VN Ren'Py Pale Carnations [Ch. 4 Up 4 Public] [Mutt & Jeff]

[TD1900]

It's probably not every time in the game but just happened that every single time I tried to be supportive to a girl in the game that was just destroyed she would clam up or laugh. Might have been coincidental to my choices and the girl I was talking to at the time (couple times with the red head and when the MC had his "interview" meeting with the brunette).

I figured Veronica (the red-head) might be the main culprit. A lot of her early game reactions to a supportive player character is her interpreting it as half-hearted or patronizing, since the player character is a member of the club and is an "enemy." Still, the point is something to keep in mind going forward, so thanks for clarifying.

 

[Laehl]

Wondering if I should focus heavy on the girls affection or go for the special traits when I can wondering their weight. Is it going to matter a lot in the long run or is it just some give and take?

 

[Hordragg]

Wondering if I should focus heavy on the girls affection or go for the special traits when I can wondering their weight. Is it going to matter a lot in the long run or is it just some give and take?

Search and thou wilt findeth:

For the most part, the character creation stuff is meant to add a spot of flavor, extra information, or extend/add some variability to sex scenes. You're not going to be locked out of anything important by picking the perk/trait/history that sounded the best to you.

However, you CAN cheat in all the relevant perks/traits by using the console. Be aware that might cause some minor problems with dialogue.

 

[TD1900]

Wondering if I should focus heavy on the girls affection or go for the special traits when I can wondering their weight. Is it going to matter a lot in the long run or is it just some give and take?

Give and take. They'll be some leniency baked into affection checks and you won't be expected to min/max to get a certain ending. That's no fun to play in my opinion and GIL and I want a player to be able to reasonably achieve any given ending without needing to resort to a walkthrough.

 

[Laehl]

Search and thou wilt findeth:

Thanks but I believe they are referring to the MC. I was referring to the girls. Though I presume same thing applies.

 

[Laehl]

Give and take. They'll be some leniency baked into affection checks and you won't be expected to min/max to get a certain ending. That's no fun to play in my opinion and GIL and I want a player to be able to reasonably achieve any given ending without needing to resort to a walkthrough.

That makes sense than you for your answer. I was looking at the statistics at a certain point with Veronica and a camera and the thought popped inside my head. Now I just need to choose who I want to go with for that section.... and by that I also mean that I think you did a great job with their personalities and character that I feel so conflicted in a good way.

 

[TD1900]

That makes sense than you for your answer. I was looking at the statistics at a certain point with Veronica and a camera and the thought popped inside my head. Now I just need to choose who I want to go with for that section.... and by that I also mean that I think you did a great job with their personalities and character that I feel so conflicted in a good way.

Oh, and I should add - each girl's secondary stat will largely be used to color the ending you get if you go for a heroine-focused path. They aren't meant to be inherently positive or negative, but something for the player to evaluate for themselves. A high libido Rosalind might end up more depraved, while a low libido Rosalind more gentle and wholesome. An anger free Hana might lose some of her spit-fire edge, but will have let go of her baggage about the club. And so on.

 

[Laehl]

That I do like, and I can not wait to see how it goes. I personally am a fan of Hana and Mina out of them all, but I do like most if not all of the characters in some way.

 

[Laehl]

I am not sure why, but after going through Felicia's dinner part, I was not getting any points for her through it.I have a save before it and near the end and the values are the same.

Edit: I wonder if re downloading or restarting is needed because it it not changing on me.

 

[TD1900]

I am not sure why, but after going through Felicia's dinner part, I was not getting any points for her through it.I have a save before it and near the end and the values are the same.

Edit: I wonder if re downloading or restarting is needed because it it not changing on me.

I just (quickly) tested it myself and was gaining points with her during the date.

Specifically:

"Play along with her teasing." should result in Felicia_Affection + 1
"Shoe me more." should result in Felicia_Affection + 1
"Crack a joke to lighten the conversation." should result in Felicia_Affection + 1

You're saying none of that is raising her affection score?

 

[Laehl]

Yeah it is sitting at 12 for me. Here is before and after.

 

[tanstaafl]

Played through again. I have a question.

When the MC is sitting and watching porn at the very beginning of the game, the one where the girl was rocked and bukaked by multiple guys, was that his mother? Had he looked up the old videos of his mother after he discovered that she had done porn in the past? At first I didn't think so, but it's hard to tell.

Also, continuing along that thought. Given the overall tone and theme of the game, are there plans to pull the MCs mother into this world? If so, I'd like to know so I can abandon game now. Incest games where a horny prick hits on his mom are one thing. An MC that lets his mother get railed by a room full of guys, though...not my thing.

 

[TD1900]

Played through again. I have a question.

When the MC is sitting and watching porn at the very beginning of the game, the one where the girl was rocked and bukaked by multiple guys, was that his mother? Had he looked up the old videos of his mother after he discovered that she had done porn in the past? At first I didn't think so, but it's hard to tell.

Also, continuing along that thought. Given the overall tone and theme of the game, are there plans to pull the MCs mother into this world? If so, I'd like to know so I can abandon game now. Incest games where a horny prick hits on his mom are one thing. An MC that lets his mother get railed by a room full of guys...not my thing.

The woman at the beginning was indeed the player character's mother. He feels partially guilty about her past, so the start of the game is a moment of self-flagellation and a (admittedly heavy handed) introduction of what she went through as a porn star.

In regards to your concern: she won't ever factor into the club story line directly. She's meant to be a moral anchor for the player character, to provide an extra motivation besides common decency for Edwin not to be so gung-ho about his new job. Not to say she won't have her own character development, but it'll exist outside all the fucked up dealings of the club.

 

[tanstaafl]

The woman at the beginning was indeed the player character's mother. He feels partially guilty about her past, so the start of the game is a moment of self-flagellation and a (admittedly heavy handed) introduction of what she went through as a porn star.

In regards to your concern: she won't ever factor into the club story line directly. She's meant to be a moral anchor for the player character, to provide an extra motivation besides common decency for Edwin not to be so gung-ho about his new job. Not to say she won't have her own character development, but it'll exist outside all the fucked up dealings of the club.

I appreciate the candor. I'm also relieved to know that isn't the direction this is going to take, so I'll be happily downloading future updates as they come.

 

[MonkeyKingV]

I downloaded this game on a whim a few weeks back and decided to play it a few days back and finished it all the way through current version today. This is easily in one of my top 5 adult games.

I really love the premise and story of the game with the whole summer exhibition month thing and all of the characters are unique. There are so many kinks that are included which have a lot of variety which I also love.

My favorite females are Felicia and then Rose; can't wait to see them get down and dirty whether with mc or random strangers in the week 1 exhibition in next update! Can't stand Kat though. XD

Definitely will be joining the patreon for this game in Sept and can't wait till next update comes out! Huge thanks to the devs and people involved in making this game possible.

 

[Noxilum]

Started this game 2 days ago, man the writting on this one is outstanding and that's some of the most erotic and kinkiest Ren'Py I've gone around since monthes. Congrats, keep it up, because that's one wonderful work you managed to pull out.

 

[Tindomull]

I just finished it and i really love it! My favorites are Felicia and Veronica.

 

[tombeir]

Does anyone know if we will have an update in September?

 

[TD1900]

Does anyone know if we will have an update in September?

We're inexperienced devs, so we hesitate to give even a rough release date, in case we overestimate our capabilities, blow past it, and invite disappointment.

To give you an idea of how the work is progressing, the next update (Week 1: Day 6 and Day 7) will fully wrap up chapter 2. Using two days as a baseline, we're 708 images into the update and we're in the thick of day 6. Day 6 will be much, MUCH larger than day 7 so the last day of the update will take a fraction of the time compared to the first one, however.

This update has a high degree of variability, but we're going to have our nose to the grindstone to get it out in a timely fashion. It'll contain three sex games that the player can impact, with the outcome of the previous game altering the next. This is my favorite aspect of the story, so hopefully GIL and I can do it justice and you all will enjoy it as well.

 

[MonkeyKingV]

Wow, that all sounds really amazing! Really excited to see what the 3 sex games are. I can see myself doing replays to get all of the possible outcomes and scenes. That just made me even more excited for next update than I already was.