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

[leeyaoyao]

have add console?

 

[greggus]

Well, im stuck.
On Chrys and Valentina i have- i wonder what missus powell is going to cover, harper finished, and Riley - who is a good girl in the hints.
Well, a clicked for three weeks now with those hints, and nothing happen.

 

[somebodynobody]

Still waiting on Chrys to fulfill her promise. MC is patiently waiting on his dick soul extraction.

I kind of think he has to have a passive power about endurance (outside of sex), mainly because of the scene where he was training with Missus Powell. She threw a weight lifting bench at him and it smacked him in the face. That is a lot of weight to smash a normal person in the face with even at low speeds, yet he didn't go to the hospital or anything, just walked it off.

During that scene he did maybe feel or think he touched some type of power right before he took it to the face, however maybe he was wrong.

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I know it is because the Dev doesn't have a great gpu. Visually though the city seems always dead. No one really on the streets, highway, stores. Feels like a Super Villain is attacking a Mid West town of maybe 40 people.

 

[Avaron1974]

Also, don't know if someone mentioned and I missed it but there seemed to be a bit of foreshadowing with Powell and her daughter.

Talking to Artemisia about how she talks and said it came from Miss Powell's daughter and he said "she must really want to be a hero" and Artemisia said "she did, yeah" .... past tense.

Either she went bad or she died or something serious happened.

 

[vultron]

Sumire is a absolute savage and it makes me want to bang her instead of her daughter. lmao

 

[Rinbael]

Also, don't know if someone mentioned and I missed it but there seemed to be a bit of foreshadowing with Powell and her daughter.

Talking to Artemisia about how she talks and said it came from Miss Powell's daughter and he said "she must really want to be a hero" and Artemisia said "she did, yeah" .... past tense.

Either she went bad or she died or something serious happened.

I never noticed that it makes me think that Miss Powell's daughter might have either helped make or was the influence for the creation of Artemisa

 

[Knight of Solace]

The android version has so many errors, I can't see the start screen or any other screen, the screen which has choices to make are visible only, nothing else.
Please fix it.

Hey there. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time getting this game to run. Making things difficult was literally the opposite of my goal with the new Android version.

I'm getting a lot of conflicting information on the Android version of the game. My patrons, by and large, are reporting no errors (aside from the navigating being difficult. Fixing that is on the to-do list!). The only issue that was reported was when a patron forgot to enable storage permission. I think part of the problem has something to do with players dabbling between the official and unofficial versions of the port. My advice: do not mix them. If you were playing the "unofficial version," then please continue to play that. the66 does a great job, and I am very appreciative of the work he's done to make Superheroes Suck accessible to a wider audience. The main reason I released my own Android version is because I do have a lot of players that don't frequent this forum. At this point in the game's life cycle, there's really no point to restarting your game. There will be over the next few releases, so if you're set on making the switch, I recommend after the next update.

That said, I have no idea what kind of bug would be disable menus before you even get into the game, which suggests to me that something went wrong with building the package to the game rather than any coding I did. I'm using the "universal" option to package the game rather than the three different options usually reserved for the Google Play store. If there is an error page, please private message me and I'll try to resolve it.

I'm sorry if this response isn't as comprehensive as you would like. A lot of bugs that get reported to me through F95zone are strange because they're not repeatable on my end. Sometimes, they're not even repeatable if I have their save file, which makes correcting it almost impossible unless they're screen sharing with me. The splash screen disappearing, the game forgetting the protagonist's own name, and missing file errors are all things that seem unique to this forum, which is why I think the unofficial versions are involved, though, that doesn't mean they're at fault. I have nothing against the "unofficial" versions of the game, and it's really humbling to see other people care about my little superhero porn game so much that they'll dedicate time to translations, compressed versions, and even ports to other systems like the Android port. They also run very well, but sometimes people will jump between the "Compressed" PC release and then the "Official PC" release and the save file can't handle that. That is where I usually discover the root of missing file errors.

 

[Knight of Solace]

I actually had the interview before the hospital.
But after those scenes, it didn't tell me "You've reached the end of this content" like it did for the two girls.

You can have the interview before the hospital, I want them to be discoverable in either order. It doesn't have that "You've reached the end of this content" tagline because these are side stories, and they don't belong to a linear pathway of events.

 

[ssj782]

You can have the interview before the hospital, I want them to be discoverable in either order. It doesn't have that "You've reached the end of this content" tagline because these are side stories, and they don't belong to a linear pathway of events.

Shouldn't the hospital visit count as a pathway of events? He goes to test if he even has a super power, which is the major issue of the current main storyline. That he can't activate his power again, so he thinks he doesn't really have one. And the end of the visit didn't make it sound like he tested positive, either. Nothing was said about the test taking time or anything. And her comment specifically sounded like he tested negative for powers.

 

[Knight of Solace]

Sandbox aside, really enjoyed this. Still feels like prologue, waiting for story to kick in high gear. Add super villain faction ( like with X-men), and just go bat shit-crazy with it. ( at this point stat grind/training feels pointless and drags the game).
That said, some pacing/progress with the girls could've been done better:
Harper/Valentina: They both jump too quickly on MC. Few extra early scenes, some build up, would've helped here. With Harper, it would make sense if MC took more initiative, at first.
Chrys: Best so far. Kind of traditional; physical attraction/just sex first, then you learn more there is lot more to her.
Riley: Early scenes have good pace, but goes way too fast later on ( when you hit massage table). Few scenes where MC gets to know her more, marriage problems, would've helped. Kind of odd, she's now all over him ( just ditched her husband, moved back in..not that I'm complaining )

After a year of development, I finally feel there's enough content in the current version that I can keep my promise to go back and address the early portion of Superheroes Suck. So, over the next several months, development time will be split between advancing the story and replacing the duct-tape I used to hold together the first two hours of the game.

All of the "training / stat grind" events (except the very first), will be replaced with actual events. So, you will still be increasing your stats, but there will be content instead. I've ditched the repeatable training idea entirely. It was there to fluff out the game back when I had a graphics card that worked on the might of a hamster wheel and prayer. Depending on the voting for the patreon poll, I think Valentina's training events are up first for revision. I keep refreshing the page because she's currently tied with Riley. I guess the three new H-scenes weren't enough.

The girls each have shorter or longer "initial character arcs" depending on their hang-ups. Harper, for example, has very little stopping her from pursing the protagonist aside from her own self-consciousness, which is why she makes the first move in the story. By contrast, Riley is married, and her whole initial arc revolves around "we can't because I'm married" to "if I weren't married..." to "who ever heard of a ring blocking a hole anyway?" Chrys' arc is the longest, because you need Riley's support to finish progressing it. This is also why you've seen Harper show up in Chrys' events.

We're getting to the villains as well! I have so many plans for Lovestruck and all of the others involved, but I'm also juggling a lot. Once Chrys' arc is finished, the early game is less grindy, and I've stacked the table with tons of animated H-events, we go into full production mode for the villains and the main story.

 

[Nexvinco]

Decided to give this a go after waiting a few updates. I like the story and the characters are likable and believable, which is nice.

My problem is the MC obviously totally lacks any kind of superpower. Its really irritating. Just give him something, please, otherwise there is literally no point to having superpowers in the story.

I know its a bit of a stupid thing to complain about, but it really makes me not want to play this.

 

[Avaron1974]

otherwise there is literally no point to having superpowers in the story.

So because the MC doesn't have actual powers there is no point in the girls having any?

Did you lose a bet and have to type something dumb or are you drunk or just not thinking clearly today?

Genuinely curious because that was, quite possibly, the winner in this months dumb comment contest and we're only 2 days into the month.

 

[Knight of Solace]

Shouldn't the hospital visit count as a pathway of events? He goes to test if he even has a super power, which is the major issue of the current main storyline. That he can't activate his power again, so he thinks he doesn't really have one. And the end of the visit didn't make it sound like he tested positive, either. Nothing was said about the test taking time or anything. And her comment specifically sounded like he tested negative for powers.

I'm sorry, I'm not explaining this correctly.

It's not a pathway of events because it's literally not in an ongoing event pathway. For example:

Event 1 -> Event 2 -> Event 3 -> Etc

By contrast:

Event 1 - > Event 2 - > Event 3
\
The hospital - > X

The hospital event isn't necessary for story progression, but it's there to help establish how proactive the protagonist is trying to be in seeing if he has any powers at all. Failing the test has two outcomes: you've either already activated your powers, or you don't have anyway. Harper, for example, never took the test because her powers switched on when she was a child.

 

[moskyx]

Also, don't know if someone mentioned and I missed it but there seemed to be a bit of foreshadowing with Powell and her daughter.

Talking to Artemisia about how she talks and said it came from Miss Powell's daughter and he said "she must really want to be a hero" and Artemisia said "she did, yeah" .... past tense.

Either she went bad or she died or something serious happened.

My guess is that Missus Powell's daughter is actually Harper. Her fame issues, the way she talked about the constant relocations with her mother while being a child... everything points to it. Also, we know Powell had a daughter and her husband has powers too, so their daughter would express some powers too. And her love for books could also explain that Artemisia way of talking if she had a phase... Maybe Arty uses past tense because Harper really wanted that bad to be a hero when she was younger but eventually realized how tough it is to be that famous and how many 'normal' things she was missing out because of it. But that option you arise, while legit, seems too dark for this game, in my opinion

 

[Knight of Solace]

My original comment was just that the only way having powers would guarantee MC's dad has powers was if MC were female, bc only women would need to get the super gene from both parents, which is still true. My point was that MC assumes in game that his dad must have powers which isn't necessarily true.

This has been addressed in the new version!

Also, I have forwarded an email apologising to my biology professor.

 

[Knight of Solace]

Well, im stuck.
On Chrys and Valentina i have- i wonder what missus powell is going to cover, harper finished, and Riley - who is a good girl in the hints.
Well, a clicked for three weeks now with those hints, and nothing happen.

You need to progress Riley's event. Pet the cat in your bedroom the following morning.

 

[ssj782]

Failing the test has two outcomes: you've either already activated your powers, or you don't have anyway. Harper, for example, never took the test because her powers switched on when she was a child.

If the test checks for markers, why would an active power NOT have the markers for superpowers? That doesn't really make sense...

Side note. Will we learn more about the old man who either gave or just activated the mc's powers soon?

 

[Knight of Solace]

Still waiting on Chrys to fulfill her promise. MC is patiently waiting on his dick soul extraction.

I kind of think he has to have a passive power about endurance (outside of sex), mainly because of the scene where he was training with Missus Powell. She threw a weight lifting bench at him and it smacked him in the face. That is a lot of weight to smash a normal person in the face with even at low speeds, yet he didn't go to the hospital or anything, just walked it off.

During that scene he did maybe feel or think he touched some type of power right before he took it to the face, however maybe he was wrong.

-------

I know it is because the Dev doesn't have a great gpu. Visually though the city seems always dead. No one really on the streets, highway, stores. Feels like a Super Villain is attacking a Mid West town of maybe 40 people.

Dick soul extraction is a work in progress. The next version should complete Chrys' initial arc, and then you can expect a similar explosion of H-content for Chrys like we just had for Riley.

City scene dressing is another thing I'm working on. With any luck, I'll have fixed it before the next event takes place there.

 

[Paapi]

Latest update contains turn based combat ?? If not, please add it on future versions Knight of Solace

 

[Knight of Solace]

If the test checks for markers, why would an active power NOT have the markers for superpowers? That doesn't really make sense...

Side note. Will we learn more about the old man who either gave or just activated the mc's powers soon?

It's administered like an allergy test, but they're not actual allergies. Exposure to one of the allergens instead acts like a catalyst. Without it, the body never undergoes the necessary changes to develop superpowers, but once it's finished, more catalyst has no effect.

The entire early portion of the game is being looked at for revision. Bits and pieces will be replaced over time, and so I can't promise any development from those characters, including: elderly exposition man and super Karen, because I don't know if I'll have to cut them, remake them, or reintroduce them. I wouldn't place a lot of story emphasis on them at this time. The hospital encounter with Missus Powell, for example, is probably going to be remade in the next update. That is an event so old that the model, that outfit, and the whole lighting engine used at the time are no longer workable. They've all been updated since, and so the whole thing needs to be replaced.