Ren'Py - Refuge of Embers [v0.20a] [Escape Sauce]

Refuge of Embers

Version reviewed: 0.06

Positives

• the incredibly detailed artwork, worldbuilding... it's an ambitious project
• promising characters

YMMV

• it's still quite short and development feels a bit slow, likely due to how detailed everything is (I'm looking forward to what's coming, though!)

Negatives

• not enough Lena as of 0.06! (can't think of any real negatives )

(V0.5 Review)

Honestly speaking, at the moment there’s not much in the way of ‘material’ . But it’s starts very strong and the art style is incredible. The dialogue is good and I had no problem getting into the narrative. There’s potential for a serious contender on this site and I’m looking forward to future updates.

I just hope for consistent, quality and strong updates to get this project off the ground. No problem supporting once I trust the process! Well Done

Really great artwork and character design, engaging start to the story, an interesting setting, for the moment likeable/lovable characters, but a bit too early for now to have a definitive opinion.

The relationships between characters seem to be believable and interesting. It's really great to have a fusional brother-sister relationship, rather than the boring typical bitchy/semi-dislike relationship that so many games portray.

The semi-medieval/fantasy setting is also nice and interesting and changes from the typical modern high school student living in a million-dollar home.

Really great potential, to see how the story develops.

This game is all around extremely promising. The art is excellent, the premise is great, the writing is solid. This game has all the makings to be an amazing game. Hopefully it lives up to its potential, so far so good.

It's a visual novel without any real choices
(I looked in the renpy file to make sure) and, as of
version 0.3, pretty much no content. I see entirely
no point in submitting "a game" which takes
10 minutes to finish. Th art is fine, though.

v 0.03 (initial demo release) review

Well this game has immense promise. As of the current build there's really nothing to see except some absolutely gorgeous artwork. There's exactly one scene where a female character gets naked to bathe the MC, but that's it. Otherwise it's a bit of setup and plot building.

HOWEVER, the reason I'm giving it 4 stars based on the very short amount of content is what is there. The artwork is sublime, fantastic, gorgeous. We're not talking default hentai here, but artwork you actually want to devour with your eyes. The grammar was on point and the dialogue all seemed very appropriate for the characters.

I only noticed one single error in the very short playthrough, when an NPC called my character by the default MC name and not the custom one that I'd input.

I think this game, if it continues to build, will easily be a 5/5 game, and I'd suggest checking it out. I'll give it another look and maybe re-review in a year or so, depending on how frequently it updates.

This game has a very promising start! While it is very short right now (under 10 minutes if you read everything), the grammar is perfect which is rare to find. I can't say anything about the story yet, but the handful of characters we see seem to have their own distinct and generally enjoyable personalities and the art is unique and overall well done. Looking forward to the progression of this game.

Excellent start for the game. There is no sexual content yet, however the seeds have been planted and now it's going to just take a few updates. I like the setting, the interactions between the siblings, and all the girls so far. Right now I'm not sure it's worth trying, but what is in this initial release is good. The art and story are well done so far. I gave it 4 stars for the effort put in and the potential I believe is there.