VN Ren'Py The Mason Gambit [Ch.10] [CorForce Productions]

[kartolas]

Good stuff mate. Love Nicole's view of "things". Even I, in my late 40s, hadn't thought about one of her points. People might not agree with her views but some will surely have something to think about and that's good. Thinking about stuff and see other people's points of view is always good. It's how we evolve.
Anyway, good story so far. Keep it up!

Thank you and best of luck.

P.S. Question: is this a harem story? Since it's kinetic novel I felt I should ask as I normally avoid those these days as they are too cliche for my brain to handle.

 

[Deleted member 2553135]

P.S. Question: is this a harem story? Since it's kinetic novel I felt I should ask as I normally avoid those these days as they are too cliche for my brain to handle.

Check the Developer Notes

 

[kartolas]

Check the Developer Notes

Oh my bad, thank you. That's a bummer, Thing is it's not I hate harem VNs as I can normally choose who to be with and I wonder if I'll have the choice here. That will definitely be unacceptable. Having to soldier on through harem and not be able to chose is a no go. I guess I'll cross that bridge...

 

[Havenless_]

I'm really liking everything about this VN. The story is engaging and leaves you wanting to know more.
All the love interests are, so far, very nice and likable.

As a personal opinion, I think much more use could be made of the girls' models. I explain:

I would like to see more of the all the girls from the MC's POV. We almost never see them from this point of view and I think this option is very effective to be able to appreciate the beauty of the girls. We almost always see them with the MC on screen. I like the MC, but I always prefer to see the girls before the main character.

For example, in the date with Allison, there could have been several very good POVs, seeing her in first person in that beautiful dress. From the part where she walks down the stairs to meet the MC to the part where they are sitting in the restaurant. I honestly think that scene could have been better. I felt it was a bit rushed and, like I said, not enough time to appreciate Allison.

 

[michael1984]

I do believe the MC is a beta simp concerning the females

Like we took Allison out on a date and didnt even get to first base

Not even a kiss on the cheeck like for real

Probally took her out on a 80 plus dollar food place if not more

And got fuck all for it exept company of her

Like those irl women that go on food dates just to get some free food and just bounce

 

[Wills747]

Hi all, my compressed unofficial Android port of The Mason Gambit Ch 10
Usual gestures, save name/delete etc etc
Alternative persistent saves/log location
Grant storage permissions on first run!

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[BarbarrossaNA]

Enjoying the game and no real complaints... BUT(and there's always a but) if you were to say pick one thing that stands out negatively I'd have to go with the renders of Tara covered with water at the beginning of the 3rd chapter.. yeah I'm going to have to go with she looks like she has 'the mange'. Very poor couple of renders compared to the overall great things I'm seeing in this game. With that being said I have to tip my hat to this one.. good story and writing.

 

[michael1984]

Enjoying the game and no real complaints... BUT(and there's always a but) if you were to say pick one thing that stands out negatively I'd have to go with the renders of Tara covered with water at the beginning of the 3rd chapter.. yeah I'm going to have to go with she looks like she has 'the mange'. Very poor couple of renders compared to the overall great things I'm seeing in this game. With that being said I have to tip my hat to this one.. good story and writing.

Those Tara shower renders are being fixed in ep 4

 

[Midnight Ghost]

Liking the game so far, but yeah some of the renders and perspectives are kinda whack. Like Nikki 1 2 3 finger moment looked really weird with her curled fingers lower than the knuckle area, or like this one with Allision, looks like she's either a giant, standing on a box, or the desk suddenly converted to a coffee table.

 

[▌Gin ▐]

[VN] [Ren'Py] ███
This is the Italian translation of The Mason Gambit [Ch.3]

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**This translation is "unofficial" and "made by a fan"**

 

[v1900]

I do believe the MC is a beta simp concerning the females

Like we took Allison out on a date and didnt even get to first base

Not even a kiss on the cheeck like for real

Probally took her out on a 80 plus dollar food place if not more

And got fuck all for it exept company of her

Like those irl women that go on food dates just to get some free food and just bounce

Oh they can't bounce brother they live in the same house, MUAHAHAHAHA!!! Ok, now that I sound like a rapist, I hope that on the next update he ups his game. Seeing as he himself comments that the women around him seemed to act more aggressive (sexually) towards him (you know, flashing him and such). I kind of gather that's our signal to start shooting at will.

I know that its just been a couple of days that he has returned home but dang it, it's been a couple of months IRL for us. I personally rate games as blue ball sims if it goes past the fifth update without action. Most games use side characters to maintain the blood pumping and I don't think there would be any here, seeing as the MC states that he has a similar view on things as Nicole.

This might very well be one of the exceptions for me, along The Price of Power that I got hooked for the story and not for the smut. Specifically the banter and jokes, they sound very real to me.

But damn it we need some sweet, sweet, fake family loving.

 

[Midnight Ghost]

Most games use side characters to maintain the blood pumping and I don't think there would be any here, seeing as the MC states that he has a similar view on things as Nicole.

Yeah that view is highly confusing to me with nikki and mc basically being the same in "I hate skanks and whores and one night stands! save yourself for the one you love!", yet this is suppose to be a harem game? uhhhh ok...

 

[Hellkinglucifer]

Only a reference. On purpose.

I remember that scene in SL and thinking WTF is that line?

 

[CoryF]

I could wait until the story explains everything, but it seems many people are just impatient.

First - This is not a porn game. I didn't post my story here myself, but this is where it ended up. It is a kinetic novel that promises some adult content in small doses. The focus is on romance as the MC slowly begins to understand the situation with the women involved. He has someone he considers his true love and always has had. He was just never able to tell her.

Second - The MC and the girls have similar views on sex and relationships. I said it will be a harem game but let's clarify. I hate the term "harem" as it suggests a dominant figure over a group of others. This is the farthest thing you can get from that. The MC is being thrust into a fish out of water situation where his belief on relationships is being challenged by a situation where he is the only male available to these women. That's how they see it as they don't want anyone else and they certainly don't want to hurt each other. As with any story, things develop. If you are patient, it will happen.

If this is not your thing then that's fine by me. I got tired of many of the stories out there and the attitudes with the characters in those stories. You can't complain about those stories because, inevitably, someone says 'if you don't like it, do your own' as if that's a proper argument. So, rather than argue with deficient minds I am writing my own. The reality was, I wanted thriller that happens to have some adult situations...at times.

That's it.

Cheers

 

[CoryF]

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I remember that scene in SL and thinking WTF is that line?

Yeah, that really pissed me off and it was then I stopped playing that one. So much build up to a character you are supposed to like, destroyed by a single act or sentence. It made me want to pack things and go back to the girlfriend.

 

[Hercule_Poirot]

I must admit it was exciting that magical jump into the pool where the MC didn't break his neck and teleported himself into an obstacle free part of the pool.

 

[v1900]

Yeah that view is highly confusing to me with nikki and mc basically being the same in "I hate skanks and whores and one night stands! save yourself for the one you love!", yet this is suppose to be a harem game? uhhhh ok...

It is indeed, if you consider it in its own, but I kind of get what CoryF says in his post (#135 a few post above this), " I could wait until the story explains everything...".

Going by what the story has already told us, the MC is the only mate available to them. To make my point, lets consider the concept of human capital:

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The skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country.​

By being infected by the virus the women in MC's life lost all of their intrinsic value as mates, you can see that when the MC reads the email his father left him. The father intentionally infected them so that they would lose all value to the sex traffickers that took over his fathers shipping business.

While not exactly the same, you can see that in studies pertaining to hypergamy (google it is quit interesting) when there is an extreme imbalance between potential mates based in human capital, there start to rear their head some very eclectic marriage arrangements. Historically this is how a lot of harems (excluding royal harems) actually start.

So, we have a group of women that all love the MC and each other, none of which is blood related to him and they have to play a zero sum game. They either play as a single entity and guaranty their victory or play separately and risk loosing all and dying alone. All that grim business but with a love and romance angle.

Ah shoot!!! I went off my meds there, hope I made some sense.

 

[CoryF]

Liking the game so far, but yeah some of the renders and perspectives are kinda whack. Like Nikki 1 2 3 finger moment looked really weird with her curled fingers lower than the knuckle area, or like this one with Allision, looks like she's either a giant, standing on a box, or the desk suddenly converted to a coffee table.

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Thanks for bringing it up. Sometimes in my haste I fail to catch things like this. You get a series of images you need to produce and miss some of it. The above image is certainly a perspective issue. The model's feet (high heels) are certainly on the floor so it's a camera issue here.

Good catch.

 

[CoryF]

It is indeed, if you consider it in its own, but I kind of get what CoryF says in his post (#135 a few post above this), " I could wait until the story explains everything...".

Going by what the story has already told us, the MC is the only mate available to them. To make my point, lets consider the concept of human capital:

​

The skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organization or country.​

By being infected by the virus the women in MC's life lost all of their intrinsic value as mates, you can see that when the MC reads the email his father left him. The father intentionally infected them so that they would lose all value to the sex traffickers that took over his fathers shipping business.

While not exactly the same, you can see that in studies pertaining to hypergamy (google it is quit interesting) when there is an extreme imbalance between potential mates based in human capital, there start to rear it head some very eclectic marriage arrangements. Historically this is how a lot of harems (excluding royal harems) actually start.

So, we have a group of women that all love the MC and each other, none of which is blood related to him and they have to play a zero sum game. They either play as a single entity and guaranty their victory or play separately and risk loosing all and dying alone. All that grim business but with a love and romance angle.

A shoot!!! I went off my meds there, hope I made some sense.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[BarbarrossaNA]

I could wait until the story explains everything, but it seems many people are just impatient.

First - This is not a porn game. I didn't post my story here myself, but this is where it ended up. It is a kinetic novel that promises some adult content in small doses. The focus is on romance as the MC slowly begins to understand the situation with the women involved. He has someone he considers his true love and always has had. He was just never able to tell her.

Second - The MC and the girls have similar views on sex and relationships. I said it will be a harem game but let's clarify. I hate the term "harem" as it suggests a dominant figure over a group of others. This is the farthest thing you can get from that. The MC is being thrust into a fish out of water situation where his belief on relationships is being challenged by a situation where he is the only male available to these women. That's how they see it as they don't want anyone else and they certainly don't want to hurt each other. As with any story, things develop. If you are patient, it will happen.

If this is not your thing then that's fine by me. I got tired of many of the stories out there and the attitudes with the characters in those stories. You can't complain about those stories because, inevitably, someone says 'if you don't like it, do your own' as if that's a proper argument. So, rather than argue with deficient minds I am writing my own. The reality was, I wanted thriller that happens to have some adult situations...at times.

That's it.

Cheers

I await patiently for whatever direction you take it.. In the words of 'The Isley Brothers' ..

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