VN Ren'Py Completed Sunshine Love [Ch. 3 v1.01i Extras] [MrDots Games]

[Hyperserver]

...I just wish the dialog, and facial expressions would improve. ...

We are aware - and more than that, we agree 100% that these are the weakpoints of our games, and we already planned to change this in the next game after SL.

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

What bothers me most is that despite you can choose a different waifu (which is good), she's barely in the game and you are stuck with Melody, who, by the way, is a big spoiled brat. It's kinda like if the game tells you: "Do you like Melody? No? Wrong! You have to like Melody!" So much that the perfect, monogamous route with Melody is basically the 'best ending'.

Well, I get what you mean, but... isn't "Melody" the title of the game after all?

 

[cxx]

All of MrDots games are pretty much like this.

true but same applies to many games and there are different tastes. i don't like much of captainkitty's etc games (still have suspicions that all their games come from same dev) but still many like those.

well the truth is a lot of people don't like this game. and it's certainly not for everyone
but it is also true that there are many cowards who love to create alt accounts to talk trash and upvote and downvote

exactly, this game isn't for every1 and neither is any other game. even 1 dev did false reviews and 5 star ratings on his scamproject.

You can ask the question of thousands of people who will all have a different opinion, the problem being that they don't know your tastes. The real question is: Will you like this game or not, and the best way to answer that is to play it.

yea only way to see if likes game is to play it longer than 5 mins. fashion business is 1 example, it is well made and has good graphics and everything works but feels that many things are forced down on player's throat.

Those who rate 1 star, need to group together and like each other's rating to get off.

I mean: 1 star is the lowest rating you can do. Meaning, there is no way it could be any worse. Now just look at the renders - other REALLY bad games get reviews like "it's a bad game, but it has nice renders, so i give 3 stars" (or something like that).

1. very true and also linger on thread to bash game.
2. well true and false, can leave review only to game's thread so 0 star rating.

 

[Machete]

Well, I get what you mean, but... isn't "Melody" the title of the game after all?

Indeed. But it's usually not a good idea to make a LI the main character of a story, and we could go on forever debating how and why, but i don't think this topic is the best place. I'll just point that this VNs are a type of 'choose your own adventure' games in a peculiar corner of the genre which is more like "choose your own waifu'.

Now, there are games that succeed into being great even with a main character LI. I won't quote any because it's against the forum rules, but i thinking about a game out of the dramatic experience of a father. And there are games who fail terribly IMHO to the point that you can't avoid an ending with the main character, and i'm thinking of a game with a certain red head with a very long braid.

The discriminant, i thing, it's the balance. If you make a story about a girl, maybe a wannabe talented actress who's going to get in trouble, but you give the other LIs space and a meaningful relatable story, then all fine, the game works.

Now, Melody is not terrible per se. It's main problem is that Melody is fucking there all the time stealing the scene to just anyone else, to the extent that MC becomes literally a buitler through the game, that drives her to places, escort her to things and carries her bags. While the other LIs kinda appear in the rare spare time. This compromised the overall experience, IMHO.

And i still admit that it's a game that have a lot of redeeming qualities, starting with the support cast that is very good, all the LIs are charming ladies (apart for Melody, for me, but it's a bias of mine), there are some genuine nice sequence, everything is very well cared, some spicy scene is super hot and so on. And by the way i really loved to immerse in the role of this super talented performer, which i kinda would have liked to be back in my days when i used to play a little the bassguitar.

If i could give two raccomandation to devs it's to give all LIs their space to shine and to leave the player the most agency possible, which i understant it's not easy because player agency is directly proportional to the number of renders needed and it's not always possible to trow in all the routes a dev would like to.

 

[Hyperserver]

In general you all are right - but you still forget the most important thing:

VISUAL NOVEL !

It's still a story about certain person(s) which is SLIGHTLY changed by the choice of the player.
It was NEVER intended to be a freeroam game, where soley the player decides with whom he wants to end. It's not even possible to do that within a decent timeframe and with limited ressources. If you would create a game where you can end with lots of girls, even in different combinations, you would have to do about 20-30 paths.

So back to what i wanted to say:
With Melody, they wanted to tell you the story between Melody and her tutor - and not someone who is tutoring Melody but ends with Rebecca (just for example).
If you read the book "The Count of Monte Christo" you wouldn't expect some "3 musketeers" content either.
Or if you read "starship troopers" you don't rage because Rico can't be with "Dizzy" in the end.
The main story plot is still the main story plot - whether you like it, or not.

 

[NukaCola]

"mommy", "auntie", foodtruck girl, .............. there are still many fishes in bond even if rejects sisters.



not completely but no need to share bed with either of sis nor fuck any1 else either, can remain faithful to gf if wants.

When I can finally close off her path? I'm at middle of week 4 already and just suffer through another lewd scene with her. Also she is a control freak. I feel like I'm being interrogated everyday. She questioned who I meet in the past few days. What I do this afternoon and so on. An option to yell in her face Its none of your business would be nice.

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

When I can finally close off her path? I'm at middle of week 4 already and just suffer through another lewd scene with her. Also she is a control freak. I feel like I'm being interrogated everyday. She questioned who I meet in the past few days. What I do this afternoon and so on. An option to yell in her face Its none of your business would be nice.

I can't remember where or when exactly, but you have to deal with her, since she's the owner and the main goal of the game is to save the hotel. Why not use the walkthrough to find out? Everything is explained inside, at least the paths that lead to the different LIs and just as much to avoid them.

And speaking of "Sis'" behavior, you must have never been married, because it's not just men who think they own their partner...

 

[cxx]

When I can finally close off her path? I'm at middle of week 4 already and just suffer through another lewd scene with her. Also she is a control freak. I feel like I'm being interrogated everyday. She questioned who I meet in the past few days. What I do this afternoon and so on. An option to yell in her face Its none of your business would be nice.

well she loves her older brother so it can't be helped.

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

Arachnids are never like insects. Besides spiders they include scorpions, ticks and others.

Is this thread turning into a biology or rather entomology lesson? It was already quite off topic with the story of Rico and his team of broken arms, but there.. I'm starting to get itchy with all these critters.
I like to talk about various topics, but I'm saying this for you guys. A mod walks by and there's gonna be a spanking distribution

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

well she loves her older brother so it can't be helped.

Exactly! Love has its reason that reason ignores....

 

[NukaCola]

I can't remember where or when exactly, but you have to deal with her, since she's the owner and the main goal of the game is to save the hotel. Why not use the walkthrough to find out? Everything is explained inside, at least the paths that lead to the different LIs and just as much to avoid them.

And speaking of "Sis'" behavior, you must have never been married, because it's not just men who think they own their
partner...

I look at the walkthrough until week 5 but there is nothing about closing her path. I mean working with her to save the hotel is fine but I don't want to share bed with her. At this point, I even cheer for Brodie to take his GF away from me.
I mean I kind of understand her behavior. Some women are like that. But I have zero interest in her and the mc just obeys her obediently t make it extra annoying.

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

I look at the walkthrough until week 5 but there is nothing about closing her path. I mean working with her to save the hotel is fine but I don't want to share bed with her. At this point, I even cheer for Brodie to take his GF away from me.
I mean I kind of understand her behavior. Some women are like that. But I have zero interest in her and the mc just obeys her obediently t make it extra annoying.

Yeah I know I know... You can only do evasive maneuvers like a fighter pilot trying to escape a salvo of surface to air missiles. Little chance of escaping the suppository in the ass. As for the Mc, I believe that the majority of players have already described him in the top 5 of soft balls which of course is contradictory with the fact that all the girls fall into his arms or to be more acurate onto his dick.
Worst of all is he always thinks for three hours before he does or says anything, and that just drives me crazy.
Try it with any girl to be sure she'll beat the shit off you

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

I look at the walkthrough until week 5 but there is nothing about closing her path. I mean working with her to save the hotel is fine but I don't want to share bed with her. At this point, I even cheer for Brodie to take his GF away from me.
I mean I kind of understand her behavior. Some women are like that. But I have zero interest in her and the mc just obeys her obediently t make it extra annoying.

Here... to cheer you up

 

[cxx]

Yeah I know I know... You can only do evasive maneuvers like a fighter pilot trying to escape a salvo of surface to air missiles.

well he ain't maverick for sure.

 

[♂Brout&Minou♀]

well he ain't maverick for sure.

Heads, I veer right, tails, I veer left... or wait... Maybe

 

[cxx]

Heads, I veer right, tails, I veer left... or wait... Maybe

oh shit, got hit.

 

[madruk20]

Can we make a patron goal for more facial expressions besides

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

Can we make a patron goal for more facial expressions besides

Don't forget

 

[cxx]

my soul is very bright.

facial expression are kinda same on all vns.

 

[cxx]

*ponders why girls outlook pops up constantly*