VN - Ren'Py - Ripples [v0.7.0 Public] [Jestur]

I don't think that I have ever scored a 5 star review before, but this is totally deserving and more. The story is simple, the characters well varied, and the animations are some of the best I have ever seen.

It is slightly kinetic in that most of the choices are towards building your rapport with the LIs, and a few more important choices are funneled toward keeping a romantic path open or not. I don't care about this. IMHO the story, branching stories and backgrounds of the LIs are so thoroughly engaging and interesting, keep it as borderline kinetic as you want, Dev.

I have played other VNs with many more H scenes. It is arguable that, as far as a porn game is concerned, there is more story here. I don't care about this either. The build ups, the teasing and the relationships/bonds that the MC is able to build with the LIs is engaging enough for me. Also, the animations are so well done that it is worth the wait. I will take quality over quantity every time!

The models are stupendous. There is something for everyone in the fact that some girls are petite (extremely realistic for high school aged LIs) , some that are a little more athletic /busty and plenty of gorgeous milfs. And on a side note, I APPLAUD the Dev for making the MC taller than the girls. This makes the game so much more engaging and realistic. I've never understood Devs that create LIs that are all either as tall or taller than the male MC. Either he's short or all the LIs are amazons which is unrealistic. Women, on average, are around 5 inches shorter than men and I don't understand why so many Devs shy away from making shorter LIs. Bravo!

The story is perfectly paced and very intriguing. I am usually playing several VNs at a time and switch back and forth between them. Not this time. I was so engaged that I spend stretches of hours playing Ripples without taking a break. Maybe this is a norm for other players, but not for me.

Not only are you working to get every LI possible but the MC is also actively moving the story along by helping, exploring and protecting. I'm very thrilled that the MC can actually fight. So many other Devs seem to think it's somehow off-putting to actually have a masculine, tough MC that isn't afraid to stand up for himself and others and I have no idea why. But if beta males are for you, there is even a choice of being more submissive to the LIs. Like I said before, a little something for everyone. Thumbs up!

I have played all of the most popular VNs (the BIG hitters) and I have to say, I think this is probably my overall favorite. I look forward to more content. Please keep it coming Dev! Standing ovation!!! 5.5/5

This is excellent work! Great story, rendering, and super sexy scenes.

Each characters are very unique and different. There is something for everybody.

I can't wait for the continuation of the story!

This may be the best animated and drawn VN i've ever seen. The camera work in the scenes is amazing, much more engaging than just flipping through a powerpoint like a lot of them. I'd take every dollar ive spent on VNs on steam and give it all to Jestur.

This game sets the standard.

Great writing. Good humor without going overboard.

Amazing girls. Best animations I've seen in a game on this site.

Dialogue is crisp and doesn't feel forced. Very few errors.

The production value and craftsmanship shine through. It's clear how much love and attention went into making this.

I have nothing bad to say and eagerly await the next chapter.

Graphics and animations are good thanks to honey select engine, and the story is well written..

BUT it doesn't have so many fappable scenes, too much teasing .
You'll have to play like 50hours, if you pay attention to the story, to get 5-8 good scenes, and around 4-5 "real fuck session"

To conclude, all is well executed, but for a porn game, it lacks H-content, pace is reaaaally too slow, you can play 4-5 hours sometimes without seeing anything.

Very unique story and immersive characters. The animationas are great and you can tell a lot of work has been put into it. Renders are pretty good and the sound (including music) is perfect. Overall 9/10

Truly Amazing, not the biggest fan of Honey Select games but i am when the story is this good, one of the best stories you will ever find in this genre with one of the coolest concepts, all of the LIs are great (for the most part) and Mc is pretty good too, This game is just pure fun and extremely well written a great great game

I love this game. Visually the art style is great and fits the tone of the story. I also like that they have soundtrack. too many AVNs are missing that as it adds so much. If you appreciate well-developed characters and a story that resonates on multiple levels try it out!

i enjoy the storyline till now, after that the render of 3dcg is the best. for the music background match with the ambience of story. the detail when to past is good.
I can't wait for the next update of the ripples

Having just finished Episode 7, I can wholeheartedly recommend Ripples. Its story is captivating, the character models are impressive, and the animations are exceptionally well done. However, it is not without its flaws.

The narrative follows a fairly basic time-travel premise, which caught me by surprise as I approached the game with no prior knowledge. Despite its simplicity, the plot is engaging, filled with intriguing mysteries, and never feels forced. The characters are enjoyable, both in their personalities and in how well they are modeled. Yet, the true highlight of the game are the animations. While there is obviously still room for improvement, they are among the best I have encountered in a visual novel of this kind - highly detailed, expertly crafted, and superior to what is found in 99% of other top-rated VNs.

Now, onto the negatives. Though not overwhelming, there are some aspects that could benefit from improvement. One of the weaker elements is the writing, which, while generally solid and never prompting the need to skip, occasionally feels lazy or, in one instance, poorly executed. The "lazy" scenes occur when the game adopts a rather stereotypical approach: every girl is inexplicably infatuated with the protagonist, every joke lands perfectly, and the player character is depicted as the ultimate, coolest, greatest chad.
These moments feel like a teenage power/shower fantasy, with women existing solely to adore the main character, the only exception being the punk girl - but only because she isn't straight. One particularly poorly executed scene occurs during the visit to Riley’s. This encounter feels really rushed and underdeveloped. You go to her, she tells you she betrayed you. She then tells you, you shouldn't trust her when the topic of the USB-Stick comes up. Then she tells you, you should trust her. The only option to continue her path is if you go "sure, you put me and my family danger but it's all cool now". Then Sex (arguably a great scene but still). I was honestly perplexed because my first instinct was to obviously not trust the person who just betrayed me. However, refusing trust abruptly ends the Riley path.

This leads to another significant issue: the lack of multiple paths or meaningful decisions, which removes any incentive to replay the game. Different choices either funnel back into the same outcome or simply skip over scenes that are part of the "correct" path. Lacking a certain item doesn’t alter the story; it merely omits a scene and eventually grants the item anyway. Saying "no" to a character ends that narrative thread entirely, skipping scenes without creating a new branch. The only substantial difference in player choice seems to be whether or not one pursues the Skylar route, with everything else being highly linear. In fact, the linearity is so pronounced that when checking text messages, selecting the bottom one first often causes confusion, as it references events that haven’t yet occurred in the top option.

Another point of critique is the limited interactivity. While you can use your phone, there is no real function beyond aesthetics. There’s no option to chat, call, or otherwise engage with the system meaningfully. Personally, I think the phone system from averywellknownfraternityVN would suit this game well, with chat and call functionality for present-day interactions, and SMS or voicemail for the 1999 setting. However, this would likely conflict with the streamlined storytelling approach.

Despite the negative tone of my review, this stems from my genuine fondness for the game. Ripples has tremendous potential, with its engaging characters, outstanding models, fantastic animations, and intriguing story. Yet, these strengths are slightly undermined by its flaws. While I don’t know the creator’s vision, from my perspective, a story-driven time-travel visual novel like this would benefit greatly from prioritizing multiple paths and meaningful choices. Nonetheless, I’m eagerly anticipating future updates and new content.

Absolute masterpiece.
The attention to detail is everywhere, in the animations, places, positions, dialogues, story, music, sound effects, characters, character development, and much more until all culminates into a deep immersion (which to be honest is even quoted in a meta dialogue inside the game itself).
It's a must play, don't let the cover deceive you as the plot may as well go way above your head, fantastic game.

Hey teenagers,

This great game will delight you. If you’re into fantasy and science-fiction productions like Dark, Back to the Future, or Stranger Things, you got it all here then, who needs any more imaginative nonsense?

If you like being teased by slutty sexy female characters, get ready for some wild adventures where every female character you meet will drool over you, no matter how dumb you are. You’ll quickly discover that every love interest is, let’s just say, an easy catch (slut). So you won’t have to worry about the hassle of picking up girls or popping their cherries. Thanks to the Devs, almost all they’re set and ready to go. They’ll even share examples of their past “hot” experiences with you. And the best part? You don’t need to convince them that their colorful past doesn’t bother you; the developers have taken care of that for you. Just keep pressing the spacebar.

No need to stress about whether they’ll be upset if you reject them. The developers are too busy to create scenes about love pangs or rejections. So don’t worry, there’s no room for resentment because it simply doesn’t exist.

Feeling clumsy, stupid, or like a wannabe? Don’t worry. You’ll feel the same way in this game too, but this time, the girls will fall for you precisely because you’re dumbass. And if you manage to collect enough “assertive” points, who knows, you might even get the chance to feel like a real man once in a while.

Don’t let the chance of squeezing, bouncing, fondling, flicking, licking and tweaking tits slip by. Come on. You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today.

Don't take my sarcasm to heart, you'll really like this game.



Hey guys,

TLDR: Life is short. Don't.. Not worth it.

First off, let me quickly go over the things I liked about the game. Even though it borrows elements from other titles, the game is built around a solid story. This general framework mostly helps keep the developers in check, preventing them from randomly throwing in scenarios that could weaken the narrative, like "What should we make the main character do today?" or "Which character should he interact with now?" While some scenes and dialogues drag on with unnecessary details, I have to say the game is pretty engaging.

Now, I can't say the same for the camera angles, but the renders and animations are surprisingly close to top-notch quality. This is probably the best part of the game. I wasn't particularly impressed with the character models, but I wasn't disappointed either.

You quickly realize that our main character is basically a boy trying to act like an adult. I don't want to offend the writer, but it feels like a 14 or 15-year-old who wants to seem grown-up is doing the talking here. His constant need to prove himself and his attempts to come off as charmingly goofy start to get old after a while. On the other hand, all this childish perspective of the main character creates a strange contradiction with the dialogues on some technical issues in the narrative (anime fandom, computer knowledge, music taste etc).

Even though the game offers plenty of choices, it doesn’t really give the players any real say. The negative options are basically meaningless. It’s like, if you want to see something, pick the positive response; if not, well, you’re out of luck. There are plenty of love interests, but only a few actually lead to more intimate scenes, so you're basically directed (forced) towards relationships with certain characters.


Even though the game as it stands seems to deserve a solid 3.5 stars, after my frustrating experience, I just can’t bring myself to give it three or four stars.

Ripples is easily competing for the title of best VN on this website.
Love the story, the characters and the Arts. I'm waiting for each update more and more every time. A few variations depending on your choices but still you feel invested in the story.
Can't wait for then next update <3
Keep the awesome work!

I just cannot say enough good things about this AVN and I am sure there is nothing new I can say that has not already been said, but I just did another playthru and I just feel like I need to add my praise.

I could probably nit-pick the story, but generally speaking it is a well thought out, planned and fun story. There is humor, tension and some drama. It's a time travel story, and while this is an overdone trope, this one does it really well and spends more time on the relationships then trying to explain the science.

The MC is fun and smart but is also filled with doubt and makes mistakes along the way. He is no Gary Stu and that is a welcome change. All the LIs are also smart, funny and great to look at and I appreciate how unique each of them are.

It is also the best Honey Select production out there. I have no idea how the dev gets the high quality renders out of HS as well as creating unique looking characters. Yes, I know, it's HS so all of them are similar, but somehow the dev does a great job distinguishing them.

The only negative is there are just way too many LIs. The dev does a nice job making them all relevant to the story, but for example, Krystal is one of my favorites and you see her a lot at the beginning, but then she kind of disappears. OH! And I hate the whole hidden MC face...

Regardless, I could on and on about how great this AVN, but at the end of the day it is a fun, sexy romp and I am sad every time I get to the end. If you have never played it, you have to download it and give it a try. You may not like it, but you have to at least download it and give it a try.

Thanks to the Dev for a wonderful little AVN.

This game easily deserves to be classified as one of the best. There are few games that can compare to the animation, story, and QA of Ripples. In terms of animation, I would easily place it in the top 3. And during the scenes, the dialogue and animation work together and flow naturally.
The story does make you think about where it is going to go.

As you play along, it's hard to guess what direction they are going to go with things. The QA also deserves recognition because I don't recall a single instance of noticing bad grammar or spelling. While it isn't the most critical aspect of a game, running into grammatical or spelling errors throughout a game does tend to kill the immersion, and I don't recall ever running into a scenario like that for this game.

I think you're doing yourself a massive disservice if you're not checking this one out.

This game does just about everything well. The animation and character models are great. The storyline is intriguing and dark. The relationships are fun and full of life. The sex scenes are varied and interesting. The music is good. My only complaint is that I get through each update too quickly because I binge play it.

This plays like a standard harem VN, but because of an excessively large harem, every character is extremely dull. Neither MC nor any of the girls in the harem have any unique or interesting qualities. You drift between scenes with different women, almost always a scene with a new woman. Some women might get multiple scenes with MC if they are lucky, but these will be spaced across what feels like hours.

The result is that each woman is (maybe intentionally?) written to be as simple and basic as possible. Each woman fits the following criteria, and has no other characterization:
1. A one-word character archetype ("shy", "punk", "mom", etc.)
2. Inexplicably horny. Like, comically horny. And because MC has no interesting qualities either, this is even weirder.

Drifting listlessly from boring woman to boring woman will sometimes be broken up by a plot dump. When this happens, the plot guy shows up, takes MC to the plot place, and explains plot to him for a long time. There is not a method of writing that could get me to care about the plot less than this.

The game has some positives going for it:
- It didn't crash
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Overall I can't recommend this to anyone, and I struggle to imagine who the target audience is.

To start, I have to say that I have a hard time connecting with HS games. Eternum, after initial reluctance on my part, was the only exception to this rule. That is until my buddy convinced me to try Ripples 0.7. I admit I had trouble getting into the game at first. But I persisted, and boy am I glad that I did!

The Story is really well written and very cleaver. It is lighthearted and funny but with the perfect amount of Drama to keep you interested.


The LIs are beautiful and will grow on you quickly. They were very well written and I find myself always want to get to know them better. Therefore, it is hard to choose a favorite but If I must, I'd say that I favor Scarlet and Skylar a little more than the rest of the girls.

The HS renders are very good quality and the game runs smoothly with zero issues that I found. I was particularly impressed with the animations, and the music was spot on.

If you were hesitant to try this AVN, I suggest you take the plunge and stick with it. You will be pleasantly rewarded.

Okay, this game is absolutely amazing! Overall the story is quite lighthearted but it can get serious (not realistic, serious) when necessary.
The humor is good, nothing like making you laugh more than half of the game but enough to give you some chuckles and it definitely made me keep a smile most of the times.

- THE GOOD THINGS
- The characters visuals for the women are really good. It is pretty diverse and, while I'm not some Honey Select veteran player, I can say that it was hard to see characteristics from other game characters, which is definitely a good thing when talking about HS games.

- The characters personalities are also really enjoyable and it was hard to not like some characters at least a little in my experience. Some will say that a good chunk of the characters are generic archetypes, which wouldn't really be wrong, but this didn't made them feel any less enjoyable to me. All of them were handled good by the dev imo.
The MC is above average in the personality area and he can be a really courageous fella if you do the correct choices, but hadn't really done something that made me regard him in the same level as some of the better protags in other games, but he's still cool (and he really shows his courage in the 0.7 update)

- The animations are TOP NOTCH is this game, holy shit. This is definitely my best point along with the premise. From the small presentation scenes down to the action and sex ones, all of it shows the effort made with HS.

- The sexual content is really good, with buildups that lead to some really sexy scenes. As said above, the animations for the sex scenes are perfect.

- The premise of the story is really interesting, and the mystery surrounding it makes me really feel excited by what will happen in the future updates.

- THE BAD THINGS / Despite all my praise, there is a bad thing (naturally, nothing is perfect)

- The amount of LI's are probably the biggest bad gripes I have with the game. It is just TOO MANY. This is mostly subjective, but it can hurt some character developments later on.

I think that is all, if I forgot something I'll add later (I feel there is a bad point I'm forgetting, but my brain isn't braining after writing all that). My final rating would be a 4.5 but I'm settling for 5.0 stars in the review, if only because the problem about "too much LI's taking up character development time" is not something that's actually happening right now (too much).

If you're reading this, I recommend you try this game, it really is a good ride! If you're looking for a good premise, I assure you this game has a pretty good one. If you're looking for a sexy time, I have good news to you, THIS GAME ALSO HAS IT!! (One of the best, I'd say)

Stand proud Jestur, you're making an amazing game and I wish you the best in your work!

This game gets better and better with every update!

Intriguing story and great visuals with top-notch animations.

Lots of cute and sexy girls for every taste.

Definitely one of the best representatives of HS games on this website.

Strongly recommend not to miss this masterpiece and give it a try!