VN Ren'Py Under the Moonlight [v0.3] [M.C Games]

[Tyrranus]

ahhhh Id forgotten the joys, I say, of repetitious instances of to say the least, to put it that way, for that matter lol
knew the name 'mystic' was familiar but now I remember why lol

 

[kwazi]

What is the better choice? Telling julia that Sharon invited you or taking the blame yourself?

probably urself i could be wrong though just got to that part myself

 

[homor]

so strings of fate dead?

 

[Shenhan]

While I appreciate the work that has gone into creating a custom aesthetic for the game, I really have to point out that whenever Devs try to make their own in game menu systems, they make just make UI objectively worse. There's no cohesion, I can't navigate from one menu to another, hell, I can't even switch back and forth between save and load menus. There's no exit button without either exiting fullscreen or going back to the main menu. And it's hard to tell saves apart because the circles don't show the full image. The mini-menu doesn't have a skip button.

The standard menu system used in most Ren'py games may be basic but it fucking works. It has everything you need where you need it and most things are a single click away.

On a personal preference side of things. Games in general need less internal dialogue, in my opinion. It's almost always empty text that slows or stalls conversations in a way that feels unnatural to text based dialogue that you get in VN's. That being said, I won't argue that there is a place for it. but I can't stand it being used in the middle of conversations. It breaks up the flow of dialogue and quite frankly I won't read it anymore and just button mash back to the actual conversation.

 

[Shenhan]

probably urself i could be wrong though just got to that part myself

She's not mad if tell the truth.

She says your sweet if you try to cover for her.

 

[Crowangel]

Had this sat on my desktop for a while as was reading and catching up on other VNs and Oh what a fool i was for waiting so long to give it a 1st read.. Absolutly stunning novel.. i love the story premise as someone who loves pretty much anything ancient egypt anyway to find the reveals in this story was a very pleasant and attention grabbing hook.. cant wait to see more from this title and i havent even reached episode 2 yet lol

One critic i will say is the save windows.. i tend to build a page by page save window for each character or girl but the current one makes it near impossible as the allignment is so offside that you cant tell what scene it was that you saved making individual routes in the future a issue tracking.. id much prefer a basic save window where you can save normally whatever scene shot you was on to be able to reload exactly the point you wanted if backtracking

 

[≋T≋h≋e≋H≋u≋n≋t≋e≋r≋]

so strings of fate dead?

 

[Tomy75]

Interesting story, nice and unique renders and characters, but if I may say so, this VN would benefit from more warmth and a less words. Everything feels cold, dead-cold even from time to time, to the point that we have no empathy for any character, the same way that they show no empathy for the MC. One example: in all VNs I played, when a love interest gets killed, or dies from whatever reason, I feel something, sadness even, but here I felt nothing when Sharon got killed, she was nothing to me, just a boring character who was saying boring and cryptic things most of the time, trying to help the MC, but did she really help? Not much from my point of view, even her BJ was feeling cold and out of context, like if there had to be some kind of sex at one moment in the story to entertain the players. Eve seems nice and friendly and all, but even her feels cold most of the time. Let’s not talk about Olivia, Irina and Isabella, the coldest characters, they show no emotion, they talk like robots, blunt, and are even mean sometimes.

That’s my main criticism about this VN, how I personally feel it, almost all women are ice-cold and bossy for no reason, the MC did nothing to them to deserve such treatment. The only little pleasure I had so far is when Eve snapped at Olivia and said the total truth to her, that’s she’s a cold bitch to everyone and would need a good f*ck but won’t get any because of her attitude. Too bad there was no option to confirm it to her when she asked the question later in her car, I would have loved to tell her that all Eve said to her was damn on point.

On a personal preference side of things. Games in general need less internal dialogue, in my opinion. It's almost always empty text that slows or stalls conversations in a way that feels unnatural to text based dialogue that you get in VN's. That being said, I won't argue that there is a place for it. but I can't stand it being used in the middle of conversations. It breaks up the flow of dialogue and quite frankly I won't read it anymore and just button mash back to the actual conversation.

I did the same towards the end of this update, I skipped internal dialogues, they add nothing to the conversations anyway.

 

[Hornyowl]

This game is NOT for players who are seeking random and meaningless sex scenes, the emphasis of this game is choices and story.

If this is what you intend to do, fine, but at least ensure that players who read said story don't have to navigate poor spelling, grammar and punctuation; all of which have gotten progressively worse as the game goes on.

And to add to what others have said...in an effort to create a story you have simply packed words into the game without much character development. Personally, I think you have made the MC into an unlikable fool who is scared to believe in anything he can't see even though his experiences suggest he was blighted from birth. There's a point at which his reluctance to accept and believe, his constant repetitive questions simply become stupidity. Apart from him the other NPCs are wooden, 1D figures who fill a role (placeholders if you will) but don't bring any real value to the game.

EDIT: Plus, IMO anyone who curses that much has a problem with basic intelligence. You lack the ability to express yourself properly.

 

[Dark Prince 19]

Mystic Loving the game and the interactive world you built around the Egyptian mythology. Have really liked the LIs as well. Although have one question though about Sharon. Will she ever return like is there a possibility? Have really liked her so it would be a slight disappointment if she's out of the picture. Barring that have understood the context in the entire story and definitely interested in the plot

Thanks for reading Dev, best wishes for ahead

 

[XxHeadSh0T]

Does anyone know if this game i still in development?
Subscribestar page is down, Itch.io only lists Elleria - And even there the last dev log post was in May this year, its 4 month since then, before the dev created almost every 2 weeks to 1 month a dev log post.
I'm not on the discord so can't ask there.

 

[Holmster74]

Does anyone know if this game i still in development?
Subscribestar page is down, Itch.io only lists Elleria - And even there the last dev log post was in May this year, its 4 month since then, before the dev created almost every 2 weeks to 1 month a dev log post.
I'm not on the discord so can't ask there.

It's still in progress, devs been on break and have been sick and has finally began work again.

 

[XxHeadSh0T]

It's still in progress, devs been on break and have been sick and has finally began work again.

Great, thanks

 

[Darklordantichrist]

Mystic for the love of everything that is unholy and incomprehensible, please don't forget to have your game Strings of Fate completed as fast as you can allow it or put focus on it as it is your most interesting and unique game you have done in term of plot that you have put forth compared to the entertainment markets competition in the fiction category also why not later on make the game Strings of Fate a reverse isekai where MC Voldar invades modern era earth through a magical portal in a later edition or sequel to the main game.

 

[zARRR]

Mystic for the love of everything that is unholy and incomprehensible, please don't forget to have your game Strings of Fate completed as fast as you can allow it or put focus on it as it is your most interesting and unique game you have done in term of plot that you have put forth compared to the entertainment markets competition in the fiction category also why not later on make the game Strings of Fate a reverse isekai where MC Voldar invades modern era earth through a magical portal in a later edition or sequel to the main game.

Mystic’s words on SoF:
“On hold till better times. Elleria is exchange for it.”
It will take a year or more before he returns to complete it, for now it is a passion project put on hold indefinitely

 

[memonto_mori]

gg ame