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

[Loveboy1900]

I just started not too long ago but I can't find out what the xp points are for (If I'm going to find out through the game later I apologize for making this post lol)

 

[Loveboy1900]

Nvm, I found out

 

[Alpha11Bravo7]

nice game, but i can't help to think of the old saying...
"less talk, more action please"
overall worth it, other then a bit grind heavy for no real reward.

 

[SuperLYC]

Even later than Cyberpunk?

 

[Meushi]

All the shake are for fun and haven't been done post work.

For fun he says, while I'm going green at the gills with motion sickness over here.

Shaky cam can go to hell, where it belongs! For shame Hopes, for shame...

 

[JJJ84]

Hey HopesGaming, I hope you've been well. It's great to see that you're busy, happy, and your fire of passion towards this game is burning bright as ever.

Here's couple of questions about the game that I wish to ask you:


1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory (with MC learning how things are done in the mafia world) ? Or would that be going too overboard?

An example of such would be how the Family deals with its traitors.
We're told of "The Woods", place where people are sent to be taken care of (for their last moments). But how does the Family dispose of the bodies?
Bury them? Burn them? Or some other method we don't know? Will we (through MC's POV) find out?


2) Since Cordia is the Donna (female equivalant of Don), with so many who fights on her behalf (Serpents, Wilfred's Division, Capos, Elite Soldados, Soldados), it feels like it's currently very difficult to picture her in a situation where she chooses (or is forced) to fight on her own (without anyone else's assisstance).

But will there ever come a time where Cordia herself would need to grab a weapon and actually fight (actually, this question would apply to not just Cordia, but all Dons in the DeLuca universe in general)?


3) Growing up, did Luna receive training from all 4 of the Serpents?

While she does state that Cynthia is her teacher (in the beach prison event), she also states that the jump kick we see her use every now and then, she learned it from Gottardo.
If she learned from each of the Serpents, I am kinda curious what each of them taught her (i.e. specific area of expertise, such as "Serpent" perhaps teaching her shooting with firearms & also how to use "stealth", but in Luna's case, perhaps the stealth lesson never stuck with her due to her personality?).


4) So far, we've seen Gracie using her smarts in a lot of situations, but I was wondering will there ever come a time when she receives some combat training (perhaps some funsies in naughty situations with the MC while grappling/wrestling? Actually, I can see this applying with both DeLuca girls as well as Eiza )?


5) With Isabel, as the story goes on, will we see her take on more roles/responsibilities other than just "wife of Antonio" or "sister-in-law to Luna & Gracie", i.e. perhaps dip her hands into the Family Business?


6) In the Beach Prison event, each member of the Wilfred's division have a flower (don't really know the flowers really well, perhaps carnation? hmmm) pinned to their suit. Is there a reason (some lore/backstory) behind that?


7) The Capo Caterina almost always seems to have her skates on, so this is a hypothetical question:
what happens if her skates somehow gets taken away from her (and she's forced to fight without them)? Is she still just as efficient killer without them, or would her efficiency drop (such as an example of an expert swordsman having his sword taken away, & is forced to fight in hand to hand combat & struggles due to not used to fighting without the sword)?


8) The characters that Giacobbe mentions in his meeting with Cordia (during the Straffan arc): Marco, Erardo. Lino, Maggiorino, will we see them when we delve further into Cordia's past through flashbacks (where we delve into how she is connected to MC's family and all), or are they there solely for mention (to give a bit of relatability to Giacobbe)?

 

[DarkLup]

1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory? Or would that be going too overboard?

The torture scene with Pops wasn't gruesome enough for you ? 'Cause honestly just gore for the sake of gore would lose its impact in my opinion, then again a good ol' torture scene with the MC showing his dedication to the Delucas would be cool

 

[JJJ84]

The torture scene with Pops wasn't gruesome enough for you ? 'Cause honestly just gore for the sake of gore would lose its impact in my opinion, then again a good ol' torture scene with the MC showing his dedication to the Delucas would be cool

lol, it's not like I have a gore fetish (if that's what you're wondering). I'm thinking about it purely in terms of narrative (since MC will be learning more and more about how everything is done in the Family as he rises in ranks).

For example, perhaps some of these Crime Families (not necessarily DeLuca, though they could also) use methods such as acid to dissolve the bodies in order to not leave any evidence which can result in burying the bodies (Which can be dug up), or burning (which can alert authorities with the whole smoke and everything).

In the above example, it doesn't necessarily need to actually show the acid dissolving the bodies for it to be gruesome. They can just show a soldier just pouring the acid, without showing the effects on the body itself.
Or they can just say that's what that's how they do without actually showing it (something like how the girls had to kill the dog in the My name is Luna flashback. We don't actually see it being done, but are told it was done through narration).

It doesn't always necessarily require specific visuals for something to be gruesome. Same (or very similar) effect can be achieved without showing specifics, but through other means & explanations.

 

[uhhhok]

Hey HopesGaming, I hope you've been well. It's great to see that you're busy, happy, and your fire of passion towards this game is burning bright as ever.

Here's couple of questions about the game that I wish to ask you:


1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory (with MC learning how things are done in the mafia world) ? Or would that be going too overboard?

An example of such would be how the Family deals with its traitors.
We're told of "The Woods", place where people are sent to be taken care of (for their last moments). But how does the Family dispose of the bodies?
Bury them? Burn them? Or some other method we don't know? Will we (through MC's POV) find out?


2) Since Cordia is the Donna (female equivalant of Don), with so many who fights on her behalf (Serpents, Wilfred's Division, Capos, Elite Soldados, Soldados), it feels like it's currently very difficult to picture her in a situation where she chooses (or is forced) to fight on her own (without anyone else's assisstance).

But will there ever come a time where Cordia herself would need to grab a weapon and actually fight (actually, this question would apply to not just Cordia, but all Dons in the DeLuca universe in general)?


3) Growing up, did Luna receive training from all 4 of the Serpents?

While she does state that Cynthia is her teacher (in the beach prison event), she also states that the jump kick we see her use every now and then, she learned it from Gottardo.
If she learned from each of the Serpents, I am kinda curious what each of them taught her (i.e. specific area of expertise, such as "Serpent" perhaps teaching her shooting with firearms & also how to use "stealth", but in Luna's case, perhaps the stealth lesson never stuck with her due to her personality?).


4) So far, we've seen Gracie using her smarts in a lot of situations, but I was wondering will there ever come a time when she receives some combat training (perhaps some funsies in naughty situations with the MC while grappling/wrestling? Actually, I can see this applying with both DeLuca girls as well as Eiza )?


5) With Isabel, as the story goes on, will we see her take on more roles/responsibilities other than just "wife of Antonio" or "sister-in-law to Luna & Gracie", i.e. perhaps dip her hands into the Family Business?


6) In the Beach Prison event, each member of the Wilfred's division have a flower (don't really know the flowers really well, perhaps carnation? hmmm) pinned to their suit. Is there a reason (some lore/backstory) behind that?


7) The Capo Caterina almost always seems to have her skates on, so this is a hypothetical question:
what happens if her skates somehow gets taken away from her (and she's forced to fight without them)? Is she still just as efficient killer without them, or would her efficiency drop (such as an example of an expert swordsman having his sword taken away, & is forced to fight in hand to hand combat & struggles due to not used to fighting without the sword)?


8) The characters that Giacobbe mentions in his meeting with Cordia (during the Straffan arc): Marco, Erardo. Lino, Maggiorino, will we see them when we delve further into Cordia's past through flashbacks (where we delve into how she is connected to MC's family and all), or are they there solely for mention (to give a bit of relatability to Giacobbe)?

Man, don't get me wrong but I don't think we need go that deep into the story (especially in a game) if this is a film we can do all that but I don't think creating renders and animations (and time ) on that is necessary .

 

[afrojack12]

does anyone know anything about the progress of the update????

 

[JJJ84]

does anyone know anything about the progress of the update????

Lol all you had to do was look at the previous page.

 

[tuekop]

Hmmm, so it's the first time Ombra Family's symbol has been revealed. What does it look like to everyone? I thought at first it looked like a Chameleon, but looking at it closeup, now I'm not sure.

The symbol on their shirt:

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isn't that a camel ?

 

[Lord Verminaard]

Hey HopesGaming, I hope you've been well. It's great to see that you're busy, happy, and your fire of passion towards this game is burning bright as ever.

Here's couple of questions about the game that I wish to ask you:


1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory (with MC learning how things are done in the mafia world) ? Or would that be going too overboard?

An example of such would be how the Family deals with its traitors.
We're told of "The Woods", place where people are sent to be taken care of (for their last moments). But how does the Family dispose of the bodies?
Bury them? Burn them? Or some other method we don't know? Will we (through MC's POV) find out?


2) Since Cordia is the Donna (female equivalant of Don), with so many who fights on her behalf (Serpents, Wilfred's Division, Capos, Elite Soldados, Soldados), it feels like it's currently very difficult to picture her in a situation where she chooses (or is forced) to fight on her own (without anyone else's assisstance).

But will there ever come a time where Cordia herself would need to grab a weapon and actually fight (actually, this question would apply to not just Cordia, but all Dons in the DeLuca universe in general)?


3) Growing up, did Luna receive training from all 4 of the Serpents?

While she does state that Cynthia is her teacher (in the beach prison event), she also states that the jump kick we see her use every now and then, she learned it from Gottardo.
If she learned from each of the Serpents, I am kinda curious what each of them taught her (i.e. specific area of expertise, such as "Serpent" perhaps teaching her shooting with firearms & also how to use "stealth", but in Luna's case, perhaps the stealth lesson never stuck with her due to her personality?).


4) So far, we've seen Gracie using her smarts in a lot of situations, but I was wondering will there ever come a time when she receives some combat training (perhaps some funsies in naughty situations with the MC while grappling/wrestling? Actually, I can see this applying with both DeLuca girls as well as Eiza )?


5) With Isabel, as the story goes on, will we see her take on more roles/responsibilities other than just "wife of Antonio" or "sister-in-law to Luna & Gracie", i.e. perhaps dip her hands into the Family Business?


6) In the Beach Prison event, each member of the Wilfred's division have a flower (don't really know the flowers really well, perhaps carnation? hmmm) pinned to their suit. Is there a reason (some lore/backstory) behind that?


7) The Capo Caterina almost always seems to have her skates on, so this is a hypothetical question:
what happens if her skates somehow gets taken away from her (and she's forced to fight without them)? Is she still just as efficient killer without them, or would her efficiency drop (such as an example of an expert swordsman having his sword taken away, & is forced to fight in hand to hand combat & struggles due to not used to fighting without the sword)?


8) The characters that Giacobbe mentions in his meeting with Cordia (during the Straffan arc): Marco, Erardo. Lino, Maggiorino, will we see them when we delve further into Cordia's past through flashbacks (where we delve into how she is connected to MC's family and all), or are they there solely for mention (to give a bit of relatability to Giacobbe)?

Finally, someone as curious about the story as I am =D I was wondering not all of them but some of them to By the way, acids dissolve tissue but dont dissolve the bones, you must deal with the bones afterwards =D

 

[Master of Puppets]

Finally, someone as curious about the story as I am =D I was wondering not all of them but some of them to By the way, acids dissolve tissue but dont dissolve the bones, you must deal with the bones afterwards =D

Acids aren't all that great at tissues really, you want lye.

 

[DarkLup]

Acids aren't all that great at tissues really, you want lye.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Hey HopesGaming, I hope you've been well. It's great to see that you're busy, happy, and your fire of passion towards this game is burning bright as ever.

Here's couple of questions about the game that I wish to ask you:


1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory (with MC learning how things are done in the mafia world) ? Or would that be going too overboard?

An example of such would be how the Family deals with its traitors.
We're told of "The Woods", place where people are sent to be taken care of (for their last moments). But how does the Family dispose of the bodies?
Bury them? Burn them? Or some other method we don't know? Will we (through MC's POV) find out?


2) Since Cordia is the Donna (female equivalant of Don), with so many who fights on her behalf (Serpents, Wilfred's Division, Capos, Elite Soldados, Soldados), it feels like it's currently very difficult to picture her in a situation where she chooses (or is forced) to fight on her own (without anyone else's assisstance).

But will there ever come a time where Cordia herself would need to grab a weapon and actually fight (actually, this question would apply to not just Cordia, but all Dons in the DeLuca universe in general)?


3) Growing up, did Luna receive training from all 4 of the Serpents?

While she does state that Cynthia is her teacher (in the beach prison event), she also states that the jump kick we see her use every now and then, she learned it from Gottardo.
If she learned from each of the Serpents, I am kinda curious what each of them taught her (i.e. specific area of expertise, such as "Serpent" perhaps teaching her shooting with firearms & also how to use "stealth", but in Luna's case, perhaps the stealth lesson never stuck with her due to her personality?).


4) So far, we've seen Gracie using her smarts in a lot of situations, but I was wondering will there ever come a time when she receives some combat training (perhaps some funsies in naughty situations with the MC while grappling/wrestling? Actually, I can see this applying with both DeLuca girls as well as Eiza )?


5) With Isabel, as the story goes on, will we see her take on more roles/responsibilities other than just "wife of Antonio" or "sister-in-law to Luna & Gracie", i.e. perhaps dip her hands into the Family Business?


6) In the Beach Prison event, each member of the Wilfred's division have a flower (don't really know the flowers really well, perhaps carnation? hmmm) pinned to their suit. Is there a reason (some lore/backstory) behind that?


7) The Capo Caterina almost always seems to have her skates on, so this is a hypothetical question:
what happens if her skates somehow gets taken away from her (and she's forced to fight without them)? Is she still just as efficient killer without them, or would her efficiency drop (such as an example of an expert swordsman having his sword taken away, & is forced to fight in hand to hand combat & struggles due to not used to fighting without the sword)?


8) The characters that Giacobbe mentions in his meeting with Cordia (during the Straffan arc): Marco, Erardo. Lino, Maggiorino, will we see them when we delve further into Cordia's past through flashbacks (where we delve into how she is connected to MC's family and all), or are they there solely for mention (to give a bit of relatability to Giacobbe)?

While these are all good and valid questions, I suspect the answers for many if not all of the questions will veer into future plot spoiler territory. This feels kinda like that one chatterbox in a movie theater asking their friend out loud what's gonna happen when the movie is only finishing its first act.

 

[HopesGaming]

Hey HopesGaming, I hope you've been well. It's great to see that you're busy, happy, and your fire of passion towards this game is burning bright as ever.

Here's couple of questions about the game that I wish to ask you:


1) We've had some really dark moments in the game in the past (particularly "My name is Luna" event), but will it ever get into the gruesome territory (with MC learning how things are done in the mafia world) ? Or would that be going too overboard?

An example of such would be how the Family deals with its traitors.
We're told of "The Woods", place where people are sent to be taken care of (for their last moments). But how does the Family dispose of the bodies?
Bury them? Burn them? Or some other method we don't know? Will we (through MC's POV) find out?


2) Since Cordia is the Donna (female equivalant of Don), with so many who fights on her behalf (Serpents, Wilfred's Division, Capos, Elite Soldados, Soldados), it feels like it's currently very difficult to picture her in a situation where she chooses (or is forced) to fight on her own (without anyone else's assisstance).

But will there ever come a time where Cordia herself would need to grab a weapon and actually fight (actually, this question would apply to not just Cordia, but all Dons in the DeLuca universe in general)?


3) Growing up, did Luna receive training from all 4 of the Serpents?

While she does state that Cynthia is her teacher (in the beach prison event), she also states that the jump kick we see her use every now and then, she learned it from Gottardo.
If she learned from each of the Serpents, I am kinda curious what each of them taught her (i.e. specific area of expertise, such as "Serpent" perhaps teaching her shooting with firearms & also how to use "stealth", but in Luna's case, perhaps the stealth lesson never stuck with her due to her personality?).


4) So far, we've seen Gracie using her smarts in a lot of situations, but I was wondering will there ever come a time when she receives some combat training (perhaps some funsies in naughty situations with the MC while grappling/wrestling? Actually, I can see this applying with both DeLuca girls as well as Eiza )?


5) With Isabel, as the story goes on, will we see her take on more roles/responsibilities other than just "wife of Antonio" or "sister-in-law to Luna & Gracie", i.e. perhaps dip her hands into the Family Business?


6) In the Beach Prison event, each member of the Wilfred's division have a flower (don't really know the flowers really well, perhaps carnation? hmmm) pinned to their suit. Is there a reason (some lore/backstory) behind that?


7) The Capo Caterina almost always seems to have her skates on, so this is a hypothetical question:
what happens if her skates somehow gets taken away from her (and she's forced to fight without them)? Is she still just as efficient killer without them, or would her efficiency drop (such as an example of an expert swordsman having his sword taken away, & is forced to fight in hand to hand combat & struggles due to not used to fighting without the sword)?


8) The characters that Giacobbe mentions in his meeting with Cordia (during the Straffan arc): Marco, Erardo. Lino, Maggiorino, will we see them when we delve further into Cordia's past through flashbacks (where we delve into how she is connected to MC's family and all), or are they there solely for mention (to give a bit of relatability to Giacobbe)?

1) I don't think at it like that. I didn't make Luna's event thinking of the degree of 'darkness'. It was only after, with the reaction of my proofreader, decided I may need a 'skip'. But overall, I don't go at it with the mindset that I have to be careful of going overboard. I just take it event by event.

2) Only the future will tell

3) No. A bit from Gottardo and most from Cynthia. Cynthia and Luna have a teach student relationship. Cynthia actually has another student and will appear in the upcoming update.

4, 5) Again, in the only 'the future will tell territory', heh.

6) Yes.

7) She is a capo so she can handle herself extremely well even without 'em. But she is most efficient with them on.

8) Some of them will appear while others will only appear in mentions and flashbacks.

 

[Starkmk87]

So i apparently have hit a snag of sorts, so you know the scene where you go out with all 3 ladies to the jewellery store...they start asking about a diamond gun and diamond car...after which they push you in the pond...so during this scene when you are on the balcony talking to Isa after her argument with Antonio and the empty wine bottle, the highlight for the bathroom curtain you normally see back in your room, when Luna or Gracie are using the bathroom, was somehow 'over laid' over the scene,for lack of a better term, which i happened to click causing that whole jewellery store scene to start from the beginning again..so i go through the scene againreaching the end of it..

now i've reached the part where the assassin entered your room (the one whose sister is being held by a rival family)...after the scene has played where you are finally back in the room i try to sleep until morning, where Lady Cordia shows up to talk to the assassin, but when i hit the bed to sleep that previously mentioned jewellery store scene plays again, i saved after the assassin scene before sleep but reloading doesnt help, the jewellery store scene replays no matter what so i skip through it clicking through all the dialogue and what have you and eventually get to the next day, where i have continued the conversation with the assassin.

Just previous to this i reached the promotion to Solodato, talked with Winston and now i have to go retrieve the package under the tree, upon returning to the room i try to sleep til next but again the jewellery store replays again....twice now that scene has replayed...is there a fix?

 

[chobi1]

It's been a long, long time since I laughed as hard as today playing this masterpiece. The writing, the characters, top notch. I had to stop to take a break after "I am Luna" since I was so emotional... and I am a guy known amongst my peers for having the emotional range of a brick. I work for a NGO helping children that suffer domestic abuse, I know that was going to hit close to home. But damn... Sofia brought back so many fucked up memories... Anyways, thanks a lot Hopes. A lot.
BTW, that Son Of A Bitch scene, master class trolling. I hope this goes into Steam some day.

 

[Lord Verminaard]

Acids aren't all that great at tissues really, you want lye.

Really? Wrong knowledge than, sorry