VN Ren'Py Completed The Soul Needs Freedom [Season 1][StateOfMind]

[dingdong84]

I find the switch between different sets of photos/actors jarring and immersion breaking. I hope others can enjoy. That first scene with Mia was awesome and got my attention, though.

 

[SecretSal]

Regarding this game in particular, I think the biggest thing that could be improved is the sex scenes themselves. At the moment, it feels like each clip is too long, and since the audio isn't playing in Renpy at the moment, and there's no dialog, we just have to watch a 20-30 second silent video play before progressing to the next one and repeat till the scene is over.

I've tried some amateur 'real porn' type Renpy experiments, and I've found an effective method is to cut short video sections where the action and position matches reasonably well at the start and the end of the clip so that they can be looped infinitely.

Spoiler: Just for example: Excuse the shitty compression.

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Then you can add dialog along with the video for some flavour. Although a few non-looped clips will be necessary, of course (cumshots, etc).

Furthermore, breaking up each scene into different sub-labels and letting the player choose which position to use would give them some semblance of control and make the action more interactive/immersive IMO.

Finally, since audio doesn't play for my clips in Renpy either, my dirty fix is to export the audio from the video editor separately, convert them to a lightweight format (ogg/mp3), and then input a command to play the matching audio tracks for each clip. Not too slick, but it works.

 

[radohak]

This is true, but it's fun to see developers try to thread existing scenes into a separate narrative. Sometimes the results are amateurish, but occasionally you get something like Paradise Found or Wife Trainer, which do a pretty good job of using the photo sets and videos in an organic manner. Granted, it'll never be as cohesive as a good game with bespoke assets, but I'm not expecting that anyway. And to be honest, while making your own assets gives you unlimited creative freedom in theory, most of those games stick to tropes and well-worn plot devices.

You, maybe and the others, miss a major point of why are existing scenes are used - effort. Creating custom scenes requires much more time, skills, money and effort than reusing a video/gif/photo and they will never have this quality as Reality ofc. Fitting the narrative is the biggest obstacle then as you say.

 

[SecretSal]

You, maybe and the others, miss a major point of why are existing scenes are used - effort. Creating custom scenes requires much more time, skills, money and effort than reusing a video/gif/photo and they will never have this quality as Reality ofc. Fitting the narrative is the biggest obstacle then as you say.

Well, that's the obvious point, which is why I didn't figure it needed mentioning. Of course this route is a godsend for developers who can't draw/render and don't want to collaborate with artists. I was just making a case for situations where developers have gotten satisfactory results even with the narrative limitation.

 

[vakarian-01]

I followed the walkthrough choices but I only unlocked a small fractions of the scenes. Are the ones in the gallery not implemented yet or does the walkthrough not help you unlock scenes?

 

[S.O.M.]

Walkthrough mod broke the code necessary for unlocking scenes. If you play without it, there is no issue.

Do you use old saves? Because i checked this ep with cheats on and off.

Ah, so it is built in now. Was thinking, could have sworn this game had a Walkthrough Mod at some point. That makes sense, and also makes it easier. Thank you so much for this.

Thank you!

I find the switch between different sets of photos/actors jarring and immersion breaking. I hope others can enjoy. That first scene with Mia was awesome and got my attention, though.

I dont use mix of photos. All actresses are the same for characters in game.

I followed the walkthrough choices but I only unlocked a small fractions of the scenes. Are the ones in the gallery not implemented yet or does the walkthrough not help you unlock scenes?

Thats strange, because i checked it before release. I will check it again, when i will be at home.
Also, do you use old saves? You just need turn on cheats at start, and than everything will be ok.

 

[vakarian-01]

Do you use old saves? Because i checked this ep with cheats on and off.

Thank you!

I dont use mix of photos. All actresses are the same for characters in game.

Thats strange, because i checked it before release. I will check it again, when i will be at home.
Also, do you use old saves? You just need turn on cheats at start, and than everything will be ok.

I started a new game (old saves just got me an error) and enabled cheats at the start. Then I chose all the options with the red "choose this".

 

[S.O.M.]

I started a new game (old saves just got me an error) and enabled cheats at the start. Then I chose all the options with the red "choose this".

Hmm, ok, i will check it again when i wil be at home.

 

[Cornfield]

I can't get past the wildly different) shape shifting MC.
Too weird.

 

[S.O.M.]

Ok, i checked my game at least 5 times.
There is a conclusion from my discord:

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[S.O.M.]

I can't understand why people like 'real porn' games. Isn't it better to go to pornhub? Almost the same.

No offense of course. But I'm just curious.

Everyone has their own tastes. I love real porn, 3d and 2d games. For me personally, the genre of real porn is more interesting, because in this genre you can make a huge amount of content in a short time. If you're not lazy as fuck.
Personally, I can't understand why in every game there are people who are dissatisfied with a certain genre. Then what are you doing here? No offense, I didn't say that in your direction

Android Port please

Sorry, I dont make android.

watching porn video is not fun because of the lack of immersion of the actors,this kind of game I like because you pretend to be in the place of the actor and control the story if it is well done

Because you get to choose things to do. Unlike a movie/video, it's interactive.

True.

The problem that i have with "real porn" is that it limits what you can do, with 3d or 2d models you can create whatever scenes you want, you have freedom to create a wild story, while with actresses, you have to adapt the story to the photos or videos that already exist.

That's not quite right. Believe me, you may think that in the genre of 3d games you can realize all your ideas.But this is not the right. You will have an incredible amount of restrictions. Lack of assets, limitations in the performance of your computer, a huge amount of budget that you need to create a really cool game. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

Non-real can be good enough if well done, but cartoony I don't like.

Thats true.

I tried it out. Like I said, the girls there just aren't my type. Love the idea. Hope other people find it hot.

Thank you.

Cheatcode?

In game. You can turn it on/off when you start new game or in options.

While I do agree - pregnancy and impregnation content will solidify this as a MUST PLAY for me...

I completely disagree with your assessment of a "good hand full" as the petite and slim body type is severely lacking in75% of the games on f95. I appreciate these smaller women and am so bored with massive cow udders in so many games. Sure, it thrills a lot of people, but I've just never really found BBW in any way _B_. (as in beautiful)

Yeah, people have different tastes in girls. And it is natural that the developer shows only the type of girls that he/she thinks is more cute.

This is true, but it's fun to see developers try to thread existing scenes into a separate narrative. Sometimes the results are amateurish, but occasionally you get something like Paradise Found or Wife Trainer, which do a pretty good job of using the photo sets and videos in an organic manner. Granted, it'll never be as cohesive as a good game with bespoke assets, but I'm not expecting that anyway. And to be honest, while making your own assets gives you unlimited creative freedom in theory, most of those games stick to tropes and well-worn plot devices.

In any genre, you can make a good game. The main thing - desire and love for your creativity. I love my game and I think this is great game (I mean content and relaxing atmosphere).

Regarding this game in particular, I think the biggest thing that could be improved is the sex scenes themselves. At the moment, it feels like each clip is too long, and since the audio isn't playing in Renpy at the moment, and there's no dialog, we just have to watch a 20-30 second silent video play before progressing to the next one and repeat till the scene is over.

I've tried some amateur 'real porn' type Renpy experiments, and I've found an effective method is to cut short video sections where the action and position matches reasonably well at the start and the end of the clip so that they can be looped infinitely.
Then you can add dialog along with the video for some flavour. Although a few non-looped clips will be necessary, of course (cumshots, etc).

Furthermore, breaking up each scene into different sub-labels and letting the player choose which position to use would give them some semblance of control and make the action more interactive/immersive IMO.

Finally, since audio doesn't play for my clips in Renpy either, my dirty fix is to export the audio from the video editor separately, convert them to a lightweight format (ogg/mp3), and then input a command to play the matching audio tracks for each clip. Not too slick, but it works.

I cant fix audio right now. Renpy dont want to play it. If I will add webm, there will be sound, but the size of my game will be huge (~5 gb pc + 5gb mac).
And i dont want to cut videos. I cut and convert all the videos myself and select the perfect duration

You, maybe and the others, miss a major point of why are existing scenes are used - effort. Creating custom scenes requires much more time, skills, money and effort than reusing a video/gif/photo and they will never have this quality as Reality ofc. Fitting the narrative is the biggest obstacle then as you say.

Very true.

I can't get past the wildly different) shape shifting MC.
Too weird.

Thats a real pron. It is almost impossible to make all the videos with one actor.

 

[AddictedTT]

the video sound is not working for me at all in the last EP. I dont know why. my music volume is set to maximum.

 

[S.O.M.]

the video sound is not working for me at all in the last EP. I dont know why. my music volume is set to maximum.

There is no sound. Please, read a changelog

 

[S.O.M.]

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[AddictedTT]

There is no sound. Please, read a changelog

I have looked everywhere but I can't find any information about the sounds. can I ask why there is no video sound in game then? because if I watch the clip manually in the game folder there is a sound.

edit: Ok, I can see the point about reducing the size of the clips and changing them to a new format. I personally would say that it is a step backwards, as the sounds and the quality of a video is important in my opinion.

 

[S.O.M.]

I have looked everywhere but I can't find any information about the sounds. can I ask why there is no video sound in game then? because if I watch the clip manually in the game folder there is a sound.

edit: Ok, I can see the point about reducing the size of the clips and changing them to a new format. I personally would say that it is a step backwards, as the sounds and the quality of a video is important in my opinion.

Yeah, i understand you. But if i leave a webm, this game will be have at least 5gb for ep3, and almost 8gb for ep4 only pc version. ×2 with mac version.

 

[vakarian-01]

Ok, i checked my game at least 5 times.
There is a conclusion from my discord:

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Thank you for your efforts. I deleted all of my old saves and started a new one. Now it works fine.

 

[fregonard]

What happened to the forum today? I don't see anyone online commenting around , will no one compress the game?

 

[dingdong84]

I dont use mix of photos. All actresses are the same for characters in game.

I will have to check again. To my eyes, they looked different. They seemed to be from different sites. Sorry if I made a mistake.

 

[BuldogErmak]

Why I can not hear any sound?