VN Ren'Py Radiant [v0.6.3] [RK Studios]

[shadowr19]

IMPORTANT: Stat manipulation, such as sticking to one single route (i.e. 'Pure' or 'Dark') is not the ideal way to play this game and comes with little practical benefit (outside of story and achievements). It is for this reason that we recommend, as we've said from the start: making the decisions/taking actions you want to take, rather than what is associated with a variable or path.

 

[virtuvoid]

IMPORTANT: Stat manipulation, such as sticking to one single route (i.e. 'Pure' or 'Dark') is not the ideal way to play this game and comes with little practical benefit (outside of story and achievements). It is for this reason that we recommend, as we've said from the start: making the decisions/taking actions you want to take, rather than what is associated with a variable or path.

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I just have to see all the wallpapers for Radiant to know well enough to stay clear of the pure route.

 

[shadowr19]

I just have to see all the wallpapers for Radiant to know well enough to stay clear of the pure route.

I am not on there Discord so I don't understand the joke, so mind explaining to me?

 

[virtuvoid]

I am not on there Discord so I don't understand the joke, so mind explaining to me?

ALL the Radiant wallpapers fit right in for players playing the pure route. I totally doubt the majotiry of players are playing the pure route so, for the lust and dark routers, these wallpapers are an extreme fail. Also, note the laziness involved with the triplets acting in a non-suggestive, non-erotic way. Where is the sizzle ?
To paraphrase the main character in the fairy-tale Goldilocks : pure route is too meh ; dark route is too nasty
(beating up Maddie is just non-consensual abuse ) to be called BDSM-lite ; lust route is either just right or the only route left.
btw, I don't agree with the view that only meh wallpapers are acceptable to Patreon. Eroticism doesn't need hardcore sex or total nudity for sizzle. I played a game, Estate Dominate, now very sadly abandoned, where the non-canon wallpapers were extremely sizzling.

 

[shadowr19]

ALL the Radiant wallpapers fit right in for players playing the pure route. I totally doubt the majotiry of players are playing the pure route so, for the lust and dark routers, these wallpapers are an extreme fail. Also, note the laziness involved with the triplets acting in a non-suggestive, non-erotic way. Where is the sizzle ?
To paraphrase the main character in the fairy-tale Goldilocks : pure route is too meh ; dark route is too nasty
(beating up Maddie is just non-consensual abuse ) to be called BDSM-lite ; lust route is either just right or the only route left.
btw, I don't agree with the view that only meh wallpapers are acceptable to Patreon. Eroticism doesn't need hardcore sex or total nudity for sizzle. I played a game, Estate Dominate, now very sadly abandoned, where the non-canon wallpapers were extremely sizzling.

but is being too meh really that bad though? I guess it depends of preference.

 

[virtuvoid]

but is being too meh really that bad though? I guess it depends of preference.

ALL regular players are at least partially here for the sex. NOT vanilla sex either! When I first came to this forum my main game was DMD (my post count would over 5k if I had not self-deleted all posts twice). When I said I would have wished to play an unavailable pure path because I was emotionally touched by the daughter and detested the dad, the vast majority of posters thought that was crazy.

Some players say they are here for the story. I won't flame anyone's kinks, but a mega-contrived soap opera is not a good story by any literary standards. On an emotional level, OK it may touch many hearts.
What I like enough to play, besides the terrific renders, is the comedy gold. Lots and lots of WTF moments.

 

[shadowr19]

ALL regular players are at least partially here for the sex. NOT vanilla sex either! When I first came to this forum my main game was DMD (my post count would over 5k if I had not self-deleted all posts twice). When I said I would have wished to play an unavailable pure path because I was emotionally touched by the daughter and detested the dad, the vast majority of posters thought that was crazy.

Some players say they are here for the story. I won't flame anyone's kinks, but a mega-contrived soap opera is not a good story by any literary standards. On an emotional level, OK it may touch many hearts.
What I like enough to play, besides the terrific renders, is the comedy gold. Lots and lots of WTF moments.

understandable, I haven't played this game since it launched and I wanted to play it again and see what's new so I was debating of which path I was going to focus more, so in your opinion you think the lust route is the best option?

 

[virtuvoid]

understandable, I haven't played this game since it launched and I wanted to play it again and see what's new so I was debating of which path I was going to focus more, so in your opinion you think the lust route is the best option?

Either the straight lust path, which I play, or a combo lust-pure path. I'd actually be on an almost pure path myself except Allison is my fav. The other two sisters (Madison and Olivia) as well as Gracie (dearly departed Mom) not so much. Loved Jade in the latest update as well as the potential superstar Alita.
Most MCs in these VNs simply do not have the character traits to be believable on the pure path.

 

[shadowr19]

Either the straight lust path, which I play, or a combo lust-pure path. I'd actually be on an almost pure path myself except Allison is my fav. The other two sisters (Madison and Olivia) as well as Gracie (dearly departed Mom) not so much. Loved Jade in the latest update as well as the potential superstar Alita.
Most MCs in these VNs simply do not have the character traits to be believable on the pure path.

out of curiosity, how long does it take normally for the game to get updated?

 

[guardianfather]

out of curiosity, how long does it take normally for the game to get updated?

Last update took 14-15 months, but next update is promised 4-5 months.

 

[virtuvoid]

out of curiosity, how long does it take normally for the game to get updated?

I'd be pleased enough if there could be a 9-month update schedule.
This last update took way too long but the update itself was the best yet.
Yeah, hope springs eternal.

 

[Son of Durin]

out of curiosity, how long does it take normally for the game to get updated?

Somewhere around four months.

Good way to get an average is go to the date of the OP, look at the date of the last update, the number of updates (that can be harder depending on how the game gets numbered, but easy here) and do the math.

 

[DanThaMan]

Somewhere around four months.

Good way to get an average is go to the date of the OP, look at the date of the last update, the number of updates (that can be harder depending on how the game gets numbered, but easy here) and do the math.

This game has never had an update that took 4 months, they are usually 8 months+

 

[BogoHobo]

Good Game... See you in another 12 months?

 

[Silentorange18]

Good Game... See you in another 12 months?

you should double that

 

[ShimmieSuxSox]

It makes it hard for someone like me to start supporting them if it takes about a year or so for content to be made

 

[Son of Durin]

This game has never had an update that took 4 months, they are usually 8 months+

For some reason I thought I was on the Eternum thread - oops. I had it opened in a separate tab. Oh well.

Yeah - this game we'll be lucky if we get the next update in less than a year.

 

[dolfe67]

They "promised" 4-5 months but we're already past 3 months and from the progress report they're not even half-done. Don't count on an update before 6 months of dev (end of March)

 

[cloudfw]

They "promised" 4-5 months but we're already past 3 months and from the progress report they're not even half-done. Don't count on an update before 6 months of dev (end of March)

Basically this.
I really hope that they pick up their pace somewhat and we do get an update till the end of march.
From the games I am following I am beginning to get an impression that a substantial update every three to four months is quite sustainable, but a big update every six months is what many great games are successfully going with.
Rarer updates start to feel like the game in question is about to be abandoned.

 

[virtuvoid]

Basically this.
I really hope that they pick up their pace somewhat and we do get an update till the end of march.
From the games I am following I am beginning to get an impression that a substantial update every three to four months is quite sustainable, but a big update every six months is what many great games are successfully going with.
Rarer updates start to feel like the game in question is about to be abandoned.

Why would a dev-team, currently also working at other projects, quit the single biggest money-maker--Radiant ?
Unless no more devving at all...