VN Ren'Py SnowStorm [v0.8 BB] [GleenX Studio]

[ラMr Shadow悪]

SnowStorm Newsletter 2024-May


What's new in the EraStorm world during this cherry blossom month? The new update of SnowStorm is out : aka v0.7-WW featuring the White Wolves of course and also Sonja and Lizgard.

Bonus gallery with all the best renders + secrets renders + extras of the v0.7

Lizgard got an out of context gallery, I would say a punky gallery.

A preview gallery of DustStorm, featuring Lana and Amelie.

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[Mpkstroff]

Not a fan of the Mathilda story.

Can you elaborate? Im curious.
I expected something different, not sure what to be honest... Im stil digesting the update.

 

[preglovr12]

Can you elaborate? Im curious.
I expected something different, not sure what to be honest... Im stil digesting the update.

I realize the story isnt finished yet but it just seems like we're being railroaded into the bloody bears harem path for the sake of an easier development cycle for the devs. It feels like an asshole MC choice when you just got done trying to explain things to Astrid.

 

[Tokenugget]

I realize the story isnt finished yet but it just seems like we're being railroaded into the bloody bears harem path for the sake of an easier development cycle for the devs. It feels like an asshole MC choice when you just got done trying to explain things to Astrid.

Haven't played the update yet, but that's good news imo. I'm so sick of VNs that try to create 3 or more stories in one game. Juggling saves, updates that only cater to one path, huge development time to progress the story... No wonder so many games get abandoned. Eventually the story becomes a nightmare to manage and account for all the "choices"

 

[DannyLucifer]

Do you need to play sandstorm to understand the story?

 

[preglovr12]

Haven't played the update yet, but that's good news imo. I'm so sick of VNs that try to create 3 or more stories in one game. Juggling saves, updates that only cater to one path, huge development time to progress the story... No wonder so many games get abandoned. Eventually the story becomes a nightmare to manage and account for all the "choices"

I understand what youre saying but theres a much easier way to accomplish that.

Do you need to play sandstorm to understand the story?

Not at all.

 

[Tokenugget]

I understand what youre saying but theres a much easier way to accomplish that.

Hm, you say that like it's an easier answer... Pardon me for being ignorant. But what's the "easier way"?

 

[preglovr12]

Hm, you say that like it's an easier answer... Pardon me for being ignorant. But what's the "easier way"?

Harem

 

[Tokenugget]

Harem

Well, obviously. But didn't you just criticize the game for "railroading" us into a harem? I mean, i'm confused.

 

[preglovr12]

Well, obviously. But didn't you just criticize the game for "railroading" us into a harem? I mean, i'm confused.

I mean a completely different group of women for the harem. Clearly the WW are in need of a bit of repopulating, and with all the women in the tavern already clamoring for you, it's a lot easier simplify the story in that manner. The BB harem path is full of backstabbing and undermining, which MC fully agrees to if the player takes that path, but forcing a morally "good" MC down that path simply because the player prefers Mathilda seems dumb to me. I dont feel like either I nor the MC in the story has made a choice.

 

[Tokenugget]

I mean a completely different group of women for the harem. Clearly the WW are in need of a bit of repopulating, and with all the women in the tavern already clamoring for you, it's a lot easier simplify the story in that manner. The BB harem path is full of backstabbing and undermining, which MC fully agrees to if the player takes that path, but forcing a morally "good" MC down that path simply because the player prefers Mathilda seems dumb to me. I dont feel like either I nor the MC in the story has made a choice.

Oh, i think we're having two different conversations I was simply relieved to hear you say "railroaded into the bloody bears harem path for the sake of an easier development cycle for the devs" ... I thought that might bring us more updates with story progression if the 3 distinct story lines merge a bit.

 

[JJJ84]

Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.

Couple of things to note:

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[preglovr12]

Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.

Couple of things to note:

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Yeah, so many things in this update feel like they need small tweaks and theyd be fine. It'd be easy to have the same scene (until the player choice) with the carpenter if Mathilda was helping him and needed a special tool made and he was too busy doing roofing or something. Clearly the dev needed to have a carpenter scene so MC can get the rocking horse but what we landed on seemed regressive.

I always felt like we knew the least about the WW girls, and this update points to the devs maybe not really knowing what to do with them.

 

[Ancient Devil]

Finished the update.
I did enjoy it (and this update is a lot longer than the BB or DR updates in terms of content).
Sadly, despite enjoying it, I have to admit that it's the weakest one out of the 3 paths (BB, DR, WW) from the recent 3 updates so far.

Couple of things to note:

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Yeah Mathilda's plot seemed a bit off. She sure sometimes gave jealous vibes but didn't seem like someone who would try to throw torsten from the power. She is a mean bitch but not a kind of backstabber.

 

[JJJ84]

Yeah, so many things in this update feel like they need small tweaks and theyd be fine. It'd be easy to have the same scene (until the player choice) with the carpenter if Mathilda was helping him and needed a special tool made and he was too busy doing roofing or something. Clearly the dev needed to have a carpenter scene so MC can get the rocking horse but what we landed on seemed regressive.

I always felt like we knew the least about the WW girls, and this update points to the devs maybe not really knowing what to do with them.

Spoiler: Yup, more wall of text lol

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[BurgRoyce]

Spoiler: Yup, more wall of text lol

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About Astrja last scene...

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[JJJ84]

About Astrja last scene...

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[MiltonPowers]

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To be fair under those circumstances, not everyone is thinking clearly and able to rationalize their decisions. People often lash out when they're hurting, quite unreasonably. At least she's not executed. You can't come back from that.

 

[WarriorSteel]

2) Lizgard's path progressing faster in the WW path (who we now have sex, even though it was very short) than the actual DR path (no sex yet) is kind of an odd feeling to say the least lol

That one progressed faster because Lizgard thinks she will never see the MC again, differently from the DR MC where they are still together.

4) MC being not smart enough to piece it together that Astrid and Astrja are only half sisters especially when Astrid says "Gertrude, I'm not blue eyed!" making it clearly obvious, not to mention being an idiot in front of Skadi mentioning Astrid's name.
This resulted in a drastic consequence of Astrja throwing poor Gertrude in the dungeon (or what very much seems like a dungeon).
Game's WW arc always portrayed Astrja as someone who is kind and someone who tries to do what's just.
She just pieces things together (even much faster than MC ever does ), gets pissed at Gertrude and just throws her in the dungeon like confinement? Without even hearing what Gertrude had to say?
I dunno, seems kinda out of character for Astrja, especially the kind of relationship she had with Gertrude being almost a mother figure to her growing up.

It has nothing to do about they being half sister. Astrja shows a bottle to Gertrude, possibly the poison that was used to kill her father.

 

[imzahai]

i'm thinking of starting all over again, Again...
though i do have a playthrough for each 'team' hmm...