VN - Ren'Py - Completed - The Entrepreneur [Complete Edition] [MisterMaya]

Great games with stupid names.
I hadn´t played it sooner because of it.
I guess that´s the way it´s gotta be, if you´re gonna make a AVN with a real story you´re not gonna call it "tits n´ass".

It´s really good. The story, the LIs, the MC are all well done.
There are 4 LIs, all different and compeling, with backstories and a life.
I can nitpic and say that 4 LIs in a story like this is too much unless there´s a douchebag route, it loses focus and really just a waste.

It took me a few hours for a 0.3 version and the end gives me some doubts. It will become wild or depressing for sure.

For now just try it and be surprised.

PS: Sex wise te LI´s are a bit off limits but you have 5 scenes one time only deals that are nice.

Edit: Sorry. I had to come back because I couldn't finish it.
I've really tried to like this game but I just can't do it. It's too boring.
Everything about it is technically sound. Renders are crisp and fresh. I like the soundtrack. No especially egregious grammar or spelling mistakes. I just find it boring.If I could try to pinpoint what it might be then:
- I think that the dialogue is just too wordy. It flows well but at some point, I just tune out because they're taking so long to just say one or two things. I'm a pretty long-winded person myself but for a VN or maybe even for game dialogue in general, it should read a little short and sweet. Especially when there's no game mechanics or action.
- It also just feels awkward at times. I can't tell why but it makes me feel like I'm constantly about to trip on something and have to brace myself.
- The overall direction of scenes also feels kind of flat. There are no highs and lows or they're just not very emphasized well. It feels like one long trudge and I'm just thinking, "When do I get to run the bar and meet all the fun characters?"

Honestly, it's just very weird for me to not like something when everything is so technically sound. think the problem might just be lack of experience because what I find wrong with it is so high-level that I can't even describe it accurately.
I think this is the dev's first game so it's already pretty amazing if what I don't like about is some highly advanced writing concept I can't even fully describe since I don't know enough about writing.
But ... doesn't change the fact that it stills bores the crap out of me. Still, really looking forward to future projects from this dev since he'll get more experience from this game. Good luck and I hope everything works out.

[Ep. 3] Spoilers below.

After several recommendations, I've spent the past several nights playing this game, and I'm really glad I did.

I like the characters. Most of them are fleshed out and three-dimensional. Even the villains are compelling. The setting is tropey (hot stranger moves into a house full of single models) and there is plenty to complain about (huge dick, every woman immediately falling for MC) but there is also plenty to like.

I liked the ease of sexual banter with non-MC men. Lucas' quips with Lucy at the nightclub were fun. Likewise, it's good to see women chasing one-night stands for a change. Nadia and Nicole both knew what they wanted, and it wasn't romance. Nicole in particular was amazing.

As for the main LIs, the only one that's been a hard pass for me is Alexa. She's cute, but a teenager is still a kid, despite her protestations. She is clueless about relationships, sex, and even basic human anatomy. It just feels wrong to pursue her. Besides, could you really be in a relationship with someone who enjoys Sunshine Love? I'm glad we got to see her acting and meet her friend group. It shows that she has a good life outside the MC and while she wants him, she doesn't particularly need him. I really like that!

Lucy is nice, but feels underdeveloped. She's little more than MC's sidekick and doesn't really exist outside that relationship. She could use some attention from the dev.

Valentine is lovely. I admit I've found her off-putting initially, but she has shown tremendous improvement in a very short time, perhaps to an unrealistic degree. I find her job irksome (as I do IRL) but it doesn't seem to dominate her life - it's just work. And then there is Sam. I'm glad he isn't a clichéd monstrous ex. He's merely an ordinary man who lost his way and made some terrible decisions, but he seems to be on the right track and genuinely wants to make amends. His presence provides fertile ground for Valentine's character growth, and I thought it was handled very well. Svetlana pushing Valentine towards forgiveness, and encouraging her to talk to Sam despite his abusive past was great to see.

That brings us to Laura. Hot women with dead husbands are an AVN cliché. It's usually nothing more than a story device to create a sexually frustrated woman who simply must have MC's dick. Well, Laura is anything but that. I love the way the game deals with unexpected loss. It's very gentle, careful and realistic. By all accounts, Andrew was a great man and Laura is still deeply in love with him despite the passing years, and feels horribly guilty for being interested in another. She knows her reaction isn't rational, but grief rarely is, and MC is uniquely well positioned to understand that. It wasn't rational for him to abandon his education and a promising future career to revive a derelict bar either, but he did it anyway. It's a nice juxtaposition to Laura's situation, and gives them common ground. I particularly liked her dream where she accidentally mentions MC to her husband. It's a compelling way to address her inflict conflict, and trying to make sense of her past and present. She is the only one I have eyes for

I tried to keep my choices as true to life as possible; to choose as I would have done in those circumstances. That means a young man who wants to have some fun, but isn't willing to risk hurting the people he lives with and cares about. That translates to sticking to one-night stands that wouldn't get anyone's feelings hurt - Nadia, Nicole and Lily, but not Elena or Coralie.

I've also passed on sleeping with Lucy for similar reasons. She is gorgeous and has history with MC, but it felt like she wasn't the casual sex kind of girl despite seemingly offering it. I felt extremely validated in my choice when I read the script and what do you know, she is exactly the kind of person who asks "are we a couple now?" after sex There is nothing wrong with that, of course, but the one I was really interested in was Laura, and I wasn't willing to risk a love triangle.

I'm also a fan of the Alexa/Elena story line. It's not a path I took, but hurting someone you care about in a major way for short-term pleasure, and then having to slowly, painfully rebuild that relationship is not something you see in VNs. It's so messy, toxic and real!

I also love that, no matter what you do, Valentine falls for MC and confesses her love. I care a lot about LI agency, much more so than player agency. It is so rare for developers to force players into uncomfortable (but real!) choices like that. MisterMaya deserves massive kudos for it!

This review is already way too long, so I'm going to stop here and urge everyone to give The Entrepreneur a shot. It's well worth your time

I wanted to start my post with great justifications but found it boring, so I deleted everything I wanted to say.

I don't want to make enemies, so I won't say anything about the game reviews I read.

What I liked, I will save for the author and tell him directly what is cool and what I did not like on his Patreon or Discord.

For a first solo experience, the developer shares his game with us.

I appreciated details that I didn't find in bigger games, which are much more appreciated by the community.

We can always do better with good constructive criticism. I wish the developer the best of luck with his game.

Awesome game, really deserves more recognition! What stands out for me is that the friendship path with each girl is really well handled so far. I'm a sucker for monogamy and I hate how other games either force you to go after every LI or make you feel bad for rejecting them.
The only "negative" to this game is that there are a few spelling / grammar mistakes and sometimes conversation feels a little stilted. But the Dev explains in the Intro that they're French so I'm not gonna let it affect my rating. Maybe when the game really takes off they will be able to get a proof reader. Though I'm sure some fans (me included) would be happy to provide that service to the dev

EP. 3

Hire only one woman to play four roles (V+A+Lucy+Paige)?
Really poor production company...

The above-mentioned main female characters look exactly the same, I think this is a mess.
In my eyes, they just have different hairstyles, they are all the same model.

The choices in the game are actually equal to none, almost only let you decide whether or not to "peek".

The later scenes are often filled with a bunch of other people talking to each other, and the MC is often not there, you just watch the other people talking... super boring.

Version played: v0.2
This review is counted on that I have not played the Christmas episode.

This is definitely 1 of those high tier ones that exist on this site. Firstly, the renders are bright and clear. Second, the renders itself are detailed, there is effort put in and it shows. An example of this is when MC is speaking with others characters, they will do some gestures like their heads will tilt left or right. A lot of other games will sometimes just give you a flat 1 image render with the story text and you have to stare at the character which is kind of mundane.

There is also ambient music most of the time and none when the scene is slightly more serious or negative and some sfx is also there.

A negative point I would point out is that the story is still building itself steadily and therefore there is little to none sex or sexual scenes with the MCs. The only 1 I got was with a non major character and that was by choice. I have not replayed it with different choices other than my this first run so I might be wrong.

Regardless, I am likely to come back to this in the future once it gets updated and hopefully the story and content by then would be much more expanded.

Despite having some good traits like having good graphism and attractive characters, the game is really quickly boring. The bad traits are :

- MC and female characters really are superficial, dialogues have very little depth and are badly managed (Conversations feel like MC knows all the characters for years while he just met them)
-Early scenario is wonky.
-I don't feel like there is much teasing.

Kind of a wasted potential.

Great start to a game! I like all the LI's and it's easy enough to get them all into the MC but it's more about building a relationship then just everyone wanting to instantly jump him which is cool. Will be interested to see where the over arching story goes as there's still a lot of mystery. The game does take some game logic as you could poke some holes in things and I have a feeling that you may be able to with some of the story moving forward but not enough to throw you out of the story. The renders and animations are also top notch. Strongly recommend giving it a go.

Starting out as something of a sleeper play (I didn't necessarily expect very much), I feel that this game could really become great in the future. All the girls are attractive and right now the story is intriguing. I'd say that while I don't think it's quite in the league of some of the tippy top games on here (At least my tippy top games), it could potentially get there as the story develops. It's definitely a cut above the average AVNs on here and may end up joining in the top echelon if things continue going well. Renders are excellent and for a second language, the English is pretty good. Story might need a bit of polish, but it can get there.

UPDATE:

I have been very pleased with the progress this game is making and have changed my rating from 4 stars to 5 to reflect just how much the story has been polished since I left my original review. Definitely recommend checking this one out if you can.

When I saw this game and all the great reviews, I wondered how I had overlooked this for so long. The truth is, however, the story is just kind of meh. The dev is talented and the renders are all pretty well done, and for English not being their first language, the dialogue is pretty good.

The problem is the story. Full disclosure... I am all about the fapping but these days, I need a good story too and this just isn't one. So if you are here for the fapping, 5 stars all the way, but if you want a story too then you might want to skip this.

I won't go into to many examples, but let's just look at the start of the game. The kid's father dies, leaves him a bar and a decent amount of savings so the kid moves back to take over the bar. So far so good... but he has to rent a place. Erm... Dad was smart enough to leave his kid money and a bar but no place to live? Plus, if he does have money, why is he looking to rent a room instead of an apartment for themselves? Of course, the only place available is a gorgeous house filled with hot women?

Plus, all the girls were hesitant to rent it to the MC after reading his profile, but when he gets there, he is warmly welcomed with no drama. Not to mention, the interview process and the argument he used for wanting to rent a place filled with women was laughable yet the girl bought it. I smell a Gary Sue...

In all fairness, the production is really well done and the girls are all smoking hot. The animation is really good. Seriously. The dev has a lot of skills and they have put a lot of work into this. Speaking as a failed developer, this dev seems committed, driven and talented.

For me, with all the great VNs out there, story has become very important for me and my selection process and this story just doesn't cut it. If you are into fapping and can deal with a mediocre story, then download and enjoy... just don't expect much from the story.

Update After Completion:
I went back and played this after it was finished and I bumped the rating up from 3 - 4 stars, mainly because the dev finished it and that much is appreciated. The dev also went back and addressed some of the early issues and the story definitely plays a little better. Still, the story is just a bit better than meh and the relationships don't always feel right. For example, I turned down Valentina every single time and yet they still had some naked time in the final section. Not sure how that happened. I also don't like how the MC always knows the right things to say and has helped all the girls "fix"themselves or become better people. It's just a bit too sweet.

I am being a little hard on the story because I have confidence the devs next story can be stronger and the MC a bit more well rounded and with a few flaws. A little less Gary Stu and a little more Peter Parker would be good.

I am really looking forward to the devs newest game.

This game shows great potential. (EP2)
In general the models in the game look very good and well defined. This part is by far the best part of the game. Because the writing and storybuilding can still improve.

The story is a bit cliché, a parent died and now you are on your own. For a first story it is not as bad as you just need something to begin with, but okay it is not the most original setting to say the least.

As for the writing, some of the interactions with the girls are very cringy and sometimes things go unnaturally fast. For example, the girl that was picked up via the street. That interaction was really cringy and it just did not make sense. Also she didnt come off as a sl*tty person. But while texting her, the best option was to send her a d*ckpic. That was just terrible to be honest and it just did not make any sense.

But the storywriting wasnt all that bad. There were some genuine nice/wholesome moments were i actually smiled/laughed and where you could see some good romance start to develop, which i am a big fan of.

But i can't ignore that some of the interactions really weirded me out, for now three start seems to be what it deserves in my opinion but with big improvements to the writing this game could definitely be a really succesful game.

Really impressive game. The story got me hooked right away, the renders look good, the models look amazing and the animations, even though they are not many, they are well made. The only negatives are some grammar mistakes here and there, but English is not your mother language so it's understandable, and also characters, like the MC, wear the same clothes every single day. Apart from those two things, I didn't find anything else bad about the game. Really great start, wish you the best of luck!

Pretty good game. With good renders a nd nice girls. Story is good for a porn game. A guy trying to run his father's bar. Now he is an entrepreneur in this field ofc he have enemies. Game is slowburn and has a good pace. Hoping dev will keep this pace. Overall the game is good and worth playing.

And the stand alone non canonical Christmas special is also good. It clearly shows the improvement in Dev's rendering skills. So next main game update we will get a visual treat. Looking forward to next update

Great game.
Some may say that the plot is cliché, the main character is very mediocre, and the criminal entanglement in the story looks superfluous. Partly the critics would be right, but, strangely enough, all these patterns, coupled with the quality implementation do their job - passing the game drags! You don't want to skip the text, because after half an hour of the game you feel the story and empathize with the main character. But that's not the most important thing, what is really beautiful in this game is the charming characters. We have a gentleman's set:
- A young Insta-girl who's afraid to get close to people;
- An insecure divorced beauty who is afraid of any relationship with the opposite sex;
- The funny and shy blonde who is struggling to get rid of her complexes and become an actress;
- And, of course, the perennial anime cliché - a charming childhood friend who has a big fight with her parents.
Anyway, for the sake of the stories of all these beauties, every knight should play this game
Well, and of course, what I didn't like about the game (author's attention plz):
- The encounter on the street with the first woman you meet, and the sex scene that follows looks weird. I understand that you wanted to draw attention to the game, but it seems completely unnecessary here.
- Very strange editing of the plot, then we have day, then abruptly evening, and then day again, sometimes you don't understand why it's even done. Please look at how they did it in Summer's Gone and Babysitters - the developers made the narrative so that you feel the chronology and the game was a whole, rather than a slicing of glued scenes.
- Weak animation in the sex scenes. But this is more of a wish, I understand that such things require a lot of work. I humbly wait for improvements.
Thank you for reading to the end

Love it!

Beautiful renders and each character with distinct personas.

Setting/Story is fairly conventional but for me it's about how much I like the characters and how they're developed. I enjoyed the twists.

Can't wait to see where this goes

The game is good, decent render and typical plot about a guy managing a bar, some strange men lurking in the corner, ladies with abit slutty attitude. I did say there are already enough games about these types of stories. The plot is a mixture of slow burns and quick pacing, which makes the story pretty much unrealistic. Other than the plot, ig everything is pretty good. Since, this is still the early release, I hope the developer improve the plot and try something different rather than same old typical events and storyline. The characters need personalities, emotional and actual characters bonding.

I don't even know where to start with this.

The good parts, renders are nice.
Character models are great.
Some of the dialogue didn't give me second hand shame.
Story has potential.

As for the bad.

Pretty much everything else and most of the dialogue had me wincing with second hand shame.

MC is looking for a house, meets one of the girls living there and instantly starts talking about her divorce. Really personal questions even close friends would think twice about asking. Stuff that was absolutely none of his business and in any real life scenario would probably have seen the woman walk back out again after watching all those red flags waving.

One of the girls is a social media influencer. She's taking photo's for her job and she asks him to give her space and he starts with the pissy attitude ... 10 minutes after telling the first girl he's mature.

Sees a girls panties in the bathroom. She gets all shy about it, he talks about it to clear the air and repeatedly mentions the panties making the conversation quite awkward.

Convinces them to let him live there like thus "I was studying law, partying and acting like a dick".

Woman - "I don't think you are mature enough to live with us".

MC - "I am, trust me" .....

That worked ..... for reasons I cannot fathom.

I tried to like it but everytime the MC speaks i'm wondering how no one has punched him in the mouth.

And the absolute worst part, the friends quiz. If you are going to have people asking trivia in your game then 3 questions max or it starts to get tedious .... this shit went on for ages. About 10 questions too many.

He also calls an exterminator and leaves them the keys to the bar.

I can't decide if the MC starts off as a complete moron of gradually gets dumber but he is, without a shadow of a doubt, the dumbest MC i've witnessed in a game in recent memory.

I feel like no matter how good everything else gets, how awesome the female cast is and how good the plot gets. The MC is always going to be the weak link and hold it back.

(v0.2)

The game is great. It has a lot of potential. The plot, the characters, the renders and models... They're all great. I love this kind of VN's so I know which game is worth to install. So first time i see it, I knew this was a good game.

The only bad thing is the look of MC. It seems the dev worked too much to render good women models and probably forgot the MC's look. Man he looks like Cyberpunk2077 NPC. They didn't render him properly it seems, or maybe its because i played compressed version of the game i don't know. But the girls looked pretty decent and good rendered so i don't know whats wrong with his renders. But I know one thing : He is ugly. And he acts like he is alfa or something. He is always saying that in the college, he was wild and did lots of sex. While he looks like a peasent. That is kinda annoys me.

All in all. Its'a wonderful game. Worthwhile, not boring at all and good history with beautiful models. I quite enjoyed it.

I will stay tuned for next updates.

In short - Good renders, good/surprising story (several, good storylines; coherent narrations of the individual characters; good connection of the individual storylines, ...), good handling of the game, many characters, good music selection and Rick Astley!!!!


Please keep this level (quality/originality/style/...) and your enthusiasm.