VN - Ren'Py - Ripples [v0.8.0 Public] [Jestur]

Really the first episode is exciting enough to to get familiar with the game world, but 2nd episode is boring. Honestly I'm into story, lewds, emotional romantic scenes but not much into other filler like scenes which are not so important for the running of the story. But that just me. Others like it some other way. But from 3 rd episode.. Especially when riley made entry to the game, the game went to thrilling mode. I'm prefer milfs more than girls. So, a little disappointed that the milfs in 2019 are not available except riley..

And what can i say about riley? She ticks almost every kink of me. I'm into milf, maledom, hardcore sex with a character who is also giving contribution to the story. And she did that well. Her lewd scenes are top notch. Either it is a banana/shoe scene or helicopter (followed by hardcore manhandling sex by MC, like he destroyed her lol..) . And the way she helps MC and be his protector at danger times? What milf out there do that? And i really excited about more of her story and also more of her kinky maledom time. Hope the Deviancy Score pays off..

Coming to romance centric characters, Its no secret that Skylar is the top for me. She is the best in young girls zone. And last but not least Jenny.. I truly got tears about that last scene with her.. I'm having lewd with her.. But it felt like it's something more as it may be the last time we see her..

Coming to negatives (for me), I absolutely not into Darcy. She is very childish. And it's something irritating to see her getting most of the screen time especially in recent episode.. Her dances.. Her puking.. Meh.. But it is also true that I like her "elder-self". After riley, "Elder-Darcy" is the most interesting character for me.

Sorry, but Tiffany and Jesssica are having zero contribution to the story and bare minimum contribution to the lewds. It's sad to see as I'm a big "Mom" fan.

The story in this one is fantastic, better than the porn which is also fantastic. Appreciated that they referenced Steins;Gate early and if you're a fan of that you'll likely love this. As of August 2025 it's a solid 5/5 for me fam. My only complaint is that it's not done because I want to keep playing/reading.

One of the few games worthy enough to bring back

I played this on Itch.io and tried to redownload it before it was removed. I failed. I love Ripples. One of the best VNs, if not the best VN. This was the first thing that I downloaded on Itch.io and it was definitely one of the most impressive VNs that I have ever read.

One of my favourite AVNs of all time.

The mixture of light hearted slice of life comedy and the on going sci fi time traveling mystery is a joy to watch.

The Honey Select visuals and 3d models with this game's cool blending of UI transitions and templates is refreshing and you can see as the episodes progress the visual quality a well as the story get better and better.

If I have to give game this any form of a con, it would be the wait between episodes

The rest are pros all the way.

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[v0.8.0]

NOT a dating sim! VERY story heavy/focused VN with a decent amount of high quality erotic content, but IMO with weak romance and relationships (with some exceptions) and bloated/awkward dialogue. There are some inconsistencies with the plot too.

⠀⠀⠀I hate Ep1 and it almost made me uninstall the game on the spot. Introduction's handling is poor, starting with Darci interaction, which sets her as an unlikable and even annoying character and unlikely romantic pursuit. She doesn't even react to MC having sex with Krystal, no jealousy, no regret, nothing. Her casual practice sessions turn me off. Sister is not much better appearing as a stuck up vain bitch (spoiler: she isn't), who's bragging about sexual experience at 19 (spoiler: lie). The MC is okay, just don't like him pretending to be all grownup and a ladies man, instead of just being himself. Krystal had a crush on the MC, but gave up as soon as he failed to comprehend a couple of her sexual innuendos? I would have understood if she was a shy introvert, but she's an uninhibited "slut", so it doesn't check out. Also I don't want to hear about her previous lovers and sexual experiences. Love interest don't have to be virgins (although most girls are about 18y/o so it should at least be very likely that they are), but why mention other dicks, if not to make player jealous? Maybe teacher telling her student about her college sexual escapades and importance of "protection" as a joke was ok in 2020, but it's not funny now, I also don't want he hear about her slutty past. They've been classmates fow how many years, and MC decided to discuss power plant accident with Alyssa only now? The power plant facility is supposed to be sealed off and thoroughly investigated, but not only the MC can waltz in like no big deal, but also found some secret docs just lying around! Also accident happened years ago, not to mention they haven't found dad's corpse, because he was supposedly in the center of explosion, yet MC wonders if that's his blood on the floor when gets inside, so stupid. Btw, why isn't laboratory guarded? Overall the prologue sucks ass, Ep2 and onwards is where the plot kicks off and it is much nicer.


Erotica:
⠀⠀⠀Sexual content is excellent. Lots of teasing, foreplay and general build-up. Proper sex scenes are relatively rare, but of an exceptional quality. I'd have to praise animations, sound design and scene direction above all else, but can't omit small details like immersive camera movent which convey the feeling of weight and inertia of moving bodies and very hot facial expressions. Sex scenarios are also incredibly varied and can be kinky, romantic, sensual and super hot, basically no scene is the same. Riley scenes are something else, man. Sex does not happen in a vacuum - there is always a prelude and an aftermath. All in all, I think erotic content is the strongest aspect of the game, hands down. I'm usually not a fan of HS1, but this game is rare exception. Didn't even know it was possible to create such detailed and nuanced scenes in such an old game, props to modding community and the dev for a lot of work.

Dialogue/writing:
⠀⠀⠀Conversations are too quirky and unnatural. Generally speaking dialogue is cheesy and awkward. "You're a fascinating woman" - 18 y/o mc addresses his 18-19 y/o friends, nobody calls each other 'man' and 'woman' at that age, c'mon. Characters often recite recent events that we have just seen, or go on tangents about random irrelevant topics, which is bloat. Pop culture references are fine, but this many 4th wall breaks isn't. The humor and comedy skits range from okay to embarrassingly cringe. Some of them drag on for way too long, as if the author doesn't know when to stop, when cracking his mediocre jokes. I already mentioned this while describing first episode but the script is pretty inconsistent and some things just don't add up when taking passage of time into account. Also this whole 'fate is predetermined' thing doesn't make sense to me. Like if things are meant to be regardless of what you do, then why bother going back in time at all? But overall I think the story is pretty engaging, at least by AVN standards.

Visuals:
⠀⠀⠀Graphics are pretty impressive for HS1: environments, backgrounds, lighting, shadows, post-processing - everything looks professional or at least competent enough not to break immersion in the this fictional world. On the more negative note, character models kinda look the same, especially in the faces. Their design is super basic. You can tell them apart, thanks to their unique features, but that's it. Also the only difference between teenagers and MILFs are their bust size.

Relationships/characters:
⠀⠀⠀If we omit terrible introductions in ep1, there are several good romances and all characters are likeable or at least tolerable. These romances however rarely go deep as the game's main focus is the story. The abundance of females is also a big reason for it, as there are more than 20 girls/women in the roster, which makes it physically impossible to allocate enough time for each and everyone. As for personalities: there are some sluts (but not whores), some nerds, some shy bookworms, some tsunderes and bitches, and even some loonies, so a little bit for everybody. So far every MC's relationship is fuck buddies/FWBs, no girlfriends yet. So no harem either. Also no incest besides kisses (technically there are a couple of scenes with aunt 20 years in the past, but that doesn't count).

Initially wanted to give this one a ★★★☆☆, but after a while the game picks up the slack and became better by the update. So I was kinda torn between 3 and 4 stars, and decided the latter would be fairer.

Playtime: ~13 hours.

As of 0.8

Really good!
Good story, cool characters, great visuals. One of the best games on this site, hands down. Actually has vanilla sex-scenes that got me aroused (not something that happens regularly in porn games). I have little to complain about, except the fact that the porn and 20+ LI's and the need to give screen time to all of them regularly slow the story pacing to a crawl.

Hard recommendation from me. Just play it, you won't be disappointed!

Played it a few times in the past, but never got around to writing a review. Just played through it again because of the new update, so here goes.

PROS:
1. Good visuals (renders & animations)
The renders and animations in the latest versions look great, only beaten by the likes of Eternum. Obviously, the earlier versions don't look as good, but that's to be expected and is the case in pretty much every game out there (they're still good by the way, just a bit dated by 2025 standards).
2. The story is interesting and engaging
Choosing to write a time travel story was quite a brave move by the dev, as it can easily be ruined with poor writing. Thankfully, this is not the case. Now, since the game is still in development, there are still many things we don't know, however, seeing how your actions in the past may affect the present and interacting with characters from both past and present has been very fun and entertaining so far.
3. Great LIs
There's a decent variety of LIs, both in terms of appearance and personality. Models look good too.

CONS (minor ones, to be honest):
1. Repetitive music
The soundtrack itself is pretty good, however, the same song is sometimes used many times, so a little more variety would be nice.
2. Too many girls
In the current version of the game (0.8), there are around 20 girls in our "Contacts" app on the in-game phone. Most of them do have some sort of lewd scene or renders, but I'd assume we won't go all the way with all of them, which could leave some people disappointed. That being said, I do believe that the main girls will get more than enough scenes (some already have multiple sex scenes), only leaving some side girls with little to no content.

Overall, a great game that has all the aspects of a good VN figured out, with only a minor nitpick here and there. I'd rate it at 4.5 stars, which rounds up to 5 here.

With the most recent update, episode 8, Ripples has become by FAR my favorite HS game and it's possibly my favorite AVN out there right now. With how other more recent updates from other AVNs have been, Ripples is now my favorite AVN still in development.

Each character is delightful in different ways, the game is funny, it has a unique artstyle that I really dig, and it has 2 of my favorite LIs in any game in Darci and Jenny. Fun plot that's starting to get deeper and leaves me excited for more.

The only downside is the slower development cycle, but that's something I, at least, have gotten used to. Plus, Jestur has proven that the quality is worth the wait.

An overrated but still decent sci-fi AVN.

Story: Unfortunately I found this to be the least appealing part of the game,
the entire thing feels as if it's been written by a horny teenager, it isn't Bad per se, but feels awkward and cringey at times (or maybe I'm just old).
The Sci-fi aspect of the story is fairly interesting but gets bogged down in a lot of boring school stuff.

Renders/Animations: I have a pretty big dislike of Honey Select but for some reason in this game I didn't mind it, the renders/animations are by far the best thing Ripples has to offer.

Characters: The MC is an immature pussy magnet who the girls in the game can't help but throw themselves at, a lot of the female characters are, unfortunately, pretty bland and lacklustre making some (not all) feel flat.

Overall, it's a fairly decent game dragged down by "meh" writing where decisions often feel meaningless and some choices feel shallow.

The storyline is awesome. You really get to know the characters. Graphics and animations are top notch. I can't wait for the next chapter to come out, I'm so invested in what will happen next. I won't leave any spoilers but the last chapter ended with you wanting to know what happens next.

Review for version 0.8.0
I enjoyed this game before and have been following it for a while. I have to say that the quality has skyrocketed in this most recent version. The renders have always been good, and the animations were quality. However the animations in this most recent update are exceptional.

The story is very interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. There are an array of personality types among the love interests that are all being fleshed out in an enjoyable manner. In terms of branching I don't think there is meaningful difference in the story that would make it worth multiple playthroughs to see them. Its much better to simply use the mod so that you can see everything in one playthrough.

Any VN enjoyer should find something to like in this game. I strongly recommend giving it your time.

Insanely satisfied by this gem.
Been a while and Idk how I missed it.

Story and Writing is really good, the funny stuff is not cringe or too often, it's just pin point. Really love that.

Characters are also great, Jestur made them really different, realistic, it's not just some dumb stereotypes with 0 backstory. They're all interacting with each other and you don't feel like the supreme MC controlling everything.

Models are very good, each model are very well done, outfits are really GREAT, their own style and all. Other males than MC seem a bit goofy so I hope to see more variations. Tho I feel like it improved on the last patchs.

Animations are just perfect, close/even to other games of the same god rank like Eternum or Pale Carnations. It's a 10/10 for me.

Audio, good effort on that, been a while I didn't hear some good stuff like that.

About kinks and scenes, it's not too vanilla there's just the good amount of scenes for each characters and they're very adapted to the mood. Hope to see more kinks covered but we're really on smth. Hope to see more rimjob (MC on females) and anal.

Absolutely love this AVN the story is intriguing and the models and renders are beautiful! This latest update is great! I am torn between all the love interests, Between Scarlett and Jenny I cant make up my mind! Love the work you do I am hooked keep it up!

This is as good as it gets!
10/10 music
10/10 animations
10/10 models
Interesting premise. Regular updates. This is the real deal!

I'm really impressed with the way this game continues to develop. Other games like Desert Stalker and Harem Hotel improve by challenging the devs technical abilities.
The technical capabilities of the Ripples dev continues to improve as well but they primarily challenge themselves in creating more interesting narative situations. This is good because it keeps the game exciting, novel and entertaining. By comparison Desert Stalker and Harem Hotel have become increasingly more complicated and harder to play.
I'm absolutely obsessed with this game. I can't wait to see what happens next

5/5 - A Masterclass in Visual Novel Plotting

One of those few AVNs that deeply touches your heart is Ripples. Even in the opening moments, it drags you into a place where the pantheon of choices feels important, the people are vibrantly and palpably alive, and the narrative is grown-up, emotional, and perfectly modulated.

The main character is not your stereotypical overpowered, or stupid Main Character, the main character is relatable, imperfect and well-written. The decision points are indeed consequential, and different paths and scenes will create unique experiences that will make a second play through interesting and fulfilling.

Ripples really excels where it is most important, in emotional sensitivity. It is not only a story of lewd content, though in its content, what exists is done tastefully and it is simply breathtaking, but it is a story of connection, loss, hope, and healing. All of the girls in the game are given their storyline and none of them are one-note or contrived.

The visuals are superb, very possibly the finest renders and animations within affable AVN. Soundtrack is worth of a special mention, too, as it perfectly compliments the atmosphere and contributes to the immersive experience.

Conclusion Overview A recommendation If you enjoy adult games that play with tough and mature characters, and expect quality writing and art, Ripples is a game you must play. We can see that Jestur has given his all into this job, and it surely reflects.

Highly recommended. This is a gem to not sleep on.

"If you've seen the German series 'Dark,' this game has a similar plot but skillfully intertwines it with porn gameplay." The game features an excellent storyline and narrative development, interesting characters with notable depth, romance, and sex.

It's what every game here should have: A great story, good characters, and well-placed, quality sex scenes."

Great story, and beautiful girls. I can't get enough of Skyler or Scarlett. Excited to see where things go with Alyssa and Alice as well. My only concern is with the pacing. Almost a year between episode releases, and I feel like there' s still so much story to cover. I know it'll be worth the wait, I'm just impatient I guess.

Fantastic game, blending romance and time travel into an unusual but very appealing package

The story is great. We have an MC trying to find out more about his father's past, and inadvertently gets sent back to the days of his mother's youth. Along the way, he encounters a number of different characters, some twice, in their past and present forms

All the characters are unique and appealing in their own ways, with a ton of character development done on the major LIs. We're supposed to care about these characters, and we do. Interestingly, there's also decisions that the MC can make which can reshape history, which he does in many unexpected ways

While the graphics aren't the best out there, the fact that each character design is unique, and they come with a ton of personality apiece, from MC's conflicted older sister, to the redheaded twins he meets who are polar opposites of one another, to MC's best friend and potential future girlfriend, amongst many others, there's plenty to enjoy about this game

Ripples is a romance and sci-fi visual novel with deep story, emotional moments, and strong characters. It's more about the journey than just the adult scenes.

+Superb Visuals
The renders are consistently high-quality and well-lit. Character models are beautiful and diverse without looking overly generic.
+Intriguing Sci-Fi Plot
What starts as a normal college romance quickly turns into a layered story with sci-fi, time travel, and mystery. It adds a lot of depth beyond the usual adult game narrative.
+Emotional Depth
The game delivers genuinely emotional moments, including grief, nostalgia, and anxiety. It handles them with care, not melodrama.
+Strong Writing and Dialogue
Conversations feel natural, and the pacing keeps things engaging without dumping too much exposition. Jestur knows how to keep the story moving while letting characters breathe.
+Meaningful Choices
Your decisions actually shape the story and relationships. The MC’s personality and bonds can develop differently depending on how you play.
+Excellent Music and Sound Design
The background music is thoughtfully chosen and used to enhance scenes instead of just filling silence.
+Realistic Romance
Relationships evolve gradually through meaningful interactions. There’s buildup and chemistry, not just instant gratification.


– Slow Burn Start
It takes a while for the sci-fi and supernatural elements to kick in. The early game leans heavily on slice-of-life and character setup.
– Slow Update Schedule
Updates are high quality but spaced out. Jestur clearly puts a lot of care into each release, but you’ll need some patience.
– Can Be Confusing at Times
The timeline and story events involving time travel or visions can be hard to follow unless you’re paying close attention.
– Limited Adult Scenes Early On
If you're here just for lewd content, the early parts of the game might feel a bit dry. The focus is more on story and character development at first.
– Some Side Characters Are Underused
While the main cast is fleshed out, a few secondary characters could use more attention or involvement in the story.

The game is still in development, and while updates take time, each one adds solid content and story. If you don’t mind waiting, it’s definitely worth following.

I my hamble opinion, surely one of the best games here!
5/5 doesn't do it justice... It will still be on top on a scale of 10!
No many words needed, if you haven't played it yet, go ahead and play it!
Hands down recommend it!