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

[maxthruster]

Impregnate in late 1999 (Nov/Dec), 9 months before the babies are born (late 2000), 18 years to grow up (2018), add another ~1/2 a year to get to 2019 as their birthdays haven't happened yet. Easy peasy - it's not even porn logic.

Except that it very notably isn't December in game - and, ultimately, probably isn't even November or late October either due to placement of holidays. It's probably September based on general climate and the fact that, for an American town, the three major end-of-year holidays haven't been mentioned at all yet.

Even if it were December 31st on the night we impregnate one or more of the '99 girls, if we assume the standard 9 months' pregnancy that places every younger girl being born around late September. The game begins in late August/early September 2019, when the school year starts. I can't say I recall exactly how much time has passed in 2019 since the day Darci came back to town but if it's been more than a few weeks we'd already have skipped the birthdays of almost every girl in the game if implying they're our daughters was indeed the intention.

Not only would missing those birthdays be kind of a pointless skipping of milestones - birthday celebrations in a game are a great way to focus on a character - but it would also reveal another hole in the logic: all those birthdays would still feature the girls turning 19; in American schooling, this would mean every single one either started a year late or was held back a grade. That's not impossible, but it's highly unlikely.

 

[NewToThisGenre]

I am just going to download this to play now, do I need to also download the incest mod to get access to that stuff?

 

[e6mill]

I am just going to download this to play now, do I need to also download the incest mod to get access to that stuff?

There isn't one. At least not one that's ONLY that...

 

[dolfe67]

Except that it very notably isn't December in game - and, ultimately, probably isn't even November or late October either due to placement of holidays. It's probably September based on general climate and the fact that, for an American town, the three major end-of-year holidays haven't been mentioned at all yet.

Even if it were December 31st on the night we impregnate one or more of the '99 girls, if we assume the standard 9 months' pregnancy that places every younger girl being born around late September. The game begins in late August/early September 2019, when the school year starts. I can't say I recall exactly how much time has passed in 2019 since the day Darci came back to town but if it's been more than a few weeks we'd already have skipped the birthdays of almost every girl in the game if implying they're our daughters was indeed the intention.

Not only would missing those birthdays be kind of a pointless skipping of milestones - birthday celebrations in a game are a great way to focus on a character - but it would also reveal another hole in the logic: all those birthdays would still feature the girls turning 19; in American schooling, this would mean every single one either started a year late or was held back a grade. That's not impossible, but it's highly unlikely.

But nothing prevents the MC to travel to 2000 later on if the dev really wanted to. However the incest is not supported anymore by the dev in any capacity anyway

 

[danb35]

Easy peasy

...except that every indication we have is that we're going back and forth by exactly 20 years. Your math doesn't work in that case.

 

[JJ1960]

...except that every indication we have is that we're going back and forth by exactly 20 years. Your math doesn't work in that case.

Gotta check that math...

 

[danb35]

But nothing prevents the MC to travel to 2000 later on

No.* Nor to travel by something other than exactly 20 years. Nor for someone to travel while pregnant. Nor, no doubt, a number of other possibilities. But with what we've seen so far, it isn't possible for MC to have fathered any of the 2019 girls.

Moreover, I think Jestur is actively trying to preclude that possibility, because the setup for MC to be Skylar's father was perfect--until Cindy showed up, about 15 minutes too early. Had MC and Luna been able to finish what they started, nothing more needs to be said, and the question of whether Skylar's his daughter can be left up to the player's (and the MC's, for that matter) imagination. But since they weren't able to continue, that now can't be the case. I still think that's the real reason for Luna's reaction on meeting MC in 2019, but I doubt we'll ever know.

It's probably September

...which is consistent with my understanding that MC's going back and forth by 20 years exactly. It can't be much earlier than September without getting into springtime, given that school is in session.

*Well, not as far as we know. As far as we know, he could travel later. As far as we know, he could travel by a different amount than 20 years. Both of these things seem plausible, because we've seen it happen with others (Darci, April, and Riley, at least, have traveled without MC, and somehow MC got with Dani earlier in her timeline than in his). But we assume those things without knowing them; they might be precluded by plot reasons we haven't yet seen. Or not, and they just not happen for other reasons.

 

[bonoboss]

Thank you developers, thank you F95ZONE, this is a great game, especially helpful for Chinese users.

 

[seebyone99]

this looks nice, wanna try it