Ren'Py The Null Hypothesis [v0.7b] [Ron Chon]

[Ka1tzer]

First off, amazing game! Spent a good chunk of time playing it without any cheats and have only just gotten all 3 girls to 1000/1000 and unlocked the gates to spicytown with them.

I've read some of the previous comments but still have some questions. I apologize if they have been asked before.

1 - First one is a possible bug, but as of now I'm unsure as it could also be content not yet implemented: changing the girl's bushes. I asked X-23 to do something about hers, but it never got changed. Also, I'd like to know if there will only be two options (fullbush vs clean shave) or if other options will be available as well (such as "landing strip").

2 - The way I played, I mostly went with each girl's desires and kinks and encouraged them, as I was unsure what the icons represented (like when there was a binary option in which one option depicted lips and the other depicted lips with an X on top of it). As a result, Laura in my game is quite obsessed and quite dominant, Rogue is very submissive and Jean is a mix of controlling, bossy and motherly (except instead of mother kink, hers is a lil brother kink). I would like to change Laura and Jean's behaviors without restarting the game. Is that possible now? If not, will that be possible in the future?

3 - I know you can not reveal what other characters will be added in the future, but could you say what criteria for the characters the team is using when considering who gets to be in the game and who doesn't? It's clearly not a purely chronological order based on the character's original debut in the comics, so is it popularity? Is it linked to one (or multiple) comic arcs?

4 - I don't mean to add pressure onto the team with this question but I must ask to temper my expectations - do you have any idea how long will it take for the next update to drop? And what can we expect from each update? Will it be one (or more) fully fledged characters up to the point of the current main story event? As more characters get added, will new content be added for "older" characters?

5 - Can we expect to get group sex scenes with the girls that are already in a relationship with the MC? So, to use current version's character as an example, threesome scene(s) involving Rogue, X-23, Jean and the MC? Or an outright foursome?

Thank you for being so active in this forum, and please extend my thanks to the team for developing such an amazing game and letting us have it for free. It is way, WAY beyond anything I was expecting for a first release, and I can't stress this enough.

It'll be a miserable time waiting for updates, but this game has instantly shot up into my top 10. Hell, maybe even top5.

 

[ＧＡＢ]

Sounds like you need to progress to Summer - Kurt will text you in the evening if you want to go into town. If he already has and you dismissed it, just open up your texts to him and ask if he's ready to go to the comic store now!

a lot of comment about locked content seems to be related to the time (or season). Could it be possible to add a hint on how to progress further, rather than just letting the players on their own (and impatient)

Or is that too much handholding?

 

[Dante20]

Really good game. Love the characters, style, etc. Unfortunately i couldn't play on my mac so i had to borrow my gf's laptop and do a speedrun, but everything was great, this must be the first porn game that i was really into the story. Love every girl design. In the beginning i had my doubts specially with Rogue's style but she turned in my favorite. Once i get a new laptop and can take my time and play it correctly i would like to pay you guys something for you hard work. I can't join a membership since i already have some many (psplus, spotify, prime, netflix, marvel unlimited) and living in a third word country does not help it all. I was wonder what are you plans for DLC? will we see age of apocalypse?, are you going to introduce more male characters? poor Colossus we are going to smash kitty and Magik maybe at the same time.

 

[ronchonbon]

1 - First one is a possible bug, but as of now I'm unsure as it could also be content not yet implemented: changing the girl's bushes. I asked X-23 to do something about hers, but it never got changed. Also, I'd like to know if there will only be two options (fullbush vs clean shave) or if other options will be available as well (such as "landing strip").

What did you ask her to change? Shaving pubes should happen as soon as a Character gets to their bedroom; growing pubes takes a week in-game (at two days you start to see stubble). Not sure if it's bugged or if you didn't wait enough time in-game?

2 - The way I played, I mostly went with each girl's desires and kinks and encouraged them, as I was unsure what the icons represented (like when there was a binary option in which one option depicted lips and the other depicted lips with an X on top of it). As a result, Laura in my game is quite obsessed and quite dominant, Rogue is very submissive and Jean is a mix of controlling, bossy and motherly (except instead of mother kink, hers is a lil brother kink). I would like to change Laura and Jean's behaviors without restarting the game. Is that possible now? If not, will that be possible in the future?

It depends on whether you've gotten to a special relationship event where you "lock-in" the character's quirk. Once you've gotten to that point, the quirk won't be changeable.

3 - I know you can not reveal what other characters will be added in the future, but could you say what criteria for the characters the team is using when considering who gets to be in the game and who doesn't? It's clearly not a purely chronological order based on the character's original debut in the comics, so is it popularity? Is it linked to one (or multiple) comic arcs?

I'll let Shiny answer.

4 - I don't mean to add pressure onto the team with this question but I must ask to temper my expectations - do you have any idea how long will it take for the next update to drop? And what can we expect from each update? Will it be one (or more) fully fledged characters up to the point of the current main story event? As more characters get added, will new content be added for "older" characters?

I'll give you a tentative answer: we are going to aim for monthly content updates, where "content" might refer to new events, additions and/or modifications to the existing gameplay systems, new art, etc. Anything that depends on coding/writing will progress at a regular pace. The rate of new art, however, is constrained by Patreon support. If support is limited, then we will do our best with existing assets and focus on content updates that do not require new art. We're really counting on community support to fill the game with more visuals.

5 - Can we expect to get group sex scenes with the girls that are already in a relationship with the MC? So, to use current version's character as an example, threesome scene(s) involving Rogue, X-23, Jean and the MC? Or an outright foursome?

We're certainly going to attempt this at some point. I'll say that we haven't figured out all of the logistics that would enable group sex art to be "modular" enough to support arbitrary characters wearing arbitrary outfits and doing arbitrary actions, but it's certainly something we feel should be in the game eventually.

Thank you for being so active in this forum, and please extend my thanks to the team for developing such an amazing game and letting us have it for free.

Thank you!

a lot of comment about locked content seems to be related to the time (or season). Could it be possible to add a hint on how to progress further, rather than just letting the players on their own (and impatient)

Or is that too much handholding?

No I think you're right! We're going to add an option to "Sleep and Progress Story" when you've met all the Chapter requirements. It'll roll out with 0.2b.

 

[Ka1tzer]

What did you ask her to change? Shaving pubes should happen as soon as a Character gets to their bedroom; growing pubes takes a week in-game (at two days you start to see stubble). Not sure if it's bugged or if you didn't wait enough time in-game?

I asked her to shave as soon as I got to the point that she was comfortable with removing her panties. Now she's 1k/1k and it still hasn't happened. Her pubes are still there.

It depends on whether you've gotten to a special relationship event where you "lock-in" the character's quirk. Once you've gotten to that point, the quirk won't be changeable.

Now this... is unfortunate and a little disappointing. Means I'll have to start the game over, only now I'll do it with cheats so it won't take as long to get to the point I'm in now.

I heavily suggest a gigantic obnoxious warning with glowing letters be placed in the game and made to appear whenever a game-defining unchangeable decision point appears in the game.

Thank you for the info!

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

I've completed the spring chapter, and every girl's love and trust appears to be capped at 750 which was only enough to progress Jean to the next relationship level, I can't unlock vaginal sex with the other two. Rogue and Laura do have access to deepthroat while Jean does not, though. Is this normal for the end of current content? I saw someone comment that they somehow got to 1000 with a girl?

Jean has sex with you earlier than the other girls because she has less issues with physical intimacy. The other girls need to be 1000.

Also, I'd like to know if there will only be two options (fullbush vs clean shave) or if other options will be available as well (such as "landing strip").

We have plans. Plenty of styles and plenty of characters with different personalities.

I was unsure what the icons represented (like when there was a binary option in which one option depicted lips and the other depicted lips with an X on top of it).

As I've said before, and I don't mind repeating, we are working on this. We might change some icons but we're definitely gonna see if we can add tooltips or have tutorial buddy Kurt dispense wisdom upon you if that ends up being a hang-up.

It's clearly not a purely chronological order based on the character's original debut in the comics

That was the case exclusively for Rogue and X-23. Since we already had some scripts and art done for them. It will be in chronological order going forward.

so is it popularity? Is it linked to one (or multiple) comic arcs?

We decide based on the material we have to work with. Purely original work is something we'll get to once we run out of things to adapt or if there are missing pieces. Sometimes the writer doesn't know what to do with a character so they don't do anything.

Also we can always go back an add a girl.

There are some characters designated as "side girls." They'll have one questline with full sex unlocked afterward. For story purposes, they're viewed as flings. These characters will be drawn from some minor crossovers. I'm not confirming anything but Jessica Drew Spiderwoman and Ms. Marvel show up in The X-Men on occasion. Maybe that can develop into a full relationship in a sequel. Or since art assets would be made, someone could mod them into being a full girl.

TL;DR, we got a lot of options to work with.

Will it be one (or more) fully fledged characters up to the point of the current main story event? As more characters get added, will new content be added for "older" characters?

This was a concern we had but we have had good discussions. Rogue, Jean, and X-23 will be having content for all five chapters. We are however confident that we can make the girls who show up in chapter 5 have just s compelling story beats to work off of. We're not afraid to have some of their story bleed into the sandbox of the unofficial chapter 6.

Unfortunately i couldn't play on my mac

Yeah dude we're confused about that. We had other people with Macs playing fine.

I was wonder what are you plans for DLC?

We're probably gonna rename DLC as "Bonus" or "Add-on" to avoid confusion over potential paywalled content, which we're never doing. Though yes. If there's a point in the comics where there's more than 3 girls to choose from, a lot of people on the dev team want to go back and add content for the ones we had to skip out on.

The post-end game content will also have questionably canon girls added.

will we see age of apocalypse?

This largely took place in an alternate universe and the main universe didn't really get involved with its events. The events will be mentioned but you won't be traveling there nor will you be seeing an alternate universe Null.

are you going to introduce more male characters?

Yes. We have plans on adding several male characters. They'll have significantly less outfits and girl events will take priority but a commonly joked about thing we want to include is taking Wolverine to a bar, turning off his healing factor, and letting him get shitfaced lol

poor Colossus we are going to smash kitty and Magik maybe at the same time.

Don't worry. We're giving him a girlfriend. Same with Kurt.

I heavily suggest a gigantic obnoxious warning with glowing letters be placed in the game and made to appear whenever a game-defining unchangeable decision point appears in the game.

In some decisions we have a box saying "You feel like this decision will have lasting consequences." or something along those lines. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we already added that to the quirk decisions but if not we'll add it.

I don't think immersion-breaking glowing letters is needed. If people are too lazy to read or are irresponsible with their saving practices that's on them.

 

[erow]

I'm just gonna put my thoughts on here instead of as a review because I personaly feel that it would be disingenuous reviewing it on a first release and in the hope a dev sees it and take it as constructive.
The Pros
- The game art is absolutely gourgeous, hands down one of the best if not the best for an indie game in this forum. The amount of customization from the get go is mindboggling, way beyond one would expect for a first release
- The gameplay is very streamlined, everything you do feels like it adds something even if it was very minor for now.
- The plot feels very in line for a X-men story, not anything amazing yet, but right now there is no way to predict how it will unravel and I can see it going in some very interesting ways.
- The pacing is slow but reasonable, you won't be laying girls right of the bat, it takes time and quite literally love and trust.

The Cons
- The UI albeit very well made have some weird choices that i can't wrap my head around that i believe was an oversight and for the sake of clarity I will list them:

- To see a girl status you have to navigate your phone that need a few seconds to get you to boot, get on an app that it is in a side screen not the main one, in the app you have to open their profiles that are not on the main app screen either, meaning you have to click five things just to see their stats if they are not with you.
- When you are creaking or editing an outfit there are a bunch of values that the game never tells you what means and it feels arbitrary some times, you never really know if an outfit works or if the girl will refuse.
- The sex screen you have to pull a menu to pull another menu to choose an action, why not having the first one a a toggle? Im not sure if it too hard to change but it just feel like it drags the scenes a little bit more than it needs to.

- The "spunk" looks unsatisfying that may be just my personal opnion but it just looks a little to clear sometimes especially on Rogue since she is so pale.
- The sex animations are kinda stiff just like its main inspiration, but I believe it will improve a lot going foward.
- Leveling up feels like gets you absolutely nothing with the exception of the level 5 that give a second stamina point and a little more money here and there.
- The girls feel very unresponsive sometimes, they are always okay with everything you say and if they storm off they forget being mad at you instantly.
- The game still rough around the edges from a tecnical standpoint with plenty of bugs , nothing unusual for a first release, but those are going away naturaly as time goes on
- Not being able to change how you call a LI is weird, If i chose to call Rogue Anna I can't go back and it changes for everyone, not sure if it was cut for being a low priority thing but i wish there is a option down the line

Conclusion

Although the game is above and beyond from that is expected for this kind of game some design decisions hold it back. For now at least. I trully believe all my complaints will be adressed one way or another because there is way too much good in here to just let those little things bring it down. The devs seem to be really passionate about the project and i can only hope they keep improving this game and hopefully keep a steady stream of content instead of letting it become one of those games that get an update a year or two if we are lucky.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

I'm just gonna put my thoughts on here instead of as a review because I personaly feel that it would be disingenuous reviewing it on a first release and in the hope a dev sees it and take it as constructive.

Respect man. Always good to see someone with principles.

The Cons

Pretty much all of this has been acknowledged and we're working on fixing every one of them hopefully in the next update except...

The sex animations are kinda stiff just like its main inspiration, but I believe it will improve a lot going foward.

We're not animators... We'll do our best to improve but unless we got someone who is voodoo with image manipulation or is able to work with our artists to make fluid animation, you're gonna have to live with us making incremental improvements.

 

[erow]

Respect man. Always good to see someone with principles.


Pretty much all of this has been acknowledged and we're working on fixing every one of them hopefully in the next update except...


We're not animators... We'll do our best to improve but unless we got someone who is voodoo with image manipulation or is able to work with our artists to make fluid animation, you're gonna have to live with us making incremental improvements.

I'm sorry if my points felt redundant, complainy or demanding it wasn't my intention. I'm sure you guys are giving your all and I wanted to give the most constructive opinion i could. I'm more than fine with incremental improvements or no improvements at all I just wanted to point it out for the purpose of being transparent and for what I saw you guys are on the right path and as a professor i once had said "hard work attracts hard work" it won't be long till an animator shows up to help. Wish you guys a lot of success.

 

[ＧＡＢ]

No I think you're right! We're going to add an option to "Sleep and Progress Story" when you've met all the Chapter requirements. It'll roll out with 0.2b.

call it "hibernate" (joke btw)

Don't worry. We're giving him a girlfriend. Same with Kurt.

Steal her gf or I unsub (also a joke, although you could:

1. make it so that he goes to brothel or red light district
2. the grade school cliché "i have a gf from Canada, you wouldn't know her" or
3. add ntr and steal her gf

)

 

[shantysailor]

they actually did it

the sons of bitches actually did it

 

[borja45332]

I finished the fall part of the game but nothing happens and I don't know how to go to the next level

 

[Dazzier31]

But hear me out...
imagine if we had the "Stepford Cuckoos" (5 "clones" of Emma Frost) or at least the Three-In-One (kinda like X-23 but make it TRIPLETS!), i just don't know how it would work

My guy you are preaching to the choir on that one, I bring them up as many times as I physically can.

Steal her gf or I unsub (also a joke, although you could:

1. make it so that he goes to brothel or red light district
2. the grade school cliché "i have a gf from Canada, you wouldn't know her" or
3. add ntr and steal her gf

)

But... why would we break Brolossus heart?

 

[ＧＡＢ]

My guy you are preaching to the choir on that one, I bring them up as many times as I physically can.



But... why would we break Brolossus heart?

his chakra alignments were off

 

[FarBonoFar]

Yeah that does sound like what happened. Weird. Can you DM me a .save file during the date before Jean came in by any chance?

Nope, I found about the fact that Laura supposed to came through loading auto save, luckily there was one pre bug, otherwise I wold lost quit a bit of progress. But I do have a save after bug, though I did skipped a few day in hope of fixing it.

 

[aessir69]

anyone know the name of the points for changing their clothes?

 

[Dazzier31]

his chakra alignments were off

I can tell you, the game is not doing NTR, at all.

 

[ＧＡＢ]

I can tell you, the game is not doing NTR, at all.

that's fine, there's still 2 other options to go with

 

[Deboksi]

I openly despise superhero content because of scums like marvel but holy hell im glad my friend recommended this to me. This is super high quality work, i wasnt expecting playing VN in comic book format would be this much fun. Even tho story is not so original and based from X-men, this felt very unique. Cant wait for whats next, chief.
Keep up the good work man, this is true gem.
P.S. I hope no sleazebag tries to DMCA you in the future, apparently dinosaurs whom signed it doesnt know how transformative use works

 

[Crel]

I asked her to shave as soon as I got to the point that she was comfortable with removing her panties. Now she's 1k/1k and it still hasn't happened. Her pubes are still there.

Did she answer in the affirmative? If so, that enables new styles in the wardrobe manager. The dialog itself doesn't change hair status. Check the hair section in wardrobes, 5-6 options should now be there. They function like piercings, not normal hair styles; pubic grooming is universal across all outfits, so just choose one and apply it. No preview though