VN Ren'Py The Lusanti Chronicles [Ch.3 v1.03] [Grumpy Old Aussie]

[Dark Silence]

Interesting, never heard of sky elves - Northern European elves, Icelandic elves, and Tolkien elves (wood elves, high elves etc) but not sky elves.

I first learned about them from a friend many years ago. Some stories say they are tall, others say they're short. My friend had said they were like Angels, but, what do I know? lol

 

[FatGiant]

Maybe she is just older than she thinks she is?

I know
I did try black. I'm just undecided with Lydia, because I like her with every color.

Let's just say... it really depends on where you are going with her in the story.

More Romantic? The Neutral tone (left image of those at Milton's post)
More slutty? The red may be a better choice... (I don't mean making her a slut, but having her be more confident and assertive)
More "evil"? The Black or dark blue...

She's in your hands to take her on any direction. I wouldn't really enjoy her on a Romantic route wearing bright Red, while I would probably prefer Sarissa with a bright Red on any route. Her skin tone is rich enough and beautiful enough, but it is also quite easy to "overdecorate" sending her into some well known territories (appearance wise she looks like a Latina, maybe guide yourself by that).

Peace

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

As a character, I'm on the fence with Charlie. Liked her at the party but the scene with Rebeus kind of dampened the mood.
But then thinking about it, the stuff with Tabitha probably has something to do with her wanting his dick, what with pheromones or whatever alchemy stuff, drugged wine notwithstanding.
BUT, the name of her path (which is the path of Might) had me interested again. I imagine some hidden op magic shit, or better yet some cog connect in her brain and she becomes a ubber Machiavelian style disciple or something, because we already have the mage. Then the spymaster, the executionner/bodyguard/general and the "child of destiny". A ruthless diplomat, a chancellor or the main advisor or something where she doesn't take shit anymore could be a nice development of a rather tame and naive character.

Or maybe I'm hyping myself way too much.

No idea about Lydia and Tauriel so far, we probably need to learn more about the bond stuff they...well Lydia shares on her own and the story behind it. Since when ? Can he get out of it ? What happens then ? Does she suffer when we bang the others as it's apparently incomplete ? so many questions, rhetorical btw, I don't want answers (well not here).

For Tauriel, guess wait and see what happens with the elves. Something to do with the dwarves IIRC. Could go any way.

Also while we're at it, so far Sarissa is the only one I chose "I want more" with, shitty life, she deserves some hugs. She's the default as the main one should no longer appear in the story heh.

Charlie wasn't interested in Rebeus at any stage, but she was just a little curious. Rebeus is the celebrity prince all the girls gossip about. She had lived a sheltered life and suddenly she is part of the world everyone is talking about and then going to dinner with the dream man of the kingdom. So it was understandable Charlie would be a little curious about all the fuss.

In the carriage with Livvy, Charlie only asked about Rebeus in bed because she is curious about Livvy losing her virginity. She is too shy to just come out and ask people. Since, Livvy was pouring out her heart and intimate experiences. Charlie's curiosity got the better of her. Livvy misunderstood it as Charlie was interested in Rebeus' sexual prowess. Charlie didn't ask anymore questions once Livvy focused on Rebeus instead of the sex act itself. The last thing Charlie was interested in at that stage was Rebeus.

Sarissa deserves a lot of hugs.

 

[Woodstock_1983]

No I don't. She is exactly the height I want her to be. Yes, she is too tall for a human 10yo. Read in to that what you will.
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So other words, she's like an elf age 10 years old. It makes sense now. Sorry I love playing fantasy games but when it comes to the ages, I get confused lol.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

No I don't. She is exactly the height I want her to be. Yes, she is too tall for a human 10yo. Read in to that what you will.

So other words, she's like an elf age 10 years old. It makes sense now. Sorry I love playing fantasy games but when it comes to the ages, I get confused lol.
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It's fine mate. I have inside knowledge .

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I like my main plots to be like onions. Peel away one layer only to find another layer to what is going on.

 

[Fucker289]

Thanks for the kind words.
Why the beatings started hasn't come out yet.

The opening scene with Xavier Xenophon, reveals something happened with the MC that disgusted Xavier. The King blames his rage against the MC on James.

A bit of background: The king adored the MC until Rebeus was born. They still had a close relationship until the MC hit double figures. Then things went downhill. Once the MC reached his teenage years the King would get his guards to punish the MC. Fortunately, the Queen was concerned about the beatings and petitioned the Church for James to aid the MC. The beatings got worse over time and without James coming to the MCs rescue again and again, the MC would definitely be dead. People speculate on why this happened, but no one knows for sure YET.

Yes that background i did read in game but that's why i got little confused, loved him but then after 2nd son things go bad, so bad that beating started woww...
I hope in coming release u give more details on this or maybe put few scene in start to give full story.

Also their an problem in text i believe they the yellow text merge with background many times during playthrough and the text box slider in setting doesn't work i tried to move it but still same box density (i think change happen but it's very minor and not helpful).
Maybe give us choice to change text color or make it bright yellow or white and fix that text box slider...

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

Yes that background i did read in game but that's why i got little confused, loved him but then after 2nd son things go bad, so bad that beating started woww...
I hope in coming release u give more details on this or maybe put few scene in start to give full story.

Also their an problem in text i believe they the yellow text merge with background many times during playthrough and the text box slider in setting doesn't work i tried to move it but still same box density (i think change happen but it's very minor and not helpful).
Maybe give us choice to change text color or make it bright yellow or white and fix that text box slider...

There is a lot more to come out about the MC and the King.

A few people have complained about the slider and yet it works fine for me. That is frustrating as I'm not sure what I can do about that yet. I've had a few requests about the font color so I'll look at changing that with the next update.

 

[Fucker289]

There is a lot more to come out about the MC and the King.

A few people have complained about the slider and yet it works fine for me. That is frustrating as I'm not sure what I can do about that yet. I've had a few requests about the font color so I'll look at changing that with the next update.

Well is slider only needed bcs of font color.

maybe also add option of text box and no text box.
So for those whos slider don't work they can remove the box if need be

 

[ChubbyFatBoy]

Gotta say that I wasn't expecting the younger prince to actually be malicious. Thought we were going down the ol spoiled, never told no, older brother not putting boot to ass situation. That later escalates into some fuckery. Whole Livvy carriage ride was enlightening. Not to mention Charlotte's little side story. Now Grumpy just has to make the reveal extra messy.

I'm talking "I don't know if we can come back to this venue because too many people got drunk last time and things got out of hand" messy.

 

[jadepaladin]

There is a lot more to come out about the MC and the King.

A few people have complained about the slider and yet it works fine for me. That is frustrating as I'm not sure what I can do about that yet. I've had a few requests about the font color so I'll look at changing that with the next update.

I don't know how to consistently break the opacity slider, seems to happen randomly but typically saving and reloading fixes it. I included some examples of how it looks when broken and not broken. I could include the preferences screen too but it just feels like extra screenshots that won't serve a purpose. I broke it here loading an autosave.

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[Grumpy Old Aussie]

I don't know how to consistently break the opacity slider, seems to happen randomly but typically saving and reloading fixes it. I included some examples of how it looks when broken and not broken. I could include the preferences screen too but it just feels like extra screenshots that won't serve a purpose. I broke it here loading an autosave.

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Ouch, no box is terrible against that light background. Definitely need to change that font. I use the text box when I play so I didn't realize it was that bad.

 

[FatGiant]

My solution (using URM):

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Not exactly perfect, but it was the best I managed to do in those long 1 minute tinkering sessions

Peace

 

[motseer]

Ouch, no box is terrible against that light background. Definitely need to change that font. I use the text box when I play so I didn't realize it was that bad.

I use an offset black outline to make the text stand out better. It looks like this:


This is the code I used.

 

[jadepaladin]

I use an offset black outline to make the text stand out better. It looks like this:
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This is the code I used.

I like this a lot.

 

[Pixillin']

I played through again today to see what happened if you just didn't pursue Gwen at all. Unfortunately, it doesn't change much. Going through the last chapter though did remind me of what Aussie was talking about the other day - about Livvy and scandals in the court if she was with MC. At this point, if nothing changes (and I know things will change) I'm on a path to make a half-elf assassin the future queen, so I don't think scandalizing the nobility is something MC is all that worried about.

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

I played through again today to see what happened if you just didn't pursue Gwen at all. Unfortunately, it doesn't change much. Going through the last chapter though did remind me of what Aussie was talking about the other day - about Livvy and scandals in the court if she was with MC. At this point, if nothing changes (and I know things will change) I'm on a path to make a half-elf assassin the future queen, so I don't think scandalizing the nobility is something MC is all that worried about.

The MC is still trying to work the Fell out. Ch3 will kick that along a bit.

 

[Dark Silence]

The MC is still trying to work the Fell out. Ch3 will kick that along a bit.

Well...

 

[Pixillin']

The MC is still trying to work the Fell out. Ch3 will kick that along a bit.

MC is slow on the uptake, he still likes his brother. Other than Livvy, I like the Fell the best so far.

 

[Jin-Woo']

WTF is this abomination? It's like a human form of an STD...Once a ho, always a ho

 

[Grumpy Old Aussie]

WTF is this abomination? It's like a human form of an STD...Once a ho, always a ho

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Ugh don't remind me, that render is on the replace list.
Delusional ex-girlfriends (and wives) are the worst.