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

[NadaMucho]

No disrespect just a question. I'm not really able to enjoy a title if the MC is a derp. Constantly ask questions, never knows what's going on or what to do, self pitying, etc. An example would be in, the start of the story, we have our protagonist going somewhere because of some contract he knows nothing about. Just a few screens later he think that he should hate the head of the family, a female boss who he just met 2 minutes ago, for "putting him in this situation". Of course he has NO idea why he is there, what the situation is or if the boss is even involved. Derp.

Obviously he's a well written derp or he wouldn't irritate me so much. Well done you. I would just like to know if the protagonist gets any "less derpy" as the story goes on. Some titles have character development and some don't so it doesn't hurt to ask.

Thank you!

 

[HopesGaming]

No disrespect just a question. I'm not really able to enjoy a title if the MC is a derp. Constantly ask questions, never knows what's going on or what to do, self pitying, etc. An example would be in, the start of the story, we have our protagonist going somewhere because of some contract he knows nothing about. Just a few screens later he think that he should hate the head of the family, a female boss who he just met 2 minutes ago, for "putting him in this situation". Of course he has NO idea why he is there, what the situation is or if the boss is even involved. Derp.

Obviously he's a well written derp or he wouldn't irritate me so much. Well done you. I would just like to know if the protagonist gets any "less derpy" as the story goes on. Some titles have character development and some don't so it doesn't hurt to ask.

Thank you!

Nothing disrespectful about that
To answer, the mc is a very talented individual. But he is also a very flawed character.
He is quick to scare, self-closed, gloomy and tend to ignore other people's feelings if he believes he is doing it for their betterment. In other words, butt in when not asked to butt in. (Something I personally hate very much!)
As we go through the story and seasons, we will see a very different mc. For better and worse. Some of his flaws will improve, while others are hard-coded into his personality/being.

Though with that said, I have to disagree with you a bit. From the perspective of our mc, his 'freedom' is taken away from him, and he is now in a 'scary and criminal underworld' without him being able to get out. Since he has no idea why and who, his first instinct is to blame the one who has the biggest control of the Family and should have the biggest say - the don(na)

 

[whichone]

An example would be in, the start of the story, we have our protagonist going somewhere because of some contract he knows nothing about. Just a few screens later he think that he should hate the head of the family, a female boss who he just met 2 minutes ago, for "putting him in this situation". Of course he has NO idea why he is there, what the situation is or if the boss is even involved. Derp.

So he's been taken to a mafia family under some form of contract & you think he's a "derp" for presuming that the head of the entire crime family would know something about the situation?
Really?

 

[NadaMucho]

So he's been taken to a mafia family under some form of contract & you think he's a "derp" for presuming that the head of the entire crime family would know something about the situation?
Really?

Maybe it's a contract with the uncle. Maybe it's a contract from some other organization saying he has to serve. Maybe it's a contract to guard the daughters in bikinis on a tropical island. Since it's all speculation then yes, really.

Ooo I got another one! He's in this situation because of a contract. Maybe the contract/agreement is on one of the DeLuca family to take care of him! So they brought him to the estate for safety reasons! Maybe a rival crew put out a contract on him but they promised your father they'd always take care of you.

I have to say though the contract thing is kind of strange. In Jersey if you have a contract on you then you better run and hide.

 

[NadaMucho]

As we go through the story and seasons, we will see a very different mc. For better and worse. Some of his flaws will improve, while others are hard-coded into his personality/being.

That's actually quite encouraging. Thank you for taking some of your time to provide the good intel.

 

[Dessolos]

I have to say though the contract thing is kind of strange. In Jersey if you have a contract on you then you better run and hide.

i'm sure there is hit contracts in this game's world as well. But if I recall correctly the contracts usually more or less a contract of servitude in most cases in this game.

 

[Cabin Fever]

I have to say though the contract thing is kind of strange. In Jersey if you have a contract on you then you better run and hide.

Well, aren't we all glad that the game is set in a fictitious town instead of Jersey then?

 

[NadaMucho]

Well, aren't we all glad that the game is set in a fictitious town instead of Jersey then?

I guess you are if you can't think of another word besides contract. It's a mafia family right? Contract?

 

[Jimayo]

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[whichone]

Ooo I got another one! He's in this situation because of a contract. Maybe the contract/agreement is on one of the DeLuca family to take care of him! So they brought him to the estate for safety reasons! Maybe a rival crew put out a contract on him but they promised your father they'd always take care of you.

Precisely my point.
It's not exactly a leap to presume that the head of the crime family holding\honouring the contract would know what the contract is & why he's there.
Yet you somehow think he's a derp, for doing exactly that.

 

[Aqua888]

Someone share season 2 patreon dev log please,
There's few previews I think

 

[Cabin Fever]

I guess you are if you can't think of another word besides contract. It's a mafia family right? Contract?

Or for that matter, another type of contract other than the killing type.

 

[Akon143]

When is the new update rollin in f95 been waiting for so long . This one is one of my favourite and it taking forever . And i hope hopesgaming would do s2 faster since he is more dedicated into this project .

 

[Dessolos]

When is the new update rollin in f95 been waiting for so long . This one is one of my favourite and it taking forever . And i hope hopesgaming would do s2 faster since he is more dedicated into this project .

I think he is only been dedicated to S2 full time for a month and before was mostly steam so probably be a bit. Unless you are talking about the steam update then my bad

 

[burbero]

Pawning sons is an important part of ancient world history. It was especially common in the kingdoms. These contracts were made for many reasons, the most common being to enforce loyalty by pledging one or more sons as hostages, or as a sign of trust. Sometimes it was also done to unite two families, e.g. an alliance for the purpose of marriage, etc. One of the best examples is Vlad Dracula and his brother Radu, princes of Wallachia, who were pledged to the Ottoman Empire. These two brothers received the same education and care as the Ottoman princes. As an adult Vlad fought against the Ottomans, while his brother Radu fought against his brother as a valuable friend and general for the Ottoman Sultan. I know that such contracts are still made in the mafia world.

 

[c3p0]

When is the new update rollin in f95 been waiting for so long . This one is one of my favourite and it taking forever . And i hope hopesgaming would do s2 faster since he is more dedicated into this project .

When someone leaks it here, the same as always Pinky.

 

[whichone]

When someone leaks it here, the same as always Pinky.

Pinky... I see what you did there!

 

[whichone]

One of the best examples is Vlad Dracula and his brother Radu, princes of Wallachia, who were pledged to the Ottoman Empire.

Another good example is Arminius. Born son of the German Cherusci tribe's chief. Taken as a boy by the Romans, as part of a deal for peace.
Subsequently led the Cherusci in one of the Roman Empire's most notorious defeats, in the Battle of the Teutogburg Forest.

 

[burbero]

Another good example is Arminius. Born son of the German Cherusci tribe's chief. Taken as a boy by the Romans, as part of a deal for peace.
Subsequently led the Cherusci in one of the Roman Empire's most notorious defeats, in the Battle of the Teutogburg Forest.

Exactly, this is a good example from history. In the game, the probable reason for the hostage of the MC is the dispute between the two families. The actual use of this contractual hostage means "If you betray me, your son will die In fact, that's why when mc's friend finds out about this, he threatens the Deluca family "if he gets hurt" because this is the first thought that comes to his mind. But I think it's the other way round, if Mrs DeLuca knows her son's sexual preference, she knows that he can't run the family because such a situation would have serious consequences in the criminal world. Maybe the condition of the deal is a marriage and heirship.

 

[whichone]

Exactly, this is a good example from history. In the game, the probable reason for the hostage of the MC is the dispute between the two families. The actual use of this contractual hostage means "If you betray me, your son will die In fact, that's why when mc's friend finds out about this, he threatens the Deluca family "if he gets hurt" because this is the first thought that comes to his mind. But I think it's the other way round, if Mrs DeLuca knows her son's sexual preference, she knows that he can't run the family because such a situation would have serious consequences in the criminal world. Maybe the condition of the deal is a marriage and heirship.

Certainly plausible. But they've been watching the MC since he was a little child. I don't know if Antonio's sexuality would have been known, at that time, if the contract was already in place when they were watching him in the playground.

I think the contract has something to do with MC's Mother.
We know she was one of the original Serpents, with Cordia.
I think the backstory of MC being poisoned as a child, by his Mother, suggests that she was pretty unstable (despite it later saving his life) & might well have led Cordia to take her old friend's son for protection.