Ren'Py The Headmaster [Mykock's Manor Ch.3] [Altos and Herdone]

[sunshineo]

Posted it as a [MOD] here
The Headmaste - voice acting [v0.1] [sunshineo]

Everyone check it out and let me know if it works for you.

I just add v0.2 with AI generated voice acting instructions. I hope it is a little better than v0.1
The Headmaste - voice acting [v0.2] [sunshineo]

 

[EvaBrown6034]

What happened to Olivia? I don't remember any scenes with her after her introduction.

 

[ccxvidonaferens]

What happened to Olivia? I don't remember any scenes with her after her introduction.

She hasn't had any focus yet. There are a lot of characters stories still awaiting development. She has been involved in a couple of side scenes as part of a larger ensemble though I believe. The showers and early part of the Mole Rat story ring a bell.

 

[TheDevian]

Yeah, she just barely joined the cast.

 

[Mr.DankAss]

been follow this game long time a few years and i need to know will the game finish before i got married and have kid and then the kid grow up ?

 

[Mak5025]

been follow this game long time a few years and i need to know will the game finish before i got married and have kid and then the kid grow up ?

6 years in we're approaching the half-way mark... That should give you an idea.

 

[Xantoser]

been follow this game long time a few years and i need to know will the game finish before i got married and have kid and then the kid grow up ?

Probably not. You need to run some numbers to see it.

I've been following this game since June 2020, and I was a patron for some time. Back in June 2020, the game was in Chapter 2, and today, after five years, it's still in Chapter 2. Considering that there will likely be Chapters 3 and 4, plus probably 1-2 more updates for Chapter 2, this suggests a development timeline of more than another 10 years.

But when you look at the details, it gets much worse:

- Debbie, Cassandra, Amy, Priti, Faye, the Twins, Alice, and Liz still don’t have their punishment systems completed. I don’t remember exactly what level each girl is at, but the last four are very low.
- If an update adds new levels for the girls, it usually includes around 3 levels.
- Liz, Faye, the Twins, and Alice still need around 9 more levels each.
- Debbie, Cassandra, Amy, and Priti likely need about 3 more levels each (I don’t remember exactly).
- This adds up to around 48 levels, and I’m not even counting Zoe.
- 48 / 3 = 16 updates.
- The average update cycle is 9 months, which means 12 more years of development just to raise the levels. And keep in mind that The HM isn’t just about leveling up—there are tons of loose ends.

My advice: don’t wait for the end credits.

I’ll tell you what I think. Ten years in IT is an entire epoch. I work in IT, so I know what I’m talking about. No one develops a game for that long (except adult game creators) because a game can become obsolete before it’s even released. AAA developers often cancel projects that drag on for too long because they know that by the time they finish, the engine, graphics, and mechanics might already be outdated. And here we have a niche game that could take another decade—when it’s already a bit outdated

No one knows what game development will look like in 2035, but my guess is that AI models will be extremely advanced by then (it’s honestly a little terrifying how fast they’re evolving). You’ll probably just be able to prompt:
"Hey, do you see this game? It only has 3 chapters so far. Can you finish it for me and add Chapters 4 and 5?"
24 hours of waiting, probably some payment, and the AI will reply: "Here you go."
Meanwhile, Altos will still be in the middle of Chapter 4.

If Altos treats this game as his life’s work and has no intention of finishing it, that’s fine—it’s his right. Projects like this can be cool too, but I think creators of such games should clearly state that on their Patreon. There are players (like me) who aren’t interested in games that will never be completed.

 

[ixino]

Probably not. You need to run some numbers to see it.

I've been following this game since June 2020, and I was a patron for some time. Back in June 2020, the game was in Chapter 2, and today, after five years, it's still in Chapter 2. Considering that there will likely be Chapters 3 and 4, plus probably 1-2 more updates for Chapter 2, this suggests a development timeline of more than another 10 years.

But when you look at the details, it gets much worse:

- Debbie, Cassandra, Amy, Priti, Faye, the Twins, Alice, and Liz still don’t have their punishment systems completed. I don’t remember exactly what level each girl is at, but the last four are very low.
- If an update adds new levels for the girls, it usually includes around 3 levels.
- Priti, Faye, the Twins, and Alice still need around 9 more levels each.
- Debbie, Cassandra, Amy, and Priti likely need about 3 more levels each (I don’t remember exactly).
- This adds up to around 48 levels, and I’m not even counting Zoe.
- 48 / 3 = 16 updates.
- The average update cycle is 9 months, which means 12 more years of development just to raise the levels. And keep in mind that The HM isn’t just about leveling up—there are tons of loose ends.

My advice: don’t wait for the end credits.

I’ll tell you what I think. Ten years in IT is an entire epoch. I work in IT, so I know what I’m talking about. No one develops a game for that long (except adult game creators) because a game can become obsolete before it’s even released. AAA developers often cancel projects that drag on for too long because they know that by the time they finish, the engine, graphics, and mechanics might already be outdated. And here we have a niche game that could take another decade—when it’s already a bit outdated

No one knows what game development will look like in 2035, but my guess is that AI models will be extremely advanced by then (it’s honestly a little terrifying how fast they’re evolving). You’ll probably just be able to prompt:
"Hey, do you see this game? It only has 3 chapters so far. Can you finish it for me and add Chapters 4 and 5?"
24 hours of waiting, probably some payment, and the AI will reply: "Here you go."
Meanwhile, Altos will still be in the middle of Chapter 4.

If Altos treats this game as his life’s work and has no intention of finishing it, that’s fine—it’s his right. Projects like this can be cool too, but I think creators of such games should clearly state that on their Patreon. There are players (like me) who aren’t interested in games that will never be completed.

Reminds me of Summertime Saga. Adult Game creators drag things out to milk the Patrons. That's why I don't play anymore.
Every time I check up on games I used to play, there's like 0 progress made. Better to save your money

 

[hui13594]

I played this game back in 2021 it was chapter 2, I played it recently, 4y later, and it's still chapter 2. People still giving them money. Easy money, easy life I guess. Game will never be fiinished or even reach some meaningfull progression.

 

[ccxvidonaferens]

Reminds me of Summertime Saga. Adult Game creators drag things out to milk the Patrons. That's why I don't play anymore.
Every time I check up on games I used to play, there's like 0 progress made. Better to save your money

I played this game back in 2021 it was chapter 2, I played it recently, 4y later, and it's still chapter 2. People still giving them money. Easy money, easy life I guess. Game will never be fiinished or even reach some meaningfull progression.

Whilst I can understand peoples thoughts and fears regarding being milked of money for an unfinished product and I don't want to get into a debate about the merits of one dev over another, please let us not forget that this dev actually releases a complete build, for free, through their Patreon just a month after it is released to Patrons which I would argue undercuts the milking suggestion a little bit.

 

[Mak5025]

I played this game back in 2021 it was chapter 2, I played it recently, 4y later, and it's still chapter 2. People still giving them money. Easy money, easy life I guess. Game will never be fiinished or even reach some meaningfull progression.

Not so. There's been tons of additional content added. This game is just on a completely different scale in terms of complexity and cast of characters. Many people support the development of this game because they want quality, not quickly produced, formulaic drivel.
There are plenty of other short & simple games that are done in one, two updates. You go there and let other people decide for themselves if they are being fleeced by this dev...

 

[Hyralt]

WARNING: The win/linux zip has header errors, according to 7-zip:

Warnings:
Headers Error

I personally cannot trust any files with errors like this, since they appear to be tampered with.

 

[TheDevian]

WARNING: The win/linux zip has header errors, according to 7-zip:

Warnings:
Headers Error

I personally cannot trust any files with errors like this, since they appear to be tampered with.

Sounds like it didn't download correctly. I would suggest getting a downloader, such as Jdownloader2, so that it can verify the file once it is done.

 

[BiggusSmurfus]

Not so. There's been tons of additional content added. This game is just on a completely different scale in terms of complexity and cast of characters. Many people support the development of this game because they want quality, not quickly produced, formulaic drivel.
There are plenty of other short & simple games that are done in one, two updates. You go there and let other people decide for themselves if they are being fleeced by this dev...

I definitely prefer this style of development to short stories which are done in a heartbeat.

In a well thought out world you can make almost an infinite amount of stories. If the choice is either:

- Start a new game, name your character, learn the mechanics play a couple of hours with a lot of fucking, and then say goodbye to the cast.

or

- Start a game, get involved into every character and learn their quirks, kinks and backstory, have conversations, make choices and have a very long intricate story.

I definitely prefer the lather.

 

[Hyralt]

Sounds like it didn't download correctly. I would suggest getting a downloader, such as Jdownloader2, so that it can verify the file once it is done.

I used the Megadownloader and compared against the same file downloaded from Gofile. Both were broken. I triple checked by re-downloading from Mega. The uploaded file is corrupt.

 

[TheDevian]

I used the Megadownloader and compared against the same file downloaded from Gofile. Both were broken. I triple checked by re-downloading from Mega. The uploaded file is corrupt.

Considering that no one else is having this problem, I still assume the issue is likely on your end.
In fact, I just downloaded from Gofile, and extracted it with 7Zip, and everything went fine here. So, again, I urge you to use a downloader so it can verify it with the original, and make sure you did not have packet loss or something while downloading.
You might also want to update 7zip, if it is more than 6 months old.

 

[capitanqueso]

I used the Megadownloader and compared against the same file downloaded from Gofile. Both were broken. I triple checked by re-downloading from Mega. The uploaded file is corrupt.

try pixeldrain's and compare hashes if they are still the same use winrar to decompress, I already deleted the zip file so I can't share the hash, maybe someone that download it next may share it

 

[raven54]

I used the Megadownloader and compared against the same file downloaded from Gofile. Both were broken. I triple checked by re-downloading from Mega. The uploaded file is corrupt.

If you are worried about files being tampered with, then go download from itch.io. Sure there is no linux version, but the game files are the same. Download Ren'py, create a linux game and copy in the files from the headmaster.

On a site note, why isn't the headmaster using the "windows+linux" release option? The size increase is nothing compared to the size of the downloads. As I recall, it adds a few MB to the zip.

 

[boobies!]

If you are worried about files being tampered with, then go download from itch.io. Sure there is no linux version, but the game files are the same. Download Ren'py, create a linux game and copy in the files from the headmaster.

On a site note, why isn't the headmaster using the "windows+linux" release option? The size increase is nothing compared to the size of the downloads. As I recall, it adds a few MB to the zip.

The itch download "Windows" does come with everything you need to run on linux. You were right about the small size ~31mb

Name: the-headmaster-win.zip
Size: 8072505099 bytes : 7698 MiB
SHA256: 32188fef8b586661c1ea0b8d7f113dc62d60e19ed2ae7ab9c04b2da027ff8b10

Contains the file TheHeadmaster.sh and folder py3-linux-x86_64

 

[Rubina]

can someone pls confirm:
Mykock's Manor Special = the new content for this patch. or is it an extra additionally to the main game, which also has extra content