VN Ren'Py ToxiCity [v0.03] [ILSProductions]

Amnezziia · Feb 1, 2025

Solid start, first time I'm so invested in several games from the same devs. The idea is not new in itself, but in the world of AVN, yes. Or at least I have never seen a similar AVN. But at the same time I'm a little afraid that the devs will use the same things? Like their games announce an end of the world, 2 of the 3 games have monsters. I expect to see similarities, it's completely normal, I just hope not to see too many.

But the premise is good, scavenging in a deadly fog? Count me in! And the choice of LIs is interesting, two women already in a relationship? Booooold move!

So yeah, I can't wait to see how this all plays out!

lorkdubo · Feb 1, 2025

Walter Victor said:
From the context of the choices and responses, it would seem that increasing anxiety is not a good thing. Sometimes anxiety increases irrespective of any choices, if a dangerous situation occurs. Freaking out by one of the LIs wouldn't seem to be a good thing.

But, since there is no test as yet for that variable, it is really impossible to say for sure. I could envision a situation where increased anxiety increases the tendency of one of the LIs toward sex with the MC... to relieve tension?

Regardless, I'm trying to keep that variable as low as possible, until/unless I am shown to be wrong. I'm trying to max all other variables, and if I find that I can increase one of those others but have to also increase anxiety, I won't hesitate to do that.

EDIT: So there you have it, opposing views on the same topic. Take your pick!

If I remember correctly, anxiety ro something similar was a negative stat in Now & Then. So, there is already precedent.

Beast Within · Feb 1, 2025

lorkdubo said:
If I remember correctly, anxiety ro something similar was a negative stat in Now & Then. So, there is already precedent.

did N&T had anxiety stat? I really dont remember. its been so long since I played that game. pretty solid one and the scene with the little girl..ouch! that one was hard!

mordred93 · Feb 1, 2025

PaxHadrian17 said:
I agree - I feel like anxiety is bad, But I'lll accept a bump up in anxiety to get a positive trait bump.

I also recognize that this could bite me in the ass later on...

One other thing I chose to do was balance the level of anxiety, trying to keep anxiety lower for both women versus allowing it to balloon for Kallie while keeping Laura's anxiety as low as possible.

I'm curious to see how this will play out in future chapters as I feel like making sure that I don't lose either woman to a panic attack at the wrong time, for example, is important to the survival of the entire small group.

I know N&T had some bad endings and I expect to see the same here - making Anxiety management feel very important.

Cheers!!

Anxiety can be good an bad IRL. If someone is anxious, they might gravitate toward someone for comfort. Yes, too much anxiety, and they can shut down, because they don't have the coping mechanisms to deal with an overload. The issue I think most people make is that there is always anxiety in this game, you get it several places by just existing. Until the game tells me otherwise, I don't treat it as horrible, just a by product of how the game works.

mordred93 · Feb 1, 2025

lorkdubo said:
If I remember correctly, anxiety ro something similar was a negative stat in Now & Then. So, there is already precedent.

Anxiety in N&T basically was used in 2 places. If the Anxiety was too high, someone else took the shot to kill someone (Naomi and Carol). It wasn't a game breaking stat, it was used to make the characters seem more human.

Walter Victor · Feb 1, 2025

mordred93 said:
Anxiety can be good an bad IRL. If someone is anxious, they might gravitate toward someone for comfort. Yes, too much anxiety, and they can shut down, because they don't have the coping mechanisms to deal with an overload. The issue I think most people make is that there is always anxiety in this game, you get it several places by just existing. Until the game tells me otherwise, I don't treat it as horrible, just a by product of how the game works.

Yes, there are several places where anxiety rises without any input from the player. However, we do have several choices, so we just can't go with the flow. WE will have to make those choices and hope for the best.

I should add that since we do have forced anxiety increases, which is natural for the situation, there might just be enough of that stat to cause 'gravitation' to the MC... which is probably the object of the game.

PaxHadrian17 · Feb 7, 2025

Dev Log February 6, 2025

TOXICity 0.03.0 update #2

Progress report for TOXICity 0.03.0: We're deep into the build, with a few scenes left to render that should be complete by this weekend if we don't get distracted by the Super Bowl. And then there'll be audio coding and a few test runs to ensure the script and scene flow come across as intended. Sometimes, when you write a scene, you assume a certain pacing will be conveyed and until you see it in action, you just hope that it does. Plus, sometimes we get struck with rewrites that make sense as the moment plays out. So, I won't be surprised if we have to tweak a few things once it's all in a playable state.
Now that we have the stage setting done and you've gotten a taste of the initial cast, we're getting into moving the story forward. 0.03.0 is bigger content-wise than the previous two releases. And, as mentioned before, as we get more acclimated to the new software, the work takes less time to produce and we can create improved renders. We've already re-shot a few early scenes in this release just to provide better visual fidelity on the renders.

Cheers!!

Theneas · Feb 8, 2025

Loved "Now and Then", especially Carol. Also really liked "The Interim Domain" (Mira, Selene, Robin). TBF, my interest lies in characters writing and I feel like it's one of your (ILS) strongpoint.

Good luck with this project, gonna follow how this goes, but I'm quite confident I'm gonna like what I'm reading.

Godspeed

PaxHadrian17 · Feb 13, 2025

Dev Log February 13, 2025

TOXICity 0.03.0 update 3 and release schedule

Here we are, folks. Right on the eve of release (maybe not that close, but soon). Except for one last-second code fix implemented this morning in anticipation of impacts on a very specific conversation in 0.04.0, just about everything for this build is done. We're uploading files as we speak and the release notifications will be scheduled tonight.
As mentioned earlier, this release is bigger than the previous and it will give players time with both Kallie and Laura to get more of a sense of who they are as people, while hinting (if not outright stating) at their personal dramas that they're holding onto as their situation deteriorates day after day. Whether John or just the player starts to piece things together, you'll begin to see that no one came into the situation without the emotional baggage of their own. Being cut off from the world creates additional pressure as the unknown starts to erode the public facade they've built up slowly gives way.
Here's the release schedule for 0.03.0 (all scheduled for 11:59 am EDT release):
Tier 3 - February 16, 2025
Tier 2 - February 18, 2025
Tier 1 - February 20, 2025
Public - February 21, 2025
Change Log 0.03.0

Added Chapter Three
Fixed typos and grammar errors
Fix issue with Achievement Notifications not triggering (may require players to re-unlock the first two Achievements)

Thanks for your interest and support,
-Kinderfeld

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Cheers!!

Nasagi · Friday at 7:25 AM

Do we know what the tags for this game are going to be?

LokkenJP · Friday at 7:37 AM

Don't sure if Kinderfeld did a more thorough explanation in any of his Patreon posts, but given the tone and setting this game is having for now, a safe bet would be something close to the content tags of N&T with about the same fetishes (with a more mature cast of characters and minus the Incest).

As a wild guess:
3DCG, Male protagonist, Romance, Horror, Lesbian, Honey Select, Mobile game, Creampie, Groping, Handjob, Vaginal sex, Oral sex, Animated, Titfuck, Masturbation, Anal sex, Harem, Dystopian setting

As for the specific kinks present, which will probably be the focus of your question, I'd bet N&T and TID could be a nice reference starting point.

lorkdubo · Friday at 7:41 AM

LokkenJP said:
Don't sure if Kinderfeld did a more thorough explanation in any of his Patreon posts, but given the tone and setting this game is having for now, a safe bet would be something close to the content tags of N&T with about the same fetishes (with a more mature cast of characters and minus the Incest).

As a wild guess:
3DCG, Male protagonist, Romance, Horror, Lesbian, Honey Select, Mobile game, Creampie, Groping, Handjob, Vaginal sex, Oral sex, Animated, Titfuck, Masturbation, Anal sex, Harem, Dystopian setting

As for the specific kinks present, which will probably be the focus of your question, I'd bet N&T and TID could be a nice reference starting point.

Don't remove incest yet; there can be a mother-daughter combo later in the game. If Now & Then have the incest tag, then it must have been because of that. I don't remember if an actual step-relationship merits the incest tag.

LokkenJP · Friday at 7:49 AM

For what I've heard, Patreon is lately pretty picky with such kind of content. While most forms of incest had always been banned by its T&C, they had usually turned a blind eye to it in the past, at least to the milder forms of it, but seems they are more vigilant now.

Given the current setup of Toxicity, I don't feel the need for it. Again, this is just a wild guess, and don't get me wrong, I could go totally for it if properly woven into the story. But at this point I believe it's an unneccesary risk...

Ottoeight · Friday at 9:20 AM

0.03 is out for patrons. I don't remember when it goes public, though.

rudy007 · Friday at 10:04 AM

Ottoeight said:
0.03 is out for patrons. I don't remember when it goes public, though.

If I remember correctly, today after 18:00h CET.

LokkenJP · Friday at 11:47 AM

rudy007 said:
If I remember correctly, today after 18:00h CET.

This. That's correct, the 0.03 public version is scheduled for today (not sure about the exact time though, so I'll take rudy word here about 18h CET

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rudy007 · Friday at 5:18 PM