VN Ren'Py The Beautiful Game [Ch.1 v0.8.1] [Daggum]

[blkcrow20]

I think you are overreacting a bit. I personally know a few devs that moved their games to Steam and yes, everyone of them did some tweaking before it went to Steam. But none of them did any kind of major overhaul like you are talking about. And some of it had to be done to be able to qualify to be put on Steam. Why do so many devs go to Steam? Because it is where they can make good money. They need money to develop their game. And for most devs, Patreon, SubscribeStar, etc don't give a good enough return by themselves to work on a game.

 

[TonyMurray]

With the confusion about the 0.8.1 release yesterday, it's worth pointing out that there might be a delay anyway. The dev puts out the public release in arrears, meaning when he releases the new update to Patrons, the previous one makes its way here. Someone went against that and leaked the 0.8 release, so it landed here "early". If things go back to how they were previously, it could mean that we have to wait until dev releases the 0.10 update before 0.9 comes here.

I'm just trying to manage expectations, and it might not happen this way, we'll just have to wait and see (please no pitchforks!).

 

[MiltonPowers]

With the confusion about the 0.8.1 release yesterday, it's worth pointing out that there might be a delay anyway. The dev puts out the public release in arrears, meaning when he releases the new update to Patrons, the previous one makes its way here. Someone went against that and leaked the 0.8 release, so it landed here "early". If things go back to how they were previously, it could mean that we have to wait until dev releases the 0.10 update before 0.9 comes here.

I'm just trying to manage expectations, and it might not happen this way, we'll just have to wait and see (please no pitchforks!).

I thought Daggum was going to be changing his release process to avoid what happened with 0.8. I can't remember what it actually was going to entail.

 

[TonyMurray]

I thought Daggum was going to be changing his release process to avoid what happened with 0.8. I can't remember what it actually was going to entail.

I know he was thinking on what to do after it happened, but I hadn't seen anything decided, so was unsure.

 

[Chili Vibes]

I know he was thinking on what to do after it happened, but I hadn't seen anything decided, so was unsure.

I don't know if Daggum changed his mind, but that's a Patreon post from last December:

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"What I will do going forward is just have one version, but release it on different days according to subscriber tier."

 

[MiltonPowers]

I don't know if Daggum changed his mind, but that's a Patreon post from last December:

That's what I was thinking he said. I must have read it there.

 

[Maadao]

Daggum, gotta say that the game is starting to become more and more incredible. I usually wait a few versions for all my avn's, so my previous playthough of TBG was 0.4ish, probably. I started a fresh playthrough yesterday and finished it just now feeling completely invested and quite peeved when the screen "That's all (for now) folks!" came up. I don't believe I've previously felt that emotionally invested into TBG. And usually it's only AVN with good story telling (i.e. Race of Life) that make me feel robbed when the credits roll in.
I've always liked the premise of TBG, the potential for something great was there right from the very beginning. But now I'm truly starting to feel it's shaping up into something amazing, and I absolute love what you're doing with the game. Keep up the great work.

 

[Chaoticjustice]

Really enjoying the game so far and I'm really enjoying the story..... My only question why are people genitals often referred to as the sex or something like that

 

[Chaoticjustice]

You are entitled to your opinion. I'm not a big fan of a lot of tats on women either, but I would not call it a 'sad design choice'. That's a bit harsh.

I agree it's personal preference but I would say hanas tattoos are pretty much the norm to traditional Japanese full body tattoos

 

[deadremix]

damn got baited, thought it was an actual update lol

 

[_doodle_]

I just downloaded the game for the first time and got the WT mod with it. It keeps going grey sometimes and has text at the top is only what I assume to be the name of the render? The first time it happened was when you first arrive to town. After she tells you about the sauna. A few moments after the duckie, it goes black and says " jasmine's bedroom" and then goes grey again. The same issue is that it says the render name at the top and then dialogue text at the bottom. I did do a fresh install WITHOUT the WT mod and it never even went to her bedroom or anything. So somehow the WT mod is adding content that only half exists? Does anyone have a fix to this? I really enjoy having a WT mod and I would prefer to keep it downloaded. I made a new folder just for the mod and then I dragged the mod folder to the game folder and then loaded up the game up like normal and like every other WT mod I've done.

Edit: it seems the WT isn't really needed? i saw on the options page there was an option for a walkthrough. I deleted the game entirely, turned that on and went to where I got to and it seemed to work fine. The only difference is that it didn't add the bedroom scene that was all grey and highlight the choices in the changing room after the pigeon let one loose on your shirt. So I guess my new question is the mod even needed?

 

[TonyMurray]

I just downloaded the game for the first time and got the WT mod with it. It keeps going grey sometimes and has text at the top is only what I assume to be the name of the render? The first time it happened was when you first arrive to town. After she tells you about the sauna. A few moments after the duckie, it goes black and says " jasmine's bedroom" and then goes grey again. The same issue is that it says the render name at the top and then dialogue text at the bottom. I did do a fresh install WITHOUT the WT mod and it never even went to her bedroom or anything. So somehow the WT mod is adding content that only half exists? Does anyone have a fix to this? I really enjoy having a WT mod and I would prefer to keep it downloaded. I made a new folder just for the mod and then I dragged the mod folder to the game folder and then loaded up the game up like normal and like every other WT mod I've done.

Edit: it seems the WT isn't really needed? i saw on the options page there was an option for a walkthrough. I deleted the game entirely, turned that on and went to where I got to and it seemed to work fine. The only difference is that it didn't add the bedroom scene that was all grey and highlight the choices in the changing room after the pigeon let one loose on your shirt. So I guess my new question is the mod even needed?

It's likely because the mod is for 0.8.0 and you're playing 0.8.1, so it's not fully compatible. I understand a couple of changes have been made to earlier parts of the game, something about Jasmine (though I've not checked what specifically) - it could be that the mod is calling stuff up that was in 0.8.0 but is no longer there in 0.8.1 or has been renamed or otherwise changed.

 

[Ciaran8023]

Honestly, it's pretty interesting overall. Some good characters that all feel pretty different, MC is a bit of a dolt but I guess he's suppose to be, definitely nice to have a bit of suspense and subtleties to some of the scenes (like Priya at the poledancing class), definitely some good framework here. I don't think it's fully clicking with me, and I'm not entirely sure why, but it's more than enough to keep me interested in checking out future updates.

I will say though, I had to go back and hop off of Jasmine's route despite initially going for it since, while it may work within the framework of it being a game and a piece of fiction, her behaviour and how she talks about things and acts is ridiculously manipulative and very much like she's grooming him which is pretty wild.
Like I've played thriller-based games and games with characters that were supposed to be unnerving but none of them quite hit the "bruh what the fuck" mark like Jasmine does when you start analyzing what she says and does a bit more.

A+ for nailing that, even though I quite dislike that archetype and I don't think it was an intentional character design. If it was though then I'm thoroughly impressed and kind of concerned at how well the dev was able to nail that.

 

[darky0035]

There is no new content.

but 0.8.1 doesn't work with 0.8.0 WT patch

 

[camube]

Honestly, it's pretty interesting overall. Some good characters that all feel pretty different, MC is a bit of a dolt but I guess he's suppose to be, definitely nice to have a bit of suspense and subtleties to some of the scenes (like Priya at the poledancing class), definitely some good framework here. I don't think it's fully clicking with me, and I'm not entirely sure why, but it's more than enough to keep me interested in checking out future updates.

I will say though, I had to go back and hop off of Jasmine's route despite initially going for it since, while it may work within the framework of it being a game and a piece of fiction, her behaviour and how she talks about things and acts is ridiculously manipulative and very much like she's grooming him which is pretty wild.
Like I've played thriller-based games and games with characters that were supposed to be unnerving but none of them quite hit the "bruh what the fuck" mark like Jasmine does when you start analyzing what she says and does a bit more.

A+ for nailing that, even though I quite dislike that archetype and I don't think it was an intentional character design. If it was though then I'm thoroughly impressed and kind of concerned at how well the dev was able to nail that.

how many hours is one playtime?

 

[DIRTY FILTHY Animal]

He did it to help prep it for a Steam release. A couple of scenes were rewritten and some graphics upgraded. Looks great. IMO

Yeah it looks better but why did we have to lose the milking scene with Jasmine at the massage parlor? That was the original Jasmine special, where she hides under the table and mc puts his dick in the Hole and she strokes and sucks him off without him knowing it was her.
Now it’s just her switching to be the regular masseuse instead but without the milking scene.
Looking forward to the nude calendar shoot

 

[DrmedKane]

Lol, the sauna scene made it abundantly clear to me that the dev has never been to a proper Finnish style sauna before. 38 degrees celsius? Come on, that is not a sauna, thats a hot day in Spain. Saunas, even in my gym, are 70 degrees and up. Some go even up to 100 degrees celsius. I had a good chuckle at that sequence