Ren'Py - Single Mother [v0.13] [Story Teller]

I give this game 5 stars, and some might wonder why.. well here it is.

The game is pretty straightforward, you play as a single mother who has a husband that mysteriously disappeared. Then us players will decide the MC's faith whether we opt for a corruption path, letting her lose herself to all the guys who wants her, or the smart way (Intelligence path) where you still let her lose herself, but to her advantage, she benefits from it (like free rent from Yama if you choose the intelligent path with him.)

I have nothing bad to say about this game.. maybe the art style which is very original, but could use a bit more polishing. Some or more suggestions I'd recommend.. and I already assume some others already listed this, but I'll say it:

- Make the phone accessible all across the game like the whole house, and the whole map.

- Make the navigation from point A to B more simple, like adding a section of each room without the need to clicking to the next place.)

- Have the ability to customize and change the appearance of the MC (not just her clothing.)

- As soon as we meet a new character, we should at least have a biography of each and we can see it in her phone or somewhere else, like:

Owen
Status: Kenny's Friend
18 years old

(Short Description)

(Location/where his currently at)

(Other info of him/stats and relationship with the MC and possibly the amount of times they flinged.)

- And some others I couldn't name.. maybe more side quests, new jobs (besides the cafe, school, and prostitution/manager) like working for the criminal underworld, and expand Lloyd's undercover investigation. And some spelling errors like "About the massage" in the Randal (It's suppose to be 'About the message'. Maybe you have a reason why it's called a 'massage' if we choose the corruption option.)

I know this is a lot to suggest and I assume that many people have had these thoughts and I'm here to address it . I understand how time consuming it is to make a game, especially this one. It takes perseverance and a lot of passion just to make one and small group of developers is worth my time supporting and we all should be here supporting and let them give their best. It's usually rare to find a developer who usually listens to their fans, and Story Teller (Fairy Teller in patreon) is no exception. I wish you the best and I believe that this will someday be a good game, and it is, but there will be more if we believe and support the devs.

(0.12 review) There is potential here but this game needs some polishing

- the sandbox needs to be reworked to be much easier to navigate. Getting from your bedroom to your job shouldn't be 8 clicks. The map symbol only appears outside your building. But here is nothing, so why not show the map when you exit. Also the building does not need to be 3 floors. All current content fits on one floor
- the clothing system is broken, it can happen due to a scene that you end up naked in your bedroom. But according to the closet you still have your clothes on. So you need to undress and redress to be able leave your bedroom
- the hint system is very vague
- the hint system also said to get a job in the school, so I tried, failed the test and now I was locked out. Did I miss content or just a way to make more money? I have no clue. And "apply for this job" stays in the hint system even though I have no clue how to get it now
- the prostitute job doesn't always work, same with bathing, so my guess is days do not always reset/initialize all variables properly depending on how time got moved forward

On its own these are all little things, but little things can add up to a lot. I may adjust my rating in the future but for now this is a mess like RDJ in the 90's

I've sunken a few hours into this game, and while it's in an early build it reminds me a lot of Amy's Ecstasy. For those unfamiliar, the game had started off with some crude artwork and gradually began to improve as the game went on. I suspect the same will happen to this, as rather than polish little as they go on, the base of the game is being created.

There'll be two stories or conflicts seen, the first being her past and finding out about her husband's disappearance and the second being keeping her and her son financially afloat. There's a good number of scenes with different characters because of this. The gameplay, while I thought was initially grindy isn't too bad overall. Once you've repeated a task just a few times to level up one of 3 stats you have scenes begin to unlock quickly.

So far in my play through there's only been 1 bug I encountered, and it wasn't game breaking. There could definitely be improvement in the artwork and the UI for gameplay to save time. This has potential and I wish them all the luck in creating the game.

Single Mother is a pretty straightforward game. You play as a Single mother (Surprise!) who's husband mysteriously disappeared now you have to provide for you and her son. Standard corruption game follows but instead of clicking in a renpy you click in a sandbox game. The art isn't amazing but what really ruins the game is the random pacing along with closing off areas at random times. It's not a bad game but not really good either.

This is the the best female protagonist game i've ever played.

The Animation is simple but beatifull. There a 3 (In this 0.5 Version) different Jobs you can do:
For the first Version there is a HUGE load of sexscnes.

My only con is a personal one, because the MC (Mother) has way too big Boobs for my taste, but as said its a personal thing.

Only con for me are the huge breasts that the protagonist and other female characters have (personal taste).

Story, humor and MC approaches are super cool. Each character is different so you will most probably find interesting at least one of them. Drawings and scenes are good, even some scenes are truly original. Wish to see more more content in the near future. Highly recommended.

The art may not be particularly eye-catching. But after playing, you'll notice that the logic and gameplay are quite good. The Single Mother theme is usually popular among MILF fans, therefore a 5* rating is appropriate!

I enjoyed this game for the hour and a half of content it has. This is the type of game where you have to just go with whatever happens and not take too seriously . I believe that it'll be pretty cool once it gets more meat on it's bones and I'm interested in where this will go in the future.

Reviewing v0.2, there's not a lot of content here just yet. Overall, playing this game seems like it's a learning project for its creator, and in that light I am hopeful to see what it will become. Much of what I'll say is critical, but I'm hopeful that it will be taken constructively.

I encountered a bug when clicking the couch with the friend on it, which displays a scene for when you are at work, as well as one in which my week was an 8 day cycle, which is probably an indexing/rounding error. Other issues I encountered I'll assume were simply unimplemented at the time I played.

The writing is sparse but functional. It doesn't seem like it's from somebody who doesn't speak English, yet there are some artifacts such as a number of sentences in which the first letter is not capitalized, as well as (somewhat hilariously) a menu action "Manstrubate," which I can only imagine as jilling off while shedding your uterine lining.

The gameplay is Ren'Py open world, which is a frustrating style for me, personally. I would very much like options for quick travel, auto-dress, and other tedium-relieving features. The art style is crude, but not without its charm. I will say that in a number of scenes the character's heads are about 1/4 too small for their bodies, or vice versa. But it's not AI-generated, at least, and I imagine it will get better with time.