Ren'Py RomCom: Divergence [v0.1.4.1p] [Haptales]

[Haptales]

Hi , VoidExile thanks for your feedback and sorry for not answering sooner!
I actually noticed your post last week, but I was fully focused on making the deadline, and well…
Before I knew it, it was already the morning of the release day!

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multi protag and u feel like ur getting cucked at the beginning, quit after the very first scene is a girl masturbating while yelling out the name of the guy who cucked you while u watch in a damn locker, that after getting cucked by the guy during an entire prologue? ye atp add NTR to the tags, the prologue made me sick to my stomach

Feeling that way is perfectly fine!
The whole prologue and antagonist on the cover might be a burden for this game's success, but even if I had softened it, you would have simply hit your limit on something else in the following chapter.

It's my intention to progressively turn the game darker and darker, and that's why one of the warning screens at the start reminds you that you can quit the game at any time.

Nah purely kinetic right cause of no choices. Also this most chaotic game ive ever played wtf and next level of bullshit lmao

Please spare a thought for the poor souls who somehow managed to miss a beach event in a kinetic novel.

 

[VoidExile]

I'm a poor indie game dev without an artistic background, and I'm fighting a losing war against that BIG Ren'Py dialogue box...
And yes, the camera angles can be a bit hard on humans' necks, because my main audience is actually owlfolk.

...I should eventually get better... hopefully...

The dialogue box is not an issue. Opacity can be changed and the entire UI can be hidden.

Collectivisation of indie devs slaveworkers...
W-why do you hate me?

I mean, it's not a replacement, just an added perk? Some may cease their support to individual creators over it but I dunno... just a thought.

So of course, anyone would be better off getting Clair Obscur instead.

You can hardly compare an avn to whatever that game is. They are not even remotely the same.

How about making your own VN?

Pass. As much as I would like to spread my views on things and do things the right way, I don't have it in me. I'm a player, not a developer. Don't think that can ever change unless life decides otherwise. Played enough visual novels to know that people fail on seemingly the most basic features and are just following a bad trend, like that dutch angle thing. But that's just my take on it.

 

[capt21]

Nice, can't wait to play the update

 

[Seccac]

saw incest tag now it just goes on ignore, why tf would anyone name a mc to play as, only to then play as a different mc in episode2 and 3. will i have 3 or more mc's with same name? nah think its a skip for me


and even if i only played as 1 mc, after seeing the post below, its also an ignore. pretty clear its a setup for ntr. and even if the 3 or more mc's i would have to play as gets the girls that are close to to the bully, why tf would you want his sloppy seconds.
showing any scene with these LI's and the bully without having mc putting a stop to it before it happens is still ntr

Really spoke for us, the game has NTR but because u steal the sloppy seconds of the antagonist its not NTR in its fullest according to the dev, i appreciate the dev at least considering my concerns valid, he could've made excuses but no took the feedback and sympathized with it which im thankful for but it still doesnt shake my point, I came here after getting a mention notification and it made me open this can of worms again. What the guy im quoting said is exactly how I felt, ur essentially just getting the antagonist sloppy seconds after he already stole the girls from u, they already fell in love with him before, it gives u a shitty taste in ur mouth to get with them after knowing they used to like him, the girl that the supposed mc grew up with liked the other guy after growing up with the mc, u start the game feeling like u already lost.

These girls already fell in love with him they already have a ton of romantic memories with him, this isnt a story where ur competing with him for them no he already won at the start they all already like him atp its js a matter of u stealing them away from him and having fun with his sloppy seconds. I stand on my point that this should have a NTR warning, especially when that's the entire point of the start of the game, u getting cucked, just because you get revenge on it later doesn't mean it hasn't already happened u get me. Still I liked the art of the game and the attitude of the dev, hopefully when the dev makes his next game (in case he wants to) I would give it a try, wanting the whole NTR revenge thing is nice but it would be cool if it was toned down, one of the girls literally loves the other guy obsessively and we watch others fall in love with him before we get to do anything, its nuts

 

[mrrobert7]

tks

 

[Seccac]

I'd say it's less the creator and moreso the people who bitch and moan about every game even hinting at NTR or cheating being the worst things ever and that every game should cater to their tastes. Common in every thread that even explicitly states there is NTR has at least one person raising a complaint about it.

I mean if the dev came clean and added a NTR tag no one would have any reason to complain, but there's the thing, he knows the complains and doesnt add it, first thing I did before playing was checking the tags for NTR, what did I see? Nothing, what did I get first thing into playing the game? NTR ofc, so keep glazing the dev all u want but the complains are valid in this one game, in others i've seen many where they got warned and still chose to play the game, their own decision at that point, but in this case u go in blind if u trust the tags, and there's nothing wrong with not having a cucking fetish, I see increasingly more people with that sort of fetish shaming others for not liking it, calling them bitches and all, kinda ironic, but you should understand from the standpoint from someone who doesn't like to be cheated on (MOST PEOPLE BTW) entire lives get ruined over being cheated, if u got cheated on irl u dont wanna be reminded of it in a game and even if u didnt most people still feel repulsed by it, u need to understand that from the POV from someone who doesnt have a cuckoldry fetish, it genuinely is the boogeyman and there's nothing wrong with it, which is why the NTR tag exists, to keep people from seeing content that disgusts them, to each their own fetish but someone who doesnt like fetishes like scat or pissing def would be sick by seeing it, now imagine the people who like that stuff shaming others for not liking playing with literal shit and piss and pointing fingers like they're the evil ones.

If u want ur preference to be respected first thing u have to do is respect other people's preferences

 

[Lambda777777]

You talk a lot without saying anything useful, you just hit Alt+F4 during the prologue and didn't look very far. There's no NTR man, your monologue about how your were trauma irl by that is useless.
I hate ntr too, and dodge this like the plague and yes there's a lot more game with this tag lately to my displeasure, but here there's nothing, sorry to disagree
Sorry if my message seems disrespectful its not my intention

 

[Mellbear]

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Heya~ everyone!

Today marks exactly 3 months since the last time we saw each other...
So we actually managed to see each other before New Year, like wow, lucky us, right~?

Ah, but don't worry too much about the dev's corpse on the floor, okayyy?
I'll kick that lazy bastard's ass back to work right after this, no stress~

Now then, let's jump into my amazing Chapter 4 preview, kay?

Spoiler: Chapter 4 - Preview

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TLDR:
Chapter 4
Early release: 12/17 2pm (UTC+1)
Public release: 12/24 2pm (UTC+1)

So I need to ask is before I play the game is this true do you literally get the sloppy seconds of the bully basically and be honest don't beat around the bush so I know whether to skip the game and save myself the problems. Because I like NTR because it stays NTR you don't get runner up in NTR. And I definitely do not wanna play a "runner up" game.

 

[Mellbear]

Bro, you're missing the point: There is nothing serious about this game, and any sort of meaningful relationships you "try" to form ends up being the butt of a joke later.

It becomes very clear early on that none of the heroines actually matter. If NTR shows up, it will be done as a joke just like everything else while ultimately being pointless since the MC will...

Spoiler: By the power of Ren'Py

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Maybe the story will take itself more seriously in the future, but as of right now, there is nothing to get attached to. If you're looking for a vanilla, romantic comedy, this ain't it chief.

Then this might be the single dumbest decision of a hentai game ever in recorded history. From all accounts a hentai game that literally is basically the deadpool of H-games is not my cup of tea, also because I absolutely cannot stand deadpool concept to begin with. No one wants to play a meme game like that. It stops being a game at that point and becomes a joke and not a good joke a literal joke of existence.

 

[LeandroLeRs]

how I start the update I click the PC and and is only the moan, help pls

 

[Haptales]

how I start the update I click the PC and and is only the moan, help pls View attachment 5559643

Hey! Did this screen appear right after starting the update?
Also, could you tell me which version of the game you downloaded?

Normally, you shouldn’t be able to access this screen until you’ve completed Chapter 4.

 

[MultiCaltural]

Hey! Did this screen appear right after starting the update?
Also, could you tell me which version of the game you downloaded?

Normally, you shouldn’t be able to access this screen until you’ve completed Chapter 4.

Same issue here in PC version. Just loaded the last auto save from 1.3 and spawned there.

 

[Aninass]

At this point, dev's just not adding the NTR tag just so it remains more appealing to unsuspecting audiences. They know adding the NTR tag would doom the game's visibility.

I don't know how they are getting away with this, but this shit's devious.

 

[Haptales]

Same issue here in PC version. Just loaded the last auto save from 1.3 and spawned there.

Thanks, I found the issue.
It only happens if you load a save made at the “save point”(lol)…
I’ll upload a new version with the fix ASAP.

LeandroLeRs
For now, you can play the new content by:
– Loading a save from before the save point.
– Or rolling back from the screen with the computer until you get an error, then simply hitting “Rollback”, and you should be good to go.