Ren'Py Abandoned The Bite: Revenant [v0.9331] [madmate.games]

[MorteRivenditore]

TBh im not holding up hope .... the content has been so few and far between. Top that off with the fact the dev had plenty of time before the 'break' t get at least a mission released and it didnt happen SO im expecting that itll be 3-6 months and well get only a tiny amount of content as usual"

edit: to clarify the last update came out in march, and if i recall the dev took a break a couple months ago or something, SO that means 6 months or so passed with 0 content released but honestly i forget when the dev went on break.

Also when i say 'we dont get much content' look at the past patch notes. They have just been continuations of content released before, so half the time we get a mission worth or less of content. I get it small dev, small project etc BUT 6 months to get lets call it a few hundred renders? thats.... tiny. Like 1 or 2 renders a day. We wait 6 mnths and get 10 minutes of content if we are lucky. I think it was the update before this one that i played and the entire update took like 2 or 3 minutes to play..

 

[Quetzzz]

Without a doubt one of the better AVNs I've played. It's well-written, has a good structure, the visuals are nice, and its characters feel real.
But, while I generally enjoy RPG elements in these games, I can't help but feel these are a bit performative. Where the story is concerned, your stats really don't matter at all. Some events will play out differently, like not getting Zoey's help or NPCs liking you less, and our choices don't really shape the MC's personality or drive. And, worse, some stat increases are mutually exclusive with relationship points.

Because of this, I created a little mod that maximizes all personality traits. This lifts a certain weight off my shoulders, where I feel less pressure to pick a certain response because I know it's related to a certain stat. And, since most of these skill checks are flavor, I don't think it actually hurts gameplay.
It won't touch relationships or vampire powers.

If you're like me, and choices that impact relationships and your attitude toward vampirism are enough, then you might enjoy this little mod as well.
Just drop the .rpy into the game folder. The mod should be compatible with all future versions of the game, even if new skills get added, unless the underlying code receives a significant overhaul.

 

[cxx]

Just drop the .rpy into the game folder. The mod should be compatible with all future versions of the game, even if new skills get added, unless the underlying code receives a significant overhaul.

well wt-mod allows passing skill checks besides when talking to arbyrator.

 

[Quetzzz]

well wt-mod allows passing skill checks besides when talking to arbyrator.

Neat! Do you know if it does this by editing the game's script files, or by checking which label is active?
I went this route with my little mod so I didn't have to overwrite any of the game's files. In hindsight, it could've been better to let the skillcheck function always return 1.0 instead of changing the skill values themselves.

 

[MorteRivenditore]

Neat! Do you know if it does this by editing the game's script files, or by checking which label is active?
I went this route with my little mod so I didn't have to overwrite any of the game's files. In hindsight, it could've been better to let the skillcheck function always return 1.0 instead of changing the skill values themselves.

Does yours just set all skills to like 999 or something?

 

[Ottoeight]

TBh im not holding up hope .... the content has been so few and far between. Top that off with the fact the dev had plenty of time before the 'break' t get at least a mission released and it didnt happen SO im expecting that itll be 3-6 months and well get only a tiny amount of content as usual"

edit: to clarify the last update came out in march, and if i recall the dev took a break a couple months ago or something, SO that means 6 months or so passed with 0 content released but honestly i forget when the dev went on break.

Also when i say 'we dont get much content' look at the past patch notes. They have just been continuations of content released before, so half the time we get a mission worth or less of content. I get it small dev, small project etc BUT 6 months to get lets call it a few hundred renders? thats.... tiny. Like 1 or 2 renders a day. We wait 6 mnths and get 10 minutes of content if we are lucky. I think it was the update before this one that i played and the entire update took like 2 or 3 minutes to play..

- the game is tagged as on vacation mode from 12th june 2025 to 11th december 2025 (!) on Subscribestar (with a message: "figuring out stuff";

- it had very short updates in 2023, 2024 and 2025. It only had massive and frequent updates in its early 2 years of development (as usual);

- the dev always had very few patrons/subscribers.

I might add that even though I love this game, it's been a long time since 2021 and our MC hasn't banged his cute ex coworker and Zoey - the 2 main Love Interests by far - yet.

Since these games are supposed to be erotic novels, this is a capital huge flaw.

I might add that all of this is happening with too many AVNs around here.

 

[Quetzzz]

Does yours just set all skills to like 999 or something?

No, whenever the maximum of a skill is increased, the script sets the MC's points to that maximum. So on every choice you get the reward for all options, except for relationship points or vampire stuff.

 

[MorteRivenditore]

- the game is tagged as on vacation mode from 12th june 2025 to 11th december 2025 (!) on Subscribestar (with a message: "figuring out stuff";

- it had very short updates in 2023, 2024 and 2025. It only had massive and frequent updates in its early 2 years of development (as usual);

- the dev always had very few patrons/subscribers.

I might add that even though I love this game, it's been a long time since 2021 and our MC hasn't banged his cute ex coworker and Zoey - the 2 main Love Interests by far - yet.

Since these games are supposed to be erotic novels, this is a capital huge flaw.

I might add that all of this is happening with too many AVNs around here.

agreed and that's basically what i was saying i just hope its not another 6 months after the vacation ended that we gte another update cause if so the total development time (not during vacation) would be 9 months (since current was released in march THO that was a patch no clue how long after 0.93 that we got the 'patch' ) .

As for the part about subscribers imo (this is my own opinion and not be used as fact or reason not to subscribe) BUT with how little content we get and how far between the updates imo its not worth subscribing SO that may be why he has so few. If a dev comes off as 'lazy' or like they dont care, THEN its less likely to get such things.

No, whenever the maximum of a skill is increased, the script sets the MC's points to that maximum. So on every choice you get the reward for all options, except for relationship points or vampire stuff.

AH so a complicated script xD but i mean it does the trick so xD

 

[Quetzzz]

AH so a complicated script xD but i mean it does the trick so xD

Yeah... I kinda just wanted to see if I was able to do it.

 

[MorteRivenditore]

Yeah... I kinda just wanted to see if I was able to do it.

yea i mean it saves pople from having to use URM to change stats themselves, tho i guess you could have just make the script set all stats to like 500 or something, and even set the stat r 'powers' toa high numebr as well i someone wanted THO it doesnt seem like the powers themselves matter besides setting stats higher lol

 

[Quetzzz]

yea i mean it saves pople from having to use URM to change stats themselves, tho i guess you could have just make the script set all stats to like 500 or something, and even set the stat r 'powers' toa high numebr as well i someone wanted THO it doesnt seem like the powers themselves matter besides setting stats higher lol

Yeah, true. In part I was thinking about aesthetics. The idea of seeing 999/15 for a stat just bothers me.
I probably should've just patched the function that checks skills. The game uses the percentage of current/total to see if a trait is high enough, so having that function always return 1.0 would've had the same effect.

 

[MorteRivenditore]

Wait is this listed as abandoned cause it is abandoned OR just cause of inactivity ?

 

[cxx]

Wait is this listed as abandoned cause it is abandoned OR just cause of inactivity ?

inactivity

 

[N0madS0uL]

tbh I all but wrote this AVN off long ago, it started off initially with so much promise and I was really excited for it, but over time I noticed little if content and updates getting fewer. Added to that, the content itself never amount to much, in that it was seldom interesting, never got traction into the main plot and many other semi interesting parts also fell by the way side. it was almost like the dev themselves didnt feel like "doing all this" the updates often felt that way to me, like they lost heart almost before it began. Anyway, so much for that *click "unwatch"

 

[X Deimos]

fffff..... is it really dead?

 

[cxx]

fffff..... is it really dead?

no.

 

[MorteRivenditore]

tbh i assumed it was inactivity it has been nearly a year so lol. Dont gt me wrong the game is good and has potential but i gotta agree with N0madS0uL .

But i cant honestly complain cause im not a patreon supporter so all i can say is i wish the content per update was higher but eh for free its enjoyable