VN Ren'Py Abandoned The Magister's Tale [Ch. 1 EC] [Passion Grove]

[Dragonflight]

First thanks for playing. I've been researching animations almost all night and this morning, and I have it fixed! I don't want to bore people with the fix, but I've tested it a couple times now and I'm not seeing any flashes or any red text. So I'll update the demo soon.

Awesome and yeah, proofreading/testing your own stuff can easily make you overlook things cause you've seen it so often

I'd say, as sad as it is, Irwin's death opens up a ton of options, not only with Rhea. From the top of my head:

Rhea could have been _too happy_ about the incident and wanting sex to take her mind of things. Including jealousy and causing trouble with the protagonist's every day life and other relations (sis, Ella, princess, others). She could be very upset about it, up to completely repressing it and making it a challenge to gain her favor again.
There could be an investigation about the death and the investigator could play a central part in the rest of the game. The investigator being female would open up a bunch of different options.
Did the dad have a rich/poor brother/sister/cousin no one ever heard about? Is he/she hostile or friendly?
And what's with Rhea's family? Does she have siblings that might want to visit? They could have troublesome younglings they want to get rid of temporarily, or treasured ones they want their horizons expanded by living in the big city for a while.

And then there is the question if there's magic in this world. 'Low' magic could work, like enchantments in the Arthurian saga (sword in the stone, lady of the lake), but no magic might be better as it doesn't complicate things and prevents a feature creep - problem.

In any case, it's not like you're on the clock or something, you'll figure it out

 

[z3212]

Very promising! The whole medieval theme and story line has great potential. Also liked the fact that FF is included in such theme. Characters design were really good.

For a demo, it sure got me hyped for the official release. looking forward to it.

 

[UncleVT]

Added Demo Fix 2 to OP.

 

[RowanPG]

Yeah, that'll be the last bug fix for this version. I'll start doing a beta testing phase for next month's release, so hopefully, I won't have to release a bunch of fixes.

 

[lordywut]

boring game!! its like a copy of so many others i have played, its too dark, way too much text, so little choices!

the games i would recommend is Lucky Mark, Cure My Addiction and Milfy City where you can revisit and repeat the scenes you like, by the way they are nt perfect but much better!!

and if you like this style of gameplay(well not much of a gameplay) you should try Sisterly Lust, DFD or Depraved Awakening, they atleast show you their point system like relationship status etc

 

[Dragonflight]

boring game!! its like a copy of so many others i have played, its too dark, way too much text, so little choices!

the games i would recommend is Lucky Mark, Cure My Addiction and Milfy City where you can revisit and repeat the scenes you like, by the way they are nt perfect but much better!!

and if you like this style of gameplay(well not much of a gameplay) you should try Sisterly Lust, DFD or Depraved Awakening, they atleast show you their point system like relationship status etc

It's not a game, it's a demo?
Funny that. I have yet to play Milfy City and can't tell from the top of my head what DFD is, but I found the other games you mentioned boring for different reasons.

 

[lordywut]

It's not a game, it's a demo?
Funny that. I have yet to play Milfy City and can't tell from the top of my head what DFD is, but I found the other games you mentioned boring for different reasons.

well i find them boring as well but they are not this boring but one thing i can tell you is that you have to play Milfy City and Melody, they make me want more and more!! a love those 2 games

and yes this is a demo but a demo is like first impression and should make you want more and demonstrate how this game will look like in a long run

 

[RowanPG]

boring game!! its like a copy of so many others i have played, its too dark, way too much text, so little choices!

the games i would recommend is Lucky Mark, Cure My Addiction and Milfy City where you can revisit and repeat the scenes you like, by the way they are nt perfect but much better!!

and if you like this style of gameplay(well not much of a gameplay) you should try Sisterly Lust, DFD or Depraved Awakening, they atleast show you their point system like relationship status etc

Thanks for playing the demo. Sorry, you didn't enjoy it, but I can't expect everyone to like it.

You're right, I aspire to be as good as ICSTOR, Milfy City is his 6th game, I believe. He's been doing this for years, so he has more experience than a person who just released their first demo. I will get to his level one day. DFD is another one of my aspirations Palmer has a really great team of people, and I want that eventually for Passion Grove.

Have a good day,
-Rowan

 

[Dragonflight]

well i find them boring as well but they are not this boring but one thing i can tell you is that you have to play Milfy City and Melody, they make me want more and more!! a love those 2 games

and yes this is a demo but a demo is like first impression and should make you want more and demonstrate how this game will look like in a long run

Thanks, I'll get to Milfy City eventually and like RowanPG said, it's their 6th game so they learned and got better and that's what got them to where they are now today.
I was just being facetious Of course you're correct in it being a demo and that first expressions matter, ours were just different in this case. Anyhow, have fun 0/

 

[lordywut]

Thanks for playing the demo. Sorry, you didn't enjoy it, but I can't expect everyone to like it.

You're right, I aspire to be as good as ICSTOR, Milfy City is his 6th game, I believe. He's been doing this for years, so he has more experience than a person who just released their first demo. I will get to his level one day. DFD is another one of my aspirations Palmer has a really great team of people, and I want that eventually for Passion Grove.

Have a good day,
-Rowan

sorry if i was too hard but someone has to say it so you can improve!

What i would love to see in your game is a map, relationship status, more objects in the rooms as details so it doesnt look empty and boring, the story needs work and the lightning needs a little work aswell, this is my feedback! again i would love to play this again next time to see improvment

 

[lordywut]

Thanks, I'll get to Milfy City eventually and like RowanPG said, it's their 6th game so they learned and got better and that's what got them to where they are now today.
I was just being facetious Of course you're correct in it being a demo and that first expressions matter, ours were just different in this case. Anyhow, have fun 0/

true!

 

[UncleVT]

its like a copy of so many others i have played

Sorry, like what others?

 

[jak1165]

I feel ya, man... :FeelsBadMan:

Press F to pay respects

Giving this one a watch for now

 

[Wicked Garden]

Why is Lily face like that? She looks like Cheech and Chong in drag. I like the game so far BTW.

 

[DreamLab Studio]

...... way too much text, so little choices!

To be fair this is listed as being a Visual Novel. For me I would expect it to have more story which means more text as well as fewer choices than a game that offers open world roaming. I'm not saying you can't have those things in a VN but I wouldn't expect them.

I like VNs because they let me get to know the characters more. So when things happen to them (sexual, comedy, drama... whatever) I care more about it and that makes the experience of the story mean more.

But as RowanPG said, you can't make a game that pleases everybody. I think his demo showed an interesting world with some great characters that I'm looking forward to seeing more of. Being a medieval setting also helps make it a bit more unique as well.

 

[harala]

Very good start. Elle looks pretty cute and strong same time. I hope we will see more her in future.
And about sex with stepmother at first night; if MC fuck Elle or princes is it ok?
Its porn game, MC fuck someone and lucky lady is stepmom for demo.
I will wait for others too

 

[RowanPG]

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[UncleVT]

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I was excited about Merry that I just had to post her now! She is really beautiful I think, and very sexy. If you like her with her clothes on, then just hope you're lucky enough to see her with her clothes off

If you remember her name from the demo, then you already know a little bit about her. Just like with Selina, I'll hold off from spoiling much else about her. I've been playing around with the simulate feature to get her clothes to fall and drape properly and I think it's working really well.

In other news, I made a straw poll and posted it in the discord, I'll link it here for everyone: "

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" please fill it out if you have a second and tell me your thoughts in the comments about the subject, historical accuracy.
I personally care, probably way too much about it, like I try to make sure the combat poses, the buildings, etc. are all historically accurate. I actually spent the other day watching and reading medieval makeup articles to learn more about period style makeup.

One of my first jobs was making medieval style chain mail armor for people to do steel combat in. So, back then I had to worry a lot about historically accuracy as well as safety, we would use museum pictures and recreate chain mail patterns from that, and I guess that line of thinking carried over into this game. Anyway, I just wanted to see what you all thought about it.

When I was in university, my professor used to tell me all the time, "Rowan, you have to love physics so much that your willing to give up everything else to study it." I never understood that because I never felt that way about physics, but I do understand it about being a game developer. I never felt happier making this game, and I've never been willing to give up everything else, until now. And after The Magister's Tale is completed there will be many more games to come.

Alright, sappy time is over, I have more writing and rendering to do.
Have a good day,

-Rowan.

 

[Dexter23]

Awesome fun look forward to further developments

 

[WomenWorshiper]

Realy promising.