VN Ren'Py The East Block [v0.7.2] [Bobbyboy Productions]

[GetOutOfMyLab]

This fucking obsession with Steam...if anything, the dev looses steam by trying for Steam. And always with an unfinished game, taking months to "perfect" the graphics and animations. Not to mention, the story gets watered down to make things acceptable for the main stream corporate media sight that Steam is. Finish the damn story, THEN OCD away to your hearts content.

It's through Steam sales that many developers can go full-time with their games. On Steam, you can make a year's salary or more within a month or two. And then you get smaller, regular sales payments each month. So I've heard.

It's fucking stupid for a dev to NOT consider putting their game on Steam.

 

[Scotty Doesn't Know]

Its not an easy process to get on steam. Especially with normal type VNs. Sandbox is easier as that automatically makes it more choice based because of the constant clicking, even if its not and dev just splits up the scenes by making you pick different locations and waiting for specific times. The game also needs to be fairly polished. Can't really have a character say they're *texting* and just have the message on the screen, same as the usual dialogue thats shown. You'd need a mobile phone template put on.

East Block is barely a game. Choices are not really there or alternate scenes. More like illusion of choice. Either accept the lewd scenes or don't. That's not really a choice. As the no decision doesn't get you an alternate scene or story. The writing is specifically vague in the story to allow either yes or no decision going forward. 95% of devs do this and will always say its a choice based game where you decide what happens lol, as they know players want to be involved as much as possible. But devs either don't want to do the work for these extra scenes or don't know how to execute it properly in renpy. Even if a game gets accepted on steam. Theres no guarantees that it will sell well anyway

 

[Jude6]

I liked the Halloween update, it was a bit of fun. I didn't find it as thrilling as Chapter Six but that's okay, more than anything I'm glad Bobbyboy got a chance to recharge the batteries a little with a fun side story.

In an effort to get away from the back and forth arguing about Bobbyboy's time management... I'd love to hear people's theories about future events we could be getting.

For my pitch:
The Return of Elise (the home-care nurse from the subway).
I could see her running into Luke and Kathryn in their apartment building when Albert is laid up after a bad fall in the basement (really he was caught snooping and attacked from behind).
Can't imagine this'll happen next release, maybe chapter 8 or 9.

 

[Dessolos]

I liked the Halloween update, it was a bit of fun. I didn't find it as thrilling as Chapter Six but that's okay, more than anything I'm glad Bobbyboy got a chance to recharge the batteries a little with a fun side story.

In an effort to get away from the back and forth arguing about Bobbyboy's time management... I'd love to hear people's theories about future events we could be getting.

For my pitch:
The Return of Elise (the home-care nurse from the subway).
I could see her running into Luke and Kathryn in their apartment building when Albert is laid up after a bad fall in the basement (really he was caught snooping and attacked from behind).
Can't imagine this'll happen next release, maybe chapter 8 or 9.

I think one scene for sure no idea when or how but Kath is going to catch Luke in the act of cheating with either the subway nurse ( most likely imo) , maybe Claire or a family member but not sure if Bobby gonna be that cruel to Kath right off the bat for the cheating path.

 

[Jude6]

... either the subway nurse ( most likely imo) , maybe Claire or a family member ...

I think you could be right, Elise makes sense of all the candidates.

Getting caught with Clem could be explained away, "She came onto me! You know how she is!"
Claire could be excused as Santini forcing them into it because he's a pervert.
Catching him with Courtney/a family member would be too brutal for what it could do to Kath's family dynamic.

Anything Luke does with Elise is just Cheating, no way to dress it up or pass it off as something else. Particularly if Elise goes on not knowing Luke and Kathryn are together. Claire or Courtney I could see going so far as to help Luke lie to Kathryn.

I should clarify, when I say 'Excused' I mean Luke making excuses to Kathryn, actually cheating on Kath is of course inexcusable

 

[ding00000]

Its not an easy process to get on steam. Especially with normal type VNs. Sandbox is easier as that automatically makes it more choice based because of the constant clicking, even if its not and dev just splits up the scenes by making you pick different locations and waiting for specific times. The game also needs to be fairly polished. Can't really have a character say they're *texting* and just have the message on the screen, same as the usual dialogue thats shown. You'd need a mobile phone template put on.

East Block is barely a game. Choices are not really there or alternate scenes. More like illusion of choice. Either accept the lewd scenes or don't. That's not really a choice. As the no decision doesn't get you an alternate scene or story. The writing is specifically vague in the story to allow either yes or no decision going forward. 95% of devs do this and will always say its a choice based game where you decide what happens lol, as they know players want to be involved as much as possible. But devs either don't want to do the work for these extra scenes or don't know how to execute it properly in renpy. Even if a game gets accepted on steam. Theres no guarantees that it will sell well anyway

Although yes the game does follow a set story, there are definitely alternate scene's, not just choices where you either see the thing or don't. And the dialog also has changes based on choices made in the past. It seems a bit disingenuous to say it has no alternate scenes or story.

I would go as far as to say that this game does choices in the best possible way. It balances the workload for the dev by having a set story path, but gives enough freedom and replay ability by having choices that influence the scenes/dialog of the following scenes. So although your choices don't influence the actual path it definitely influences how you get there.

 

[Kitiuuu]

and when should we expect part 7 of the main game, somewhere in February already

 

[Dessolos]

and when should we expect part 7 of the main game, somewhere in February already

Rumor is January no idea how accurate that is. End of Feb seems like a safer bet imo

 

[Joshy92]

You guys know I'll be getting this day one on steam.

I have been playing fewer adult games lately but I'm sticking with this kick arse story until the very end. Especially when I have a sexy and sweet babe like her.

Spoiler: My soulmate

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[Kitiuuu]

You guys know I'll be getting this day one on steam.

I have been playing fewer adult games lately but I'm sticking with this kick arse story until the very end. Especially when I have a sexy and sweet babe like her.

Spoiler: My soulmate

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the main thing is that there was no homeless person behind her who would sit behind her and clean her chimney

 

[mdog9000]

Spoiler: halloween

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[Monty10]

I hope we got the new update before Christmas

 

[BigSexy57]

I hope we got the new update before Christmas

That's too pessimistic. You may start hoping to get the update during next hour. Why not? Who wouldn't be glad to get it asap? ^_^
But for real - not earlier than from late January i bet it would be possible to enjoy quite predictable rain of promising announces about "unpredictable delays" which will require just a few more days to finish just last 10%, and it really will be finished pretty soon, on the Scales of History - somewhere in the middle of March 2025, when everybody would start to loose hope, call it abandoned, make nervous jokes about neverending finishing of update, forgetting about this game existence already.
I don't want it to happen that way. But looking back on previous experience pretty much chances it will be about so, if nothing have changed in development powers and organization, and we didn't ever read anything about that. So it going to be just as usual then.

 

[Joshy92]

I don't think some people are going to like the new patreon post lol.

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

I don't think some people are going to like the new patreon post lol.

oooh... did he forget to post on SS again!?

 

[Joshy92]

oooh... did he forget to post on SS again!?

He's thinking of doing a web version on itch for the next release to combat piracy.

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

He's thinking of doing a web version on itch for the next release to combat piracy.

He might lose subs over that... not a good idea, IMO.

 

[Joshy92]

He might lose subs over that... not a good idea, IMO.

You'll need an itch account too and I already deleted mine last year

 

[Dessolos]

He's thinking of doing a web version on itch for the next release to combat piracy.

so that would mean would have to only play through a browser right . if that is the only version available if he does it. I would hate it since that would mean id have to restart my saves probably everytime. I don't mind paying for it at a lower tier as I love this game but not this

 

[Joshy92]

so that would mean would have to only play through a browser right . if that is the only version available if he does it. I would hate it since that would mean id have to restart my saves probably everytime. I don't mind paying for it at a lower tier as I love this game but not this

He has an import feature set up. You would just have to import the saves.