Ren'Py Polyturnon [v0.23] [ZinkoPoly]

[ZinkoPoly]

there is no audio in the game?

Correct, there is no audio.

Adding audio would make my game better, for sure. I've thought about how I would implement it, but it's a massive undertaking and I'm at a bit of a disadvantage because I don't actually have the volume on myself when I look at these kind of games. Means I don't know what's good, bad, or to be avoided.

I'm still not slamming the door shut on audio, but it's not currently in the plans for my game.

Cheers!

 

[Chungarious]

Are these artifacts possibly a glitch with my game, compression, or intentional? Some of the colors seem a bit off too, I downloaded 0.23 from 0.20, on pixeldrain. Thanks, Zinko!

 

[ZinkoPoly]

Are these artifacts possibly a glitch with my game, compression, or intentional? Some of the colors seem a bit off too, I downloaded 0.23 from 0.20, on pixeldrain. Thanks, Zinko!


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Nothing wrong with your game, only my render. Not my best render I've done, for sure. Colors are off/streaky, and it's off. I still like it, even if it's a low quality showing from me.

 

[MorningGlory489]

I'm still having the issue where I can't import my saves. I'm importing a .19 save file to .23 using the "import/export from [version]" option in the 'other versions' drop-down menu on gamcore. Everything seems to go as it's supposed to, and I get a "saves imported successfully" message from the game, but then my saves folder will still be empty even after refreshing the page. I would try pasting it as a .txt file, as there is a dedicated function for that, but I don't seem to be able to access the .txt version of the file (this may just be error on my part; I don't have a strong grasp on file type conversion, just the very basics.)

 

[TheDevian]

I'm still having the issue where I can't import my saves. I'm importing a .19 save file to .23 using the "import/export from [version]" option in the 'other versions' drop-down menu on gamcore. Everything seems to go as it's supposed to, and I get a "saves imported successfully" message from the game, but then my saves folder will still be empty even after refreshing the page. I would try pasting it as a .txt file, as there is a dedicated function for that, but I don't seem to be able to access the .txt version of the file (this may just be error on my part; I don't have a strong grasp on file type conversion, just the very basics.)

It is very unlikely that anything on that site is posted by the devs, I saw one of the games I work on there, and not only did we not put it there, but it was outdated and their description is very wrong.
If you are having a problem with their system, you will need to talk to someone there about it. Nothing we can do to fix their site's stuff here.

My suggestion would be to try copying the saves to the full version, if you can.

 

[ZinkoPoly]

I'm still having the issue where I can't import my saves. I'm importing a .19 save file to .23 using the "import/export from [version]" option in the 'other versions' drop-down menu on gamcore. Everything seems to go as it's supposed to, and I get a "saves imported successfully" message from the game, but then my saves folder will still be empty even after refreshing the page. I would try pasting it as a .txt file, as there is a dedicated function for that, but I don't seem to be able to access the .txt version of the file (this may just be error on my part; I don't have a strong grasp on file type conversion, just the very basics.)

Sorry to hear that this is still an issue!

I think TheDevian has the right of it. There's not much I can do about what gamcore does. I do not upload my game to that site.

Hopefully someone over there can assist you with your save file. I know it can be brutal to lose all progress!

Cheers!

 

[srfsmrf_]

I'm still having the issue where I can't import my saves.

Perhaps it slipped your mind, or you didn't realize, but next time you're asking for help it'd be helpful to mention upfront that you're using an unofficial (in this case Gamcore) version. (Kinda a crucial part to leave out.)

 

[MorningGlory489]

To be honest gamcore was the only place I had ever encountered the game, but I’m not attached to playing it there at all. Zinko, where would you recommend I play instead?

 

[MorningGlory489]

Did a quick test, seems it takes the most recently modified file regardless of location.


I believe that's part of the 'sync' feature. (- edit: or not, turns out user was using the (unofficial) Gamecore version)


You mean you tried to copy+paste a .save file as text? It's a binary file (a .zip actually) and that can/will never work.


So, not using the sync feature in this case. Where are you copying (or extracting) the saves to? Did you put the whole saves dir in a zip?
As icesun said, they're in two locations: @ game\saves in the game directory itself ('local') and @ %APPDATA%\RenPy\Polyturnon-1615775772 (platform specific). Make sure to copy/extract to one or both of these locations, and first remove (or rename) existing folders if exists, to make sure you don't end up with mixed set of files or smthng. New saves will be created in both locations. (So note, that if not careful, you may end up with folders that have a different set of saves - so prolly good idea to pick one as your 'reference'.) (I use the %APPDATA% one for that, and delete the local 'saves' folder when needed. I never use(d) RP's sync feature btw.) Be sure, btw, to transfer the persistent file as well.

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I was struggling a bit with this but now that I know I’ve been using an unofficial release, I’m going to try applying these steps to the official release at nearest opportunity. Hopefully I won’t have to start over, but replaying this game wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world anyway

Also, it feels embarrassingly obvious in hindsight that the games on gamcore are not dev-uploaded. I just did some searching and it looks like this and other similar games are on about a hundred sites that all feel pretty bootleggy. Ah well, hopefully posting my mistake helps someone else avoid it! And thank you all for your help.

 

[TheDevian]

To be honest gamcore was the only place I had ever encountered the game, but I’m not attached to playing it there at all. Zinko, where would you recommend I play instead?

I would suggest that you download it from here for now, and play off of your pc. That way you don't need to convert or transfer anything. Worst case, you just need to copy the saves and screenshots from one version/folder to the next.

You might be able to use your saves, if they are in the right format, for example, 1-1-LT1.save. But not knowing anything about that site other than what I found looking into it yesterday, I have no idea what they do to them, or how you can save them. I hope you can. If you can find your saves, I can try to help there.

I mean, this is also a pirate site, but a lot of us devs are here, put our games here, and try to interact with our players. Official sties would be Itch, Patreon, and so forth (though I am not sure he has one of those atm, but correct me if I am wrong).

 

[ZinkoPoly]

I was struggling a bit with this but now that I know I’ve been using an unofficial release, I’m going to try applying these steps to the official release at nearest opportunity. Hopefully I won’t have to start over, but replaying this game wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world anyway

Also, it feels embarrassingly obvious in hindsight that the games on gamcore are not dev-uploaded. I just did some searching and it looks like this and other similar games are on about a hundred sites that all feel pretty bootleggy. Ah well, hopefully posting my mistake helps someone else avoid it! And thank you all for your help.

Absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about!

I'm glad you're enjoying my game and it's a total bummer about your save from gamcore. F95Zone is the one and only place I upload the game, and I put my updates entirely in this thread. Hopefully you'll be able to get it squared away and continue to enjoy the game.

Sorry you had to put up with all the save nonsense! Hopefully it's all good from here on out.

Cheers!

 

[ZinkoPoly]

Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying the most recent release of my game.

I am currently working on the next release and thought I'd give a status update on that.

Currently, I'm aiming for one more update in 2025, v0.24, to come sometime at the end of December, most likely between Dec 26th and Dec 30th.

Although it's been slow going here at first in making the update, I'm hoping that putting a deadline on it will speed up my creative processes. I've got a little bit started but it'll be good to get more and more done.

As per usual, I look forward to putting out a little post in the new year about how 2025 went and what to expect in 2026. It's pretty crazy that this will mark three years of my game being out coming up in January. Definitely been quite the fun experience!

Also, I'd like to say a big thank you for all the many nice things that have been said, both here and in my messages. Really helps brighten my day, so thank you!

Hope you're having fun, and I look forward to getting more content out to you all.

Cheers!

 

[Fractsidus 02]

Hello everyone! Hope you're enjoying the most recent release of my game.

I am currently working on the next release and thought I'd give a status update on that.

Currently, I'm aiming for one more update in 2025, v0.24, to come sometime at the end of December, most likely between Dec 26th and Dec 30th.

Although it's been slow going here at first in making the update, I'm hoping that putting a deadline on it will speed up my creative processes. I've got a little bit started but it'll be good to get more and more done.

As per usual, I look forward to putting out a little post in the new year about how 2025 went and what to expect in 2026. It's pretty crazy that this will mark three years of my game being out coming up in January. Definitely been quite the fun experience!

Also, I'd like to say a big thank you for all the many nice things that have been said, both here and in my messages. Really helps brighten my day, so thank you!

Hope you're having fun, and I look forward to getting more content out to you all.

Cheers!

We all love you & your work from heart, and thanks for this beautiful work of yours

 

[Whosbeenfappin]

Love the ideas here!

I happen to like both width and depth, which is the impossible task that I've set out for myself with this game. Every bit of width (new girls) makes it that much harder to add depth (more content per girl). I actually have to hold myself back from making new girls and adding them in, because if I didn't stop myself there'd be a whole lot more of them! My concerns about depth are why I do not add more, as well as my concerns about interconnectivity i.e. the connections/meetings/events between various girls. With 100 X 100 it's 4,950 unique pairs, which is a lot... but 200 X 200 would be 19,900 unique pairs, quadrupling the amount of interconnectivity I would need!

I did keep girl #100 open either as a future hidden character or in case there's a character type that I've boneheadedly forgotten.



That would definitely make for a better game! The only thing I would have to resolve with that (not an issue, more something to figure out) would be how to allow the player to choose which girls they like, if most the ones they like aren't there for a while. I know I already have some of that but if it was made more spread out by needing certain steps, I'm not sure how that would go. Being able to go after whatever girl you like is currently a strength of my game, so I wouldn't want to diminish that, if possible.

Also, I do not plan on redoing my game like this, but this is super helpful in the off-chance I end up making a second game in five or six years. I like to theory-craft and ponder things waaaay before actually getting to them haha so it's fun to think about!

Cheers!

Gothic bimbo mommy is the type you forgot lol

 

[Theman20072006]

I mean: the Dunbar's number is the hypothesis that humans can only maintain a stable number of social relationships, which is about 150 people. So it would be nice to get 150 Girls ^^

 

[ZinkoPoly]

I mean: the Dunbar's number is the hypothesis that humans can only maintain a stable number of social relationships, which is about 150 people. So it would be nice to get 150 Girls ^^

I had never head of Dunbar's number before. That'd be a hilarious excuse to get to 150 Girls in my game!

 

[TheDevian]

I had never head of Dunbar's number before. That'd be a hilarious excuse to get to 150 Girls in my game!

Or 151 for pokemon. Gotta catch 'em all!

I guess we don't have to have a good relationship with ALL of them. lol

 

[isekaiharemking]

ZinkoPoly hey man, really like your game, out of all games I played this is the only one that really scratches the freeuse fetisch for me. I really have to ask, how did you come with the premise of better version of epstein-like island? Would you also want to billionaire and have access to all of this?

 

[ZinkoPoly]

Or 151 for pokemon. Gotta catch 'em all!

I guess we don't have to have a good relationship with ALL of them. lol

With how sue-happy Nintendo has been lately, I best be careful!

ZinkoPoly hey man, really like your game, out of all games I played this is the only one that really scratches the freeuse fetisch for me. I really have to ask, how did you come with the premise of better version of epstein-like island? Would you also want to billionaire and have access to all of this?

Glad you like the game!

Having a harem is my biggest kink, at least conceptually (IRL there's a whole swathe of downsides, but in game or theatre of the mind? All excellent haha). I originally created this game just for myself, so with an original audience of just me I went with exactly what I would want to experience.

Freeuse is a funny thing. I see it really as two kinks: one where they don't care/let you do it whenever, and one where every girl wants you to do them and you're allowed to do it in the open. My game is all about the latter, but I think most freeuse stuff out there that I've seen focuses on the former.

You mention Epstein's island, and ironically, one of my first experiences with adult game making was modding Hent High School+ to be 18+ (back in the day the female students could be younger than 18). Lots of fiddling around to get it to work, with some XML config files in the game fighting against my efforts, which lead to me creating events, which led to me wanting to make my own game. So, I started my journey doing the opposite of Epstein: Trying to make an island full of over 18 year olds LOL. Nowadays that game is 18+ to start, but it was a great learning experience to how I'd want to do a game and was a huge influence on Polyturnon. If you haven't checked it out, Hent High School+ is worth a try (sometimes goes by HHS+).

Cheers!

 

[isekaiharemking]

With how sue-happy Nintendo has been lately, I best be careful!



Glad you like the game!

Having a harem is my biggest kink, at least conceptually (IRL there's a whole swathe of downsides, but in game or theatre of the mind? All excellent haha). I originally created this game just for myself, so with an original audience of just me I went with exactly what I would want to experience.

Freeuse is a funny thing. I see it really as two kinks: one where they don't care/let you do it whenever, and one where every girl wants you to do them and you're allowed to do it in the open. My game is all about the latter, but I think most freeuse stuff out there that I've seen focuses on the former.

You mention Epstein's island, and ironically, one of my first experiences with adult game making was modding Hent High School+ to be 18+ (back in the day the female students could be younger than 18). Lots of fiddling around to get it to work, with some XML config files in the game fighting against my efforts, which lead to me creating events, which led to me wanting to make my own game. So, I started my journey doing the opposite of Epstein: Trying to make an island full of over 18 year olds LOL. Nowadays that game is 18+ to start, but it was a great learning experience to how I'd want to do a game and was a huge influence on Polyturnon. If you haven't checked it out, Hent High School+ is worth a try (sometimes goes by HHS+).

Cheers!

I like any kind of freeuse, but what I must have is that you are the only man doing it. I get jealous very easily. I think the latter leads eventually to the former, it just has one extra step.

The epstein island is joke obviously but you can't deny the impression when I see an island full girls and MC is filthy rich.

Another thing I really love is defloration. If there is a school, have you thought about advancing the first classes to the next grade and adding new freshman classes where even more girls are virgins? If so I would love if you can add more defloration and virgins if you ever remember.