VN Ren'Py The Nature of Magic [Part 3] [Slate Interactive]

[buttsman69]

Still wishing Medium Fry was an option

But I went with Mean Fry too

 

[shanksyou]

Spoiler: Men only want one thing...

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[e6mill]

"Men only want one thing..."

Ice cream!

 

[DrSoong]

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Part of my retrospective of this most recent release is the realization that I am not driving enough clicks/engagement for Itch to appease their algorithm. Which of course controls how visible the project is. A few folks have offered advice on the matter (thank you), and one of the suggestions was to do regular devlogs. The only issue I have there is that progress-related stuff is currently a Patreon/Subscribestar tier reward, so I'd rather not take that away by re-posting all the details over on Itch, which doesn't really leave much of substance.

The other possibility is Itch's "long-form discussions", which would basically be me rambling about TNoM and/or development in general. The image attached is of the categories they provide for that type of post.

Let me hear your thoughts on the matter: whether you like the idea (and any topics you'd be interested in) or whether you'd prefer some form of trimmed-down status updates like I do with the Discord announcements.

 

[shanksyou]

Spoiler: POV - You are living alone in the forest as a hermit one day, then next thing you know...

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[DrSoong]

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Updated the links over on

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with a small bugfix.
The issue occurred if a save from Chapter Two, Part One was loaded and then rolled back past the statement it was loaded from, which would undo compatibility changes made during the load. This would result in an error being thrown when opening the 'Events' window. If you've been playing Part Three without issue (which I'm assuming is almost everyone), then you're good and don't need to download the fix version.

 

[Bob69]

The Nature of Magic [Part 3 Fixed] [Slate Interactive] - Compressed

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Spoiler: Tools used & Info:

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[Dessolos]

I took a break but I finally finished this. Anwen is by far my favorite by a mile. I know alot probably like Aine but I couldn't get into her very much she is just okay for me not sure why . I like everyone else more tho Cerys is my 2nd least favorite I feel she need more in terms of character deveolopment or something. While I really enjoy the interactions with Cerys I just found everyone else more interesting and wanting to learn more and get to know them more. Even if my favorite doesn't have alot in terms of character development either I just really enjoyed her scenes and how cute she is. I kind of wish Anwen was the wife instead.

my 3 favorite Renders

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[Profane4492]

I took a break but I finally finished this. Anwen is by far my favorite by a mile. I know alot probably like Aine but I couldn't get into her very much she is just okay for me not sure why . I like everyone else more tho Cerys is my 2nd least favorite I feel she need more in terms of character deveolopment or something. While I really enjoy the interactions with Cerys I just found everyone else more interesting and wanting to learn more and get to know them more. Even if my favorite doesn't have alot in terms of character development either I just really enjoyed her scenes and how cute she is. I kind of wish Anwen was the wife instead.

my 3 favorite Renders

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Anwen best girl for sure.

 

[slick97]

The lack of Leala fans is the biggest travesty of the year for me... Well, at least I'll have her all to myself once we finally break through her frosty exterior.

 

[Dessolos]

The lack of Leala fans is the biggest travesty of the year for me... Well, at least I'll have her all to myself once we finally break through her frosty exterior.

she is my 2nd favorite at the moment.

 

[buttsman69]

The lack of Leala fans is the biggest travesty of the year for me... Well, at least I'll have her all to myself once we finally break through her frosty exterior.

Leala is absolutely gorgeous. Really like the heavy-lidded eyes look, feel like you don't see it often in AVNs. And she loves romance novels...

She has the misfortune of being an absolute stunner in a story chock-full of absolute stunners.

She has the GOOD fortune of being in a harem story, and oh boy will she be part of mine. I'm with you brother, I'm just also with all those other lovely ladies

 

[BTungsteno]

The lack of Leala fans is the biggest travesty of the year for me... Well, at least I'll have her all to myself once we finally break through her frosty exterior.

It will probably be that way until the update where Leala and the MC starting searching for clues of the murderer of males with the gift while being tailed by Berry, I imagine that the three will have to fight henchmen that will try to stop them and capture the MC.

Also next update is Leala's father reaction to not knowing before hand of the MC "weave" ability, MC may have to bail for Her when daddy get grumpy tell her "She's disappointing him".
He and probably the Orrains (Mama B-aer clan) envoys are the mayor obstacle for the MC in the next update.

 

[Dessolos]

It will probably be that way until the update where Leala and the MC starting searching for clues of the murderer of males with the gift while being tailed by Berry, I imagine that the three will have to fight henchmen that will try to stop them and capture the MC.

Also next update is Leala's father reaction to not knowing before hand of the MC "weave" ability, MC may have to bail for Her when daddy get grumpy tell her "She's disappointing him".
He and probably the Orrains (Mama B-aer clan) envoys are the mayor obstacle for the MC in the next update.

yeah I think she is gonna be one of the slower ones when it comes to lewds for sure. Besides what you just said she said she kind of wants to make the MC earn rewards slowly when it's her day to hang out with the MC

 

[HiHaHo]

yeah I think she is gonna be one of the slower ones when it comes to lewds for sure. Besides what you just said she said she kind of wants to make the MC earn rewards slowly when it's her day to hang out with the MC

it does seem like that,yet it doesn't have to be the case,things could escalate real fast like her father making a move against the MC, it will entirely depend on the writing.

but its like 99% sure it will take a while if the points for her faith/trust in her father/family is any indicator.

 

[BTungsteno]

it does seem like that,yet it doesn't have to be the case,things could escalate real fast like her father making a move against the MC, it will entirely depend on the writing.

but its like 99% sure it will take a while if the points for her faith/trust in her father/family is any indicator.

For that reason i mentioned the CSI update of those 3 investigating, when they find the culprits, it may be the pivotal moment for Leala....or the 3 of them, it feels too easy if it is Her father alone the culprit, i'm betting an alliance of discontent members from all families and/or an outsider using them to make magic go extinct.

 

[HiHaHo]

For that reason i mentioned the CSI update of those 3 investigating, when they find the culprits, it may be the pivotal moment for Leala....or the 3 of them, it feels too easy if it is Her father alone the culprit, i'm betting an alliance of discontent members from all families and/or an outsider using them to make magic go extinct.

a interesting theory,which i don't think would be true.
it was already said her father and his family is the "power hungry" kind,which doesn't necessarily make them bad or evil.
but based on current availabe info Leala her father is the top suspect,for valid reasons,still quite possible someone or some group is using that as a decoy/cover.

we don't know just how deep this VN will go into political scheme's etc. but we'll see.

 

[slick97]

it was already said her father and his family is the "power hungry" kind,which doesn't necessarily make them bad or evil.

Excellently said! While being power hungry is often associated with evil characters, it's not always the case that ambition means someone is truly evil. A good example is a ruthless Shepard from the Mass Effect series who can do questionable acts (i.e. sabotaging the genophage cure for support from the Salarians), but it could ultimately be for good reasons. I believe Cyril probably falls into this camp.

Leala is cleverly written in that she humanizes her family by showing us not every Cenric is ruthless beyond compassion. Even though she was raised to always do what's best for the family, she's still her own person with a set of moral boundaries she's unwilling to cross.

 

[HiHaHo]

Excellently said! While being power hungry is often associated with evil characters, it's not always the case that ambition means someone is truly evil. A good example is a ruthless Shepard from the Mass Effect series who can do questionable acts (i.e. sabotaging the genophage cure for support from the Salarians), but it could ultimately be for good reasons. I believe Cyril probably falls into this camp.

Leala is cleverly written in that she humanizes her family by showing us not every Cenric is ruthless beyond compassion. Even though she was raised to always do what's best for the family, she's still her own person with a set of moral boundaries she's unwilling to cross.

the why sure becomes a lot more important though...
remember they are suspected off abducting/kidnapping children with magical affinity,grooming the captives and murdering those who resist.

 

[Meiri]

The lack of Leala fans is the biggest travesty of the year for me... Well, at least I'll have her all to myself once we finally break through her frosty exterior.

Outside the redhead trinity, she's probably my favorite girl.