- Jul 16, 2025
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Greetings F95zoners. As a recent emigree from itch.io (prior to the Adult Content apocalypse), this thread will be the Devlog for my new project: Sucker Punch. I am very pleased (and as always, a little nervous) to release a new effort to the world at large. I invite you to take a look and see if this story interests you.
TL;DR, new game, Ren'Py, AI art. First chapter will be ready soon.
Sucker Punch is the Adult Visual Novel I have wanted to create for a while. Where my first work (Workin' Out) was a Kinetic Novel with no user interaction, this is my best effort to write a compelling narrative where the players choices dictate how the story progresses and relationships develop (or don't).
This project started with the concept of having an action component to the story - the fight mini-game. It's (admittedly) a very simple game mechanic, but I hope it adds something to the user experience more than just clicking through dialogues, selecting menu items and looking at pictures (not that there's anything wrong with that). I wanted to create an experience that involves the player and generates tension, hopefully the first fight mechanic provides that. Remember, fights aren't always a win or die scenario, you don't have to win every fight to progress through the story (only Critical Fights). There are some dialogues/choices that only happen when fights are lost.
Sucker Punch is set in a gritty current day world. You live in the slums of a nameless city working a dead end job. You're poor and desperate to get out of the current situation. The story starts on the eve of your final amateur fight; win this fight and go professional. But something terrible happens and you find yourself scrambling to pick up the pieces.
The characters you meet in this world are also struggling to survive. I am trying to develop characters with their own stories, motivations, and narratives. This means that each character you meet is usually broken in some way - some more obviously than other. But, like the fight system, I'm trying to create a storyline with multiple routes that aren't just- yes: have sex/ no: skip the sex scene or do you have enough love points to see this scene? I admit, this is difficult- the technical challenge is manageable in Ren'Py (I work professionally with Python, so I've got a good enough understanding of how to code this), but developing these storylines so they offer distinct branches, but still return to the main story arc seamlessly is challenging - in a good way.
This Adult Visual Novel is told through images generated by Stable Diffusion (not everyone's cup o' tea). I've put a lot of effort in developing a style that isn't the default Pony (or other basemodel of your choice). I've found those basemodels generate images that are too smooth (for lack of a better term) or conversely, hyper-realistic images which can be stunning, but I think that dip too far into Uncanny Valley. This is an artistic/stylistic choice, I'm interested in seeing how far I can go using local AI generated imagery. I'm aware there are critics of AI generated content... I'm one of them. I am not a fan of the churned out basemodel slop that's flooding every forum and medium. There are a lot of guilty parties publishing stuff that I feel gives the (AI gen art) technology a bad wrap. However, AI generated art is a new medium that I'm more interested in working in than Blender, Poser, or Daz.
Ashleigh is a nurse who cares for the player after the fight.
Rikton is the owner of the Dollhouse club.
Lilly is a naive girl who works in the club.
Elizabeth is an exotic dancer in the club.
If you've read this far - thank you! I am completing the final editing of Round 1 and will be publishing it shortly. Obviously this VN is intended for adults only. It includes scenes of:
Questions/Answers:
TL;DR, new game, Ren'Py, AI art. First chapter will be ready soon.
Sucker Punch is the Adult Visual Novel I have wanted to create for a while. Where my first work (Workin' Out) was a Kinetic Novel with no user interaction, this is my best effort to write a compelling narrative where the players choices dictate how the story progresses and relationships develop (or don't).
Fighting to tell a story
This project started with the concept of having an action component to the story - the fight mini-game. It's (admittedly) a very simple game mechanic, but I hope it adds something to the user experience more than just clicking through dialogues, selecting menu items and looking at pictures (not that there's anything wrong with that). I wanted to create an experience that involves the player and generates tension, hopefully the first fight mechanic provides that. Remember, fights aren't always a win or die scenario, you don't have to win every fight to progress through the story (only Critical Fights). There are some dialogues/choices that only happen when fights are lost.
World building
Sucker Punch is set in a gritty current day world. You live in the slums of a nameless city working a dead end job. You're poor and desperate to get out of the current situation. The story starts on the eve of your final amateur fight; win this fight and go professional. But something terrible happens and you find yourself scrambling to pick up the pieces.
The characters you meet in this world are also struggling to survive. I am trying to develop characters with their own stories, motivations, and narratives. This means that each character you meet is usually broken in some way - some more obviously than other. But, like the fight system, I'm trying to create a storyline with multiple routes that aren't just- yes: have sex/ no: skip the sex scene or do you have enough love points to see this scene? I admit, this is difficult- the technical challenge is manageable in Ren'Py (I work professionally with Python, so I've got a good enough understanding of how to code this), but developing these storylines so they offer distinct branches, but still return to the main story arc seamlessly is challenging - in a good way.
This Adult Visual Novel is told through images generated by Stable Diffusion (not everyone's cup o' tea). I've put a lot of effort in developing a style that isn't the default Pony (or other basemodel of your choice). I've found those basemodels generate images that are too smooth (for lack of a better term) or conversely, hyper-realistic images which can be stunning, but I think that dip too far into Uncanny Valley. This is an artistic/stylistic choice, I'm interested in seeing how far I can go using local AI generated imagery. I'm aware there are critics of AI generated content... I'm one of them. I am not a fan of the churned out basemodel slop that's flooding every forum and medium. There are a lot of guilty parties publishing stuff that I feel gives the (AI gen art) technology a bad wrap. However, AI generated art is a new medium that I'm more interested in working in than Blender, Poser, or Daz.
The cast in the Prologue and Round 1 you will interact with in Sucker Punch
Ashleigh is a nurse who cares for the player after the fight.
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Rikton is the owner of the Dollhouse club.
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Lilly is a naive girl who works in the club.
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If you've read this far - thank you! I am completing the final editing of Round 1 and will be publishing it shortly. Obviously this VN is intended for adults only. It includes scenes of:
- Smoking
- Alcohol use/Alcoholism
- Illegal drug use
- Sexual situations including coerced sex, prostitution, BDSM, male and female dominance
- Emotional and physical trauma, mental illness, depression and suicide
Questions/Answers:
- Are the fighting mini games skippable? Yes, in the game Options menu you will be able to suspend/resume them at any time.
- Is there a harem route? No. You can pursue multiple LI's, but they're not going to be one happy octo-thruple.
- Are there gay scenes? Not planned, the MC is heterosexual male. In the femdom route there will be exploration of anal play, pegging and other similar topics, but no siffication - that doesn't really fit the MC character.
- Are there lesbian scenes? I do have a story route planned that involves a lesbian relationship. It will be optional to pursue that route.
- Will there be scenes of LI's with other men? Yes, but not as a voluntary relationship. Think more coerced sex and exploitation.
- Will there be NTR content? No, not by the common definition. See answer 4 for more context.
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