VN Ren'Py Our Red String [Ch.14.1.4 Beta] [Eva Kiss]

[Elisagee]

Do you know how much is left in Chapter 13? As someone who isn't on Seymour's path and wants Lena to have a music career, I feel like she hasn't had much screen time. I hope she'll have more to do in future updates, although I guess that will depend a lot on the path she's taken.

I do think Chapter 13 is wrapped up, at least based on what Eva Kiss said:

 

[Night Hacker]

The catch is that he isn't because it's written on the image that his wife's bf gifted him two gifts which means PlayStation 5 and the baby, it's not rocket science. Overall, it could be a lie, but then there wouldn't be that catch.

Ahhhh!!! My bad! How did I not see that?! Yeah, that's messed up. Hehehe... but... he did get a PS5 out of the deal and his wife is kept happy while he plays games so...

 

[BlandChili]

Wow, I just realized we're still on chapter 13. With all the talk of Billy's event coming out of EK's Patreon; I had it in my head we had, had the epilogue already and were about to move onto chapter 14.

It's not that weird you had it in your head since Eva has labelled her progress updates since May 22 with "14.1" too, clearly she's gotten it into her head too!
We're not on chapter 13 still.

 

[ffive]

I can't imagine we have much more left of Ian's PoV before moving onto the epilogue. In fact I'm almost willing to bet we're going to have the epilogue, chapter 14 prologue, and part of Lena's PoV for 14 in the next update.

I'm pretty sure we're done with Ch.13 already and next update will be Ch.14. EK has a while ago moved from "prologue, update, epilogue" numbering system to Chapter.Revision scheme for more flexibility. So there won't be "Ch 13 epilogue" to speak of/expect, and having Ch.13 potentially end with Ian/Holly scene makes for a nice emotional stop point.

 

[Botoy]

I think start of September might be reasonable for update, especially with starting ch14.

 

[Radnos Salazar]

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Today I’m bringing you a pretty quick status update: I’ve basically been in crunch mode for the past couple of weeks, trying to push forward as much as I can with this part of the chapter, and I plan to keep going like this until I have something to release. Coordinating all the tasks has been a challenge (structuring the narrative, deciding what to keep and what to cut, producing all the necessary art, writing the script, etc.), and while I’m making steady progress, the mental fatigue of not having a concrete milestone yet is tough to deal with.

I also don’t want to be forced to cut more than I’d like just to make a deadline, so I’ve decided to publish whatever I have in a month’s time. Hopefully I’ll manage to cover all the ideas I want to include and make this segment of the chapter feel as polished as possible, but if for any reason something isn’t finished by the end of August (whether due to delays in the art pipeline or because testing and other tasks have taken priority), I’ll roll it into the second part of the chapter instead.

So, I’m putting all my effort into having a build ready to share with you in about 30 days, aiming for it to be as complete as possible, and then continuing with the second part of the chapter at a more manageable pace. Just a reminder: Chapter 14, which covers Billy’s event, will span 3 in-game days, two of which will be included in this first release.

Also, there will be a small surprise for higher-tier patrons before the actual release, so stay tuned for that too!

 

[Stilbruch]

One month, guys.
Getting really excited for this update.

 

[Nifferman]

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Today I’m bringing you a pretty quick status update: I’ve basically been in crunch mode for the past couple of weeks, trying to push forward as much as I can with this part of the chapter, and I plan to keep going like this until I have something to release. Coordinating all the tasks has been a challenge (structuring the narrative, deciding what to keep and what to cut, producing all the necessary art, writing the script, etc.), and while I’m making steady progress, the mental fatigue of not having a concrete milestone yet is tough to deal with.

I also don’t want to be forced to cut more than I’d like just to make a deadline, so I’ve decided to publish whatever I have in a month’s time. Hopefully I’ll manage to cover all the ideas I want to include and make this segment of the chapter feel as polished as possible, but if for any reason something isn’t finished by the end of August (whether due to delays in the art pipeline or because testing and other tasks have taken priority), I’ll roll it into the second part of the chapter instead.

So, I’m putting all my effort into having a build ready to share with you in about 30 days, aiming for it to be as complete as possible, and then continuing with the second part of the chapter at a more manageable pace. Just a reminder: Chapter 14, which covers Billy’s event, will span 3 in-game days, two of which will be included in this first release.

Also, there will be a small surprise for higher-tier patrons before the actual release, so stay tuned for that too!

I can't wait to see what Eva has been cooking, NGL.

 

[robs1234]

that ass kinda flat ngl

 

[SearingFive]

Ass kinda flat? You are clearly getting bombarded with those BBLs in your social media, don'tcha.

Girls would kill for having Lena's toned butt. It's not easy getting those tbh. Hard work and ass to grass squats make them.

 

[robs1234]

Ass kinda flat? You are clearly getting bombarded with those BBLs in your social media, don'tcha.

Girls would kill for having Lena's toned butt. It's not easy getting those tbh. Hard work and ass to grass squats make them.

i was not serious bro, and i deleted social media like 3 years ago had to search what BBL means

 

[CoalPhelps]

Perry is an annoying bum, but at least he has a moral compass. You can argue that from the male roster, only Perry, Wade, and Ed are not completely cooked character-wise. The rest are liars (Robert, Jeremy), cheaters (Jeremy, Mike), psychos (Axel), pimps (Seymour), deviants (Stan), fuckboys (Mark, Billy, Marcel, whatshisname), etc.

People love to pick on Perry. Yes, he has glaring issues and annoying moments, but overall he is a good friend to Ian and, with his help, is slowly getting his life back on track.

Wade isn't much different from Perry; he's also lazy and likes to whine, but people forgive him for it because he has less screen time and is portrayed in a more favourable light.

I would argue that Mark is a decent guy. Yes, he is a fuckboy and there is not much to him, but there is nothing bad to say about him either. The worst thing he does is get involved with Lena, who is cheating on Ian.

Jeremy is a typical podcast bro douchebag, especially towards women. You could say that he has a somewhat positive influence on Yen by stirring up his social life, but otherwise he's unbearable.

There's nothing bad to say about Ed, except for the artefacts left over from his unrealised storyline with Lena, where he behaves rather creepily towards her.

The rest are a circus of freaks.

 

[ffive]

People love to pick on Perry. Yes, he has glaring issues and annoying moments, but overall he is a good friend to Ian and, with his help, is slowly getting his life back on track.

I see you haven't tried the route where you have Ian get it on with Emma, or you'd be aware just what sort of "good friend" Perry can be when he doesn't get what he wants.

 

[Socrambus]

I see you haven't tried the route where you have Ian get it on with Emma, or you'd be aware just what sort of "good friend" Perry can be when he doesn't get what he wants.

I don't want to defend Perry, far from it, he deserves it. But in that situation Ian is the shitty friend, not Perry. I mean, fucking the girl you know your friend loves, without telling him anything and at the same time actively encouraging him to grow a pair and confess to her?. Not cool. Totally deserved, hilarious even, but not cool behaviour from a friend.

 

[RobertKing]

I see you haven't tried the route where you have Ian get it on with Emma, or you'd be aware just what sort of "good friend" Perry can be when he doesn't get what he wants.

People love to pick on Perry. Yes, he has glaring issues and annoying moments, but overall he is a good friend to Ian and, with his help, is slowly getting his life back on track.

Wade isn't much different from Perry; he's also lazy and likes to whine, but people forgive him for it because he has less screen time and is portrayed in a more favourable light.

I would argue that Mark is a decent guy. Yes, he is a fuckboy and there is not much to him, but there is nothing bad to say about him either. The worst thing he does is get involved with Lena, who is cheating on Ian.

Jeremy is a typical podcast bro douchebag, especially towards women. You could say that he has a somewhat positive influence on Yen by stirring up his social life, but otherwise he's unbearable.

There's nothing bad to say about Ed, except for the artefacts left over from his unrealised storyline with Lena, where he behaves rather creepily towards her.

The rest are a circus of freaks.

I have yet to see Perry act as a good friend. He seems like a leech who has gotten Ian into fights, is petty about money, and has no self direction for improvement whatsoever, and is petty to women. Good friend... yeah right. Ian should drop that troll off at the train station.

 

[Skylark21]

Since chapter 14 will be similar to ch 12(One big event), so basically entire chapter will be Lena's pov I guess? Atleast that what it looks like after reading status update.

 

[ffive]

Since chapter 14 will be similar to ch 12(One big event), so basically entire chapter will be Lena's pov I guess? Atleast that what it looks like after reading status update.

Not necessarily, i imagine there can be switch to Ian's POV between day 1 & 2 or something along those lines? "Meantime, Ian..." sort of thing.

 

[MagicMan753]

Since chapter 14 will be similar to ch 12(One big event), so basically entire chapter will be Lena's pov I guess? Atleast that what it looks like after reading status update.

Lara said in discord Ian's pov come later for ch.14, so not just this event. Which is good, I need more Cindy in my life, but does suck that Lena won't be there in person, so probably no Lena Ian scenes besides phone stuff maybe.

 

[Blurpee69]

Since chapter 14 will be similar to ch 12(One big event), so basically entire chapter will be Lena's pov I guess? Atleast that what it looks like after reading status update.

That's kind of the impression I've gotten as well. We'll probably have a short cut away to Ian's PoV, similar to Lena's cut away to here brief time with Axel. I'm just not sure what, or who, Ian can be doing with his cutaway. It was pretty easy to isolate Lena and limit her to only 1.5 interactions since she was already with her parents on the weekends, as well as also intending to head out to the beach house with the rest of the scooby gang anyway. Nothing similar has been established for Ian, from memory, during Lena's trip.

I'm sure EK can figure out something to do with Ian during a PoV switch, but I don't think anything is established yet. Perhaps it can be looking for somewhere else to live? That's been established on all routes as a goal of his.

Not necessarily, i imagine there can be switch to Ian's POV between day 1 & 2 or something along those lines? "Meantime, Ian..." sort of thing.

I think there will be a switch it Ian's POV at some point too, but I agree with Skylark21 that the main focus of the chapter will be with Lena at Billy's event similar to the Beach House was also on major event primarily from Ian's POV.

 

[silentguardian]

One month, guys.
Getting really excited for this update.