Ren'Py The Null Hypothesis [v0.8b1] [Ron Chon]

[funkyhound]

It would be cool if they added a dick drunk state to the girls after the girls orgasm bar emptied, where they just orgasm sporadically. It would be so much hotter. Just feels like something is missing after the girls orgasm bar empties.

 

[Crichton1]

For those asking when's the next update: fuck if I know, I don't work here.

BUT
.6a has been in beta testing for a little while now, not to mention all the testing done on .5c since a while ago. Just so you guys know stuff is moving.

.6a is not complete though, so more than just bug testing needs doing.

 

[FacelessVixen]

Do you guys have any plans in regards to marking differences between monogamous/poly relationships?
At this point theres literally no advantage to being loyal to your one and only other than your bank account looking healthier, would be kinda neat that the player can get more meaningfull moments in a relationships if he sticks to a single girl to compensate for not going around dicking everything that has a pulse, maybe even endgame marriage?

...Now, why did you have to go and ask that? Even with only three options a the moment, it's impossible to just have one. I mean, sure, 'Rogue's ass' is my main save, but even I need a plus one, especially with this on the horizon.

I mean, you're not wrong, but goddammit. Monogamy is the worst Nuzlocke challenge in harem games.

 

[armond]

...Now, why did you have to go and ask that? Even with only three options a the moment, it's impossible to just have one. I mean, sure, 'Rogue's ass' is my main save, but even I need a plus one, especially with this on the horizon.

I mean, you're not wrong, but goddammit. Monogamy is the worst Nuzlocke challenge in harem games.

I still think it's funny Rogues pussy is flying wide and Lauras is buttoned up tight

 

[SHADOWM00N]

...Now, why did you have to go and ask that? Even with only three options a the moment, it's impossible to just have one. I mean, sure, 'Rogue's ass' is my main save, but even I need a plus one, especially with this on the horizon.

I mean, you're not wrong, but goddammit. Monogamy is the worst Nuzlocke challenge in harem games.

Curiously enough, I think this game is one of the few examples of harem I actually like.

 

[XStarLordX]

It would make more sense if the game explained that the main character is the son of Eros (Starfox) and a normal human. The character was born with this mutation and inherited his father's powers, which would be the best possible explanation for why he attracts so much attention from the female characters.
If there is anyone who could have a harem, he would be Starfox's son.

 

[salscou]

...Now, why did you have to go and ask that? Even with only three options a the moment, it's impossible to just have one. I mean, sure, 'Rogue's ass' is my main save, but even I need a plus one, especially with this on the horizon.

I mean, you're not wrong, but goddammit. Monogamy is the worst Nuzlocke challenge in harem games.

Dont be a coward, princess, some times a dude has to make a choice, just saying it would be cool if the game actually acknowledged that and rewarded you for sticking to your guns, whats the point of giving you a choice if theres absolutely no downsides and only advantages to one and the other locks you out of most of the content?
Something like at the end of the game letting you marry your girl in a pretty wedding in the mansion where everyone shows up would make it worth it IMO.

 

[RamenShark]

Mommy Dom would be fitting, closeted masochist would be unexpected

I would certainly enjoy the latter.

 

[RamenShark]

kurt and Piotr are so damn cool, I am hype

could be funny to have Kurt and Piotr have dialogue on each character you're in a relationship with or just react that you're in a polyamorous relationship.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

So far, the art style chosen for Storm does nothing for me

I don't care for the Storm art either, just doesn't look like the Storm I remember.

We based her off of a more recent comic and yeah the style is rather different compared to the old cartoons but we tried to make compromises where we could.

Do you guys have any plans in regards to marking differences between monogamous/poly relationships?

Yes.

I am once again pulling out the "early development" card as to why something is absent from the game.

maybe even endgame marriage?

I've been in a war with our head writer over this. He and other members of the team want a possible ending where Null is married to potentially 20+ women.

We've come up with an actual explanation as to why polygamy would be legal in our version of the X-Men though I'm still not the biggest fan of it. And I was the one who suggested it.

Logan grumpingly gifting the mask to her and she grumpily accepting it in an akward father-daughter moment.

They, for now, don't have that relationship dynamic. Both characters have yet to go through the healing process. Heck it took Logan having 3 adoptive daughters before he was okay with actually being a dad.

Add Bobby

He's in LA with the Champions and won't be back until X-Force which would probably be... Chapter 3? Depends on how we get to stuff.

It would be cool if they added a dick drunk state to the girls after the girls orgasm bar emptied, where they just orgasm sporadically. It would be so much hotter. Just feels like something is missing after the girls orgasm bar empties.

There's been discussion of this. Likely it will be a thing but no promises for the near future.

It would make more sense if the game explained that the main character is the son of Eros (Starfox) and a normal human. The character was born with this mutation and inherited his father's powers, which would be the best possible explanation for why he attracts so much attention from the female characters.
If there is anyone who could have a harem, he would be Starfox's son.

Yeah we've had this discussion and it's a hard no. The dev team is completely against anything outside of just being a supportive and attractive dude to get the girls' attention.

No pheromones, no magic, no addictive fluids, none of that. It's why starting a poly-relationship isn't easy.

Null gets the girl purely through his actions.

only advantages to one and the other locks you out of most of the content?

Ron has made it very clear that he doesn't want any actual content to be locked behind certain choices.

A few minor things like achievements and some customization? Sure. Actual narrative and major events? No.

We've been trying to balance replay ability with people not needing to start from the beginning to experience anything big.

 

[salscou]

I am once again pulling out the "early development" card as to why something is absent from the game.


I've been in a war with our head writer over this. He and other members of the team want a possible ending where Null is married to potentially 20+ women.

Sure i get that its early, again, im not talking ill about the game, just wondering if theres any plans.

My logic here is, whats the point of giving the player a choice, and making the whole monogamous/poly a thing, if monogamous players get absolutely nothing out of it and just miss out on doing the nasty with all the girls you want?

For example, in RLE, you can focus on a single girl and thats fine because at the end of the day it is a sandbox, so at most you spend a couple of hours maxing up everything to jerk off to your favourite girl.

But since TNH is story focused and meant to be much more complex and drawn out, then you have your super powered girlfriend from start and gain absolutely squat out of that option for the entire duration, i get the counter argument about locking content away from people, but if you dont, then theres absolutely no reason to stick to only one girl through all the chapters only than your own headcanon about dating your teen mutant GF and being lovey dovey.

They, for now, don't have that relationship dynamic. Both characters have yet to go through the healing process. Heck it took Logan having 3 adoptive daughters before he was okay with actually being a dad.

Exactly, for now, so maybe it could be like, the moment Laura gets her mask in the future, just my two cents.

 

[Shadesishere]

We based her off of a more recent comic and yeah the style is rather different compared to the old cartoons but we tried to make compromises where we could.

I should point out (because it seems to have slipped some people's minds) that hair and clothes can be changed, and that the devs and artists will probably include styles that are more in line with some of Storms other appearances across the various shows/movies/other media :

 

[red1988]

dat storm in anime version

 

[FacelessVixen]

Dont be a coward, princess, some times a dude has to make a choice, just saying it would be cool if the game actually acknowledged that and rewarded you for sticking to your guns, whats the point of giving you a choice if theres absolutely no downsides and only advantages to one and the other locks you out of most of the content?
Something like at the end of the game letting you marry your girl in a pretty wedding in the mansion where everyone shows up would make it worth it IMO.

Well, godspeed to you if you want to try that out if or when the game gets the 20+ girls over the course of a story that may take over 20 hours to get though. I just know for myself: Based on how I play other games, particularly LASSB, naw.

 

[salscou]

Well, godspeed to you if you want to try that out if or when the game gets the 20+ girls over the course of a story that may take over 20 hours to get though. I just know for myself: Based on how I play other games, particularly LASSB, naw.

Is that a challenge, my guy?

 

[Maddeninggg]

My logic here is, whats the point of giving the player a choice, and making the whole monogamous/poly a thing, if monogamous players get absolutely nothing out of it and just miss out on doing the nasty with all the girls you want?

theres absolutely no reason to stick to only one girl through all the chapters only than your own headcanon about dating your teen mutant GF and being lovey dovey.

The point is not forcing the player to romance a girl they're not interested in. You say monogamy just has players missing out, but some people actively avoid certain characters. As it is now, each relationship is created so it stands on its own regardless of the other girls.

There will also be certain achievements and rewards if you go monogamous but the choice is entirely up to the player, we don't want to artificially incentivize one decision over the other. If anything, poly is disincentivized with how much more effort you have to go through making girls friends and everything.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

If anything, poly is disincentivized with how much more effort you have to go through making girls friends and everything.

I will expand on this since people are making comparisons to RLE.

It's not at all difficult to get every girl in RLE to be okay with each other and jump to three ways.

However despite our intentions of adding more methods to increase friendship and trust between girls, successfully getting 15-20 girls into a polycule isn't going to be easy under any circumstances.

And I doubt anyone other than the completionists out there would actually want to pursue all of the girls.

This isn't a knock against the game but in RLE you can mindbreak all the girls to the point of basically erasing their identities.

That will in no way be achievable in this game so if you don't like a girl's personality, you're harming your enjoyment by "adding her to the harem."

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Exactly, for now, so maybe it could be like, the moment Laura gets her mask in the future, just my two cents.

Oh she'll get it. We just want it to be earned through a story you'll get to witness/experience rather than happening off screen or "because she felt like it" or whatever made up reason editors came up with after.

I should point out (because it seems to have slipped some people's minds) that hair and clothes can be changed, and that the devs and artists will probably include styles that are more in line with some of Storms other appearances across the various shows/movies/other media :
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All of these hairs and outfits are 100% on the table for potential inclusion.

View attachment 4034017 dat storm in anime version

Yeah the dev team is a big fan of anime Storm.

 

[drifter139]

I have a question that hopefully can be answered without Ron deciding to go after anyone's family. will we potentially see a fight between Null and other X-Men like Cyclops in the future? would be cool to see the 2 of them fighting it out to the point teachers have to stop it for fear 1 might go too far. also would cuddling with Laura be possible or should we be worried the deadly and adorable mutant might have 1 bad nightmare and snip something off?

 

[salscou]

also would cuddling with Laura be possible or should we be worried the deadly and adorable mutant might have 1 bad nightmare and snip something off?

Doesnt she already cuddle with you naked for weeks after you get fucked over by the sentinels?