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

[Kelticfury]

It won't happen and both post above this one says why, even if at start the game was "planned" to have incest, it won't have anymore and I agree with Jestur decision, the safety of the development of the game is much more important than adding one more kink to the original game.

For that there is a mod that does it and I personally use it, not because it is on the top of my own kinks but because when I played it first I used it and still made sense for me and even without it does too, didn't felt the need to change my first decision since LightmanP mods are great and until recently only had 1 version with incest patch integrated, now have the "vanilla" version too.

Another sticky situation if the Jenny is Darci's grandma theory is that

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so the temptation to change that timeline would be really hard to resist.

 

[Yoeski]

I don't clearly recall discussion of Jenny's daughter's age, but I have in mind that she's rather younger than 10 at the time of the accident. But even leaving that aside, MC hasn't finished inside Jenny. It's one of relatively few times the player hasn't had the choice; he just pulls out. So if it's true (as many here seem to believe) that we're done with 1999, then MC can't be the father of her kid--unless they have another go at it before he leaves, presumably at the beginning of the next update (they did spend the night together, after all, and he isn't gone yet). At most, she gets a DNA sample of him somewhere and manages something like a clone--she is the brainy one, after all.

True, I guess it'll just come down to how the time stream works and if we ever go back to 1999, which will be a pretty long time if ever.

Even though Jenny loves the MC completely at this point, and chances are slim she slept with another man in the span of two years despite knowing the MC time travels, I guess that's not impossible either.

 

[twicethefunn]

Does anyone know the song that plays during the credits? It's a jam but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

 

[jasonhxzy]

It won't happen and both post above this one says why, even if at start the game was "planned" to have incest, it won't have anymore and I agree with Jestur decision, the safety of the development of the game is much more important than adding one more kink to the original game.

For that there is a mod that does it and I personally use it, not because it is on the top of my own kinks but because when I played it first I used it and still made sense for me and even without it does too, didn't felt the need to change my first decision since LightmanP mods are great and until recently only had 1 version with incest patch integrated, now have the "vanilla" version too.

Just wondering but was it confirmed to initially be an incest game?

 

[LactoseFree]

Does anyone know the song that plays during the credits? It's a jam but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Have you checked the in-game phone? Most songs are there, I think

 

[twicethefunn]

Have you checked the in-game phone? Most songs are there, I think

Good shout.

 

[pitao]

Just wondering but was it confirmed to initially be an incest game?

I first played Ripples around episode 4 or 5 so I'm not really sure but from what some members said here before they said that started with incest by default (and some are annoying when say that is the canon story, nope canon story is whatever the last update is and only when the game finishes that is the final canon story) but not long after a patch/mod was made for it to keep the game under the policies of patreon, not really sure if before or after the purge patreon started doing on incest games.

We need to remember that Honey Select games main revenue is patreon, HS games can't be sold on Steam for example because there isn't legal licenses of HS engine use and those are required to be sold commercially, all software used to develop a game require licenses of use from Steam.

 

[Discrepancy]

I first played Ripples around episode 4 or 5 so I'm not really sure but from what some members said here before they said that started with incest by default (and some are annoying when say that is the canon story, nope canon story is whatever the last update is and only when the game finishes that is the final canon story) but not long after a patch/mod was made for it to keep the game under the policies of patreon, not really sure if before or after the purge patreon started doing on incest games.

We need to remember that Honey Select games main revenue is patreon, HS games can't be sold on Steam for example because there isn't legal licenses of HS engine use and those are required to be sold commercially, all software used to develop a game require licenses of use from Steam.

True, and even Steam is banning incest games recently, so, even if Jestur could sell the game there it wouldn't be safe to use incest.

 

[pitao]

True, and even Steam is banning incest games recently, so, even if Jestur could sell the game there it wouldn't be safe to use incest.

Exactly correct, even forgot that lol but the main point was that HS games are very dependent mostly from 1 revenue source that is patreon while Daz games can get a steady income from Steam sales. There is others like Subscribestar and Itch.io but from what I read from others the revenue those give are residual compared with patreon because of their limited payment options.

 

[dolfe67]

Exactly correct, even forgot that lol but the main point was that HS games are very dependent mostly from 1 revenue source that is patreon while Daz games can get a steady income from Steam sales. There is others like Subscribestar and Itch.io but from what I read from others the revenue those give are residual compared with patreon because of their limited payment options.

While DAZ games can be sold on Steam, very few of those dev only rely on it. They also have a patreon account with a monthly income to earn more. It would be dumb to do without it.

Furthermore Steam has changed their policy and adult games are now forbidden of early access. So you would have to finished your game first, or at least a "season" of it. And we know the completed rate around here

 

[pitao]

While DAZ games can be sold on Steam, very few of those dev only rely on it. They also have a patreon account with a monthly income to earn more. It would be dumb to do without it.

Furthermore Steam has changed their policy and adult games are now forbidden of early access. So you would have to finished your game first, or at least a "season" of it. And we know the completed rate around here

Didn't said different, actually enforces that HS games have 1 main source of revenue while Daz games have at least 2 good options. Finishing a first season with a well organized developer (in a good quality release) takes at least 1-2 year(s) so yeah you are correct.

Didn't read about that new policy from steam so wasn't aware, thanks for the info btw, and even yesterday I open steam to add some games on my wishlist to help those devs in the little I can and on my wishlist saw still a few games on early access but my guess is that those were previous contracts before that new policy.

 

[Kelticfury]

I miss this game already. I usually start from scratch each update but I always make the same decisions so replays are best left for the next update. My curiosity where the story is going and my personal theories, and of course, The discussions in this thread are keeping my hype levels unreasonably high. Not to mention that Ripples is one of the absolute best VNs I have played. I think this is how junkies feel while anticipating their next hit.

 

[OWSam000]

I wonder if the story now still make sense without any incest and not affect the image of some love interests. Or Dev may need to rewrite the whole story?

 

[Discrepancy]

I wonder if the story now still make sense without any incest and not affect the image of some love interests. Or Dev may need to rewrite the whole story?

I think it already makes sense, I played the last update without incest patch and was pretty flawless.
I remember someone said an early game scene with Jessica sounded weird without the patch, but I played that part with the incest patch so not sure.
And remember that the intended way to play now is without incest, doesn't matter if Jestur intended it to be incest or not at the beginning.

 

[ICantGetHigherReally]

Can someone tell me who the incest patch is for?

 

[e6mill]

Can someone tell me who the incest patch is for?

The 2 women you live with become mom & sis. And then (AFAIK) you still don't fuck them. :shrug:

 

[danb35]

Can someone tell me who the incest patch is for?

As e6mill says, plus the one woman in 1999 who's the sister of one of those you live with becomes, well, your mom's sister, or your aunt. And you do fuck her. Or rather, make love to her.

 

[Gesplex]

Ok wow, this game is quite something. It was a joy to play. Can't wait for more of it to come out and see how the story continues.

 

[kkkaidou]

As far as I know...
When the protagonist in the game begins having sex while still a virgin, there are differences in the text, but not in the gallery.

 

[jasonhxzy]

Can someone tell me who the incest patch is for?

People who like family content. I feel like the two women you live with were intended to be your mom and sister IMO.