VN Ren'Py Abandoned Tides of Succession [Ch.3 v0.3] [TakMycket]

[SteelyDan14]

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[TakMycket]

Okay got a question to the dev since I'm fairly new to these Tides, TakMycket how slow-burn are we talking here? Does it take multiple chapters for a sexual interaction with the LIs (So that the build-up is romantic)?

I really wanna play this game coz DAMN those renders looking hella fresh and hella pristine.

It's not going to be super slow-burn. In fact, I wasn't initially going to advertise it as slow-burn, but decided to in the end. It's very much on the edge between not slow-burn, and slow-burn. It also depends on which path you take.

to much heavy impact decisions at the beginning for my taste

do i flirt with kasula even if i dont know how the lorelei marriage part evolve?
will this a political marriage or not at all if i am at kasula path?
do i trust and work with glade or confront henricus?
(you missing a very crucial story part/info if not confront henricus - to much info lost for my taste)

the romance maybe will slow burn - but the story isn't at all -imo
the point i am trying to make is - we dont know enough about the story to make a decision this early


aaaaaaaaaand - where are the freckles for my new favorite redhead

The general design of the game is that you, as the player, knows as much as the MC. There are matters the MC doesn't know about, and as such, there will be matters you as the player don't know about.

So while I can see where you're coming from... there is a reason why the player doesn't know all the information at particular times

TakMycket
Thanks for this unexpected update.
When the early access release on Steam is going to arrive? I want to buy the game.

Steam is not on the horizon yet. I'm planning to package the first three chapters as a free demo. So a free demo will be coming out on Steam after the 3rd Chapter is released.

I'm not planning to do a proper Steam release until I'm half-way through Tides. So it'll be a while before anything happens (at least a year, if not longer). The Steam page is up just so I can start gathering wishlists

TakMycket

Since it's not a harem game, I guess we can avoid all sex scenes except between the MC and Lorelei.

All sex scenes are optional, even the ones with Lorelei.

 

[TakMycket]

I've a bug in the Glade dinner scene.

After having taken her out for Dinner and wishing her a good night, scene switches to the Lorelei Betrothed path in her room. I didn't use any mod or made any modification myself to the script or variables with the console. I was closely following the WT and I still have open the Explorer / Trust / Throuple paths (because up to this point they're not mutually exclusive).

PS: I'm not on the Lorelei love path anymore; oddly the WT doesn't mention it as a prerequisite for the Throuple.

This is very much a bug. I have fixed this issue, and will be uploading a bug fix very soon.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Does this mean for Chapter 1, Lorelei Betrothal Path is the canon route and Part 2, 3 follow it? Guessing Part 2 will follow that route and have it's own canon route that Part 3 will follow.
Also won't Elva be really old if she's supposed to be the LI for a guy who hasn't been born yet or did I misunderstand that bit?

There is no canon route. I originally did plan to have one, but scrapped the idea of having one a while back. Hence, at the beginning of the sequels, it will ask you to input your ending and the sequels will act as if your chosen ending has occurred.

TakMycket Found a remnant from Henricus having no eyes in the Glade Elva confrontation in chap1, they talk about spice miracles too which i think dont exist anymore

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By the way a thing that slightly confuses me in general but maybe i missed something:

How are spice weavers suppsoed to stand out because their eyes glow when they use their spice when other people (like our mc or glade) can use their spice too and their eyes flow too if it happens ?

Normal people can Spice Pledge. When someone Spice Pledges, their eyes glow. They cannot use Spice to do anything else.

Spice Weavers can manipulate Spice in other ways as well. For example, they can use Spice to 'teleport', or heal wounds or in some extreme cases, influence others. Hence, if someone's eyes are glowing, and they haven't Spice Pledged, it's a sign that they're a Spice Weaver.

Perhaps I need to find a way to explain this in-game...

Same thing with the eyes in this conversation if im not stupid or something

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Edit: A little error in the walkthrough Its says to tell Will who you will invite to the Ball in the Lorelei Court path, but in this path its Henrikus youre telling who youre inviting, i suspect it will be Will on the allegiance path

I wouldn't necessarily call it an error. Depending on your allegiance path, the conversation can either take place with Henricus or Will. The result is the same, you can choose who you want to take to the ball, or you can prolong that decision to a later date. Hence, it doesn't really matter if you're talking to Henricus or Will

 

[TakMycket]

I've a bug in the Glade dinner scene.

After having taken her out for Dinner and wishing her a good night, scene switches to the Lorelei Betrothed path in her room. I didn't use any mod or made any modification myself to the script or variables with the console. I was closely following the WT and I still have open the Explorer / Trust / Throuple paths (because up to this point they're not mutually exclusive).

PS: I'm not on the Lorelei love path anymore; oddly the WT doesn't mention it as a prerequisite for the Throuple.

Attached is the fix to this issue. Just download the script.rpy file, delete the script.rpyc file in your game folder and then replace the script.rpy file in the folder with this new script.rpy file. Problem should be solved.

I'll be releasing a bug fix update later on in the day and replacing all the links. This bug fix update will have fixed this bug, plus a few other issues that have been reported thus far.

 

[nighthawk1275]

Doing the throuple route is all over the place and makes no sense it seems like things are just skipped.

 

[Krepax]

Attached is the fix to this issue. Just download the script.rpy file, delete the script.rpyc file in your game folder and then replace the script.rpy file in the folder with this new script.rpy file. Problem should be solved.

I'll be releasing a bug fix update later on in the day and replacing all the links. This bug fix update will have fixed this bug, plus a few other issues that have been reported thus far.

Great! I've checked again this morning doing a speedrun from the beginning (to avoid any possible mistakes 'backed' into the saved games) and it seems the Throuple path works as intended now.

Speaking of speedruns, I noticed that the 'kissing' scenes are not easily skippable. Even repeated klicks won't work and I've to watch all the scene from start to end.

I really like where this project is going. Seems I have found another VN I'll support in Patreon...

 

[Krepax]

Seems I've spoken too soon. There's another error that pops up afterwards; when Lorelei and the MC awake in the morning in her room. I've copied it here:

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Yesterday, I stumbled upon a scene in the morning between the MC, Lorelei and Glade where Glade expresses her discontent being a concubine and Lorelei retorts with a fit of jealousy. I think that scene should happen if both Lorelei's and Glade path's are still open, right? Also, the WT needs to be updated with a "Give her another chance" option, for those who dropped out of Lorelei's path too soon.

 

[TakMycket]

Speaking of speedruns, I noticed that the 'kissing' scenes are not easily skippable. Even repeated klicks won't work and I've to watch all the scene from start to end.

Due to the way animations are coded into the game at the moment, you can't skip them. I plan to figure out a way to skip them by adding a toggle into the preferences.

Seems I've spoken too soon. There's another error that pops up afterwards; when Lorelei and the MC awake in the morning in her room. I've copied it here:

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Yesterday, I stumbled upon a scene in the morning between the MC, Lorelei and Glade where Glade expresses her discontent being a concubine and Lorelei retorts with a fit of jealousy. I think that scene should happen if both Lorelei's and Glade path's are still open, right? Also, the WT needs to be updated with a "Give her another chance" option, for those who dropped out of Lorelei's path too soon.

I was just uploading a bug fix... fixed that bug. I'll probably wait another day or so to see if anyone else reports anything before publishing the bug fix.

As for the morning scene. There are 5 different variations.

If you're not on Glade's path, it just shows a few renders of Tobias (MC) and Lorelei sharing a bed.
Then, if you are on Glade's path, there are 4 variations:

1. The first is if you're not on Lorelei's path.
2. The second is if you're on Lorelei's path but you've chosen to invite Glade to the Ball.
3. The third is if you've chosen to invite Lorelei to the Ball.
4. The fourth is practically if you're on Lorelei's path and you've either invited Kasula to the Ball, or you're undecided.

Concubines are only mentioned in the first variation - so if you're not on Lorelei's path. If you are on Lorelei's path, a different conversation should happen.

As for the WT, you don't actually need to give her a second chance to be on the throuple path. There are reasons for this, which will become apparent in future updates

 

[TakMycket]

As is tradition, here's the

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for Ch. 2.

It's a Patreon post open to the public, so you don't need to be a member to vote

 

[With The]

KASULA FOR LIFE

 

[Krytax123]

I wouldn't necessarily call it an error. Depending on your allegiance path, the conversation can either take place with Henricus or Will. The result is the same, you can choose who you want to take to the ball, or you can prolong that decision to a later date. Hence, it doesn't really matter if you're talking to Henricus or Will

Well i figured:

As Lorelei bethroal path requires the lovell allegiance, you will talk to Will in this Situation

But on the Court path there cant be a lovell allegiance or it would turn into the bethroal path so you would always talk to Henrikus.

But maybe im stupid. And yeah, it doesnt matter

 

[Eldiran]

Okay so here i am, after finishing my navigation trough this game.
I've tried a bit of some different path i suppose. I don't want to test everything because the game is not finished but i'm intrigued to say the least. This universe is not common, sure at first glance it look like pirate + a bit of magic but when you dive into it, it's rather unique. I mean it's refreshing, have this fantasy around pirate, and the magic isn't the classical Vodou you can find when they put magic+pirate together .

What i like is the diversity of choice we can have, and since i didn't redo every choice, they can be even more. (or more in the future). They are a lot of stuff i wanna know more, like are people more grey than black and white (i assume so because you can go different way), or you become more black or white by align with X/Y/Z in a shady way because the MC know so little (which is a good point! always put an healthy dose of mystery to urge the player to dive more into the story )

I have a few concern however, mind you that they aren't funded but they are here. Like i wish i can see what happen, from the MC point of view, about a character even if i'm not on his path. Like if i can stay friend or something else. It's refreshing to see the difference you can have between different path + made the world alive .

When it's about romance, it's still early but i'm hook. I haven't done the glade love path but i've tried the two other. I've a preference for Kasula, she had a very interesting personality. A bit naive but capable and very curious . I even wonder if she haven't got some autistic trait or act like one, but maybe it's just because she is a bit odd or doesn't fit well in the environment, which i love. Oh and also maybe it's just the romance lover that i am, but i very much like the scene where

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(yeah i'm this disgusting kind of fellow who like that ^^ ).

The princess is also interesting, even if i prefer Kasula. Depending on the allegiance you can encouter a fairly different outcome on this path. I wonder if you could do some strange stuff like

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I didn't tried because it didn't even occur to me.

It's a details, but i like that some transition are between scene have been thinking trough, like

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. Anyways, i wish we could see more of that in the future : )

All in all, i must say that i'm pleased by the game and i hope that it will have the wind in its sails.

PS: sorry for the wall of text --'

 

[Yuri L]

There is no canon route. I originally did plan to have one, but scrapped the idea of having one a while back. Hence, at the beginning of the sequels, it will ask you to input your ending and the sequels will act as if your chosen ending has occurred.

Great news, this sounds like Mass Effect then. I know many people disliked how Dragon Age: Veilguard didn't take into consideration the preceding games in the series beyond some basic choices.

 

[Bmagada]

Take this mostly in jest, but some of these female characters are starting to girl boss a little too close to the sun. Elf girl is gonna get stabbed and while I love how Glade is a badass with a sword.....shes not over powering the MC. Definitely not while shes normal again. If you want to show her skill, its more about using his power against him. Parry, riposte, a side step, or exploiting gaps in his skill. She's not gonna batter him onto his back. We already know shes better than him skill wise after all.

She is also remarkably horny for a dude she tried to kill. I've never seen anyone kill a dude then switch to "put babies in me" so fast. She gets mad when he's interested in spending time with the woman he's supposed to marry. I'm not against horny women, but she's doing it in front of his sorta fiancé too. Like when you don't pursue her does she think the guy she stabbed is gonna want to marry her? God that reminds of a girl I dated in college.....I mean it might make sense if they knew each other from childhood and forgot, but shes acting like it was just a little pokey poke teehee. Didn't mean anything by killing people you knew for years and then you, but you captured me so uwu aren't I just adorable? LOVE ME!!

Don't get me wrong, I like her character...but there are so many mental hoops to jump through. Her being hot doesnt cover past the stabby stab. The fact his crew didn't outright mutiny is nuts, respect for him or not.

 

[Dessolos]

Just got done playing it. For me Kasula was my favorite romance path of the update , then Glade but Lorelei is still my favorite

 

[TakMycket]

I have updated the links to the latest version of the game.

Here is the change-log for v.0.2.1:

• Fixed the issue where you don't see a key scene if you're on the King Lovell Allegiance Path but not on Lorelei's Love Path
• Fixed the issue where early game pretended that Henricus still didn't have eyes.
• Corrected various typos and spelling mistakes.
• Corrected a few renders.

 

[mooncasterdk]

When i saw Lorelei , my first thought was that i would focus only on her but turns out i was wrong.
Glade or Lorelei , it's so hard to decide which one to go with , that i might need 2 saves since it seems like we won't be able to choose two LI , maybe right now we can manage that but something tells me we won't be able to when the game progresses more

 

[TakMycket]

She is also remarkably horny for a dude she tried to kill. I've never seen anyone kill a dude then switch to "put babies in me" so fast. She gets mad when he's interested in spending time with the woman he's supposed to marry. I'm not against horny women, but she's doing it in front of his sorta fiancé too. Like when you don't pursue her does she think the guy she stabbed is gonna want to marry her? God that reminds of a girl I dated in college.....I mean it might make sense if they knew each other from childhood and forgot, but shes acting like it was just a little pokey poke teehee. Didn't mean anything by killing people you knew for years and then you, but you captured me so uwu aren't I just adorable? LOVE ME!!

Don't get me wrong, I like her character...but there are so many mental hoops to jump through. Her being hot doesnt cover past the stabby stab. The fact his crew didn't outright mutiny is nuts, respect for him or not.

I've obviously made a few mistakes as a writer, as you're not the only one to express this opinion

Glade and Tobias (the MC) were never enemies. Glade never wanted to kill Tobias, she offers him a chance to surrender beforehand. She was simply following orders, and doing what she felt was right, which was to stop a Spice Weaver (Henricus) from accessing more Spice.

When she was separated from her crew, she recognises the fact that she no longer has a place in the world. As such, she tries to find a place in the world, which is why she offers Tobias her allegiance at the very start. If you go down her Allegiance path, her interest in Tobias makes more sense. Regardless of which Allegiance path you take, Glade develops a little bit of a crush on Tobias - he's attractive, she can relate to him (a 'pirate' who's not an absolute scumbag), he speaks well, and he seems like an extremely competent individual.

Another point about Glade is she's a jealous individual. So when 'competition' starts expressing interest in Tobias, she's going to get a little jealous. Glade also isn't shy and isn't afraid to let people know her thoughts. Take all this into account, and you can see why Glade develops feelings for Tobias rather quickly. She isn't in-love with him just yet, but she has feelings for him.

Obviously, somewhere down the line, I've failed to communicate one of these points to some players, which is why the romance can seem quite sudden

When i saw Lorelei , my first thought was that i would focus only on her but turns out i was wrong.
Glade or Lorelei , it's so hard to decide which one to go with , that i might need 2 saves since it seems like we won't be able to choose two LI , maybe right now we can manage that but something tells me we won't be able to when the game progresses more

Between Lorelei and Glade, there are 4 different monogamous paths you can pursue (2 each). However, there's also a throuple path with both Lorelei and Glade. You can see the FAQ for more information.

The throuple path is quite hard to achieve, but there's an official walk-through you can use to help you stay on the throuple route, which is linked in the OP.

 

[Maviarab]

Obviously, somewhere down the line, I've failed to communicate one of these points to some players, which is why the romance can seem quite sudden

No, it's all quite explanatory and easily understood.

 

[Raziel_8]

Between Lorelei and Glade, there are 4 different monogamous paths you can pursue (2 each). However, there's also a throuple path with both Lorelei and Glade. You can see the FAQ for more information.

The throuple path is quite hard to achieve, but there's an official walk-through you can use to help you stay on the throuple route, which is linked in the OP.

Never used the WT, so far i got all the paths except ''Kasula Pregnancy Path''...that's way harder than the throuple, which i kinda got without trying (well so far at least), mostly because i just don't get warm with Lorelei.

On the other hand, Glade yandere path sounds really fun

Thought a bit disappointed that Violet won't be a real LI in the next story, she would have been my first choice.
And the Blonde i was interested in was abducted, same as the other girl i liked....let me kill Lockhard please, or castrate him so that he will never get his love, that's only fair
No banging Will's wife either...that's just sad.