Ren'Py The Awakening [v0.4.6b] [SLim Games]

[peterlustiglewd]

just open it with 7zip. winrar has some problems with the foldername.

 

[benx55]

Haha had a good laugh at the milfy city mc ...good job btw

 

[milfkiller]

some of the memory scenes have not voice

 

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[ALCapote]

some of the memory scenes have not voice

In my game, most of the scenes do not have the voices. And while it's a nice addition, if it is not stable, I say ditch it and focus on the story and animations.

 

[christof rauch]

SLim_Games sorry, but after nearly 3 years of waiting for this game to progress, I am deleting it. Your updates are basically (at least for v 0.3) bug fixes, mechanics additions or improvements, with VERY minimal additions to actual content. This last update was the worst. While I DO like the hint system, the fact that in less than an hour I can finish every single girl progression/content makes this game a joke. Of course, this is my personal opinion, but if you really want to develop a good game, the first thing you should do is make your updates more content oriented rather than "bug fixes and mechanics". Your prologue was WAY better than the game is now. My personal "gripes" are as follows:

1) You went from a home to a crappy apartment for the MC and his family (not to mention Margaret.

2) The revenge on the bullies seems to have been abandoned.

3) You - in the 0.3 version appear to be able to impregnate Juliet, yet once you do, you never hear from her again.

4) your story progression was WAY better in your prologue than in the "real" game. You should have stayed with the prologue and advanced the content from that rather than making - basically - a new game.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked this game, until the lack of basic progression in content fell to the side. I even would have accepted the 0.3 version if you had continued to add actual content significantly instead of doing the minimum needed to "hook" your patreons into paying you - hoping for significant content additions and improvements (meaning adding content for more than one freaking girl/lady).

Like I said, this is, of course, my personal opinion. Your renders and annimations are fairly top-notch. Your change of viewpoints are great. But unfortunately, your game as it is is not so great.

 

[Deleted member 1399911]

I'm confused on this.

I see 'patch' and 'incest', are they the same thing? And does the prologue need one?

 

[kidlat1x]

has there been any content with the mom yet? last time i played it was something in the changing room.

 

[SNOW 777]

some of the memory scenes have not voice

Unfortunately, the whole game has voiceovers, but I think we can only hear a small voice without paying.

 

[fishbrain]

Oh my god that fleshlight scene was hysterical!!

 

[capitanqueso]

I'm a little dissapointed it turned into a soap opera/telenovela in this update, i wouldn't mind a slutty neighbourg to have a little fun but please, lets just focus in the school, I mean, there are plenty horny teenagers there to recharge the fairy, I guess the dev never went to college, that school looks like a biblic study group, lol, enough with the old hags, lets pop some cherries! Drink some beers, get the girls drunk and have parties!!
By the way, has anyone unlocked the last galery picture? Can't find it.

 

[ꜱᴛᴀɢᴡᴏᴏᴅ]

christof rauch
If you had been a Patron at any point in the last year you'd know that the bully arc is still definitely on the cards since it appears in priority polls frequently, and loses them. So I'm confident you're not a Patron and trying to speak for Patron's when you don't appear to be one makes you look like an entitled gatekeeping douchebag.
It's a small team, so of course, updates are gonna be small - and of course, the scale of the game/number of girls in the story is too great to include updates for all of them in every update.

And you realise that the so-called better story progression in the prologue that you seem to so strongly prefer didn't happen overnight, right? Updates also weren't as frequent back then since SLim was still very much a beginner and still learning a lot of what he needed to know to make the game. Which he was doing completely alone at that time might I add.
The progression of the prologue was a straight VN, and large chunks didn't even give much in the way of branching. It was, for the most part, A to B. Yet early into that prologue you can see the seeds of what we have now. SLim very clearly wanted to make a free-roaming game with more sandbox elements as indicated by the house exploration section. I get the impression that he just didn't know how to lay the foundation at that time and when he did figure it out it straight up required a rebuild.

We all have preferences for what we want out of games, and that's fine, but the way you're wearing your entitlement like some kind of badge of honour is making you look bad. Be patient for the content you want to see out of a project or move onto completed ones because I really can't see any dev taking the kind of feedback you're providing here seriously at all.


But let's address your gripes though.

1) The assets used in the apartment are of higher quality and the switch from a detached house to an adjoined apartment serves the narrative - the MC would not have heard Margaret through the wall if she wasn't right on the other side of it.

2) False. It's still planned but Patrons don't care enough about it to vote it as a priority for the content they want to see.

3) That happened in the last Juliet update we got, there hasn't been a Juliet update since so we don't get a follow-up yet. Why not? Because Patrons haven't voted for it in the priority polls.

4) While many changes have been made since the prologue it is still loosely canon and will be updated and brought forward into the "real game" as you put it. The newer incarnation of the game is a remake after SLim developed his skills to match what he envisioned the game to be. The reason the prologue content hasn't been brought forward yet? You guessed it, the Patrons don't care enough about it to vote for it.

So, this "hook" you're concerned about actually appears to be delivering exactly what Patrons are asking for.
And yes you are, of course, entitled to your personal opinion. But you've built the one you currently hold on a severe lack of knowledge of how this game is developing (especially in regards to prioritisation of content) and apparently some fantasy about how much work such small teams of game developers can get done.

 

[rafa30]

what am I doing here?
Can someone help me?

 

[christof rauch]

christof rauch
If you had been a Patron at any point in the last year you'd know that the bully arc is still definitely on the cards since it appears in priority polls frequently, and loses them. So I'm confident you're not a Patron and trying to speak for Patron's when you don't appear to be one makes you look like an entitled gatekeeping douchebag.
It's a small team, so of course, updates are gonna be small - and of course, the scale of the game/number of girls in the story is too great to include updates for all of them in every update.

And you realise that the so-called better story progression in the prologue that you seem to so strongly prefer didn't happen overnight, right? Updates also weren't as frequent back then since SLim was still very much a beginner and still learning a lot of what he needed to know to make the game. Which he was doing completely alone at that time might I add.
The progression of the prologue was a straight VN, and large chunks didn't even give much in the way of branching. It was, for the most part, A to B. Yet early into that prologue you can see the seeds of what we have now. SLim very clearly wanted to make a free-roaming game with more sandbox elements as indicated by the house exploration section. I get the impression that he just didn't know how to lay the foundation at that time and when he did figure it out it straight up required a rebuild.

Fair enough, as far as it goes. You are correct, I am not a patreon of THIS game, and I can accept your "rebuke" for my attitude. And yes, I understand that the prologue probably took a while, which is WHY I said it was better than the current version

We all have preferences for what we want out of games, and that's fine, but the way you're wearing your entitlement like some kind of badge of honour is making you look bad. Be patient for the content you want to see out of a project or move onto completed ones because I really can't see any dev taking the kind of feedback you're providing here seriously at all.

I will not even dignify this with a response

But let's address your gripes though.

1) The assets used in the apartment are of higher quality and the switch from a detached house to an adjoined apartment serves the narrative - the MC would not have heard Margaret through the wall if she wasn't right on the other side of it.

2) False. It's still planned but Patrons don't care enough about it to vote it as a priority for the content they want to see.

3) That happened in the last Juliet update we got, there hasn't been a Juliet update since so we don't get a follow-up yet. Why not? Because Patrons haven't voted for it in the priority polls.

4) While many changes have been made since the prologue it is still loosely canon and will be updated and brought forward into the "real game" as you put it. The newer incarnation of the game is a remake after SLim developed his skills to match what he envisioned the game to be. The reason the prologue content hasn't been brought forward yet? You guessed it, the Patrons don't care enough about it to vote for it.

1) That is a surprise, since I have lived in houses where the neighbor gets into arguements with his/her spouse and it is heard not just by me, but the neighbors on the other side, neighbors across the street, and anyone outside. So, while I understand your comment regarding "serving the narrative", it is at best a limp arguement

2)Which means it has been abandoned, from my perspective. My point exactly.

3) Hmmm, that was in the first part of the switch to the current rebuild, and should have been addressed by now. So, from my point of view, abandoned again. Sure, for this and the numnber 2 point, I understand the developer is catering to his patreons, but Christ have mercy, there are plenty of players who are also getting freaking bored because he either abandons previously referenced points, or cares more for money than making a consistent and continuous game with reasonable game and story continuity..

4) Really? sorry, I just do not see it. As I said in my previous post, he should have kept the prologue as the main story and improved on it rather than just "rebuilding" it. Sorry, but I have seen too many developers using the excuse to "rebuild" a game to scam people out of money (not saying THIS developer is doing that). A good case in point is "Thinking about You". That game has had so many reboots and rebuilds that it has NEVER gotten past v 0.4.0. Regardless, while I understand he was - and maybe still is - new to game development, he could have learned without having to reboot/rebuild the game. As for your last comment on this point, once again... he is more concerned with making money than making a decent, playable game. I mean Christ, the hints are good, but I finished his current build in about an hour... with no problems and even with reading every line of dialogue.

So, this "hook" you're concerned about actually appears to be delivering exactly what Patrons are asking for.
And yes you are, of course, entitled to your personal opinion. But you've built the one you currently hold on a severe lack of knowledge of how this game is developing (especially in regards to prioritisation of content) and apparently some fantasy about how much work such small teams of game developers can get done.

Sure, the developer SHOULD be concerned about what his paying patreons want, but he should also be concerned about what his NON-paying players want/would like to see/ prefer; at least to SOME extent.And no, I have no "fantasy" as you call it about how much work games like this entail. I have been reviewing games for the past 8 years, both private games like these (meaning small teams to single developers), and the more commercial games from developers such as JAST and ILLUSION. So, I am QUITE aware of how much time it takes, how difficult it is and can be, and unfortunately, with developers similar to Slonique I have seen plenty that really only care about soaking the consumer - paying or non-paying - rather than providing a decent game. And no, I am NOT saying this developer is identified as this. I really do like the game over all, and I think the renders, both in the prologue as well as this main game, are spot on in good work. I also enjoy (though I think it is over used) the X-Ray vision, the ability to change positional perspective, The girls content - for the most part - where they progress and show character development (Linda specifically comes to mind, the sister less so). I don't even mind if there are a couple of months between updates (or 3 or 4 months) if the updates have some significant content rather than mostly - from what I see of his changelog - bug fixes and changes in the mechanics of the game.

Sorry for my lengthy response, but since you appeared to feel the need to - from my perspective - put down my original post, I felt it needful to explain what I was actually taking about and correct some misconceptions.

This game IS good, as far as it goes, it is just boring as a sandbox game, and sandbox games are NOT easy to make, I know.

 

[Abhai]

....delivering exactly what Patrons are asking for.

while i agree with the most of your post, this part raises some concerns
i do hope the dev/team or whoever is responsible for its future, do have a plan, and a clear idea, what they want from this game, and that "patrons wanna-patrons get it" is directed only to minor phases/priorities in that developing process.
otherwise, in my outsiders look, this game could be as good as dead.

 

[christof rauch]

while i agree with the most of your post, this part raises some concerns
i do hope the dev/team or whoever is responsible for its future, do have a plan, and a clear idea, what they want from this game, and that "patrons wanna-patrons get it" is directed only to minor phases/priorities in that developing process.
otherwise, in my outsiders look, this game could be as good as dead.

I agree, if he is worried ONLY about patrons, because they give him money, to me it means that the only way to get a decent game basically REQUIRES me to give him money. Developers like that do not last log at all

 

[KaitenBK201]

I got the feeling while playing this game that there is a huge conspirancy around the mc, right or wrong? I mean i don't want to have the permanent feeling of the wolrd wanting bad to you, that kind of creepy feeling (not sure about my english sry)

 

[SLim_Games]

I agree, if he is worried ONLY about patrons, because they give him money, to me it means that the only way to get a decent game basically REQUIRES me to give him money. Developers like that do not last log at all

I don't understand how you come up with your stuff. :/
I also don't get where you get the idea that all my updates are just bug fixes and mechanics.

This update was 381 renders + 100 xrays + 10animations
Previous update was in October 2nd with 195 renders (it was a mini update for the previous content)
The update before that was 678 renders + 221 xrays + 16 animated scenes which was in Aug 20th

I am also currently working with 4 other people on the next game in unreal engine and I did let my patrons know that I had to take some time off (couple of days) on developing Awakening because I had stuff to do in Unreal so the Team could continue working in unreal.

That's just how it is. I might also not be the fastest one to render and maybe I am slower compared to other devs in general, but I still spend most of my time working on it and trying out new stuff like new render techniques.

And no matter how many insults people here are throwing at me or calling me names, I'll still continue developing games even if I'm at 0 patrons.
That's just what I love doing. So yeah you won't get rid of me. (not directed at you christof, just in general)

while i agree with the most of your post, this part raises some concerns
i do hope the dev/team or whoever is responsible for its future, do have a plan, and a clear idea, what they want from this game, and that "patrons wanna-patrons get it" is directed only to minor phases/priorities in that developing process.
otherwise, in my outsiders look, this game could be as good as dead.

The patrons are only voting what I will work on next.. they don't decide anything story related, just what will get updated first.
But the next 3 updates are decided by me, because I want to advance in the Landlady, roomie arc now and reworking the prologue into the main game.

Oh and here is a sneak peek how far I've come in unreal regarding making characters look appealing.. still a long way to go.
The hair is so hard to make look right. The whole shader system is confusing too.. but I'm a bloody beginner so yeah..

 

[FormerlyknownasOlheden]

Is it the amnesia that makes the MC react and reason like a 12-year old? Some sort of regression to a child-like mental state? I mean, almost every scene has some dialogue that indicates that MC is waaay younger than 21 (or 19 as he should be mentally). Visit to doctor: stethoscope too cold, ear device is too cold ... moaning like a little kid about most things seems to be MCs general activity. Or has he become slightly mentally challenged by the accident? Can't follow instructions, doesn't understand directions, forgets people instantly (even if they've given him a blowjob!) ... It makes immersion quite difficult I must say.

 

[christof rauch]

I don't understand how you come up with your stuff. :/
I also don't get where you get the idea that all my updates are just bug fixes and mechanics.

This update was 381 renders + 100 xrays + 10animations
Previous update was in October 2nd with 195 renders (it was a mini update for the previous content)
The update before that was 678 renders + 221 xrays + 16 animated scenes which was in Aug 20th

When I am wrong, I will always admit it, and I must admit, In this area, I was wrong and do humbly apologize to you. I think, because I was reviewing several games, I may have accidentally mixed up yours with another, so please accept my apologies.

I am also currently working with 4 other people on the next game in unreal engine and I did let my patrons know that I had to take some time off (couple of days) on developing Awakening because I had stuff to do in Unreal so the Team could continue working in unreal.

That's just how it is. I might also not be the fastest one to render and maybe I am slower compared to other devs in general, but I still spend most of my time working on it and trying out new stuff like new render techniques.

Personally, a few of my most favorite games have 3 to 4 months between updates, so it was not the time between updates that bothered me, it was the general, apparent, lack of progression within the story-line. The best example I can give is the Margaret update, I finished that and basically had no real progression within her story arch. Sure, you added a number of things, but hell... nothing really significant happened within her arch, just "oh he is cheating on her" investigation. Like I said, LOVE the hint system, but following that I finished the current progression within the game in about an hour to an hour and a half.

What bothers me the most is the OVER USE of x-ray renders. Look, I do not need to see her (or anyone else's) body every 5 to 15 seconds.From experience with othre games that uses x-ray, it is a waste of render time when it has it every damn time. Once or twice during a scene or story arch would be fine. Trust me, I have a pretty decent imagination and can remember what was shown in x-ray even after 5 to 15 minutes after it was last used and I am sure other players are pretty much no different.

Just as an example of deelpers who take their time in providing updates "slowly, lol; Ecchi Sensei is one. I mean damn, they are about 4 to 6 months between updates last I checked. And yes, they have a fairly large development team so can add significant content each update (though they DO have a LOT of bugs each update), My New Family, by Killer 7 is another game that, while his updates are monthly, and he is pretty much the main developer (I THINK he has maybe one or two others assisting in various capacities) he provides a HELL of a lot of significant content progression, and he is also (like you) pretty new. My New Family is his first game. MidLife Crisis is the third example, his updates are between long and short in timewise, but he also adds a fairly significant amount of content each update, and he has at last count (if I remember rightly) at least as many females active in his game as you do in yours.

And no matter how many insults people here are throwing at me or calling me names, I'll still continue developing games even if I'm at 0 patrons.
That's just what I love doing. So yeah you won't get rid of me. (not directed at you christof, just in general)

Trust me, I DON"T want to "get rid of you". I really do like your game, and like I said, the renders so far are top notch, your sswitch between POIV during the sex scenes are fantastic and well done regarding actual POV, and and your story line (with a few exceptions regarding apparent plot holes or discontinuity) are not bad either. From what I understand, however, based on several other comments within this thread, you appear to have been working on this game for the past 3 years. If I am wrong, please forgive my misunderstanding and ignorance. But if so, I would have expected the story arch over all to be MUCH further along than it is.Every v 0.3.whatever number here has added nothing to the actual story (except the first and the last - last being a very minor addition to Margaret's story from my point of view). Yes, each update has - apparently - new renders, scenes, and "improvements in graphics" and they are top notch (as said earlier). But the actual addition of MC or LI content seems to be lacking a bit. I really WANT this game to succeed, and become - once again - one of my favorites, it just needs a bit of extra work (and yes, I really do know how much work actually goes in creating a game, lol).

The patrons are only voting what I will work on next.. they don't decide anything story related, just what will get updated first.
But the next 3 updates are decided by me, because I want to advance in the Landlady, roomie arc now and reworking the prologue into the main game.

Your patrons voting on WHAT you work non next is all well and good. The fact that they do not decide anything story related is even better, lol. I DO admire that in your way of managing the game/story/mechanics. And while I also do - once again - understand how much work goes into creating a game such as this, I simply wish it had more content/story added each update rather than just a few scenes/lines etc... Like I said, I finished the current version, even with Margaret's addition, in about an hour to an hour and a half; and yes, I read every line since I enjoy the dialogue and some of the "jokes" within the game.

Oh and here is a sneak peek how far I've come in unreal regarding making characters look appealing.. still a long way to go.
The hair is so hard to make look right. The whole shader system is confusing too.. but I'm a bloody beginner so yeah..
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That is why I never - well, almost never - play Unreal engine games. The difficulty in creating them makes them not worth the aggravation of trying to play them. I cannot even begin to tell you how many developers who start out with RENPY have stated how difficult it is to work with Unreal Engine, lol. The fact you are trying is an admirable trait and I admit, not something I would even want to try.


Once again, please forgive me if anything I said may have sounded like I was disrespecting or denigrating you. I honestly meant no insult to you, I only wanted to extend my personal opinion and perhaps give you a few things to think about. If you did feel as if I disrespected you, I apologize, and I thank you for treating me with respect instead of "ranting and raving" at me.