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

[pitao]

No, they're annoyed by inept people playing beta versions, getting their saves borked and asking for support or complaining about buggy releases.
And rightfully so.

Yep beta versions in this sea of indy (A)VN developers should always be done by people that are closer/supporting of the development of the game, specially the ones that are almost there from the beginning. It is needed a good level of trust to give a barely tested version to someone. Of course probably the alpha version was tested by the developer (solo/team) first but it is just a first test phase with a residual testing sample. It usually needs a larger sample to be more efficient.

A few developers seem to delegate beta testing to their higher tier supporters but it doesn't seem a good practice unless they close that tier just for their closer and trusted supporters. Saw some "chaos" in game threads where beta versions were leaked, besides the probably loss of revenue they get bombarded with complaints and unofficial reports.

Of course it is different in other type of games like MMORPGs that usually semi open by registry or invite players to join their beta testing phase. Maybe that happens with other AAA games but probably there is some legal bind by a contract that give high penalties in case of leaks, not really sure, would need to make a search about the topic since never been part of it.

 

[Fuzzy Nuts J]

Would be nice if moderators would show restraint and not promote betas to the updates page. if someone wants to download and test it great, but wait for the real thing to promote it FFS!

 

[MangoTree]

Yeah its a pirate site and games get leaked, but honey select games always have free public releases. There is no real point to leak a honey select game apart from getting to play it early.

These games desperately need the revenue from their subscriber sites since they can't sell their games on store fronts. So if you love the game, don't leak it early. Dev's always get an increase of subscribers when a new version is released, why not help the dev and the games development out by waiting a few weeks for the completely free, no paywall public release? cheers.

 

[Darkresearcher]

Hoping for Jessica Or Tiffany Scene

Hoping for a Jessica and Tiffany scene

 

[Jin-Woo']

 

[Discrepancy]

Hoping for a Jessica and Tiffany scene

Maybe a "past" Tiffany scene and a "present" Jessica scene

 

[alex13_zen]

Maybe a "past" Tiffany scene and a "present" Jessica scene

We will eventually hook up with young Tiffany, but I don't think it will be now. I feel it would undermine the moment when it happens with the present Tiffany.

Personally, what I'd like most from the '99 party is to find out first-hand if Luna likes it a little rough, like her daughter

 

[EthanSiuu]

Maybe a "past" Tiffany scene and a "present" Jessica scene

But what are you saying, bro? It wouldn't make sense with the young Tiffany, maybe later, and personally, I prefer to see the scene with Tiffany Milf.

 

[alex13_zen]

I thought it was a new post but it's the one from 5 days ago, isn't it?

 

[Elduriel]

For modding and pirated content, this place is the undisputed king, obviously. It's made specifically for those. But for everything else, trust me when I say you'll find much, much higher quality stuff on Reddit and Discord (Ripples has both). You will see interesting fan theories and even fan arts. There's contant polling/voting so the entire community is involved. And when you need troubleshooting help, you'll get the help you need without experienced users getting annoyed at you. Check them out!

I'd a few things here just to temper expectations.
- Reddit:there are a couple AVN subreddits, but for troubleshooting you're better off either here or on the devs discord. But yeah if you are asking stupid questions that's on you. Also reddit can be just as toxic as any other site.
- fan arts and theories: again, I highly doubt any site would beat F95 on that. There is a literal shitton of content here.
- polling/voting: may be fun but in the grand scheme of things they don't mean shit unless it's the dev making it, and they do it on patreon almost exclusively. Most of those polls are also just echo-chambers for the most popular games and devs, they literally don't mean anything/provide any objective value

 

[Discrepancy]

But what are you saying, bro? It wouldn't make sense with the young Tiffany, maybe later, and personally, I prefer to see the scene with Tiffany Milf.

Why wouldn't make sense? I wouldn't mind young or milf scene, and both would be great
I say "past" Tiffany because the update will probably have a lost of "past" scenes, don't think we even know if we getting back to present this update, but hope we will

 

[cbarc]

I'd a few things here just to temper expectations.
- Reddit:there are a couple AVN subreddits, but for troubleshooting you're better off either here or on the devs discord. But yeah if you are asking stupid questions that's on you. Also reddit can be just as toxic as any other site.
- fan arts and theories: again, I highly doubt any site would beat F95 on that. There is a literal shitton of content here.
- polling/voting: may be fun but in the grand scheme of things they don't mean shit unless it's the dev making it, and they do it on patreon almost exclusively. Most of those polls are also just echo-chambers for the most popular games and devs, they literally don't mean anything/provide any objective value

Another bonus of those sites is they don't delete your posts for saying something slightly controversial or for challenging the views of experienced members.

 

[alex13_zen]

I'd a few things here just to temper expectations.
- Reddit:there are a couple AVN subreddits, but for troubleshooting you're better off either here or on the devs discord. But yeah if you are asking stupid questions that's on you. Also reddit can be just as toxic as any other site.
- fan arts and theories: again, I highly doubt any site would beat F95 on that. There is a literal shitton of content here.
- polling/voting: may be fun but in the grand scheme of things they don't mean shit unless it's the dev making it, and they do it on patreon almost exclusively. Most of those polls are also just echo-chambers for the most popular games and devs, they literally don't mean anything/provide any objective value

Wow the post you quoted was removed, I guess it was naive to hope that moderators here were any better. Kind of sours the whole experience.

 

[Elduriel]

Another bonus of those sites is they don't delete your posts for saying something slightly controversial or for challenging the views of experienced members.

I don't know where you get that, but mods delete comments all the time everywhere for the most arbitrary reasons including saying stuff some specific mods don't like. It's not unique to F95, happens on reddit, discord, or whatever.

 

[alex13_zen]

I don't know where you get that, but mods delete comments all the time everywhere for the most arbitrary reasons including saying stuff some specific mods don't like. It's not unique to F95, happens on reddit, discord, or whatever.

Is there any way to report such an arbitrary mod on f95?

 

[Elduriel]

Is there any way to report such an arbitrary mod on f95?

dunno, probably not? Never tried it. But I'll stop this discussion here coz it's off-topic and our comments gonna be deleted anyway

 

[cbarc]

I don't know where you get that, but mods delete comments all the time everywhere for the most arbitrary reasons including saying stuff some specific mods don't like. It's not unique to F95, happens on reddit, discord, or whatever.

Im speaking from experience. My posts never get removed because I tend to follow the rules, but here I can't seem to get a single message across. Oh well, I don't care. I'm not here for discussion. Wake me up when Ripples update is out.

 

[Ebonheart (FR)]

Nice, I don’t know what’s heating me up more, this update or the scorching weather in Western Europe x), but I’m really excited to see what surprises this update has in store for us ! ^^

It’s reassuring to know that we are getting closer to the release and that things are definitely moving in the right direction.

 

[Ebonheart (FR)]

We will eventually hook up with young Tiffany, but I don't think it will be now. I feel it would undermine the moment when it happens with the present Tiffany.

Personally, what I'd like most from the '99 party is to find out first-hand if Luna likes it a little rough, like her daughter

I’d say it’s a unique chance to see if there’s any truth to the saying “like mother, like daughter", huh ? Maybe we should compare them side by side for the sake of science, of course, even though I doubt the game will give us scenes like that ! But hey, I can still dream !

I also have some doubts that this update will let us hit a home run with Tiffany. The preview picture showed her with a friend in a somewhat intimate setting, but I imagine it won’t go much further than some teasing or a light scene, although I could be wrong.

In any case, we know Luna and Tif' will have some meaningful moments to build some connection and strengthen their relationships with the MC. I’m resharing the previews from the update below, taken from Kemono for info.

 

[pitao]

I’d say it’s a unique chance to see if there’s any truth to the saying “like mother, like daughter", huh ? Maybe we should compare them side by side for the sake of science, of course, even though I doubt the game will give us scenes like that ! But hey, I can still dream !

I also have some doubts that this update will let us hit a home run with Tiffany. The preview picture showed her with a friend in a somewhat intimate setting, but I imagine it won’t go much further than some teasing or a light scene, although I could be wrong.

In any case, we know Luna and Tif' will have some meaningful moments to build some connection and strengthen their relationships with the MC. I’m resharing the previews from the update below, taken from Kemono for info.

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Those are some gorgeous renders, specially the moonlight one (4th one). It is amazing what Jestur can do after polishing the images with just HS1. Probably even make many HS2 developers jealous.