VN Ren'Py Straight!? [Revamp v0.11.1] [Aaryn]

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Nah, I get it. Everyone plays these games for their own reasons. For me, even if I watch porn, I need a plot or I get bored. Story has always been something I hold in high regard. If I'm playing a game by someone else, I like getting teased a bit. That being said, I think you can overkill a tease--which is why there's more skin in the recent updates. To me, Wife and Mother is a good example of overkill on the teasing (since you mentioned straight games). While I still respect the artist's vision, I think there were missed opportunities.

I also want things to appear natural. For the amount of time that followers have invested in these characters, to simply sacrifice that for a quick scene would probably upset the entire game flow. I'm not avoiding sex on purpose or trying to draw it out just to make money. For the characters involved, that's a long shot between them. I've always looked at this story as being very adult vs just being "porn." Kinda like an HBO series. Will I get to some messy stuff? Fuck yes, lol. My dirty ass has a folder full of a few ideas :p However, as the story unfolds, it's certainly taken on more "romance" characteristics unintentionally and I'm cool with that. Some people will appreciate this approach and others will become increasingly sexually frustrated. There's more skin in v0.9 but no sex: honestly, I think v0.9 has "something for everybody." When I finished, it sorta had an eclectic feel to it that I was really satisfied with.

No offense taken on your post, Fenric. I appreciate your point of view and your active role in the forums here regarding the game. But just think how good a bust that'll be after edging for like a freaking year :p
I personally love that you are making us have to wait for some hot gay action to happen. For me there's nothing sexier than a bit (or a lot ) of backstory before the sex, like getting to know the characters and their personalities. I don't know if this is going to happen, and I'm surely not asking you for anything because you are the storyteller, but I wouldn't like for Zack to end up with Braden; perhaps that's because I'm a bottom and I find Zack more attractive, because he looks manlier than Braden, and I'd actually like to see him paired up with another manly dude (but again that might be my sexual taste, telling me that 2 manly guys are better than 1 LOL) or because, I really believe that Braden might be actually straight, at least that's what I interprete, again, that's just my opinion.

Concluding, you are doing an amazing work at the time of telling this story, it does seem natural, It's obvious that if you find a guy attractive and you just tell him so, you won't be getting action 10 seconds after that, except you are in a club, but this is not the case. KEEP ON GOING, YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING.
 
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I personally love that you are making us have to wait for some hot gay action to happen. For me there's nothing sexier than a bit (or a lot ) of backstory before the sex, like getting to know the characters and their personalities. I don't know if this is going to happen, and I'm surely not asking you for anything because you are the storyteller, but I wouldn't like for Zack to end up with Braden; perhaps that's because I'm a bottom and I find Zack more attractive, because he looks manlier than Braden, and I'd actually like to see him paired up with another manly dude (but again that might be my sexual taste, telling me that 2 manly guys are better than 1 LOL) or because, I really believe that Braden might be actually straight, at least that's what I interprete, again, that's just my opinion.

Concluding, you are doing an amazing work at the time of telling this story, it does seem natural, It's obvious that if you find a guy attractive and you just tell him so, you won't be getting action 10 seconds after that, except you are in a club, but this is not the case. KEEP ON GOING, YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING.
Holy crap, I'm terrible at taking positive feedback. You gonna make a motherfucker blush for real. I'll just say "thanks" for the kind words and be my typical shy self. I'm just a dude that has no idea what he's doing :p

You raise one of the most striking criticisms of the game: the limitations of only having basically two main characters. This is the predominant complaints I got early on. A ton of visual novels and "dating sims" allow you to pick from multiple characters. Allowing each of us to appease our own individual taste. However, Straight!? only has limited options. This was done on purpose for a litany of reasons. If somebody drops this question on my blog, I'll probably go into more detail because I don't want a wall of text here. But basically, I wanted to finish what I started. More characters is more epic in scale and for a newb; that was pretty daunting. So I narrowed it down and wanted to tell a specific story.

That being said, I can always add characters and I have plenty of options for side story as I go. I just didn't want to start things and get halfway through the lives of 5 different dudes then have life happen and abandon the project. We'll just have to see how things play out. Long-term it would be dope to have multiple routes with more characters.

However, I will disclose this: For sexual scenes and whatnot, I think the player should have a choice, allowing you to pick who is "top" and who is "bottom." Similar to how the poker event played out... that's my vision anyway.
 
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elleo

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*only having basically two main characters*
And that's exactly what I like about history since (version 0.1)
Too many people, too much opinion can also destroy something.....

that's all I say.
 
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*only having basically two main characters*
And that's exactly what I like about history since (version 0.1)
Too many people, too much opinion can also destroy something.....

that's all I say.
Yeah, this started as a writing exercise where I would only ahve 2 characters in the entire game and the entire story would take place in one room. I branched out since then. I could write more characters but I would want as much depth with each...I'll one story at a time :)
 

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Ever played Lucky Mark? There's no more overkilled game

I don't want to spoil what's happening in the update, but what about the boy from A Wife and Mother appears in your game, too?
 

Aaryn

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Ever played Lucky Mark? There's no more overkilled game

I don't want to spoil what's happening in the update, but what about the boy from A Wife and Mother appears in your game, too?
Heh, I'd so be down with a cameo there cause I like Dylan's character. The one you're referencing started out as a quick joke then I actually had a direction to take it so I rolled with it. However, I won't confirm or deny the cameo you're talking about. I'll let the player decide. We won't get much more backstory on that character but he will play a necessary role.
 
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when will 0.9 be available for free??
Um...If i'm doing the math, it should be like this Monday I think. I'll try and remember to post it. If not, feel free to post something in here to remind me.
 

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Um...If i'm doing the math, it should be like this Monday I think. I'll try and remember to post it. If not, feel free to post something in here to remind me.
I guess you don't have to worry about that, I'm sure that a lot of people will remind you of that.
 
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Bareback would be nice lol
That's the one thing I've never gotten about some porn games. Why do some have condoms? I mean irl I always say practice safe sex but these aren't real people so they can't catch real diseases/get pregnant so why do it?

If it's some sort of "teach responsible sex practices" I laud them for their ideals but I think the majority of those of us who play these games at least know the difference between cgi characters and real life.

[end rant]

lol but yes I agree, Aaryn, when we do get some sex, please let it be full on bareback - cum inside greatness.
 

Aaryn

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Bareback would be nice lol
That's the one thing I've never gotten about some porn games. Why do some have condoms? I mean irl I always say practice safe sex but these aren't real people so they can't catch real diseases/get pregnant so why do it?

If it's some sort of "teach responsible sex practices" I laud them for their ideals but I think the majority of those of us who play these games at least know the difference between cgi characters and real life.

[end rant]

lol but yes I agree, Aaryn, when we do get some sex, please let it be full on bareback - cum inside greatness.
So I thought about the condom thing, actually. I haven't gotten that far obviously but I don't like a lot of the ways the condoms look on DAZ characters so I anticipate bareback moving forward.

In terms of your suggestion to bust inside: when we get to actual sex scenes, I want to give the player options for those scenes. Sorta like the poker game. That way you can have the ...um...climax you want. That's my goal anyway
 
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