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

[dolfe67]

Really? I thought it was at least honey select 2. Incredible mods in that case.

HS1 with lots of mods and a seasoned skilled artist is better than HS2. Also you can import DAZ assets in HS

 

[Xythurr]

HS1 with lots of mods and a seasoned skilled artist is better than HS2. Also you can import DAZ assets in HS

Thanks for the info! I didn't know any of that.

 

[Kelticfury]

HS1 with lots of mods and a seasoned skilled artist is better than HS2. Also you can import DAZ assets in HS

That is nuts. Jestur is an HS god.

 

[andre_ventura]

How do i run on android??

 

[shucia]

This game has good character and good animation but the gameplay is so linear you have no open world and ur choice have 0 impact on the game u can only have the choice to fuck or not the girls. I would rate this game 2/5

This is a visual novel developed by a single person and amateur not your professional developers like SquareEnix,Mihoyo etc where they have huge funds and team to work with, open world visual novel?? are you serious??.

 

[Elhemeer]

This game has good character and good animation but the gameplay is so linear you have no open world and ur choice have 0 impact on the game u can only have the choice to fuck or not the girls. I would rate this game 2/5

Okay, while I completely disagree with your interpretation of what makes for a good Adult Visual Novel, as a game-aspect I can agree that there is somewhat of a linear nature to it, although even the most wide-flung differences in most AVNs don't actually change the basic story progression (unless that's the selling point of the game).

That said, I just want to point out that your first complaint -- "no open world" -- is represented in this forum by the tag "sandbox" ... which doesn't appear on the list of tags that represent things found in this game. So if you're using that to base what you find enjoyable in an adult game, not sure why you started this one in the first place.

 

[Padorublad3]

ur choice have 0 impact on the game u can only have the choice to fuck or not the girls

Well,that's the base of avn
As of everything else,people above already answered

 

[Padorublad3]

HS1 with lots of mods and a seasoned skilled artist is better than HS2. Also you can import DAZ assets in HS

Imho,even if I like hs1 style,well modded hs2 is always better than modded hs1,but it's more about personal prefs

Also you can import DAZ assets in HS

It's more like porting than importing but your point is right,you can also port any 3d models made in blender or anywhere else to studio neo

Really? I thought it was at least honey select 2. Incredible mods in that case.

Imho,it's really hard to confusse them,like,briefly,hs2 bodies look more detailed,especially regarding heads

 

[Derek in a Bush]

Imho,even if I like hs1 style,well modded hs2 is always better than modded hs1,but it's more about personal prefs

It's more like porting than importing but your point is right,you can also port any 3d models made in blender or anywhere else to studio neo

Imho,it's really hard to confusse them,like,briefly,hs2 bodies look more detailed,especially regarding heads

Yeah I can’t really see the difference between bodies details but I agree regarding the heads and faces

 

[EternumiteMember]

I feel like Jestur's talent is being somewhat wasted by sticking with HS1. If he can make HS1 look this good imagine what he can do with HS2. Does Jestur have any plans to upgrade/switch to HS2 at some point?

 

[Meiri]

I feel like Jestur's talent is being somewhat wasted by sticking with HS1. If he can make HS1 look this good imagine what he can do with HS2. Does Jestur have any plans to upgrade/switch to HS2 at some point?

First let him finish Ripples, then he can do whatever he wants

 

[Padorublad3]

I feel like Jestur's talent is being somewhat wasted by sticking with HS1. If he can make HS1 look this good imagine what he can do with HS2

Not really,even if they have the same name,they are still two different games using other mods for the same things

Does Jestur have any plans to upgrade/switch to HS2 at some point?

I doubt it will happen until Ripples is done,and then we will see
And what if he decides to use daz instead of hs,so he could sell his games on steam

 

[Walter Victor]

First let him finish Ripples, then he can do whatever he wants

Exactly. If he changed to HS2 now for the next update, everybody would notice and many would bitch about the difference.

So, he would have to go back to change every render in the game to maintain continuity. I doubt that anyone who is playing the game would like to have to wait for that.

 

[EternumiteMember]

Exactly. If he changed to HS2 now for the next update, everybody would notice and many would bitch about the difference.

So, he would have to go back to change every render in the game to maintain continuity. I doubt that anyone who is playing the game would like to have to wait for that.

On the other hand, you can't stay in HS1 forever. If we're waiting for Ripples to end, when will that be? 5+ years at the rate we're going?

I don't know what the future holds. Will HS2 keep improving and can HS1 keep up with all the mods? only time will tell. But still using HS1 in 2030 and beyond is a scary thought. Tech moves fast.

 

[Derek in a Bush]

On the other hand, you can't stay in HS1 forever. If we're waiting for Ripples to end, when will that be? 5+ years at the rate we're going?

I don't know what the future holds. Will HS2 keep improving and can HS1 keep up with all the mods? only time will tell. But still using HS1 in 2030 and beyond is a scary thought. Tech moves fast.

Lol, even if so, its Jesturs call

 

[Daermon420]

On the other hand, you can't stay in HS1 forever.

Who says? This game looks fucking great as is, and changing it to make it look very slightly better seems like it'd be a huge waste of time. Especially since as Walter Victor points out, for continuity sake Jestur would have to re-render the entire game. Changing to HS2 without doing that you'd be left with a very jarring style change once you hit that point in a playthrough, which is never a good thing.

Is there some AVN rulebook somewhere I didn't know about that says you can't keep using the engine you've already successfully been using for years to make a great looking game once X number of years pass?

But still using HS1 in 2030 and beyond is a scary thought.

Even if this game is still being made and not completed yet 5+ years from now, unless Jestur starts letting the quality slip, it'll still look great then. Why is that a scary thought?

 

[Meiri]

On the other hand, you can't stay in HS1 forever. If we're waiting for Ripples to end, when will that be? 5+ years at the rate we're going?

I don't know what the future holds. Will HS2 keep improving and can HS1 keep up with all the mods? only time will tell. But still using HS1 in 2030 and beyond is a scary thought. Tech moves fast.

This really has nothing to do with technology, there will never even be an HS3 for example.
Changing from one engine to the other isn't just clicking a button, also the models would be completely new, even if he tried to recreate the looks of the girls they would still be clearly different and I doubt you would want another game stuck in a remaster loop.

So I would rather he finishes Ripples with his original vision and after that if he still wants to continue developing games then sure.

 

[dolfe67]

Because of its anime style, HS ages better than DAZ's realism, so less need to upgrade. It can look bad if you use the basic version without any mod. The company that made it (Illusion) has been closed and so stopped its support. There is less mods for HS2 than for HS1 because it's newer, and HS2 is a little different than HS1 to use (such as lighting).

Alternatives seem to be Koikatsu (closer to 2D style than 3D, looks worse imho) and AI Shoujo (don't know much about it, way less assets/customisation? I don't know any AVN using it)

 

[EternumiteMember]

Who says? This game looks fucking great as is, and changing it to make it look very slightly better seems like it'd be a huge waste of time. Especially since as Walter Victor points out, for continuity sake Jestur would have to re-render the entire game. Changing to HS2 without doing that you'd be left with a very jarring style change once you hit that point in a playthrough, which is never a good thing.

Is there some AVN rulebook somewhere I didn't know about that says you can't keep using the engine you've already successfully been using for years to make a great looking game once X number of years pass?

You're missing the whole point completely.

The game looks great as is. No one is denying that. And Jestur can develop in HS1 until the day he dies if that's what he wants to do.

But five years from now, the game might not look as good. HS2 keeps improving, and HS1 modders who are keeping the engine alive will gradually move on to HS2. Even if Jestur maintains the current quality, other games will surpass it simply because they have better tools and support.

And don't come at me and say the game looks great now so it will still look great in 5 years. People thought GTA San Andreas was life like when it came out.

 

[Maccabbee]

Because of its anime style, HS ages better than DAZ's realism, so less need to upgrade. It can look bad if you use the basic version without any mod. The company that made it (Illusion) has been closed and so stopped its support. There is less mods for HS2 than for HS1 because it's newer, and HS2 is a little different than HS1 to use (such as lighting).

Alternatives seem to be Koikatsu (closer to 2D style than 3D, looks worse imho) and AI Shoujo (don't know much about it, way less assets/customisation? I don't know any AVN using it)

I am out of reactions, but thank you very much for this post. I appreciate gaining knowledge.