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

[sigvar]

This is one of those games that is so damn good with its story-telling and graphics. It isn't always true that you find such high quality in both categories, but this one delivers on both fronts. The writer actually knows the difference between the words 'than' and 'then' which shouldn't be such a big deal, but here we are. As for the graphics and visuals, damn. The animations are amazing, the use of them in non-sexual situations really elevate this AVN to almost cinematic heights. The sexual animations really shine, though. So many AVNs throw animations in as some item on a checklist but there is so much clipping, misalignment and awkward loop points that all eroticism is lost and they should have stuck with still images. In this one the movement is fluid, the loops seem seamless and there is hardly any (if at all) clipping. This makes the animation of the sex scenes enhance their eroticism greatly.

Just as an example of the extremely impressive level of detail, check this out.

At the diner before you get to the party:


Later that night:


Notice something here? The panty line you can see under her skirt actually matches the panties she is wearing under them.
That attention to detail is pretty rare. Pair that with the music that fits the scenes and the variety of the environments. This game ridiculously out-classes so many others, it almost deserves a different category.

 

[pitao]

This is one of those games that is so damn good with its story-telling and graphics. It isn't always true that you find such high quality in both categories, but this one delivers on both fronts. The writer actually knows the difference between the words 'than' and 'then' which shouldn't be such a big deal, but here we are. As for the graphics and visuals, damn. The animations are amazing, the use of them in non-sexual situations really elevate this AVN to almost cinematic heights. The sexual animations really shine, though. So many AVNs throw animations in as some item on a checklist but there is so much clipping, misalignment and awkward loop points that all eroticism is lost and they should have stuck with still images. In this one the movement is fluid, the loops seem seamless and there is hardly any (if at all) clipping. This makes the animation of the sex scenes enhance their eroticism greatly.

Just as an example of the extremely impressive level of detail, check this out.

At the diner before you get to the party:
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Later that night:
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Notice something here? The panty line you can see under her skirt actually matches the panties she is wearing under them.
That attention to detail is pretty rare. Pair that with the music that fits the scenes and the variety of the environments. This game ridiculously out-classes so many others, it almost deserves a different category.

Yep and that category should be "Best HS1 graphic engine game that puts to shame plenty of other HS2 games" haha. Agree, Jestur attention to detail and visual clues and communication has always been superb since I first played the game. This is one more reason you will never see me complain with development gaps between updates. It is all worth with this quality even if the game takes long to see the finish line.

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

Yeah, I don't know either. Other games get away wirh it, just fine. No patch, has dampened the experience for sure. I haven't even played since the last time the I patch existed.

I tried, it just feels unnatural and not right. And I don't like mods or like to use mods I just wish we could go back to the having the patch, so I can play the true version of this game, the way it was meant to be when this started.

Because before v0.7 came out, a bunch (I DO MEAN A BUNCH) of Patreon accounts got nuked out of orbit by Patreon, all because they had "patches" in the OP of threads on F95. Even more damning this one had one at Lewdpatcher, since well, those aren't well, if ya know, ya know.....

Patreon didn't care who made the patch, I could whip up a patch right now, it could get added to the OP of some game, and it could put the dev at risk.

Since 90% of devs and Patreon being the main source of income, they didn't want to take any more risks. I mean, I wouldn't want to risk

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Yes, yes, YES, Jestur has a SubscribeStar, but let's be real, barely anyone likes using that site and most dev's who get banned on Patreon that go there end up dying a very slow death.

Bootsy doesn't allow adult content now as well, so the sites devs can profit form is dwindling.

Maybe one day, Jestur can get it on Steam and the "uncensored" version can return the way the dev intended the game to be since Steam doesn't care about incest, rape, or blackmail.

 

[Innopriate User]

Wills747, of course you're cool. Good port. But! The update came out in 24, in October, I think. Roughly speaking, a couple of sex scenes in half a year. And your port is 4 gigs, that's too much for just two new scenes, especially since there are 2 girls with whom there were already animations. Oh yeah, there's also a freezing animation with a scruffy girl at the end, but that's irrelevant. BE released a 1.3 gig port. That's where the size is cool. For 2 new scenes, 2 threesomes, the size is just right. The game is good, but there are few scenes, so you can't keep 4 gigs on your phone. That's Lust city 2 + TFMG 4 combined in size.

 

[shucia]

The 2 out of 4 party activities was my only major issue with this update. It really irked me, and I do not understand the logic behind it. First of all, there was no indication that we could only pick two which is annoying in and of itself...but that's just a small gripe. The real issue is that it felt like all scenes were necessary. 1) The Jenny scene in particular should not be miss-able if you are on her route. I mean it is literally the home screen of the update. 2) The Misty conversation was short, but opens up a path for future content with her. If we did not have this convo, will we not get to pursue her later on? 3) Similar concerns about the Tori threesome. Will we be locked out of future Tori content if we didn't fuck her at the party? 4) The Scarlett/Valerie threesome opens up the anal kink for Scarlett as well as our first sex scene with Valerie.

I ended up going with the Jenny & Scarlett/Val scenes because they feel the most important...but it would have been nice to just do all four scenes especially since 2/4 are relatively short and non-lewd.

Personally i hoped Jestur dropped the future contents related with Tori,Misty and Vanessa as we have so many girls already that needs a relationship build up like Jessica, the Twins ( Scarlet's daughters ), older Luna and younger perhaps? (after last farewell in this update i really doubt that we will meet her younger self again but who knows), Tiffany and her younger self (i hope), April (Scarlet's sister),Jackie,Shelby,Dani etc, having more girls only halted the relationship build up with the all the more important girls and the plot itself also affected.

 

[shucia]

Now that the author is actively moving away from the daughters being MCs daughters, half the plot doesn't make sense anymore. With noone getting creampied, Luna didn't even have sex, it isn't even left ambiguous. No chick is going to remember that one out of town dude they saw at a party and might have had drunken sex with 20 years ago. There is no significant connection between MC and the mothers in present time.

You underestimated human emotion, Luna will remember him for sure, Scarlet and especially Jenny also after the revelation as no one would ever forget that.

 

[al.shm]

Need tiffany contents realy after 5 yeras we deserve to get a nice content for her not just 10 sec kiss scene

 

[shucia]

I love Luna, so I'm trying to understand her life choices. At the lake, she says we're one of the very few persons she can truly connect with. She is willing to drive back and forth between towns to see us if we were too busy to visit her. She was on the path to falling in love.

But then she gets pregnant in the near future (the next few months). This seems like a slight betrayal, given how strong her feelings seemed to be. She was a bit too quick to take the line "we'll meet again in 20 years" literally.

So did she run back to her old boyfriend? She didn't want to hear from him anymore in the previous episode. Was it a random encounter? I doubt she ever went to a party again after what happened. And with her financial issues, getting pregnant was probably the last thing she wanted at that point in time.

More than anything in the next episode, I hope we'll get to meet her again and lay our cards on the table.

I doubt that our MC will meet her younger self again ( which is a shame) after that farewell because its kinda losing the impact imo, i can understand if she quickly moving on tho after all that revelation from Cindy it must be a huge shock for her and remember they are teenager and saying "we'll meet again in 20 years" kinda a lame cheesy/pickup line lol. and with her feeling dissapointed/betrayed and then some dude moving in trying to console her, it does make sense at least for me if this is the case.

 

[Discrepancy]

Maybe one day, Jestur can get it on Steam and the "uncensored" version can return the way the dev intended the game to be since Steam doesn't care about incest, rape, or blackmail.

I guess the reason Honey Select games can't be sold on Steam is because honey select isn't like DAZ which is designed for the purpose of doing games?
The company that makes honey select, Illusion, went bankrupt a couple of years ago, dunno if that changed anything?

 

[Nick_on_Vox]

For what I understand it is a limitation of the OS itself and not of the phone hardware. I'm not really sure because only games I play on my phone are mostly puzzle games, have no idea how people can even read AVNs (well I guess they don't use it to really "read" ) on phones haha Would damage even more my poor sight.

Weird. Lol. I know you can download the PC version and run in JoiPlay and it doesn't seem to care about the file size. But I've also downloaded APKs bigger than 3gb and still ran them fine

 

[pitao]

Weird. Lol. I know you can download the PC version and run in JoiPlay and it doesn't seem to care about the file size. But I've also downloaded APKs bigger than 3gb and still ran them fine

Yes it can still run apk larger than 2gb, but that number is the threshold to ensure that is safe, over that for what I read about can cause issues. Just search on the web about it and find a reliable source of information, easiest way than just my little knowledge about the topic .

Cheers

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

I guess the reason Honey Select games can't be sold on Steam is because honey select isn't like DAZ which is designed for the purpose of doing games?
The company that makes honey select, Illusion, went bankrupt a couple of years ago, dunno if that changed anything?

Yeah, not sure on any of the laws and all that, especially now they are defunct. Wiki didn't have much really either.

Originally, in response to the

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, the products were not allowed to be sold or used outside Japan, and official support was only given in Japanese and for use in Japan.

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However, with the release of Honey Select Unlimited in coordination with the online English erotic game storefront

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, Illusion's policy has since changed. Before this policy change, they were often translated and released in English and other languages by fans.

Illusion announced its closure on July 14, 2023. On August 4, 2023, a new company

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(stylized in

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) announced their new game Honey Come. Some players speculate about the relationship between Illusion and Illgames for the similarity of their products.

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All development and sales of Illusion ceased on August 18, 2023

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and the company stated that there will be no successor company.

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[Maccabbee]

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Maybe one day, Jestur can get it on Steam and the "uncensored" version can return the way the dev intended the game to be since Steam doesn't care about incest, rape, or blackmail.

I guess the reason Honey Select games can't be sold on Steam is because honey select isn't like DAZ which is designed for the purpose of doing games?
The company that makes honey select, Illusion, went bankrupt a couple of years ago, dunno if that changed anything?

Nope, Steam won't touch HS games. The rights issues are too fucking messy, and there is a rightsholder to Illusion's IP that still shuts anyone down trying to sell a product made with HS assets. It sucks, but there you are.

 

[OnlyNeverNow]

Jenny is dreamgirl material in my eyes. Absolutely love how she's been shown to us so far and can't wait for more.

As far as Jessica vs Skylar is concerned, Jessica is cute but has barely been present thus far sadly. I was 100% on the Skylar train up until her mysterious vanishing act after Luna's reaction to the MC. Until the details of that are fully fleshed out it's hard to know what to think of her.

Same, it also bugs me that if you choose to not "forgive" her for vanishing, it resets your relationship to as if you had never interacted with her at all, rather than continuing on with a forgiveness/arguing path.

 

[Maccabbee]

Same, it also bugs me that if you choose to not "forgive" her for vanishing, it resets your relationship to as if you had never interacted with her at all, rather than continuing on with a forgiveness/arguing path.

That's what forgiveness means. Makes sense to me.

FWIW I always go the Skylar route, and I always forgive her because it seems right for me. Not saying you should do the same, but she's top-tier for me. So are Scarlett and so many others, but still.

 

[OnlyNeverNow]

That's what forgiveness means. Makes sense to me.

FWIW I always go the Skylar route, and I always forgive her because it seems right for me. Not saying you should do the same, but she's top-tier for me. So are Scarlett and so many others, but still.

Eh, that's not really what I meant, I was saying that if you dont forgive her, the variables change so that you had never dated her in the first place, and wiping out any connection you ever had, which feels very artificial. I was interested to see the strain in the relationship going forward and to see if you could make it up to eachother, but now the relationship never existed.

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

Nope, Steam won't touch HS games. The rights issues are too fucking messy, and there is a rightsholder to Illusion's IP that still shuts anyone down trying to sell a product made with HS assets. It sucks, but there you are.

That's why I said "one day". Laws change, along with copyright.

 

[Maccabbee]

Eh, that's not really what I meant, I was saying that if you dont forgive her, the variables change so that you had never dated her in the first place, and wiping out any connection you ever had, which feels very artificial. I was interested to see the strain in the relationship going forward and to see if you could make it up to eachother, but now the relationship never existed.

What I think it does is completely resets your relationship. Good shit happened, bad shit happened. She doesn't react well to a bad reaction from you. Skylar seems to want to keep things light. You might be able to win her back, though.

I also really want to know what went down, and Luna's secrets as well.

 

[Maccabbee]

That's why I said "one day". Laws change, along with copyright.

I applaud your optimism. I only hope we're all around long enough to see that.

 

[SonsOfLiberty]

I applaud your optimism. I only hope we're all around long enough to see that.

You can say the same thing about this game being completed and many others on this site....