Ren'Py - The Bum [v0.8.3 Beta] [JTStudio]

Gordon was a great game but some of the devs choices in progression or gameplay mechanics let it down. The need to repeat entire processes over and over again made the experience boring.

With his new game The Bum, it took those problems with gameplay and made them so much worse. Just making the next step with a character requires you to pretty much start from the characters first steps each and every time.

The devs visuals and animations are great and unique, but I don't think he knows the importance of flow. Or perhaps he feels he needs filler to progress but thats the wrong way to go about making an adult game enjoyable. He has a tonne of potential, but for me this is two out of two games he's made for a boring gameplay experience overall. Like I said, his animations and visuals are top notch, but this game is really not worth the grind and step backs in order to see them. A real shame.

Hi, I've been playing gordon for a long time now, waaay before bum was released which I played then too. So considering bad reviews you're getting, I just wanted to share my PERSONAL subjective opinion on why I think it's happening. I hope you don't get offended as I honestly love your games, but I'll try to be direct here.

Pros;

• amazing art, really unique compared to others
• obvious development skills
  • despite engine you managed to make an actual game instead of just a visual novel
• interesting characters
• humor
• cheat menu
• guide
  • great new addition, I'd suggest when new version is releases that you mark new content in the guide so it's easier to check new stuff

Cons;

• HARD GAMEPLAY
  • if your priority is to make an actual game then I understand, but if your priority is to make a PORN GAME then you need to understand that most people don't want to click stuff 100x times and play 1h to reach 1 porn scene. It's just a different audience.
• language
  • really simple, you need to get a proper english translator (not big deal for me but probably is for a lot of players)
• community interaction
  • while I understand your frustration with trolls and entitled people, showing your frustration only leads to more trolling and can look a bit unprofessional (again I don't care much about it, but people probably do)
• save compatibility between version
  • people don't want to play from the start each time. People probably stop supporting for few months or more in order for a lot of new content to release so they don't have to play each version from start, which means less supporters paying each month. I'd honestly put this among top priority.

These are my thoughts off the top of my head. I love both games and will keep playing and support when I can, but honestly if you worked on making gameplay a bit quicker and work on savegame compatibility and better english translations, I think your game and playbase would grow A LOT. Good luck in any case!

Super game but i didnt like 1 thing that the MC is not going to get some from Bridjet and only Nestor its gonna tuck her, now tour gonna sah than dont do it its option but the thing is that i want to see sex scenes with Bridjet but not with nestor fucking her at least if its NTR the one thats gonna do it at least its gotta be Enrique and there is not so many new characters some we already seen in gordon

To be honest, for me the game is very good, the renders and models of the girls are amazing (more the thicc milfs on the game), the story fit a lot with the theme and the role of each character on it, the only thing to me is a bad point, is every each new version you need to start a total new game, the old saves never works, so meaby is that a point to fix, but the other things on the game are really good.

As a patron the games art and mechanics are good to great. The animations are outstanding! The characters are very interesting. The fact that you have a cheat menu that allows you to progress through the game easier is extremely helpful. However, in my opinion the biggest flaw is that every time a new release comes out, you have to restart your game. I understand that is an issue that the dev is working on so it's not as big of a deal as it could be. The dev has provided a walkthrough on discord which I believe is extremely helpful. I would like more in game assistance for events and mechanics. I find myself excited and dreading a new release because the content is absolutely amazing, but restarting a game is tiresome. In addition, there's so many secrets with very few hints, but the secrets are really nice.

The game is very good, the story, the characters, the girls.
Like any game, it can improve a lot.
What should improve immediately is the administration of their memberships.
Their memberships are very expensive, being more accessible I think the game would receive more support and not be at risk of being abandoned.

The dev never fails to disappoint, he consistently makes game with such bad gameplay you'll be pulling your hair. The game is absolute shit with no hints or clues as to do where to go next and the transition between going point A to point B is slow for no reason.

Dev literally don't care about how bad his sandbox but the renders are good. The story is also good, i lke the general idea of dev... but still that sandbox... believe me its worst you can find on this site.

This game's name is "The Bum". May be you forget it, dont worry, I will remaind you.

First; "The Bum" is very grindy game even whit "The Bum" cheat option. I played "The Bum" about 2 or 3 hours but I didnt "The Bum" any girl. I think I saw a sexy scene but not enough to fap. If you say look at the girls "Bum" is a sexy scene, you can see a few asses.

"The Bum"s cg is good and its only positive thing you can say.

Unskipable animation, endless and boring grinding, most worst part is "The Bum". I sick and tired that "The Bum" animations. After every action you have to see that idiotic animations. This is "The Bum" folks.

How can I give it a -1 star? nothing else is needed to be said about how awful it is. Awful interface, awful English, awful dialogues, awful story, and awful game mechanics. can't go one scene without an unskippable intro that says "THE BUM" dude nobody cares about your game if it's not a good game. Fix it before you advertise it to people that are ALREADY PLAYING.

I maybe could work with that load&save gameplay as you get shot random and game over ... but that shifting interface? why? getting a headache and feeling sick otherwise isnt fun, beside that...what gameplay? ok to be fair, i got shot at 9/10 locations i wanted to visit ... and to "turn" me into a normal human they first wanted 600 the next time 800$?

as i feel my migraine hitting ill now lay down

Hands up!! Worst gameplay in renpy i have ever seen.You clicked to go somewhere and BOOOM! The Bum intro shows up,your mc wants to sleep and BOOOOM! The Bum intro shows up again.You just wanna close the game and gues what ? The Bum intro again !!!!!! Waste of time.I cant stand these grindy and time-waster gameplay to just see some scenes.%10 gameplay %90 mini intros.Ah also you need luck to trigger some events and with these little intros,the game becomes completely unbearable.

the sex scenes and characters models are hot. Game is grindy and can piss you off at times, but its worth it in the end. If you're a fan of Gordon you will like this. The update schedule is consistent, which is kind of rare these days.

Animations are good and the story is easy enough to follow but a proofreader would be very welcome. There is a lot of grind though so if you don’t have a lot of time to kill and patience you might want to look elsewhere.

Will be Great if garnett becomes Mrs parker and she can contine her story in Gordon.
Of course we may want to see more garnett story and Mrs parker story.
The MC may have more fucks with Mrs parker.
Also more scenes would be great like in car,at kitchen,fuck when she is sleeping.
Even better than Gordon, gorgeous .
With patience we get good content,the only not good thing is the content is not that much.
Please focus on Bella,Beidjet and Garnett.To be honest,the other charactor is not much attactive to me， and maybe most other people.
So why not focus on the successful chatactor and add their content like scenes, gestures,fetish,peek ,outside, buying clothes and many other points?

Very playable, CG is also very good, but skipping animations is slow and acceptable once or twice. However, they often skip time continuously or buy a large number of items, which can be a waste of time, possibly due to engine issues.

Free exploration is good, but there are some unclear prompts in the game that need to be combined with the strategy to play, otherwise I may have played for several hours and still have no progress in the plot.

I personally suggest that time hopping can improve

The game is very good, besides being something I've always looked for. The arts are good, the story is interesting. The possibilities of time, stories, variations of states of the character. I really wanted to see it finished or more solid. Different from the other game that is stopped, which was also interesting, but a little lost. This one has everything to be a work of art, but lacks things or will or investment for the developer.

Typical sandbox, 50 clicks to get to anywhere, with the added bonus of random gameover screens. (rollback is disabled btw)
Made worse by a painfully slow gameplay, we're talking 7sec hard pauses, 2sec transitions. (skipping is disabled btw²)
I had to edit the script to remove HUNDREDS of random stops the dev added to waste the players time.

Then there's MC with his Giant Cock syndrome and the botched surgery / blow-up doll models ...
Reading the last few pages in this thread it looks like the dev has no intention of fixing anything.

As of 0.4.5, I can't give it more than 1star.

First of all this game has a diversity of women, you like big Butts, you got it, you like more of a Models type, you got that too. Abigail, Jaqueline and Garnet are top 11/11 hot level.
It has an entertaining story just like the previous game from the same developer, plus improved art and animations, so why not give it 5 stars? simply because it is very frustrating at times because of how difficult it is, and unclear on how to advance. I see almost mandatory the use of walkthrough in the state the game is now and I see very necessary to add a skip day button.

Now dev if you are reading this keep up the great work and take into account the constructive criticism, your game has potential.

As of version 0.4

Pros:

1. Good animation.
2. Developer is proactive with updates.

Cons:

1. Game overs when switching scenes (getting killed, or arrested).
2. Poorly Translated.
3. You're on your own even when looking at hints. Ex. hint will tell you to talk to maria and you do but nothing happens because you didnt do something else that isnt in the hint.
4. Bad mechanics.
5. Models IMO look terrible.(yes they have big tits and ass but their faces look like they had botched plastic face surgery)
6. Developer tries to make the game be more complex than it needs to be.

I wouldn't recommend the game in its current state but I believe the developer will fix the issues with this game and it will be great in the future or not.