VN Ren'Py Shadows of Ambition [Ch.4.5] [AbyssGames]

[AbyssGames]

Fun update, Andrea is best girl. Would like to see more from Alice, 3 chapters into the NTS game and all she's done is

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which is a bit disappointing, at this rate she'll get fucked on chapter 10 or something like a year after the games initial release, that's if it even gets that far. Overall I'm hopeful and Dev seems to be doing a good job, but ambitious projects like these often get stuck early

Hi Nate,

Thank you for your feedback. I mentioned this in my discord, but it's a hard balance to strike when it comes to how quickly the NTS scenarios progress. I wanted to really capture Alice's doubts and her not being 100% comfortable with the idea. With characters like Sophie fueling her corruption bit by bit. I don't want her to just jump on other guys instantly as that wouldn't feel believeable.

All I can say is that I am 100% committed to this game and seeing it progress further, making each update better than the last when it comes to storytelling, visuals and more. I've already laid out the rough plans for Chapter 4 and have slowly started working on it, while also trying to enjoy the holidays.

My goal is to make updates every 30-45 days.

 

[deviousstorm]

Nah your game is great, it would be nice if we did have a new tag for Netorase on the website. Cause we range from shadows of Ambition like this to... that other game.

I am also actually liking the art style a lot, and it seems this only a kinetic novel atm? Are there plans in the future or a vision of what you want the game to be like or?

Also can't wait to see updates for the game love your game dev!

 

[AbyssGames]

Nah your game is great, it would be nice if we did have a new tag for Netorase on the website. Cause we range from shadows of Ambition like this to... that other game.

I am also actually liking the art style a lot, and it seems this only a kinetic novel atm? Are there plans in the future or a vision of what you want the game to be like or?

Also can't wait to see updates for the game love your game dev!

So my plans are to keep this simple for myself by keeping this game a kinetic novel. Once I've learned as much as I can and I get my workflows properly optimized, I will most likely make another game in the future, which will be player choice driven.

 

[Arch12]

I'm a bit confused by your post. I never claimed this was NTR. While there is an NTR relationship in the game, it's not with the MC, so I don't consider it to be the main genre. You're right that there is no tag for NTS, so unfortunately we have to use the NTR tag.

That is what I mean, When searching under the Netorare tag this game shows up. I assumed like I did with other games, MNGF, Moonripple, etc that it was an NTR game. While it does feature one, The main selling point of your game is NTS and that's not what i'm looking for. So it just sucks when you using the search feature to find your tag and games popup for it that look good but don't really fall into the category

 

[Doshima]

That is what I mean, When searching under the Netorare tag this game shows up. I assumed like I did with other games, MNGF, Moonripple, etc that it was an NTR game. While it does feature one, The main selling point of your game is NTS and that's not what i'm looking for. So it just sucks when you using the search feature to find your tag and games popup for it that look good but don't really fall into the category

We've been asking for proper labeling of the NTR gender for quite some time now, but unfortunately nothing has been done to change it yet. It's as simple as just adding a new tag and name it netorase (some games add the netorare and swinging tags to identify a game as netorase, but it's not the same).

This game doesn't have the swinging tag because there's not swinging on the game yet.

 

[Arch12]

We've been asking for proper labeling of the NTR gender for quite some time now, but unfortunately nothing has been done to change it yet. It's as simple as just adding a new tag and name it netorase (some games add the netorare and swinging tags to identify a game as netorase, but it's not the same).

Yea, The tag post hasn't been updated since like 2023, I'm not trying to attack the dev here or anything. I was just venting a bit. The game looks good and was under that tag so I was excited about it until I read up. I mean we could probably just change this to swinging as the tag in general. Dev said MC was also going to sleep around so it doesn't really fall into NTS anymore and then just put a disclaimer in the description that there will be a side character with NTR.

 

[metramaks]

AbyssGames
Played the update today. You said it's gonna be big, but man, it was huge. I was expecting to see "the end" screen for half of the chapter, but it kept going and going. And it's not just the quantity, the quality is getting better and better. The characters are developing, the story is getting more interesting, the art is great. Can't wait for the next chapter to see how it goes.

 

[AbyssGames]

I will definitely check the game out. The art looks really promising. Let's see

Let me know what you think of it!

 

[Lunix00]

Will we be able to make decisions at some point in the plot?

 

[AbyssGames]

Will we be able to make decisions at some point in the plot?

Unfortunately, no plans for that

 

[Vash1980]

i really really really loved the scene in the cinema, which would have made the scene even hotter for me personally:

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[SilverArrow]

Omg. So. Good. Game. Art and plot are... perfect. DO you know any similar games? Played mng

 

[Doshima]

Nah, 'cause the game this one copied everything from is a kinetic novel

I totally agree with you! People are praising a game that's just a "complete copy" of another one and full of mistakes

We are still waiting for the answer to the question the Dev asked you, so I'm going to ask you the same question again, hoping that you had time to think about something on these days instead of answering some nonsense related to the gods.

What are those "full of mistakes" errors you found?

And another question, because I'm curious.

Why is this game a "complete copy" of another one?
If your answer is the art, then that means all of the games made on DAZ are also copies of other games because the vast majority use the same genesis models. If your answer is the story, then you're either blind or you don't read. If your answer is the corruption of your partner to share her with other people, then you don't know what NTS/swinging games are.

We are eagerly waiting for your response!!

 

[MostlyCritical]

Nah, 'cause the game this one copied everything from is a kinetic novel

What game are you referring to? I played MNGF and Shadows of Ambition recently and I found them quite different! The art is similar, but if it's good, why complain about it? Vi is like super slutty and is pushing the MC, while in this one, the FMC is super shy and is slowly getting corrupted. Some guy said the relationships were the exact same and I really don't understand that comment either, within NTS, you either have a GF or a wife, there's only so many options... and as far as I can tell, Luke doesn't have any siblings, one of the girls is his neighbour and the other one is a friend from the FMC and the other one works at the gym, so again, what's exactly the same here? I feel like you're just hating on a dev who's attempting his first game and has produced something better than 90% of the shit on here.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

What game are you referring to? I played MNGF and Shadows of Ambition recently and I found them quite different! The art is similar, but if it's good, why complain about it? Vi is like super slutty and is pushing the MC, while in this one, the FMC is super shy and is slowly getting corrupted. Some guy said the relationships were the exact same and I really don't understand that comment either, within NTS, you either have a GF or a wife, there's only so many options... and as far as I can tell, Luke doesn't have any siblings, one of the girls is his neighbour and the other one is a friend from the FMC and the other one works at the gym, so again, what's exactly the same here? I feel like you're just hating on a dev who's attempting his first game and has produced something better than 90% of the shit on here.

Agreed - even though I pushed this away on my own thread, this one is way different from MNGF. Not just in the GF's personality (I prefer Alice to Vi), but the story feels like it will lend more autonomy to the player. Consider, here, the MC is being hired to do recruiting for the porn photo modeling company. Whereas in MNGF, the bf plays more of a bystander to Vi's modeling career. Though there are differences the other way, if someone's an incest fan they'd likely be better served by MNGF with its heavy emphasis on sisters/mothers whatever.

 

[deviousstorm]

Agreed - even though I pushed this away on my own thread, this one is way different from MNGF. Not just in the GF's personality (I prefer Alice to Vi), but the story feels like it will lend more autonomy to the player. Consider, here, the MC is being hired to do recruiting for the porn photo modeling company. Whereas in MNGF, the bf plays more of a bystander to Vi's modeling career. Though there are differences the other way, if someone's an incest fan they'd likely be better served by MNGF with its heavy emphasis on sisters/mothers whatever.

I mean MNGF is clearly like using characters from other works and media, this is almost all original characters. Its not even a similar type of situation

 

[Lunix00]

I wish there were different paths to choose from, but I'll still be watching this story anyway. As for the comparisons with MNGF, they are similar artistically but in terms of plot they are quite different even though they are both NTS games. I like this one better and I don't think I'm the only person who thinks that way, so I congratulate the developer for that, MNGF gives me feelings of humiliation.

 

[AbyssGames]

 

[wwwwq]

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These images are created using AI, right? Can someone tell me exactly what kind of AI we are talking about? What tools are used to create such games?

 

[AbyssGames]

These images are created using AI, right? Can someone tell me exactly what kind of AI we are talking about? What tools are used to create such games?

Stable Diffusion with the PonyV6 checkpoint. However relying only on that will not get you very far, you need some experience with photoshop to fix the inconsistencies and create scenes.