VN Ren'Py Stormside [v0.23.1.4] [Atemsiel]

[jvbatman]

Yeah, we're just keeping quiet about it for various nefarious reasons.

Someone really needs to make a thread of this game on a gaming forum where people can post updates as the see them so then people can go back and read through previous posts and get the information they need. If only something like that existed.

 

[Manoman13]

Is it me or are the updates not progressing? I stopped playing for more than a year, I'm coming back, I'm starting from the beginning, the only new thing is Riley who texts the MC (even if it's not her) and the MC is put to sleep, he's abandoned or the dev has problems?
a family member who dies? a house that catches fire? a PC that explodes? what is the excuse here?

 

[Sasugachan]

Is it me or are the updates not progressing?
a family member who dies? a house that catches fire? a PC that explodes? what is the excuse here?

Yeah, no updates since october on patreon at least is sad, the dev must be feeling a lot of pressure. Afaik he's still working on it though, just seems to be on a big long grind for this one.

 

[Manoman13]

Yeah, no updates since october on patreon at least is sad, the dev must be feeling a lot of pressure. Afaik he's still working on it though, just seems to be on a big long grind for this one.

Too bad for me the story stands out from the rest of the VN stories which are always the same and goes around in circles, the renderings are beautiful, the animations are great, the humor, the music, the ambient sounds, really a shame it would come out 2 big updates per year it would double its number of subscribers, it should also put the games on steam

 

[Zeke Brandon]

When will cassie return? Miss the little horny gal

 

[sexypeanut]

Too bad for me the story stands out from the rest of the VN stories which are always the same and goes around in circles, the renderings are beautiful, the animations are great, the humor, the music, the ambient sounds, really a shame it would come out 2 big updates per year it would double its number of subscribers, it should also put the games on steam

No HS2 games can be put on Steam, since they're technically mods

When will cassie return? Miss the little horny gal

Oh yeah, best girl!

 

[givemelinkspl00se52]

Just played for the first time and got to the most recent update. Excellent writing, renders, animations, music so far. The only problem is now I have to wait for more. I seriously hope the dev keeps working on this.

 

[SilentType]

Yeah, no updates since october on patreon at least is sad, the dev must be feeling a lot of pressure. Afaik he's still working on it though, just seems to be on a big long grind for this one.

Bro is feeling a lot of self-imposed pressure to make 3 games at once... instead of just making 1.

 

[MaxRichard]

Bro is feeling a lot of self-imposed pressure to make 3 games at once... instead of just making 1.

100%. This game tries to do too much at once.

 

[Zeke Brandon]

Bro is feeling a lot of self-imposed pressure to make 3 games at once... instead of just making 1.

He's making 3 games???

 

[Tiur]

He's making 3 games???

No, he's not. That's an exaggeration people used when they think (incorrectly) that the three routes for each main girl are entirely separate stories and thus triple the effort to make, because they are apparently unable to notice how much overlap there is, and how much of the game is route-independent.

 

[MagicMan753]

I actually think the 3 branches isn't the main problem, but small extra branching and things added.

The ghost hunt added time, who to sleep with after Akemi/Akari scene a couple of updates ago. Multiple ways to punish Riley if os sub/slave(Shower, room), etc. I just think if he cut down on some of the smaller branches and expanisons like ghost hunt, he could be good and even get things out a bit quicker. Just some thoughts.

 

[reid1]

I think all the small deviations are one of the quirk of this game that make it stand out from the others. Honestly, considering games much more linear than this get stalled/abandoned even faster, I don't think this is the issue. If I really have to nitpick something, I'd not have revamped the phone UI with the girls data because it was fine as it was (I actually preferred the old one). But ultimately, it all depends on the devs will to keep working, I don't mind waiting as long as there is progress and the dev stays healthy.

 

[SilentType]

No, he's not. That's an exaggeration people used when they think (incorrectly) that the three routes for each main girl are entirely separate stories and thus triple the effort to make, because they are apparently unable to notice how much overlap there is, and how much of the game is route-independent.

lmao if you can't see there's too many different texts and render routes for almost every scene i dont know what to tell u bud

 

[Deneuve]

I think 3 routes is fine, and the overall expanding branch tree can be mitigated by not making most girls interact as much as they would.
Because if Girl A is on Love Route, when you're doing Girl B's story and Girl A shows up, you have to account for whether her personality in this scene is one of three routes.

Even AAA games have a hard time implementing these things that I think they were impressed by Baldur's Gate for having that much freedom branching.

Even Telltale Games whose primary gimmick is your choices matter has to railroad the choices at points because it would make it harder to build a game as it goes on. Example is Nick in Season 2, he dies early in the game, BUT you can save him, but if you do he just becomes a very minor character that almost does nothing and gets killed off without choice later, because they'd have to account for him existing and not existing in each scene.

Heck, Mass Effect got flak for this because the whole trilogy was marketed as "dude,all your choices throughout the games are gonna build up to the third game". Then ME3 happened.

Its very hard to keep track of varied choices because again, like a tree branch, they branch.

 

[marcodelamoret]

Hello
I can't wait to see what happens next (and translate)

 

[elflistener]

Significant branching takes more time than just writing the unique scenes because there is a fair bit of planning into how and where and what things will change for decisions X, Y and Z, not to mention additional time to implement and test. I don't think that the creator should stop doing the three branches, as that is a core appeal of the game, but it's definitely more complicated than just counting changed lines between scene A and scene B.

 

[NukaCola]

I did not expect have to play Phasmophobia in a porn VN. Good thing there are VN mode.

 

[DevinHesi]

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Here's to a special holiday season and a happy new year!
Hope the season brings you plenty of joy, laughter, and good vibes with the people you care about.

also new update news regarding the state of the game:

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[Vibesy]

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Here's to a special holiday season and a happy new year!
Hope the season brings you plenty of joy, laughter, and good vibes with the people you care about.

also new update news regarding the state of the game:

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Thanks. So to summarize, RL work and burnout getting in the way of working on the game.

The money quote: "I'm having to make so many versions of the same scene. Such is branching."

I think the next update is going to be awesome and probably worth the wait because Atemsiel has a lot of talent and is a great & funny writer. But we are really seeing the dev problems with all the different paths, which greatly complicates structuring the game. And unfortunately it will just get worse going forward...