Ren'Py - Completed - S.H.E.L.T.E.R. - An Apocalyptic Tale [v1.0] [Winterlook]

Am I the only who wishes this game had more of a story, more dialogue and buildup with the characters before getting the sex scenes? Because so far everything happens so quickly and with little time to truly begin to care that the characters appear incredibly shallow.

I'd even say that the two dimensional caricatures in the absurd and unrealistic mockery that is Battle of the Bulges have more depth than in SHELTER. At least in BotB the characters speak way more than a few lines and you need more than just 4-odd choices before you get all their sex scenes at once. It also doesn't hurt that it has an overarching story that was established since day one.

I'm sad to say that the only great thing about SHELTER is its godly art and its high amount of sexual content. Because even its gameplay is sorely lacking, as it amounts to simply waiting for your number of cans to increase day after day with the same work that it's so simple that it can't even be considered a minigame.

And we know the dev can do better with the story and characters, as they have done so before with Fate of Irnia, so it confuses me that now they're incapable of repeating that when so far SHELTER actually has more sex scenes as well as characters than FoI.

I find it both hilarious and astounding how the failings of other projects like Star Channel 34 and Broken Heart Bordello are the only good things about SHELTER and viceversa.

I can't say I'm a fan of the current job system of the game, both the secretary and brothel advertiser jobs suck since they only give you 5 cans and you cannot stack them with the bartender job. And you also have to go to the settlement to do those jobs, which means the 5 cans you earn are always lost in their entirety by having to buy syringes.

The best job by far is the doctor one since it gives you free syringes without even having to go out of the shelter. Not to mention that it is also annoying that you're further locked out of certain sex scenes according to the job choices, even those that are available in the same "route".

I skipped on last month's update so I "played" two months worth of content this time. And like usual with this game I spent more time downloading than actually playing it. I really don't get why the dev does this, the game fulfills in giving plenty of satisfactory sexual content, but that's literally all it does.

There's little to no real gameplay and the story is barely there, only being told through small chunks once in a while. Heck, there has been NO story progression for the last 5 updates, ever since 0.17. 0.22 advanced the story a little bit, but it was all over as quickly as you noticed it. And the character progression is a joke, romancing or mind breaking them takes all the time and effort of dropping a hat to the ground. The only real struggle is waiting for the dev to actually finish their routes before they move on to work on another character's route.

It's not as bad as Summertime Saga or Something Unlimited, which have had character's sex scenes pending for years, but it's still annoying eating a burger 2 ingredients at a time instead of a larger bite. This approach may be done in an attempt to try and appease everyone, but it just leaves the game in a constant state of incompleteness.

EDIT: Checking the final version of the game, I have to say I'm disappointed by the lack of content of Dagger (the bandit leader). Looking back on it, my rating should have been 3 stars from the review I made, but I was hoping that it would get better in the future. It did not.

Hot game, but with zero player agency - basically a visual novel for a large portion. Also, for some reason you cuck the only other male character, no two ways about it. Come on, Winterlook. I like that character.

0.21 Review

Biggest complaint up front in hopes of someone that matters reading this: PLEASE please please allow us to both romance and mind break different girls in the same play through (e.g. Romance Angela, Mind Break Kira and Melisa.) Currently from everything I've come across (including the walk through featured on F95zone) this appears to be impossible in the current update (0.21).

Other than the aforementioned annoyance, I've been very pleased with the development and progression of the game. There's a modest grind early on, which is made more tolerable by overall solid pacing to the story, particularly on the romance path.

Very hot renders, although animations would really bring it over the top. Music is done well, short and to the point, but it sets a proper lonely end-of-the-world tone. Side character interactions have improved substantially since I first played (0.13ish maybe?).

All in all, SHELTER earns a solid 4/5. An option to mix/match romance/mind break choices would elevate my score half a point, and a few basic animations added to major character H scenes would earn an additional half star, for 5/5 total.

I wish more people know about this game.

1. It has Impregnation
2. Harem (literally every girl is bangable)
3. Pregnancy (no birth scenes but you can live with your children, not many games have this option)
4. Internal view (sort of)... I just love watching swimmers intruding the ovum and make the woman/girl pregnant (a kink of mine)
5. An android (onahole which you could customize)
6. It has almost everything (megane, tomboy, shy girl, bold girl, futa girl [you could choose not to let her be a futa], etc.)

Enough said, just go play this game.

Review as of v.0.20

Pros:
-Great 2D art by Ebelisk (you can find even more stuff on his twitter). Has some of the best booty scenes I've ever seen. Each character has unique design and I can't wait to see more scenes with them.
-Two routes: sweet vanilla and even sweeter corruption allow for at least two different playthroughs.
-For v0.2 has a lot of content. I've seen games at higher versions not have even half the content this already has.
-Don't have to wait for v1.00 to see pregnancy scenes, they're already here.

Cons:
-There's some early grinding (which can be avoided completely using console command - "page-56#post-2794320" has the info)
-Occasionally some small glitch can happen (e.g. character appeared on same screen twice in different spots) but it's rare
-Don't expect a 10/10 mind-blowing writing that will change your life. I'd say this is a more of a chill game made to have fun.

Overall, great game with awesome content that makes me excited for each update.

I can't penalize such a masterpiece for grammatical errors considering the competition... Maybe a handful of spelling errors at most. Side note, @dev please hmu and I'd localize for no charge, this is such a great game.

At least two playthroughs are required, and more are still fairly rewarding considering how you can choose to (no surprise, being post-apocalyptic) impregnate and who it would be that you choose. There are other choices that I feel would be mildly rewarding in their exploration as well through multiple routes. Some choices are ONCE ONLY such as romance, etc. And better wrap it unless you're serious because options with the pregnant female is reduced while she's carrying.

Anyway dev, please please keep up the amazing work. Considering it's only a .19 I'm in awe at the content and careful consideration that went into this game. There's one girl out of all the current ones who isn't exactly my favorite, but that's a better ratio than every other 18+ game I've played lol.

nice game i like to playing wanna see more updates in future its really fun to play
i would like to see more content with futa/trans
story is interesting
AI part was so fun but i hope in future we can see more futa content like futa/trans update for AI would be interesting and fun

Story : you play a s a dude in some sort of post apocalyptic world that got nuked,basically its fallout new vegas the porn game.
Originality : not alot of fallout : new vegas /weg/s out there,so yeah its pretty og
Sound : can do with some music.
Playability : could be replaued twice for romance route and mind break route,nice.
Performance : fast,well it's renpy not a lot of things to say about performance
Bugs: encountered none
Animations : if it's possible to animate the sex scenes with the same degree of art then this game could legit be the next big thing
Voice Acting : doesn't need it,could do with some sfx noises during sex scene tho
Grammar : didn't notice any faults,does it even matter i am an ESL.
Amount of content : for a 0.19 game it has alot,ALOT of content to jerk off to.

WOULD RECOMMEND !

I can be quick about this:

- Pro:
- Very nice art with great depiction of female parts. Way better than most drawn porn games.
- Little needless texts, and conversations
- Plays fast
- Has corruption, even says what choices will lead to this. But it is kinda instant: Corrupt choice: Now she is somehow your complete bitch

- Con:
- Very simplistic, and VERY repetative and grindy. You have to do the same things over and over to get progress. And though you can do those in a few clicks, it does get boring.

Great concept, cant wait to see where it ends up. My only gripes are the lack of character development in between each scene, and the female AI character. Everything else is great, the artwork, writing, and (manageable)grind are all made well and compliment each other.

This is a very pure game. It's basically a shoestring plot that serves as an excuse to try out all kinds of situations with a number of different character archetypes. With lots of skipping and a general sense of what to do, you can get to the scenes very quickly, and complete a character's route of half a dozen scenes or so in about 15 minutes. Even without skipping, the scenes come early and often, as any required objectives are very easy to complete. This vision of knowing exactly what the focus is and making no excuses or attempts otherwise makes for a painless, streamlined experience. Grinding is minimal, and unlocking further characters is usually as simple as "try the option you haven't tried yet".

The scenes themselves are adequate. A distinct artstyle that's fairly appealing, and a handful of images that cycle through to supplement the lack of animation. Although what the presentation lacks in variety, the scenarios more than make up for it.

Basically it's the porn game equivalent of "quantity over quality" with a torrent of well enough scenes overtaking any semblance of plot, gameplay, character development, intrigue, or staying power. Good for a quickie in a fairly unique niche, but probably not anyone's favorite for long.

Reviewing 0.18

TLDR:
Worth your time?
Yes ✓
No
Maybe

Story,
You are the post-apocalyptic breeder. Simple as

Originality,
Clearly inspired by Fallout etc. which isn't a bad thing. Still fairly original due to somewhat ample player agency [i.e. you actually do accomplish things via missions, build up a shantytown etc.]

Renders,
2D Drawn goodness. Some renders are wonky anatomically [you'll know when you see it] but it's not a glaring issue. Overall its competent.

Sound,
Some kind of Kevin MacLeod type, freeware music, but I like it. It's soothing I s'pose

Playability,
You won't need a guide for most of it. Some of the pregnancy content in the latest patch isn't really signposted well but the rest of the gallery is simple enough. Not many interesting choices beyond the binary Romance vs. Corruption angle, but its fine.

Performance,
Works well as you would expect a Ren'py game would.

Bugs,
Game itself was fine, but using the incest patch led to bugs [this isn't the game's fault, of course]

Animations,
I don't recall any animations. 2D drawn scenes instead.

Voice Acting,
None. Use your brain

Grammar,
Grammatically correct. No Engrish as I recall

Amount of content
A decent amount of content for a linear plot. Maybe 3 hours?

Overall: Good effort, keep it up.

Version Reviewed: 0.17

This game is about a family who survived a nuclear apocalypse by hiding out in a fallout shelter. One day out of the blue the now sterile father decides that it is time to start repopulating, and its up to you, his only son, to get the job done.

So your mission is to find women and get them knocked up. In order to help you with this new mission you are allowed to go outside and scavenge, at which point you discover other survivors on the surface who are making their life among the debris of society. Strangely enough most of the people in this society are large chested single women.

The art is hand drawn and reasonably well done. There are some nice animations as well.

For sex content the game is pretty well stocked. It starts out a little slow with a money grind, but pretty soon it rockets through the content. It's like day one your sister won't open your door for you. Day two you bring her a gift. Day three you're in her butt. Day four you do a second mission. Day five she's pregnant with your child.

The game is weird. It has some parts with tedious grind, but then the "corruption/romance" routes progress incredibly quickly. Only to be hit with another money grind as you manage the settlement's finances. Overall the dialog is short and fairly uninteresting. The threadbare story is what loses this game one star for me. The whole plot feels so perfunctory, even by porno game standards.

Overall I recommend this one for a good fap, but it's not one you're likely to remember in a month. At least it's quick with the porno. No massive walls of text to get through here. Even if it didn't strike the right balance of story and porn, at least it erred on the side of more porn instead of walls of boring text.

At first i didn't actually think I would enjoy this, i usually avoid Renpy games (which is ironic because I once made one, a crap one but one nevertheless). That said as i played through this I found myself quite liking it.

The general gist is you are the son in the family of your mother, father and 2 sisters. Your father is a scientist, your mother a biologist, your sister an ex army vet and the other one a pre college student. Complete with the personalities you would expect.

There are 2 routes per character, namely Romance or Corruption. Now what happens is your father is a dispassionate scientist, everything is a lab experiment to him,including you and the family. Unfortunately he can no longer have children for some reason so he asks you to replenish the human population after the nuclear apocalypse. How you may ask? Well...he wants you to bonk! He wants you to bonk you big, ex army sister, he wants you to bonk your innocent naive virgin sister, he even wants you to bonk his wife, your mother!

*Billy Mays Voice* BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!! See there is also a settlement nearby! And a trader that hangs outside your shelter, you can bonk them too!

Said bonking takes place with very high quality renders that are animated (said animation is flicking between two images to give the impression) and the scenes you get differ depending on whether you choose to corrupt or romance the girls.

I played both routes just to see what happens.

Romance - Is exactly that, woo them, slowly and they develop love for you, buy them gifts etc etc. Said Romance cumulates in every girl loving you. Aww....

Corruption - Break em! (this was my first and favourite path), turns out trying to slip 'em the one eyed purple snake firsthand is difficult, so your father being a scientist develops a pill that launches them into a state of sluttiness that not even Caligula could rival! Said corruption results in introducing naive, innocent little sister to becoming a hardcore BDSM Submissive, taking a once proud ex army veteran sister and turning her into a sex soldier who obeys your every command, and turning your mother against your father which eventually results in her being railed behind his back (literally, there is a scene) and eventually in front of him and then the big one, you can choose whether to boot dad out or keep him around as a submissive little maid that does everything around the house while you fuck his now slutified wife and daughters....

Can you tell I like this game? You can see which route I prefer! Do play it.

Finally a game where the art is both great and has a consistent quality thoughout the game.

story is fine and the characters are hot.

you have both a corruption and a romace route. So i am sure there are something for everyone.

28/4 2020- game might be getting to "big" some of the characters are left behind in an old part of the game. I hope the get moved, that would also make some sense for the story..

good game 5/5 art

great game. It has nice artwork great story and lots of character interaction . I like how you can chose how you want to develop the story and the grind aspect. Its cool that you can almost control everything that happens with the mc and the people around him.

(v0.20)
This is a damn good game and i will for sure keep an eye for it.

The good!!
-Story: Interesting, makes the situations believable.
-Graphics: I very much like the artwork, some of the best 2D graphics.
-Sounds: The music is very nice, compliments the game very well.
-Characters: The game made me care for some of them especially Tiffany also the mother and the little sister Melisa as well.

The bad...
-Sex scenes in romance routes could use some more build up first but the characters are in a desperate situation so I guess it's alright.
-Even if you romance Elin, she still has sex with your sister Kira once. Not the end of the world but I would like the option to stop that from happening.

Will update if something changes...

I absolutely love this game especially the scenes with Melisa I have some kind of fetish for her I hope more improvements with her will come

You can got romance tour or harem tour even then you can corrupt them which gives me a kick its kinky and dirty but amazing nice fab-material

The h-scenes are top notch

I don't know why there's universal praise for this game.

Updates have been slow, the MC's penis changes size drastically between scenes (going from a shrimp dick to a baby's arm holding an apple), some of the character art gets ugly in some scenes, every single character has the personality of a dumb whore, locking half the H-scenes behind a binary choice is annoying, and clicking through each day is tedious at best.

The art that is good is great, the concept is awesome, and there's a lot of room for expansion. Some of the writing is decent, and the grindy bits can actually be pretty fun. As of right now, your best bet is just to rip the images out with the RenPy extractor and have fun with those after playing a bit.

Edit: Nothing much has changed/been added, same complaints still apply to all new content.

Edit 2: Once again, not shit has changed at all. The fugly art scenes are still there, and there's very little else added to the game since I wrote this review a year and a half ago.

I just played the v0.15

I love character designs.
The sex scenes are very well drawed but they would be perfect if they had more animation and maybe changes of camera angles.

The characters have a bit of variety in facial expressions, although they lack variety in poses.

The story is interesting at first, but after a while you notice that it lacks a bit of drama or missions since it is set in a post-apocalyptic world

The decisions that have an effect on the love relationship with the characters are marked, which I like.

Although I personally point out that it has several little details, I give it 5 stars because I really liked the game, and I hope it gets better in the future.