VN Ren'Py SpaceCorps XXX [S2 v2.9.5] [RanliLabz]

[kaorok]

Huge thanks for your amazing review kaorok! Lol - in terms of the kink system, I wish more devs would gate content... and if mine ends up being the template for that, I'll be extremely happy! I'd very like to hear about your game plan when you're ready!

Oh I'm going to shamelessly steal your kink system, but I'm going to give you credit for coming up with it.

As far as your questions go: you can have both Morgana and Lancelot (currently 2 triggers for each) - but obvs won't be seeing all scenes for each... same with HanZi and Fiora. That's to add some extra replay value with different combos, and I'm looking forward to making the future scenes with both as an option

Really? Where's the part where you can switch between them, aside from the first encounter in the waiting area? And can you get Lancelot pregnant too???

On futas/androgeny: Good point to raise. This is by far the most difficult part of the kink system (to code and to understand !) The Gender Acceptance part of that currently allows you to pick: solo futa, futa-on-female, futa-on-male and male-on futa scenes independently of one another - and picking them all turns you Pansexual. I'm actually not planning to include Androgynous characters in the system - they'll be independent character selection choices that will still give you 'Genderblind' kink but not trigger futas. Transmen & Vagboys will be enabled by a new kink when I've finally managed to make a model (my experiments have been a catastrophe! If anyone has been successful with this, please let me know!) - they'll go into the Gender Acceptance metric, but not require futa-content unless you checked the others.

For transmen/vagboys, what I think works for me, and will probably work in the setting, is to start with a male body, remove the genitals, then add female genitals. That's it. This is because this game is aiming for a "fantasy", and that is the fantasy that a lot of transpeople aspire for. Well, some of them also go for the bottom surgery, but that's obviously way more complicated, esp. for transmen, but then this is the future where there's advanced surgery/bodysculpting techniques... but also a lack of an easy way to regrow body parts, based on the game over screens, so maybe that's why transpeople in this setting can easily get their body resculpted, but not get the fully functioning genitals down below? Or maybe we can blame it on St. Sarah. It's your world, your rules.

Oh, another feedback regarding the UI - what's supposed to happen when you click on the cards in the Stable, Kink, or Trait screens? Cause it seems it advances the plot for me. Are we supposed to get more details about the card in question?

 

[RanliLabz]

Really? Where's the part where you can switch between them, aside from the first encounter in the waiting area? And can you get Lancelot pregnant too???

You can choose Morgana in Decon and Lancelot in the Beach scene (or visa versa) and enable both... switching won't disable your original choice, and both enabled will lead to fun content ahead My personal pref is Lancelot in Decon and Morgana at the Beach (her pregnancy will have a nice little bonus in the game ahead beyond pregnant content ).

Lancelot can't currently get pregnant. LOL: Hope everyone noticed the world currently).

For transmen/vagboys, what I think works for me, and will probably work in the setting, is to start with a male body, remove the genitals, then add female genitals. That's it. This is because this game is aiming for a "fantasy", and that is the fantasy that a lot of transpeople aspire for. Well, some of them also go for the bottom surgery, but that's obviously way more complicated, esp. for transmen, but then this is the future where there's advanced surgery/bodysculpting techniques... but also a lack of an easy way to regrow body parts, based on the game over screens, so maybe that's why transpeople in this setting can easily get their body resculpted, but not get the fully functioning genitals down below? Or maybe we can blame it on St. Sarah. It's your world, your rules.

That hasn't worked for me so far - they all seem incompatible. If you know a male model that works with female gens, let me know. I've been itching to add a vagboy character!

Oh, another feedback regarding the UI - what's supposed to happen when you click on the cards in the Stable, Kink, or Trait screens? Cause it seems it advances the plot for me. Are we supposed to get more details about the card in question?

Yes - current issue with the transparencies Next year I'm revamping the Stable and Psychometrics - clicking the cards will open character sheets and galleries in the Stable; and open kink descriptions and 'sub-kinks' in Psycho (e.g. the alienlover trait card will open a screen of which aliens, by gender, you've selected). Fans of micromanagement (like me!) will overjoyed, anyone who doesn't like it can just ignore the lot

 

[Alfred the Fallen]

I have some really conflicted feelings about this past update. It featured one of my favourite fantasies (a gorgeous muscular woman forcing you to pleasure her) but at the same time I also had to face one of my worst nightmares (having to listen to a Hanson song).

 

[kaorok]

You can choose Morgana in Decon and Lancelot in the Beach scene (or visa versa) and enable both... switching won't disable your original choice, and both enabled will lead to fun content ahead My personal pref is Lancelot in Decon and Morgana at the Beach (her pregnancy will have a nice little bonus in the game ahead beyond pregnant content ).

Okay, will have to try that out!

Lancelot can't currently get pregnant. LOL: Hope everyone noticed the world currently).

*prepares to throw money at Patreon*

That hasn't worked for me so far - they all seem incompatible. If you know a male model that works with female gens, let me know. I've been itching to add a vagboy character!

Ah, this might be an issue specific to Daz3D models. I use Blender for modeling, and I'm still learning Daz3D. I know there's a way to import/export between Blender and Daz3D so I'll see if I can figure this out.

Yes - current issue with the transparencies Next year I'm revamping the Stable and Psychometrics - clicking the cards will open character sheets and galleries in the Stable; and open kink descriptions and 'sub-kinks' in Psycho (e.g. the alienlover trait card will open a screen of which aliens, by gender, you've selected). Fans of micromanagement (like me!) will overjoyed, anyone who doesn't like it can just ignore the lot

Gotcha. Yeah, I'm a micromanagement fan as well, so this is going to be good.

BTW, I think I have another critique of the latest Anna/Sarge chapter. So my issue is that Anna's path in this chapter depends heavily on the player being invested into Anna, and Anna is the least developed main cast member. Part of it is that she's shy, but we see less of her personality, her thoughts, and her sexuality than the other cadets. It's really hard to care for her given the screentime she's gotten.

The other issue is that the Anna/Sarge storyline just feels a little bit too serious. It almost feels as serious as the Pandaemonium segments. Sarge goes from comedy musclebound lunk who keeps getting lewded by her underling to a Hannibal Lecter on steroids. I don't know how to fix this sequence, but please make it funnier?

 

[chickenfuck]

Who can I get pregnant in this game? Sorry I'm a simple man.

 

[Mayrun]

Who can I get pregnant in this game? Sorry I'm a simple man.

Morgana, the female AI.

 

[RanliLabz]

Ah, this might be an issue specific to Daz3D models. I use Blender for modeling, and I'm still learning Daz3D. I know there's a way to import/export between Blender and Daz3D so I'll see if I can figure this out.

Yes - my attempts at Blender haven't been great (I should have learnt it before publishing, because there's not enough time to learn that and keep the releases up!) Hope you can figure it out!

BTW, I think I have another critique of the latest Anna/Sarge chapter. So my issue is that Anna's path in this chapter depends heavily on the player being invested into Anna, and Anna is the least developed main cast member. Part of it is that she's shy, but we see less of her personality, her thoughts, and her sexuality than the other cadets. It's really hard to care for her given the screentime she's gotten.

I have some similar concerns about investment. There are a fair few Anna fans, but as of the current build she's intended as the 'Mary Jane' character that players project their own love template onto... e.g. unattainable crush, waifu, hot cheerleader type.

The other issue is that the Anna/Sarge storyline just feels a little bit too serious. It almost feels as serious as the Pandaemonium segments. Sarge goes from comedy musclebound lunk who keeps getting lewded by her underling to a Hannibal Lecter on steroids. I don't know how to fix this sequence, but please make it funnier?

I get that... Personally I prefer comedies with a few darker or heavy bits thrown in (like Bojack or the RHPS... and the end scene of Blackadder Goes Forth was fantastic!). They're often jarring, but even though they can mess with the pace, they also help mitigate joke-fatigue. Plus, Sarge is probably the most messed up character aside from Morgana... she has serious PTSD from her war service, along with some other traumas I've only hinted at so far (I should say here that I'm planning to use her to make a point about the treatment and care given to ex-combat troops. Because that worked out really well for the Punisher. Which just got cancelled )

I have some really conflicted feelings about this past update. It featured one of my favourite fantasies (a gorgeous muscular woman forcing you to pleasure her) but at the same time I also had to face one of my worst nightmares (having to listen to a Hanson song).

Dilemma! Lol - when I found the cover, I was surprised about how much less irritating they'd managed to make it. Also, Mmmbop always had a weird association with cunnilingus for me

Who can I get pregnant in this game? Sorry I'm a simple man.

Mayrun's 100% right - just Morgana so far. More to come, though!

 

[Alfred the Fallen]

when I found the cover, I was surprised about how much less irritating they'd managed to make it.

I didn't recognize the song at first, but part way through the scene it started to sound familiar, and then my stupid brain went and dug up the suppressed memory of the original and now I'm stuck with an endless five second loop of it playing in the back of my mind. So now I'm trying to drown it out with catchy music that I like in hopes that it will eventually get forgotten again.

Anyhow, I've been accumulating some of those religious points for the protagonist and I'm curious as to how they will factor into the game later on. I'm guessing it'll be open up (or close off) certain dialogue options later on maybe? Kind of like skill checks in games like Fallout. Also still hoping to get some alone time with Fatima at some point in the not too distant future. I know that the main character is still hung up on Anna, but I'm rooting for Fatima to become his better half in the end.

 

[RanliLabz]

I didn't recognize the song at first, but part way through the scene it started to sound familiar, and then my stupid brain went and dug up the suppressed memory of the original and now I'm stuck with an endless five second loop of it playing in the back of my mind. So now I'm trying to drown it out with catchy music that I like in hopes that it will eventually get forgotten again.

Anyhow, I've been accumulating some of those religious points for the protagonist and I'm curious as to how they will factor into the game later on. I'm guessing it'll be open up (or close off) certain dialogue options later on maybe? Kind of like skill checks in games like Fallout. Also still hoping to get some alone time with Fatima at some point in the not too distant future. I know that the main character is still hung up on Anna, but I'm rooting for Fatima to become his better half in the end.

Then you have my apologies (earworm can be terminal)

Yes - the Faith points will become increasingly important in Phase 2 of the game - where they'll begin seriously affecting dialogue options, voiced opinions and even attitudes to other characters. It will really come into its own in Phase 3 though - when MC's personality will have fully matured and the 'end-game' is set in train... quite a while until then, though!

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Also - yes, lol... the relationship points you gain will weight your main love interest - if Fatima (or Sam, Cole and Cis) is ahead of Anna at a certain point in the game, they'll become your big crush (and that point is getting closer!)

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

So if I have low obedience and low faith will I become a space comunist?

Joking aside, do you plan on putting those stats also on a menu like the one for sexual fetishes?

 

[RanliLabz]

So if I have low obedience and low faith will I become a space comunist?

Joking aside, do you plan on putting those stats also on a menu like the one for sexual fetishes?

Raise the red flag high, comrade!

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And yes - I've already designed the menu, but it will only be rolled out in Phase 2.

 

[Ozel]

Hi all, I've made a compressed version!

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[LewdTheLolis]

Hi all, I've made a compressed version!

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[kaorok]

Yes - my attempts at Blender haven't been great (I should have learnt it before publishing, because there's not enough time to learn that and keep the releases up!) Hope you can figure it out!

Sure, I'm going to familiarize with Daz3D first. I have the opposite problem, I'm sorta good with Blender, but I'm a literal beginner with Daz3D. What models are you using/looking to get turned into transmen/vagboys?

I have some similar concerns about investment. There are a fair few Anna fans, but as of the current build she's intended as the 'Mary Jane' character that players project their own love template onto... e.g. unattainable crush, waifu, hot cheerleader type.

Ah, I see what the issue is. Those are three different archetypes, which have overlaps/intersections, but usually play out very differently. So the unattainable crush loses a lot of appeal once she's actually achievable. The waifu on the other hand encourages you to protect and nurture her, and continually failing to protect and nurture her causes frustration. The hot cheerleader, while she appears to be unattainable, she actually is attainable once you get past her jock boyfriend or her mean friends or something. Mary Jane from Spider-man doesn't actually fit these archetypes either, since in most incarnations she's actually the one who pursues a relationship with Peter Parker. Gwen Stacey is the one who fits the unattainable/waifu type, and a common criticism of her is that she's usually boring! So ultimately my point is Anna-type characters are the hardest to write IMHO. And currently I feel that Anna is the weakest character in the game, relative to how much she drives the plot.

I get that... Personally I prefer comedies with a few darker or heavy bits thrown in (like Bojack or the RHPS... and the end scene of Blackadder Goes Forth was fantastic!). They're often jarring, but even though they can mess with the pace, they also help mitigate joke-fatigue. Plus, Sarge is probably the most messed up character aside from Morgana... she has serious PTSD from her war service, along with some other traumas I've only hinted at so far (I should say here that I'm planning to use her to make a point about the treatment and care given to ex-combat troops. Because that worked out really well for the Punisher. Which just got cancelled )

I understand that Sarge is messed-up, and that exploring PTSD and trauma are worthwhile goals. I just don't know if that can be done after you've yiffed all over her buttcrack, and before you give her cunnilingus. My feedback is: either lighten the tone of the section, or go EXTREME in the other direction. Make it over-the-top in how creepy and obsessed Sarge went after, like, 10 minutes with Anna. Like planning their gay wedding and how many kids they'll have. And filling the room with dolls and toys. I want it to be unrealistic and make me go "WTF how did she find all that stuff and get that in there in the short amount of time she's been gone". That way we can still laugh at this, but it's also an uncomfortable laughter?

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Raise the red flag high, comrade!

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And yes - I've already designed the menu, but it will only be rolled out in Phase 2.

Those are some interesting goals there. Wonder who is the rebel there.

Look forward to having a menu with them in there too. Had pretty much forgotten about Tribalism until you mentioned.

 

[RanliLabz]

Hi all, I've made a compressed version!

SpaceCorps XXX [v0.2.8] [RanliLabz] PC Compressed

Original Size: 1.4 GB
Compressed: 725 MB

Tools used: Unren v0.8 by Sam
Cruncher v0.4.1 by bas

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Cheers, Lewd!

Those are some interesting goals there. Wonder who is the rebel there.

Look forward to having a menu with them in there too. Had pretty much forgotten about Tribalism until you mentioned.

Yeah - Tribal's pretty new! There are some clues about the rebel, but MC will have to figure out who it is later on

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

Yeah - Tribal's pretty new! There are some clues about the rebel, but MC will have to figure out who it is later on

Hmm guess i didn't pay enough attention. I will have to play again from the start when next version is out.

 

[somebodynobody]

Yeah - Tribal's pretty new! There are some clues about the rebel, but MC will have to figure out who it is later on

We already know the rebel, it has to be Kex with alien mind control, or small dick because of that missing year where he got rebel training, or dumb guy jerking in sarge's bed because only someone who is against the rules would do something so fool hardy, or Dave because he thinks the aliens aren't treated as fair as they should be and eats you if you screw up, or the Demons because demons, or Morgana because she sasses everyone, or Hanzi because he is the only one to get his own intro music... or...

 

[RanliLabz]

We already know the rebel, it has to be Kex with alien mind control, or small dick because of that missing year where he got rebel training, or dumb guy jerking in sarge's bed because only someone who is against the rules would do something so fool hardy, or Dave because he thinks the aliens aren't treated as fair as they should be and eats you if you screw up, or the Demons because demons, or Morgana because she sasses everyone, or Hanzi because he is the only one to get his own intro music... or...

Lol - I didn’t say it would be easy Every single character has their own dark secret, hidden agenda or astounding discovery. Except Chad. Chad’s special

Sure, I'm going to familiarize with Daz3D first. I have the opposite problem, I'm sorta good with Blender, but I'm a literal beginner with Daz3D. What models are you using/looking to get turned into transmen/vagboys?

Any G3 male would be fine - adaptations can always be made after

Ah, I see what the issue is. Those are three different archetypes, which have overlaps/intersections, but usually play out very differently. So the unattainable crush loses a lot of appeal once she's actually achievable. The waifu on the other hand encourages you to protect and nurture her, and continually failing to protect and nurture her causes frustration. The hot cheerleader, while she appears to be unattainable, she actually is attainable once you get past her jock boyfriend or her mean friends or something. Mary Jane from Spider-man doesn't actually fit these archetypes either, since in most incarnations she's actually the one who pursues a relationship with Peter Parker. Gwen Stacey is the one who fits the unattainable/waifu type, and a common criticism of her is that she's usually boring! So ultimately my point is Anna-type characters are the hardest to write IMHO. And currently I feel that Anna is the weakest character in the game, relative to how much she drives the plot.

I had to give up my creative writing course because I didn’t have the time... so this sort of feedback is good! You’re completely right that Anna-type characters are the toughest to pull off, but I think we all also have experience of the unrequited crush that’s seen as ‘out of our league’ - meaning that these sort of characters generally place more work on the consumer than the creator (i.e. a transfer of the normal burden of motivation/personality/values by presenting the consumer with a blank-canvas on which to write their own template). Anna is also the female counterpart of MC in many ways (more conservative and unsure of her place and sexuality than the others, and equally open to player-adaptation in a way that the more confident Fatima, or cheerfully open Sam can’t be). I actually seriously considered her as a possible alt-female protagonist (very unlikely to happen, but I’ve still structured the plot to allow for the facility).

I understand that Sarge is messed-up, and that exploring PTSD and trauma are worthwhile goals. I just don't know if that can be done after you've yiffed all over her buttcrack, and before you give her cunnilingus. My feedback is: either lighten the tone of the section, or go EXTREME in the other direction. Make it over-the-top in how creepy and obsessed Sarge went after, like, 10 minutes with Anna. Like planning their gay wedding and how many kids they'll have. And filling the room with dolls and toys. I want it to be unrealistic and make me go "WTF how did she find all that stuff and get that in there in the short amount of time she's been gone". That way we can still laugh at this, but it's also an uncomfortable laughter?

I’ve always rather liked the deconstruction of grotesques - the sudden realisation that under the buffoonery of a David Brent or the malevolence of a Wilson Fisk lie countless layers of vulnerability and damage... Personally I think it works best where we think we know what someone is and then get side-swiped - so I suppose that whether it’s worked or not will have to be judged further on down Sarge’s storyline. Mind you, lol - I thought I did go pretty extreme with Sarge’s creepiness there... and she did manage to rustle up a teddy-bear and some evening dresses for her weird daughter/lover/prisoner scenario! I get what you mean though - at the time I toyed with a Labrynth parody (the scene where the dumpster goblins try and weigh the girl down with toys to trap her) to ram that home... but I couldn’t justify delaying the update for it

 

[kaorok]

Lol - I didn’t say it would be easy Every single character has their own dark secret, hidden agenda or astounding discovery. Except Chad. Chad’s special

I love Chad. Chad gives us hope that MC isn't the dumbest person in the game's universe.

Sidebar: I love Hanzi too! It's so rare to see such a flamboyantly gay character be romanceable in an erotic game. Even gay erotic games are full of brooding men who are in denial of TEH GAY or men who are questioning their sexuality. GIVE ME FLAMERS.

Any G3 male would be fine - adaptations can always be made after

Gotcha, I just got my graphics card back from the shop, so I'll see what I can come up with this.

I had to give up my creative writing course because I didn’t have the time... so this sort of feedback is good! You’re completely right that Anna-type characters are the toughest to pull off, but I think we all also have experience of the unrequited crush that’s seen as ‘out of our league’ - meaning that these sort of characters generally place more work on the consumer than the creator (i.e. a transfer of the normal burden of motivation/personality/values by presenting the consumer with a blank-canvas on which to write their own template). Anna is also the female counterpart of MC in many ways (more conservative and unsure of her place and sexuality than the others, and equally open to player-adaptation in a way that the more confident Fatima, or cheerfully open Sam can’t be). I actually seriously considered her as a possible alt-female protagonist (very unlikely to happen, but I’ve still structured the plot to allow for the facility).

Hmm. I think the problem is by the time we get to the rescue/relationship moment, we've already seen so many people go through absurd lengths to take a ride on the MC's sausage shuttle. So my suspension of disbelief fails when the story tells me that Anna is unattainable for MC. Sure, I can buy that he THINKS that, cause he's dumb and thinks poorly of himself, but the story doesn't feel true. I think the other issue is that unattainable blank slate waifus don't deal with increased interaction that well. The best ones that I've experienced had one or two lines of dialogue in the entire work. Having Anna this much dialogue and interaction exposes how minimal her personality is. I think she needs at least one more personality quirk to be able to qualify as "interesting" to me.

(Also, you can totally have her as alt-female personality through the magic of body-swapping. )

I’ve always rather liked the deconstruction of grotesques - the sudden realisation that under the buffoonery of a David Brent or the malevolence of a Wilson Fisk lie countless layers of vulnerability and damage... Personally I think it works best where we think we know what someone is and then get side-swiped - so I suppose that whether it’s worked or not will have to be judged further on down Sarge’s storyline. Mind you, lol - I thought I did go pretty extreme with Sarge’s creepiness there... and she did manage to rustle up a teddy-bear and some evening dresses for her weird daughter/lover/prisoner scenario! I get what you mean though - at the time I toyed with a Labrynth parody (the scene where the dumpster goblins try and weigh the girl down with toys to trap her) to ram that home... but I couldn’t justify delaying the update for it

Again, those sound like interesting goals, but I think that the cost of slowing down the story, and ruining the tone, is not quite worth it. The fix isn't going to be simple, either, but I don't have anything more concrete aside from "put more jokes in". Same issue I'm getting with the Pandemonium parts, I usually just fast forward on those.