VN Ren'Py Completed Talked Themselves into It [Final] [Nessun0]

[Doejhn]

Definitely a fan of the story by Downing Street. I'll be keeping an eye on the game.

 

[PAPTT]

Its seem so nice. But, without android port?

 

[JoshuaDADAD]

This is like honey select pretty much

 

[groove888]

It's not the grind, it's the build-up to the sex ; otherwise I just watch pornhub, it's better modeled and animated

I mean you can build up without forcing people to go through a boring clickfest but that would take some writing/coding skills.

 

[nes0]

I mean you can build up without forcing people to go through a boring clickfest but that would take some writing/coding skills.

I agree but actually it mainly take time: I had the writing (the original novel is very well written and the Priscilla arc is exactly as you people would love) and I'm a good enough coder, but creating renders takes a lot of time (at least to me, maybe a skilled artist can do it while sipping a coffe). So I decide to cut some dialogues and rework some characters to speed up the process...
This, reading your remarks, didn't end well: I hoped to keep a good balance, I fail. But this garbage take me 20 weeks and I almost give up 3-4 times, so I apologize in advance, but to have a chance to deploy chapter 2 I don't see a change of pace in the future: I'm not stubborn, just trying to be realistic about my time... Or maybe I'm just lazy

 

[Sam173]

I agree but actually it mainly take time: I had the writing (the original novel is very well written and the Priscilla arc is exactly as you people would love) and I'm a good enough coder, but creating renders takes a lot of time (at least to me, maybe a skilled artist can do it while sipping a coffe). So I decide to cut some dialogues and rework some characters to speed up the process...
This, reading your remarks, didn't end well: I hoped to keep a good balance, I fail. But this garbage take me 20 weeks and I almost give up 3-4 times, so I apologize in advance, but to have a chance to deploy chapter 2 I don't see a change of pace in the future: I'm not stubborn, just trying to be realistic about my time... Or maybe I'm just lazy

why dont you request for an artist in the forum?

 

[groove888]

I agree but actually it mainly take time: I had the writing (the original novel is very well written and the Priscilla arc is exactly as you people would love) and I'm a good enough coder, but creating renders takes a lot of time (at least to me, maybe a skilled artist can do it while sipping a coffe). So I decide to cut some dialogues and rework some characters to speed up the process...
This, reading your remarks, didn't end well: I hoped to keep a good balance, I fail. But this garbage take me 20 weeks and I almost give up 3-4 times, so I apologize in advance, but to have a chance to deploy chapter 2 I don't see a change of pace in the future: I'm not stubborn, just trying to be realistic about my time... Or maybe I'm just lazy

I'm not dissing you, you did something (I have about 4-5 half written game/concept that I do nothing with) it's just a general remark about grinding I wanted to add to the conversation.

There are also other factors that add to my general dislike on how the grind is handled in games :increment to low (+1 when your goal is 20 smh),lack of feedback (you grind endlessely while you're at the end of the content/that you need to some specific action that make sense to the dev only), the nature of alpha/beta games coded by amateurs(dev fucked up a trigger and now you're stuck without knowing it/lack of end of content message).

At the end of the day I rarely see grinding well implemented (also when it's well implemented it might not feel like grinding at all so there is that).

In your game I had was stuck in a loop not knowing if I should push through or not with the character saying I should talk to priscilla without getting the opportunity to do so (issue with the trigger/got softlock without knowing it). But also honestly what's the point of clicking 20 times with nothing happening ?
Adding small interaction/variations in the interactions is good enough IMO.


Edit:I replayed , didn't get softlocked and I can definitely tell that the grind comment was not directed toward you but a reply/rebuttal to dolfe67 comment.

 

[nes0]

why dont you request for an artist in the forum?

Actually I posted a request and received 2 responses: one artist disappeared without a word after giving me a couple of renders, with the other we didn't match in style and interest. But I guess the F-word (free ) attached to the project is the main (understandable) reason why I didn't find anyone.

 

[nes0]

I'm not dissing you, you did something (I have about 4-5 half written game/concept that I do nothing with) it's just a general remark about grinding I wanted to add to the conversation.
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No offense taken, I really appreciated all the polite and constructive posts in this thread: you and a couple of others don't like tha pace and take time to motivate it in a clear and kind way. I can't ask for more!
Honestly I was a bit anxious publishing this game 'cause I feared a pile of harsh remarks, but till now I'm just delighted and even learn something about the perception of "grinding"

 

[groove888]

No offense taken, I really appreciated all the polite and constructive posts in this thread: you and a couple of others don't like tha pace and take time to motivate it in a clear and kind way. I can't ask for more!
Honestly I was a bit anxious publishing this game 'cause I feared a pile of harsh remarks, but till now I'm just delighted and even learn something about the perception of "grinding"

I personnally feel like people are harsher when the game is not generous (hours of tedious gameplay/grinding for little to no payoff) and obvious cashgrab. Also your game is mostly fine not the game of the year but it is fun and could develop nicely.

If I were to tell you something it would be to change the "softlock" were if you didn't change Priscilla's name nothing happens (for at least 3 weeks nothing happened so I called it quits) turn it to a game over or give the player the possibility for a do over.

Another change I'd make is turning the days into weeks or even months(so you increment by a week each actions) mainly because the changes seem a little quick for my taste but that might only be me.

 

[Sam173]

have to say this though the story is progress way too quickly, the game is highly focused on the sex scenes, instead of the stone affecting all characters at the same time can make the stone effect based on the number of times the MC has visited that person that way more individual content for each character can be added. plus with the story going this quickly you might end up with a writers block pretty soon

 

[nes0]

I don't plan this to be very long, another chapter or two: with my snail speed it will maybe take the whole 2021... But I'll try to rearrange the flow (no promise made!)
I understand now that I fail to let players infer the idea that the MC doesn't get a real grasp of the situation, he blindly enjoy the sex! so he cannot use the stone on people, he just rubs it 'cause he's worried...

 

[Darkspirit25]

Well this was a nice surprise Christmas present. Although its short it sure has a lot of potential so keep up the good work

 

[BigEffinPerv]

Good game so far but is there a reason Corinne says she's 45 but looks more like 65?

 

[bsjfan69]

The premise seems great (and I wish I was into written erotica so I could enjoy the original story but I'm too low IQ for that). So is the writing and the renders. But a scene into it and they're already turned into total sluts. It's not that there isn't enough content (of course there isn't, it's a 0.1), but after reading the dev's posts in this thread, it seems like there never will be. This game has a ton of potential, but it seems it will never be realized. Shame!

Aside from that, there's a weird technical issue with this game, in which for some reason I already have all save slots filled, and I can skip text I haven't seen even with that option turned off. Even after deleting the saves in the appdata folder, they persist. Not a big deal at all, but I just wanted to mention it.

 

[nes0]

Good game so far but is there a reason Corinne says she's 45 but looks more like 65?

More than one reason
- I don't like 45 women that look 30 in almost all the games.
- She starts as a dull, I'm-not-interested-in-find-another-man widow, so she does nothing to enanche her figure.
- HoneySelect isn't great for creating old characters so I had to push it or in some scene she'll look to young.
- I'm pretty bad at creating characters

 

[nes0]

The premise seems great (and I wish I was into written erotica so I could enjoy the original story but I'm too low IQ for that). So is the writing and the renders. But a scene into it and they're already turned into total sluts. It's not that there isn't enough content (of course there isn't, it's a 0.1), but after reading the dev's posts in this thread, it seems like there never will be. This game has a ton of potential, but it seems it will never be realized. Shame!

Aside from that, there's a weird technical issue with this game, in which for some reason I already have all save slots filled, and I can skip text I haven't seen even with that option turned off. Even after deleting the saves in the appdata folder, they persist. Not a big deal at all, but I just wanted to mention it.

I'll check the save/skip issue, looks somehow I transfer my saves with the game

 

[Voilsh]

While this game is being updated, I really recommend the story from Downing Street, it's hot as hell, and IMO mind control done well (no "zap" control turning the girls into mindless zombies, they just are changing progressively... and these clothing descriptions, holy shit it was so erotic).
It's in my top 5 mind control stories with a few others of the same quality.

 

[HylTin]

If you pick the other options there's no infinite loop... By the way, you can give her a new name and write the original one if you like.

Personally, I have chosen the "Prissy ?" answer and had the infinite loop without any event so... maybe some work from those choices but nothing too hard I think. Anyway, waiting for the bug fix and next versions, keep going!

 

[Futaglit]

Try the game, a bit weird, but pleasant to play with.