Ren'Py Simple Beginnings [Ep. 6 v1.6.1 BETA] [Barbiecued]

[Birdnman993]

And just my preference, I would also like a bit more sexy events. I would probably play bi if there was that sort of route. And would like to have Jenny get her body back. And perhaps get more corrupted by Murphy (what *did* she do to poor Jenny to get her worked up so much?)

Murphy in my opinion is just a crazy bitch, as far as Jenny is concerned she simply saw her masturbating in the bathroom with photos of the swimming teacher, yet she has the honor of giving us the closest thing to a sex scene in the game.

I would also like to see her get her body back, I have certainly grown fond of her appearance.

 

[afterlights]

This is turning out to be pretty amazing. The models (Emma's family are my favorites), the story (which is the strongest point), and the renders are excellent. While it does lack the "porn" element for now, it makes up for it with outstanding story and world-building. For me, story > sex, knowing we'll eventually get there is enough.

I can't agree more. It's been a compelling ride, with intrigue building with every episode.

 

[J1215]

Alexandra is amazing!
I like Alexandra!

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[R1k0]

I think this game is too good for this site. I don't usually play these kinds of story focused games, but this game was really interesting to read and find out what happened next. Until episode 6, because what happened next is surprising in a not good way. You can see that the developer did a great job and is talented at writing a story but for me where the game turned was an unpleasant surprise. And this game needs a "no sexual content" tag because there isn't any at the moment, at least I haven't seen it.
P.S. I forgot about bathroom scene where some girl does some sexual things, and there are scenes with nudity, it can be called sexual content.

I really liked the game, it was great ! It's too bad that it's visually lacking but it is what it is.
I'm not sure i would agree with your choice of going back working on what's already done tho. I think it would be better to continue the story. It just feel like whatever improvements you gonna make won't really make a difference honestly. Unless it's to remake everything and upgrade it to the current top visual standards. Which doesn't seems in your capacities if i can allow myself to be blunt. Either because of hardware limitations or skills or a bit or both. Please don't take it badly it's just how i feel and i think your game is great a stated earlier. It looking "dated" didn't prevent me to enjoyed it greatly.

If you read his post on Patreon you would know that he changed his video card which was very limiting to his work, with the new video card you can see a big jump in the quality and quantity of renders of episode 6.

 

[grahegri]

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[Ptroll]

Why add a sandbox? I hate sandboxing, it's adding content that has no connection with the story.
Why remake previous episodes? To be part of the 60% of devs who do a “remake”? Leave it as it is and improve the sequel.
The only positive feedback I got at the end was to “reduce the dialogue”, because 10 sentences to explain the rendering to follow is cumbersome!
So we'll have to wait 1 year for the sequel? No thanks, although the story/plot is interesting!

 

[johnyakuza1]

I'll keep this bookmarked for the sole reason it has a virgin female MC. The rest of the tags are very much lacking anyway.

I avoid trying games that have no sex... and it's not the lack thereof, but the waiting it takes to get there and I feel this game is an extreme slowburn and a blueballing simulator that's going to take years before adding any.

The dev says the sex is "planned"... Similarly, anyone can "plan" to become the CEO of Google but that doesn't mean it's going to happen. The dev also doesn't take any criticism that well and feedback falls to deaf ears... surely this is a good sign.

Nice renders, but I'll check back 10 years later when there is a kissing scene added to the game.

 

[Barbiecued]

Just to be clear because it's clear some people have some misconceptions or simply refusing to read; I am not "reworking" the game. I am fleshing out scenes that is already there (adding renders) and trimming and/or correcting dialogue. I see a lot of new people coming in and making assumptions and complaints for no apparent reason other than just to troll. Read my previous posts on this site and you'll see that I have already planned to fix some of the things that were lacking. For example, Murphy kissing Emma or Jenny kissing Emma on the cheek.

The reason why some scenes feels like there's a lack of rendered images is because I had already rendered most of the episodes before I started coding the game and some the scenes got added dialogue or rewrites. These kind of things is what I had planned on fixing at the end of the season because I assumed people wanted more episodes rather than just polishing the old ones.

I've taken feedback previously and made changes but "criticism" that boil down hundreds of hours of work to "bla bla bla" is not valid feedback or criticism any developer or writer enjoy reading or should take seriously. I am taking a few hours of my spare time working on this game from my everyday life. I have a family, I work for a living, I have friends and social stuff I do on a regular basis and my own hobbies. A game like this cost a lot of money and time and all I really ask for in return is some respect, patience and valid feedback. If you choose to support me on Patreon, that's awesome, but it is not something I require from any of you.

If you're still confused, this is what I'm working on now that was already planned;

1 - Rendering more images of Jenny and Emma in the car of Episode 2 morning.
2 - Re-rendering or adding to Murphy bathroom scene. This scene was very hard to render with my old setup for some reason.
3 - Possibly adding to the kiss at the end of Episode 5.
4 - Adding a few renders to the end of Episode 1 to introduce the outside world a little quicker.
5 - Adding straight content to Episode 4 and 5. I haven't decided how I want to go about this route yet.

New stuff I hadn't planned on but is coming:
1 - Adding renders to Episode 5 in Adam's office with the mystery girl (sex scene).

Other than this I have the season 2 storyboard sorted, I'm just not sure if I should make it a new project to make it easier to download or if I should make patches for season 1 so I don't have to deal with importing saved games from season 1.

Lastly : I get that you don't like that the MC met an unfortunate fate at Episode 5, but unless you're skipping all dialogue, you should understand by now that JENNY IS NOT DEAD and you'll see her again.

 

[Hungover00]

Just to be clear because it's clear some people have some misconceptions or simply refusing to read; I am not "reworking" the game. I am fleshing out scenes that is already there (adding renders) and trimming and/or correcting dialogue. I see a lot of new people coming in and making assumptions and complaints for no apparent reason other than just to troll. Read my previous posts on this site and you'll see that I have already planned to fix some of the things that were lacking. For example, Murphy kissing Emma or Jenny kissing Emma on the cheek.

The reason why some scenes feels like there's a lack of rendered images is because I had already rendered most of the episodes before I started coding the game and some the scenes got added dialogue or rewrites. These kind of things is what I had planned on fixing at the end of the season because I assumed people wanted more episodes rather than just polishing the old ones.

I've taken feedback previously and made changes but "criticism" that boil down hundreds of hours of work to "bla bla bla" is not valid feedback or criticism any developer or writer enjoy reading or should take seriously. I am taking a few hours of my spare time working on this game from my everyday life. I have a family, I work for a living, I have friends and social stuff I do on a regular basis and my own hobbies. A game like this cost a lot of money and time and all I really ask for in return is some respect, patience and valid feedback. If you choose to support me on Patreon, that's awesome, but it is not something I require from any of you.

If you're still confused, this is what I'm working on now that was already planned;

1 - Rendering more images of Jenny and Emma in the car of Episode 2 morning.
2 - Re-rendering or adding to Murphy bathroom scene. This scene was very hard to render with my old setup for some reason.
3 - Possibly adding to the kiss at the end of Episode 5.
4 - Adding a few renders to the end of Episode 1 to introduce the outside world a little quicker.
5 - Adding straight content to Episode 4 and 5. I haven't decided how I want to go about this route yet.

New stuff I hadn't planned on but is coming:
1 - Adding renders to Episode 5 in Adam's office with the mystery girl (sex scene).

Other than this I have the season 2 storyboard sorted, I'm just not sure if I should make it a new project to make it easier to download or if I should make patches for season 1 so I don't have to deal with importing saved games from season 1.

Lastly : I get that you don't like that the MC met an unfortunate fate at Episode 5, but unless you're skipping all dialogue, you should understand by now that JENNY IS NOT DEAD and you'll see her again.

That's a relief! I think a lot of other devs use rework to mean that every scene is going to be re-rendered, often with different software/dev tools. To me, after this explanation, it sounds like you're going to be doing a bit of polish and tweaking. Basic editing type fixes, not an overhaul (which is what people dread, because it usually kills all momentum of a game).

So yay that!

Will patiently wait for S2.

 

[Birdnman993]

Jenny kissing Emma on the cheek.

When did that happen? or is it something you'll add?

I've taken feedback previously and made changes but "criticism" that boil down hundreds of hours of work to "bla bla bla" is not valid feedback or criticism any developer or writer enjoy reading or should take seriously. I am taking a few hours of my spare time working on this game from my everyday life. I have a family, I work for a living, I have friends and social stuff I do on a regular basis and my own hobbies. A game like this cost a lot of money and time and all I really ask for in return is some respect, patience and valid feedback. If you choose to support me on Patreon, that's awesome, but it is not something I require from any of you.

For my part, I really appreciate your work, I love the story and it has its dark undertones combined with the charismatic personalities of Jenny and Emma, it could easily be a full-fledged graphic adventure, unfortunately, since it is a game on this site, people tend to expect sex to be an end instead of a means to the plot.

Other than this I have the season 2 storyboard sorted, I'm just not sure if I should make it a new project to make it easier to download or if I should make patches for season 1 so I don't have to deal with importing saved games from season 1.

I would prefer the patch, there are fewer problems when importing and from experience with other games that release another season of the same story separately, they usually go wrong.

 

[Maviarab]

Hmmmm well Barbiecued, not sure why I put off trying this for so long but godamn, what a great story so far, really impressed with the lore etc. The Sarah reveal...damn...didn't see that one coming at all! Excellent work all round. Gained a serious fan.

On more recent topics, I'm also in the don't waste time with mini--games camp. Are you creating and telling a story or do you want to make a cheap game the likes of which are all over Steam/Gog. They add very little and take way too much time to implement and become even more pointless if you offer (and you absolutely should if you do implement them) a skip feature. Just why? They break immersion and don't add anything to the story. I would seriously recommend reconsidering this idea. The time invested in renders/coding could be used in far more effective ways. But that's just my opinion, take it how you will.

That aside, again, really impressed, loved absolutely all of it. Keep up the great work.

 

[R1k0]

you should understand by now that JENNY IS NOT DEAD and you'll see her again.

Of course she's not dead, it's just that the story has changed too much.

 

[Jarulf]

I just discovered this today, and after playing through it I can say I had a lot of fun. It's always nice to play a game by a Dev who can actually write (though there were a few mistakes) and the renders improved quite a bit in the later chapters. The characters are attractive and the plot interesting.

Not a huge fan of mini-games, for me they often become tediously hard, or tediously simple, and I much prefer it when the story-telling maintains momentum, and mini-games often breaks that. But they are not a deal-breaker for me (unless they are too hard, of course)

Thank you for sharing Barbiecued

 

[Birdnman993]

A question, what does M.I.C mean?

 

[afterlights]

In the US it means "Military-Industrial Complex." I think that may be the context in the dialogue.

 

[Birdnman993]

In the US it means "Military-Industrial Complex." I think that may be the context in the dialogue.

Thank you, English is not my native language so some acronyms are beyond my understanding and leave me confused.

 

[Eldiran]

Hey i've finished the game yesterday and i wanna give my 2 cents here. (so they will be spoiler here, be warned)

The begining on itself wasn't bad but it was nothing on the ordinary. The slow pace isn't something i didn't like, but we didn't particularly have something difficult or complex to understand or to follow so it was lacking something to me. Nonetheless it was enjoyable, don't get me wrong : ). I quickly saw the shadow during the night and i wanted to know more. Also i must say that the school uniform is really sexy imo, i hope we can see more about it when the sex scene will appear or on another route, a man can only dream : ) .

Anyways, as i was reading this, a daily routine began to install itself who where going into the focal point of this intro. (the moment where she will drug her step-father and pirate the PC ) . And then this climax happen, it was intense compared to the monotony of the school routine, such a cool idea to have a break like that. I know some other game have put a huge shift during a game, but it's well done here!

And then, came the best part, when we dive into the rabbithole. Here it was so much different of the school routine, when my mind was as ease, when i didn't have much to do but to be in an half sleep mode. Here i was trying hard to connect the dot, to know who was who, what faction where here, etc... It's something i love to do with story and it was interesting to do.
I've the feeling we maybe know a bit too much about stuff when only before the "storm" chapter we knew nearly nothing about the fantasy world. But i will see how the autor is gonna process, i've a good feeling anyways : )

As a fan of vampire the mascarade, i personnaly love the moment when i discover vampires where here, the blond girl vampire was really cool, especialy her demeanor, her charisma.

I was also curious to see that jenny wasn't thinking about emma for a while after being dead/reincarned (not necesseraly a bad thing, i just didn't think she would do that). I also loved the fact that we can choose that jenny think that it's a bad thing to be in the body of someone else, that jenny have the option to be a good person : )

Sorry for the long post, i was really pleased by the game to be honest and wanted to share that. It's lacking in the sex departement (it's more than okay, i'm all for a slow-burn ) but i'm hooked anyways ^^

 

[Marioc17]

Android version please and thank you

 

[louisamay]

Just to be clear because it's clear some people have some misconceptions or simply refusing to read; I am not "reworking" the game. I am fleshing out scenes that is already there (adding renders) and trimming and/or correcting dialogue. I see a lot of new people coming in and making assumptions and complaints for no apparent reason other than just to troll. Read my previous posts on this site and you'll see that I have already planned to fix some of the things that were lacking. For example, Murphy kissing Emma or Jenny kissing Emma on the cheek.

The reason why some scenes feels like there's a lack of rendered images is because I had already rendered most of the episodes before I started coding the game and some the scenes got added dialogue or rewrites. These kind of things is what I had planned on fixing at the end of the season because I assumed people wanted more episodes rather than just polishing the old ones.

I've taken feedback previously and made changes but "criticism" that boil down hundreds of hours of work to "bla bla bla" is not valid feedback or criticism any developer or writer enjoy reading or should take seriously. I am taking a few hours of my spare time working on this game from my everyday life. I have a family, I work for a living, I have friends and social stuff I do on a regular basis and my own hobbies. A game like this cost a lot of money and time and all I really ask for in return is some respect, patience and valid feedback. If you choose to support me on Patreon, that's awesome, but it is not something I require from any of you.

If you're still confused, this is what I'm working on now that was already planned;

1 - Rendering more images of Jenny and Emma in the car of Episode 2 morning.
2 - Re-rendering or adding to Murphy bathroom scene. This scene was very hard to render with my old setup for some reason.
3 - Possibly adding to the kiss at the end of Episode 5.
4 - Adding a few renders to the end of Episode 1 to introduce the outside world a little quicker.
5 - Adding straight content to Episode 4 and 5. I haven't decided how I want to go about this route yet.

New stuff I hadn't planned on but is coming:
1 - Adding renders to Episode 5 in Adam's office with the mystery girl (sex scene).

Other than this I have the season 2 storyboard sorted, I'm just not sure if I should make it a new project to make it easier to download or if I should make patches for season 1 so I don't have to deal with importing saved games from season 1.

Lastly : I get that you don't like that the MC met an unfortunate fate at Episode 5, but unless you're skipping all dialogue, you should understand by now that JENNY IS NOT DEAD and you'll see her again.

First of all, I appreciate all your hardwork and artistry, and do enjoy the game immensely. I look forward to Jenny's, um, reconfigurations? (She got into the Transmogrifier!)

I do think that, however, especially in this particular site, that tags such as "Lesbian"; "School settings"; even "Romance", and, unfortunately "Virgin" will lead a majority of potential players to believe that Sex is going to happen. And not even an "over-abundance of sex" -- but really any sex at all! There IS the tag "No Sex", which, at least thus far into the game does seem appropriate, and would not open you to the angry mobsters of deflated Libidoland. Because it IS a wonderful story; it is just not, as of now, an AVN in the sense that most on this site would expect. YES, there is gore and a modicum of unsettling violence, and a bit of nudity -- but that's pretty much the norm for any PG-13 American film nowadays anyway.

Of course, you can definitely stick to your guns and let the bugs in -- but it seems SUCH an unnecessarily emotional waste of time!

Anyway, I hope I've been helpful, or even intelligible! All good luck to you. Keep at it, Storymaker!

 

[kweeks1]

I have to totally agree this should have a tag of "No Sex"