VN Ren'Py The Builder [S2 Ep. 8.1] [LewdRobotics]

[BlasKyau]

Great start. Carla had my attention. Her demeanor. The atmosphere of the interactions. MC's unhealthy infatuation.

Pretty unique take on NTR (with Carla) that is a little more realistic than the usual scenarios. Now I'm wondering if this will be a hard NTR all the way going forward (including villiage girls), or if it's more of a character specific thing in a free form story that isn't entirely bound by tags. A full NTR route might face problems of improper set up. Basically, the MC supposedly having amazing sperm and being "The One" to impregnate them all but then ending up as a spectacular failure or something might seem a bit contrived. Curious to see how it's handled.

The harem route changes the story with Carla and it becomes more of a Netori vibe and Carla herself becomes a more sympathetic figure. Good stuff. This route seems like it would fit better thematically with the whole set up of MC being the chosen breeder.

Anyways, this is obviously not going to appeal to the harem purists who want all LI to be pure girls, no scandalous bitches, no other males involved, no lesbian shit, etc etc. There are plenty of people with less idealized views of harem, so just do your thing.

I'm not going to comment on how different Carla's personality is in the harem version and the NTR version, since I haven't played the second one (and I won't).

Personally I would prefer that Carla and Paul had a normal relationship (that it implies that they have had sex with each other doesn't bother me), and that, after discovering that he is cheating on her (again), she started a relationship with the MC. The father of the child isn't particularly relevant to me with these premises (the child could be Paul's, or the MC's, although certainly, if we think about what most fans of the harem genre like, the best option is that she is pregnant by the MC)

Have you even played the update with the harem path? A lot of story has been changed to fit the harem path and she isnt as bad as she was originally.

Well, you are certainly somewhat right. After replaying the game, I think Carla's personality and behaviur is better than my first impression (in fact, a great improvement for the original), so I guess I'll give her a chance before deciding if I'll definitely want her, or not, in the harem.

 

[desmosome]

I'm not going to comment on how different Carla's personality is in the harem version and the NTR version, since I haven't played the second one (and I won't).

Personally I would prefer that Carla and Paul had a normal relationship (that it implies that they have had sex with each other doesn't bother me), and that, after discovering that he is cheating on her (again), she started a relationship with the MC. The father of the child isn't particularly relevant to me with these premises (the child could be Paul's, or the MC's, although certainly, if we think about what most fans of the harem genre like, the best option is that she is pregnant by the MC)



Well, you are certainly somewhat right. After replaying the game, I think Carla's personality and behaviur is better than my first impression (in fact, a great improvement for the original), so I guess I'll give her a chance before deciding if I'll definitely want her, or not, in the harem.

Yea, I don't know how it was at first, but right now it's like this.

The end of chapter 2, when she calls to congratulate you on the new job, there is the flashback where they talk about their past.

She came over to his place. She wants sex. Paul comes knocking. You can ignore and fuck her and cuck Paul as he sees you banging her from the window. Creampie. She lies on top of MC as he hugs her and you can see her cry silently, showing us her conflicted emotional state and the peace she feels at that moment despite her questionable choices. Back to present time. Phone call confirms the baby is MC's. Then they talk about how her relationship with Paul is basically a facade and doesn't include sex. MC says the child is his and she loves him, so why not become his woman? She says she is afraid of getting too invested - too involved - because she actually loves the MC unlike Paul. She is afraid of getting hurt. A bit contrived, yes, but she never came off as the most straightforward or stable person. I personally like rocky relationships like this.

If you opened the door for Paul when he came knocking, the whole thing changes. She taunts MC, telling him that she will show him how a real man fucks her. Paul creampies her. Then she taunts MC to come get some sloppy seconds. MC is too infatuated with her to do anything but comply. Back to the phone call in the present. She doesn't know who the father is. She tells him that the sex that night was the best she ever experienced. She taunts him a bit and expresses her desire to cuck him again. There is just enough believability in the way this whole thing is handled to make this kinda interesting even though I don't typically like netorase stuff like this with a willing cuck. The MC's infatuation with her is something she holds over him.

She becomes 2 entirely different character based on the route. Make no mistake, she is definitely not a pure or good woman in either route. It certainly won't appeal to the pure harem enthusiasts, and that's fine. Not every game, or every harem tag, needs to be written for those specific harem fans. This game already has 169 patrons and making $622 at the time of this post, and the game is fucking new. It's been out for like 3 months. That's gotta be in the top 1% growth rate for porn games, so it's certainly doing something right.

 

[BlasKyau]

Yea, I don't know how it was at first, but right now it's like this.

The end of chapter 2, when she calls to congratulate you on the new job, there is the flashback where they talk about their past.

She came over to his place. She wants sex. Paul comes knocking. You can ignore and fuck her and cuck Paul as he sees you banging her from the window. Creampie. She lies on top of MC as he hugs her and you can see her cry silently, showing us her conflicted emotional state and the peace she feels at that moment despite her questionable choices. Back to present time. Phone call confirms the baby is MC's. Then they talk about how her relationship with Paul is basically a facade and doesn't include sex. MC says the child is his and she loves him, so why not become his woman? She says she is afraid of getting too invested - too involved - because she actually loves the MC unlike Paul. She is afraid of getting hurt. A bit contrived, yes, but she never came off as the most straightforward or stable person. I personally like rocky relationships like this.

If you opened the door for Paul when he came knocking, the whole thing changes. She taunts MC, telling him that she will show him how a real man fucks her. Paul creampies her. Then she taunts MC to come get some sloppy seconds. MC is too infatuated with her to do anything but comply. Back to the phone call in the present. She doesn't know who the father is. She tells him that the sex that night was the best she ever experienced. She taunts him a bit and expresses her desire to cuck him again. There is just enough believability in the way this whole thing is handled to make this kinda interesting even though I don't typically like netorase stuff like this with a willing cuck. The MC's infatuation with her is something she holds over him.

She becomes 2 entirely different character based on the route. Make no mistake, she is definitely not a pure or good woman in either route. It certainly won't appeal to the pure harem enthusiasts, and that's fine. Not every game, or every harem tag, needs to be written for those specific harem fans. This game already has 169 patrons and making $622 at the time of this post, and the game is fucking new. It's been out for like 3 months. That's gotta be in the top 1% growth rate for porn games, so it's certainly doing something right.

In the pure harem route (if there is a route that removes the NTR without having to worry, it's the one I follow) there is no option to open the door.

In any case, Carla isn't an LI that I'm excited about, and depending on how the next updates develop I will decide whether to keep her in the game or use the option to remove her and Paul.

 

[TheKryptonian]

Yea, I don't know how it was at first, but right now it's like this.

The end of chapter 2, when she calls to congratulate you on the new job, there is the flashback where they talk about their past.

She came over to his place. She wants sex. Paul comes knocking. You can ignore and fuck her and cuck Paul as he sees you banging her from the window. Creampie. She lies on top of MC as he hugs her and you can see her cry silently, showing us her conflicted emotional state and the peace she feels at that moment despite her questionable choices. Back to present time. Phone call confirms the baby is MC's. Then they talk about how her relationship with Paul is basically a facade and doesn't include sex. MC says the child is his and she loves him, so why not become his woman? She says she is afraid of getting too invested - too involved - because she actually loves the MC unlike Paul. She is afraid of getting hurt. A bit contrived, yes, but she never came off as the most straightforward or stable person. I personally like rocky relationships like this.

If you opened the door for Paul when he came knocking, the whole thing changes. She taunts MC, telling him that she will show him how a real man fucks her. Paul creampies her. Then she taunts MC to come get some sloppy seconds. MC is too infatuated with her to do anything but comply. Back to the phone call in the present. She doesn't know who the father is. She tells him that the sex that night was the best she ever experienced. She taunts him a bit and expresses her desire to cuck him again. There is just enough believability in the way this whole thing is handled to make this kinda interesting even though I don't typically like netorase stuff like this with a willing cuck. The MC's infatuation with her is something she holds over him.

She becomes 2 entirely different character based on the route. Make no mistake, she is definitely not a pure or good woman in either route. It certainly won't appeal to the pure harem enthusiasts, and that's fine. Not every game, or every harem tag, needs to be written for those specific harem fans. This game already has 169 patrons and making $622 at the time of this post, and the game is fucking new. It's been out for like 3 months. That's gotta be in the top 1% growth rate for porn games, so it's certainly doing something right.

I would bet most of those patrons are there for NTR content. Thats why I said the dev would be wise to scrap the harem side path. He had a chance to get the harem fans if he did what he said he was going to do and scrap the NTR stuff but he again lied and doubled down on the that content and now if he did have supporters of what he claimed this game was about they will abandon ship soon enough.

 

[Harem Trooper]

Ok guys, when I read all these comments I thought you guys were to harsh on him.
Wanted only to post this because I thought you were going over the line:

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But I tried it and I take it back
First of all, Gry still fucks Paul. Dont know what you guys were talking about beeing her Twin Sis.
Secondly, after playing it myself and reading the last comments and what the Dev. already tried to pull I can say he dont want to create a harem game. Not in the normal way at least that is for sure.
Im pretty sure the third option where MC + Paul creampie her was the original setting for the whole drama but kinda paddled back in the "Harem" path. (Kinda unbelievable with her being sexless with Paul and that this whole marriage was a facade but it seems dev. tried to do at least something to make her "pure" in the harem path)

In the end, If you can have a Harem path and the contend is 1:1 with the other Paths, I dont see any problems with it. But the models arnt my cup of tea and this weird setting for a harem is also weird.

 

[slider]

I enjoyed the game so far. It has a rather original premise, no cookie-cutter approach on girls and the cuckold theme (for those of use who are into it) is looking really promising.

I imagine the dev had it planned so, at some time, Paul or somebody else will have to brought to town. This can lead to very interesting scenarios for any route.

I hope the dev will keep pursuing his vision and ignore the noise, after all nobody needs another clone game.

 

[A.C.H.B.]

I enjoyed the game so far. It has a rather original premise, no cookie-cutter approach on girls and the cuckold theme (for those of use who are into it) is looking really promising.

I imagine the dev had it planned so, at some time, Paul or somebody else will have to brought to town. This can lead to very interesting scenarios for any route.

I hope the dev will keep pursuing his vision and ignore the noise, after all nobody needs another clone game.

Yes, just make it an NTR game for the cucks since it is pretty obvious at this point the whole premise of the MC impregnating all the women was just a bait and switch to draw in the Harem fans.

 

[Deleted member 440241]

Not sure what the point of the poll was if he wasn't going to listen to his supporters anyway...

To give patrons the full cuck experience.

 

[Xeron_Xr]

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Finally, Milena is with us! The proud owner of Fjordheim, mother of three, independent, well read and fiercely uninterested in having another useless man in her life.
Nevertheless, men with practical abilities might come in handy. Especially when you try to run a respectable B&B in a hundred years old wooden building.
Ask her if she wants another child, and she will laugh in your face. And have no doubt: If she finds out that our hero is about to hook up with her teenage daughter, he will be thrown out head first.
With other words: Milena is a handful, and a formidable challenge.
Enjoy your weekend, and stay with me for more updates on Episode 3!
Chris

 

[NewTricks]

Finally got around to playing the update and I have to say that I have absolutely, positively, no fucking idea what people are complaining about. This is a pretty good game so far. If you don't like NTR you can turn it off on the first screen. If you don't turn it off you can still avoid it with your choices. A lot of harem games start out with your girl getting stolen as the inciting incident. It is a convenient way to make sure that the protagonist doesn't want a relationship but on almost every forum that has this common trope there are unreasonable amounts of outrage that I just don't understand. What I do want to understand is how so many harem fans tripped into the NTR path accidentally. You have to spy on your ex's boyfriend in the toilet to see him fucking the game host. Don't like it? Don't do it! To get the hard NTR scene you have to let the new boyfriend in when he is pounding on the door and ignore the (NTR) next to that choice. I think these motherfuckers like cuck porn a lot more than they want us to know.

 

[NewTricks]

As an addendum to my previous post, I haven't any preference when it comes to either NTR or Harem. I play either genre without any difficulty. I recognize that it can be challenging to balance both in a single game, but why back down from a challenge? I am interested to see how the devs manage to strike this balance in the upcoming updates. I find both branches equally interesting at the current juncture. Like many, I must admit that I find Carla irksome but somehow I think that is her role. To be more of an abrasive element to give the friction that turns the wheel of the story. Quite unlike the proper love interests who are to be properly fleshed out as the story unfolds.

 

[BTLD]

Finally got around to playing the update and I have to say that I have absolutely, positively, no fucking idea what people are complaining about. This is a pretty good game so far. If you don't like NTR you can turn it off on the first screen. If you don't turn it off you can still avoid it with your choices. A lot of harem games start out with your girl getting stolen as the inciting incident. It is a convenient way to make sure that the protagonist doesn't want a relationship but on almost every forum that has this common trope there are unreasonable amounts of outrage that I just don't understand. What I do want to understand is how so many harem fans tripped into the NTR path accidentally. You have to spy on your ex's boyfriend in the toilet to see him fucking the game host. Don't like it? Don't do it! To get the hard NTR scene you have to let the new boyfriend in when he is pounding on the door and ignore the (NTR) next to that choice. I think these motherfuckers like cuck porn a lot more than they want us to know.

"A lot of harem games start out with your girl getting stolen as the inciting incident."
I think you're confusing harem with NTR games....just saying

 

[NewTricks]

"A lot of harem games start out with your girl getting stolen as the inciting incident."
I think you're confusing harem with NTR games....just saying

I understand why you would say that, but I also understand why you are wrong. Having the protagonist knocked down a peg at the beginning of his harem journey is just about as common a trope as a father dying or having never been with a girl at all before they become the neighborhood stud. Sometimes losing a bitch is the beginning of the journey, not the ending.

 

[linkinn]

but I also understand why you are wrong

He's not wrong tho, i've played a shit ton of harem games without NTR and i can't recall a single one that the girl gets stolen from MC. Harem with NTR are not that common so it doesn't fit the "alot of harem games" part.

I'am interested to see a few examples of a games that have this specific situation.

 

[Canto Forte]

In this game, MC is shown to not have any chance. At all. this is not building MC up, not at all.
There is nothing for MC to save, as the antagonist is getting pussy dropped on him from the sky.
There is nothing for MC to gain, because girls are casually getting bare backed for nothing.
That girl was a whore not getting paid and eating the shit out of the most shit eating turd in the game.

MC in this game is the most decent guy around, MC is not untalented or unconsiderate,
but because all the girls like to eat the shit coming out of turds all around him,
MC has to adapt to the fact that being a shit talking worthless nobody is what girls like to get down on.

It is not MC”s fauls the girls in this game eat shit and are whores that do not reason in any way a
human or alien would understand.

Porn logic is still logic. No logic is shit eating turds getting girls to eat their shit.

I understand why you would say that, but I also understand why you are wrong. Having the protagonist knocked down a peg at the beginning of his harem journey is just about as common a trope as a father dying or having never been with a girl at all before they become the neighborhood stud. Sometimes losing a bitch is the beginning of the journey, not the ending.

He's not wrong tho, i've played a shit ton of harem games without NTR and i can't recall a single one that the girl gets stolen from MC. Harem with NTR are not that common so it doesn't fit the "alot of harem games" part.

I'am interested to see a few examples of a games that have this specific situation.

Game on! MC is the most decent guy around in this game feeding girls shitloads of turds.

 

[Xeron_Xr]

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An important part of our hero's task in Episode 3 of The Builder, is to get organized so he can start the construction of the memorial.
He left his tools and baggage on the ferry last night, and when he returns, this young lady has taken a keen interest in his stuff ...
Meet Johanna, master of marine environments, daughter of a character we met in Ep2 and of a highly fertile age ...
She's a fun and audacious girl, and will challenge our hero's limits when it comes to heights and depths.
So thank you again for supporting The Builder! I will be back with more previews from the next episode.
Best,
Chris

PS: Following input from players, there will be further adjustments to the harem line in Episode 1, in order to prevent misunderstandings regarding Gry's rejection of Paul in the now infamous toilet scene.

 

[Canto Forte]

That scene is disgusting from the POV of MC and the players.
It goes against all and every one of the adverts for the game,
it undermines the plot tremendously, not to mention alienates all of the chars involved,
meaning both the girl, the antagonist and the protagonist are outside any enjoyment.
It is practically leaving us all with nothing to game for - they all 3 are not worth knowing about.
At all.

 

[NewTricks]

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An important part of our hero's task in Episode 3 of The Builder, is to get organized so he can start the construction of the memorial.
He left his tools and baggage on the ferry last night, and when he returns, this young lady has taken a keen interest in his stuff ...
Meet Johanna, master of marine environments, daughter of a character we met in Ep2 and of a highly fertile age ...
She's a fun and audacious girl, and will challenge our hero's limits when it comes to heights and depths.
So thank you again for supporting The Builder! I will be back with more previews from the next episode.
Best,
Chris

PS: Following input from players, there will be further adjustments to the harem line in Episode 1, in order to prevent misunderstandings regarding Gry's rejection of Paul in the now infamous toilet scene.

I hope Gry just says "Get over it. I'm not a love interest I'm just the narrator."

 

[NewTricks]

He's not wrong tho, i've played a shit ton of harem games without NTR and i can't recall a single one that the girl gets stolen from MC. Harem with NTR are not that common so it doesn't fit the "alot of harem games" part.

I'am interested to see a few examples of a games that have this specific situation.

Oh, and I did provide some examples but the post got removed as off-topic, probably because I mentioned three of the other games by name. At any rate, they are not hard to find.

 

[kabir_07]

UPDATE OF EPISODE 3


Episode 3 of The Builder opens with the morning light shining on Fjordheim, where our hero will be living for a good period of the building process.
In Ep3, we will meet 5 new characters, all of them related to people we've met in the first two episodes. We will be following the MC through his first day of work in Fjorda, and get to view the site of the memorial for the first time.
Gradually, we will also start to realize that all is not well in the village of Fjorda, even though our MC's journey is still in its early stages.
The day (and the episode) will come to an unexpected end, both for us and the MC.
Starting from the next release, the Carla - Paul storyline will be optional from the first encounter in the auditorium.
I'm adding this choice because not everyone appreciates the fact that Paul is being humiliated on the harem line, and would rather not see him appear in the game at all.
This adjustment requires very little programming, and the effect on overall gameplay will be minimal.
Personally, I enjoyed exploring the fubar relationship between the MC and Carla (and to have the opportunity to see it from different angles), but it's an aquired taste in an erotic game, so I have no problem providing the option to skip it all together.
As quite a few of you have remarked, The Builder is a game that aims towards high visual fidelity, and has the ambition to match the visual complexity with more nuanced psychological portraits. To some of you that makes it more interesting, to others, that doesn't matter so much.
Whatever your preferences might be, the work with Ep3 is well underway: the first scene is rendered and the script is written half way through. I'm getting help to redo the main menu and visual interface, and hope to include these in the next release too.
So again, thank you for following and supporting The Builder. I will be back with more previews shortly!
Chris

GIVE YOUR REVIEWS ON THIS !!!!!!!




UPDATE OF EPISODE 3


Episode 3 of The Builder opens with the morning light shining on Fjordheim, where our hero will be living for a good period of the building process.
In Ep3, we will meet 5 new characters, all of them related to people we've met in the first two episodes. We will be following the MC through his first day of work in Fjorda, and get to view the site of the memorial for the first time.
Gradually, we will also start to realize that all is not well in the village of Fjorda, even though our MC's journey is still in its early stages.
The day (and the episode) will come to an unexpected end, both for us and the MC.
Starting from the next release, the Carla - Paul storyline will be optional from the first encounter in the auditorium.
I'm adding this choice because not everyone appreciates the fact that Paul is being humiliated on the harem line, and would rather not see him appear in the game at all.
This adjustment requires very little programming, and the effect on overall gameplay will be minimal.
Personally, I enjoyed exploring the fubar relationship between the MC and Carla (and to have the opportunity to see it from different angles), but it's an aquired taste in an erotic game, so I have no problem providing the option to skip it all together.
As quite a few of you have remarked, The Builder is a game that aims towards high visual fidelity, and has the ambition to match the visual complexity with more nuanced psychological portraits. To some of you that makes it more interesting, to others, that doesn't matter so much.
Whatever your preferences might be, the work with Ep3 is well underway: the first scene is rendered and the script is written half way through. I'm getting help to redo the main menu and visual interface, and hope to include these in the next release too.
So again, thank you for following and supporting The Builder. I will be back with more previews shortly!
Chris

GIVE YOUR REVIEWS ON THIS !!!!!!!




Finally, Milena is with us! The proud owner of Fjordheim, mother of three, independent, well read and fiercely uninterested in having another useless man in her life.

Nevertheless, men with practical abilities might come in handy. Especially when you try to run a respectable B&B in a hundred years old wooden building.

Ask her if she wants another child, and she will laugh in your face. And have no doubt: If she finds out that our hero is about to hook up with her teenage daughter, he will be thrown out head first.

With other words: Milena is a handful, and a formidable challenge.

Enjoy your weekend, and stay with me for more updates on Episode 3!

Chris

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An important part of our hero's task in Episode 3 of The Builder, is to get organized so he can start the construction of the memorial.
He left his tools and baggage on the ferry last night, and when he returns, this young lady has taken a keen interest in his stuff ...
Meet Johanna, master of marine environments, daughter of a character we met in Ep2 and of a highly fertile age ...
She's a fun and audacious girl, and will challenge our hero's limits when it comes to heights and depths.
So thank you again for supporting The Builder! I will be back with more previews from the next episode.
Best,
Chris
PS: Following input from players, there will be further adjustments to the harem line in Episode 1, in order to prevent misunderstandings regarding Gry's rejection of Paul in the now infamous toilet scene.
An important part of our hero's task in Episode 3 of The Builder, is to get organized so he can start the construction of the memorial.
He left his tools and baggage on the ferry last night, and when he returns, this young lady has taken a keen interest in his stuff ...
Meet Johanna, master of marine environments, daughter of a character we met in Ep2 and of a highly fertile age ...
She's a fun and audacious girl, and will challenge our hero's limits when it comes to heights and depths.
So thank you again for supporting The Builder! I will be back with more previews from the next episode.
Best,
Chris
PS: Following input from players, there will be further adjustments to the harem line in Episode 1, in order to prevent misunderstandings regarding Gry's rejection of Paul in the now infamous toilet scene.