VN Ren'Py Race of Life [Act 1 v1.02] [Underground Studio]

[Garvelt]

MC refers to that flash drive when he was talking to Jasmine and after that he say data is important to keep manufacturers happy. I know he was talking about the recent data they produced but if he was using that flash drive for the job, that means that flash drive probably contains previous data. I don't say it is definitely related but I am merely suggesting Alexa being sketchy. For the hacking part, mine was only speculation obviously but if hacking related anyone we saw I think Alexa is more likely candidate rather than Natalya.

I am of course just speculating as well, I just think that stealing the flash drive doesn't help the hackers in any way in their hacking attempt, unless it contained the password to the computer, which we know it didn't, because the hacking failed. You are right though, it could certainly contain some information that is crucial to the research and they might very well use it in the future.

Alexa is definitely sketchy to some degree, but it would be really funny if she was really just a nympho and all she wanted was to put her nudes on the drive. Or something like that. We already got 2-3 small POV scenes with her where we could actually see what she was thinking and there seemed to be nothing there to suggest that she had any ulterior motives other than lusting after the MC.

 

[Jericho85]

staying with the doctor is not "nice", in context
idk about the game's points programming

Why wouldn't it be? She offers to take a cab after the doctor offers tea, Jake asks if she is sure and she confirms. You don't lose anything with Allie in that scene but you do miss out on points with Kalani if you don't stay for tea.

Allison might be conflicted about her feelings as she leaves, but she is ultimately an EX-wife and she's giving Jake space. And frankly I think leaving Doctor Mommy hanging after she put the offer out there is more rude, particularly since Allison tells Jake that she's fine with him staying.

 

[Defenestrator.for.traitor]

Why wouldn't it be? She offers to take a cab after the doctor offers tea, Jake asks if she is sure and she confirms. You don't lose anything with Allie in that scene but you do miss out on points with Kalani if you don't stay for tea.

Allison might be conflicted about her feelings as she leaves, but she is ultimately an EX-wife and she's giving Jake space. And frankly I think leaving Doctor Mommy hanging after she put the offer out there is more rude, particularly since Allison tells Jake that she's fine with him staying.

Well as long as you brought Allie to the charity with you, there is no problem at all with accepting the tea. You only miss 2 Allie points and a lovely dialogue.

Alexa is definitely sketchy to some degree, but it would be really funny if she was really just a nympho and all she wanted was to put her nudes on the drive. Or something like that. We already got 2-3 small POV scenes with her where we could actually see what she was thinking and there seemed to be nothing there to suggest that she had any ulterior motives other than lusting after the MC.

Tbh, I totally can see that she was looking some private info about MC then upload some nudes.

 

[Elduriel]

Pretty sure you can still get the hate fuck scene even if you are a complete gentleman to Allison all throughout chapter 1 and 2. Even on the "Nice" Allison path, Jake says something that pisses Allison off. When that happens, choose to fight back instead of apologizing. It ends the Allison path in spectacular fashion just the same as with the asshole path.

Full disclosure: In my playthrough, I was nice to Allison but I took Jasmine to the ball and I stayed to have tea with Doctor Mommy. So it's possible I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't know what happens in the Allison Date if you went with Allison on those choices.

so I tested it out, I was nice to her and all that jazz, had lots of points with her, and I got the normal end where they don't fuck... this is the only condition I found that's relevant... so I changed the points to 7, and voila, they have the argument where you can choose to fight back and hatefuck each other

 

[Acsuka]

Pretty sure you can still get the hate fuck scene even if you are a complete gentleman to Allison all throughout chapter 1 and 2. Even on the "Nice" Allison path, Jake says something that pisses Allison off. When that happens, choose to fight back instead of apologizing. It ends the Allison path in spectacular fashion just the same as with the asshole path.

Full disclosure: In my playthrough, I was nice to Allison but I took Jasmine to the ball and I stayed to have tea with Doctor Mommy. So it's possible I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't know what happens in the Allison Date if you went with Allison on those choices.

Allison on the "nice way", if you go to the prom with her (you can do this during the hospital conversation to choose her), then in the evening after dinner there will be no fight, just a pleasant conversation... You will even get a kiss goodnight... You will sleep there on the couch , and then in the morning you leave a message thanking you for the nice evening... Allison's reaction is positive...
Oh, and don't stay at the institute, take him home...
This is the most perfect in my opinion...

 

[Jericho85]

Well as long as you brought Allie to the charity with you, there is no problem at all with accepting the tea. You only miss 2 Allie points and a lovely dialogue.


Tbh, I totally can see that she was looking some private info about MC then upload some nudes.

so I tested it out, I was nice to her and all that jazz, had lots of points with her, and I got the normal end where they don't fuck... this is the only condition I found that's relevant... so I changed the points to 7, and voila, they have the argument where you can choose to fight back and hatefuck each other
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Allison on the "nice way", if you go to the prom with her (you can do this during the hospital conversation to choose her), then in the evening after dinner there will be no fight, just a pleasant conversation... You will even get a kiss goodnight... You will sleep there on the couch , and then in the morning you leave a message thanking you for the nice evening... Allison's reaction is positive...
Oh, and don't stay at the institute, take him home...
This is the most perfect in my opinion...

Interesting! Yeah on my route I had 15 Allison points but I didn't go to the ball with her. Jake steps in it by making an ill-timed tasteless joke that pisses Allison off. So you get the choice to either apologize or fight back (hate fuck scene). If you choose to apologize, then things calm down and Jake leaves on good terms. No option to spend the night.

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[Defenestrator.for.traitor]

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That name though. Is he a royal like Natalya?

 

[Garvelt]

Tbh, I totally can see that she was looking some private info about MC then upload some nudes.

Yeah, I was half expecting the flash drive to randomly show up later in the episode with her nudes on it. It would have made quite a scene, especially if someone was around.

 

[Acsuka]

Interesting! Yeah on my route I had 15 Allison points but I didn't go to the ball with her. Jake steps in it by making an ill-timed tasteless joke that pisses Allison off. So you get the choice to either apologize or fight back (hate fuck scene). If you choose to apologize, then things calm down and Jake leaves on good terms. No option to spend the night.

I always gave Alli answers that suited her...
In the hospital, I told her where I was going to get the money...Then she asked me to come to the prom with me-and I accepted...(She was very beautiful in the prom dress)
I told the two girls that I was bringing someone else to the prom...
I didn't stay at the institute, I took him home...
There was no quarrel after dinner, not even the stupid joke that would have started it... Pleasant conversation, reminiscing about the old times... He also gave a kiss before bed... You sleep on the couch and leave the house early, leaving a thank you letter...Allison reads it and it shows that she is satisfied...I have 33 points with Allison and I didn't cheat...

 

[dazdncnfusd77]

I've modded it a bit, and it seems to work for me. Try this version: Mega

I tried your version and the key error I had for the most recent save still occurs. Assuming you just fixed the one for this particular reply. I get some variant of that key error for every text conversation, not sure if you're able to help.

 

[barbatoscloud]

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[lukrame]

Man the scene where Lily wakes up to her newly re-married parents is gonna be so fucking heartwarming.

Will make the nice allison path so worth it.

 

[Dessolos]

I don't know about anyone else here but Allison made me realized I have another new type of LI I didn't know I like but dont see very often in these games. Having a LI that has a strained relationship be it an ex or just friend you ended things on bad terms and slowly rebuild your relationship.

 

[Defenestrator.for.traitor]

Man the scene where Lily wakes up to her newly re-married parents is gonna be so fucking heartwarming.

Will make the nice allison path so worth it.

 

[Razrback16]

Her behavior towards the mc starts to change at the charity gala and is very different at the home dinner where they talk a lot about their past and memorys.

Another thing which i didnt saw mentioned so far:

They were obviously childhood sweethearts who married early and he was probably the only love of her life. The MC didnt only cheated on Allison. He disgraced her.

It wasnt just a hookup with a random girl while being drunk or something like that. Both the MC and Allision were supposedly a power couple at their company and higly renowned.

And he cheated on her with a cooworker who spilled the affair to whole office and used the affair to climb the corporate ladder. Everyone at their company knew about the MC's cheating on her afterwards. At this level its not only having sex with somebody else, this is a way deeper betrayal of trust.

Ya I totally understand - I actually took her (Allison) to the gala, I just basically drew the line after that, and since I like Kris a lot, too, that probably nudged me since you run into Kris there as well.

Ultimately I feel like Allison's just gotta stop with the vitriol. I totally get that the MC betrayed her and was a total insensitive ass for cheating and the damage that was left in the wake of their relationship for Allison both personally and professionally, but because of the crisis they are going through with Lily, she just needs to put her adult pants on and sideline that bs for a bit while they deal with the crisis - no more digs at him while they are working on this thing for Lily. It would be one thing if he was being irresponsible and not focusing on things with Lily, but at least in my playthrough I make Allison + appointments for Lily and earning $ the primary objective and the two girls I'm now interested in romantically (Kris & Maggie) secondary objectives - picking Allison up for appointments with Lily is #1 as-is any potential for earning money on the project or with racing (I even declined the tea invitation with the doctor so I could take Allison home even though I had no interest in her romantically at the time, just because it's what I would have done in the situation IRL), so my outlook on the situation is...my MC is doing more than Allison is for Lily, so give it a rest for a bit, Allie, we're on the same team in this, don't keep hacking at the hull of your own ship or we'll both sink. I'll end my rant now.

I really want this all weirdness from Natalya that seems so shady and industrial-espionage-y to be a complete red herring and she really is just a smart, sexy, foreign sapiosexual. It would be hilarious, but she'll probably try to steal the battery tech at some point and we have to either outsmart her or convert her to goodness and truth and the American way with our dick.

Hah I'm with ya - Natalya has red flags all over the damn place. I've basically put her in a box and stayed away from her. Very attractive & sexy. Very nice, seemingly. But she has Russian spy / Corpo spy written all over her. It'd be cool if it turned out to be a red herring as you said.

Defenestrator.for.traitor had a good post (https://f95zone.to/threads/race-of-life-ep-2-extra-underground-studio.130096/post-11704058) about this that the spy might actually be Alexa and Natalya's stuff could just be front and center to be the shiny thing on-screen to distract the player.

 

[jprotieg75]

Hello if the developer reads this thread, any chance of getting some nipple rings on Kris Sweet? I expected to not have any interest in her until I saw her in the game, holy crap, you guys did a really nice job designing her. Blew me away. ROFLMAO Seriously, beautiful girl, great job.

 

[Elduriel]

Man the scene where Lily wakes up to her newly re-married parents is gonna be so fucking heartwarming.

Will make the nice allison path so worth it.

you are not wrong and I'll probably have a save just for that, but Jammin is still my favorite

 

[Dessolos]

Ya I totally understand - I actually took her (Allison) to the gala, I just basically drew the line after that, and since I like Kris a lot, too, that probably nudged me since you run into Kris there as well.

Ultimately I feel like Allison's just gotta stop with the vitriol. I totally get that the MC betrayed her and was a total insensitive ass for cheating and the damage that was left in the wake of their relationship for Allison both personally and professionally, but because of the crisis they are going through with Lily, she just needs to put her adult pants on and sideline that bs for a bit while they deal with the crisis - no more digs at him while they are working on this thing for Lily. It would be one thing if he was being irresponsible and not focusing on things with Lily, but at least in my playthrough I make Allison + appointments for Lily and earning $ the primary objective and the two girls I'm now interested in romantically (Kris & Maggie) secondary objectives - picking Allison up for appointments with Lily is #1 as-is any potential for earning money on the project or with racing (I even declined the tea invitation with the doctor so I could take Allison home even though I had no interest in her romantically at the time, just because it's what I would have done in the situation IRL), so my outlook on the situation is...my MC is doing more than Allison is for Lily, so give it a rest for a bit, Allie, we're on the same team in this, don't keep hacking at the hull of your own ship or we'll both sink. I'll end my rant now.

Your views on her totally make sense but if you do the Dinner Date with her it feels like she changes like it's a turning point in her behavior and probably determines if you get back together id wager. I could be wrong and she could just be bitchy and hide her feelings in the next update. But I don't think so when you sleep on the couch she seemed excited to see you in the morning and sad the MC left but also seemed happy about reading the letter you left.

 

[Jericho85]

Hah I'm with ya - Natalya has red flags all over the damn place. I've basically put her in a box and stayed away from her. Very attractive & sexy. Very nice, seemingly. But she has Russian spy / Corpo spy written all over her. It'd be cool if it turned out to be a red herring as you said.

Defenestrator.for.traitor had a good post (https://f95zone.to/threads/race-of-life-ep-2-extra-underground-studio.130096/post-11704058) about this that the spy might actually be Alexa and Natalya's stuff could just be front and center to be the shiny thing on-screen to distract the player.

The thing about Natalya is that if she's a spy, she's not really good at maintaining her cover. She slips up a lot, and Jake notices those oddities almost every time. But my official position is that I don't care if she's a spy or not. She's charming, she's hot and she's smart. She's a certified must-smash. She obviously has something she's hiding though, but I'll bet that it doesn't have anything to do with espionage.

Alexa, I don't think has any ill-intent either. Sure she took a flash drive, but I'll bet there was nothing critically important on it anyway. If I were working on a project potentially worth billions, I wouldn't leave a flash drive with all the data sitting on a desk during a study session. Besides, she only takes the flash drive if she sees Jake banging Vanessa in the car. She's cheeky so she probably took it to put nudes on it.

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[Dessolos]

Hello if the developer reads this thread, any chance of getting some nipple rings on Kris Sweet? I expected to not have any interest in her until I saw her in the game, holy crap, you guys did a really nice job designing her. Blew me away. ROFLMAO Seriously, beautiful girl, great job.

While I feel im like one of the only ones that doesn't really like Kris or at least not attracted to her but I agree no nipple piercings seemed out of place for her. Would of liked to see them, tho I admit pierced nipples a bit of a turn on for me so might be slightly biased on that front.