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

[TonyMurray]

Judging from the image previews, I'm expecting to round out the new lunch uniform scenes, a new scene with Lucy(?) on Saturdays, and a punishment scene/scenes for Liz(?) from the streaking event.

(I get the L girls confused, I think I got the names right.)

Looks right to me!

Lets keep our expectations in check. Remember this is only a small release (ver 0.16.3 to 0.16.4) as opposed to the normal size release we get (ie 0.15.3 to 0.16.3). Be careful not to overegg the pudding too much and wind up disappointing ourselves.

I'm not sure why you're quoting me in this. I just pointed out what I can see in the preview images, I don't see how that's overegging anything.

 

[ccxvidonaferens]

I'm not sure why you're quoting me in this. I just pointed out what I can see in the preview images, I don't see how that's overegging anything.

Overcautious on my part maybe, but it was, primarily, simply a response to the phrasing of 'this update is going to be a banger'. Its a phrase that some could have quite easily misconstrued as meaning that this was a much more sizeable update than it likely is. I've seen it on a number of these threads where people latch on to phrases and/or timeframes and then start to get... discourteous if they feel that there is insufficient content compared to what they were expecting. It's why my default position here now is to, quite simply, attempt to temper down expectations a little. Better to have something that underpromises and then overdelivers than to have something that overpromises and then underdelivers. Apologies if you felt offended or slighted in any way. That was not my intent.

 

[TonyMurray]

Overcautious on my part maybe, but it was, primarily, simply a response to the phrasing of 'this update is going to be a banger'. Its a phrase that some could have quite easily misconstrued as meaning that this was a much more sizeable update than it likely is. I've seen it on a number of these threads where people latch on to phrases and/or timeframes and then start to get... discourteous if they feel that there is insufficient content compared to what they were expecting. It's why my default position here now is to, quite simply, attempt to temper down expectations a little. Better to have something that underpromises and then overdelivers than to have something that overpromises and then underdelivers. Apologies if you felt offended or slighted in any way. That was not my intent.

Not offended or slighted, just curious why my comment was bundled in with it For the other comment, personally I would take "banger" to mean "really good", which is subjective, so even if it's not a big update, it can still apply. I don't know if it's a more UK English term or not, though.

 

[raven54]

Someone upload please,
thanks

The idea is to wait until January 24th if you aren't paying anything. Yes we all want all software (well everything) to be free, but at the end of the day we all need food on the table and a roof over our heads. If nobody pays anything, then it would be reasonable to assume Altos being forced to drop development in order to get time to do a paid job.

In other words sharing the game prematurely increases the risk of the game development stopping prior to completing the game.

 

[Lailaliu]

update?

 

[Sasugachan]

The idea is to wait until January 24th if you aren't paying anything. Yes we all want all software (well everything) to be free, but at the end of the day we all need food on the table and a roof over our heads. If nobody pays anything, then it would be reasonable to assume Altos being forced to drop development in order to get time to do a paid job.

In other words sharing the game prematurely increases the risk of the game development stopping prior to completing the game.

You see, the thing about piracy is that most the people doing it weren't gonna pay for anything anyways, specially for a game that is free, it doesn't change how much the creator makes by anything considerable. The people on patreon either just want to support him, or are unaware or don't want to use websites like this, so literally nothing changes, altos is one of the most financially successful creators on the indie porn game scene (top 50 on patreon for adult games), and this is a piracy website, in case you weren't aware.

 

[krwiopalczasty]

lol some gathering of smartasses who with some fake sense of superiority write "wait until XX or support the creator" xD come down to earth, take the sticks out of your asses, and realize that you are on a game piracy site xD you are not better at all because you gave someone a few dollars xD its hillarius even more if you know the research on game piracy that says more or less what "Sasugachan" says about the fairly marginal impact of piracy on the overall earnings of the gaming industry these days. xD

 

[TheDevian]

lol some gathering of smartasses who with some fake sense of superiority write "wait until XX or support the creator" xD come down to earth, take the sticks out of your asses, and realize that you are on a game piracy site xD you are not better at all because you gave someone a few dollars xD its hillarius even more if you know the research on game piracy that says more or less what "Sasugachan" says about the fairly marginal impact of piracy on the overall earnings of the gaming industry these days. xD

Yes, it is a piracy site, doesn't mean we can't also support the devs. We can be nice pirates.
As someone who has worked on many games, I can tell you that the bit of extra support that we get in these early release days of each update really do add up. So, yes, the impact is real, and it is felt by the devs.
When they are nice enough to give a free version, just wait, it's not long, and we have thousands of other games we can play.

 

[Sasugachan]

We can definitely be nice pirates, if it leaks, sure, all glory to the hero, if it doesn't, I'll wait. At the end of the day, it's a free game, everyone knows they don't have to pay anything, and we can all see that when a game is this good people will support it regardless of leaks.

 

[OtakuLegend]

lol some gathering of smartasses who with some fake sense of superiority write "wait until XX or support the creator" xD come down to earth, take the sticks out of your asses, and realize that you are on a game piracy site xD you are not better at all because you gave someone a few dollars xD its hillarius even more if you know the research on game piracy that says more or less what "Sasugachan" says about the fairly marginal impact of piracy on the overall earnings of the gaming industry these days. xD

What a worthless take, while this is obviously a site for pirates, it is a site for aspiring creators as well. I learned how to animate in 3D in part because this game was so rad. Not many pirate sites also have the tutorial for animating in 3D in Honey Select, but this one does. So let's not assume this site is purely comprised of pirates looking to pirate, it is not. To abandon logic so wholly would be hillarius. One doesn't have a stick up their ass, or a superiority complex, for wanting to highlight that the creator needs to eat, especially when the creator makes something good and deserves to eat well for it.

 

[Sasugachan]

This is very much a piracy website with a game dev community, as awkward as it sounds. On one hand you can expect a lot of sympathy for the devs, but on the other you can't expect the one-eyed peg-legged people here to not sail the seas, specially when there's Lucy content at stake.

 

[MexPayne]

Some of us are from poor countries and can't afford to pay for porn.

 

[ramvivat]

I wonder, is the scenario of the riot in this women's colony programmed in only one way? that is, the president and the praetors will still come to overthrow the MC, even though there has been no interaction with them yet? or is there more than one scenario of the riot? and the fact that this "school" is what it is, a colony for teenage criminals, there is no doubt, because what is a closed institution serving for the re-education of a certain contingent of people? a colony and nothing else. and who and by whom and how and for what to declare - this is only a question of wording by interested parties.
but still, how many scenarios of the riot are programmed?

I just thought about it, if on the very first day in the console you adjust some values, for example discipline - will this trigger the "riot" scenario or not, or does a riot require much more than just a lack of discipline?

It's a pity that the ending is only for the MC itself. It doesn't say what happened with this whole government initiative to "re-educate" undereducated teenagers, did it influence public opinion and how did it influence it? In short, the ending still leaves blank spots in this whole story. If possible, it would be very good if there were fewer blank spots.

 

[TheDevian]

Some of us are from poor countries and can't afford to pay for porn.

The price of being poor, we have to wait.

 

[Living In A Lewd World]

I wonder, is the scenario of the riot in this women's colony programmed in only one way? that is, the president and the praetors will still come to overthrow the MC, even though there has been no interaction with them yet? or is there more than one scenario of the riot? and the fact that this "school" is what it is, a colony for teenage criminals, there is no doubt, because what is a closed institution serving for the re-education of a certain contingent of people? a colony and nothing else. and who and by whom and how and for what to declare - this is only a question of wording by interested parties.
but still, how many scenarios of the riot are programmed?

I just thought about it, if on the very first day in the console you adjust some values, for example discipline - will this trigger the "riot" scenario or not, or does a riot require much more than just a lack of discipline?

It's a pity that the ending is only for the MC itself. It doesn't say what happened with this whole government initiative to "re-educate" undereducated teenagers, did it influence public opinion and how did it influence it? In short, the ending still leaves blank spots in this whole story. If possible, it would be very good if there were fewer blank spots.

If you are a naughty guy and press the big red button in the replay menu 3 times, you come into a menu that allows you to watch all scenes in the replay menu. When you activate this, you will find all current available "bad" endings in the replay menu under the point "Endings". There are currently two, one for running out of discipline and one for running out of grades. I think, there is one additional "bad ending" available, when you go to far with Priti, but this might rather be under Priti's quests in the replay menu, not under "endings" as such.

 

[rgrtbrtbrtbr]

It's a pity that the ending is only for the MC itself. It doesn't say what happened with this whole government initiative to "re-educate" undereducated teenagers, did it influence public opinion and how did it influence it? In short, the ending still leaves blank spots in this whole story. If possible, it would be very good if there were fewer blank spots.

I believe it's only been mentioned in dev notes and not in the game itself, but there's also at least one boy school. So I think this is meant to be a much larger initiative than just a single school. Likely there are multiple schools for both girls and boys, probably trying different approaches to see what works best.

So this one failing likely doesn't sink the entire plan.

 

[ramvivat]

I believe it's only been mentioned in dev notes and not in the game itself, but there's also at least one boy school. So I think this is meant to be a much larger initiative than just a single school. Likely there are multiple schools for both girls and boys, probably trying different approaches to see what works best.

So this one failing likely doesn't sink the entire plan.

you see, if his school were not exemplary, since the MC itself is the inventor of that method of re-education, and other schools should be equal to it. and it was to him that the press with cameras came for an exemplary lesson. so to speak, he is "patient zero". oh yes, there were many schools along with boys' schools - but they were not "model" schools, which are equal to - you missed this point. if the author of the method himself made such a fatal miscalculation, which led to a riot, then it follows that the method is wrong, since it does not give a 100% successful result.

 

[Living In A Lewd World]

I believe it's only been mentioned in dev notes and not in the game itself, but there's also at least one boy school. So I think this is meant to be a much larger initiative than just a single school. Likely there are multiple schools for both girls and boys, probably trying different approaches to see what works best.

So this one failing likely doesn't sink the entire plan.

It's actually mentioned in the game. I think even the name of the headmistress of the boy school is mentioned at some point.

EDIT: Just found her name. It's Rebecca Grant

 

[ramvivat]

probably trying different approaches to see what works best.

hmm in this case yes - he's way may fall but initiative at all can survive because of other ways (if they cannot fall).

 

[TheDevian]

There are a number of schools (we know of two for sure, possibly others), trying various things, I believe that the other schools are starting to copy his methods by way of instructions from the investors, but I also assume that is still minimal, as he needs to prove his methods first. We are still doing that after all.

We know there is the boy's school being led by a headmistress, and we know of two other teachers who came to witness our methods, but we do not know if they are from the same school as the headmistress or others.