Ren'Py Rogue-like: Evolution [v1.54b] [Oni]

[Erudito]

And yes, I'm aware his coding is a mess, but with how much money he's making each month he could just as easily commission someone to clean up the code and implement a system that would make it easier for him to add new content.

Some of the doods here and some other places have already established that Oni doesn't want to hire anyone. Not an actual programmer, assistants with background art, animation etc. Yes it doesn't make sense why he would refuse to considering that he earns $7k a month(according to his page on Patreon) more than enough to hire one or two peeps and still get the biggest piece of the pie. Oni also stated that he has a day job hence sometimes there are lack of updates, again, more reason for seeking assistance.

Long story short; no one knows why Oni constantly makes this questionably bad judgment calls. At the end of the day, it boils down to, as said above:

Why work when you can do the bare minimum and still get paid more than anyone here does in a month?

 

[primavera9925]

I meant it more as in creating a story. The descriptions the game makes of what happens as well as the broad amount of dialogue ramifications is one of this game's selling points, but you don't need to go all bs writer with a morbillion words and stoopid stories.

I know, and I might get shit for this, but I really value the text smut in RL. Only western game one that does anything for me, hence the concern.

 

[Ghostload]

What are some of the differences and QOL improvements from vanilla?

I wish I knew.

I was playing it myself to find out, but I don't see that much of a difference.

That's why I posted both links.

I think the girls have more mini-dialogue blurbs.

They say a few things here and there I haven't noticed.

For instance: Jubilee flashed herself in the movie theater,

and I don't remember that happening in the regular version -- ever.

Any other QOL improvements are so minor, I haven't noticed them.

Sorry, Dittyman.

 

[Kylar Stern]

I wish I knew.

I was playing it myself to find out, but I don't see that much of a difference.

That's why I posted both links.

I think the girls have more mini-dialogue blurbs.

They say a few things here and there I haven't noticed.

For instance: Jubilee flashed herself in the movie theater,

and I don't remember that happening in the regular version -- ever.

Any other QOL improvements are so minor, I haven't noticed them.

Sorry, Dittyman.

I'm seeing a lot of text additions, two more flirting options, and it seems that normal console commands do not work (no cheats either). Also looking at the assets, Azula from ATLA makes an appearance as she has a sprite....but no sex scenes.

Like Dittyman said, it's a bit half baked but there is clearly a method to all the madness now.

 

[luwinkle]

If Oni were to be financially punished for missing deadlines and not delivering content he'd actually work. Instead, he's incentivized to faff about for months on end and throw his supporters a few breadcrumbs here and there to string them along.

And this isn't something only Oni does, the whole Patreon system encourages this kind of behavior, and if Patreon cared about anything but their cut they'd do what Kickstarter was eventually forced to do and put the content creators to task, but that's unlikely to happen anytime soon.

As for Ron, I can understand why he ultimately decided to go solo - he has the coding skills to implement his vision, and he's already shown he can source the art via commission, so it's not like he needs anyone else. It remains to be seen if he has the will and motivation to stay with the project, but as of the 19th the github showed he had been working on the code.

This is why I like the system ssethtzeentach has on youtube. He only gets paid when he releases a video. And even then there's several lesser videos where he refused to take payment.

 

[Dittymyman]

What exactly about this homebrew differs from the original? I ask because I am genuinely curious.

Inhales...When having a sleep over there is a chance that it will be the sex action the girl prefers, sex encounters like in the shower actually launch sex, Emma should have a skirt and be able to be recolored(? I got lazy and did not port every expanded mod recolor option), Emma has a skirt, Uhhh I think most of the girls' asses look different because I was try to create a bounce animation but it was giving me a migraine to make it look good so the layer is just there, Jean can get bad implants, Laura is hairy(don't kink shame, just kidding shaming is one of my kinks ), the prologue is different and allows you to get sexy with rogue early, I added some dialogue to sex exclamations, you can grab ass, the classroom scene will class is ongoing has more options....exhales, probably other stuff I am forgetting. That is my personal game that I have just tweaked over time so there is no real changelog

 

[salscou]

This is why I like the system ssethtzeentach has on youtube. He only gets paid when he releases a video. And even then there's several lesser videos where he refused to take payment.

And once he took a sponsored review and invested that money in comissioning more porn of olivia from god hand, what a madlad.

 

[leathermax]

I know, and I might get shit for this, but I really value the text smut in RL. Only western game one that does anything for me, hence the concern.

No, no. We totally agree on this. The dialogue is really good and helps with visualizing undrawn scenes as well as adding a lot of flavor to locations and activities. But I also think one of it's virtues is it's brevity. It doesn't go too long on about anything, it's concise and to the point while also properly articulated and natural. When I cited that you don't need to be a writer to make a clone of this game was because you don't need to make a story nor characters since everything is already prestablished by the show and the comics, as well as because this game doesn't go well with drama bullshit, so every heart broken is properly fixed in one to two days.
To me, the ideal porn game is one that either has no story and only pretext, or it's story revolves around porn. I'll never understand the need some have to add pages upon pages of crappy fanfic in a game you normally only play to fap.

 

[Ghostload]

I like the small bit of drama you can create by breaking up with the girls.

It adds just enough emotional variety to make things interesting.

Granted, I've only tried it once, and never did it again, but it was good enough.

 

[Ghostload]

However, this is not why I literally fell in love with Jubilee.

I fell in love with Jubilee because, there was this feeling of being a winner.

She said that she felt a "pull" towards Xarus,

and that she felt an even greater "pull" and far greater attraction towards me.

I felt jealous that she called Xarus "Master" first, and then on top of that,

she complimented me by saying that I was her One True Master.

It was this "Anti-NTR" feeling that I never got from any other game.

I'm sure that there are plenty of games that have similar speeches out there,

but that speech, combined with all the options available to Jubilee, are unique only to this game.

Once again - I'd like to offer Oni, Ditty, and Ron my thanks for satisfying a need that up until now, only real life could fulfill.

 

[MLGKwikSkop]

However, this is not why I literally fell in love with Jubilee.

I fell in love with Jubilee because, there was this feeling of being a winner.

She said that she felt a "pull" towards Xarus,

and that she felt an even greater "pull" and far greater attraction towards me.

I felt jealous that she called Xarus "Master" first, and then on top of that,

she complimented me by saying that I was her One True Master.

It was this "Anti-NTR" feeling that I never got from any other game.

I'm sure that there are plenty of games that have similar speeches out there,

but that speech, combined with all the options available to Jubilee, are unique only to this game.

Once again - I'd like to offer Oni, Ditty, and Ron my thanks for satisfying a need that up until now, only real life could fulfill.

 

[leathermax]

However, this is not why I literally fell in love with Jubilee.

I fell in love with Jubilee because, there was this feeling of being a winner.

She said that she felt a "pull" towards Xarus,

and that she felt an even greater "pull" and far greater attraction towards me.

I felt jealous that she called Xarus "Master" first, and then on top of that,

she complimented me by saying that I was her One True Master.

It was this "Anti-NTR" feeling that I never got from any other game.

I'm sure that there are plenty of games that have similar speeches out there,

but that speech, combined with all the options available to Jubilee, are unique only to this game.

Once again - I'd like to offer Oni, Ditty, and Ron my thanks for satisfying a need that up until now, only real life could fulfill.

Funny how oddly specific that is. To me one of the greatest satisfaction from an H game is (in the context of corruption) seeing a girl taking the initiative in a kinky situation she would've never done before. Like when you go for a swim with a girl with high enough inhibition, she has an "accident" with her top and, upon realizing it, she straight takes it off in the middle of the pool. It's like a twisted version of the satisfaction a teacher gets from seeing the pupil finally applying his lessons.
That's one thing I really like about the Prime mod, the girls progressively change their basic outfits to more revealing ones as their inhibition rises. I wish something like that but taken to greater lengths was implemented in any of the mods we currently have.
About that, I think it'd be awesome if we got some text about the background characters or other girls reacting when seeing one of your thots walking around semi-naked or totally naked.

 

[Semondemon]

I disliked jubes being a vampire and thought it'd be quite mediocre and.. it is. I really like vampires honestly but everyone has their own ideas as to how and why they work.i like jubilees design shame Oni will probably copy and paste her poses but I will say she's fairly unique. I don't even think I saw the xarus mentioned as her master I did get the love event honestly Oni needs to redo some art and add some more events between girls and your player.
Based on what I read he might be doing that before implementing more girls but who really knows it's evident he doesn't want to work on the game anymore (or in my opinion he doesn't).

 

[salscou]

I disliked jubes being a vampire and thought it'd be quite mediocre and.. it is. I really like vampires honestly but everyone has their own ideas as to how and why they work.i like jubilees design shame Oni will probably copy and paste her poses but I will say she's fairly unique. I don't even think I saw the xarus mentioned as her master I did get the love event honestly Oni needs to redo some art and add some more events between girls and your player.
Based on what I read he might be doing that before implementing more girls but who really knows it's evident he doesn't want to work on the game anymore (or in my opinion he doesn't).

If he was atleast clever about it, he could use the patreon subscriber system to get a sort of "submit your own dialogue" contest, pick the best fitting ones and add them each update to atleast make updates feel bigger without having to put in any actual work.

 

[Semondemon]

He won't even take input in that regard as to what people say.. oni is damned stubborn

 

[Swampy_Leshij]

If he was atleast clever about it, he could use the patreon subscriber system to get a sort of "submit your own dialogue" contest, pick the best fitting ones and add them each update to atleast make updates feel bigger without having to put in any actual work.

He kind of has such an option: "The ability to add one line of dialog to Rogue's 'chit chat' options"; it's only available if you decide to pay 50$ a month lol
And as Semondemon said, Oni wouldn't give a damn about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Testerguy19]

Oni never listens. He never does. Let's see what happens until August ends (nothing does)

 

[Semondemon]

Oni never listens. He never does. Let's see what happens until August ends (nothing does)

Nothing is going to happen in August he said 999 will be out in September.

 

[Ghostload]

That's one thing I really like about the Prime mod, the girls progressively change their basic outfits to more revealing ones as their inhibition rises. I wish something like that but taken to greater lengths was implemented in any of the mods we currently have.

Hopefully Ron (or maybe even Ditty) will take certain measures in the future to ensure that that'll happen one day.

Based on what I read he might be doing that before implementing more girls but who really knows it's evident he doesn't want to work on the game anymore (or in my opinion he doesn't).

If that's true, then that's bad news for all of us.

If Ron, Ditty, and even Oni quit making games like this,

then there will be no one else willing to step up to the plate in the foreseeable future.

I actually really liked Jubilee as a vampire.

I wanted Jubilee. And I wanted vampires.

Oni is lazy, so he just gave us the vampire version of Jubilee and called it a day.

Unless we, as an audience, are willing to make our own games,

then we're screwed because there's no genuinely easy way to do so.

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[Testerguy19]

Nothing is going to happen in August he said 999 will be out in September.

Of course...