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

[JJJ84]

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- need to add the steam sdk into the game so it can go to steam.
- waiting for my coder to finish the lore code so I can add the new lore codex into the game.
Also on that note, need to decide how much of the written lore I'm going to add for season 1. Was originally planning to just add in everything I've written but JJJ84, who have read it all, said it would be best not to add everything in

Yup.
That was me.

So if anyone gets upset that they're not getting the lore section all at once, they know who to blame (here come those pitchforks), cause I was Hopes' Jiminy Cricket whispering in his ear

I'd suggest adding lore in as we encounter\discover it.
So when we meet\hear about new Family, or Family members - lore gets updated.
When we go to a new area - lore gets updated.

If all lore is there from the get-go, that's quite a lot of info to absorb. Large portions of it will be irrelevant to the new player, if they have nothing in-game to relate it to yet.
If it's unlocked via progression, it's bite sized chunks. Easier to take in and relevant to the player at that time.
Stops it being overload & also acts as some sense of progress indicator.

This might be well outside the scope you intend, but you could even use the lore as some type of gameplay mechanic.
e.g. Say we have an adversary - the more lore we've unlocked about them, the more info we have to plot their downfall.

Yup, this was what I suggested to Hopes.
Bit by bit of the lore section revealed after every relevant event occurs;
Like how CDPR did with Witcher 3.

Having too much all at once would not only be spoilery, and would also result in massive burnout from some folks, and those people will likely end up skipping the lore section altogether, finding it too much of a hassle to go through the huge lore dump.

 

[c3p0]

Having too much all at once would not only be spoilery, and would also result in massive burnout from some folks, and those people will likely end up skipping the lore section altogether, finding it too much of a hassle to go through the huge lore dump.

Well, nothing helps. Seen in other games, when there was an option "Would you like to have lore dump or just fast forward" they complain about the lore dump they have get.
So one thing, among others, I've learned here, is that regardless what you do, someone will always complain about it.

 

[whichone]

Yup, this was what I suggested to Hopes.
Bit by bit of the lore section revealed after every relevant event occurs;
Like how CDPR did with Witcher 3.

Having too much all at once would not only be spoilery, and would also result in massive burnout from some folks, and those people will likely end up skipping the lore section altogether, finding it too much of a hassle to go through the huge lore dump.

Yeah, as you can tell from my post, I completely agree!

I do actually like my supplementary idea, of making the lore relevant to gameplay.
e.g. When we encounter a new character, our adversary, we get the base lore unlock.
We can then discover more, by talking to the right people.
Extra lore can contain crucial information that gives the MC the upper hand, when they come together in conflict.
For me, this also ties in well with MC's given attributes, of being a watcher who learns his enemy, then uses their weaknesses against them.

Well, nothing helps. Seen in other games, when there was an option "Would you like to have lore dump or just fast forward" they complain about the lore dump they have get.
So one thing, among others, I've learned here, is that regardless what you do, someone will always complain about it.

Yeah, can't please everyone.
Some of the people, some of the time. Not all of the people, all of the time.

 

[JJJ84]

As i dont download and play for a longer time this game is there now some Sex?With Sex i mean real Sex not only touching a tit or an Ass

For future reference, I'd suggest you check out the tags on the threads (top of the page); this applies to not just this game but all games for this site.

Taking this game as an example, you can already see what's included;

I´m still thinking this game as a VN would be better, i hope the VN version still in development.

VN mode for full Season 1 will be available when the Season 1 - Soldato Edition gets released on Steam.


For those who haven't seen the Steam trailer yet (guessing most have by now but for those who may have missed out), here's the post of the trailer;

After getting permission from Hopes, it's my pleasure to present to ya all, the Steam trailer for "The DeLuca Family: Soldato Edition (Season 1):

 

[Cartageno]

Yeah, can't please everyone.
Some of the people, some of the time. Not all of the people, all of the time.

And some of the people almost never. If they can't find anything they will invent new problems.

 

[GladiusVictorius]

For future reference, I'd suggest you check out the tags on the threads (top of the page); this applies to not just this game but all games for this site.

Taking this game as an example, you can already see what's included;

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VN mode for full Season 1 will be available when the Season 1 - Soldato Edition gets released on Steam.


For those who haven't seen the Steam trailer yet (guessing most have by now but for those who may have missed out), here's the post of the trailer;

Sorry mate but i download games on this site now for years and tags mean absolute nothing as 80% write 20 Tags for things that they dont have in the game maybe they add them at some point. By the way i download the game again and the Gallery unblocker even its older there is 1 Blowjob until that point and absolute 0 other Sex so if i have to look to the Tags where Vaginal Sex is actual hidden?

 

[c3p0]

Sorry mate but i download games on this site now for years and tags mean absolute nothing as 80% write 20 Tags for things that they dont have in the game maybe they add them at some point. By the way i download the game again and the Gallery unblocker even its older there is 1 Blowjob until that point and absolute 0 other Sex so if i have to look to the Tags where Vaginal Sex is actual hidden?

Vaginal sex is there since, I think 0.0.8 or even 0.0.7, JJJ will know that one for sure.
But it is in there, one scene, and that since a long time ago.

 

[GladiusVictorius]

Vaginal sex is there since, I think 0.0.8 or even 0.0.7, JJJ will know that for sure.
But it is in there, one scene, and that since a long time ago.

is not in the gallery as that unblocker from the main page unblock all until 0.0.9 the only Sex Scene i found was the Blowjob all the rest only teasing in very Vannilla style

 

[JJJ84]

Sorry mate but i download games on this site now for years and tags mean absolute nothing as 80% write 20 Tags for things that they dont have in the game maybe they add them at some point. By the way i download the game again and the Gallery unblocker even its older there is 1 Blowjob until that point and absolute 0 other Sex so if i have to look to the Tags where Vaginal Sex is actual hidden?

Well, I dunno of your experiences, but from what I've seen, the tag system has been pretty reliable for me (and I've went through a good number of games over the years lol).

Gallery itself isn't up to date; game's version is v0.09.6 but the gallery is only until v0.07.
And yes, as c3p0 said v0.07 has a sex scene at the end after the Ombra mission (with Eiza, one of the side girls).

I'm getting the strong impression from what you're asking that you're just after the sex scenes.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that; different strokes for different folks and all.

Having said that, hate to break it to you but if that's your main priority this game isn't really for you and you should just move on.
Dev has said from the beginning that story and characterization will always come first.
Sex scenes will happen but only from when it makes sense in the story (and when that happens, there will be plenty).

This isn't like those other games where the girls just jump the MC's bone hungry for his cock early on.
And I'd assume there's other games where galleries have lots of sex scenes already which will satisfy you.

 

[GladiusVictorius]

Well, I dunno of your experiences, but from what I've seen, the tag system has been pretty reliable for me (and I've went through a good number of games over the years lol).

Gallery itself isn't up to date; game's version is v0.09.6 but the gallery is only until v0.07.
And yes, as c3p0 said v0.07 has a sex scene in the end at the end of Ombra mission (with Eiza, one of the side girls).

I'm getting the strong impression from what you're asking that you're just after the sex scenes.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that; different strokes for different folks and all.

Having said that, hate to break it to you but if that's your main priority this game isn't really for you and you should just move on.
Dev has said from the beginning that story and characterization will always come first.
Sex scenes will happen but only from when it makes sense in the story (and when that happens, there will be plenty).

This isn't like those other games where the girls just jump the MC's bone hungry for his cock early on.
And I'd assume there's other games where galleries have lots of sex scenes already which will satisfy you.

Updated it for 0.09

- Game Version : 0.09.0
- Mod Version : 0.09.0b this is from the gallery mod so not 0.07
And yes on a Porn game site im behind Porn much more if the Game is older then my real life Children first post from this game is from 26 Juli 2018 now we have 2024 going slow is ok but man i want to see something happen before i die of old age.And for that i ask other if this game have final Sex so i dont need again to waste Hours of clicking for nothing

 

[Cartageno]

Updated it for 0.09

- Game Version : 0.09.0
- Mod Version : 0.09.0b this is from the gallery mod so not 0.07
And yes on a Porn game site im behind Porn much more if the Game is older then my real life Children first post from this game is from 26 Juli 2018 now we have 2024 going slow is ok but man i want to see something happen before i die of old age.And for that i ask other if this game have final Sex so i dont need again to waste Hours of clicking for nothing

The gallery unlocker may have been updated to newer versions to work and unlock everything in the gallery. However, later development just is not in the gallery, not much a mod can unlock there, updated or not. There is one scene which you can reach by playing the game, as has been said, but not by watching the gallery.

And as JJJ said there is nothing wrong with just wanting the "pretty scenes" but this game won't be for you since "having sex" is not the main focus. Not many pretty scenes to be expected. After all, this isn't a porn game site but an adult game site, which means there are games here which have porn content but do not focus on it - like this one.

And as for update speed, well, this was always a side project (so far) of a dev doing the job in his free time, so it was always going to take longer than other games.

 

[c3p0]

Updated it for 0.09

- Game Version : 0.09.0
- Mod Version : 0.09.0b this is from the gallery mod so not 0.07
And yes on a Porn game site im behind Porn much more if the Game is older then my real life Children first post from this game is from 26 Juli 2018 now we have 2024 going slow is ok but man i want to see something happen before i die of old age.And for that i ask other if this game have final Sex so i dont need again to waste Hours of clicking for nothing

And for fuck sake, it has, one scene with Eiza with vaginal sex, since 0.0.7 or 0.0.8 (Since over 2¾ year or over 1½ year). It does not change how much you ask or whatever you do. It is in the game, so either life with or not.

 

[JJJ84]

Updated it for 0.09

- Game Version : 0.09.0
- Mod Version : 0.09.0b this is from the gallery mod so not 0.07
And yes on a Porn game site im behind Porn much more if the Game is older then my real life Children first post from this game is from 26 Juli 2018 now we have 2024 going slow is ok but man i want to see something happen before i die of old age.And for that i ask other if this game have final Sex so i dont need again to waste Hours of clicking for nothing

Goodness me........ you do realize you're pretty much contradicting yourself?

You're first saying "going slow is ok." then saying you wanna see the final sex and the sex scenes with the girls lol.

There are devs with many vary ages.
Some devs may be middle-aged, some devs may be in their 30s, and some may be even in their early 20s.

Each of these devs have differing development speeds; some may release updates monthly, some may release every 3 or 4 months (or even longer).

All those things considered, dev will do it at his own pace. Just because you think "Oh, I am getting old, so I want the dev to go faster." doesn't mean it works that way.
And yes, even I have couple of games where I wish would go faster, but it is what it is and I just accept to go with the flow.
Dev's not gonna speed up the development just because I complain saying I'm getting too old.


And no, as Cartageno said in his post, this site (f95zone, aka, the "zone") is NOT a porn game site, but an Adult Game site.
There are porn games yes, games which have porn content but do not focus on it - like DeLuca, or games which have no porn content at all (i.e. no nudity and sex scenes).
Folks sometimes show up who don't know how to distinguish the two, and I'd say those people have never played games in the zone which has no sexual content.


To finish, you've said "you don't want to waste hours of clicking for nothing."
Well this pretty much indicates that you're not the intended player demographic for the dev.
And all the other people who've played and enjoyed the game are in it for the story and characters.

This is why I've said you should just move on.
For the main playerbase of DeLuca, lewd and the sex scenes are just the icing on top, the main body of the cake are characters and story; they are the things that really matter.
You on the other hand....well, I don't need to even spell it out, do I?

Hence you'd have more luck in another game for what you're looking for.

 

[destav1234]

How do i activate The Event Frog Queen 3?

 

[Lorenz1]

Some threads should just be locked and temporarily unlocked in case of an update. Nothing useful is going to come out of the discussion of the same talking points over for the millionth time.

 

[c3p0]

Some threads should just be locked and temporarily unlocked in case of an update. Nothing useful is going to come out of the discussion of the same talking points over for the millionth time.

Yes, I agree, with this so much useless comments wouldn't be here, you proofen your point very strongly.

 

[JJJ84]

Nothing useful is going to come out of the discussion of the same talking points over for the millionth time.

Well, you should look in the mirror when saying this.
Given how much you whine & complain about this game everytime you're in this thread, this 100% applies to you

 

[Rome5555555]

Is there a game update out?

 

[Big_Brave1]

Is there a game update out?

Not any update since November on their Patreon

 

[JB08]

Does hopes do dev logs like other dev's? Like status of updates, what they are working on, general life updates, equipment upgrades, etc.