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

[jadepaladin]

If that's the case, then the dev would have to drop the "Race" from the game as he couldn't race anymore. "of Life" is just an odd name for the game.

On the 'reconciliation' path, Allie is definitely starting to let the real her show again to the MC. Will be interesting to see how their journey back towards each other progresses. Especially when her stalker (blanking on the name) shows up again.

Wyatt is the guy.

Wyatt of Life could work. Nah, shouldn't quit my day job just yet.

 

[Wolfram99]

Literally unplayable

 

[Tremonia]

Literally unplayable

No one said Veronica's fitness class would win an IQ contest.

 

[jadepaladin]

Literally unplayable
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This right here is why I could never be a VN developer. Talk shit about my plot, characters, etc? That's fine.

Harmless render/text inconsistency that gets called out? I'd be embarrassed and ready to delete my Patreon.

 

[Wolfram99]

The pool scene with Veronica as GF and Jasmine as nobody ends weirdly with Veronica being ashamed and covering herself up(momentarily), even tho she asked MC to get a table with a "poolside view".

 

[crunchycake]

Literally unplayable
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Wait... people do Veronica line!?

 

[Steuan]

Wait... people do Veronica line!?

Did you also notice that she bent her left leg?



I'm not even sure her IQ is any higher than June.

 

[MiltonPowers]

Did you also notice that she bent her left leg?

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I'm not even sure her IQ is any higher than June.

It is. At least V knows the days of the week.

 

[Steuan]

It is. At least V knows the days of the week.

Oh, yes. Good point... Then let's say a little higher.

 

[cooldevo]

Literally unplayable
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No one said Veronica's fitness class would win an IQ contest.

Did you also notice that she bent her left leg?

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I'm not even sure her IQ is any higher than June.

If I remember correctly, is this not the scene where Vi inserts a toy and gives you app control of it during the class, no? If it is, the focus is that her legs are wrong? You can bring her to a full orgasm during the class, or edge her, MC's choice, and we are surprised she got her legs mixed up?

I don't have the game un-rpa'd currently, so can't check it. But I can only remember one yoga scene with Vi.

 

[Jericho85]

If I remember correctly, is this not the scene where Vi inserts a toy and gives you app control of it during the class, no? If it is, the focus is that her legs are wrong? You can bring her to a full orgasm during the class, or edge her, MC's choice, and we are surprised she got her legs mixed up?

I don't have the game un-rpa'd currently, so can't check it. But I can only remember one yoga scene with Vi.

In my playthrough, Veronica is in Canada where she belongs.

When you think about it, Veronica is the only character in RoL that has precisely zero impact on the story. So I think letting her fuck off to Canada is the canon route

 

[cooldevo]

In my playthrough, Veronica is in Canada where she belongs.

When you think about it, Veronica is the only character in RoL that has precisely zero impact on the story. So I think letting her fuck off to Canada is the canon route

Ahhh, ok. The Yoga scene with her was a lot of fun. Can crank it to max and leave her quivering on the mat.

If that's your belief, it's your belief. The background lore in the game, and early in, she had a very important role on the project. The MC even recounts/acknowledges it, so yeah that's not entirely accurate. If I recall correctly (it's been a while), MC even says it wouldn't be where it is without her help. You just don't see a lot of it on screen. There's one text where she sends some paperwork, and talks to you about the funding/paperwork she's working on. So it is there.

 

[Maviarab]

In my playthrough, Veronica is in Canada where she belongs.

When you think about it, Veronica is the only character in RoL that has precisely zero impact on the story. So I think letting her fuck off to Canada is the canon route

Which story exactly...do any of them really?

Ahhh, ok. The Yoga scene with her was a lot of fun. Can crank it to max and leave her quivering on the mat.

If that's your belief, it's your belief. The background lore in the game, and early in, she had a very important role on the project. The MC even recounts/acknowledges it, so yeah that's not entirely accurate. If I recall correctly (it's been a while), MC even says it wouldn't be where it is without her help. You just don't see a lot of it on screen. There's one text where she sends some paperwork, and talks to you about the funding/paperwork she's working on. So it is there.

This^

So which story/plot are we actually defining is relevant here? Daughter? Battery? Racing? Is there even actually a main plot?

Maggie...which story is she relevant too? Alison only relevant to the daughter storyline. Jas is only really relevant to the racing story. V is actually more relevant to the battery plot than any of them. Alexis? pfff...Nat? Battery again....

 

[cooldevo]

Which story exactly...do any of them really?


This^

So which story/plot are we actually defining is relevant here? Daughter? Battery? Racing? Is there even actually a main plot?

Maggie...which story is she relevant too? Alison only relevant to the daughter storyline. Jas is only really relevant to the racing story. V is actually more relevant to the battery plot than any of them. Alexis? pfff...Nat? Battery again....

Almost like a Venn diagram of stories: the battery project, Maggie's mother, daughter's coma, car upgrades/racing, and Allie's problems with Wyatt. And the MC is where they all meet.

 

[Jericho85]

Ahhh, ok. The Yoga scene with her was a lot of fun. Can crank it to max and leave her quivering on the mat.

If that's your belief, it's your belief. The background lore in the game, and early in, she had a very important role on the project. The MC even recounts/acknowledges it, so yeah that's not entirely accurate. If I recall correctly (it's been a while), MC even says it wouldn't be where it is without her help. You just don't see a lot of it on screen. There's one text where she sends some paperwork, and talks to you about the funding/paperwork she's working on. So it is there.

Are you sure she was working on the project? If we're thinking of the same scene, it was when she was texts to MC of paperwork but trying to distract him with her tits. I thought she was just grading papers or something.

I don't think she has any involvement with anything unless you chose to stay on her path. Which is why I consider her an optional character. All of the other characters are linked to the main story arc in some way whether you're on their path or not.

Which story exactly...do any of them really?


This^

So which story/plot are we actually defining is relevant here? Daughter? Battery? Racing? Is there even actuallt a main plot?

Maggie...which story is she relevant too? Alison only relevant to the daughter storyline. Jas is only really relevant to the racing story. V is actually more relevant to the battery plot than any of them. Alexis? pfff...Nat? Battery again....

The situation with lily, the racing, the battery project are all tied together. All of those characters you mentioned, apart from Maggie, are related to the main story arc in some essential way. And I suspect Maggie is more involved than we think because of the situation with her mother. It's just a theory, but I think that situation is connected in some way to the underground crime business too. Either way, Maggie's arc is established whether you're on her path or not and it's still unresolved.

But Veronica? She's completely modular. All other characters have significant story relevance whether you're on their paths or not. Like I'm not on Maggie or Allies paths, yet they are both still involved. Veronica leaves for Canada and nobody loses a step. If she arguably had any relevance at all, it was barely consequential. If Veronica comes back from Canada and has a greater impact on the story and other characters, then I'd change my mind about her character.

 

[The unseen]

The pool scene with Veronica as GF and Jasmine as nobody ends weirdly with Veronica being ashamed and covering herself up(momentarily), even tho she asked MC to get a table with a "poolside view".

She's dumb mate, that simple.

 

[cooldevo]

Are you sure she was working on the project? If we're thinking of the same scene, it was when she was texts to MC of paperwork but trying to distract him with her tits. I thought she was just grading papers or something.

I don't think she has any involvement with anything unless you chose to stay on her path. Which is why I consider her an optional character. All of the other characters are linked to the main story arc in some way whether you're on their path or not.

You may want to go back and review the first few scenes of the game then. It's where they set up her backstory professionally and romantically.

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She's very intricate to the battery project. This is just the first few screens after leaving the classroom.

 

[cooldevo]

So which story/plot are we actually defining is relevant here? Daughter? Battery? Racing? Is there even actually a main plot?

Maggie...which story is she relevant too? Alison only relevant to the daughter storyline. Jas is only really relevant to the racing story. V is actually more relevant to the battery plot than any of them. Alexis? pfff...Nat? Battery again....

I'm beginning to think there'll be a lot of overlap coming.

• Battery Project: The heart of the initial story for MC's professional path.
• Daughter: Becomes the big issue in the story (suspect link to Wyatt's doing), and MC needs the battery and racing to succeed to pay for treatment.
• Racing: To raise money for daughter's treatment initially, but has also morphed into the battery project as well (WRL at the conference).
• Maggie: Asks MC to see if her mom is at the investor party. Turns out the mom's husband is one of the investors interested in the battery project. Maggie has her thoughts on the husband/investor and they aren't flattering.
• Wyatt: Established backstory with MC and Allie, which is why he was in jail. He is now directly tied into the Maggie story, as he was at the house when MC and Maggie went to see if her Mom was there. He then again shows up at the one race, inserting himself there. On Allie's story, he's already suspected for the hit and run, and will likely be more involved in the coming updates.

Right now, they are very different stories, but they are starting to pull together with some common themes/names showing up. I'll be curious to see if more threads start to pull together.

 

[Jericho85]

You may want to go back and review the first few scenes of the game then. It's where they set up her backstory professionally and romantically.

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She's very intricate to the battery project. This is just the first few screens after leaving the classroom.

I'm not sure I'd call that very substantial involvement. That's a little something though.

Here's another way to look at it though.. What is Veronica's arc? What is it that make's her matter in the grand scheme of things? There are many inter-related subplots in the story that we mentioned earlier (Lily, Maggie, The Racing, The Battery Project).

Here's where the main girls stand assuming you're not on anyone's path:

Natalya = Directly involved with the Battery Project. May or may not be a corporate spy
Jasmine = Directly involved with the Battery project as MC's assistant, and also involved in the Racing scene.
Allie = Ex Wife. Directly involved with LIly's treatment.
Maggie = The developing situation with her mother and stepfather. Now with Wyatt, there's a link between Maggie's arc and Allison/Lily. Also has a link to the battery project through douchebag stepfather.

Then Veronica: Fuck Buddy. She helped MC with funding the battery project prior to the story, and has been MC's FWB for about 6 months. She's out of the picture entirely by chapter 2 if you don't take her path.

See what I mean? Independent of romance branches, all of the other main girls are directly involved with developing aspects of the main story except for Veronica. Her "story arc" thus far is almost exclusively the "FWB/girlfriend character". Any subsequent involvement with the main story is predicated by whether MC makes the relationship with her official. Even then, she simply gets plugged into events that would have otherwise happened without her.

Fuck, even several side girls have more significance than Veronica.

 

[cooldevo]

I'm not sure I'd call that very substantial involvement. That's a little something though.

Here's another way to look at it though.. What is Veronica's arc? What is it that make's her matter in the grand scheme of things? There are many inter-related subplots in the story that we mentioned earlier (Lily, Maggie, The Racing, The Battery Project).

Here's where the main girls stand assuming you're not on anyone's path:

Natalya = Directly involved with the Battery Project. May or may not be a corporate spy
Jasmine = Directly involved with the Battery project as MC's assistant, and also involved in the Racing scene.
Allie = Ex Wife. Directly involved with LIly's treatment.
Maggie = The developing situation with her mother and stepfather. Now with Wyatt, there's a link between Maggie's arc and Allison/Lily. Also has a link to the battery project through douchebag stepfather.

Then Veronica: Fuck Buddy. She helped MC with funding the battery project prior to the story, and has been MC's FWB for about 6 months. She's out of the picture entirely by chapter 2 if you don't take her path.

See what I mean? Independent of romance branches, all of the other main girls are directly involved with developing aspects of the main story except for Veronica. Her "story arc" thus far is almost exclusively the "FWB/girlfriend character". Any subsequent involvement with the main story is predicated by whether MC makes the relationship with her official. Even then, she simply gets plugged into events that would have otherwise happened without her.

Fuck, even several side girls have more significance than Veronica.

That's just the first few slides post-first classroom. I didn't go further in, but there is a lot more.

I don't think you have done an arc with her in it. Keep her around, then tell me the same thing. She's often in scenes at the office doing paperwork, working on the laptop, 'helping' the MC write presentations/proposals. Exactly what an English professor would excel at. She can also attend the investor party, as well as the Conference where she does a very good job according to the story.