Ren'Py - Simple Days [v0.19.4 Full] [Mega Lono]

Version: v0.9.2

Review:
This game appears to be moderate, is almost 1GB in size and you think you have enough content to enjoy, however most of the content is repetition in which you end up getting tired and giving up. Sincerely, this game needs to be reworked, because at the moment it's pretty boring to play that.

History:
The game does not offer a proposal for you to get involved with the story, I say this because in chapter 2 you will eventually notice this. However, the plot of the game doesn't bring a sense of interest, so just consider it's more of an adult game where you're going to fuck girls.
Gameplay:
The game has two modes divided into a chapter which is 2, sandbox and VN. In chapter 1, there is a little story and plot for you to understand, but as I said above, there is no reason to get you interested in plot and story, yes, the story is bad. Chapter 2 is nothing but a worse repetition than in chapter 1. In chapter 1 we talked over the phone with some girl so that this character's story could move forward, but there was a repetitive cycle of you doing the same thing, staying home and doing chores or going to work. From work staying at home with your parents or going out for a walk by the beach or calling some girl and progressing through the event with her.
In chapter 2, nothing changes, however, the gameplay is worse because it is so repetitive. Playing VN or Sandbox will take you down the same replay path as you will have to do the same thing over and over again.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics aren't good, but they're not bad either. The renderings of the female models too, I didn't think it was too bad, because I think it's the best thing about this game. But believe me, it could be better. The sex scenes are okay, not too good but not too bad either,but that honestly could be much better and also lacking content which makes it very uninteresting. The animations are average, it's something you look at and think, ''well, at least there is" but nothing surprising or bad enough. Above all, little content to enjoy, chapter 1 you can enjoy a little but chapter 2, no.

PROS:
- The girls' renderings are ok, yes I've seen worse, so I didn't think so bad.
- It has models of pregnant girls for those with a fetish.
- The sex scenes and animations are ok but could be better, but ok.

CONS:
- Uninteresting story and plot, there is no pleasure in you immersing yourself in the game.
There is no constructive relationship in which you have to gain affection with the girls and things happen. I missed that, grind can be boring, but repeating almost the same thing and not getting you anywhere is even worse.
- There aren't many interactions in the game, the pregnancy content is more boring than you think, besides the girl giving birth and you having a baby. I say this because it's content that you can't have fun with, so it's not worth the effort.
Sandbox and VN are the same thing, believe me, neither is worse or better than the other. The sandbox gets better because you interact better in this empty world, but the VN is faster in gameplay.
- Did I say you have nothing to do? I think so, but let me add. There's nothing to do in the MC work, it's just a repeat conversation with the girls. Same thing happens when you get home, you watch TV with the girls and that's it, that's all.
- You choose which girl you want to sleep with and fuck her, repetitive cycle. Go to sleep and do it all over again, you don't interact with the girls to gain affection and unlock new events, like, girls wearing more comfortable clothes, more positions during sex, among many other things.

Why I did gave 1 star?
This game could have potential, but for that it is necessary to be more organized. Starting with chapter 1 of trying to be more to the point, because it's useless to have to do that repetitive cycle. Chapter 2 follows the same cake recipe, it seems that nothing changes, but it gets worse than the first, because you find almost nothing new. The gameplay is so boring it makes us want to close the game, the plot of chapter 2 is not enough to be engaging, not even in chapter 1 you can have a little interest, in chapter 2 it's nice to have to take the girls to live with you, but where exactly is the proposal of the game and what would it be ? sorry but the plot seems very empty, for there is no feeling of wanting to corrupt or anything that is perverse, it is just a generic novel, which is quite boring. The girls are in the house, you just keep repeating the same thing as usual, there aren't many interactions, there isn't a building, there isn't anything. It's the same thing that happens at the MC's work or anywhere else. Anyway, I can't give a rating above 1 star, it's not that the game is bad, it's necessary to improve the gameplay and give it a good organization, improve the interface, decide if it will be VN or sandbox, because I didn't see advantages in either of them, because it will practically have the same empty interaction with the characters, in which I say is a void. I hope the game gets reworked as I don't recommend it at the moment.

As of v0.9.2:

So far, the game is ok. It is evident that the developer/writer is not natively fluent in English, as the dialogue and writing is frequently grammatically incorrect or oddly structured. That aside, the game starts out in VN format, with a few limited choices here and there, but after chapter 2 the player has the option to change to a "sandbox" mode or keep playing as a VN.
The sandbox allows you to sort of do activities in the order/time that you want, whereas the VN mode still seems to give you access to everything (except an event at the bank thus far) but only activates certain events at specific times. Regardless, Chapter 2 feels like it was intended to be played in sandbox mode, so this is probably the better avenue of approach.

After chapter 2, it appears that the girls get some sort of "love value" as indicated by a heart popup after choosing certain options or spending the night with them. However, there is no way to track this value, or anything else about the girls for that matter (such as pregnancy, etc). Also, the MC has to start 4 girls living with him as of this update, but more have been introduced including a character who appeared for one scene and is never seen again, and one who wanted to get pregnant by MC and also is never seen again. Without some sort of tracking system or other indication of where you're at with these characters (including if a girl can even be a love interest at all) it can lead to some confusion. I also strongly suggest the dev to not add too many girls; else you end up in situations like in other games where there are so many girls you forget who is who and none of them get adequate attention.

In both modes there is not really a clear indicator of when the current content is complete, as you begin looping events endlessly, and some events are repeatable. You can increase the "love value" of each girl but it doesn't appear to have much of a purpose at this point. In sandbox mode, pretty much every action results in time of day passing which can be problematic when going from one room to another in the spa for example passes what appears to be several hours: it feels like you have to gameify your own schedule. There is a hint system, but it could use some clean-up to perhaps update the tasks as the player does them if they require multiple interactions (for example: "visit Dora at Hospital (not on weekend)" needs to be completed twice for different events each time but the hint remains the same, which can make it seem like it's a bug).

I will say this game gets points for having more active pregnancy content than other games: most of the girls can get pregnant depending on your choices, and that is visually reflected over time. I have noticed the occasional bug where their pregnancy isn't evident during some sex scenes, and some oversights in design where a pregnant woman would probably not be laying on their stomach with a big baby bump (for example). However, the girls do end up actually having their children during the game instead of as an epilogue, so that leads to some opportunities for some more wholesomeness and other activities that have been dabbled in with the 0.9.2 update. TBD if the girls can have multiple kids - it seems implied that it is possible.

Overall the game has a lot of potential, IMO. At the moment though it can feel like a bit of a grind and very repetitive. Ultimately this is what brings down the game for me at this time. Perhaps later when there's more content (and perhaps some proper editing by a native english speaker to clean up the writing) the game will be more fun to play.

Revision (2 -> 4 stars) as of this writing ( 0.14.0 ) a lot has improved with the game. The quality of content overall has increased by a pretty significant margin, with still scenes increasingly replaced by animated scenes of increasing quality. The sandbox has also improved measurably, There is a lot more sign-posting, hints, and clear indications of when a chain is in-progress or has up coming time-gated conditions. It's clear the dev has reacted to initial feedback and almost all of the confusion that plagued previous versions has been worked out. The story is still nothing to write home about, but each character arc has improved and serves well as set dressing for an erotic game. Overall, this is probably one of the better erotic Ren'Py games out there as far as the content with a good balance of content quality, variety, and ease of access.

(old review for reference) The sandbox mode is poorly executed. There is no direction beyond vague computer messages that often lead to nothing. it becomes an endless groundhog day loop of searching for whatever scraps of stingy content decides to present itself on that day. Waste of time and HD space in it's current form. This is a shame because scraping the games files reveals some nice scenes, if you ever happen to stumble upon them.

I really enjoy this game, honestly I can't wait for the update. Been looking forward to 9.0 for a while!
- The beginning is rather straight forward no annoying tasks like in other games. 5/5
- I don't find some of the early characters attractive. However when the MC moves to Mohoro all the baddies come out . I am super excited for more late game content. 5/5
- Writing is really nice and with more support this game has the potential of being one of the best on the site.
All in all I really do like this game. Beginning is okay, didn't like some of the characters. Late game however is awesome. Really need more content xD

I feel like in spite of the flaws of this game I finally have one that hits most of the marks for me:

1. Polyamory/Polygamy: done almost immediately
2. Pregnancy options for all girls romanced: oh yes
3. MC isn’t a total pussy: done as well he owns up to his actions almost all the time
4. MC living with all his girls: it gets there
5. Multiple races for girls: super done not that I dislike white girls but I kind of want variety
6. MC willing to risk his life: done as well for at least one of

Really the only thing missing for me would be like a villain girl that gets taken down by the MC and kept in his basement to rape/impregnate, but we can’t have it all. Overall the flaws can be ignored because really there isn’t much like it out there and it has gotten better with versions released.

The english is... bad. Animations are... bad. Some dialogue doesn't even make sense. The entire story is written like the main character is unironically the tip-fedora-nice-guy. Yikes.
Perhaps the dev should consider writing in their own native language and have someone else translate it? Not to mention the use of ellipsis in literally every line of dialogue. Not worth the space it takes up.

i love the story in this game .... renders are also something i like ... you Dev.'s make me wish i could do just half what you can ....
love the girls ... Dora is one of my favs ... and can't say no to Ema ...
could you loan Ema to me for a weekend ....
i mean i would give her right back .. maybe
the updates have never let me down ...
a fan

OK so i wrote a review here for another novel, So i want make an apology to the Dev for doing so and thanks for pointing that error out to me, i actually really like Simple Days, specially since you can make the choice to avoid the hole sandbox thing and just stick to the novel version, which i think is great that the Dev give players that option, artwork is good, story i really like also the multiple endings, Keep up the good work and Good luck with the rest of the development.

I think this game is good, it's just that it lacks in the story line, it's too simple for the story. needs some polishing to the story line ... it's just that I think this game is good, it's just that it lacks in the story line, it's too simple for the story. needs some polishing to the story line ... that's the only drawback. animation is very nice

All Im getting is a sandbox with no scenes and same day on repeat.
Its a managment game without managment, a sandbox with just empty locations, a porn game without porn.

Feels like a beta version at best, with even too little content as such.

v0.7.2
Started out okay...
Thought I was in for a simple and straight story about some virgin who discovers the fun in sex and deviancy.

Got really out of hand as well as boring really fast after the "main girls" got introduced.
There seems to be a lot of different branches though I didn't bother playing more than once, though I branched out as broad as I could.

It starts out as a regular VN, then and now the dev inputs patreon messages about results of polls about certain characters and their role in the game.

Gotta say, did not care for that at all, dev should stick with the story they've planned out and be maybe be open for small suggestionsonly imo.
When it concerns whole stories and paths for characters and whether or not they'll even stay in the game it destroys the flow of an already struggling plot.

After the initial VN with some degrees of grind and A LOT of dead horse beatings to find scenes the dev decides to do a 180° flip and have the player decide if they want a godawful, clunky, poorly designed open world with so many empty locations with repeat scenes and dialogue and not even repeating sex scenes since apparently MC is a freaking monk now with only one freaking sex scene every weekend... And he has a fucking harem!

But anyway... Open world or same boring grindy VN.
Dev claims VN version has less choices and scenes and seeing I gave up the open world version after one in-game week it might be so, but it is not worth it imo with how poor the UI and structure of the map is...

Writing, grammar and syntax are all over the place but can be "fun" if you imagine the thickest accent (free choice which) when reading.

Story and setting is not all that original either and gets very boring fast.

Renders started out as many other first time devs do but gets slightly improved later on, much later mind you, and at the cost of every single other thing about the game... Not the worst though but needs a bit of polish and imo deserves a better made VN than this one.

Characters...
What characters?? Amirite? *cough* anyway...
MC is standard virgin closet asshole that comes out real fast if the player so wants or takes it more slow or whatever. (As I said I only played through one time and I've no idea if the branching is signifcant or if it only appears to be so)
Women in the game are two legs walking around with no personality except for some cliché characterizations that have almost come to be expected from mediocre games like this.
As mentioned, writing does no favors to anyone in this game and it stays less than mediocre all the way to the end.

My advice to new players?
Rip the CGs if you want to see what you're dealing with.

As I said though, it started out okay and it could probably be a 3/5 if Dev only stayed on the path of a nice VN instead of trying to make the game more interesting with grind and open world.

I'll say this too. Currently game rating is on 3½/5 stars at the time of this review; It is barely a 2/5 imho.

Game is probably too big at this point to start over but I'd recommend to the dev if they read this to get rid of the open world version after the location change fast before that part becomes too big to regret later.

Before I started, I made all the possible choices in the novel (version of the novel = 0.6.0).

I particularly liked the novel, it has potential, but nowhere is it perfect, it has bugs, examples of bugs: The "Mute All" button of the sound options does not work correctly, sometimes the "buga" interface and the mouse stops interact with the game interface, apart from some unfinished details such as the header ... It bothered me sometimes, most moral choices are irrelevant, because regardless of what you choose, neither the line of dialogue will be changed, the animations and graphics are not the best in the world, but they are also not entirely bad.

Below will be my score from 0 to 10 for each category, where 10 is the highest score:

Graphics: 8.5;
Protagonist: 9;
History: 8.5;
Plot: 8.5;
Character development: 7;
Animations: 8;

Verdict: Even if I liked it, I must be realistic, the novel has some problems, but it has potential, I will follow the next updates.

(Review as of version 0.5.0) - - A surprisingly fun game with a very good concept and progression. It's a bit rough around the edges, given that the dev doesn't speak English as a first language. Looking forward on how the game evolves from here.

This game is not bad, if your looking to suspend your disbelief and the thought of potentially impregnating a character within the first 2 minutes of a game is your thing then boom you're onto a winner. If your looking for a deep story with tension and build up meh.. maybe not.

Some of the renders are a little grainy, but that doesn't bother me it might to you and the animations look a little janky.

There is quite a few choices which is nice and not just yes or no answers too. Already a selection of girls who want to get in your pants within 2 mintues of meeting you. I don't think English is the creators first langauge lines like " will make sex with me" i couldn't help reading with a Russian accent in my head.

Overall not too bad, not very deep and I will probably will have about 6 little Dave's by the end of the game.

MEGALONO ( name of the dev ) means in greek GROW UP.
The start was really nice with many nice situations.
The story with Emma was a typical NETORI situation. More of this.
I hope the dev continues to GROW UP.

very good game, I like the idea of getting pregnant. I really like the possibilities of the story and the choice. I would introduce corruption in my mother. And the possibility of a harem
Otherwise, I will continue to look forward to the sequel and other ideas.
so let's surprise you

[Rev @ v0.4.0]

Art's alright but has issues. Lighting, composition, graininess, and a failed understanding of how the human neck works.

Writing is bad. Scenario is trite, narrative is disjointed and has no stakes or weight to it, fluency is poor Babelfish levels of low and characterization is just a rapidfire sequence of HERE IS THE NAME OF THIS SET OF TITS AND NOW YOU BANG HER.

Porn was pretty dull.

TLDR: Wasn't for me.

Review as of 0.4.0

I'm giving this a 3 in technicality but personally i'd give it a four.
I'll start with the pros'. The idea of it is great! love the characters and the story is entertaining if you manage to not exclude characters. something about this game is just very charming.

Now the cons. render needs work. I'm talking about flat lighting (headlight lighting from daz) and some graininess in some renders, English needs an overhaul, reading takes some effort to understand but not a deal breaker. characters background story might turn off some if not alot of people as they come off all slutty and whorish. Personally i don't like rape of any kind, there is one here(MC does the raping). And a hint of sandbox at the end of the update. At the moment it isnt too crazy but yeah, I dislike sandbox.

Play it , its GOOD if you can get over the grammar issues and the not so good renders.

So I'm givin this game the full 5 stars, why ? Am I blind or what you thinkin ? I might be a bit "blind" for the small grammar mistakes (highly overated on this site as an argument in reviews imo anway) and the bit grainy renders, and the somewhat 'simple' story (Hey, the Dev DID warn you beforehand, just look at the title of the game !!!) but my hearing definitely works very fine, and that's exactly were this Devs scores : the lewd sounds that go with the also very good animations are just awesome !!!
I could easily fap 'blind' on only the sounds in this game, dude soooooooooooo good Oh yeah, I also find the simple story amusing, he he, had a lot of fun playing this game

The models seem good, but the bad English translation and the simple-mindedness of the MC leave me feeling like I'm wasting my time when I play it. The experiments with animation techniques seem interesting if a little unnatural. I may revisit this at some point in the future. If I liked this game more, I'd offer to edit the English text, but it just seems too pointless to me so far.