Ren'Py Three and One: The Cursed Mansion [v0.22 Public] [Man from icecream van]

[StrongEpsilon]

Nice selection of girls. They all have sex appeal with different personalities. That's a plus.
But I have a few questions...

1. Why does MC drive on the left side of the road with a van that also has the steering wheel on the left?
2. MC doesn't have any LI (so far). So, what's the deal with the "netorare" tag? Is it planned for later, or what?
3. What is the purpose of self-esteem and corruption in the story? Self-esteem, let's say it has to do with the MC's confidence. But what about corruption? Does corruption affect girls in their relationship with MC or with other people they meet?
4. If the Pusher contains "all" of the MC's desires, but he is not present when the girls are "in action," so what's all this about?

That's all for now...

 

[fred9320]

it is a good game

 

[Mercygraz]

hmm can someone write a walklthrou
i love the 3 gils

 

[man from icecream van]

Nice selection of girls. They all have sex appeal with different personalities. That's a plus.
But I have a few questions...

1. Why does MC drive on the left side of the road with a van that also has the steering wheel on the left?
2. MC doesn't have any LI (so far). So, what's the deal with the "netorare" tag? Is it planned for later, or what?
3. What is the purpose of self-esteem and corruption in the story? Self-esteem, let's say it has to do with the MC's confidence. But what about corruption? Does corruption affect girls in their relationship with MC or with other people they meet?
4. If the Pusher contains "all" of the MC's desires, but he is not present when the girls are "in action," so what's all this about?

That's all for now...

1. Because the MC is an Englishman in New York. Meaning, a New Yorker in London...This part of the graphics was still in the demo version and has been waiting for eight months for me to redo it. So far, unsuccessfully. There’s no hidden meaning here.
2. There are two types of NTR - the cheap fake and the real one.
   In the first case, five minutes into the game we learn that the MC has a wife and then see her being fucked by two muscular black guys. That’s fake NTR, which should really be called something else, but not NTR.
   In the second case, the story creates an emotional bond between the girl in the game and the player (the player, not the MC) who sits in front of the monitor, spending the evening with a glass of cheap bourbon. And then, once that bond is established, the story forces the player to feel jealousy. So when I talk about NTR, I mean the second type.
3. Corruption of the girls is useless for the player - they’ll sleep with him even without corruption. But it defines how far they’re willing to go with other men. There are, however, some specific differences with Bianca - up to a certain point, she will ignore her corruption level and her relationship value (specifically the numerical friendship score) with the MC, preferring instead to pay attention to the flags of his actions.
4. The Pusher works only once. It doesn’t give control. Red stone particles exist outside of time, and the Pusher uses this property by choosing the girl’s behavior from the end - the option most favorable to the MC.

 

[man from icecream van]

hmm can someone write a walklthrou
i love the 3 gils

A walkthrough will exist someday. But… here’s the thing: the game was designed to be played blind, without hints or walkthroughs. Because if you’re just reading a walkthrough and clicking the choices that lead you down the path you want, then the whole point of reading the dialogues and so on is lost. And the game is built on the assumption that you do read the dialogues. It will punish you if you don’t.

 

[ItsNotUs]

A walkthrough will exist someday. But… here’s the thing: the game was designed to be played blind, without hints or walkthroughs. Because if you’re just reading a walkthrough and clicking the choices that lead you down the path you want, then the whole point of reading the dialogues and so on is lost. And the game is built on the assumption that you do read the dialogues. It will punish you if you don’t.

And how can i tell from the text that i shouldn't mix the pusher with cola and not give it to the girl A, knock on the girl's C room, tell girl C about the pusher before continuing the quest?
Before each quest-task the player must grind into each door and go poke on the map places not intended for further plot line! As it is indicated in the text?

Walkthroughs are needed because this game has a complicated system of role-playing elements!

 

[man from icecream van]

And how can i tell from the text that i shouldn't mix the pusher with cola and not give it to the girl A, knock on the girl's C room, tell girl C about the pusher before continuing the quest?
Before each quest-task the player must grind into each door and go poke on the map places not intended for further plot line! As it is indicated in the text?

Walkthroughs are needed because this game has a complicated system of role-playing elements!

Well, I did say that a walkthrough will happen. And I explained why I didn’t want to make one. And I still don’t want to. But I will.

 

[Idontplay]

A walkthrough will exist someday. But… here’s the thing: the game was designed to be played blind, without hints or walkthroughs. Because if you’re just reading a walkthrough and clicking the choices that lead you down the path you want, then the whole point of reading the dialogues and so on is lost. And the game is built on the assumption that you do read the dialogues. It will punish you if you don’t.

What can I say? I am not very happy to see how many points I can gain or loss (actually I hate it), because it spoils the fun, so I would love to play in a "totally blind mode"; but I suppose I'm the only one.

 

[Idontplay]

And how can i tell from the text that i shouldn't mix the pusher with cola and not give it to the girl A, knock on the girl's C room, tell girl C about the pusher before continuing the quest?
Before each quest-task the player must grind into each door and go poke on the map places not intended for further plot line! As it is indicated in the text?

Walkthroughs are needed because this game has a complicated system of role-playing elements!

Well, Ren'py give us two powerful tools to solve those kind of probloblems: the roll back feature and the multi save slots. In this way you can check the outcome and change the past decision, if you want a different one.

 

[MiltonPowers]

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She wasn’t even the second. She was the third.

Hello everyone. Maybe you’ve already guessed that the voting has ended… and yes… Bianca. Again.



I’ve been doing a bit of archaeology and dug up the very first images of Bianca on my computer (back then she didn’t even have a name — the folder with her sketches was simply called “blonde”). This image is dated August 26th, 2024. She’s exactly one year old (plus three days). She (like the other characters of Three and One) has come a long way, both on the outside and on the inside. From what seemed to be a silly blonde to a leader, and statistically the top character of the game. Whenever there’s a poll — if Bianca is on the list, she will win. I like this because it shows me that the essence of the character has been conveyed to players correctly. It’ll be a real pity one day to say goodbye to these awesome girls.



Thanks to everyone who voted. Thanks for the support. I’ll be thinking about what kind of photoshoot to do with her. Stay tuned.

P.S. Development of v0.24 is in full swing (I think it’ll be on the table by mid-September).

 

[D-Dragon]

It isn't enough give them the cola and the smokes, there are other options you can chose to improve Mark's relationship with Zoe and Tori and when your relationship point will be over 50, the scene will be unlocked. I will not tell you what are the right choice to do that, because the option boxes show how many points you can gain or loose. Moreover the gallery show you how much points you need to unlock a certain scene.

I understand that more is needed that's why I was asking for help, but saying you won't share what options to pick is messed up because not all options impact their points BUT do determine later options! I didn't know that choosing NOT to peek at the bartender getting freaky with the box of tentacles means you Don't even get the option of getting the pads for Zoe so no way to get enough points for her.

 

[ItsNotUs]

Well, Ren'py give us two powerful tools to solve those kind of probloblems: the roll back feature and the multi save slots. In this way you can check the outcome and change the past decision, if you want a different one.

Oh no! Advice from a level 100 master! Lol
Old saves don't work, that's the first thing!
When there was an update with the scene of Zoe and MC in the laundry room, i, because the game does not give hints, there is no walkthrough in it, does not see it and searching for a solution on the forum, starting the game from the very beginning, because the old saves did not work at that moment! I got this scene, but there is a complicated role-playing system to get it in the first place!
Then i replayed so that i would have a save with Tori.
In the last update dev added her scene and MC, but my saves with Tori don't work, i haven't replayed since the beginning im dont want to grind these scenes and paths again to create new saves of different options for all girls, because in the future saves may not work again!
That's why we need a simple walkthrough system!
And not such smart advice as yours!

 

[srfsmrf_]

When there was an update with the scene of Zoe and MC in the laundry room, i, because the game does not give hints, there is no walkthrough in it, does not see it and searching for a solution on the forum, starting the game from the very beginning, because the old saves did not work at that moment! I got this scene, but there is a complicated role-playing system to get it in the first place!

Yeah, you need >= 50 points with her IIRC to have that scene. Otherwise you'll have a generic chat with her, never knowing you missed a scene. The locked gallery item does mention this requirement, but perhaps it could also describe when/where. So in this case: day 6 (morning/afternoon ('day')/evening/night), laundry room. (The game keeps track of the day number, would be nice to display it on screen (with some other stats)?) And unless you're using the console / use URM / delve into the variables, you actually have no idea what your stats with a girl are right.

 

[srfsmrf_]

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[Idontplay]

Oh no! Advice from a level 100 master! Lol
Old saves don't work, that's the first thing!
When there was an update with the scene of Zoe and MC in the laundry room, i, because the game does not give hints, there is no walkthrough in it, does not see it and searching for a solution on the forum, starting the game from the very beginning, because the old saves did not work at that moment! I got this scene, but there is a complicated role-playing system to get it in the first place!
Then i replayed so that i would have a save with Tori.
In the last update dev added her scene and MC, but my saves with Tori don't work, i haven't replayed since the beginning im dont want to grind these scenes and paths again to create new saves of different options for all girls, because in the future saves may not work again!
That's why we need a simple walkthrough system!
And not such smart advice as yours!

If the old saves don't work, you must restart the game from the beginning since the game can't load them.
Anyway I'm starting to think I might be some sort of genius, because I find this game very simple to play and it is also very simple to understand which choices will improve the relationship or the self-esteem points and which not.

 

[StrongEpsilon]

1. Because the MC is an Englishman in New York. Meaning, a New Yorker in London...This part of the graphics was still in the demo version and has been waiting for eight months for me to redo it. So far, unsuccessfully. There’s no hidden meaning here.
2. There are two types of NTR - the cheap fake and the real one.
   In the first case, five minutes into the game we learn that the MC has a wife and then see her being fucked by two muscular black guys. That’s fake NTR, which should really be called something else, but not NTR.
   In the second case, the story creates an emotional bond between the girl in the game and the player (the player, not the MC) who sits in front of the monitor, spending the evening with a glass of cheap bourbon. And then, once that bond is established, the story forces the player to feel jealousy. So when I talk about NTR, I mean the second type.
3. Corruption of the girls is useless for the player - they’ll sleep with him even without corruption. But it defines how far they’re willing to go with other men. There are, however, some specific differences with Bianca - up to a certain point, she will ignore her corruption level and her relationship value (specifically the numerical friendship score) with the MC, preferring instead to pay attention to the flags of his actions.
4. The Pusher works only once. It doesn’t give control. Red stone particles exist outside of time, and the Pusher uses this property by choosing the girl’s behavior from the end - the option most favorable to the MC.

1. Okay. So it's a mistake. At first, I thought it was the strange atmosphere in that place affecting the surroundings, as the GPS was giving incorrect information, and there was something mystical happening in this VN, so it could be that MC lost his "compass"...

2. Hmm, so the player (human) is sneaking behind the MC (npc). And a human player creates a connection between himself and some virtual girls, who are also NPCs. Oh my... LMAO. Sorry, but I couldn't help myself. I suspected that was what it was about, but I decided not to jump to conclusions.

3. What do you mean, they sleep with the player? Perhaps it would be more accurate to say they sleep with the MC controlled by the player. But in that case, you contradict what you wrote before. You leave the MC on the sidelines and say that the bond is created between the player and the girls. So not between the MC and the girls, because he is not present in any of their actions. Then how does he sleep with them if there is nothing between them? No bond?

4. "the option most favorable to the MC" - He doesn't participate in any of their actions, so how can it be obvious that he has a role? What's the point of the Pusher containing all the MC's desires if he's excluded? Because so far, it's chaos. At point 2, you have separated the MC from the player, and? Where does that lead?

It's an AVN, with NPCs, in which a player takes control of one of them, either the MC, the FMC, or both. Like in an RPG. You cannot separate the main character from the player and claim that a bond is created between the player and the girls (in this case) because... I prefer not to continue here as my message will be deleted, even if the argument is correct.

Honestly, it's a shame about the girls because they're cute, but it's an unrealistic situation. Okay, you've confirmed what I suspected. I wish you luck. I'll wait until the end to see what happens and, maybe you'll show me that I'm the one who got it wrong.

PS: (IMO) I tend to believe that a connection is established between the player and the story, which involves all the characters. Relationships are established between characters, of course with the contribution of the player who controls the MC/FMC/both. There is a possibility that the player will identify with the MC and lead him along a certain path. But there is also the other option, where the player does not get involved, being merely curious about what happens and choosing several paths (if they exist), each with its own ending. In a novel (book), the author can create such strong emotions through his/her story that the reader is affected in a positive or negative way. And other readers are not...

 

[Idontplay]

I understand that more is needed that's why I was asking for help, but saying you won't share what options to pick is messed up because not all options impact their points BUT do determine later options! I didn't know that choosing NOT to peek at the bartender getting freaky with the box of tentacles means you Don't even get the option of getting the pads for Zoe so no way to get enough points for her.

Nobody stop you to try different gameplays in order to achieve the outcome you desire. Like I have already written this is an extremely simple game, so it is easy understand what will be the outcome of your choices, if you read carefully the dialogue and use a littlle bit of logic; a very little bit.

 

[Tinman021]

the premise and the girls are quite decent. i like how the branches potential in this game.

this is definitely a potential game to be great but please, no more mini games like moving boxes.

 

[Idontplay]

I already had "scolded" the developer for that minigames and he said that there will not be other minigames like that.

 

[Idontplay]

A walkthrough will exist someday. But… here’s the thing: the game was designed to be played blind, without hints or walkthroughs. Because if you’re just reading a walkthrough and clicking the choices that lead you down the path you want, then the whole point of reading the dialogues and so on is lost. And the game is built on the assumption that you do read the dialogues. It will punish you if you don’t.