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

[RedPandaExpress]

aww man I'm so excited for this. any word on if the beta testing will be done this weekend or do we have to wait a little longer? god speed to the devs, truly making something special here

That's hard to say for sure. So I'll offer the best spoiler free update and explanation.

Are we making great progress at finding bugs and getting them knocked down?

Absolutely, we've even reached the point that we can even devote energy into identifying potential typos, text that just doesn't quite read right, and other less game-breaking issues.

Are we sure we've found all the game-breaking stuff?

Not yet. Credit to RonChon and the Devs, they've been taking the bugs we find and getting them fixed as quickly as possible. We've iterated through a number of test builds and continue to do so. The bugs of this sort are becoming fewer and further between though which is a good sign.

When will it be ready?

Patching and bug fixing is never completely done. There is no way to realistically be 100% sure that every possible bug has been caught. So this one becomes a question of when RonChon and the rest of the Dev team feel comfortable with releasing the product to the wider audience. It is not impossible that the game will be ready before the end of the weekend, but I would be surprised.

Then when?

See, I can't answer this. Somebody will take my estimate as gospel and then be very upset if I'm wrong. That would make Shiny's job much harder than it has to be and nobody wants that. Instead, I will just ask everyone to have a little more patience and offer the assurance that I beleive the results will be well worth the wait.

 

[Jamiedupe]

Great job with this game and I'm excited for the next update! As for my own personal wishlist:

1. Great job with the current girls, now I want more! Kitty Pryde, Jubiliee, Magik, and Emma Frost are at the top of my list. Hell, you could do some crazy stuff if you go down the Psylocke/Kwannon/Betsy rabbit hole.

2. Keep up the variety in the types of relationships with the girls. You've go Rogue as the sub, Laura as the dom, and Jean as the big sis already which was great. Looks like the tracks are being laid for teacher/student with Storm. If we're going to be entering sophomore year then we can be the big sib with a new freshman character (Kitty or Jubilee). Maybe a "mommy/aunt" figure (Emma Frost comes to mind). Magik could be sort of a Anna/Laura hybrid - tragic past, but more submissive. Dr. Reyes could be a caretaker fantasy.

3. More variation in the female body types. You could have a few petite girls and can even have breast size still be different. Like Kitty could be petite with a great rack and Jubilee could be petite with smaller breasts. Or someone who is small on top but with a nice round ass.

4. More sex positions - Cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, 69, piledriver, standing, etc.

Just a wishlist, but I'll be perfectly happy with whatever the team comes up with anyway. Keep up the fantastic work!

 

[King_In_Yellow]

Great job with this game and I'm excited for the next update! As for my own personal wishlist:

1. Great job with the current girls, now I want more! Kitty Pryde, Jubiliee, Magik, and Emma Frost are at the top of my list. Hell, you could do some crazy stuff if you go down the Psylocke/Kwannon/Betsy rabbit hole.

2. Keep up the variety in the types of relationships with the girls. You've go Rogue as the sub, Laura as the dom, and Jean as the big sis already which was great. Looks like the tracks are being laid for teacher/student with Storm. If we're going to be entering sophomore year then we can be the big sib with a new freshman character (Kitty or Jubilee). Maybe a "mommy/aunt" figure (Emma Frost comes to mind). Magik could be sort of a Anna/Laura hybrid - tragic past, but more submissive. Dr. Reyes could be a caretaker fantasy.

3. More variation in the female body types. You could have a few petite girls and can even have breast size still be different. Like Kitty could be petite with a great rack and Jubilee could be petite with smaller breasts. Or someone who is small on top but with a nice round ass.

4. More sex positions - Cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, 69, piledriver, standing, etc.

Just a wishlist, but I'll be perfectly happy with whatever the team comes up with anyway. Keep up the fantastic work!

Bro, I like your personal list

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

1. Great job with the current girls, now I want more! Kitty Pryde, Jubiliee, Magik, and Emma Frost are at the top of my list. Hell, you could do some crazy stuff if you go down the Psylocke/Kwannon/Betsy rabbit hole.

All are on the list of potential inclusion. Some have been discussed internally more than others.

2. Keep up the variety in the types of relationships with the girls. You've go Rogue as the sub, Laura as the dom, and Jean as the big sis already which was great. Looks like the tracks are being laid for teacher/student with Storm. If we're going to be entering sophomore year then we can be the big sib with a new freshman character (Kitty or Jubilee). Maybe a "mommy/aunt" figure (Emma Frost comes to mind). Magik could be sort of a Anna/Laura hybrid - tragic past, but more submissive. Dr. Reyes could be a caretaker fantasy.

I'm not sure that's the route most would want for Emma but I can affirm that not every girl will have a traditional romance. As stated, Storm is your teacher. Casually dating her would be questionable to some.

As we're more narrative focused than other sandboxes, I hope we can meet some expectations on how to execute variation in relationship development.

3. More variation in the female body types. You could have a few petite girls and can even have breast size still be different. Like Kitty could be petite with a great rack and Jubilee could be petite with smaller breasts. Or someone who is small on top but with a nice round ass.

This is something we want to lean in. I think most people have thrown their lot into the camp of Kitty being part of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee. Though with comics being inconsistent in design, and somewhat inhuman in certain instances, we can have fun with certain characters.

In fact there's been discussion on discord about changing Laura a bit since she's 5f (152.4cm) and in scenes looks to be the same height as Rogue who is is several inches taller than her.

We joke about X-23 hiding in Null's backpack.

4. More sex positions - Cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, 69, piledriver, standing, etc.

100% planned. It was cut for time and will be introduced into the game as development continues.

 

[SolSpell]

In fact there's been discussion on discord about changing Laura a bit since she's 5f (1.524m) and in scenes looks to be the same height as Rogue who is is several inches taller than her.

We joke about X-23 hiding in Null's backpack.

Official stats for height and weight for fictional characters never add up. I think Goku weighs like 62 kg (137 lbs), which would be bizarre even if he wasn't buff.

Also please add facesitting

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Official stats for height and weight for fictional characters never add up. I think Goku weighs like 62 kg (137 lbs), which would be bizarre even if he wasn't buff.

Also please add facesitting

I mean yeah but are you telling me you don't want a tiny ball of rage?

 

[Unreal434]

I mean yeah but are you telling me you don't want a tiny ball of rage?

I can only speak for myself but no I don´t want that.
Tall girls are sexier. Period.
Please don´t make her some sort of pseudo-loli.

 

[RedPandaExpress]

I can only speak for myself but no I don´t want that.
Tall girls are sexier. Period.
Please don´t make her some sort of pseudo-loli.

Don't worry, she's not some sort of pseudo-loli.

 

[drifter139]

it

Don't worry, she's not some sort of pseudo-loli.

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it looks like Laura is gonna square up against Jean and Jean is thinking she did something bad. Laura is the definition of "hot women can be scary asf when angry. still wanna see what happens if MC smacks her butt or tries to grab her from behind during training. it would probably end painfully

 

[loligarden]

Love the art but jesus what is with the puke worthy amount of consent talk

have the people facepalming this actually played the game idk how anyone can sit through .2 and be fine with it. The healthiest relationship in the world doesn’t have so much time dedicated to making sure the person you’re dating and fucked is okay with holding your hand so why does a porn game

 

[Evil13]

Love the art but jesus what is with the puke worthy amount of consent talk

Because consent is important.
And it prevents you from doing a couple of decades in a super powered prison.

 

[Deleted member 4909039]

Not that I think anyone on here is psychologically normal and I may as well be speaking into an autistic brick wall/the void, but: consent is not the same as verbally affirmative consent.

Two people who don't even speak the same language can consent.

Signing a verbal contract or saying 'is it ok if I undo this button? how about this next button' is sterile and unsexy

 

[King_In_Yellow]

ok I'll just leave this here

 

[Faro_Azul]

ok I'll just leave this here View attachment 3285505

gucci

 

[VictorHayes]

Love the art but jesus what is with the puke worthy amount of consent talk

iirc, Oni's game just skips that consent part so you might like that better.

tbh I like how much of a slower burn Null Hypothesis is. No more 1st day banging Rogue speed-run for me XD

Can't wait for the upcoming updates.

 

[mzerodark]

I think I am more hype for the update for this game than I was when Spiderman 2 came out, and I loved Spiderman 2.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Love the art but jesus what is with the puke worthy amount of consent talk

Signing a verbal contract or saying 'is it ok if I undo this button? how about this next button' is sterile and unsexy

We did reduce it a bit in 0.3. The vibe we wanted was exploring boundaries the girls have. This is why Laura is fine being seen in her underwear and why Jean is the quickest to put out. Each girl has comfort levels that aren't linear.

I think last year we just saw all the rapey content available and took the "We want to be different" mindset a little far.

Granted, every encounter in our game WILL be 100% consensual. We just made it that people can't use PC Principal memes against us anymore lol.

tbh I like how much of a slower burn Null Hypothesis is. No more 1st day banging Rogue speed-run for me XD

As a fellow speed-runner of Rogue Like, I can assure you that this game will both provide you a decent length of relationship building while respecting your time.

 

[red1988]

cool

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

I can only speak for myself but no I don´t want that.
Tall girls are sexier. Period.
Please don´t make her some sort of pseudo-loli.

Dude, a woman who's 5 foot (152.4cm) is definitely not a loli.

I mean the average is height global for a woman is 5'2. (157.48cm)

Also for those who don't want to google the average height for men global is 5'6 (167.64cm)

still wanna see what happens if MC smacks her butt or tries to grab her from behind during training.

 

[Unreal434]

Dude, a woman who's 5 foot (152.4cm) is definitely not a loli.

I mean the average is height global for a woman is 5'2. (157.48cm)

Also for those who don't want to google the average height for men global is 5'6 (167.64cm)

Eh ok point taken I'll concede on this.
But the global statistics are fucking sad. In my ideal world there would be no manlets and gremlins. Just 2m+ chads and chadettes on the level of Juggernaut and Lady Dimitrescu.