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

[ShinyBoots1993]

"Emma doesn't want the other actual X-Men to talk shit about her for messing around with/catching feelings for a student, and she expresses it in terms of student/teacher ethics in order to retain plausible deniability."

She doesn't act that way though and when she reveals she caught the feels... it still doesn't seem that way.

It's a straight up ethical line she refuses to cross and I always felt like that should have been more of a Storm thing.

Unless Shiny is keeping more secret, there is no such thing as a patreon only discord... and even if there is, he is talking about the one linked in the game.

We have a patron's channel and they get builds and previews earlier than the others but that's just standard fare.

Not really of any opinion regarding the rest of the comment, but Emma is dedicated to the role of educator of young mutants, the woman loves being a teacher and it's one of the reasons she leaves the Hellfire Club to join the school.

That I didn't mean to imply.

I just think it's weird that she was just so... normal about turning down a student. No snarky comments, no haughty tone, not even offended disbelief if it was something she considered sacred.

 

[Epigonid]

TeeEight I read your review and I want to address some questions and points since it was so nice and detailed.

1. I'm sorry if I came off as abrasive. Sometimes I do get sassy with people.

2. We're not out of Beta. We're still EARLY beta. We did have a closed Alpha, which may be the cause of confusion. Everything is so polished because we were having it cook for awhile. However some bugs and features still feel like beta because it still is a beta.

3. We've been working on this for a little over a year. There's no doubts, sense of burnout or anything. We aren't reaching for the moon like some over eager people do, we're just very careful in our planning. Trust me we talk over potential features and inclusions to make sure we don't bite off more than we can chew.

4. Storm will be in chapter 2 and yes each chapter will come with 3 girls.

5. Rogue, and the other girls, will continue to get character development as time goes on. However this is just chapter 1 of a 6 chapter narrative. We're also tweaking her and the other girls' quirks.

6. Kurt will be getting more interactions and Colossus is going to be a sandbox NPC as well. There's story reasons for him not being in the sandbox for chapter 1 that I can't spoil. Hanging out with the bros is going to be optional content that you can do and every girl will have a fully platonic version of their route.

There's talk of making Juggy a bro in some capacity.

Thank you for the update, although not story update, it's still nice tweaking with the costumisation to make our ideal outfit and look for the girl's

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Thank you for the update, although not story update, it's still nice tweaking with the costumisation to make our ideal outfit and look for the girl's

We have a lot of projects when working on the game.

While we are working for the finale of chapter 1 so we can finally get to the nitty gritty of chapter 2, we don't just want to sit on the other things we complete.

Expanded friend system between girls, reintroducing cut clothing from the list we had to remove because of the animation update, the remastering of existing sex scenes, the addition of sex positions such as cowgirl and footjobs that we cut for time. Not to mention bugfixes and finetuning to make things flow better.

I have a feeling that people complaining about frequent updates don't know what they're asking for. I'd assume you'd want all this content sooner rather than us just sitting on it for half a year.

 

[NexivSelecaf]

We have a lot of projects when working on the game.

Expanded friend system between girls, reintroducing cut clothing from the list we had to remove because of the animation update, the remastering of existing sex scenes...

I don't listen to Nine Inch Nails as often as I listen to Revocation and Vildhjarta, but...

...namsayin'?

 

[RoadWulf]

6. Kurt will be getting more interactions and Colossus is going to be a sandbox NPC as well. There's story reasons for him not being in the sandbox for chapter 1 that I can't spoil. Hanging out with the bros is going to be optional content that you can do and every girl will have a fully platonic version of their route.

That makes me think we'll be getting Magik and he's going to threaten to crush our fun berries if we go near her...
I actually kind of thought that girl during the Sentinel attack might have been her (blonde girl).

 

[BigAlzBub]

That makes me think we'll be getting Magik and he's going to threaten to crush our fun berries if we go near her...
I actually kind of thought that girl during the Sentinel attack might have been her (blonde girl).

Colossus has always struck me as being kind of mellow and cool, so as long as you don't hurt Magik and make her happy, he would be okay with you?

 

[hello.jpg]

Already really enjoyed a first playthrough, and now I'm way more excited after reading the plans over the last two pages. This could be an all-timer.

I only hope the team can pull it off - that number of girls is a very ambitious, and unfortunately there's a long history of games just adding more and more characters and getting repetitive. I'm a quality over quantity guy.

 

[HBKTheIcon69]

Can anyone help. Playing this for the first time. I got through with Rogue and Laura but for Jean the first date won't trigger. I text and then wait until evening but nothing. Could the main be affecting it? I havent completed the remaining three training or two optional.

For me currently it's the opposite, I've progressed past 3 dates with both Jean and Laura got them at relationship part 2, but Rogue is still at dating and I'm on winter season for chapter 1, got majority of side quests done...what have I missed to trigger it as I keep studying and training with Rogue to get her xp up in each as that could be a factor that she isn't even at level 2 yet lol.

 

[Buttholder]

I don't listen to Nine Inch Nails as often as I listen to Revocation and Vildhjarta, but...

...namsayin'?

I'll say that the NIN shirt was actually a suggestion I made to the team way before I was added as a writer (go back far enough in this thread and you can see me talking about the kind of music Rogue would be into and explicitly saying we needed an NIN shirt) and long before I was even aware of L&S. And, let's be honest, it's basically the go-to reference for 'this person listens to music that would scare the normies', not much of a surprise that two games with a similar character archetype would pick the same reference.

I have to say though... 6 Chapters feel short... Although, that's just me and honestly that's... 18 girls? That's way more than a lot of harem games. Honestly, if Chapter 6 ending is 'open-ended' or at least provides a 'play forever' option, I'm probably gonna be happy.

Something I'll add as well: while we haven't gone in-depth on chapter 2 yet (our main focus has been on chapter 1, adding new stuff, adding the systems for later use, etc.), at the rate we're going, it's entirely likely, that each season - as in Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter - will probably wind up being close on as content-rich as this entire opening chapter. While the focus of each new chapter will typically be on the new girls, one of our key goals is to make sure the older ones don't get left behind, so they'll be getting new scenes and events every so often too. Plus, as we're adapting new storylines, different characters will rise to prominence at different times, so neglecting anyone is counter-intuitive.

On paper, yeah, six chapters sounds like nothing, but if you break it down and look at what's being offered... it's a lot.

 

[kryanBR]

this goes beyond my knowledge. It would be better to do apply the code then patch the game for android

In some games it is possible to open it if you turn the top right part of the phone to the bottom, sometimes it opens the command or some random window (rougue-like: Evo from Oni opens a cheat window for emma or console). If the game was compatible with serious joyplay, it would even be easier because the apk steals a lot of memory to the point where the cell phone says "system, system interface has stopped working". Unfortunately, even if they added a mod injection I wouldnt be able to play...

 

[Evil13]

I'll say that the NIN shirt was actually a suggestion I made to the team way before I was added as a writer (go back far enough in this thread and you can see me talking about the kind of music Rogue would be into and explicitly saying we needed an NIN shirt) and long before I was even aware of L&S. And, let's be honest, it's basically the go-to reference for 'this person listens to music that would scare the normies', not much of a surprise that two games with a similar character archetype would pick the same reference.

Not to mention that many artists have almost universally decided that Evolution Rogue would have listened to Nine Inch Nails, posters of the band on her bedroom wall, t-shirts and so on.

 

[Dazzier31]

That makes me think we'll be getting Magik and he's going to threaten to crush our fun berries if we go near her...
I actually kind of thought that girl during the Sentinel attack might have been her (blonde girl).

I see you are unaware of the joys of Colossusposting, sad state of affairs.

 

[Eadoras]

Will it be possible later to name the game saves.
I've seen in it in other Ren'py games (Four Elements Trainer).
That would make it easier to see in which saves you only go a certain route.

 

[sztrb]

Genuinely surprised by how good this game is, most of these "inspired" by types of games generally just go for fan service and the story lines generally get pornified to the extreme or have incredibly poor writing.

The art is good too.

 

[Poker_king70]

There will be content for a Null who doesn't date anyone until chapter 6.

Chapter Six: Null quits the Xmen and joins a monastery

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

I don't listen to Nine Inch Nails as often as I listen to Revocation and Vildhjarta, but...

...namsayin'?

This was entirely unintentional.

Sasha and Rogue are very different characters. Like despite Rogue's insecurities, she's not getting a boob job or dyeing her hair blonde.

That makes me think we'll be getting Magik and he's going to threaten to crush our fun berries if we go near her...

Colossus has always struck me as being kind of mellow and cool, so as long as you don't hurt Magik and make her happy, he would be okay with you?

I see you are unaware of the joys of Colossusposting, sad state of affairs.

This.

I actually kind of thought that girl during the Sentinel attack might have been her (blonde girl).

We're going through comic timeline so she's currently 6 years old... Limbo will age her to 18.

Which for those that don't know the comics, she won't be an 18 year old with the mind of a 6 year old. Time passes differently in Limbo and she experienced all those years.

I only hope the team can pull it off - that number of girls is a very ambitious, and unfortunately there's a long history of games just adding more and more characters and getting repetitive. I'm a quality over quantity guy.

The girls have different personalities and we're spacing ourselves out in sets of threes. I've mentioned before but if there's a moment in comics where more than 3 potential love interests are introduced, then we'll cut them and reintroduce them later as DLC.

We haven't discussed if they'd have full art since they'd still be important to the plot or be silhouettes like Cecilia is currently because of our "If she's on screen, you can fuck her" policy.

Like we want and intend on reintroducing them later on. It's just the complaints would get annoying.

Will it be possible later to name the game saves.
I've seen in it in other Ren'py games (Four Elements Trainer).
That would make it easier to see in which saves you only go a certain route.

Everyone and their mother mods these games to have this feature. I'll bring it up with the devs.

the story lines generally get pornified to the extreme or have incredibly poor writing.

RLE was kinda porny so rather than tread the same waters we went for something more grounded.

 

[sztrb]

Hopefully, there will be other X-Men joining. Kind of hoping for Mystique and Jubilation.

 

[Buttholder]

Not to mention that many artists have almost universally decided that Evolution Rogue would have listened to Nine Inch Nails, posters of the band on her bedroom wall, t-shirts and so on.

This too, if I had a penny for every piece of art I've seen of Evo Rogue that had her in a NIN shirt or with a Bauhaus or Skinny Puppy poster in the background, I'd be able to fund the game single-handedly.

 

[NexivSelecaf]

I'll say that the NIN shirt was actually a suggestion I made to the team way before I was added as a writer (go back far enough in this thread and you can see me talking about the kind of music Rogue would be into and explicitly saying we needed an NIN shirt) and long before I was even aware of L&S. And, let's be honest, it's basically the go-to reference for 'this person listens to music that would scare the normies', not much of a surprise that two games with a similar character archetype would pick the same reference.

You deserve a medal.

This was entirely unintentional.

Sasha and Rogue are very different characters. Like despite Rogue's insecurities, she's not getting a boob job or dyeing her hair blonde.

I'm actually not a fan of big titty platinum blonde Sasha, and Rogue being a switch is more of a thing for RLE.

 

[UnsavouryPursuits]

This too, if I had a penny for every piece of art I've seen of Evo Rogue that had her in a NIN shirt or with a Bauhaus or Skinny Puppy poster in the background, I'd be able to fund the game single-handedly.

Heh, single-handedly