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VN Ren'Py The Neverwhere Tales [v0.6.0.2] [Ceolag]

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Pixillin'

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I'm actually worried about the MC's fight with the Nightingale I still don't think he is gonna really be able to put up a good fight unless he can activate his swords magic
His odds will at least be better now, at least if you didn't kill Finn. You were mainly training with swords but still - 7 weeks of all day, every day exercise will have some benefits, and learning to fight at all will help - even without the sword, he still should have learned something about fighting. We also don't know the extent of his magical abilities, but that could come into play too.
 

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Linnae was forced to resign for making the decision to send the MC to see Neverwhere. She was trying to prepare him and do the right thing. She was pretty sure defying the council was going to cost her position, but she chose to do it because it was the right thing to do in her eyes.

I don't see Linnae as the one to lead the Templars, but I see her as someone who will do the best she can to support a leader/council she respects.
I'm sorry, who exactly "forced" her to resign? No one. Linnae voluntarily quit before anyone had a chance to demand it because she felt she needed to set a good example for the heinous crime of doing something that wasn't explicitly permitted. In other words, she considers gridlock and inaction the platonic ideals of Templar service. :rolleyes:

If that's the kind of leadership she wants, we're better off without her support. Trust me, I'm no fan of rash and unilateral actions, but the Templars - even ignoring their poor judgement - can barely agree on what to eat for breakfast without the MC's father around to break ties. She should be demanding the other bozos pull their heads out of their asses, not wringing her hands about pulling a fire alarm that was - Gasp! - outside of her jurisdiction!!!


His odds will at least be better now, at least if you didn't kill Finn. You were mainly training with swords but still - 7 weeks of all day, every day exercise will have some benefits, and learning to fight at all will help - even without the sword, he still should have learned something about fighting. We also don't know the extent of his magical abilities, but that could come into play too.
The last thing we need is the MC solving yet another problem thanks to his mysterious intuition.

As for his odds in a fair fistfight, they might not be that bad. Nightingale clearly has far more experience than him even with Finnabair's (optional) training, but she seems to be very much a "pistols first" sort of girl. She might be little more than an average boxer. That would still be more than enough to beat the old MC, and it's not like the attempt costs her all that much if she does lose.

Personally I wouldn't mind having the MC lose Durendal to her, both to finally punish him for his recklessness and also to shake up the old Chosen One tropes, but it's not implausible for him to win the match and that's what I expect to happen.
 
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Dev Log Feb 28, 2025

Hey everyone,

I'll keep this one short because we're about to head to the hospital.
No real news from that front, sadly.

With the little time available, I focused on getting some renders done and a few animations because that's what I can best concentrate on right now.

The numbers for this week:
21 new static renders for a total of 1988
7 new animations for a total of 54
21 new lines in the script file for a total of 5702

Hope you guys have a nice weekend.

Cheers,
Ceo



Cheers!! :coffee:
 

ename144

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Dev Log Feb 28, 2025

Hey everyone,

I'll keep this one short because we're about to head to the hospital.
No real news from that front, sadly.

With the little time available, I focused on getting some renders done and a few animations because that's what I can best concentrate on right now.

The numbers for this week:
21 new static renders for a total of 1988
7 new animations for a total of 54
21 new lines in the script file for a total of 5702

Hope you guys have a nice weekend.

Cheers,
Ceo



Cheers!! :coffee:
The numbers are down this week, for obvious reasons if you read the last dev diary. We're all hoping for the best, and I'm sorry we can't do more.

For those interest in the numbers, overall averages are now ~69 static renders, 1.9 animations and 197 lines per week since work on Chapter 6 began.
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Best of luck, Ceolag!
 

Grumpy Old Aussie

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I'm sorry, who exactly "forced" her to resign? No one. Linnae voluntarily quit before anyone had a chance to demand it because she felt she needed to set a good example for the heinous crime of doing something that wasn't explicitly permitted. In other words, she considers gridlock and inaction the platonic ideals of Templar service. :rolleyes:

If that's the kind of leadership she wants, we're better off without her support. Trust me, I'm no fan of rash and unilateral actions, but the Templars - even ignoring their poor judgement - can barely agree on what to eat for breakfast without the MC's father around to break ties. She should be demanding the other bozos pull their heads out of their asses, not wringing her hands about pulling a fire alarm that was - Gasp! - outside of her jurisdiction!!!
I recall Linnae saying she would be forced to resign. Perhaps I'm remembering wrong, but I am sure she made it clear. Regardless, Linnae knew what the end result would be. Assuming you are right, she still resigned knowing what the end result would be. It doesn't matter which one of us is right, it was only going to end one way. I think she made it pretty clear she isn't a fan of the direction of the Templars. At the bar and the sparring session and when sending the MC to Neverwhere. She is one of five votes, she could demand all she likes, Stathinator was never going to give a shit what she thought which negates her vote every time. You expect her to work miracles, that isn't going to happen unless there is a monumental change in the Templar structure. I've been in similar situation it sucks and there is stuff all you can do when the whole management structure is against you. You get to he point where its better to save yourself a lot of grief and distance yourself from them until a change takes place.
 

Knightcvel

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I agree. Strategically, the best course of action would be to let the Templars collapse completely, then wait and let the things the Templars fight run amok for a while, then when it's no longer possible to keep a secret, that's when you fight back - and then you can recruit soldiers from all over the world and probably raise all the money you need to equip and train them.
I think the best course of action is helping one of the templar factions curb the other. Logically, helping the one with less members and after that become an ally to the Elves to hit the remaining.
 

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As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder because I think Jess is pretty ordinary. She is near the bottom of my girl choices. Each to their own.
Absolutely! This game is weird for me in the sense that it is the game with the least attractive female cast out of anything I've ever played before. And because the only characters I find attractive are Jess and Lady Nimue, the contrast between them and everyone else is enormous. So it's very noticeable and kinda hinders my experience.

But it's not an issue. It's an opportunity to play a celibate asshole for the first time since I don't want to get points with anyone :)
 
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Grumpy Old Aussie

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Absolutely! This game is weird for me in the sense that it is the game with the least attractive female cast out of anything I've ever played before. And because the only characters I find attractive are Jess and Lady Nimue, the contrast between them and everyone else is enormous. So it's very noticeable and kinda hinders my experience.

But it's not an issue. It's an opportunity to play a celibate asshole for the first time since I don't need to get points with anyone :)
You're definitely different from me there. I find Elea, Boss lady (can't think of her name at the moment), Medb and few others hot as. As long as you enjoy the VN it doesn't matter others preferences.

PS we agree on Nimue though.
 
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Grumpy Old Aussie

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I like Jess, and think she's very attractive - but even if it turns out she's not really MC's sister, I'm not going there.
I like Jess as a character, I'm just not in to her looks and that's fine, I'm not going to be attracted to every girl that comes along.
 
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Knightcvel

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Absolutely! This game is weird for me in the sense that it is the game with the least attractive female cast out of anything I've ever played before. And because the only characters I find attractive are Jess and Lady Nimue, the contrast between them and everyone else is enormous. So it's very noticeable and kinda hinders my experience.

But it's not an issue. It's an opportunity to play a celibate asshole for the first time since I don't want to get points with anyone :)
Have you ever played Between two worlds? That one have ugly women all around. This is quite decent!
 

Dessolos

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Have you ever played Between two worlds? That one have ugly women all around. This is quite decent!
what is funny is ive seen a Render of the main girl in that game with a different hairstyle and she went from average looking and not all that hot to really attractive and hot to me
 

RNasc4444

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Have you ever played Between two worlds? That one have ugly women all around. This is quite decent!
I haven't. Sadly I have very little time so I play very few AVN's compared to most users here but I just checked it out and boy you're not wrong o_O

That's not to say that the characters in this game are objectively ugly because they aren't. And we all have our own tastes and preferences.
BtW's cast is indeed....aesthetically challenged
"Aesthetically challenged" made me laugh quite a bit. Thanks for that :LOL:
 
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