Ren'Py Power Vacuum [Ch. 12 Official] [What? Why? Games]

[AnotherLurker]

So avoidable as opposed to skippable?

Important distinction. However...

Does the "ntr turned off" writing make it seem truly avoided or just skipped?

...the game, canonically, ends if the MC is ever NTR'd by the primary antagonists. Turning NTR off means that your game over doesn't show you what happened because you made the wrong choice--you just go back and choose the other option and continue along the canonically correct progression.

The only "unavoidable" NTR is:
Drew and Hunter stealing David's mother and sister, Drew cucking Ophelia by fucking David, any of the LIs being sexually active/married before they hook up with the MC (if you count that, I don't), the things Rebecca does with Cerberus off-screen (gross, kind of wish there was an option to choose her dialogue so that players can decide how far she's gone), and Sterling himself committing netori by banging a few married women...wait. Netori once, netorase the other time. Oh, and the airheaded chick stealing Brenna's boyfriend, if anyone counts that. And Penny destroying Mallory's family. And whatever the fuck Sterling did where he fucked the object of Peyton's weird obsession in front of him. Technically Sterling also BSS'd Kevin by banging women that he desperately wanted and had no shot with, but who cares about that?

Wow, I guess the game IS full of unavoidable netorare. It just never (canonically) happens to Sterling or the game ends.

 

[Only1P]

No status update, Jan release?

 

[dartred]

No status update, Jan release?

No status update also means he doesn't see the need to tell us that he thinks he'll have to delay.

 

[ChaosStar0]

Important distinction. However...

Actually, if you turn NTR off it doesn't give you the options that lead to game overs.

 

[Beardedsmith]

No status update, Jan release?

Delaying after not releasing anything in 9 months would easily be the funniest thing he could do

 

[Only1P]

Delaying after not releasing anything in 9 months would easily be the funniest thing he could do

The update is already delayed, last statistic stood at 93%, it was more than a month ago, when following past status updates pacing in regards to completion percentages, numbers don't add up, on Dec 1st dev dropped trying to measure completion by percentage altogether, release is past due.

 

[dartred]

If it is, it isn't by much. No point in doom posting. The game is confirmed to come out this month. It's the only hard time frame he's given us.

 

[jamiehmcw91]

How do you think the bad endings will go with Hunter?

 

[dartred]

It's hard to guess. WWG even said that he couldn't explain it in words himself. You would have to play it to understand. Hunter didn't have to do anything to win the girls or something like that, is what he said iirc.

 

[MAGO-DAG]

It's hard to guess. WWG even said that he couldn't explain it in words himself. You would have to play it to understand. Hunter didn't have to do anything to win the girls or something like that, is what he said iirc.

Judging by what has been said, it seems to me that this means that Sterling will make a mistake somewhere, as I said earlier, this update I think will be a complex plot twist

 

[dartred]

Yeah, Either Sterling is the one that messes up or what i'm guessing, Sterling dies. So that leaves Hunter to take his time and bond with the girls slowly over a bad end. Nothing underhanded, just him trying to romance the girls with no one to stop him. For that to work, Sterling would need to be out of the picture. I also assume he programs the Sterling hologram to wingman for him and nudge the girls into giving Hunter a try. Hunter wouldn't have to do anything if the robot is doing all the work for him.

 

[MAGO-DAG]

Yeah, Either Sterling is the one that messes up or what i'm guessing, Sterling dies. So that leaves Hunter to take his time and bond with the girls slowly over a bad end. Nothing underhanded, just him trying to romance the girls with no one to stop him. For that to work, Sterling would need to be out of the picture. I also assume he programs the Sterling hologram to wingman for him and nudge the girls into giving Hunter a try. Hunter wouldn't have to do anything if the robot is doing all the work for him.

Let's not forget Drew, I had a preference that Drew could somehow stop Hunter from winning the girls in the bad ending? I think Drew will also want to get the girls, that in the end everything will not go according to plan and they will fight over who can get the girls

 

[dartred]

I doubt it. Everyone gets their own bad ends. Hunter will get his and Drew will get hers. Unless you meant the lead up to their respective bad ends.

 

[MAGO-DAG]

I doubt it. Everyone gets their own bad ends. Hunter will get his and Drew will get hers. Unless you meant the lead up to their respective bad ends.

Well, it makes sense))) Let's see what comes of it

 

[Fayn Arawn]

The update is already delayed, last statistic stood at 93%, it was more than a month ago, when following past status updates pacing in regards to completion percentages, numbers don't add up, on Dec 1st dev dropped trying to measure completion by percentage altogether, release is past due.

WWG has been saying December for a while now...

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... and last I checked, we're still in December.

Now, if we calculate based on a fixed rate of progress toward a predefined goal, then yes, the update is delayed. But we're talking about a creative work here, not some product built in a factory, so take those percentages with a grain of salt.

Imagine we're on a road trip: sometimes we're driving faster, other times slower, you can try to extrapolate our arrival time, but there are other variables that may affect our progress (e.g. traffic, weather, etc.). So try to relax, we'll get there when we get there.

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[dartred]

Let’s not forget, it’s twice as big as last update

 

[dartred]

They would actually dox him and hang him if he ever did at this point.

 

[DeathIsImminent]

They would actually dox him and hang him if he ever did at this point.

Imagine if he actually did that though.

Collected tens of thousands of dollars for years building the hopes and dreams of his fan base up that the characters they love would get a wholesome ending... Then just ripped it all away from them at the end. All the love interests in the final episode being stolen away by some random Chad or fat fucking mouth breather. Then, just quit patreon and left VN making forever.

It would be the ultimate ntr. He'd be cucking over ten thousand of his patrons out of the ending they wanted. It would be the single biggest power move in the history of VNs.

 

[Fayn Arawn]

continuation is required

No.

would you prefer there would be nothing at all?

Yes.

 

[Acesaw]

Imagine if he actually did that though.

Collected tens of thousands of dollars for years building the hopes and dreams of his fan base up that the characters they love would get a wholesome ending... Then just ripped it all away from them at the end. All the love interests in the final episode being stolen away by some random Chad or fat fucking mouth breather. Then, just quit patreon and left VN making forever.

It would be the ultimate ntr. He'd be cucking over ten thousand of his patrons out of the ending they wanted. It would be the single biggest power move in the history of VNs.

or 1 way to end his carer real fast.