to anybody yet, so hopefully my testers will be able to tell me if I've been doing a good job with this chapter. I've been trying to write deep and interactive conversations and sex scenes that offer more than a simple yes/no, right/wrong choice, and maybe I'm making things more complicated than they should (what a surprise), especially in how the events are timed and linked together depending on your choices.
Anyway, I'd say writing is about 75% done, maybe (hopefully) even a bit more, and artwork is 90% complete. I will keep hammering at it and hopefully be able to release the Alpha real soon.
Meanwhile, here are two new scenarios you'll be visiting this update. They were leaked a long time ago, but probably many of you hadn't seen then. Can you guess which places are they?

Ward's office and Axel's house. Question is: who will visit them in this chapter?

 

[Brickman]

Ward's office and Axel's house. Question is: who will visit them in this chapter?

I can see both Lena and Ian going there... Ian to talk with Seymour about his book, Lena if she's working with him and gets invited. And for Axel's place, Lena can have a photoshoot lined up with him and Ian could go with Cindy to a seconds photoshoot too.

 

[XXXVAA]

Ward's office and Axel's house. Question is: who will visit them in this chapter?

maybe lena visits both and ian can visit axel or both because of his book.

 

[lipe2410]

I can see both Lena and Ian going there... Ian to talk with Seymour about his book, Lena if she's working with him and gets invited. And for Axel's place, Lena can have a photoshoot lined up with him and Ian could go with Cindy to a seconds photoshoot too.

Yeah, i think the same. Lena going into his office give some Christian Grey feelings (imagine she going to assign a contract to be his exclusive "model"). Also, i think Axel could invite Ian to see a photoshoot with Ivy, too

 

[Tallyhoe]

Now that she updated the status, I bet the some of you will still complain ‘BuT iT’s aLmOst OcToBeR!?’

Looking forward to see how complicated she make the routes and consequences collide.

As for the location, I bet Lena falls prey to Axel at his apartment and Seymour at his work this chapter.

 

[fortuna95]

The writing is being harder than I anticipated and I'm kind of frustrated about taking so long... I've been trying to write deep and interactive conversations and sex scenes that offer more than a simple yes/no, right/wrong choice, and maybe I'm making things more complicated than they should (what a surprise), especially in how the events are timed and linked together depending on your choices.

Not good, Eva more or less admits she has problems here.

I hope it will get better with the next updates. But I think that 3-4 months per update will no longer be a rarity.

 

[John Doe Jr.]

If Ian goes to Axel's place for a Cindy photoshoot that would be so hot. Also a good time for Axel and Ian to bond or be extremely awkward for those that decided to tell him about Lena. If Lena also goes there I'm assuming it'll be a watershed moment where feelings are laid bare.

 

[John Doe Jr.]

Not good, Eva more or less admits she has problems here.

I hope it will get better with the next updates. But I think that 3-4 months per update will no longer be a rarity.

Yeah I think it's safe to assume 3-4 months will be the standard develop time going forward so everyone should adjust their expectations accordingly.

 

[lipe2410]

Not good, Eva more or less admits she has problems here.

I hope it will get better with the next updates. But I think that 3-4 months per update will no longer be a rarity.

I'm concern about Eva as well. For me, she is the better writer in this AVNs today and i'm really affraid she could get a writer's block or a burnout forcing herself like this. I prefer she takes easy even if will mean more time for next chapters

 

[Payne]

is there a way for Lena to not get the pill?

 

[dontcarewhateverno]

I prefer Eva getting it done right than getting it done early, so I'm glad the update will be late rather than here now and shoddy. But I'll say it again: She needs another tracer/line-worker. And she needs them by Chapter 10 or 11. Her code helper should be taking on 100% of that work too, if they haven't already. I don't think Eva wants to be working on this game until 2025 either, so getting some able people to take on that load so she can focus on story is key. She can still have full control of the art direction by selecting the photos and describing the scenario/mood. But it's soon going to have to be delegation time and releasing control of the minute details (tough for a creator) so she doesn't burn herself out with the workload.

Offer profit-sharing: Get the talented, fresh work-for-cheaps.

 

[dontcarewhateverno]

is there a way for Lena to not get the pill?

Just make sure she's late for all her dates/appointments and eventually she'll be late for everything.

Source: Making it all up. But I'm sure there'll be a breeding route for her in one way or another before the game wraps. You'll get those preggo rocks off somehow, sure enough.

 

[scor099]

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Chapter 9 weekly status report (6)
Hi everybody,
I'm coming back from the underground to briefly update you about the progress on Chapter 9.
Today I finished play-testing a big block I have been working on, and I'm sending it to my testers to make sure it's polished while I work on the final, remaining block of this update. Sorry for the lack of updates, but for some reason I wanted to have this done before posting anything.
The writing is being harder than I anticipated and I'm kind of frustrated about taking so long, but I don't want to half-ass it. I haven't shown anything to anybody yet, so hopefully my testers will be able to tell me if I've been doing a good job with this chapter. I've been trying to write deep and interactive conversations and sex scenes that offer more than a simple yes/no, right/wrong choice, and maybe I'm making things more complicated than they should (what a surprise), especially in how the events are timed and linked together depending on your choices.
Anyway, I'd say writing is about 75% done, maybe (hopefully) even a bit more, and artwork is 90% complete. I will keep hammering at it and hopefully be able to release the Alpha real soon.
Meanwhile, here are two new scenarios you'll be visiting this update. They were leaked a long time ago, but probably many of you hadn't seen then. Can you guess which places are they?

since Lena is going home to visit her family how can a scene involving her could take place in Seymour's office and Axel's house?

 

[TamaMountain]

since Lena is going home to visit her family how can a scene involving her could take place in Seymour's office and Axel's house?

This was never even confirmed. It can very well be just a cliffhanger for the sake of hyping us up for ch 9.

Eva is no stranger to this. Remember the end of ch 7? Ian fks Cindy and gets caught, jump to ch 8 and we dont see the immediate aftermath of them getting caught. Sure you could say it's a different scenario, but we only have Eva's past scenes to go by.

And of course there's the leaked room that she posted a long time ago which could be Lena's childhood room...or it could be someone else's.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

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Chapter 9 weekly status report (6)
Hi everybody,
I'm coming back from the underground to briefly update you about the progress on Chapter 9.
Today I finished play-testing a big block I have been working on, and I'm sending it to my testers to make sure it's polished while I work on the final, remaining block of this update. Sorry for the lack of updates, but for some reason I wanted to have this done before posting anything.
The writing is being harder than I anticipated and I'm kind of frustrated about taking so long, but I don't want to half-ass it. I haven't shown anything to anybody yet, so hopefully my testers will be able to tell me if I've been doing a good job with this chapter. I've been trying to write deep and interactive conversations and sex scenes that offer more than a simple yes/no, right/wrong choice, and maybe I'm making things more complicated than they should (what a surprise), especially in how the events are timed and linked together depending on your choices.
Anyway, I'd say writing is about 75% done, maybe (hopefully) even a bit more, and artwork is 90% complete. I will keep hammering at it and hopefully be able to release the Alpha real soon.
Meanwhile, here are two new scenarios you'll be visiting this update. They were leaked a long time ago, but probably many of you hadn't seen then. Can you guess which places are they?

Now maybe the annoying armchair devs will shut their holes for a bit.

This seems to be Seymour's office and Axel's house. I would be surprised if they are anything else.

 

[John Doe Jr.]

I prefer Eva getting it done right than getting it done early, so I'm glad the update will be late rather than here now and shoddy. But I'll say it again: She needs another tracer/line-worker. And she needs them by Chapter 10 or 11. Her code helper should be taking on 100% of that work too, if they haven't already. I don't think Eva wants to be working on this game until 2025 either, so getting some able people to take on that load so she can focus on story is key. She can still have full control of the art direction by selecting the photos and describing the scenario/mood. But it's soon going to have to be delegation time and releasing control of the minute details (tough for a creator) so she doesn't burn herself out with the workload.

Offer profit-sharing: Get the talented, fresh work-for-cheaps.

There might be a budget concern but I do agree it's getting to the point where Eva will need more people to do various other tasks.

 

[meatloaf1123]

with less than 2.5k patreons it would be quite hard for her to hire others besides her current team of artists, and testers, granted I don't know how much her patreon income is, what's the rate for the people she hired, and obviously she would still need the money for her own expanses (assuming this is currently her full time job)

but otherwise agreed, this game is at that point where its nigh impossible for 1 person to be responsible for the whole writing process, the branches are just simply too much to keep track, and be accounted for

 

[RenGames69]

This was never even confirmed. It can very well be just a cliffhanger for the sake of hyping us up for ch 9.

Eva is no stranger to this. Remember the end of ch 7? Ian fks Cindy and gets caught, jump to ch 8 and we dont see the immediate aftermath of them getting caught. Sure you could say it's a different scenario, but we only have Eva's past scenes to go by.

And of course there's the leaked room that she posted a long time ago which could be Lena's childhood room...or it could be someone else's.

I hope it's not gonna happend because when she go to her parents, it actually means no Lena scenes in this update.

 

[DDDIsReal]

I hope it's not gonna happend because when she go to her parents, it actually means no Lena scenes in this update.

Obviously she come back and have some scenes in this update. It’s impossibile that after 4 months she haven’t a single scene

 

[BlandChili]

Obviously she come back and have some scenes in this update. It’s impossibile that after 4 months she haven’t a single scene

Lol, if there were to be an update that had no Lena scenes I'd cancel my patreon pledge. I don't pay to only play "the Ian game"