VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.13.3.4] [Eva Kiss]

[der123fer]

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Hi everyone! As usual, I've been hesitant to give a final release date, but now Chapter 11 is almost done. The writing is finally completed, and these days I'm going through the script, playtesting, polishing and bug-solving. I'm also making time for the colorist to finish the last scene of this chapter, and once everything is properly assembled the Alpha for Chapter 11 will be ready for publication.
Just to be sure, I'm scheduling the release for Friday 30th. I'll be also working on the epilogue that will drop after the release cycle of Chapter 11, so I can cap off the episode as quick as possible. I apologize for being quite absent from the community, as I've been focused on dealing with the project and managing all its components. Once it's released, I'll take a breather and make another Q&A and few polls, as well as discuss some other news.
Which characters are you hoping get scenes in this episode, and what scenarios are you expecting to see? Hopefully I'll have some surprises for you guys!

As always, I thank everyone for their patience and hope this new episode is worth the wait. Talk to you very soon!

 

[JohnnyKiss]

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Hi everyone! As usual, I've been hesitant to give a final release date, but now Chapter 11 is almost done. The writing is finally completed, and these days I'm going through the script, playtesting, polishing and bug-solving. I'm also making time for the colorist to finish the last scene of this chapter, and once everything is properly assembled the Alpha for Chapter 11 will be ready for publication.
Just to be sure, I'm scheduling the release for Friday 30th. I'll be also working on the epilogue that will drop after the release cycle of Chapter 11, so I can cap off the episode as quick as possible. I apologize for being quite absent from the community, as I've been focused on dealing with the project and managing all its components. Once it's released, I'll take a breather and make another Q&A and few polls, as well as discuss some other news.
Which characters are you hoping get scenes in this episode, and what scenarios are you expecting to see? Hopefully I'll have some surprises for you guys!

As always, I thank everyone for their patience and hope this new episode is worth the wait. Talk to you very soon!

I'm glad we got a date but... Friday 30th...

 

[Badboll]

'll be also working on the epilogue that will drop after the release cycle of Chapter 11

I wonder if this means chapter 11 is the last chapter, or if they think each chapter is a standalone thing in the development cycle and the epilogue of chapter 11 is just that and then work on chapter 12 starts.
Epilogue to me is usually something that is created after something is fully complete, they did the same thing with ep11 prologue though, but you never know when someone is gonna use words as they want or as you want or pick and chose and do both.

 

[fatpussy123]

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Chapter 11 release date
Hi everyone! As usual, I've been hesitant to give a final release date, but now Chapter 11 is almost done. The writing is finally completed, and these days I'm going through the script, playtesting, polishing and bug-solving. I'm also making time for the colorist to finish the last scene of this chapter, and once everything is properly assembled the Alpha for Chapter 11 will be ready for publication.
Just to be sure, I'm scheduling the release for Friday 30th. I'll be also working on the epilogue that will drop after the release cycle of Chapter 11, so I can cap off the episode as quick as possible. I apologize for being quite absent from the community, as I've been focused on dealing with the project and managing all its components. Once it's released, I'll take a breather and make another Q&A and few polls, as well as discuss some other news.
Which characters are you hoping get scenes in this episode, and what scenarios are you expecting to see? Hopefully I'll have some surprises for you guys!

As always, I thank everyone for their patience and hope this new episode is worth the wait. Talk to you very soon!

In the last status report Eva mentioned adding a scene that she was going to add later into the full update. If that's still the case I wonder how many scenes, if any, will be in the epilogue.

 

[JohnnyKiss]

I wonder if this means chapter 11 is the last chapter, or if they think each chapter is a standalone thing in the development cycle and the epilogue of chapter 11 is just that and then work on chapter 12 starts.
Epilogue to me is usually something that is created after something is fully complete, they did the same thing with ep11 prologue though, but you never know when someone is gonna use words as they want or as you want or pick and chose and do both.

No, this doesn't mean Chapter 11 is the last one. We got an Epilogue for Chapter 10 as well. It most likely means the dev hasn't finished the update so they are releasing it in two parts: unfinished game and a sort of a DLC that completes it.

 

[CyberL4d]

Just to be sure, I'm scheduling the release for Friday 30th.

Another week? Quite a long time for a lifeless person like me.

 

[BloodyMares]

Question for BloodyMares or anyone else who keeps an eye on small details: Has the Ashley cameo when Ian watches porn changed or has the art for it always been the same? I'm replaying every route in preparation for the new update and noticed that and wondered if it had changed after the rewrite or not. I like noticing small changes

No, it's the same.

Help pls! Here playing my first game with no knowledge/blindly.
I'm the guy the game was going laggy, discovered that the damn lag is only every time the game does an autosave (I fixed it by manually saving and loading the game again in less than 5 sec every time it happens), and the game takes me about 3-4 sec to respond when I use the menus like answering something or opening the phone (still playable) but now I'm in a endless loop that I can't get out of.
Until now in the very few "quick time events" I simply didn't answer anything because I don't have time due to my lag, but now I'm in a triple quick time event without being able to move forward . It's Wen's training (I think in chapter 3).
Could someone please pass that part for me and overwrite my save when the training is over or the quick time event ends so I can continue? .

Spoiler: My save

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Hang in there, bud. I also had this problem on my laptop when I used a different renpy version from Eva's. Luckily, you'll be able to disable the QTE when Chapter 11 is out. So even while playing on the weaker system the only issue will be the autosave not working properly (no way to fix it unfortunately, it's the engine flaw).

 

[Turret]

I've been hesitant to give a final release date, but now Chapter 11 is almost done.

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[| Vee |]

Which characters are you hoping get scenes in this episode, and what scenarios are you expecting to see? Hopefully I'll have some surprises for you guys!

That's the IVY scene we are talking about

 

[kolram]

I'm glad we got a date but... Friday 30th...

What's wrong with Friday 30th?

A week to playtest sounds reasonable.

 

[fatpussy123]

What are chances you guys think we'll see a threesome with Louise, Jeremy, and Ian. The reason I think it could happen is because we know Jeremy is fond of MMF as we see with Alison, Billy and Ian. He also was the one to suggest Lena for the FFM to Louise in chapter 10, so he might do the same for his boy Ian. Besides a threesome with Ian, Lena, and Louise, the only other way in with Louise for Ian is if she broke up with Jeremy and Lena didn't offer 'emotional support'. But having a brand new route with a character Ian has had barely any interaction with might come too out of left field, so threesome might be the best option.

 

[kolram]

What are chances you guys think we'll see a threesome with Louise, Jeremy, and Ian. The reason I think it could happen is because we know Jeremy is fond of MMF as we see with Alison, Billy and Ian. He also was the one to suggest Lena for the FFM to Louise in chapter 10, so he might do the same for his boy Ian. Besides a threesome with Ian, Lena, and Louise, the only other way in with Louise for Ian is if she broke up with Jeremy and Lena didn't offer 'emotional support'. But having a brand new route with a character Ian has had barely any interaction with might come too out of left field, so threesome might be the best option.

Sod that.

I want my sub Lena to bring her pet Louise to "Daddy" Ian for some advanced training. Maybe even send some footage to Jeremy for shits and giggles.

Perhaps they will even let Stan hold the camera if he promises to behave.

 

[lipe2410]

What are chances you guys think we'll see a threesome with Louise, Jeremy, and Ian.

I think that's a given in the "eskimo brothers" route

 

[Samuel Hidayat]

The Red String basically = ticket to write as many insane and convenient coincidences as possible without a more plausible explanation. Gillian's bf may very well be Mike because of that. Still a deus/diabolus ex machina plot device they'd give you a C- for in fiction class though. That's why I'm hoping it doesn't happen, though I suspect it may.

Genuinely asking. What makes "Mike is Gillian's BF all this time" so terrible?

 

[BloodyMares]

What are chances you guys think we'll see a threesome with Louise, Jeremy, and Ian. The reason I think it could happen is because we know Jeremy is fond of MMF as we see with Alison, Billy and Ian. He also was the one to suggest Lena for the FFM to Louise in chapter 10, so he might do the same for his boy Ian. Besides a threesome with Ian, Lena, and Louise, the only other way in with Louise for Ian is if she broke up with Jeremy and Lena didn't offer 'emotional support'. But having a brand new route with a character Ian has had barely any interaction with might come too out of left field, so threesome might be the best option.

I'd love to see that honestly but I doubt it'll happen soon. Because the only way for Jeremy to still date Louise is for Lena to agree to play with Jeremy at Ivy's party. And considering she makes him promise to keep quiet about it in front of Ian, well... Louise promised no such thing. So, it would be pretty awkward if, say, Ian meets Louise for the threesome with Jeremy, and she spills the beans by saying "I guess it's only fair that I get to be with you after what Lena did to Jeremy" if Lena has been hooking up with Ian. Even if he isn't dating Lena seriously, it could still be a "hold up" moment that could cancel the whole thing. And I doubt Eva would limit a potential threesome with Louise and Jeremy only for a single Ian that never hooked up with Lena.

Personally, I'd expect either the MMF with Ian, Lena, and Jeremy or the foursome with Ian, Lena, Louise, and Jeremy to happen before that. So that Ian can't get jealous about Jeremy doing it with Lena or he came to terms with it like he can deal with Alison doing it with Jeremy before agreeing to the threesome.

Now, Ian getting it on with Louise 1-on-1 could happen without any of that as long as she's not dating Jeremy and isn't simping for Lena (although I guess she's always simping for Lena since she always makes the first move after the breakup with Jeremy).

 

[Abazzaba]

Louise turning into female Stan as Lena cucks her with Ian.
Make it happen.

 

[aykarin]

Genuinely asking. What makes "Mike is Gillian's BF all this time" so terrible?

Because it's a coincidence with a very low chance of happening in real life. If too many coincidences like that are present in the story, it becomes more unrealistic. ORS already has its share of very convenient coincidences, that's why Gillian being Mike's girlfriend could be seen as bad writing on Eva's part.

 

[MF_DOOM]

Genuinely asking. What makes "Mike is Gillian's BF all this time" so terrible?

Because it reads like a daytime soap episode. Eva is taking too much artistic freedom as it is with all the coincidences in the game.

 

[Gicoo]

Because it's a coincidence with a very low chance of happening in real life. If too many coincidences like that are present in the story, it becomes more unrealistic. ORS already has its share of very convenient coincidences, that's why Gillian being Mike's girlfriend could be seen as bad writing on Eva's part.

Cherry, an aquaintance of Axel and Lena, meeting Ians gang by being Alisons new coworker is just as contrived.
Seymour, the main antagonist met Lena randomly at a exhibition (maybe he turns out to be Lenas father and he could be searching for her), he is also Ians new boss. Aside from already being Lenas boss.
Minerva, Ians boss, visits the same gym that Ivy works on. If Holly keeps training there, she may met Minerva there.

I wouldn't argue that Mike/Gillian wouldn't be contrived, but then we have to question the entire premise. I just roll with it and shrug it off as narrative convenience.

 

[SerHawkes]

So... Holly doing pole dancing with confidence eh? Can thank Ivy and Lena for that.