VN Ren'Py Abandoned The Club [r1 pre-release] [Rommelpiet]

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California Doc

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Hard to tell anything from this, but I may download the next update just to see where the Dev may be going. Good luck, Rommelpiet.
 
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DonkeyFace

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Really nice overall production here. Great premise, and the dialogue is not overly wordy and gets the point across just right. Renders are nice (unique assets too). Posing and expressions are done well. Music is great (Several different tracks already) and does just as it should in help setting the intended mood for each scene. I like both of the dames (well 3 if you count the Desert Eagle. She's a beauty too, and looks just like one of mine) introduced so far, especially Senna. Her lips, those EYES, body, hair tucked behind her ear on one side, and her possibly in need of being rescued (love me a damsel in distress). The black and white snap shot photos, and the scope gently hovering over it's target are a really nice touch. They may be small things but they show me effort and attention to detail.

While I prefer a simple choice based VN, especially for games that are story driven, it sounds like this one is going to go the route of free roam. That has me a bit concerned, but I guess it all depends on how it is implemented. I can certainly envision how it could potentially add to the experience (being a spy novel and all) and used for espionage/investigative type purposes? That could be really cool actually. It's just nearly all of my experience with free roam thus far, it seems like it was used to only serve the purpose of inflating game play time or perhaps to grant somewhat of a feeling of interactivity). But to be honest, in a story based game I find those segments immersion breaking. But like I said, if it is implemented with story purposes (so as to not remove you from the story) and not over used, then it could actually be really fun. And hopefully, no full on sandbox with time management, scene repetition, stat grinding, etc.... Nothing can break immersion and kill a story faster for me than that. IMO that type of gameplay is better suited for mindless fuck-fests.

You might want to change the cover photo on the OP to better reflect the game. It's rather generic and dull and I nearly passed right over it (glad I didn't). A nice montage always seems to grab my attention. And while we've only a seen few girls so far, they do have large breasts (Which I personally like). But we either have a large segment, or a just a very loud segment here that likes tiny nubs, so you might want to diversify going forward.

Final Thoughts: Color me very intrigued. I can definitely see myself backing this project, but I need to see a little more. As well as what these game play elements will entail (will they enhance or annoy). I hope you are not discouraged by the lack of support. I rarely (if ever) see these short demo type releases garner any kind of monetary support. So, I don't know if it's really a good idea to release them or not. Sure, it's enough to wet the appetite of the player, but I just worry about developers getting discouraged. And honestly, it seems that these story based Non-incest games take a while to gain traction. I hope that this is your passion and that you are willing to trudge through these early stages of development while watching support slowly trickle in. DrPinkCake and PhillyGames have proven that it can be done without Incest driving it. It just takes quality, integrity, dedication, and patience.

Good luck Mr. Developer, this one looks promising.
 
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rom_piet

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So this whole scenario means that there will be parts where the choices offered won't matter because of the "failsafe"?
Well, we haven't even found out how this tech works exactly, so who knows.
 

rom_piet

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Really nice overall production here. Great premise, and the dialogue is not overly wordy and gets the point across just right. Renders are nice (unique assets too). Posing and expressions are done well. Music is great (Several different tracks already) and does just as it should in help setting the intended mood for each scene. I like both of the dames (well 3 if you count the Desert Eagle. She's a beauty too, and looks just like one of mine) introduced so far, especially Senna. Her lips, those EYES, body, hair tucked behind her ear on one side, and her possibly in need of being rescued (love me a damsel in distress). The black and white snap shot photos, and the scope gently hovering over it's target are a really nice touch. They may be small things but they show me effort and attention to detail.

While I prefer a simple choice based VN, especially for games that are story driven, it sounds like this one is going to go the route of free roam. That has me a bit concerned, but I guess it all depends on how it is implemented. I can certainly envision how it could potentially add to the experience (being a spy novel and all) and used for espionage/investigative type purposes? That could be really cool actually. It's just nearly all of my experience with free roam thus far, it seems like it was used to only serve the purpose of inflating game play time or perhaps to grant somewhat of a feeling of interactivity). But to be honest, in a story based game I find those segments immersion breaking. But like I said, if it is implemented with story purposes (so as to not remove you from the story) and not over used, then it could actually be really fun. And hopefully, no full on sandbox with time management, scene repetition, stat grinding, etc.... Nothing can break immersion and kill a story faster for me than that. IMO that type of gameplay is better suited for mindless fuck-fests.

You might want to change the cover photo on the OP to better reflect the game. It's rather generic and dull and I nearly passed right over it (glad I didn't). A nice montage always seems to grab my attention. And while we've only a seen few girls so far, they do have large breasts (Which I personally like). But we either have a large segment, or a just a very loud segment here that likes tiny nubs, so you might want to diversify going forward.

Final Thoughts: Color me very intrigued. I can definitely see myself backing this project, but I need to see a little more. As well as what these game play elements will entail (will they enhance or annoy). I hope you are not discouraged by the lack of support. I rarely (if ever) see these short demo type releases garner any kind of monetary support. So, I don't know if it's really a good idea to release them or not. Sure, it's enough to wet the appetite of the player, but I just worry about developers getting discouraged. And honestly, it seems that these story based Non-incest games take a while to gain traction. I hope that this is your passion and that you are willing to trudge through these early stages of development while watching support slowly trickle in. DrPinkCake and PhillyGames have proven that it can be done without Incest driving it. It just takes quality, integrity, dedication, and patience.

Good luck Mr. Developer, this one looks promising.
Wow, thanks for the writeup! I dislike games that have you running around without an idea of what to do, so I'm avoiding that. I do want to give the player freedom-of-choice, so they can focus on different aspects than the main story.
I was actually quite in doubt on releasing this teaser, since on one hand I wanted to show off my idea and see if people would be interested, while on the other hand I didn't want it to come across as a "quick moneygrab"- ind of thing. I want people to support because they want to, not because I'm asking them to.
Also, there will be more diversity in the ladies, that's all I'll say ;)
 

rom_piet

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Is there animated scenes or planned?
Animated scenes take up a lot of resources, plus can look quite bad if done incorrectly. So while they are planned, don't expect them in the full release or even the one after that. Don't get me wrong - I like animated scenes as much as the next guy/gal, but I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
 

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when it comes to pursuing/interacting with a girl. will we have mutiple routes on how to go for them. sub/dom, romance/corruption? kinda curious cause i dont see myself taking the chick with the fake tits to seriously. and will girls be optional in general(no forced sex scenes)?. its a bit weird to ask i know but im not a big fan of fake boobs and i know in a game like this there's no real way to tell the difference but as soon as it was mentioned i lost interest in that girl so thats why im asking if girls you dont wanna pursue can be avoided.

it prolly comes from the idea that i associate girls with implants as Bimbo/sluts...at least in VN's.

But yeah all in all a great teaser good luck to you.
 
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Kaed1107

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Don't make it sandbox please, If you could make it as a straight visual novel with some choices now and then would be awesome but anyway the game looks good I'm looking forward for new updates
 

WaerM

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This game has really got potential to become a great one , looking forward to play the full release of chapter one (hope we don't have to wait for too long for the first update :)
 
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ElMonk

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I like games with a good story more than only the porn stuff, i will save this for later
 

rom_piet

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one bug tho...
right after the shot i had this...

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Found the error: Missing image in the native version. I'll upload a patched version now. Here is the "images.rpa" that you can place under [gamedirectory]/game/ and it should work as intended again. It's smaller than the one it's replacing because I took out a couple of WIP elements that are not present in this teaser. (Refer to this post for the file).
 
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rom_piet

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when it comes to pursuing/interacting with a girl. will we have mutiple routes on how to go for them. sub/dom, romance/corruption? kinda curious cause i dont see myself taking the chick with the fake tits to seriously. and will girls be optional in general(no forced sex scenes)?. its a bit weird to ask i know but im not a big fan of fake boobs and i know in a game like this there's no real way to tell the difference but as soon as it was mentioned i lost interest in that girl so thats why im asking if girls you dont wanna pursue can be avoided.

it prolly comes from the idea that i associate girls with implants as Bimbo/sluts...at least in VN's.

But yeah all in all a great teaser good luck to you.
I don't want to dissect the game here too much, but I'm aiming to avoid forced sex scenes, unless it's purely for plot development - I still have a story to tell.
 
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