[Ren'Py] SU Re-Imagined, an UNOFFICIAL Proof of Concept Ren'Py Demo - Community Development Thread
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Too many!
For reasons, I'll always consider this a 'proof of concept', although the idea is for other people to make girlpacks and eventpacks for all of the girls and other content to make it a 'complete game'...
As for what gets us to 1.0, yeah this all comes down to how quickly others are able to put together girlpacks and such.
Right now my goal for 0.3 is to have the rest of the 'citymap related' stuff working (Meta Bordello, the various stuff in Lexcorp, and the Yacht). The world map stuff would be after 0.3.
So it'll be a bit of a long slog, but there is a LOT of content that would need to be transcribed, and how quickly this can get done depends on how many other people are willing to help get the girlpack content done!
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Still a work in progress, but something like this...
Need to banish the rest of the green, etc. but I think that this is coming along nicely!
BTW, has anyone else playtested 0.27 yet? Looking for more feedback/bug reports!
Need to banish the rest of the green, etc. but I think that this is coming along nicely!
BTW, has anyone else playtested 0.27 yet? Looking for more feedback/bug reports!
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Ran into this:
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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/glamourslam.rpy", line 463, in script
jump expression "roulette_dance" + str(Roulette_dance)
File "game/glamourslam.rpy", line 463, in <module>
jump expression "roulette_dance" + str(Roulette_dance)
NameError: name 'Roulette_dance' is not defined
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "game/glamourslam.rpy", line 463, in script
jump expression "roulette_dance" + str(Roulette_dance)
File "D:\Games\SU_ReImagined-0.27-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1972, in execute
target = renpy.python.py_eval(target)
File "D:\Games\SU_ReImagined-0.27-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1092, in py_eval
return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals)
File "D:\Games\SU_ReImagined-0.27-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1085, in py_eval_bytecode
return eval(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "game/glamourslam.rpy", line 463, in <module>
jump expression "roulette_dance" + str(Roulette_dance)
NameError: name 'Roulette_dance' is not defined
Windows-10-10.0.22621 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.0.3.22090809
SU Re-Imagined 0.27
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BastardX
Thanks! Very much appreciated!
Look for a patch for this and a few other things in the next couple of days...
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So, the new Management Screen will be in the upcoming patch...
Other than the layout adjustments and shift from green to blue, note that the Slot backgrounds will change based on the Glamour Slam level. Me and my silly ideas!
I need to figure out which backgrounds I'm going to use at the Meta Bordello. The hallway seems a little bland... the Playpen background is fine, but yeah the Bedchamber and private room backgrounds... I guess we'll see how that looks or try something else...
I think that I figured out how to set up the V.I.P. suite 'check for threesome opportunity' code, but that's down the road a bit still. Essentially it'd be a check for either of two labels (i.e. if renpy.exists label VIP_Batgirl_Supergirl or renpy.exists label VIP_Supergirl_Batgirl), with the second label jumping to the first one (that would have the scene). If no such label exists, you'd just get the regular scenes with each girl separately, but if threesome VIP suite content does exist...
But of course there's a bunch of other Meta Bordello scenes that will need to be set up first!
But back to the screen above that I've been talking about/working on all day. The 'basic layout' of this screen will be used for the Assignments screen (now Roster screen) and the Heroine Profiles screen. Mainly this is about adding the tabs at the top and changing those backgrounds to this blue background, and moving a few buttons around. Those won't be in the upcoming patch, but the new Management screen will be!
A number of reported issues, plus issues I've stumbled across, will be included in the patch. The patch itself will be pretty tiny (the new screen stuff will be the bulk of the patch, the rest is just tiny .rpy files...). Still thinking I'll have the patch ready to go in a day or two, and of course, if anyone spots issues, feel free to report them so I can look into fixing them for the patch!
Until the next update...
Other than the layout adjustments and shift from green to blue, note that the Slot backgrounds will change based on the Glamour Slam level. Me and my silly ideas!
I need to figure out which backgrounds I'm going to use at the Meta Bordello. The hallway seems a little bland... the Playpen background is fine, but yeah the Bedchamber and private room backgrounds... I guess we'll see how that looks or try something else...
I think that I figured out how to set up the V.I.P. suite 'check for threesome opportunity' code, but that's down the road a bit still. Essentially it'd be a check for either of two labels (i.e. if renpy.exists label VIP_Batgirl_Supergirl or renpy.exists label VIP_Supergirl_Batgirl), with the second label jumping to the first one (that would have the scene). If no such label exists, you'd just get the regular scenes with each girl separately, but if threesome VIP suite content does exist...
But of course there's a bunch of other Meta Bordello scenes that will need to be set up first!
But back to the screen above that I've been talking about/working on all day. The 'basic layout' of this screen will be used for the Assignments screen (now Roster screen) and the Heroine Profiles screen. Mainly this is about adding the tabs at the top and changing those backgrounds to this blue background, and moving a few buttons around. Those won't be in the upcoming patch, but the new Management screen will be!
A number of reported issues, plus issues I've stumbled across, will be included in the patch. The patch itself will be pretty tiny (the new screen stuff will be the bulk of the patch, the rest is just tiny .rpy files...). Still thinking I'll have the patch ready to go in a day or two, and of course, if anyone spots issues, feel free to report them so I can look into fixing them for the patch!
Until the next update...
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So, the new Management Screen will be in the upcoming patch...
View attachment 2676289
Other than the layout adjustments and shift from green to blue, note that the Slot backgrounds will change based on the Glamour Slam level. Me and my silly ideas!
I need to figure out which backgrounds I'm going to use at the Meta Bordello. The hallway seems a little bland... the Playpen background is fine, but yeah the Bedchamber and private room backgrounds... I guess we'll see how that looks or try something else...
I think that I figured out how to set up the V.I.P. suite 'check for threesome opportunity' code, but that's down the road a bit still. Essentially it'd be a check for either of two labels (i.e. if renpy.exists label VIP_Batgirl_Supergirl or renpy.exists label VIP_Supergirl_Batgirl), with the second label jumping to the first one (that would have the scene). If no such label exists, you'd just get the regular scenes with each girl separately, but if threesome VIP suite content does exist...
But of course there's a bunch of other Meta Bordello scenes that will need to be set up first!
But back to the screen above that I've been talking about/working on all day. The 'basic layout' of this screen will be used for the Assignments screen (now Roster screen) and the Heroine Profiles screen. Mainly this is about adding the tabs at the top and changing those backgrounds to this blue background, and moving a few buttons around. Those won't be in the upcoming patch, but the new Management screen will be!
A number of reported issues, plus issues I've stumbled across, will be included in the patch. The patch itself will be pretty tiny (the new screen stuff will be the bulk of the patch, the rest is just tiny .rpy files...). Still thinking I'll have the patch ready to go in a day or two, and of course, if anyone spots issues, feel free to report them so I can look into fixing them for the patch!
Until the next update...
I think is better like this, cuz it's easier to understand what is clickable and what is not.
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Sooo, here's where I'm at with the updated management screen...
One or two loose ends to do here (like change the scrollbar from green to blue), but this is how it looks now. As I said, it'll be in the upcoming 0.27a patch.
I still need to update a few other files (typos, etc.) after that the patch should be ready to go.
Feedback is always welcome!
One or two loose ends to do here (like change the scrollbar from green to blue), but this is how it looks now. As I said, it'll be in the upcoming 0.27a patch.
I still need to update a few other files (typos, etc.) after that the patch should be ready to go.
Feedback is always welcome!
The GS and MB backgrounds look great.Sooo, here's where I'm at with the updated management screen...
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One or two loose ends to do here (like change the scrollbar from green to blue), but this is how it looks now. As I said, it'll be in the upcoming 0.27a patch.
I still need to update a few other files (typos, etc.) after that the patch should be ready to go.
Feedback is always welcome!
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So, I want to open up a conversation. This has been discussed back and forth a few times now, both in this thread and via PMs...
My current corruption system essentially 'mirrors' the more or less 'linear' progression that happens in SU Unity. BUT, people have been wanting a bit more flexibility with the quarters scenes, and I've been giving this a lot of thought.
I've resisted giving each activity it's own 'counter' up 'til now as scenes are pretty much linear, but I'd like to 'break free' of a 'cell progression has to go exactly this way' thing... and also the 'rule of three' to a degree.
So, essentially, I have activites linked to current corruption level (which is a derivative of girl_corruption). This is to prevent you from learning two new activities in a day, i.e. if you just did your first handjob, no blowjob today. That's the idea anyways...
Here's my corruption level chart for reference:
Leash walks are currently NOT tied into the corruption level progression. Neither are 'special scenes' such as when Mercy fucks Lois...
So I still like the idea of 'no corruption reward for say Blowjobs if your corruption is 21 or higher', BUT, if other things can give you a corruption point award (the first time or two anyways), this COULD allow you to partially or completely skip a part of the progression.
Example: Doing 3 or more walks could net you +3 corruption points, which MIGHT allow you to skip Blowjobs (19-21) and go straight to Sex...
And, if Kara and Babs do a leash walk together, this could net another corruption point or two...
And if Kara and Babs are in the same quarters scene (i.e. one of them is invited, I forget who goes to which cell now), that could net you another couple of corruption points.
So in this case, there's 7 corruption points 'at large' for Kara and Babs, which COULD allow a player to partially or completely skip a couple of activities. Or say just do one blowjob, and then one sex scene and then go for the Anal...
As I said, if a gal's corruption points 'skip past' an activity, you could still do the activity, there just wouldn't be a corruption reward, or perhaps they only get one point out of the activity instead of 3... repeats at that point are mainly for the player's enjoyment, not to increase corruption further.
In Lois's case, the sex on Clark's desk at the Daily Planet would be corruption level earning activities too.
The idea here is to not to FORCE players to have to do a linear progression in the cells, rather to give them a few paths to full sluttification...
So yeah, pondering this. I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on this!
My current corruption system essentially 'mirrors' the more or less 'linear' progression that happens in SU Unity. BUT, people have been wanting a bit more flexibility with the quarters scenes, and I've been giving this a lot of thought.
I've resisted giving each activity it's own 'counter' up 'til now as scenes are pretty much linear, but I'd like to 'break free' of a 'cell progression has to go exactly this way' thing... and also the 'rule of three' to a degree.
So, essentially, I have activites linked to current corruption level (which is a derivative of girl_corruption). This is to prevent you from learning two new activities in a day, i.e. if you just did your first handjob, no blowjob today. That's the idea anyways...
Here's my corruption level chart for reference:
| Corruption Level | Notes |
|---|---|
| 0 | Default/Lex hasn't had conversations with this gal yet |
| 1-6 | Initial conversations |
| 7-9 | Dancing |
| 10-12 | Spanking (if spanking), could be other activity |
| 13-15 | Stripping |
| 16-18 | Handjob/Titjob? |
| 19-21 | Blowjob |
| 22-24 | Sex |
| 25-27 | Anal |
| 28 | 'Sluttified' conversation, 'Slutty' costume added, nicknames mentioned |
| 29 | Nicknames enabled |
| 30+ | Fully Sluttified |
| 31+ | Special situations - for tracking new content progression after full sluttification |
Leash walks are currently NOT tied into the corruption level progression. Neither are 'special scenes' such as when Mercy fucks Lois...
So I still like the idea of 'no corruption reward for say Blowjobs if your corruption is 21 or higher', BUT, if other things can give you a corruption point award (the first time or two anyways), this COULD allow you to partially or completely skip a part of the progression.
Example: Doing 3 or more walks could net you +3 corruption points, which MIGHT allow you to skip Blowjobs (19-21) and go straight to Sex...
And, if Kara and Babs do a leash walk together, this could net another corruption point or two...
And if Kara and Babs are in the same quarters scene (i.e. one of them is invited, I forget who goes to which cell now), that could net you another couple of corruption points.
So in this case, there's 7 corruption points 'at large' for Kara and Babs, which COULD allow a player to partially or completely skip a couple of activities. Or say just do one blowjob, and then one sex scene and then go for the Anal...
As I said, if a gal's corruption points 'skip past' an activity, you could still do the activity, there just wouldn't be a corruption reward, or perhaps they only get one point out of the activity instead of 3... repeats at that point are mainly for the player's enjoyment, not to increase corruption further.
In Lois's case, the sex on Clark's desk at the Daily Planet would be corruption level earning activities too.
The idea here is to not to FORCE players to have to do a linear progression in the cells, rather to give them a few paths to full sluttification...
So yeah, pondering this. I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on this!
The rule of 3, in most cell scenes barring a couple, as regards to BJ, sex and anal, seemed to be about where Lex would cum. 1st scene outside, 2nd time inside then 3rd would give the player a choice of where to finish.
I don't mind a system where you could skip doing certain activities 3 times, as long as we can always have the option to go back and do them anyway. The corruption points as you have them look right.
Batgirl visits Supergirls cell
Miss martian visits Artemis
Vixen visits Hawkgirl
I don't mind a system where you could skip doing certain activities 3 times, as long as we can always have the option to go back and do them anyway. The corruption points as you have them look right.
Batgirl visits Supergirls cell
Miss martian visits Artemis
Vixen visits Hawkgirl
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In order to get the 'choice' option for Blowjobs, etc. inside or outside, you'd still need to do the activity three times. And you can already repeat activities, so that wouldn't change. The only thing that would change here is the requirement to do an activity three times before moving on to the next level...
Something that IS different in ReImagined is allowing up to 3 interactions in a cell each night, after a certain point (i.e. usually after the first few conversations). The idea here is to allow players to say start with a stripshow, then blowjob, then on to sex in the same session.
An interesting option along these lines is to put a 'would you like to take things further' at the end of an activity, IF corruptionlevel will allow, i.e.
"You shoot your load down Supergirl's throat."
if Supergirl_corruption > 20 and Supergirl_interactions < 3:
"Supergirl seems to be really turned on! Maybe you could take things further..."
menu:
"On to sex!"
jump Supergirl_sextime
"Better not push things..."
jump Supergirl_interactions_finished
This brings up an interesting discussion about what the 'penalty' is for pushing things if you haven't had sex with Supergirl (or whomever) yet after the blowjob is done.
I'm thinking that maybe the first time, if a 'followup' action, might incur extra fatigue for Supergirl, as she's sort of resistant to the idea but into it at the same time...
I thought about lessening the corruption point reward if you push things, but I don't really like that idea.
Plus, as we don't have any 'break control' mechanics, the whole idea of 'pushing a girl too far' is more of an abstract concept brought up occasionally in dialogue than a 'hard game mechanic'.
Hmmm, maybe in this instance, you could only 'push' things if you have two interaction points to spare, i.e.
if Supergirl_interactions < 2
instead of
if Supergirl_interactions < 3
And the act of 'pushing' would add +2 interaction instead of 1.
So yeah, mostly rambling, but I'd REALLY like to add a bit of flexibility to cell scenes if we can manage it!
Edit: I had another thought. Essentially a small overlay screen in a corner that shows Lex's fatigue, the girl's current Corruption and Fatigue, and her interaction points left.
This could be built into a more interesting cell dynamic, especially if there was a 'mood' stat to keep an eye on. Putting the girl in a better mood could make it easier to progress more quckly, etc.
That's 'next level' stuff though, but if a decent system could be envisioned, well it's not ouside of the realm of possibility in the future...
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MR WEE,
Great work on this project, impressive!
I think the rule of three is not a good idea. It seems like a stalling tactic for sr7 to stretch content on each release.
Instead, you are on the right track with more actions per visit. But, consider making the scenes limited by a factor besides a simple count, like your mood idea but maybe more complex.., (maybe not as complex as roguelike).
I will think about a suggestion.
Great work on this project, impressive!
I think the rule of three is not a good idea. It seems like a stalling tactic for sr7 to stretch content on each release.
Instead, you are on the right track with more actions per visit. But, consider making the scenes limited by a factor besides a simple count, like your mood idea but maybe more complex.., (maybe not as complex as roguelike).
I will think about a suggestion.
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OK, attached is the first patch for 0.27.
To install, drag/merge the /game folder inside of the attached 0.27a folder inside of your SU ReImagined-0.27-pc (or mac) folder. This will ask you if you want to overwrite a bunch of files, yes you do...
It fixes a few reported issues (Lois Dialogue typos, Roulette variable issues, couple of others), but the main thing is a redesigned Girl Management Interface: I showed it off before, here's the screenshot again:
The short form is:
1) Use the Manage/Profiles/Roster tabs at the top to switch between this screen and the Assignments and Profile screens. Roster = Assignments
2) The 'Clear Schedule" button now gives you a choice of setting ALL of the currently scheduled girls at the GS or MB to either Unassigned or Crimefighting. Aa before, Crimefighting restores less fatigue but helps reduce the threat level, Unassigned sends the girls home to rest (will show as Resting at Home the following night). Note that you can change these assignments individually as needed on this screen after 'clearing the schedule'.
3) The "Lexcorp Quarters" button you probably will not see for a while. This is for later when Starfire gets cell content. No ETA on that, nobody is working on Starfire currently
4) If the now much more colorful slot background has a blue transparent overlay, that slot is unavailable to you (presumably because your Lexcon device level is too low for that slot). The 'Locked' overlays are also colored blue, and obviously you'll need to click on those slots and pay the amount shown in the overlay text for that slot to unlock it. So same as before, it's just a semi-transparent blue overlay now instead of a solid button.
Those are the changes pretty much I think. I just wanted to make something prettier, the green overlay screen was fine but yeah...
I forgot to change the version number in this patch (so it'll still show at 0.27), but I suspect that there will be another patch sometime this week so I'll fix it in the next patch. It's actually not hard to change, I'm just being lazy atm...
Thanks much again to Chrisdarock19 and BastardX for the bug/typo reports!
As usual, if you have any issues, feedback is always appreciated!
To install, drag/merge the /game folder inside of the attached 0.27a folder inside of your SU ReImagined-0.27-pc (or mac) folder. This will ask you if you want to overwrite a bunch of files, yes you do...
It fixes a few reported issues (Lois Dialogue typos, Roulette variable issues, couple of others), but the main thing is a redesigned Girl Management Interface: I showed it off before, here's the screenshot again:
The short form is:
1) Use the Manage/Profiles/Roster tabs at the top to switch between this screen and the Assignments and Profile screens. Roster = Assignments
2) The 'Clear Schedule" button now gives you a choice of setting ALL of the currently scheduled girls at the GS or MB to either Unassigned or Crimefighting. Aa before, Crimefighting restores less fatigue but helps reduce the threat level, Unassigned sends the girls home to rest (will show as Resting at Home the following night). Note that you can change these assignments individually as needed on this screen after 'clearing the schedule'.
3) The "Lexcorp Quarters" button you probably will not see for a while. This is for later when Starfire gets cell content. No ETA on that, nobody is working on Starfire currently
4) If the now much more colorful slot background has a blue transparent overlay, that slot is unavailable to you (presumably because your Lexcon device level is too low for that slot). The 'Locked' overlays are also colored blue, and obviously you'll need to click on those slots and pay the amount shown in the overlay text for that slot to unlock it. So same as before, it's just a semi-transparent blue overlay now instead of a solid button.
Those are the changes pretty much I think. I just wanted to make something prettier, the green overlay screen was fine but yeah...
I forgot to change the version number in this patch (so it'll still show at 0.27), but I suspect that there will be another patch sometime this week so I'll fix it in the next patch. It's actually not hard to change, I'm just being lazy atm...
Thanks much again to Chrisdarock19 and BastardX for the bug/typo reports!
As usual, if you have any issues, feedback is always appreciated!
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OK, so I'm still doing minor tweaks here and there to the code, and getting ready to start tackling the Meta Bordello screens, and maybe code a few Catwoman scenes...
Anyways, at least from my perspective, I've come to a decision of sorts.
So as you know, one of the purposes of this proof of concept demo is to encourage the addition of new content that we won't see in SU Unity anytime soon.
Sure, porting over more of the existing content is a worthy endeavor as well, but people are already familiar with this content, and I think they'd be more interested in seeing new stuff ingame at this point, having played through the various quarters scenes in SU many many times over the years as new updates are released...
So while I'm definitely going to continue to encourage others to transcribe existing content for the various girl packs, MY focus will remain on interface design, and creating new content.
This door was cracked open a while back now when we added Power Girl sprites -thanks again Sinner87 for those! Sinner87 has been slowly hammering away at creating other sprites, and we are now at the point that we have a decent amount of Quarters scenes content and such to write up a few scenes for Power Girl.
There's a couple of other 'new to SU' characters that will be introduced as well.
The whole point of creating a Ren'Py version is to open the door for modding and custom content, and I'm definitely going to lean hard into that.
One other note. I mentioned 'event packs' before. What I mean by this is that it's pretty easy to add 'one off' events into SU ReImagined, the main thing is to figure out how to trigger these. Setting up triggers is easy actually, but for consistency sake they should be placed in certain places (say the end of night/start of next day routines). The tricky part here is that I'm trying to set things up so that people don't need to mess with the 'core' game files, instead there should be some routine that checks for such things.
I've done this already with a few other things in SU ReImagined, such as how new girls are introduced, but I won't bore you with all of the details for this. My point is that, at least for events, EVERYTHING can be handled in it's own .rpy file, I just need to add the 'if these conditions are met, jump to this label' to the core build in some fashion. And events could be tied to specific characters, Themyscira, Kasnia, the Yacht event, etc. in SU Unity are good examples of how this can work.
In any case, I have a story arc with a bunch of 'sub-arcs' in mind for ReImagined, and now that I've hit a few mileposts with the ReImagined backbone, I can now start to focus on these.
My point with this ramble is that, for people that want to learn how to write scenes in Ren'Py, and want to help port over existing content from SU Unity, that's a perfect opportunity to 'get you feet wet' with Ren'Py so to speak. Transcribing existing scenes actually is fairly easy, thanks to joepe having extracted the dialogue from SU Unity already. The tricky part is setting up the extracted sprites for these scenes. This is actually pretty easy to do as well, it's just tedious work, which requires a bit of patience and focus.
And, if you have some cool idea for a side story for one of the girls or whatever, absolutely if you want to use that as an excuse to learn how to do stuff in Ren'Py, that's fine too! As long as it sorta kinda fits the existing story framework of course!
Showcasing new story lines and new content is one of the things SU ReImagined is for, after all!
Anyways, at least from my perspective, I've come to a decision of sorts.
So as you know, one of the purposes of this proof of concept demo is to encourage the addition of new content that we won't see in SU Unity anytime soon.
Sure, porting over more of the existing content is a worthy endeavor as well, but people are already familiar with this content, and I think they'd be more interested in seeing new stuff ingame at this point, having played through the various quarters scenes in SU many many times over the years as new updates are released...
So while I'm definitely going to continue to encourage others to transcribe existing content for the various girl packs, MY focus will remain on interface design, and creating new content.
This door was cracked open a while back now when we added Power Girl sprites -thanks again Sinner87 for those! Sinner87 has been slowly hammering away at creating other sprites, and we are now at the point that we have a decent amount of Quarters scenes content and such to write up a few scenes for Power Girl.
There's a couple of other 'new to SU' characters that will be introduced as well.
The whole point of creating a Ren'Py version is to open the door for modding and custom content, and I'm definitely going to lean hard into that.
One other note. I mentioned 'event packs' before. What I mean by this is that it's pretty easy to add 'one off' events into SU ReImagined, the main thing is to figure out how to trigger these. Setting up triggers is easy actually, but for consistency sake they should be placed in certain places (say the end of night/start of next day routines). The tricky part here is that I'm trying to set things up so that people don't need to mess with the 'core' game files, instead there should be some routine that checks for such things.
I've done this already with a few other things in SU ReImagined, such as how new girls are introduced, but I won't bore you with all of the details for this. My point is that, at least for events, EVERYTHING can be handled in it's own .rpy file, I just need to add the 'if these conditions are met, jump to this label' to the core build in some fashion. And events could be tied to specific characters, Themyscira, Kasnia, the Yacht event, etc. in SU Unity are good examples of how this can work.
In any case, I have a story arc with a bunch of 'sub-arcs' in mind for ReImagined, and now that I've hit a few mileposts with the ReImagined backbone, I can now start to focus on these.
My point with this ramble is that, for people that want to learn how to write scenes in Ren'Py, and want to help port over existing content from SU Unity, that's a perfect opportunity to 'get you feet wet' with Ren'Py so to speak. Transcribing existing scenes actually is fairly easy, thanks to joepe having extracted the dialogue from SU Unity already. The tricky part is setting up the extracted sprites for these scenes. This is actually pretty easy to do as well, it's just tedious work, which requires a bit of patience and focus.
And, if you have some cool idea for a side story for one of the girls or whatever, absolutely if you want to use that as an excuse to learn how to do stuff in Ren'Py, that's fine too! As long as it sorta kinda fits the existing story framework of course!
Showcasing new story lines and new content is one of the things SU ReImagined is for, after all!
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I've been MIA here and on the main fanart page for a while. But fear not work has been done. Nude and normal outfits for Power Girl are done and just waiting to be integrated into the game via OhWee's story expansion, no known ETA. I'm now at work on her Sloot Outfit. As previously mentioned it's inspired ThePit's artwork. Also, none of Galatea's sex scenes have been recycled. Power Girl is getting her own set via sprite bashing. Only her talking pose was recycled. Here's a preview of her outfit.
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Quick update.
So, you may have noticed the 'This is the first time that you've hired Cheetah' or whomever in the SU ReImagined Legion Hideout hire routines...
This is placeholder text, until I got around to transcribing the actual 'hire' dialogues from SU Unity. Note that I always found it annoying to have to repeat fast forwarding through this text in SU Unity on subsequent hire routines.
I'm setting up these conversations now, but note that in SU ReImagined, you'll only see this dialogue the first time you hire a character.
I also shortened these routines a bit (less clicks). And note that the 'hire' button is already locked out if you don't have enough money to hire whomever, so you won't see the 'can't hire' dialogue, although the first time you will be given the option to 'change your mind' which has the 'don't bother me then' conversations, and until you actually hire them the first time, said hire conversation will be shown again.
I am including a more lengthy explanation of how retainers work in these first conversations.
HOWEVER, in lieu of repeating these conversations each time, I've also set up something for later. The idea is that the fourth time you hire a villain, they may have a special request in lieu of their 'usual fee'...
These special requests will vary based on the villain, as each villian will have their own request label for this, so at that point, well the side plot can be whatever side plot is developed. They could theoretically even be multi-day affairs perhaps, but yeah we'll cross that bridge when said side plots are being scripted.
At some point, I need to set up an 'away variant' of the nightly check routines so that Lexcorp, the Glamour Slam and the Meta Bordello can run on 'autopilot' if Lex is otherwise occupied, say if he's in prison or on an extended mission or something.
But back on topic, I can add more flexibility (i.e. additional condition checks) later. Note that if the 'special request' hasn't been set up yet, then you'll just see the 'usual' routine. The main thing is that you'll see the 'hire conversations' once for each villain, afterwhich the 'terms of hire' have already been established so no need to repeat said conversations again unless something special is going on...
Feedback is always welcome!
So, you may have noticed the 'This is the first time that you've hired Cheetah' or whomever in the SU ReImagined Legion Hideout hire routines...
This is placeholder text, until I got around to transcribing the actual 'hire' dialogues from SU Unity. Note that I always found it annoying to have to repeat fast forwarding through this text in SU Unity on subsequent hire routines.
I'm setting up these conversations now, but note that in SU ReImagined, you'll only see this dialogue the first time you hire a character.
I also shortened these routines a bit (less clicks). And note that the 'hire' button is already locked out if you don't have enough money to hire whomever, so you won't see the 'can't hire' dialogue, although the first time you will be given the option to 'change your mind' which has the 'don't bother me then' conversations, and until you actually hire them the first time, said hire conversation will be shown again.
I am including a more lengthy explanation of how retainers work in these first conversations.
HOWEVER, in lieu of repeating these conversations each time, I've also set up something for later. The idea is that the fourth time you hire a villain, they may have a special request in lieu of their 'usual fee'...
These special requests will vary based on the villain, as each villian will have their own request label for this, so at that point, well the side plot can be whatever side plot is developed. They could theoretically even be multi-day affairs perhaps, but yeah we'll cross that bridge when said side plots are being scripted.
At some point, I need to set up an 'away variant' of the nightly check routines so that Lexcorp, the Glamour Slam and the Meta Bordello can run on 'autopilot' if Lex is otherwise occupied, say if he's in prison or on an extended mission or something.
But back on topic, I can add more flexibility (i.e. additional condition checks) later. Note that if the 'special request' hasn't been set up yet, then you'll just see the 'usual' routine. The main thing is that you'll see the 'hire conversations' once for each villain, afterwhich the 'terms of hire' have already been established so no need to repeat said conversations again unless something special is going on...
Feedback is always welcome!
This might be a good point to consider breaking up SU into chapters. SU by SR7 will "NEVER" be finished because they just keep adding on without completing areas that they originally started with.
OhWee, I think we need to storyboard the first couple of chapters. The first chapter should probably be the "Gotta Cpllect Them All"! This would be collecting the first group of heroines, populating all the artwork into GS & MB and replacing KiteLass with another, (Please let it be Mary Marvel, but BumbleBee would also make me happy).
The second Chapter could either be "Corruption Can Be Fun"! or The Villainesses Cm To Play"! I know it will not be popular, but hold off on putting the heroines in the cells and corrupting/training them until after the GS & MB are finished. it's very tempting to do this in the first chapter since nearly all of the artwork is complete but I think it will reduce the complexity of the releases. Certain Cells could be filled with other characters such as Lana Lang, Darcy, Cheshire and Audrey in the first chapter just to show the cells being put to use.
"Villainesses Cum Out To Play" would be where the villainesses can be "hired" to work at GS & MB and Camcorder Shows. This would require a whole bunch of new artwork. Hopefully some of this artwork will be contributed by fans while working on the first two chapters.
Chapters 4 & 5, I would suggest "The Gathering Storm"! or "Fresh Talent Means More Profits"! Gathering Storm would be where Luthor gets active opposition from other villains or the heroes from JLA. Fresh Talent can be any number of things such as capturing more heroines such as Fire, Ice, Pantha or Big Barda, Tala capturing new heroines/villainesses, cloning a few of your own or opening GS & MB branches in other cities and importing Marvel heroines.
The whole idea of breaking the game into chapters is to be able to actually complete a part of the game and buy time to figure out how to develop and incorporate the next chapters.
(BTW, any idea of how to bring Raven into the game and utilize her in GS & MB?)
None of this is locked in stone, but it does suggest some directions that would be simpler to implement.
I think the game could have story related to the girls, instead of just kidnapping them and be done with, Lex would have to do stuff like spying on them and find a way to put the device on them. Like, Batgirl is always with Batman so you need to distract Him, Nightwing, Robin, etc. Maybe dy doing that you could organically unlock other girls. Unlock Batgirl you get aware of Nightwing and by consequence Teen Titans and the Titans Girls. That way we can have more presence of the male heroes that never show up in the OG game, certain girls can also have story events related to them, like Batman is suspicious of you, use Batgirl to spy on him and get him of Lex back, same thing for Lois, etc) basically use the girls to acquire more powers, like making him the president again or something similar.