Ren'Py Abandoned The DeLuca Family [Season 1] [HopesGaming]

[whichone]

The most interesting specimen probably are the "aboned" crew. Coming to a pirating forum complaining about devs milking poor Patreons (sorry, whichone, that is what Patreon calls their patrons ) and then complaining about white knights when somebody argues against their points when it was just them riding into a thread fighting for people who weren't even there.

lol Must save the poor people from falling victim to this ruthlessly unscrupulous dev & his ruses!!

Spoiler: white knight hypocrisy

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Wait, where are the people who need saving?
On Patreon?
Well, fuck it, I'm taking a stand here!

 

[JJJ84]

I know the author probably wasn't thinking about that and just wanted to write a one-off gag, and I guess I'm happy at least some people found it funny, like yourself.

I wouldn't be too sure of Filius being a one-off gag, if I were you.
I've seen Hopes say since that event, saying "Oh this X real life event might be a good content for a Filius event in the future."
(perhaps he was joking or perhaps not )


And just because it's based on what's actually happened, it isn't necessarily a bad thing.

For instance, did you know in this thread, we once had a day where everyone was genuinely being nice and polite, introducing themselves (and where they are from), for no reason?
We don't have an actual event for that yet, but if Filius is the negative end of that spectrum, event for above would definitely be the positive end of the spectrum.

 

[TheCrimsonRevenger]

So i know this is gonna seem like the usual whiny "When is the next update!" post but...well, I guess it is. No getting around that.

But I ask for a reason. Last computer died and took my saves with it. My ultra-completionist mega-100% saves.

New one doesn't have as much memory as the old so i'm in that transitional stage of prioritizing hardrive space until I can upgrade a bit. So ideally i'm thinking like, I want to aim for maybe 2 weeks or so before the next one hits to re-download and try to fast-skip my way to being caught up again. But the various minigames needed to get that easter egg content can't really be skipped over sadly so I figure at least a couple weeks ahead is the furthest I can push it.

 

[whichone]

So i know this is gonna seem like the usual whiny "When is the next update!" post but...well, I guess it is. No getting around that.

But I ask for a reason. Last computer died and took my saves with it. My ultra-completionist mega-100% saves.

New one doesn't have as much memory as the old so i'm in that transitional stage of prioritizing hardrive space until I can upgrade a bit. So ideally i'm thinking like, I want to aim for maybe 2 weeks or so before the next one hits to re-download and try to fast-skip my way to being caught up again. But the various minigames needed to get that easter egg content can't really be skipped over sadly so I figure at least a couple weeks ahead is the furthest I can push it.

IIRC v.0.08.0.3 was only released in June, so will be a while yet for next update.

The game is only 3.5 gig, so you should be able to play the current version without space issues (hopefully) & regain your save position.
When you've finished, keep the saves folder, found at TheDeLucaFamily\game\saves\ & you can delete everything else, to free up the space again.
The save files are only a couple of meg.
Alternatively, they also automatically save in C:\\Users\*username\AppData (hidden folder)\Roaming\RenPy\TheDelucaFamily\

The images from Contracts are reasonably straight forward to get, just follow the walkthrough from OP.

 

[c3p0]

The game is only 3.5 gig, so you should be able to play the current version without space issues (hopefully) & regain your save position.

It also exist an unoffical compressed version, you can grab it over the OP, which should be even smaller. Of course heavier compression has it drawn back (image quality), but how much depends on a lot of different factors and sometime a game could be much smaller without a major drop in the image quality.

 

[Dr. FuckFace]

First game ever where i just cant read&watch the whole story, Lunas childhoods story with Sofia made me load last save and just quickly stroll the short version.

I strongly suggest you should save before watching the scene.


And i hope anyone doesent take me wrong, this game is absolutely marvelous, one of the best games i have ever played. Story writing is absolutely on the level that the makers should really think of writing a book, instant goldmine and bestseller for sure.

Love it and big thanks to the makers behind this, 5-/5, only minus comes with the few(2 i think) animated scenes where MC:s hand just doesent look natural, rest of the art is pure diamond and Wilfred might be my favorite side character ever.

 

[WhiteyG]

The images from Contracts are reasonably straight forward to get, just follow the walkthrough from OP.

Shameless self promotion.

 

[WhiteyG]

First game ever where i just cant read&watch the whole story, Lunas childhoods story with Sofia made me load last save and just quickly stroll the short version.

I strongly suggest you should save before watching the scene.


And i hope anyone doesent take me wrong, this game is absolutely marvelous, one of the best games i have ever played. Story writing is absolutely on the level that the makers should really think of writing a book, instant goldmine and bestseller for sure.

Love it and big thanks to the makers behind this, 5-/5, only minus comes with the few(2 i think) animated scenes where MC:s hand just doesent look natural, rest of the art is pure diamond and Wilfred might be my favorite side character ever.

It's a hard scene that's for sure but the way it ends is triumphant. I think it's worth watching despite how hard it is to see it through, but I certainly understand those that can't.

By the way you can leave a review for the game by clicking on the stars near the top of the page on the right side. I'm sure Hopesgaming would appreciate it.

 

[whichone]

Shameless self promotion.

Dammit, caught me!

 

[Cartageno]

For instance, did you know in this thread, we once had a day where everyone was genuinely being nice and polite, introducing themselves (and where they are from), for no reason?
We don't have an actual event for that yet, but if Filius is the negative end of that spectrum, event for above would definitely be the positive end of the spectrum.

And we had what I think was three months of some guy creating (literally) hundreds of profiles with names like "JJJ84sucksdick" facepalming every post in the thread ... good times

 

[incog44]

Just started playing this game. Why are there so many Gracie scenes? She's like the least desirable one of the 3. Luna is top notch.

 

[JJJ84]

Just started playing this game. Why are there so many Gracie scenes? She's like the least desirable one of the 3. Luna is top notch.

To answer your question; Dev always releases events content in rotations.
Always goes in following pattern:

Main Story/Main Events → Girls freeroam/lewd events → Main Story/Main Events → Girls freeroam/lewd events ...... and so on and so on.

The latest update had girls freeroam/lewd events to Gracie (since out of all LIs [well except Cordia, her content will get unlocked when the game gets into Season 2. It's still in Season 1], Gracie hasn't had an update for a loooong time, like 3+ years).

So you'll need to wait until it gets to Luna's turn in the rotation (like all the other players).
No Luna (or any other girls content) in the next update (since that's gonna be season 1 finale short story event), so earliest we'll see Luna content will likely be start of season 2, I'd imagine.

Also, another thing is, Luna may not have as many events as Gracie or Isabel, but Luna's event "My name is Luna" is the longest LI event out of all girls freeroam/lewd event so far (other girls events are more in quantity, but shorter events, compared to that one). So there's that.

 

[c3p0]

In addition what JJJ84 already have written.

She's like the least desirable one of the 3. Luna is top notch.

It is certainly for you, but I'm sure others don't share the same rating of the main girls and e.g. place Gracie before Luna.

 

[JJJ84]

In addition what JJJ84 already have written.


It is certainly for you, but I'm sure others don't share the same rating of the main girls and e.g. place Gracie before Luna.

Yeah, even in this thread, I've seen fair number of people actually have Gracie as their favorite girl.
And there's really nothing wrong with that (just as there's nothing wrong with those people not liking Luna, even though I may not agree with them and their reasoning for it).

She's different from Luna, Cordia, Isabel, sure.
But Gracie has quite a number of likable qualities with her also.

 

[Cartageno]

Count me in, I am definitely team Gracie. And definitely not team Isabel. Don't get me wrong, in many a game I would be, and her pic was the first thing I noticed about this game, but compared to Gracie and Luna (which are close for me) she just falls short. So tripling the comment about "tastes differ".

 

[JJJ84]

Count me in, I am definitely team Gracie. And definitely not team Isabel. Don't get me wrong, in many a game I would be, and her pic was the first thing I noticed about this game, but compared to Gracie and Luna (which are close for me) she just falls short. So tripling the comment about "tastes differ".

Before recent update, my preference was as following:

Luna >>> Cordia >>>>>>>>>> Gracie ~ Isabel

But with recent update, getting to learn more about Gracie (and no, it's not just because of my lizard brain ), I've really gravitated to below in terms of favorites:

Luna >>> Cordia >>>> Gracie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isabel

Yup, Gracie, caught up, a lot (to Luna and Cordia, in my books).
Seriously, I feel Isabel needs to up her game somehow (not saying she's a bad character, but) cause it feels like other primary LIs are like leaving her in dust

 

[Cartageno]

Before recent update, my preference was as following:

Luna >>> Cordia >>>>>>>>>> Gracie ~ Isabel

But with recent update, getting to learn more about Gracie (and no, it's not just because of my lizard brain ), I've really gravitated to below in terms of favorites:

Luna >>> Cordia >>>> Gracie >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isabel

Yup, Gracie, caught up, a lot (to Luna and Cordia, in my books).
Seriously, I feel Isabel needs to up her game somehow (not saying she's a bad character, but) cause it feels like other primary LIs are like leaving her in dust

I am certainly interested in Cordia but I don't have enough info on her to rank her. What I like about Gracie - I think, this is nothing you really can analyze, you like them or don't - is the nerd type, which I have a weakness for, with some twists to keep it fresh compared to the shy girl with glasses which doesn't dare speak up.

 

[JJJ84]

I am certainly interested in Cordia but I don't have enough info on her to rank her. What I like about Gracie - I think, this is nothing you really can analyze, you like them or don't - is the nerd type, which I have a weakness for, with some twists to keep it fresh compared to the shy girl with glasses which doesn't dare speak up.

I think with Cordia, despite having no dedicated events for her, her charisma and her being gentle with the MC in that "Mother" event as well as trying to defend and understand MC's position (even to the point of arguing with Wilfred, in that recent video recording with the latest update), just makes me really fall for her.
Can't wait to get to her events in season 2 and get into more inner layers of th Blizzard Queen.


Yeah, Gracie's a nerd but a more....... confident type of nerd?
Shy girl nerd trope has been done so many times and you're 100% correct that it's refreshing.

And her socialization issue where she finds it difficult to understand human emotions is also one of her attributes I find intriguing (some people really hate that aspect about her, but it is totally fine with me).

 

[mightybored]

I see Gracie and I think of that one episode of House, M.D.

"How long have you been a psychopath?"

 

[Thrill'n Flares]

I see Gracie and I think of that one episode of House, M.D.

"How long have you been a psychopath?"

Well, she aint a psychopath. Luna, cause of her scars, is actually closer to the psychopath trope. I use to see gracie as a sociopath or at least close to it, but thinking about her social skills, or lack there of, i come to realize she just does not realize how she comes across. At least not fully. When she tries to sound serious she just seems goofy. So I am sure it has to do with her lack of social skills. LOL