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

[Elhemeer]

Hey so just in case i'm wildly off or the millionth person to 'guess' it, the masked dude is a future Jack who's been looping around for 'decades' trying to fix shit or something? And the shit ninja is absolutely, definitely, without a doubt, a future Darci yeah? I suck at theory crafting so if i'm noticing this then i assume the thread locals are waaaaaaaaaay ahead of me in the clue finding department and the theory crafting think-tank so is there anything more to this dumb ass set of assumptions i've made or am i just a dumbass?

The other half of the prevailing theory (or just the most obvious thing in the world, who knows) is that A) Jackie is Jenny, who got sent further back and stayed out of her and her sister's lives as she raised here daughter and granddaughter close by where she could watch them, and B) That all the girls the MC is getting along with are his kids ... Although the end of the most recent chapter either throws a wrench into or will confirm "A"

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Thanks! Yeah, I think the recap is too long myself. I was going to cut it down a little but I forgot. I don't know why I didn't think about a skip button and none of my proofreaders/testers suggested it. But I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for playing.

Doing a recap of the latest events for each girl and the main plotline can be nice, but doing it for the whole game was a bit too much.

 

[RoadWulf]

im waiting for public release to play 0.5, which one is this update?
ive seen a lot of games follow this pattern, i dont mind it

Usually the "Present" episodes are the sex heavy ones. This one was... it was also short in my opinion. The dev did this wholly unnecessary "The Story So Far" at the beginning to stretch the playtime. Then he ended on the first real forward moving plot device of the update. Almost everything else could be called relationship progression or filler. There's only one real piece of plot you should pay attention to with Scarlett The dev also left a lot of clues as to future time travelling that has already occurred and the MC hasn't experienced yet so they're set in stone.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Usually the "Present" episodes are the sex heavy ones. This one was... it was also short in my opinion. The dev did this wholly unnecessary "The Story So Far" at the beginning to stretch the playtime. Then he ended on the first real forward moving plot device of the update. Almost everything else could be called relationship progression or filler. There's only one real piece of plot you should pay attention to with Scarlett The dev also left a lot of clues as to future time travelling that has already occurred and the MC hasn't experienced yet so they're set in stone.

Which is funny, if Scarlett already has a picture of the MC and her having sex that scene should be compulsory for people who already saw this scene on this episode, or else the timeline would be broken.

 

[Elhemeer]

Which is funny, if Scarlett already has a picture of the MC and her having sex that scene should be compulsory for people who already saw this scene on this episode, or else the timeline would be broken.

Who says the timeline can't be broken?

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Who says the timeline can't be broken?

That's a good point, and was kind of addressed last episode. Some kind of smaller events can be changed but the big ones can't. Or at least that's what the mysterious guy said. It would depend which one this is.

 

[Hengat]

Great update, the animations are on high level, but that cliffhanger... at least she's okay. Scarlett's photos were a nice foreshadow but I'm more interested in what Dani said about "being serious this time" in lingerie store. I have so many theories in my head right now.
I'm only disappointed in two things:
First, nobody made a big deal about Skylar's disappearing, especially MC with the obvious "help me" message. Second, as someone mentioned here before, Alyssa kind of went from 1 to 100 in seconds. I hoped for something more slowburn with her or at least an option to tell her to be her own person and don't listen to Riley.
And I'm still hoping MC is not his own father, or the father of all the girls he's banging.

 

[goulet1995]

loved the update only thing i wasnt 100% into was the Alyssa scene i agree with other that i think it went a bit too fast and i really hope that ryle dosnt have too much influence over her i liked he as she was alot of the girls in this game are very foreward so its nice to have one that isnt

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

And the shit ninja is absolutely, definitely, without a doubt, a future Darci yeah?

Well...about that...
It does make the most obvious sense, yes, but there are 2 things that are a bit weird (to me) about the Shit Ninja. First is what's stuffed in the belt in the small of her back. It looks to be a phone, but why is it there? Doesn't her outfit have pockets?
The second weird thing is Alice's reaction when she hears about the incident. She's late to class and appears a bit taken aback by the "Shit Ninja" name and she reacted to the smelly substance Shelby ended up getting on her tits. That to me says she knows something. Especially considering her family history with the MC and time travelling.

On a similar note is Linsey the goth-esque girl with tattoos in the MC's class. She claims to only be into girls, but she says "Well, I've been with one guy..." and when she says that she makes eye contact with the MC. There's something going on there in my opinion, and given their visual similarities I think she might be related to Riley somehow. It might be a coincidence, but the jet black hair isn't exactly common, and Riley only wears long-sleeved outfits, so...

And those are just 2 theories. The game is a fucking labyrinthian rabbit hole.

 

[shucia]

loved the update only thing i wasnt 100% into was the Alyssa scene i agree with other that i think it went a bit too fast and i really hope that ryle dosnt have too much influence over her i liked he as she was alot of the girls in this game are very foreward so its nice to have one that isnt

I agree but i can let it slide considering how many girls this game has, it would take forever until we got a scene with all the ladies if Jestur slow down on that part, personally i dont mind about it but you know there are bunch of people who would complaining here and there if the game has a few lewd scenes, it was kinda reminded me with Luna's scene on Eternum which is also a little bit too fast imo.

 

[Majindevil]

I agree but i can let it slide considering how many girls this game has, it would take forever until we got a scene with all the ladies if Jestur slow down on that part, personally i dont mind about it but you know there are bunch of people who would complaining here and there if the game has a few lewd scenes, it was kinda reminded me with Luna's scene on Eternum which is also a little bit too fast imo.

strangely enough the skylar scenes in the rework were altered (scene in the Park and on the drive with her) so that her releation was slowed down and to be fair there are enough chars who are sexualy forward as it is a little slowburn here and there woud really be no problem.

 

[MrLKX]

Other thesis: shit ninja is actually Jack's missing cousin, who works together with the masked man, Riley and the mysterious woman in order to stop the plans of the organization that have blackmailed Krystal to place spyware on Jack's cell phone probably via the director Skylar kidnapped.

As a reminder, during Jack's first time travel he heard a voice calling for help, but he couldn't identify it.

Would mean that the "good guys" are:
Masked Man (past and present)
Jack's cousin (unclear)
Riley (present)
Mysterious woman (present)
April (past, status in present unclear. Presumably either dead or at odds with her sister. Alternatively, in hiding and pretending to be dead).

That leaves the bad guys:
Shelby's father
The principal
formerly Riley as a double agent against the bad guys (unclear)

 

[KanyeT]

I'm getting outdoorsy bird noise from the scene where:

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... still got birds all the way at "To be continued". Restarting does not help.

I noticed the same thing. Birds are always chirping through the second half of the game for me.

 

[JaxMan]

Well...about that...
It does make the most obvious sense, yes, but there are 2 things that are a bit weird (to me) about the Shit Ninja. First is what's stuffed in the belt in the small of her back. It looks to be a phone, but why is it there? Doesn't her outfit have pockets?
The second weird thing is Alice's reaction when she hears about the incident. She's late to class and appears a bit taken aback by the "Shit Ninja" name and she reacted to the smelly substance Shelby ended up getting on her tits. That to me says she knows something. Especially considering her family history with the MC and time travelling.

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[misfolk]

What do you think about the texts we have received from Skylar's phone?

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[U330661]

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I thought this was quite weird too. My theory is that the number might have been some type of phone/contact number, and it's weird how the MC completely disregarded the entire exchange, and it was only warranted a couple renders in the story.

 

[Pitrik]

 

[UnoriginalUserName]

What do you think about the texts we have received from Skylar's phone?

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I believe the first text is simply "Help Me!" but it got scrambled because of proximity to the machine and the time jump, much like MC's phone reacting to the machine as well. That, or she's asking for help with a "big black cock" and whatever rbu means.

As for the "09091909", yeah, that seems to be an obvious date, and it's entirely possible she did get sent back to 1909 somehow, even though the masked guy said time portals could only go back to 1999, things may have changed due to the MC's actions or some other outside force.

 

[Duke4515]

I overall liked the episode but my biggest issue was the lack of worry about Skylar. It felt odd to me. Her message was an obvious call for help and the MC just went about his week with no worry, it felt off and a little fucked up.

I didn't have as much of an issue with the Alyssa stuff as others. It seemed fine to me.

It appears to me the MC will end up being the father of at least some of the girls, which some people may have issue with, but I'm actually fine with it and in some cases I would possibly prefer it. I'm not sure about the MC being his own father though, it could make sense but I'm not sold on it yet.

 

[armond]

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