I downloaded the game but after the short prologue it just puts me in front of Rogue with no context and I can barely interact with her. Am I missing something?
Ren'Py The Null Hypothesis [v0.7b] [Ron Chon]
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- Jul 9, 2022
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The current build is basically just "proof of concept". There was an earlier build that had a bit more story in it, but all the dialog was copy and pasted from "Rogue-Like". The creators have decided to go a different direction, and have jettisoned all the old dialog and story and are starting from scratch.
That's my impression, anyway.
Honestly I'm getting super excited reading about this game, I love that it will have an actual narrative. Also seeing that you are taking in consideration what people are saying is amazing, if I can add my 2 scents I hope you can get Magik in the game, she's my favorite girl but i understand you already have a lot of other characters planned. I hope more people want to see her in the game too so it turns into something more possible
- Jan 7, 2018
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Came upon this thread while browsing the site and piqued my interest. I do hope that this game would give more threesome/foursome/group options like those harems or groups in Love and Sex: Second Base. Rogue-like Evolution severely missed that opportunity with those lackluster turn-based dialogues.
That and other fetishes. Like petplay with Laura and/or Kitty being stuck. So on and so forth.
That and other fetishes. Like petplay with Laura and/or Kitty being stuck. So on and so forth.
We're glad. I've turned my brain into exhausted goop researching the comics to have characters resemble their original writing as close as we can without limiting the head writer's creativity.
I am our official PR guy and we do want to provide a game that all of YOU will want to play. So far I've mentioned every suggestion in the dev chat.
She is 100% planned. We're spitballing ideas for her own personal storyline.
Also, 100% planned. I'm not a coder nor an artist so I'm not sure how a foursome would work but I do know a threesome will be an option and that the art will be actively showing, animated, physical contact during a threesome.
Our version of Laura is pre-therapy so she'd be really tough to convince into pet play since that'd require some submissive vulnerability.* Considering the MC's powerset, I'll bring up the Kitty being stuck thing just for you.
*A note is that you're not going to be able to just spam gifts and compliments. Actual conversations with the girls will occur and unlock sex features based on those conversations. Some special interactions may unlock certain sex positions earlier based on character interaction.
- Jul 9, 2022
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You mentioned that there's going to be an on going story, and the sample prolog has us encounter the Shadow King; are we going to be interacting with other villains as well, and if so, will there be combat mechanics or will the game be strictly dialog focused?
Also, does Laura's healing factor repair her hymen after intercourse?
Also, does Laura's healing factor repair her hymen after intercourse?
Is the fetish focus primarily on Vanilla content such as Harem, FFM+ ect. Or will there be more? Like maybe there will be male characters that will make an appearance that will play a roles in the game? Like maybe MMF, Orgy or something Pregnancy is something I hear people ask for.We're glad. I've turned my brain into exhausted goop researching the comics to have characters resemble their original writing as close as we can without limiting the head writer's creativity.
I am our official PR guy and we do want to provide a game that all of YOU will want to play. So far I've mentioned every suggestion in the dev chat.
She is 100% planned. We're spitballing ideas for her own personal storyline.
Also, 100% planned. I'm not a coder nor an artist so I'm not sure how a foursome would work but I do know a threesome will be an option and that the art will be actively showing, animated, physical contact during a threesome.
Our version of Laura is pre-therapy so she'd be really tough to convince into pet play since that'd require some submissive vulnerability.* Considering the MC's powerset, I'll bring up the Kitty being stuck thing just for you.
*A note is that you're not going to be able to just spam gifts and compliments. Actual conversations with the girls will occur and unlock sex features based on those conversations. Some special interactions may unlock certain sex positions earlier based on character interaction.
Yes, several in fact. You can expect to be coming to blows with Magneto, Juggernaut, The Hellfire Club, and plenty more I would prefer not to spoil for you guys.
This has been heavily discussed and for full transparency, we have not come to a final decision on the matter.
Disabling mutant abilities isn't the most offensive of powers and while we plan to get creative with how it's used, the X-Men will be fighting a lot of non-mutant villains.
I'll get back to you guys on this one.
We decided early on that this would be a bit silly.
While Laura will be a virgin, because of the whole globe-trotting high-octane action assassin thing we're just saying her hymen tore while doing something hyper-athletic.
Before I spook anyone, most characters will be virgins and have hymens. We're making exceptions for women much older than college-aged students such as Storm and Psylocke.
I advocated for dudes to be involved and potentially have girls date their canon romance interest(Such as Kitty and Colossus) if you intentionally friend-zoned them but was shot down pretty quickly. May change down the line but the current consensus is that there will be no other dudes in group sex and girls won't be dating anyone else after they enter the main story.
Pregnancy is pretty much all but confirmed. We're still not set on what to do with the kids after they've actually been born though.
As for fetish? BDSM is planned. Bondage, blindfolds, gags, riding crops, etc. Some girls will be completely averse to it, some girls are switches, some are doms, some are subs, and some are power bottoms. We're deep diving into how characters have been portrayed in the comics to decide which is which.
The S&M won't be too hardcore. Meaning you won't be inflicting wounds and degradation isn't going to go as far as other games. Like you're not going to choke Kitty out while demanding she tell you she's your whore or something like that.
- Sep 25, 2018
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This all sounds very ambitious. I hope it turns out great. I'm happy this seems like a straight up X-Men porn game.
And that ambition is showing results. Already got a full user interface and some of the art is coming in.
Right now gamewise we're just discussing if we want an interactable map like Summertime Saga or manually going places like Love and Sex Second Base.
Nah there will be some lesbian action going down.
I only want (for the moment) 2 things, Mr. Santa, 1: accessories for when you have higher statistics than others, such as tattoos, necklaces and/or revealing clothes and others, and 2: that the girls when several are in a room like the training room or classroom that looks like splash art of them doing different things depending on their corruption.
I just want that, Mr. Santa XD (I did it as if I was asking Santa for gifts because if I said "I want it" he made me very demanding and arrogant and we are at Christmas)
I just want that, Mr. Santa XD (I did it as if I was asking Santa for gifts because if I said "I want it" he made me very demanding and arrogant and we are at Christmas)
Most of that is already in the works. We haven't talked about tattoos though. I'll bring it up.
This sounds like a neat idea. Has me thinking of Academy 34 or Summertime Saga where you click on NPCs to initiate an interaction.
The downside is that we'd have to make a whole lot of extra contextual art. Still neat, I'll bring it up with the team.
- May 4, 2018
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Everything in the thread looks very promising. Ambition is a fantastic motivator, but can also be a monster to overcome. Don't lose sight on your reasons for wanting to develope this project. Complete character immersion is something myself, and i imagine other people, look forward too the most.
For me, having a small pool of characters (You've mentioned Rogue, Laura and Jean as the starting options) is totally fine if everything about them is flushed out. Clothes, poses, dialogue, story, etc... having all of this done for the characters when they become available would be HUGE. It gives value to new characters, knowing that when they hit the game, they're good to go. Oni's style of "Hey here's the character but you can't do anything with them for 6 months" its the worst fucking thing and drives me crazy. Obviously things like extra costumes can come later, but having a solid core at launch would be amazing.
I don't mean to beat a dead horse but WAYYY to many devs get caught up in the 'end goal' vision and comepletly fuck themselves over. This is a game/project i feel VERY strongly about and wish you all nothing but the best. Just thought i would toss my 2 cents in and remind everybody involved in the project to BREATH. No rush.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
For me, having a small pool of characters (You've mentioned Rogue, Laura and Jean as the starting options) is totally fine if everything about them is flushed out. Clothes, poses, dialogue, story, etc... having all of this done for the characters when they become available would be HUGE. It gives value to new characters, knowing that when they hit the game, they're good to go. Oni's style of "Hey here's the character but you can't do anything with them for 6 months" its the worst fucking thing and drives me crazy. Obviously things like extra costumes can come later, but having a solid core at launch would be amazing.
I don't mean to beat a dead horse but WAYYY to many devs get caught up in the 'end goal' vision and comepletly fuck themselves over. This is a game/project i feel VERY strongly about and wish you all nothing but the best. Just thought i would toss my 2 cents in and remind everybody involved in the project to BREATH. No rush.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thank you!
Gonna take this chance to info dump everything I'm permitted to dump on y'all.
This is still the goal and going over what's been written so far, I believe we're accomplishing it.
We want to allow various approaches that won't cause like drastic narrative splits but the team has expressed interest in at least four approaches to talking to the characters.
1. Reluctant. An MC that isn't really hyped about being a mutant.
2. Enthusiastic. An MC that things entering the world of Super Heroes is cool.
3. Kinda a dick. Typical indifference with slight snark.
4. And one we're just calling silly. This is the hardest one to write for since we don't want to break your immersion with random lol humor. It's not the most fleshed out primarily because we can't decide if we want the MC to potentially be clinically insane or just a class clown.
Personally, I vote for clinical insanity with Paprika Trainer being a good inspiration but we're not limiting players to a single "route" and you'll be able to pick all options so being insane one moment and not the next would be kinda hard to keep track of seeing as characters will respond to previous choices in many cases.
Although all this is up for revisions. So these character types may be changed extensively depending on where we go with things.
While I'm choosing not to comment on Oni's work for the sake of professionalism and civility, we won't be having that issue.
Every character when introduced will have their story set up, sex scenes implemented, full portraits, and outfits ready to go.
Every girl will have a Day-Wear, Date-Wear, Workout-Wear, Swim-Wear, Sleep-Wear, Winter-Wear, and hero suit at their implementation. The player will be able to buy and gift skimpier-looking swimsuits and lingerie for the girl.
We're currently discussing skimpier outfits of the other outfits as in if we want to have it for all girls, if they're giftable or if they buy it themselves after you've slept with them enough.
We also have an idea of having the hero suit change every chapter to simulate how the X-Men change uniforms at the beginning of new comic-runs or team changes. Though that's probably the lowest on the priority list and may even be a post-launch feature. We all want it but we're not gonna let it hold back development time on important things.
I'll note that we do have three types of characters.
1. NPCs. People here just to serve the purpose of the story or to fulfill a utility role. Like Nightcrawler will give hints, Forge will give you gear, Beast being... Anything we need for biology basically. Might make him the guy to give the player male birth control for players who want to opt-out completely in regards to pregnancy content.
2. Main girls. Girls who will have the full feature complete set up with multiple story arcs during each chapter they're in. They'll be in the sandbox mode at all times.
3. Side girls. Characters who mostly only have an arc exclusive to the chapter they're introduced in and/or serve as booty calls. You can repeat scenes with them by visiting them or going to the danger room to play with holograms if they're unavailable for some reason or another.
We've already decided on everyone that will be included in the game up to its completion.
Once the game is done we'll be adding "DLC" which will basically be adding girls with stories in the sandbox mode, adding girls retroactively into the plot if it makes sense, and potentially upgrading side girls into main girls if they're popular enough.
Oh trust me. I turned my brain to goo doing comic-book research for sub-plots during the Shadow King's chapter and the plot and sub-plots for everything after that chapter.
The X-Men have fought off SO MANY ALIEN INVASIONS. I love all of you hyped but people looking forward to a Brood storyline will sadly need to go fuck themselves lol
But yeah we're focusing on one storyline at a time.
I want a ticket refund.
Why winter-wear? Seems like it'd be better to put that in some holiday side mission than day 1 implementation. Unless that's a dev's fetish, in which case I get it and have no complaints.
- Apr 14, 2017
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Like I said before, since you made so many high-quality graphics, why is the UI still so ONI, if you do nothing to change, its still a skin-changed ONI-LIKE
I mean, its definitely a plus for me but its definitely not a make or break situation.
I've seen games handle it in a few different ways
1 - It's completely cosmetic, like 100% they don't even acknowledge it
2 - It's mostly cosmetic, they acknowledge it in a few scenes
3 - It's integral part of the game, they acknowledge and change their habits, but are forever pregnant
4 - It's played to be mostly realistic, with a proper birth timeline, the child is given for adoption or sent somewhere else after
5 - I guess technically 5 exists, where you have to raise the child, but I honestly can only think of mods that have done this
As far as people who don't want to impregnate... I mean, birth control exists.....
You can have the good one where the player just essentially turns it off as an option
or You can have the evil one, the cursed condom option
(or both)
Then again I'm sure y'all probably already discussed all these points.
Honestly, I would probably take any level of it, 1~4... and I've already said I'm also fine with 0...
Because it snows in upstate New York during the winter times. Also yeah winter wear can be cute so I'm sure it's someone's fetish.
Not sure if you saw the previous posts explaining it but the game will be put into 6 chapters. Each is broken into 4 parts.
Each chapter is a full year. The four parts are the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter semesters.
We've already remade the UI. The current build is outdated and there's nothing I can do about it. Sorry for the inconvenience.
This is probably how it's gonna be treated.
We have discussed it and a "Think of our kid!" moment during an upcoming battle would be a fun thing for story bits.
Yeah. Essentially the girls will force you to pull out during their first vaginal scene or they'll take Plan B after. Some girls may even start on birth control.
We've also discussed potential male birth control. Probably something like an injection gained from the laboratory.
Also fun fact. Condoms are a myth made up by the government to instill fear in you.