Ren'Py Parasite Black [v0.160] [Damned Studios]

[ShirouryuuAkihito]

How much content is there with the landlady and roommate or is it only the spying scene from the prologue and another one after that with the landlady?

 

[Exiledpotato]

Ngl this game would be an intresting read even without the H scenes

 

[\\_Tremolo_//]

Guys, will be there more content and stuff added with Elena in the nearest future?

 

[Afro888]

If on Windows/Linux, you simply place the .rpy file inside the folder named "game" inside the main game folder. There should be a bunch of .rpa files there already. If you see a file named "script_version.txt", you're in the correct folder.

Do I have to rename it?

 

[Attal]

There is a save protectioin. Have to disable that first, how I dont know

how did you get console to work there save protection or something.

You can repack a save with

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to load something that isn't native to your device. URM also works if you just want to edit variables, though it's kind of a pain to do so in this game.

 

[RetroGuy]

Some really weird bug here.
And you can actually even play two Caspians and two Marcuses


By the way, it it just me or did the fight became unbalanced and too easy?
I know I shouldn't complain but killing all these enemies with one blow isn't that fun. I like some challenge.

 

[lostraven]

Some really weird bug here.
And you can actually even play two Caspians and two Marcuses
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By the way, it it just me or did the fight became unbalanced and too easy?
I know I shouldn't complain but killing all these enemies with one blow isn't that fun. I like some challenge.

That's a wacky bug you've found.

Balancing and things with combat is to come next (soon), including a couple more things to make it more engaging.

 

[JGNeon]

Do I have to rename it?

In this case, it could be named anything you'd like, as long as it's in the correct folder, and has the .rpy file extension.

Once you've restarted the game after placing the patch file in the correct location, a file with almost the same name (but with the .rpyc file extension) should appear alongside it.

 

[Lyao1]

Does anyone know if the "Gay" tag here is some kind of mistake? (I played for a few hours and only saw M/F content, or will I have to play even more to see other types of content?)

 

[glygoch]

Been awhile since I tried this one out. I'll say combat is better than it was, but still feels like a pointless time waster than something fun. I'd rather it be cut out completely or become an auto battler. Finding the next quest is still tedious as well. The game feels like busy work. Still not many characters or scenes to go with them (the artwork is way better than the animation, I only enjoyed the scenes with Nyx.) Was interested to see if there were any more futa/femboy/trap chars, but I only found the one. I played for a couple hours, and I have 0 interest to continue on. I'll say the game has potential, but it's not for me if it stays on its current path. Gl devs.

I've had similar thoughts as well, there is just no point releasing a combat rework that is this far from being complete. I think it would be much better to focus on one thing at a time, like getting combat mechanics to 90% done or so, rather than trying to do everything at once. I also agree that many (not all) animations keep dragging the quality of art down. But hey, maybe the game will be amazing after 20 years or whatever the average to finish development on this site is.

That's a wacky bug you've found.

Got that same bug, it's so easy to find I don't even think this was tested once. Same thing with being lvl 1 in some fights, like the slimelurk, which prevents you from using other skills. Enemies also spam defend for no reason at all. Since defending is basically useless and skips a turn, it's hilarious to see one of the "bosses" do nothing but defend while I chop at the thing until it dies. My dad's leather armor doesn't appear in my inventory for some reason. Adara knows about the parasite even though I chose not to tell her. Merchant's daugther needs rescuing, but when I get there it's a son. I could go on but since there are things that weren't fixed from the previous versions as well, I doubt anybody cares.

Does anyone know if the "Gay" tag here is some kind of mistake? (I played for a few hours and only saw M/F content, or will I have to play even more to see other types of content?)

I believe there is a single optional gay scene if you happen to rescue a male from one of the guild quests. Well, if you don't count Draya or the futa.

 

[Lyao1]

hmm thx for this info bro and no futa is not my thing ( only 100% males )

I've had similar thoughts as well, there is just no point releasing a combat rework that is this far from being complete. I think it would be much better to focus on one thing at a time, like getting combat mechanics to 90% done or so, rather than trying to do everything at once. I also agree that many (not all) animations keep dragging the quality of art down. But hey, maybe the game will be amazing after 20 years or whatever the average to finish development on this site is.

Got that same bug, it's so easy to find I don't even think this was tested once. Same thing with being lvl 1 in some fights, like the slimelurk, which prevents you from using other skills. Enemies also spam defend for no reason at all. Since defending is basically useless and skips a turn, it's hilarious to see one of the "bosses" do nothing but defend while I chop at the thing until it dies. My dad's leather armor doesn't appear in my inventory for some reason. Adara knows about the parasite even though I chose not to tell her. Merchant's daugther needs rescuing, but when I get there it's a son. I could go on but since there are things that weren't fixed from the previous versions as well, I doubt anybody cares.

I believe there is a single optional gay scene if you happen to rescue a male from one of the guild quests. Well, if you don't count Draya or the futa.

I believe there is a single optional gay scene if you happen to rescue a male from one of the guild quests. Well, if you don't count Draya or the futa.

 

[ntohugo]

Guys, how do i unlock this "Terrifiyng" perk?

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[lostraven]

I've had similar thoughts as well, there is just no point releasing a combat rework that is this far from being complete. I think it would be much better to focus on one thing at a time, like getting combat mechanics to 90% done or so, rather than trying to do everything at once.

The rework was tested with the time we had, ensuring the obvious game breaking bugs were dealt with. It is incomplete and we did expect some bugs, but it will continue to be worked on.

Given this update took over 4 months, I was not prepared to make our current supporters wait any longer for a system we could, and will, refine as we go leading up to the steam early access release.

 

[somebodynobody]

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[Poggersq]

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add 1 more: birth not there yet. but i'm waiting.

 

[glygoch]

The rework was tested with the time we had, ensuring the obvious game breaking bugs were dealt with. It is incomplete and we did expect some bugs, but it will continue to be worked on.

There is of course, nothing wrong with regular updates. My primary concern was whether you had an actual vision for the combat system, and not just making it up as you go along, with reworks of reworks of reworks... It's really not an uncommon pattern for games here.

Given this update took over 4 months, I was not prepared to make our current supporters wait any longer for a system we could, and will, refine as we go leading up to the steam early access release.

So when do you realistically see the game finished? At this rate I imagine no sooner than 3-4 years.

 

[captahoy]

Somebody please upload v0.152 for Android on Pixeldrain or MEGA.

 

[kingslayer21]

Playing through from the beginning right now.

First note: Being able to miss against enemies ups the RNG factor by a lot. It's going to require balancing, trying to farm Demorai 2v4 is eating through the potions faster than you can buy them, especially since your chances of missing attacks against the level 3 scout are massive. No joke, I had chains of 7-8 misses in a row.

Second note: Still some issues with the combat selection screen. I went in either during the prologue, or right after it, to test things out, and it had the MC and Markus selected, as expected, which counted as 2 combatants. A whole lot of quests and time later, I went into the menu again after Elena joined the party. The game still counted the two of us as "selected for the combat party", but you could select the characters again, which is some kind of bug. So of course any new selection isn't saved, and therefore you're limited to just the MC and Markus anyway.

To solve the issue of missing so many attacks, you need to increase your agility. At least, that's what I did, and now I hardly ever miss an attack. I have agility between 15 and 20.

As for Elena, she gets selected for me without any problems. At least, I could use her in the caravan escort mission and another one that I don't remember. But she doesn't appear when I attack the Demoraids at night in the Valley of Death, and when I attack Slimejark, my stats reset to default.

 

[Alternation62]

Since certain women can get pregnant and have children, does that mean we can have sex with them while they have pregnant bellies, or is that not a thing yet/ will never be one?

 

[lostraven]

Since certain women can get pregnant and have children, does that mean we can have sex with them while they have pregnant bellies, or is that not a thing yet/ will never be one?

The ones you can impregnate you can get pregnant belly versions of the sex scenes, yes.

There is of course, nothing wrong with regular updates. My primary concern was whether you had an actual vision for the combat system, and not just making it up as you go along, with reworks of reworks of reworks... It's really not an uncommon pattern for games here.

I could sit here and bullshit that I had a 100% clear idea on the combats function from the very beginning - But that wouldn't be entirely true.

I DID always knew from the get-go I wanted a turn-based-esque combat system but didn't put much thought into it beyond that till someone on my team kinda knocked some sense into me, after which we started giving combat a more serious think rather than just vague ideas.

You never learn quite like when you're on the job and knee deep in it - I'd worked on projects before but this is my first one actually as a lead dev, and never for a project this complex, suffice to say, "Sink or swim" kicked in very fast.

It helps as well we've got some very talented people now on-board who are passionate about the work, makes a real difference.

So when do you realistically see the game finished? At this rate I imagine no sooner than 3-4 years.

We planned for the games development to be around 5-6 years, but one thing I've found is estimates and such rarely ever go to plan and a lot can change very quickly, so ... I can't say for sure.