VN Ren'Py Past Tense [Ch.2] [Howie]

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Ragnar

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I dig some bits of the story and a I like the blonde girl but to me the game has some short comings.

- The story leaves many things open-ended to hook the player. The problem is that it leaves basic questions unanswered. Such as what kind of relationship exists between this and that character. You should leave some things unanswered, of course, but you should explain some basic things to us to know who the MC is and who the npcs are.

- Your not mother and your not sister. At this point this type of thing is trite, do an incest game or don't but don't try to mix things to try to avoid Patreon ban on incest. Mixing things is complex and rarely works. My advice is go full incest or full vanilla.

- Updates are short and take too much time for a starting project. More than 1 year in the making and you have 2 short chapters. I understand that making a vn in DAZ requires many hours of work, but at this pace you won't get many followers/buyers.
 
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Holy shit... THANK YOU!
YES! Desperation, It's not simply that she wants MC's dick. Holy shit, finally! Thank you for noticing that! :cry:
I've been saving up this game for a long time and now that I finally playing it

I'm not done but so far thank God as a monogamous that likes to stick with one girl and doesn't like to cheat

I'm so happy that no girl is forced on you and the MC is not a horny idiot that throws himself after every girl he sees

every time I turn down a girl I don't like that makes me smile so much
 

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Eh, my idea for the future is more straightforward. Agnes arrives and seduces MC (successfully this time). Angela hears or even sees them going at it, gets jealous, and becomes MC's Sugar Mommy. The other girls find out eventually, but by that time, the MC is too far gone.
Seems like you got a weak spot for Agnes :KEK:
 
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Nah you wild, man :D
hey I'm just being honest like I said I'm a monogamous that likes to stick with one girl until the end of the game

I use visual novels to leave my wheelchair and have the Romantic life I always wanted

I hate it when vn have sex scenes just for the sake of having them

and these couple of months it's been rough to find something romantic with purpose
 

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Seems like you got a weak spot for Agnes :KEK:
It's mostly a weak spot for big tits actually. Though I do feel bad for her ego: you don't act so cold to your friends, especially your hot friends.
…Anyway, Angela is still my overall fav, that's why it's her and not Agnes who's gonna ultimately get my MC. Whether Agnes gets a piece of him along the way or not actually depends on you. ;)
 
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It's mostly a weak spot for big tits actually. Though I do feel bad for her ego: you don't act so cold to your friends, especially your hot friends.
…Anyway, Angela is still my overall fav, that's why it's her and not Agnes who's gonna ultimately get my MC. Whether Agnes gets a piece of him along the way or not actually depends on you.
for me I don't like nice girls it's all about badass dangerous women

so for me it's all about yola for me but I hope she's not a forced threesome
 

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hey I'm just being honest like I said I'm a monogamous that likes to stick with one girl until the end of the game

I use visual novels to leave my wheelchair and have the Romantic life I always wanted

I hate it when vn have sex scenes just for the sake of having them

and these couple of months it's been rough to find something romantic with purpose
I see...
Then, I hope Past Tense won't disappoint you till the end. I'll try my best :)
 

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It's mostly a weak spot for big tits actually. Though I do feel bad for her ego: you don't act so cold to your friends, especially your hot friends.
…Anyway, Angela is still my overall fav, that's why it's her and not Agnes who's gonna ultimately get my MC. Whether Agnes gets a piece of him along the way or not actually depends on you. ;)
Ah, So that's how it is...
I mean, if we go tits for tits, they're both pretty close. :D
 
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I see...
Then, I hope Past Tense won't disappoint you till the end. I'll try my best :)
Trust me, I finished playing it, and I loved it

as long as the first priority is always story and characters, and the sex scenes make sense and they serve a purpose

And what I mean by that is if an update has a sex scene in there

It's because you wanted and needed to put it in there, and it's not in there just because it's an adult vn

And you had no choice but to put it in there




I don't know if the way I'm explaining it makes any sense
 
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I just found this game and played it. Decent start, mostly good renders and the story is there (still early days, so it needs a bit more to fully capture the attention). I've read some posts about the paths and such, I saw there no harem and there's a throuple planned, seems good enough.
If there's a thing I would personally enjoy to see, is that the paths for the LIs are not setup too early in the story. For me, it feels a bit bad to have to choose a LI in like chapter 3 or 4, especially when the chapters are not that big too being with. More time to get to know the girls and their stories would be appreciated, before having to make the hard choice :D

PS: I also have one critique, very subjective one at that, so feel free to ignore it. Pls get some eyelashes on MC :ROFLMAO: Those soulless eyes freak me out a bit. His whole face is a bit...dunno how to put it into words, he looks like the skin got "erased" with sandpaper. Like Leon or Ben, have actual skin textures, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc while MC seems to have lost them due to too much "polish". Or it might just be me that sees things this way, it's been known to happen.
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Anyway, GL with your game, I'm gonna keep an eye on it.
 
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I just found this game and played it. Decent start, mostly good renders and the story is there (still early days, so it needs a bit more to fully capture the attention). I've read some posts about the paths and such, I saw there no harem and there's a throuple planned, seems good enough.
If there's a thing I would personally enjoy to see, is that the paths for the LIs are not setup too early in the story. For me, it feels a bit bad to have to choose a LI in like chapter 3 or 4, especially when the chapters are not that big too being with. More time to get to know the girls and their stories would be appreciated, before having to make the hard choice :D

PS: I also have one critique, very subjective one at that, so feel free to ignore it. Pls get some eyelashes on MC :ROFLMAO: Those soulless eyes freak me out a bit. His whole face is a bit...dunno how to put it into words, he looks like the skin got "erased" with sandpaper. Like Leon or Ben, have actual skin textures, eyebrows, eyelashes, etc while MC seems to have lost them due to too much "polish". Or it might just be me that sees things this way, it's been known to happen.
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Anyway, GL with your game, I'm gonna keep an eye on it.
For me, I'm the opposite, it only applies to me when I pick a girl. I know that's the girl I want

I get that some people don't want to pick their girl early, but I don't want to wait until the end of the game to have an official girlfriend. I want enough time to enjoy the relationship when I get the girl

I absolutely hate when visual novels are like, " Well, you got the girl, the end, the role credits

you spend the entire game trying to get an official girlfriend, and you don't get to enjoy it
 
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For me, I'm the opposite, it only applies to me when I pick a girl. I know that's the girl I want

I get that some people don't want to pick their girl early, but I don't want to wait until the end of the game to have an official girlfriend. I want enough time to enjoy the relationship when I get the girl

I absolutely hate when visual novels are like, " Well, you got the girl, the end, the role credits

you spend the entire game trying to get an official girlfriend, and you don't get to enjoy it
And how do you know what girl you want ? You see her looks and some small tidbits of info, then you go: this is it for me ?

I wasn't saying that I want to wait for the end of the game, I just want to have more info if that makes sense. I mean let's talk about this game. There was a point where you get to choose a story scene, either with Angela or Rose. Do I start getting locked to a path here when I choose ? I don't really know much about either, so how do I choose ? Not to mention about the other LIs, which again I know next to nothing about. If next chapter has a branching path choice, I feel like I need to make a blind choice and see where that takes me. The only "real" thing I know right now is how they look and if I like them physically. This is why I asked for the paths to not be setup "too early".
 

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And how do you know what girl you want ? You see her looks and some small tidbits of info, then you go: this is it for me ?

I wasn't saying that I want to wait for the end of the game, I just want to have more info if that makes sense. I mean let's talk about this game. There was a point where you get to choose a story scene, either with Angela or Rose. Do I start getting locked to a path here when I choose ? I don't really know much about either, so how do I choose ? Not to mention about the other LIs, which again I know next to nothing about. If next chapter has a branching path choice, I feel like I need to make a blind choice and see where that takes me. The only "real" thing I know right now is how they look and if I like them physically. This is why I asked for the paths to not be setup "too early".
I agree you shouldn't be locked in right away cause not everyone can decide right away but I feel around Ch 4 or 5 for most games is about a good time for dev's to start to think about it. Tho that depends on how much content there is and varies from game to game. For me personally Usually after 2 or 3 chapters is all I need to decide on a favorite unless I end up liking everyone about the same , Some games even 1 chapter is enough haha but that isn't common.
 
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And how do you know what girl you want ? You see her looks and some small tidbits of info, then you go: this is it for me ?

I wasn't saying that I want to wait for the end of the game, I just want to have more info if that makes sense. I mean let's talk about this game. There was a point where you get to choose a story scene, either with Angela or Rose. Do I start getting locked to a path here when I choose ? I don't really know much about either, so how do I choose ? Not to mention about the other LIs, which again I know next to nothing about. If next chapter has a branching path choice, I feel like I need to make a blind choice and see where that takes me. The only "real" thing I know right now is how they look and if I like them physically. This is why I asked for the paths to not be setup "too early".
no no I get that brother it's just for me when I know I know it's like I feel a spark

I literally feel love at first sight but I get what you're saying

it's just I don't want to see well she's your girlfriend the end get out

again I don't disagree with you I get what you're saying I just you know how hard it is to get these girls to commit to you and the end
 
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