Ren'Py Superheroes Suck [v1.976 Public] [Solace]

[HiP1]

My pet theory (no pun intended) is that the serum doesn't work on someone who doesn't already have a power; their bodies aren't attuned to be able to use whatever it is that makes a power happen. Once your power is triggered your body continues to try to exploit it by adjusting your metabolism to accommodate it and has coping mechanisms to allow it to exist in harmony with the rest of the bodily functions. Think of how when boys go through puberty they often become eating machines as their body needs the calories and protein to grow and add muscle mass due to their hormones kicking in. By introducing another power it triggers the body trying to fuel whatever it is, but there is no innate buffer so the body winds up killing itself.

That's actually a very interesting and valid theory ! thanks for sharing it !

I've also been wondering if it is a scientific/artificial process, or if it comes from someone's power.
either power or science, it could be from someone like Mrs Powell's other daughter, which could explain why there was no real sign of struggle. even if they copied her power, there should be sign of resistance to the kidnapping. and two people with that kind of power should leave very obvious, devastating even, traces of a fight.

 

[Havik79]

Not that it matters what is wrong with Flick, she has her own hint tab, clearly, she isn't another Lovestuck and will end up being an LI, or at least stay with us, so one way or another we will find a cure, it's what the hero does.

It seems rather clear to me, that watching us having sex, and sleeping on us is because she has ended up having feelings for us, and wants to be with us, Given what little I have learned from the intro to her, she probably has never had anyone care for her, so us treating her well as a cat, and now trying to help her, she probably is in love with the MC, and will end up either fully or optional LI.

 

[RandyPhoenix]

Not that it matters what is wrong with Flick, she has her own hint tab, clearly, she isn't another Lovestuck and will end up being an LI, or at least stay with us, so one way or another we will find a cure, it's what the hero does.

It seems rather clear to me, that watching us having sex, and sleeping on us is because she has ended up having feelings for us, and wants to be with us, Given what little I have learned from the intro to her, she probably has never had anyone care for her, so us treating her well as a cat, and now trying to help her, she probably is in love with the MC, and will end up either fully or optional LI.

Yeah it seems that way, but that doesn't change some people, at least I don't, like her at all, she is the b*tch who sold queen, I have no sympathy for her or like, in fact I believe she deserves unavoidable death, actions should have consequences, and she starting living in academy, etc, or MC treating her good or trying his hardest to find a cure for her not, saying her punishment is working out (while it's literally a way to delay her death, not even close to punishment) and even tho if it wasn't it would be dumb AF punishment for someone sold queen, she deserves real punishment like the sickness she has now, so non of that makes any sense either, and like all these are not enough she still b*tchs and moans about workout, acts like she is actually a member of the team and she didn't commit a crime like selling the queen and ruining a lot of people's life, like she has luxury to b*tch and moan... Sadly story goes quite dumb way with this Felicity content going on, wish developer has chosen different way for the story, the game is already 4+ years old and we didn't progressed enough with the main story for that amount of time, and now we have Felicity's problems and MC trying hardest to find cure for her, even tho she don't deserve at all. Fans wouldn't agree probably, but the game is going downhill with Felicity content and losing quality and logic along with it. Which is big problem because the game has nothing aside from writing, I don't even watch sex scenes anymore since they are just bad, I'm playing the game only for writing, main story and the story of girls, if the game gonna become bad in writing point of view as well then this game will have nothing going on anymore, I'm not saying writing was perfect and had no problems at all until Felicity content, sure there was problems, but they didn't ruin the whole experience, but Felicity nonsense does.

I mean seriously nerve of this b*tch...

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No you f*cking don't, you still acting like tourist, acting like you had nothing to do with she losing her mother, not giving a f*ck at all and still lying there... Seriously how selfish this b*tch can be?!

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[Havik79]

I don't know I haven't gotten to the end with her, the mod broke the game after her first training session, and seeing as the modder is dropping it, I don't feel like restarting again after only like 2 months of a new play.

What I have seen, makes sense to me, first, we are the hero, and we are supposed to give people a second chance, Bucky Barnes anyone, as for that being a bitch, um if the drugs are messing with her, and turning her into a cat, makes sense to me.

 

[HiP1]

Yeah it seems that way, but that doesn't change some people, at least I don't, like her at all, she is the b*tch who sold queen, I have no sympathy for her or like, in fact I believe she deserves unavoidable death, actions should have consequences, and she starting living in academy, etc, or MC treating her good or trying his hardest to find a cure for her not, saying her punishment is working out (while it's literally a way to delay her death, not even close to punishment) and even tho if it wasn't it would be dumb AF punishment for someone sold queen, she deserves real punishment like the sickness she has now, so non of that makes any sense either, and like all these are not enough she still b*tchs and moans about workout, acts like she is actually a member of the team and she didn't commit a crime like selling the queen and ruining a lot of people's life, like she has luxury to b*tch and moan... Sadly story goes quite dumb way with this Felicity content going on, wish developer has chosen different way for the story, the game is already 4+ years old and we didn't progressed enough with the main story for that amount of time, and now we have Felicity's problems and MC trying hardest to find cure for her, even tho she don't deserve at all. Fans wouldn't agree probably, but the game is going downhill with Felicity content and losing quality and logic along with it. Which is big problem because the game has nothing aside from writing, I don't even watch sex scenes anymore since they are just bad, I'm playing the game only for writing, main story and the story of girls, if the game gonna become bad in writing point of view as well then this game will have nothing going on anymore, I'm not saying writing was perfect and had no problems at all until Felicity content, sure there was problems, but they didn't ruin the whole experience, but Felicity nonsense does.

I mean seriously nerve of this b*tch...

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No you f*cking don't, you still acting like tourist, acting like you had nothing to do with she losing her mother, not giving a f*ck at all and still lying there... Seriously how selfish this b*tch can be?!

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Dude. that's a lot of hate for a character
you forgot that she didn't participate in the kidnapping itself, and she saved MC's life several times and MC's powers from being stolen...
sure, she betrayed, and what she did had dire consequences, but she didn't know what it would lead to.
you should save that hate for the actual kidnappers and their leader. because they most likely will have redemption stories too. it will be much harder to justify and excuse them, though.

second chances, forgiveness, redemption, switching from bad to good, all those are very common, main stream even, tropes. especially for hero stories. it's not a story about a villain or a revenge. it's about a good guy with a good heart, that might be a little too nice. with a little bit of luck, he'll become the most powerful individual and get all the girls

 

[jclarke]

Saw this just the other day on the homepage and was definitely curious to check out a superhero VN that's been in development long enough to be on v1.9x, and it's been promising so far!

The main downside is that I don't like getting events out of order, and I don't think I've ever played a sandbox game without getting something out of order; referencing something that hasn't actually happened yet, or acting like something that has hasn't, depending on how quickly you progress a given character compared to the others, or the main story, or whatever.
In this case, MC got a call from the reporter for an interview, and was told to go to "the studio we used for the photoshoot," but I've never had any sort of photoshoot event come up? I've had Harper's interview with the reporter come up, but that's it so far!
Anyone know off the top of their head whose hints to focus on to get to the photoshoot that theoretically already happened by the time that call should come?

(Also, there were references in dialogues with Victory to Chrys barging into MC's room in the mornings, but while that hasn't been a frequent enough thing to describe as habitual or anything, it has happened in the story so far for me, so that one was easier to gloss over under the assumption that the 2-3 times it's happened so far are what the MC is referring to there)

 

[moskyx]

Saw this just the other day on the homepage and was definitely curious to check out a superhero VN that's been in development long enough to be on v1.9x, and it's been promising so far!

The main downside is that I don't like getting events out of order, and I don't think I've ever played a sandbox game without getting something out of order; referencing something that hasn't actually happened yet, or acting like something that has hasn't, depending on how quickly you progress a given character compared to the others, or the main story, or whatever.
In this case, MC got a call from the reporter for an interview, and was told to go to "the studio we used for the photoshoot," but I've never had any sort of photoshoot event come up? I've had Harper's interview with the reporter come up, but that's it so far!
Anyone know off the top of their head whose hints to focus on to get to the photoshoot that theoretically already happened by the time that call should come?

(Also, there were references in dialogues with Victory to Chrys barging into MC's room in the mornings, but while that hasn't been a frequent enough thing to describe as habitual or anything, it has happened in the story so far for me, so that one was easier to gloss over under the assumption that the 2-3 times it's happened so far are what the MC is referring to there)

Well, the photoshoot studio is where Harper's second interview took place (shortly after the first one at the hotel), so the phone call you mention should be triggered after that event. Are you using any mod or unofficial port? If you are playing the original build, then it's an unintended bug.

 

[deliqua]

new reader here just wondering what the update schedule for this vn looks like?

 

[jclarke]

Well, the photoshoot studio is where Harper's second interview took place (shortly after the first one at the hotel), so the phone call you mention should be triggered after that event. Are you using any mod or unofficial port? If you are playing the original build, then it's an unintended bug.

Awesome; thanks!
I'm getting this event from Riley's questline, but I've only had Harper's first interview so far, so I'd've thought that it would keep that locked behind a hint pointing me at Harper if that's supposed to be the case! As is, I guess I can just ignore Riley's line until Harper's gets me through her second interview?

(EDIT: Oh, I do have Shaddy's replay mod installed, so I guess that could be having unintended effects on some parts of the game it isn't meant to change?)
(EDIT 2: I wound up focusing on Harper to get through to her 2nd interview so I could go ahead and do my own first interview without going incredibly out of order, and I still have the same hint up from Riley, so I think it may have actually had nothing to do with her hint at all, and MC's first interview just happened to trigger in the place and time called out by the current hint for Riley, which does make a fair bit more sense to me than having it actually be tied to Riley's hint without having anything to do with Riley in the first place?)

new reader here just wondering what the update schedule for this vn looks like?

Also a fairly new reader here, but I think I saw some talk referencing every 6 or 7 weeks while I was skimming through some of the older posts in here!

 

[uamkt]

new reader here just wondering what the update schedule for this vn looks like?

every 6 weeks like clockwork for years

 

[moskyx]

Awesome; thanks!
I'm getting this event from Riley's questline, but I've only had Harper's first interview so far, so I'd've thought that it would keep that locked behind a hint pointing me at Harper if that's supposed to be the case! As is, I guess I can just ignore Riley's line until Harper's gets me through her second interview?

(EDIT: Oh, I do have Shaddy's replay mod installed, so I guess that could be having unintended effects on some parts of the game it isn't meant to change?)
(EDIT 2: I wound up focusing on Harper to get through to her 2nd interview so I could go ahead and do my own first interview without going incredibly out of order, and I still have the same hint up from Riley, so I think it may have actually had nothing to do with her hint at all, and MC's first interview just happened to trigger in the place and time called out by the current hint for Riley, which does make a fair bit more sense to me than having it actually be tied to Riley's hint without having anything to do with Riley in the first place?)



Also a fairly new reader here, but I think I saw some talk referencing every 6 or 7 weeks while I was skimming through some of the older posts in here!

The hint system is sometimes a bit weird. You can find hints specifically telling you to progress other girls' stories first because there's a bottleneck there, which is fine, but then sometimes the hint can be something like 'Let's see what's this Sunday lesson about' for weeks because there's another bottleneck somewhere and this time we are not given a proper clue about where it is. Even though this is a sandbox, there are certain points in the main story that require making some progress on all the girls' stories first, so you can really neglect one of them, you need to keep advancing more or less evenly with everyone. So basically check the minimap and look for colored rings at every timeslot, and train/study/pass time when there's none to be seen.

 

[Knight of Solace]

So it's probably WAY too late to implement this in the game, but I FINALLY figured out what's been nagging at me.

This is probably my top favorite game on the sight for pacing, quality, writing, characters, etc.

But one thing's been nagging at me and Felicity made me finally realize what it is.

The girls should have more interactions with EACH OTHER.

Not sex(Though I wouldn't object), but just...acknowledgments of each other's existence. Of the weirdness of all sharing a boyfriend. They all live in the same house but their paths never cross, they barely acknowledge each other or talk to each other.

I used to like the Classrooms every weekend specifically because it was the one time the girls would actually be in the same place at the same time, conversing together. Or at least listening together. lol.

What made this finally click for me is i'm progressing through the various Felicity events and thinking..."you'd think the other girls would have something to say about sharing a home, and a bathroom and a kitchen with the chick who's been spying on them for months".

I'm even wondering who's most likely to be cool and accepting about it like the MC? Who's most likely to be a bit of a understandably offended bitch about it?

And we have no idea because as far as it seems to be concern the others they're just going about their day-to-day routine unchanged. I guess it's jsut the limitation of a Sandbox format. And this late in the story I doubt we can do much about it. But maybe something for the dev to consider on his next project...let the girls talk amongst themselves sometimes. Show us how they deal with the fallout of the MC's choices.

Shhh, Developer here. Don't let the others know I paused rendering to write this!

This is something I'm fully aware of and will be a significant part of the game's overhaul when I redo the early portion.

The reason it wasn't implemented early on was because my computer couldn't handle more than one character in the same scene. Every time you saw that? Weeks of rendering. The animations? Two days for each one. A full week per set. The computer upgrade only this year now allows me to do things like this spontaneously instead of planning a calendar month around it. That's why you see things like this popping up more often, more creative lighting, more outdoor scenes, large environments, new characters, etc.

As for future content, you can expect more of these types of scenes going forward.

Also, side note, I am planning an overhaul of the UI that will address things like event tracking and will replace the existing relationship panel (the heart one). I'm not a graphic designer, so it's something I feel overwhelmed to tackle, but it is planned. The minimap isn't supposed to look like that forever, either. It was more of a proof of concept.

 

[deliqua]

thank you jclarke and uamkt
another question mostly for the developer what percent of the game do you feel has been completed?

 

[gabriel12345621]

Shhh, Developer here. Don't let the others know I paused rendering to write this!

This is something I'm fully aware of and will be a significant part of the game's overhaul when I redo the early portion.

The reason it wasn't implemented early on was because my computer couldn't handle more than one character in the same scene. Every time you saw that? Weeks of rendering. The animations? Two days for each one. A full week per set. The computer upgrade only this year now allows me to do things like this spontaneously instead of planning a calendar month around it. That's why you see things like this popping up more often, more creative lighting, more outdoor scenes, large environments, new characters, etc.

As for future content, you can expect more of these types of scenes going forward.

Also, side note, I am planning an overhaul of the UI that will address things like event tracking and will replace the existing relationship panel (the heart one). I'm not a graphic designer, so it's something I feel overwhelmed to tackle, but it is planned. The minimap isn't supposed to look like that forever, either. It was more of a proof of concept.

Little expression of joy, no sound, sexual intercourse is very muted

 

[Knight of Solace]

thank you jclarke and uamkt
another question mostly for the developer what percent of the game do you feel has been completed?

The "percentage" is a difficult question to answer. I tend to think of the game in terms of "events" but how much of the story is covered in an event varies. When it comes to content, here's an example of what I mean.

When I first released the game, I was creating 8-10 events per update which resulted in 15-20 minutes of story. These events were shorter, and more bound by the limitations of my hardware and my inexperience at the time.

Over the years, my update schedule and progress has changed a lot. Now, the new versions release with 6-8 events, but have 30-40 minutes of story. These events alternate in size, with short events leading into large events, to improve the pacing. Because of this, even though there are fewer events, I am getting through the story faster because these events are more meaningful.

Another issue with percentage is that I view the true "main story" of the game to be the protagonist's relationships with the heroines. The more conventional main story, the rescue of Queen Unbreakable, exists to push the characters - this is why after main story beats I take time to invest into the romances. The romances are the main focus and what I enjoy writing the most in this game.

With all that said, I'll give you a rough estimate. We are about 60% of the way through the game's conventional main story, and around 40% through with what I believe to be the game's total content. That second number might vary. Back when Patreon had financial goals, I had breakpoints for expanding the story, but given Superheroes Suck's reception, I don't think we will ever reach them. I am committed to finishing the game and the romantic arcs for all the main heroines. Everything else... I try not to think about it anymore.

 

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Anyone else getting a malware alert on the current release?

 

[cxx]

Anyone else getting a malware alert on the current release?

where did you dl it? don't think users under 3 posts can see links.

 

[Knight of Solace]

Anyone else getting a malware alert on the current release?

I've looked into this.

Windows Defender sometimes flags that script in Ren'py games. My game is not unique with this problem. If you Google the exact message, you'll find half a dozen other reddit posts from different games.

I think the reason it's happening now as opposed to the previous release is because I updated the Ren'py engine before the release. I do this every couple of months just in case. I don't want my game storing obsolete legacy code.

There is no malware in Superheroes Suck. You are receiving a false flag from Windows Defender that is easy to verify using third party tools. If you are uncomfortable, then I recommend you use the tools mentioned earlier in this thread.

 

[deliqua]

The "percentage" is a difficult question to answer. I tend to think of the game in terms of "events" but how much of the story is covered in an event varies. When it comes to content, here's an example of what I mean.

When I first released the game, I was creating 8-10 events per update which resulted in 15-20 minutes of story. These events were shorter, and more bound by the limitations of my hardware and my inexperience at the time.

Over the years, my update schedule and progress has changed a lot. Now, the new versions release with 6-8 events, but have 30-40 minutes of story. These events alternate in size, with short events leading into large events, to improve the pacing. Because of this, even though there are fewer events, I am getting through the story faster because these events are more meaningful.

Another issue with percentage is that I view the true "main story" of the game to be the protagonist's relationships with the heroines. The more conventional main story, the rescue of Queen Unbreakable, exists to push the characters - this is why after main story beats I take time to invest into the romances. The romances are the main focus and what I enjoy writing the most in this game.

With all that said, I'll give you a rough estimate. We are about 60% of the way through the game's conventional main story, and around 40% through with what I believe to be the game's total content. That second number might vary. Back when Patreon had financial goals, I had breakpoints for expanding the story, but given Superheroes Suck's reception, I don't think we will ever reach them. I am committed to finishing the game and the romantic arcs for all the main heroines. Everything else... I try not to think about it anymore.

Thank you for the reply

 

[cxx]

funny update as usual, ferocity is good addition to academy even she has crappy power and is in need of a cure. apparently 2 main events were mc meeting mayor and he getting lovestruck's bike andhalf main event on artemisia's talk about getting synthetic skin.

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