VN Ren'Py The Interim Domain [v0.25.0] [ILSProductions]

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mordred93

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I consider Now & Then a masterpiece, but this game's description doesn't sound interesting at all and I find it very disappointing that the developer chose to continue using Honey Select for a non-comedy game.
I think this is a big mistake and the developer won't get the money he deserves like this.

TLDR: Graphics are still ugly and setting sounds boring this time

I can only hope the dev finally switches to a decent-looking renderer next game, if there will even be a next game.
That is an opinion and I cannot argue with an opinion. I will just say that a pretty girl is a pretty girl, no matter what render engine they choose. I still consider Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider games from the 90's to be attractive. Maybe this game isn't for you? IDK There are plenty of games using other rendering platforms.
 

mordred93

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yeah, want to know future tags
Dev has commented there will be possible sex with multiple women. Beyond that - no reason to ruin a story first game by telling all the possibilities months before they are released. And to shut down a childish response, the dev has a plan laid out, they are not flying by the seat of their pants in terms of doing what they want. If you really want to know what is up, join the discord and ask there.
 
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Now and then typically got monthly updates at the end of the month, but for interim domain (and ive only noticed this now) is the 17th.. so will this game be middle of the month instead? Just want to get used to the release schedule like with now and then.
 

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Now and then typically got monthly updates at the end of the month, but for interim domain (and ive only noticed this now) is the 17th.. so will this game be middle of the month instead? Just want to get used to the release schedule like with now and then.
Not sure - but it is mostly monthly (like 4 weeks between releases). Dev took about 2-3 weeks between N&T and TID, so I guess the third week of the month might be the expected time frame unless they time a week off to avoid burnout (they did that a few times on N&T over the 2 years) might push things back a week.
 

mordred93

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Well, the girls look alright, but Honey Select just looks a bit goofy and cartoonish overall, which just doesn't fit a serious setting very well.
I mean there's a reason all financially successful Honey Select games are comedy/harem.

I believe if the dev made the first game with Daz3D and the usual cute underage-bait characters, he would easily make 5-10 times as much money right now.
Most people simply look a graphics first, and if graphics + setting isn't appealing they move on to the next game immediately.

It's pretty ridiculous that the developer works hard for 2 years and creates a masterpiece, just to make the same amount of money I get from government welfare doing nothing.
I just don't get why he would continue using a renderer that produces early 2000's graphics, when it clearly isn't working out financially.
Two things. One you assume the sole motivation for doing a game is money. I will not speak on behalf of the developer's financial motivations, but they have a day job and developing this game is not their primary career.

Second - the dev said they are comfortable with HS, and were going to use it for this and the previous game, but will look into something else for game 3. They said that about a year ago - so don't know if that still holds (this is informational - non-accusatory as I don't expect you to have found this post). So if this is not your cup of tea, next game maybe?
 
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mordred93

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Well, I don't know what kind of regular job the dev has, but I assume most people would rather not work 2 jobs.
It honestly surprises me he didn't work on the game full-time considering he produced over an hour of content each month.
Well that is one of the great things about HS. You set it up, and doing the renders are flipping easy (in general). That was why so many people like it, you don't have to spend 5 hours a render with a $5000 PC to get quality pictures. I remember TK8000 (I think that was their name) used to do Sol Valley, and would render between 5-6k individual pictures a month when they first started out in w/ HS.
 
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So is this game a find and pick one love interest only game...or can a player collect points for all the girls (Harem)?
 

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So is this game a find and pick one love interest only game...or can a player collect points for all the girls (Harem)?
This is speculation on my part and likely wrong but here is my take. Based on his previous game Now & Then with its 20 some odd chapter releases to conclude the story, and how the current game is set up with the plot, I think initially you will just work your way through several girls at once working on their issues and getting them to move on. When girls move on (probably concluding with lewd content) new girls are introduced and the cycle repeats. Maybe. Near the end of the game as the plot continues you will probably have some girls who are more permanent to the story and join the harem.

I dont know.
 
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This is speculation on my part and likely wrong but here is my take. Based on his previous game Now & Then with its 20 some odd chapter releases to conclude the story, and how the current game is set up with the plot, I think initially you will just work your way through several girls at once working on their issues and getting them to move on. When girls move on (probably concluding with lewd content) new girls are introduced and the cycle repeats. Maybe. Near the end of the game as the plot continues you will probably have some girls who are more permanent to the story and join the harem.

I dont know.
OK thank for the reply. And I do hope it's a harem game.
 

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It is an odd situation when you think about it (regarding love interests and a harem).

You're basically in limbo, everyone is dead, and you're an envoy to help people move on to the afterlife. Sure you're meeting all these girls and gaining relationship points with them, but the end goal is to help them move on. They won't be sticking around to have a relationship with you or for you to build a harem or any of that.

In the end, we can have fun, but we'll be alone eventually after we helped them all move on. Mira seems like the only one who could be a potential permanent love interest, cause she'll still be there after the rest have crossed over. Though wouldn't of seen her as a love interest in the beginning as she seems to just think of the MC as a tool. But this latest update seems to show she'll be taking a more active role in your actions now. Meaning chances to get closer to her than before.

It's interesting to say the least. Something to think about it.
 

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It is an odd situation when you think about it (regarding love interests and a harem).

You're basically in limbo, everyone is dead, and you're an envoy to help people move on to the afterlife. Sure you're meeting all these girls and gaining relationship points with them, but the end goal is to help them move on. They won't be sticking around to have a relationship with you or for you to build a harem or any of that.

In the end, we can have fun, but we'll be alone eventually after we helped them all move on. Mira seems like the only one who could be a potential permanent love interest, cause she'll still be there after the rest have crossed over. Though wouldn't of seen her as a love interest in the beginning as she seems to just think of the MC as a tool. But this latest update seems to show she'll be taking a more active role in your actions now. Meaning chances to get closer to her than before.

It's interesting to say the least. Something to think about it.
Seems like the Entede want to use the Qi from the people moving on to remake a new world so perhaps the ending will have the MC with all the women he saved in a harem ending? Who knows.
 

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It is an odd situation when you think about it (regarding love interests and a harem).

You're basically in limbo, everyone is dead, and you're an envoy to help people move on to the afterlife. Sure you're meeting all these girls and gaining relationship points with them, but the end goal is to help them move on. They won't be sticking around to have a relationship with you or for you to build a harem or any of that.

In the end, we can have fun, but we'll be alone eventually after we helped them all move on. Mira seems like the only one who could be a potential permanent love interest, cause she'll still be there after the rest have crossed over. Though wouldn't of seen her as a love interest in the beginning as she seems to just think of the MC as a tool. But this latest update seems to show she'll be taking a more active role in your actions now. Meaning chances to get closer to her than before.

It's interesting to say the least. Something to think about it.
Seems like the Entede want to use the Qi from the people moving on to remake a new world so perhaps the ending will have the MC with all the women he saved in a harem ending? Who knows.
As I understand it, once you convince enough souls to move on, the interim domain will cease to exist as the Ur-Entede create a new world with the gathered Qi. It also seems there's something of a competition for Qi collecting with the winner determining what the new world will be like, so yeah, unless the "winning" Archon makes the rules for the new world - seems unlikely that the Ur-Entede would cede such power, but, you know, porn game so maybe - I don't know how a true harem ending would work. I'd say it's more of a Pokemon "catch 'em all" game than real harem building. Either way I can't see any sort of monogamous route being feasible or non-monogamous route being punished.
 

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As I understand it, once you convince enough souls to move on, the interim domain will cease to exist as the Ur-Entede create a new world with the gathered Qi. It also seems there's something of a competition for Qi collecting with the winner determining what the new world will be like, so yeah, unless the "winning" Archon makes the rules for the new world - seems unlikely that the Ur-Entede would cede such power, but, you know, porn game so maybe - I don't know how a true harem ending would work. I'd say it's more of a Pokemon "catch 'em all" game than real harem building. Either way I can't see any sort of monogamous route being feasible or non-monogamous route being punished.
I wonder as well. Like maybe getting some of the girls remaining (like they have a lot of Qi or something) and trying to get them to move on. However the Dev did say that going right for the score (ie. sex) might be a bad thing with them. So if their hangup is sex, and you do too much with them - their Qi will never be collected and they go to the other place (forget what it is called). So yeah - I would bet as the way it is structured now it is more of a "gotta catch them all" method vs a harem ending, then fade to black. Just my $0.02.
 
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If this is even half as good as Now & Then I am very exited. I am downloading this now and can't wait to get started. Started the game and I thought my ears were going to bleed. Please use this code to set a lower default volume for the music in your game.
Python:
# you can set this anywhere before the start of the game.
# max volume is 1(wich is the default) 0 is mute
# the current settings are the ones I used so I dont deafen the players of my game
#    on first launch. They can change it if they want like normal.

init 990 python:
    config.default_music_volume = 0.15
    config.default_sfx_volume = 0.5
 
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