Ren'Py The Headmaster [v0.16.4.3] [Altos and Herdone]

[Proffejor]

yo is this game abandoned. update where

On the discord, Altos is very active, talking about the lofty goals for the next patch. In terms of content added, it's going to be larger than most of the previous patches, and he is working on it regularly.

He also said that he will give a firm date when he is closer to completion, as that type of estimation can be hard to predict accurately, but at least you can know for sure that it is not an abandoned project.

Quoting Altos here...
No release date has been set - it is forecast to be a larger update than version 0.11 (similar size to version 0.9 - about 50k words and hundreds of images and animations) so it will take longer. Before the end of 2021 is the current goal/estimate.

 

[TheDevian]

yo is this game abandoned. update where

To be abandoned, there has to be no word of progress from the devs for 3 months. This, on the other hand, just updated a month and a half ago. Large, quality updates take time.

 

[Phil5k]

Development Update
(Note: this was originally posted to Patreon on 2021-08-31)

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Hey guys,

Just to keep you all up to date with our progress so far, things are moving relatively quickly for version 0.12. All the different storylines have been planned out, all the new environments, costumes and items have been put together. I've got about 25 thousand words of dialogue written so far, which is about half of what I expect to include in the update. Plus, now that I've broken the back of the writing, I'm in a position to start dividing my time between writing and rendering. I've already made a start on Priti’s punishment system as well as some of her key scenes and I should have the first batch of image previews ready in about a week's time.

To give you some idea of what I've written so far, Priti’s storyline has two main branches that can be played together or individually, depending on whether or not you encouraged Priti to be naughty in order to punish her. If you told Priti she needed to learn to rebel against authority, then she will start to do increasingly naughty things. You will be able to punish her after school and increase her level as normal through the punishment system. You will also receive extra money from the school’s mysterious owners who were keen to see Priti put across your knee.

In the other branch, we encourage Priti to act on some of her repressed desires in order to help build her confidence. This branch will contain the long-awaited follow up to Priti’s photoshoot in your office, promised all the way back in version 0.3. If you didn’t want to punish Priti with the punishment system then these scenes will provide an alternative way to increase her level. So it will be the first time in the game you can ‘level up’ a girl without the punishment system (if you decided you didn’t want to punish Priti). Some of the locations that will feature in this branch are the gymnasium (after the school play), the beach and the headmaster’s office.

Obviously, you’ll get the most content if you play both branches together, however, whichever route you pick you will still end up with a similar “reward” each time Priti gains a level. Priti will also go through some character development as she becomes more in touch with the thoughts and desires she has been repressing, allowing her to become braver and more confident over the course of the update. Of course, everyone loves Priti already so I won’t be changing her character too much.

I made the decision to set several major parts of Priti's storyline in the cafeteria because I needed a location where the girls could interact with each other outside of class and also as an excuse to flesh out that location a little. That means I'm going to have to include a scene for opening the cafeteria and the arrival of the new dinner lady, Patricia, and her daughter, Arabella.

Priti’s punishment system will feature all-new upgraded video animations (similar to the new ones I used for Cassandra recently). I'm going to attempt to add the red butt effect to her punishment system animations as well. Doing this will be a lot of work and to make up for that I plan to streamline other aspects of the system. We won't have the option to punish Priti while she's wearing her skirt. I'm also going to cut back on the number of view changes/camera angles for some punishment actions in order to focus on fewer, higher quality animations. Given that there are two disciplinarians, and a lot of available actions, there will still be lots of different camera angles to watch Priti getting punished.

Once I've finished Priti's storyline I'll move on with the extra side stories that were decided on in the poll. Which were; gaining access to the girl’s locker room; dildo practice (and sex) with Rachel; and BDSM class after school with Claire, Debbie and Amy. I've written quite a bit of these storylines too and I can promise you there is going to be a lot to look forward to. There's going to be some big group punishments (similar to what we saw with Cassandra's paddling in the sports centre). Plus, I may even be including sex with another virgin student (besides Rachel), although I think I'll keep her identity a secret for now. Got to have some surprises.

I'm still a little tentative about estimating a release date. There are a lot of unknowns about how long everything will take. However, I think I can confidently say that it will be before the end of the year. I know that seems a little way off but we are working hard and more time just means a bigger update. I’ll be posting the first batch of image previews in a week or so and I’ll give another update on our progress towards the end of next month. Hopefully, by that point, I should be able to give a more accurate release schedule.

Altos

 

[David Bates]

I'm having trouble accessing the bonus content being the christmas and halloween events inside the main game. Anyone know how i'm supposed to access these? i've gone through all the options and there's nothing there for me to choose.

 

[TheDevian]

I'm having trouble accessing the bonus content being the christmas and halloween events inside the main game. Anyone know how i'm supposed to access these? i've gone through all the options and there's nothing there for me to choose.

You have to go into the replay menu to get that.

 

[Mad Max: Creampie]

The game is quite interesting but my English is bad so it's difficult to play without walkthrough mode

 

[TheDevian]

The game is quite interesting but my English is bad so it's difficult to play without walkthrough mode

The walkthough mode is the hint guide/quest log.

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[Havik79]

Um, that raises 2 questions then.

1. Two branching options, but wasn't there 3 options with Priti, be naughty, be rebellious, and then I swear I took a bit of both.
2. If you can raise Priti without punishing her, then wouldn't Lucy be the first you can raise, I mean she may not have office scenes yet but you can spank her.

 

[TheDevian]

Um, that raises 2 questions then.

1. Two branching options, but wasn't there 3 options with Priti, be naughty, be rebellious, and then I swear I took a bit of both.
2. If you can raise Priti without punishing her, then wouldn't Lucy be the first you can raise, I mean she may not have office scenes yet but you can spank her.

Yeah, though, I am not sure if it is a full on third path, or just letting you do both at once.

Hard to say with Lucy, while we got to do things with her, she has yet to technically raise her level, unless her system is completely different in the end. We will have to see how that goes.

 

[CoolRaider]

How will AltosandHerdone manage the arrival of the new girls? There will be a problem with the number of girls in the classroom.

We currently have 19 students and 20 desks and chairs. Arabella will use the remaining place behind Mary (or is it Louise? I should check her breasts ) So all the chairs will be occupied in version 0.12.
But then there is Zoe. In the scene in our office with miss Swallows we have the option to refuse taking her but if we do Mycock insists that we must take her.

This will lead to 21 girls for 20 chairs and there is no room to add a new row unless you push the walls.

 

[Your Mommy]

Doesn't Rachel occasionally sit at the front now, at your desk? Just make that permanent

 

[ramiurga]

This will lead to 21 girls for 20 chairs and there is no room to add a new row unless you push the walls.

Well, there is plenty of room under the desk, right Amy?

 

[Havik79]

Yeah, though, I am not sure if it is a full on third path, or just letting you do both at once.

Hard to say with Lucy, while we got to do things with her, she has yet to technically raise her level, unless her system is completely different in the end. We will have to see how that goes.

Fuck, I guess I better do a new run at some point then.

 

[Cartageno]

How will AltosandHerdone manage the arrival of the new girls? There will be a problem with the number of girls in the classroom.

We currently have 19 students and 20 desks and chairs. Arabella will use the remaining place behind Mary (or is it Louise? I should check her breasts ) So all the chairs will be occupied in version 0.12.
But then there is Zoe. In the scene in our office with miss Swallows we have the option to refuse taking her but if we do Mycock insists that we must take her.

This will lead to 21 girls for 20 chairs and there is no room to add a new row unless you push the walls.

It is somewhat inconsistent anyway, what with some girls being in other classes both when you visit and when they talk. E. g. the twins started off their shenanigans by switching class between them.

 

[TheDevian]

How will AltosandHerdone manage the arrival of the new girls? There will be a problem with the number of girls in the classroom.

We currently have 19 students and 20 desks and chairs. Arabella will use the remaining place behind Mary (or is it Louise? I should check her breasts ) So all the chairs will be occupied in version 0.12.
But then there is Zoe. In the scene in our office with miss Swallows we have the option to refuse taking her but if we do Mycock insists that we must take her.

This will lead to 21 girls for 20 chairs and there is no room to add a new row unless you push the walls.

Yeah, we do have 4 class rooms, and we can theoretically add new desks.

 

[Living In A Lewd World]

It is somewhat inconsistent anyway, what with some girls being in other classes both when you visit and when they talk. E. g. the twins started off their shenanigans by switching class between them.

Yeah, or they just move again into another room, with more space, as it seems to have been done from chapter 1 to chapter 2. There are lots of replays, where the classroom has only 12 places. I guess, those are from chapter 1.

 

[oceanbobo4]

How will AltosandHerdone manage the arrival of the new girls? There will be a problem with the number of girls in the classroom.

This will lead to 21 girls for 20 chairs and there is no room to add a new row unless you push the walls.

I suspect that Arabella will be a special student who will concentrate on dance; so she won't be in the main class. So that leaves the last chair for Zoe, the disrupting influence.

 

[Alandir]

I tried the game, but I just cannot get over what an irredeemable psycho the mc is.
Every time I try to play it, I make a bit of progress and then hit another scene that shows his behaviour of and I just have to stop.
These games often have mcs that are at least somewhat perverted, often even having the perverted options give better results, but it just feels different when the MC has such a disproportional amount of power over the victims. On top of that here it's not just spying on girls when they happen to be naked, but forcing them to get naked against their will in public.
The waterpistol fight is a good example. None of it makes sense, they loose the first time because you run out of water, but then the game has you buy a just-as-small pistol for the disolving liquid and in the game he actually uses way more water, because he shoots multiple times at the same girl to get the top and bottom and he also shoots at his allies to keep suspicion from himself and then he magically still has water left at the end to shoot the twins.

 

[TheDevian]

I suspect that Arabella will be a special student who will concentrate on dance; so she won't be in the main class. So that leaves the last chair for Zoe, the disrupting influence.

No, if she focuses only on one class, it will be science.

 

[Proffejor]

I tried the game, but I just cannot get over what an irredeemable psycho the mc is.
Every time I try to play it, I make a bit of progress and then hit another scene that shows his behaviour of and I just have to stop.
These games often have mcs that are at least somewhat perverted, often even having the perverted options give better results, but it just feels different when the MC has such a disproportional amount of power over the victims. On top of that here it's not just spying on girls when they happen to be naked, but forcing them to get naked against their will in public.
The waterpistol fight is a good example. None of it makes sense, they loose the first time because you run out of water, but then the game has you buy a just-as-small pistol for the disolving liquid and in the game he actually uses way more water, because he shoots multiple times at the same girl to get the top and bottom and he also shoots at his allies to keep suspicion from himself and then he magically still has water left at the end to shoot the twins.

If it helps your immersion, just imagine that when someone else gives the MC the first water pistol, they give him a gun that is already half empty, or has a leak, such that it runs out faster. Alternatively, perhaps the assumption is that a small wet spot on your clothes might be harder to notice, so in the first fight the MC is drenching his targets with longer streams of water, and he is more cautious with Chang's formula, thereby using less liquid with each shot, so it lasts longer.