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

[ShinyBoots1993]

Just to be clear, the girls can't wear cum openly yet, right?

Nope and unless the writers plan on changing their approach to public stuff, you shouldn't expect them to proudly walk through the quad with jizz on their face.

I mean, we're still kinda forced to date and progress with Rogue first, to the point where she's okay with other girls in the mix.

I know this has already got a response but I'm just gonna make it clear for everyone, the game can be completed 100% platonically.

You can even do the majority of a girl's quests without dating them. It is important to the dev team to allow players to experience stories even if you don't want to bone them.

Especially since some storylines from the comics will be tied to specific girls.

I understand the logic behind it, but it's hard to get excited about handjobs and thigh rubbing when the girl next door is already deepthroating you on the regular.

We'll... Look into this.

We're ever trying to balance things without compromising the story.

I mean since it's a poly relationship instead of an open one, maybe girls entering will be willing to do more stuff earlier than normal due to encouragement from the other girls.

We have some characters planned where this won't help much. Though when you see the why I believe most people will be understanding.

Truth to be told, the entire sex system is a bit awkward and very, very clicky but I assume that's just a temporary development issue and will be streamlined later on.

We have an auto mode.

However, we are going to be fixing the system beyond the constant "Can I" issue.

Since I haven't mentioned it in a while, the reason it's this egregious is that we went a bit far in response to people being hyper-aggressive in wanting to be able to be mean to girls in ways that I assume Oni told them no when they ran the idea by him for RLE.

So we were slightly fueled by spite against people who basically demanded we turn our game into a domestic abuse simulator.

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I'll toss it over to Ron.

 

[DownTheDrain]

We have an auto mode.

However, we are going to be fixing the system beyond the constant "Can I" issue.

Since I haven't mentioned it in a while, the reason it's this egregious is that we went a bit far in response to people being hyper-aggressive in wanting to be able to be mean to girls in ways that I assume Oni told them no when they ran the idea by him for RLE.

So we were slightly fueled by spite against people who basically demanded we turn our game into a domestic abuse simulator.

I appreciate the reply, but auto mode is not the answer. That just turns endless clicking into endless waiting. Slight exageration on my part but I've tried the auto mode and it's not fun.

Constant asking for permission aside, the whole sex system feels a bit mechanic and bland. You either flip through as many different options as you can for that A grade, or, if you don't care about min-maxing, you turn it on auto and wait for it to be over.
It would be great if there was a middle ground that didn't take as long, didn't require as much clicking and allowed the player to focus more on what they're into and not just what the girls seem to prefer.

More importantly, it's all just restricted to that one system. All you can do outside it is flirt, get a kiss, a hug or maybe run your hand through her hair. Anything more and you have to go through the whole fool-around process.
Except for some fixed date options there's no way to get in a quick boob grab, or a stealthy fingering in a hallway or a hidden blowjob under a desk. It's very much all or nothing and starts to feel more like a chore once you've seen most options at least once.

I understand this is a work in progress and I'm sure you have plans to improve on all that, but it's a bit unfortunate that the supposedly hottest part of the game is currently the least fun for me, despite the nice artwork.

 

[QuangLakos]

Is it possible to achieve a harem in the game? I know there is a "harem" tag but I still want to ask for confirmation, I haven't dug deep into the game yet.

 

[donSilver]

Nope and unless the writers plan on changing their approach to public stuff, you shouldn't expect them to proudly walk through the quad with jizz on their face.

Ah well, can't have it all.

 

[Maddeninggg]

Is it possible to achieve a harem in the game? I know there is a "harem" tag but I still want to ask for confirmation, I haven't dug deep into the game yet.

You can date all the girls at once. It takes some effort though.

 

[red1988]

or better a double date here will be nice here and great fun

 

[BTWZ1]

I'm sorry to Rogue and Jean, but my favorite girl is Laura. Her inept attempts at relationships makes her very endearing

 

[DownTheDrain]

I'm sorry to Rogue and Jean, but my favorite girl is Laura. Her inept attempts at relationships makes her very endearing

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

 

[BTWZ1]

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

Well. It didn't cause me any trouble. It would be much worse if she had hairy armpits. This is really terrible

 

[drifter139]

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

keep in mind, they didn't exactly cover puberty when making her into what she was

 

[bigguy_foryou]

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

That's the best part (or would be if I was interested in Laura).
In the complete opposite to you, I maxed Rogue's bush as soon as I could. I wish more games had bush options.

Well. It didn't cause me any trouble. It would be much worse if she had hairy armpits. This is really terrible

Now on this I can agree. Hairy bush , hairy armpits

 

[Shadesishere]

Well. It didn't cause me any trouble. It would be much worse if she had hairy armpits. This is really terrible

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[BeingADikDik]

or better a double date here will be nice here and great fun

Triple date with foursome minigame is all that I want.

 

[King_In_Yellow]

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That's something you don't see every day

 

[Bekai7]

I appreciate the reply, but auto mode is not the answer. That just turns endless clicking into endless waiting. Slight exageration on my part but I've tried the auto mode and it's not fun.

Constant asking for permission aside, the whole sex system feels a bit mechanic and bland. You either flip through as many different options as you can for that A grade, or, if you don't care about min-maxing, you turn it on auto and wait for it to be over.
It would be great if there was a middle ground that didn't take as long, didn't require as much clicking and allowed the player to focus more on what they're into and not just what the girls seem to prefer.

More importantly, it's all just restricted to that one system. All you can do outside it is flirt, get a kiss, a hug or maybe run your hand through her hair. Anything more and you have to go through the whole fool-around process.
Except for some fixed date options there's no way to get in a quick boob grab, or a stealthy fingering in a hallway or a hidden blowjob under a desk. It's very much all or nothing and starts to feel more like a chore once you've seen most options at least once.

I understand this is a work in progress and I'm sure you have plans to improve on all that, but it's a bit unfortunate that the supposedly hottest part of the game is currently the least fun for me, despite the nice artwork.

im glad im not the only one who thinks this, lets hope they improve it...

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

I understand this is a work in progress and I'm sure you have plans to improve

Indeed we do. Everything you've mentioned is something on the to-do list. Just don't expect it SOON as there's a lot of stuff to do due to being so early in development.

or better a double date here will be nice here and great fun

Triple date with foursome minigame is all that I want.

Not sure how complex the minigame would be, I'm not the guy coding, but multiple girls on a date with some fun content included are planned.

 

[salscou]

I'm sorry to Rogue and Jean, but my favorite girl is Laura. Her inept attempts at relationships makes her very endearing

The way she just grabs your hand and pulls you away somewhere while blushing instead of asking you to follow her its adorable.

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

I mean, it makes sense though, Logan is a hairy manlet, his pseudo-daughter being hairy downstairs its a reasonable thing.
Still, i do also ask her to trim it down a bit, te default she has its alot.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Laura is well-written but that bush is rough. Made me want to keep her panties on until I could change the pubes.

I mean, it makes sense though, Logan is a hairy manlet, his pseudo-daughter being hairy downstairs its a reasonable thing.
Still, i do also ask her to trim it down a bit, te default she has its alot.

All girls will begin with pubic styles we think "make sense" for the character.

This was actually one of the things that a bunch of the comic nerds on the dev team and ones we consulted got together and discussed.

Here's a full list of pubic styles.

Shaven, Growing, Strip, Triangle, Null(Symbol), Bush, Hairy

Laura starts hairy because it's just something she doesn't think of.

Jean and Rogue start with bush because they want to be tidier but it isn't on their priority list.

In Chapter 2 we determined the three girls' styles with one of them having a strip and two of them defaulting to bush. Let your minds imagine who would fit the bill in that.

Realistically Laura would start with armpit hair too but when we have backgrounds to draw, and clothing we need to put back into the game, as well as girl art for Chapter 2, it's not in the budget.

It's either at the bottom or near the bottom of our to-do list but we left code for it in case any modder gets impatient.

End of the day once the girls start getting sexual with you, they're open to "tidying up" or "letting go" if you ask nicely. So if it isn't your thing, just ask them to change.

 

[jvbatman]

I feel it's just the pubes sticking out of the panties that makes it obnoxious. Girl needs to get better coverage.

 

[ShinyBoots1993]

Giving 5 stars, but would like to see quality of life tweaks to UI navigation (main menu but costume menu in particular), tweaks to item economy pricing, added sfx audio during scenes, and many more chapters that take from other X-men storylines and characters to play with.

troyfalling

Hey Troy, thought I'd address some points.

1. UI navigation is something we hope to continue improving. The mansion navigation menu is a bit wonky because we're still getting art for the mansion locations. What is your problem with the main menu if I may ask?

2. Item economy will balance itself out as we add more items to shops and Null gets higher pay for his work.

3. sfx audio is a topic brought up every once in a while. Not sure if we want to use stock audio or hire some voice actresses. When we add it we don't want all three girls to sound exactly the same.

4. You'll be happy to know that Chapter 1 exists to simply establish the setting of the game. We've tried to make it an introduction to those not familiar with the comics. Chapter 2 onward will be adapting arcs from the comics with each season will adapt a smaller storyline that occurred during that arc. Don't expect word for word though. We will be putting our own spin on things. Especially since the game takes place in the mid-2000s while the storylines originated in the 70s and 80s.