VN Ren'Py Past Tense [Ch.2] [Howie]

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goulet1995

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since this is not harem how soon does branching/consequences start this game looks good so i want to try it if its the type where you can get all the scenes but have to pick at end if there are choices that close paths early though i will probably pass
 

nitkonikic

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Now, I have no clue where dev lives (and why should I), but for all those pointing to "just buy 200-250€ card", there are fair few countries where that's someone's monthly salary or more.

Further, dev might be student, with basically fuck all income (random info, my college was 20 years ago, and I lived through it all with 10€/week from my parents).

I'm just impressed this game got 2nd update considering no gpu.
 

Rayne

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then look for a harem game? I like games that don't have a harem option as I prefer to have multiple saves for other routes instead of 1. As romance never works for me with the whole harem thing and the only reason I may ever play a harem is because I like the LI or Story but it does cheapen the act of any real romance with the LI for me. Besides ctrl skip makes it so doesn't take long to do other paths. Now if that wasn't a feature yeah id only stick to harems cause would take to long
That's why I love harem games they let you experience all the content in one playthrough. It's just that in games without a harem, the differences in plot and scenes are often not so great that you need to play through the game multiple times, but yes, Ctrl often helps. But I also like solo routes when they're well-written.
 
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Shame, way too short of an update, like yeah gang war's more or less introduced, maybe, but meh

Also, none of the LI does it for me atm. Maybe the "not actual mom" but idk. And the reintroduction of Agnes' gonna be awkward af if one doesn't care...
 

Black Orchid

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a whole ~30 minutes of gameplay after nearly +500 days of development. to call this abandonware would be an understatement. the fact the dev doesn't even have a gpu is just the icing on the cake.

about the game itself there is nothing that really stands out. renders are average at best. very bland to say the least. the lack of content doesn't help either.

also i really want to know what is the thought process behind deciding to do branching paths when your render output is so miniscule?
 

scaryterry19

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Curious to hear Quetzzz follow up from the previous chapter.

I, like a couple others, felt the update was severely underwhelming and didn’t really progress any of the relationships with any of the LIs in a way that felt like this story was moving in the right direction.

Also agree with how long this update took to get out in relation to the amount of renders & very little meaningful story progression, I don’t have high hopes on this one ever being completed.
 
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Dessolos

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I haven't played this yet but I find the short update thing honestly not a big deal if you believe he did this without a GPU I find it impressive. But getting to the finish line is a different issue
 
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scaryterry19

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I haven't played this yet but I find the short update thing honestly not a big deal if you believe he did this without a GPU I find it impressive. But getting to the finish line is a different issue
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I hear you, but I think this dev has set themselves up with a daunting task of cohesively fitting all of the LIs into the story with very little progression to this point.

They mentioned they have 6 chapters planned at this point. That will not work given the current state of the story.
 

HowieGames

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I'm sorry... what??

Why even bother without a GPU???

because a whole year for 800 renders is criminal, I'm sorry.

I understand money might be tight, but Christ, an RTX3050 can probably be found at around 200€ which would SIGNIFICANTLY increase your render speed.
I'm just that broke :D
my currency is 0,000060 of USD, so that ain't helping as well.
I currently have rx 6500 xt (I bought it before I'm a developer) and as you guys know, AMD cards won't work with Daz.
 

MagicMan753

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I understand how you feel, I do also tends to go man whore in every AVN I played. But don't worry, in Past Tense I'm plan to give you guys some freedom to do whatever for a while until it's time to actually choose. :))
I remember on reddit you mentioning a possible throuple is possible. Is that still true? And is it with my two loves Amanda and Yola. Cause I want to have kisses and more importantly cuddling all in one bed together with them. :giggle:

Also, haven't played ch.2 yet, but good job on release, excited to play at some soonish. Keep up the good work.
 
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since this is not harem how soon does branching/consequences start this game looks good so i want to try it if its the type where you can get all the scenes but have to pick at end if there are choices that close paths early though i will probably pass
For now the branching is starting to get bigger, but does not have major consequences yet. I'll let players to fool around for a while up until later before it started closing the options. So don't worry, you'll get the chance to know the girls first. :)
 

HowieGames

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I remember on reddit you mentioning a possible throuple is possible. Is that still true? And is it with my two loves Amanda and Yola. Cause I want to have kisses and more importantly cuddling all in one bed together with them. :giggle:

Also, haven't played ch.2 yet, but good job on release, excited to play at some soonish. Keep up the good work.
Yes, of course throuple still true :D
But with who is, I can't answer that for now :p
 
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