Don't forget that if your love stat is not higher than your curroption stat and random event no 89234795 just so happens to play out, you will get a game over screen.
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VN means Visual Novel and VNs in this site have choices, if you don't like that I suggest you go to the Kinetic Novel section of F95.
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You're giving me flashbacks to Babysitter. Stupid grind and a stupid map.
VN's shouldn't mean needing to do stupid stuff like this:
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There's no grind or stupid map here from what i could see. Did the dev say they would go in that direction or something?
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This is getting off topic but, the apartment navigation was a nightmare and you needed to watch porn twice each day as well. Only later in the game does it get simplified.
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But there are no signs of that happening for Radiant from what i could see, unless i am missing something.Why is this a topic of discussion?
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Hmm, ok. The way i see it, that's the equivalent of people asking ntr in harem games. And not worthy of discussion from my point of view. Best way is to ignore those ideas, move on and appreciate what we have here
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at least the radiant developer didn't go the OPEN WORLD ROUTE...those fucking shit BLOWS. i hate not having not to do anything and ending up in dead end street or map or back in your fucking room not knowing whether to jerk off, work, do side jobs or go to a fucking coffee shop...
i would rather it ended in a choice option then a few scenes then cut it for the next update....or just leave a cliffhanger with a "see you next update or whatever"...
...dead end open worlds makes me think the VN world is sooooo fucking empty and small...
...and kinetic novels are short and i have no power over the character...i'd rather read a wuxia novel or something, since the MC is NOT ME....
i would rather it ended in a choice option then a few scenes then cut it for the next update....or just leave a cliffhanger with a "see you next update or whatever"...
...dead end open worlds makes me think the VN world is sooooo fucking empty and small...
...and kinetic novels are short and i have no power over the character...i'd rather read a wuxia novel or something, since the MC is NOT ME....
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I doubt we will need to watch porn to get horny points.
We have 3 sexy daughters to watch and build more than enough points.
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That's usually tied with sandbox and freeroam. I was forgot to add an example but I was thinking about Melody type of VNs (same romance genre), BADIK (usually no intimate moments with the lack of points gained from dialogue), City of Broken Dreamers, etc.,. This VN has the potential to beat those aforementioned games and has no sign of sandbox.You're giving me flashbacks to Babysitter. Stupid grind and a stupid map.
VN's shouldn't mean needing to do stupid stuff like this:each day. Or having to surf porn exactly twice to build up horny scores.
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From what i could see in sandbox games, they are actually more limited than the usual VN story. Most of them have a fairly static story, and your only input is the order of the events (that is if there is no grind involved, in which case it's even worse). This means the characters' reaction & progression is pretty much the same and you have no way to influence it. Classical VNs (in terms of structure; i don't mean to say that Radiant is your run of the mill VN) like Radiant offers the option to influence the way the story progresses, which has much more impact than having to repeat the same scene 10 times, or having to go through 10 rooms at 3 different times of day at 7 different days of the week.
Hopefully this doesn't go the sandbox route (like i said, nothing so far points to it going that way). One of the worst examples of VNs turned sandbox is Indecent Desires, and to this day, whenever i check that thread, all i see people complaining because of the switch from VN to sandbox.
So, let's just see how the next update goes. After playing through it once, and reading the game's writer's posts through this thread, i can only be hopeful regarding it
Hopefully this doesn't go the sandbox route (like i said, nothing so far points to it going that way). One of the worst examples of VNs turned sandbox is Indecent Desires, and to this day, whenever i check that thread, all i see people complaining because of the switch from VN to sandbox.
So, let's just see how the next update goes. After playing through it once, and reading the game's writer's posts through this thread, i can only be hopeful regarding it
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finally someone mentioned indecent desires...shit its sitting on my desktop right now and i'm torn to play it or not...i hated the route they chosen...maybe i should delete it and ignore the thread too...lazy route that's what sandbox is...From what i could see in sandbox games, they are actually more limited than the usual VN story. Most of them have a fairly static story, and your only input is the order of the events (that is if there is no grind involved, in which case it's even worse). This means the characters' reaction & progression is pretty much the same and you have no way to influence it. Classical VNs (in terms of structure; i don't mean to say that Radiant is your run of the mill VN) like Radiant offers the option to influence the way the story progresses, which has much more impact than having to repeat the same scene 10 times, or having to go through 10 rooms at 3 different times of day at 7 different days of the week.
Hopefully this doesn't go the sandbox route (like i said, nothing so far points to it going that way). One of the worst examples of VNs turned sandbox is Indecent Desires, and to this day, whenever i check that thread, all i see people complaining because of the switch from VN to sandbox.
So, let's just see how the next update goes. After playing through it once, and reading the game's writer's posts through this thread, i can only be hopeful regarding it
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It's fine having the point system in melody and DMD because it makes sense.
I like how Radiant offers a choice on how you want the mc's personality to be and the relationship with the girls. That's definitely something that makes sense rather than the arbitrary stuff in sandbox games..
Dammed I was thinking a bit on the story today, and thought of a possible background miniarc that would be going on amongst the main story over several updates.
At first I thought that it would be nice for the MC to sketch out Gracie's face from his dreams over time until he had a portrait that matched what he could remember, but then realized he would suddenly need god-level artistic skills that would be hard to explain.
I then went to his background as a photographer. He could eventually tell the girls of how he had been dreaming of her (omitting the more adult details, but perhaps Olivia or Maddison figures it out anyway). He would then end up taking pictures of the girls, Allison likely being the first and Maddison probably being the last, over time noting what features they inherited from Gracie. He could then use his company contacts to find an artist with experience in facial reconstruction, with the pictures and notations of what to use to recreate dream Gracie (for example, Olivia's hairstyle and length is a perfect match), and not in a static, utilitarian staring-out-of-the-page way, but in an artistic pose.
What could be done with the portrait? Perhaps a larger one in a hangable picture frame, or three or four smaller ones for the girls and the MC. One thing to consider in hanging a large portrait is that the interior of the house is an open-air design, so if there was a scenario of messing around on the couch, it would likely be able to be seen 'watching over' the room as it were. Although now that I think of it, several small ones means it could be seen in any or nearly any bedroom too, lol.
Anyway, that's just some of my thoughts that I had to get down.
At first I thought that it would be nice for the MC to sketch out Gracie's face from his dreams over time until he had a portrait that matched what he could remember, but then realized he would suddenly need god-level artistic skills that would be hard to explain.
I then went to his background as a photographer. He could eventually tell the girls of how he had been dreaming of her (omitting the more adult details, but perhaps Olivia or Maddison figures it out anyway). He would then end up taking pictures of the girls, Allison likely being the first and Maddison probably being the last, over time noting what features they inherited from Gracie. He could then use his company contacts to find an artist with experience in facial reconstruction, with the pictures and notations of what to use to recreate dream Gracie (for example, Olivia's hairstyle and length is a perfect match), and not in a static, utilitarian staring-out-of-the-page way, but in an artistic pose.
What could be done with the portrait? Perhaps a larger one in a hangable picture frame, or three or four smaller ones for the girls and the MC. One thing to consider in hanging a large portrait is that the interior of the house is an open-air design, so if there was a scenario of messing around on the couch, it would likely be able to be seen 'watching over' the room as it were. Although now that I think of it, several small ones means it could be seen in any or nearly any bedroom too, lol.
Anyway, that's just some of my thoughts that I had to get down.
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Here you can find the ITALIAN Translation for version 0.12
(dialogues manually fixed)
It's a UNOFFICIAL release
You can find more translations at my thread:
[ITALIAN translation] various Ren'Py games
Enjoy!
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(dialogues manually fixed)
It's a UNOFFICIAL release
You can find more translations at my thread:
[ITALIAN translation] various Ren'Py games
Enjoy!
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Thanks a bunch. I even made a save at the beginning to have the explanation ; just in case.