The most reasonable thing to be stuck on this update was the lack of player agency which is magnifed by the MC pulling a dumb brain moment. You aren't given a choice to trust Skylar or not you fully do (even if you the human player can obviously tell she is lying), which is right next to a scene where you again have no way "stop" or make a choice (BDSM with Riley). Obviously people will complain about coomer stuff like "I don't like tattoos" or "muh waifu not being subservient" but for you to notice the complaints but say you aren't sure makes it seem like every possible reason to complain is "invalid".
Yes it was fine and was always going to be fine because it wasn't time for the update to end but come on people saying player agency was weak this update aren't being harsh or crazy.
I haven't been able to be as active as I want to be in the thread because I'm in the middle of moving to another house, and my PC is now packed up, but I have been peeking in the thread from time to time. Let me address a couple of your concerns. First, Riley's bedroom scene is
not forced upon the player if you choose to trust her, and you
can back out of Skylar's route in ep6. There were some errors, and I added the choice on the other as planned in the first place.
Please be aware that this is an
old leaked beta version, and the version on Patreon already has these changes and fixes. There is still a problem with Skylar/Jessica routes that needs fixing, and I plan to fix it before the public version is out.
Yes, I admit that the MC is a little dumb and slow when it comes to feeling out the other LI, he admits it many times. He does question her and knows something else is up and says it multiple times. Also, Skylar does admit something else happened, and tells you that she will tell you later. There are mysteries in this story that need to be explained when the time is right and to make sense. The story wouldn't be very fun if I spoiled everything in the first half of the story. I know that may be annoying to some, but I hope you, and others who have doubts, can give me a little bit of credit and let the story play out. I know I am not the best at storytelling. I've never written a novel before. This is my first attempt. But I'm trying, and I hope you like the rest of the story.
I appreciate your feedback and concerns. Thanks.
Oh goodie a new update. Been waiting for this.
Thanks Jestur
You're welcome, Streetlight. I hope you enjoy it!
The past sex scenes seems to have been animated now. Am I tripping or has that always been the case? It's been quite some time since I revisited Ripples.
The sex scenes have always been animated. I'm not sure why they would not, but one thing you can check is if transitions are turned on or off in the options. That may prevent some of them from playing. If you keep having issues, let me know.
Well Faraday cages only attenuate the EM field. If you want total cancellation, you have to go with a solid Faraday shield, but an incomplete cage can still screw with the signal somewhat effectively depending on distance to the source. My house is just balloon framing with giant windows. The mesh in the stucco siding interferes with the 5G, so I have nearly no reception in one half of the house unless I step outside.
The bigger technical conundrum is how she can turn her whole-house Faraday cage on and off. She says "That's because we're at security level three. Which essentially makes this house a Faraday cage.", which implies that other Defcon levels don't interfere with the cell signal. If that's the case, she must be using an active intervention like you mentioned. So I take the word "essentially" to mean "not actually, but having the same intrinsic effect as".
You guys are too smart. That's exactly why I didn't call it a Faraday cage. It's just said it's kind of like one. Riley has her own new technology that blocks signals but she didn't give a term for the technology.
