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

[fried]

The "Fan" Walkthrough has been marked as such. It obviously took a ton of work and tries to offer all the variable change options that can be hit in the game, which is an interesting exercise. I wouldn't call it a "walkthrough" so much as a "variables (or points) map."

WWGs might consider adding a mention of the in-game Helper Robot/walkthrough aide in their OP "Developer Notes" section.

 

[pspdanxtx283]

I wouldn't call it a "walkthrough" so much as a "variables (or points) map."

Good point, now it seems like a blueprint for mapping the events in the game. It would actually serve well as the prelim stages of coding. But ay, I do admire the effort on this fan walkthrough. Though redundant.

 

[dartred]

i get the effort is commendable, but it's not a walkthrough, because there is nothing to miss. the game is linear. if you turn off NTR, then you don't even have paths to choose. heck, with NTR on, you still get set back to the real path. what worries me is, how many people saw the walkthrough and thought that the game is not worth the trouble? As with the guy in the last page, he almost skipped this game.

I think it would be better to remove the walk through from the OP or rename it to something that isn't misleading to what it is. if some one after playing it needs a walkthrough after playing it, we can always point them to it. though i noticed the only people who have ever asked for one, are the people who ask for it before playing it.

 

[Skode]

i get the effort is commendable, but it's not a walkthrough, because there is nothing to miss. the game is linear. if you turn off NTR, then you don't even have paths to choose. heck, with NTR on, you still get set back to the real path. what worries me is, how many people saw the walkthrough and thought that the game is not worth the trouble? As with the guy in the last page, he almost skipped this game.

I think it would be better to remove the walk through from the OP or rename it to something that isn't misleading to what it is. if some one after playing it needs a walkthrough after playing it, we can always point them to it. though i noticed the only people who have ever asked for one, are the people who ask for it before playing it.

I think it stems from the fact at firsts glance people dont realise its more visual novel like your average more user friendly digestible say Renpy effort and instead see the whole presentation of certain characters only present themselves in certain rooms at certain times and are specific in these to trigger events further as well as early mechanics since becoming irrelevant such as building relations points enough with characters to progress further too. To us in the know its NOT a grindy game and the progression of the story certainly after a chapter or 2 is effortless but people see that set up and likely compare to say Foot of the Mountains which is enough to drive a man to suicide playing blindly without a guide, others like Man of the House which is perhaps one of the best porn games made is not user friendly using as the whole "be at certain room at certain times" type of game can frustrate just as much as titillate without a guide.

Hell they might even see "NTR comes from bad endings" and be wary than prior to playing wrong decisions can go wrong in the worst way possible without being aware of the comedic element of the game. As such i get why most desire walkthrough even prior to playing the game itself. Its the style of the game vs the game itself which often constitutes one but yeah anyone who has played the game should soon realise one simply isnt needed but i cant judge them wanting one without even having played it because of the games similar in style to it. Ill give other examples which also present a common issue with this style of game (despite this game itself not having the issue) and that is they often demand grinding to progress such as Harem Island or My Cute Roommate. The dev doesnt use any of these annoying needless grindy mechanics in this in all honesty but people are not gonna know that until they play it but we can blame several other devs for giving the mindset that it might be another of those grindy affairs at first glance lol.

 

[fried]

With XFred 's kind help, the OP link has been renamed to "UNOFFICIAL POINTS GUIDE" and they have also changed their document's name to reflect its being a "Guide" for variables, etc. that can be found in the game.

I'd still recommend that WWG consider a statement in either the Developer's Notes or elsewhere in the OP that the game includes a Helper, obviating the need for walkthroughs.

 

[Grimlock18]

Full save for 0.7 with gallery

Instructions:
1)- Start game and save then close the game (skip if you already did it)
2)- Find your save location example: C:\Users\(your name here)\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\PowerVacuum-1561592800
remember the appdata folder is a hidden folder so make sure you enable "hidden items" on windows.
3)-Extract zip contents to save folder and run the game and load save file 1.

Let me know if it works never tried this with renpy before.

not worked for me

 

[ThatCoolDude]

So..question for y'all. I was enjoying this game for the most part until I hit 0.6 and the dev took a hard turn into the NTR tag; what's the point of optional NTR if it's worked into every scene to a greater or lesser extent? I'm figuring on giving up on the game at this point (NTR just isn't my thing, giving or taking) but I was wondering if there was a course correction now that 0.7 came out or if we're still headed deep into mandatory NTR.

 

[Deleted member 1399911]

Wait.. I thought NTR was just bad endings? Hmm.. Good thing I didn't start this yet.

 

[HugeBeef12312]

So..question for y'all. I was enjoying this game for the most part until I hit 0.6 and the dev took a hard turn into the NTR tag; what's the point of optional NTR if it's worked into every scene to a greater or lesser extent? I'm figuring on giving up on the game at this point (NTR just isn't my thing, giving or taking) but I was wondering if there was a course correction now that 0.7 came out or if we're still headed deep into mandatory NTR.

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[jmcronshaw]

So..question for y'all. I was enjoying this game for the most part until I hit 0.6 and the dev took a hard turn into the NTR tag; what's the point of optional NTR if it's worked into every scene to a greater or lesser extent? I'm figuring on giving up on the game at this point (NTR just isn't my thing, giving or taking) but I was wondering if there was a course correction now that 0.7 came out or if we're still headed deep into mandatory NTR.

I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about with a "hard turn into NTR" there are like two completely avoidable/optional NTR scenes each update. That hasn't changed. Hunter is the antagonist, he's not going away. But if you don't like the NTR turn it off and you never have to see him have sex with the girls.

 

[jmcronshaw]

Wait.. I thought NTR was just bad endings? Hmm.. Good thing I didn't start this yet.

No you are right, it is just the bad endings, you should play the game, it's good

 

[Deleted member 1399911]

it is just the bad endings, you should play the game, it's good

Ah.. So it is completely avoidable and not that 'you just don't watch it happen' kind of game?

 

[dartred]

Ah.. So it is completely avoidable and not that 'you just don't watch it happen' kind of game?

exactly. that guy has the NTR switch ON and is STILL complaining. he doesn't have a right to complain, if there are MULTIPLE obstacles you have to jump through to actually see the scenes.

 

[jmcronshaw]

Ah.. So it is completely avoidable and not that 'you just don't watch it happen' kind of game?

yes.
In fact the NTR scenes are all "bad endings" they don't ever really happen in the game world.
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[SuddenReal]

Ah.. So it is completely avoidable and not that 'you just don't watch it happen' kind of game?

Yes, if you play with NTR on, you get a choice. If you make the wrong one, you get the bad ending. It's avoidable as in you avoid the NTR from happening, not you avoid seeing the NTR, "but it totally happened".

But to be honest, even if it's not your cup of tea, if you like the humour of the game, I still suggest you watch the bad ending since some of them are really funny (and don't worry, you'll be send back to the choice afterwards so there's not even a need to reload).

 

[Heavy Sleeper]

Yes, if you play with NTR on, you get a choice. If you make the wrong one, you get the bad ending. It's avoidable as in you avoid the NTR from happening, not you avoid seeing the NTR, "but it totally happened".

But to be honest, even if it's not your cup of tea, if you like the humour of the game, I still suggest you watch the bad ending since some of them are really funny (and don't worry, you'll be send back to the choice afterwards so there's not even a need to reload).

I wouldn't recommend someone who doesn't like NTR to watch NTR, there is a reason there so much hate for it on this forum. People don't want to see loved ones touched or fucked by any other male, comedy doesn't matter to people as they immerse themselves in the characters.

Also in this game some scenes are hard NTR and not comedy at all, so it's just unnecessary gamble for people who don't like it in the first place

 

[jmcronshaw]

I wouldn't recommend someone who doesn't like NTR to watch NTR, there is a reason there so much hate for it on this forum. People don't want to see loved ones touched or fucked by any other male, comedy doesn't matter to people as they immerse themselves in the characters.

have you watched them?

 

[Heavy Sleeper]

have you watched them?

Yes, I don't mind NTR.

 

[Zernx]

Nice graphic

 

[Deleted member 1399911]

exactly. that guy has the NTR switch ON and is STILL complaining. he doesn't have a right to complain, if there are MULTIPLE obstacles you have to jump through to actually see the scenes.

yes.
In fact the NTR scenes are all "bad endings" they don't ever really happen in the game world.
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Yes, if you play with NTR on, you get a choice. If you make the wrong one, you get the bad ending. It's avoidable as in you avoid the NTR from happening, not you avoid seeing the NTR, "but it totally happened".

But to be honest, even if it's not your cup of tea, if you like the humour of the game, I still suggest you watch the bad ending since some of them are really funny (and don't worry, you'll be send back to the choice afterwards so there's not even a need to reload).

Ah, alright.

Yea, not an NTR fan at all, so will definitely turn it off.