VN - Ren'Py - Sandy Bay [v0.75] [Lex]

Started out pretty good, but with mediocre models. Later it got to that crap where new updates break old saves. Also, another one with way too slow of a burn early one, so starting over means going through all the boring parts again. Story wasn't as good later on, either with a lot of stuff that would not possibly ever happen (corporal punishment at university level in a country where it's illegal in schools period, for example.) Also, in some instances choices don't matter.

I quite liked this game even though the scenarios and choices are a bit unbelievable.

It makes up for this with good dialogue that is funny and realistic. A lot of these games either suffer from broken English or way too much text. I think this one strikes the right balance. There are a decent amount of choices too.

Just be aware that it's ultimately a silly porn game with an emphasis on humourous and sexy situations. If you're after eroticism and thought-provoking drama, look elsewhere.

I've tried to understand what's wrong with this game for a long time and recent updates finally opened my eyes.

This game does not deliver what you expect.

And I know expectations are subjective, but if you think about it - what do you expect when you see models and basic situation around our heroine, Johnny and Robbie? You expect main character to cheat on Robbie with Johnny and in time graduate to open relationship or cuckoldry from that. But... that's not what happened. Instead Johnny comes as package deal (or at least I wasn't able to find a plot thread which separates them) with his GF. Which is, first of all, I'm personally not interested in - and second of all, as I stated, it's not the most obvious and expected situation. Instead of a young heroine, messily fucking around with young stud who is more than happy to have more pussy, we have... something more normal for a swingers plot. Something like Maddy and Johnny constantly engaging our heroine together looks like married couple behaviour, and not like messy behaviour of young people.
This is the biggest example, but it's everywhere. Main heroine boss for example - you thought "young girl and workplace relationships with older man" will be logical plot? Take a load of strange serums and whatnot. You thought main character goes to school/uni will open her to more guys like Johnny, but single, and/or lusty teachers? Get a spanking from chubby girl and shaving Emma's bush.
Also, as other people pointed out, you can't escape certain content. It feeds into the bigger issue described by me, and for me it's highlighted by girl-on-girl scenes. I avoided any peeping on Maddy and Emma, I turned down any invitations by Maddy and Johnny together... But my character still fools around with Maddy and Emma at the beach!

So, in conclusion,this game does not deliver what you expect and what it's delivers is often strangely shoehorned and unavoidable. It looks good and has certain charm to models and writing, but it's not what you think you'll get from the "young girl explores her sex drive with or behind her boyfriend's back" type of deal.

Character models are really cute and I liked the dialogue. Looking forward to seeing this game progress! I personally don't like when the backgrounds don't match where the characters are standing, but that's more of a design choice and certainly doesn't change my rating of the game.

I am glad I tried it, I almost didn't reading the reviews here, but it is MUCH better than I expected.

It is a classic corruption story, with good art, decent animations and a broad cast of likeable characters that aren't completely one-sided. Also the humour is really on point.

It has a lot of content already and the path forward looks interesting. So far the content is fairly vanilla, but it's really fun to watch Aimee on her journey. She is a relatable, believable and likeable character. I love her interaction with her parents. I could really relate.

Go try it! It is worth it.

Ver 0.60

Its all fine. Basic F MC corruption game. Slow burn though. The writing is way above average. Quite good actually. The boyfriend is appropriately beta. You CAN play the game as a faithful girlfriend, but if thats your things you should probably be playing a different game. These sorts of games are specifically for folks who want to turn out the innocent girl. Play something else if you want a love story. It feel entirely tacked on. That said, the main corruption storyline is quite well done. Oh, the mother character is absolutely hilarious as a reformed school-girl slut happily married to the father character.

All is not good though. The renders... urgh. It feels like a 20 year old Japanese AVN. The backgrounds are NOT 3D. They're just 2D backgrounds with the characters as basically foreground sprites. Its very 2005 renders that way. Look at the banner image. All the renders are done that way. Zero depth. I'm not being all render elitist here, its seriously a 20 year throwback. So odd. That said the girls are all super cute. Its a shame really. Everyone basically floats on a 2D background. Its really hard to get over. That said the writing makes it a 3* for me.

The babes are hot, the scenarios is fleshed out, and the writing is solid. Here's the scoop. You play as a nubile cutie with a long distance boyfriend who is tempted with the possibility of cheating. Now you don't HAVE TO, but obviously that's one of the big appeals of the game. Many scenes feature fluid animations and numerous facial expressions to convey the dynamic nature of the action. The fact is, its above average when compared to most other VNs. I'm excited to see what the dev will do with this game, because it has plenty of potential.

Sandy Bay [v0.50] Rating:2.5*

Story/Content:
I think the story has a decent premise, but it isn´t well executed at this point.
In my save, she is annoyed by her "boyfriend" and is open to cheat, but she still has contact with him and offered him her virginity when he returns, which just doesn´t make any sense.
The Story feels dull and doesn´t seem to pick up the pace yet.
Contentwise there is not much there yet. I haven´t seen a sex scene yet, except a lesbian scene and when she was peeking at people, and those were rather dull.

Text Messages:
They are incredibly annoying . I don´t want to be bombarded with so much text, which especially is an issue when she writes with Robbie.
She also actively tries to contact him sometimes, which doesn´t make sense from a story perspective, because she is annoyed by him and is open to cheat.

Character Models:
I think most Character Models look decent, but the most important character in the game - the main character - has a problem, and that is her face. The other girls look pretty good and the MC´s body also, but her face doesn´t look attractive imo.

My Rating of [v0.335] is:

Pros:
+ Nice Renders
+ Active Play
+ Lots of Girls
+ Great Story

Cons:
- Nothing

Conclusion:

The Game has in my opinion a Great Story, and the Girls look fine and no blue balls so far, also like the different characters in the Game also nice to see the fat character again, used to see him alot, but he has been pretty scarce lately.

My Advisory:
Worth the Download

Unfortunately 3 stars is too high for this game. renders are not good, they are not the high quality. Some of them even has wrong proportions. Storyline consists of too much text. It's a bad comics, not a game with lots of renders and animations. So no update needed due to weak interest.

I'm playing v0.3. I honestly didn't expect a lot of this game. The story is rather linear and the choices are rare. HOWEVER, if you're ready to laugh your ass off as the uncomfortably openness of the MC's mother about her sexuality and the MC's reactions and thoughts (to which I am) I think you should give this game a try.

I'd hate to be the first one to do this to you, but man this game needs a ton of work.
First and foremost, your graphics are not great. With a bit of TLC, you can definitely vamp up the quality of your DAZ models, and backgrounds. Characters standing within a flat space is not great looking anymore.
Also, the story is incredibly dull, and the dialog didn't keep me engaged.

I suggest starting over from scratch, nabbing a decent artist and trying again. I see potential in your idea, just the execution sucked.