VN - Ren'Py - Projekt: Passion [v0.13 BUGFIX] [Classy Lemon]

This is BY FAR the most I've enjoyed a game so early in development. The humor is spot on, as is the voice acting, LOVE the little animated cutscenes. The crew is all likable as well so far, getting a bit of a Visas Marr vibe from the blue gal. Very much looking forward to where the game goes from here!

Now this is fun.

Ragtag team of strange people (and androids) going on a fun adventure. Yep, I'm in.

Congrats to dev for making first two chapters really fun and interesting. Looking forwards to how it all plays out. MC facial expressions are great.

Lemon returns with all the lessons learned from his previous project.

Great humor. Excellent use of visual and audio cues/gags. All the girls so far have been quite unique and charming. Interesting setting with deep lore that you can delve into or not. Fully animated and voiced sexy times and there is a good amount of them for a being so early on. No controversial content/tags. Tons of promise from the writing so far and the cast in general have been great even the non-li's

Overall very good game and I'll probably end up adding another star once I see more and one of the few early games that left a good enough impression for me to sub to their patreon, especially with a dev with a proven track record and a finished title.

Projekt Passion is a comedy SciFi VN about the hunt for a mysterious "amulet" (think the briefcase from Pulp Fiction). It's the far future, Earth is but a distant memory and there was an exodus for undisclosed reasons. Now humanity has settled the galaxy.
The MC is in posession of the amulet early in the game, but a love interest steals it from him and now the MC wants it back. But Aria, the love interest, has disappeared and merely informs the MC that the amulet will help save lives. Too bad the organization she works for doesn't have the best reputation...
So the MC gets hold of a spaceship, the only thing he really needs now is a crew and some money. His childhood friend is on board and helps with the money, a female sexbot android is also part of the MC's entourage... and it doesn't take long for a space ninja with an assassination contract and sexy alien pilot to complete the crew (for now).

The game has a few animated cutscenes with voice acting, there are also animated sex scenes of course (with sound effects) and in both cases the animations will be among the best you will see in a VN. If you are familiar with the previous game by the dev, "After the Inferno", you will know what to expect.

The VN is a comedy, which is not easy to pull off. The writing here though is on point and hilarious. You will have a great time here if you like comedy.

Character design is great, but it's not what you usually get in most other games. Artstyle is overall more or less the same as in the previous game "After The Inferno", so ever so slighty stylized. The females in this game, without exception, are all very pretty, but definitely of the "cute" variety. So no bombshells, milfs, exaggerated breasts or wide hips. But if you like cute, then you will love the female character design. The girls are VERY cute.

Fortunately the eyes of the females are not as big as in the previous game by the dev, but in certain situations the eyes still look a bit stylized. It's ok though.

The game uses a third person view but it hides the lower face of the MC at all times. He wears a bandana. It's for fun of course, he even eats a pizza with his mask on, yet I still wished we would see his face at least sometimes. But maybe that will come much later in a heartfelt romantic moment, who knows.

There's not much content yet, it's the very early stages. But it's easy to see where this is headed. It will be a wacky space adventure with lots of comedy and spicy interactions with various love interests.

So far you only have some interactions with the traitor, Aria (the game begins with a sex scene), with the childhood friend Kaylee and the android Sandra (a "fully" functional sexbot).
In addition to that the game also features something I am no big fan of... dream sex. And there are three (day)dream sex scenes in this game. I think it somewhat ruins the build-up and the moment when it actually happens... but not only does the MC dream about Kaylee, Kaylee dreams about the MC as well (in a bonus scene) and a little later android Sandra fantasizes about the MC after a handjob scene with her and the MC.
I think these things should be kept at a minimum, why offer dream sex, just progress things with the love interests. It's not a major issue of course, the game is still a pretty great experience.
Also, I hope the game won't make too much use of the stereotypical sex progression route... handjobs and blowjobs see inflationary use in most VNs. Just get it over with and let the characters have some real sex, we all know they'll do it anyway, why waste time, once it's obvious Kaylee and the MC are really into each other there's no need to stretch things out.

Apart from the beginning sex scene every other encounter is entirely optional. When something happens it's of the wholesome, romantic vanilla variety, don't expect too kinky stuff here. I like that a lot though and always consider this a huge positive.

What else... renders are perfectly fine. Characters are somewhat animated when they speak, they open their mouths, in tandem with the cutscenes this makes for a great experience. Things never really look static here.

There are choices for flavor dialogue in this game. Serious, witty and aggressive. Choose whatever you like, it does not impact the plot. At times you get flirt options, these are color coded and impossible to miss.
You can also opt into "game over" dialogue options, these are also in the game for comedic effect only. For example very early in the game Sandra the android will inform the MC that she won't kill, unless instructed to. You can then choose the option "kill me" to see what happens. And you guess it... the MC gets killed and you get a game over screen where you can reload and try again.
If you don't like that... deactivate it... but these things are super obvious and you don't need to be afraid to ruin a scene by picking a wrong choice.

Projekt Passion is a stress free fun game that doesn't want to punish you. So have some fun with it!

There's also music and sound effects in the game, everything you'd expect from a top level game.

And there's really not much more to say. Projekt Passion starts out really strong, it has a fun premise, fun characters, excellent design, great animations, good music and you will have a blast playing this game if you like comedy!

Projekt Passion is a rare 5 star game for me! Absolutely worth your time! You will almost certainly love it!

Review for v.0.2.1

Surprisingly good. Every character has their own personality, the renders look great, the story is fascinating, the humor is on point, the voice acting adds a nice touch, the music fits the environment very well, and the animations are genuinely top tier. I truly don't have anything bad to say about this game at the moment.

Good renders, interesting story and characters, superb animations.
The story takes place in the space colonies. You play as a merc trying to do your thing when you get involved in something bigger.
The renders have great quality but the game shines with its animations. Many games have animations for sex scenes but here they add an unique cinematic tone to the vn.
It's still early in development but so far this is excellent.

The humor is 10/10 for me so far. Models and such are really great, plus the voice acting is really nice. While that's all and well, I do hope our MC isn't just a bumbling idiot who can't actually defend himself or others against anything and is only useful for comedic relief/punching bag, cause honestly, that seems to be the case here.

This is a rare gem, characters have a deeper personality, the plot is really really funny to me, something I never experienced in lewd games before, and the x-scenes are well made as well.

Exeptional.

Review for v0.2.1

Projekt: Passion feels like your classic sci-fi setting filled with comedy, action, and being an AVN, sex scenes as well. It's a story that isn't taking itself too seriously, but rather presents itself as fun and comedic adventure following a freshly formed crew of ragtag characters on a mission amongst the stars. It really is a great start so far.

No one is lacking in character, dialogue feels fun and natural, and I really like that we are given choices in how we want to respond in dialogue. Perhaps one of the best aspects are the animations. Very well done in sex scenes, but this is also one of those rare AVNs that have cutscenes, and good ones to boot. 9 times out of 10 the voice acting in adult games makes me cringe more than anything, but this is also a very rare case where I didn't mind it, and even enjoyed it a bit.

After trying this out I can confidently say I'm a fan of the dev. The previous game was a banger and this is already shaping up to be another great one. Really looking forward to playing this as it develops.

Played after the inferno and had to try this when I saw it was the same developer. and so far I am not even close to disappointed well worth the download. Great renders and animations and a cool story thus far hope it gains just as much if not more traction as ATI

Awesome story, together with a lot of humor (my kind of humor^^), scenic camera work and cute girls -> this alone is a huge plus in my books.
But there is more! Not only the background renders are unique and consistent ... no, there are the unique models of the characters too ... they have each a own story and acting accordingly. What makes them so much more "believable".
I can not only see great potential in this game but I also recognize the passion in it. In each scene I could see the huge amount of work & mind the dev´s put in every single one of them

I rarely leave a review but I think this game really deserves one.

First things first, booting up the game, you can immidiately feel that the dev is in love with his pet project. It can be seen in the introduction and the quality of the overall game that doesn't decrease over time.
So far ( v0.2.1), the sound design, graphics, story and character designs are top notch !
What really stole the show for me was the accurate voice acting, the superb animations and the everpresent humor !

The downsides are few and almost insignificant.
The only thing that bugged me and that I would maybe tweak or change must have been the dialogue roulettes. I'm having massive Mass Effect vibes with a neutral (sarcastic), goody two shoes and douche option.
I'm Mr Nice guy, in every game, I tend to never pick the mean options in dialogues and I'm sure there are people that do the exact opposite.
This means that most people only play half or here maybe even just a third of what the dev has written in total. I think that's too bad considering the quality of the game !

Overall, a great game still in its early phase, I do hope it becomes successful because the dev deserves it !

Played Classy Lemon's first game, and greatly enjoyed the art direction and its animations. The story was pretty good too.

This game seems to improve on those foundations greatly, excited to follow along this game's journey!

It's impossible not to give this 5 stars. It has basically everything that you'd want in a visual novel and the execution is amazing.

Good story and world lore, excellent comedy, unique characters, great renders, insane animations, sound effects to enhance the conversations and sex scenes and the coolest thing: VOICED CINEMATICS! Yes, you heard me right, they are few but add so much to the experience. Where can you find that in this site? Go support this because it's a gem.

This is a fun game that makes me go "yay!" whenever I see a new update. Plus, one of the few visual novels I don't regret unmuting the audio for. Which I normally do because I don't want my landlady to hear me playing porn.

So far so goooood. Comedy is very organic and Space Ninja is hot af but seen very little of her. What a tease though.

I think the relationship and dialogue between the mains can be a bit more meaningful but overall the main plot is engaging enough for the current length of the game.

Also hope to see a smoother melding of comedy and hot scenes as right now the writing is funny enough that it makes transitioning into sex scenes a bit choppy.

4/5 very promising!

Version played: v0.1

Passion is indeed the word to describe this game. For just the first version, you have a custom render intro with a bit of voice over and some sexy and accurate sfx as well. The renders are clear and the story's humor is on point (dev keep it up). The characters are also all good looking and filled with an air of mystery around them.

Will check this out again in the future and bump it to 5 stars once more story updates rolls in to see how it turns out.

Been playing for about 10 minutes, but I have to admit that this game is so damn good. Like, really, the humor, the characters, the art style and the city... I never play games with version 0.1, or first parts, chapters, build, or whatever. But this game screenshots, plot and the trailer persuaded me to give it a go and again, for just a first version this is among my most favourite games. Good job Classy Lemon, even though my words might mean nothing, I just wanted to write this review for you and others to read it and try this game, beacause it is well worth it and deserves more attention and at this point I think it is pointless to say it is looking very promising, cause it is obvious. And humor/comedy is good .

Edit: I have played 5 more minutes and I can´t... It´s so funny ::. This is top notch .

The game is off to a strong start. Story feels like it's heading in a naughty guardians of the galaxy direction which should be fun. There should be a good mix of different characters and adventures.

The things that stand out most about this game are the animations and the character dialog. The animations are super smooth and realistic. There is a lot of attention to minor movements of body parts that make it look more natural than 95% of other games.

As for the dialog, once again I would point to the witty one liners of guardians of the galaxy where the crew playfully banters between both friendly and enemy characters. It creates strong connection between the characters and allows for some fun interactions. It's interesting how even the characters seen as 'bad guys' are still likeable and interesting. This should allow the story to some 'bad' characters have a change of heart.

Well done. looking forward to updates.

Do you know how hard it is to make someone whose 1st language isn't English to laugh? It's decently hard, but this game had me laughing from beginning to end. (Or from beginning until the last comedic moment)
I rarely rate, but this game deserves it. It has one of the best and funniest intros I've played and I personally think the comedy is truly on point.
I really hope this game gets more attention cause dev truly deserves it.