Ren'Py Time Loop Hunter [v0.71.10] [Hydrahenker]

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thealucid said:
Fair enough, game has only been out for 3 years or so. What's another couple?
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Some games are porn with plots, this one is more plot with porn. Which is actually not all that uncommon when you look at how some word lengths have grown in the games with threads here. Also, this game doesn't even really highlight incest that much in its promotion. And given how often the sisters have been touched, were naked, etc, it's not like the author is shying away from it, it's just that the character has had sex with only a few of the characters at this point. Janice, Georgia, Alice, character in the hideout, and Dana (I think?) are the only ones who've had sex with us.

That said, I have had the feeling that by the time this game is done, it'll take 500 hours to complete fully and I'd have split up the plots into at least 3-4 games. I'd argue it sort of already feels like it is a couple games, as most of the time at this point you need to choose which of the routes you need to be in for the first three days (Dana, Janice, or Dana+Janice) and then you just either load a timeline or just go through the stuff that you need for that particular event (this time I need to rile up Georgia, have to do those things). Arguably, the walls (the points where main character needs to nail it perfectly to survive) are where I'd have said, you won, good job, tune in next time for Time Loop Hunter 2. Because they already sort of serve that point in the story, as it tends to be a lot of action right before them, and then you succeed and new elements are added (like you were now a full co-conspirator with the red herring group, debate club became a thing etc.). Like the whole beg for more time with parole lady felt like a complete victory in retrospect and you basically always do that, so why not just have it be the start of a new game, where that is your new base point for the full reset.

Now some of that is simply happenstance. Hydra has added stuff to the first three days, but they are already busy enough most times, so most content has gone into the later days. But there are some paths before the first wall that just feel like dead ends, and they wouldn't feel like dead ends if they got more stuff to them. Dana is sort of an afterthought, as she has a ton of interactions in the first couple days and the early builds, but then she's either in the hospital or doing nothing until the fair. Raping Alice is done once, and then you never need to do it again, there's no benefit to repeating the action, which is the original way to overcome the parole lady wall. Stealth feels like a dead end, a skill that was simply forgotten about for new skills that feel a bit more niche like massage. But I don't know the plot summary that apparently includes 15 days. Maybe these branches won't seem pruned when the update in 5 months requires Alice to feel vulnerable and suddenly it becomes relevant. Maybe an update in 2 will have us stalk Dana in days 4-5 to learn more about the mystery scientist from this update. Stealth feels like it should've come up, but hey, maybe when we infiltrate the enemy base, it will. Maybe you'll have to impersonate a massage therapist on day 12. We can't know these things, right up until the work is done.

And because it seems like I've just been taking a massive shit on this game, I love this game, not really as a porn game but as a fun time travel story, about how infinite time travel sort of leads to weird and odd methods of brute forcing outcomes and a clever excuse for "You always know just what to say Protag!" Would I like it if the bdsm aspects of the Alice thing were a bit more common in the fap section of the game? Yes. Would I wish that the porn was less, hey let's do some mild sexy stuff and more hey guys, time to bang in crazy locales? Yes. But I don't demand the same of Quantum Leap or whatever, and the reason I'm in this thread today is because Hydra is so consistent, I knew it would release soon. And it releases on Monday. And that's pretty fucking great, always putting out his product near the front of the month consistently.
 
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I really tried to like this game but without the walkthrough it is almost impossible. I skipped a few updates and came back to the game and at least my saves were updated, but I had forgotten what all of the paths were by that point and I tried to make progress without using the updated walkthrough and failed miserably.

I will try to start again from the beginning to see if the game gives enough hints to succeed, but I have very little hope of that.

I do think the graphics are great and the story unique, but the grind is almost unbelievable.
 
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sho1223 said:
Some games are porn with plots, this one is more plot with porn. Which is actually not all that uncommon when you look at how some word lengths have grown in the games with threads here. Also, this game doesn't even really highlight incest that much in its promotion. And given how often the sisters have been touched, were naked, etc, it's not like the author is shying away from it, it's just that the character has had sex with only a few of the characters at this point. Janice, Georgia, Alice, character in the hideout, and Dana (I think?) are the only ones who've had sex with us.

That said, I have had the feeling that by the time this game is done, it'll take 500 hours to complete fully and I'd have split up the plots into at least 3-4 games. I'd argue it sort of already feels like it is a couple games, as most of the time at this point you need to choose which of the routes you need to be in for the first three days (Dana, Janice, or Dana+Janice) and then you just either load a timeline or just go through the stuff that you need for that particular event (this time I need to rile up Georgia, have to do those things). Arguably, the walls (the points where main character needs to nail it perfectly to survive) are where I'd have said, you won, good job, tune in next time for Time Loop Hunter 2. Because they already sort of serve that point in the story, as it tends to be a lot of action right before them, and then you succeed and new elements are added (like you were now a full co-conspirator with the red herring group, debate club became a thing etc.). Like the whole beg for more time with parole lady felt like a complete victory in retrospect and you basically always do that, so why not just have it be the start of a new game, where that is your new base point for the full reset.

Now some of that is simply happenstance. Hydra has added stuff to the first three days, but they are already busy enough most times, so most content has gone into the later days. But there are some paths before the first wall that just feel like dead ends, and they wouldn't feel like dead ends if they got more stuff to them. Dana is sort of an afterthought, as she has a ton of interactions in the first couple days and the early builds, but then she's either in the hospital or doing nothing until the fair. Raping Alice is done once, and then you never need to do it again, there's no benefit to repeating the action, which is the original way to overcome the parole lady wall. Stealth feels like a dead end, a skill that was simply forgotten about for new skills that feel a bit more niche like massage. But I don't know the plot summary that apparently includes 15 days. Maybe these branches won't seem pruned when the update in 5 months requires Alice to feel vulnerable and suddenly it becomes relevant. Maybe an update in 2 will have us stalk Dana in days 4-5 to learn more about the mystery scientist from this update. Stealth feels like it should've come up, but hey, maybe when we infiltrate the enemy base, it will. Maybe you'll have to impersonate a massage therapist on day 12. We can't know these things, right up until the work is done.

And because it seems like I've just been taking a massive shit on this game, I love this game, not really as a porn game but as a fun time travel story, about how infinite time travel sort of leads to weird and odd methods of brute forcing outcomes and a clever excuse for "You always know just what to say Protag!" Would I like it if the bdsm aspects of the Alice thing were a bit more common in the fap section of the game? Yes. Would I wish that the porn was less, hey let's do some mild sexy stuff and more hey guys, time to bang in crazy locales? Yes. But I don't demand the same of Quantum Leap or whatever, and the reason I'm in this thread today is because Hydra is so consistent, I knew it would release soon. And it releases on Monday. And that's pretty fucking great, always putting out his product near the front of the month consistently.
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Hi,

First of all thanks for taking the time to write this and the kind words!. I'll say that if I have to start making this game from scratch I would have done some things different for sure.
I thought of releasing the game in parts but the problem is that I didn't think it that way from the beginning. I didn't want to start a new game from day 3 with everything you've done before setting in stone. I wanted to always be free to experience a path, learn from the experience and try something different the next time. And that sure made it more complex.

There will be a point in the game when the Time loop will end and your actions will be permanent and consequence too.

This are some random thoughts of things mentioned:
- I'll probably short the game to 10 days.
- Stealth skill starts to appear on 0.34.xx version. Just a reminder that you lack the skill, I've already made the minigame for this skill but is not implemented with the story yet.
- I've been working on Dana story for 8 months (kinda wrote myself into a corner with her) I had several ideas but one finally click to my liking so her story will come on version 0.35.xx
- New public version coming in a few hours!

Cheers!
 
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HydraHenker said:
Hi,

First of all thanks for taking the time to write this and the kind words!. I'll say that if I have to start making this game from scratch I would have done some things different for sure.
I thought of releasing the game in parts but the problem is that I didn't think it that way from the beginning. I didn't want to start a new game from day 3 with everything you've done before setting in stone. I wanted to always be free to experience a path, learn from the experience and try something different the next time. And that sure made it more complex.

There will be a point in the game when the Time loop will end and your actions will be permanent and consequence too.

This are some random thoughts of things mentioned:
- I'll probably short the game to 10 days.
- Stealth skill starts to appear on 0.34.xx version. Just a reminder that you lack the skill, I've already made the minigame for this skill but is not implemented with the story yet.
- I've been working on Dana story for 8 months (kinda wrote myself into a corner with her) I had several ideas but one finally click to my liking so her story will come on version 0.35.xx
- New public version coming in a few hours!

Cheers!
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Yeah, it's always tough when you look back at how things go and see where you could've done them better. I do erotic roleplaying and also write a ton of stuff, then months later, I look back and see that X doesn't fit with Y, Z could've led to better things. It's the thing with creative media, you always get more experience after you're done, and can only see the flaws after the fact.

Truthfully, I hope that you were already planning those things before my post. Though 10 days does make the game length seem more realistic, I'd hate to think that you want to cut it just because some random dude said your games too long. Though, I am interested to see what you do post TLH, and to get there, you sort of need to finish TLH. I'm happy to hear about Dana and Stealth, as stated, I can't know that there is or isn't a plan, and I'm glad to hear there is a plan. And yeah, can't wait for new public version, because as stated, I came here to this thread to look at your patreon to see when the next public release was, because I knew that it was coming soon and knew the schedule was probably up on the patreon (which of course it was).
 
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############ New Public Version 0.32.50 #################

This is my babbling when it got released (Full pandemic quarantined):

This update got huge for some reason.
New skill point for Massage, extended Benson, and Cooper raiding the offices. Since infection word is so popular now you can infect 3 girls.
I also added some memories for past actions since they were just hanging. Change the Player Profile UI to show the unlocked Powers, more tinkering with the auto hint, huge grammar fixes, etc...

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All saves games from version 0.06.xx or higher are compatible, but I have to add a Reset at the end of the load to avoid possible inconsistencies.

And this is the Full Change Log:

Change-Log 0.32.50:
  • Fixed the list of the auto-hint.
Change-Log 0.32.40:
  • Fixed a bug with the auto-hints order.
Change-Log 0.32.30:
  • Fixed a bug with the auto-hints when you start a New Game. (Thanks to gestved)
Change-Log 0.32.20:
  • Fixed a bug with CAS Remarks about massage.
  • Fixed a bug with the auto-hint to show the correct Day
  • Several grammar corrections (Thanks to DorcasAurelia)
Change-Log 0.32.10:
  • Fixed a bug with the Auto-hint when you are missing one of Alice's memories.
Change-Log 0.32.00:
  • New Skill point for Massage.
  • Extended scenes for Cooper and Benson Offices.
  • 2 New Fun Points
  • 1 New Achievement
  • New Memories for Zarina, Jody. Cooper, Benson, Ayumi, Day 3, Day 5
  • Added some memories for some actions that there were "hanging".
  • New Dream sequence for Crystal
  • Replace the Massage Puzzle pictures to make them more interesting.
  • Change the Profile UI to show the unlocked Powers and added a new "Power".
  • Fixed some bugs with the auto-hint
  • Fixed some bugs with the massage puzzle.
  • Huge grammar fixes (Thanks to DorcasAurelia)
  • Continuity Fixes at the Poker (Thanks to DorcasAurelia)
  • Other Minor Fixes.
Cheers!
 
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KnightMarco said:
thank you

quick question, do you only release WT for public version?
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I try to make the WT before the release of last version. However, it's only available as a patreon's gift until the release of public version. That's why when I post it here, It has already been 2 months since I made it.
 
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Update 09/02/2021

Here is the Italian translation of "Time loop hunter" version "0.40.10".
This translation is "unofficial" and "made by a fan".

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Ecco la traduzione italiana di "Time loop hunter" versione "0.40.10".
Questa traduzione "non e' ufficiale" e "fatta da un fan".

La traduzione viene fornita in due formati: .exe (autoestraente) e .zip. Non e' necessario utilizzarle entrambe.


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Update 09/01/2021

Here is the Italian translation of "Time loop hunter" version "0.39.10".
This translation is "unofficial" and "made by a fan".

The translation is provided in two formats: .exe (self-extracting) and .zip. It is not necessary to use both.

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Ecco la traduzione italiana di "Time loop hunter" versione "0.39.10".
Questa traduzione "non e' ufficiale" e "fatta da un fan".

La traduzione viene fornita in due formati: .exe (autoestraente) e .zip. Non e' necessario utilizzarle entrambe.


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Update 09/12/2020

Here is the Italian translation of "Time loop hunter" version "0.38.00".
This translation is "unofficial" and "made by a fan".
The translation is provided in two formats: .exe (self-extracting) and .zip. It is not necessary to use both.

The link is:
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Ecco la traduzione italiana di "Time loop hunter" versione "0.38.00".
Questa traduzione "non è ufficiale" e "fatta da un fan".
La traduzione viene fornita in due formati: .exe (autoestraente) e .zip. Non e' necessario utilizzarle entrambe.


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Update 16/09/2020

Here is the Italian translation of "Time loop hunter" version "0.37.00".
This translation is "unofficial" and "made by a fan".

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Update 09/08/2020

Here is the Italian translation of "Time loop hunter" version "0.34.10".
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What gets me about this game, for as long as it's gone and as much is going on in it, he has still not moved the relationship with Dana past asking her out for a date after the rally. It still hasn't happened this many updates later, and I mean that was around version 12 or so.
 
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Where in the walkthrough does this version start? I am utterly lost looking at the walkthrough and where I last saved.
 
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