VN Ren'Py Unleashed [v0.6.5b] [CarbonBlue]

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RoadWulf

RoadWulf

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Ok... so what the fuck was this update exactly? I have liked this game up until now, but this update was just bizarre.

The Main Character didn't talk. At all. Everyone talked around him. He was basically Link from Legend of Zelda.
A good 60% of the update was silent renders flipping that could have been condensed down by probably half of what was needed.

Not to mention the Render quality of those sections (especially the subway) was subpar compared to what you've done in the rest of the game.

I couldn't finish it, I just stopped playing because this was terrible compared to your previous updates.
 
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Walter Victor

Walter Victor

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Alfred the Fallen said:
The only character keeping me interested in the game is Olivia.

Angel and Shannon can both fuck all the way off. The whole "It's just a prank bro" mentality combined with the "I'm pretty, so I can do whatever I want" entitlement makes them unbearably annoying. Having a crush on someone doesn't give you a free pass to do whatever you want to them.

Can you imagine how players would react if Ethan walked up to Maeve and told her that he had compromising photos of her that would cause a lot of trouble for her and someone she cares about, so she should totally have sex with him because he is such a nice guy for not using those photos to blackmail her into having sex with him? Do you think they'd say that it's okay because he likes her? I bet they'd say he's a total creep. Especially if the game also had him lick her face as he told her to reconsider after she rejects his proposal.

The fact that we aren't allowed to prank Shannon in return creates an unbalanced dynamic that makes it look like she can't handle what she dishes out, and it also makes the main character look like a lifeless punching bag. It's not a good look for either of them. Her latest prank was too much because the main character hasn't played a single prank on her ever. This isn't some friendly prank war that has been escalating to new heights, so there's no reason for her to think that it's okay to publicly embarrass him on his first day of school in a brand new town. I'm just tired of her bullshit now.
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You are using logic that would apply to a porn game. But, this is not a just a porn game, it's also a parody of a porn game. Every character and scene in this game is a take-off on some other game. Logic has to take a back seat in this one. It's all in fun.
 
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Walter Victor

Walter Victor

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I must commend the developer on the witty dialog given to the MC. I especially loved it when he said, " ", and later there was this gem, " ". J/K

Actually, I didn't need words from the MC in this release, his reactions (and non-reactions) to what was happening around him were priceless. If players couldn't see the humor in his completely ignoring all the nonsense going on around him in the morning scene, or in how he reacted to Shannon's prank, they weren't really paying attention, and might need to play some other game.
 
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CarbonBlue

CarbonBlue

Developer of Unleashed
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I feel like I should probably re-post this. Pay special attention to the last two statements.
CarbonBlue said:
This is not and will not be a kinetic novel.
If you really wanted choices that mattered then you wouldn't be saving at every choice point. That ensures your choice doesn't matter because you can just go back to that save in order to get the desired outcome.
Choices in Unleashed will give you different experiences.
Unleashed is a VN designed to screw around with your expectations.
Some of the choices do not matter at all and are just there to screw around with your expectations.
From the beginning I've known that people will look at the code and I've used that knowledge to support the narrative.
Sometimes the girls will lie to you.
Sometimes I will lie to you.
The pineapple on pizza thing is not a lie. It's a universal truth that it's an abomination.
There will come a time in this game where you will go, "ah, I see why he did that now."
Shit's gonna get weird.
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Shit's gonna get weirder.
I might have an update where the MC appears in only a couple of renders.
There will be payoffs.
 
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Rico Caramba

Rico Caramba

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Line 1 of the OP: "Unleashed is a slice-of-life Visual Novel designed to play around with your expectations. To do that it begins in the stereotypical way that many VN's begin. You might see hints throughout that allude to things being a little different."

Still, so many people fail to read this, or remember this, and judge this game by rules that apply to regular games.

To me, reading some of the comments on this forum is almost as funny as the game itself.
 
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Real Kreten

Real Kreten

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I see this thread as a social science lab where CarbonBlue conducts experiments on volunteers (on us). Olivia, Maeve, Shannon and Angel are then his assistants, who perform the tests while he observes the resulting phenomena.

What are we going to talk about. This game Unleashes a certain paranoia in me. :p
 
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WindIsHowling

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This update was very short, which was disappointing to me due to the length of time between updates. Respectfully, this did not seem to represent a large time investment from the dev.
 
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Arigon

Arigon

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Looks great! Olivia is amazing, Maeve looks great. Angel is Amazing, Even Shannon is great. The train girl scene was good.
You have a great sense of humor and the writing was good. A very nice intro. Good luck with your project and I hope you make shit tons of cash. I will be buying your game!
 
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GodfromSpace

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Rico Caramba said:
Line 1 of the OP: "Unleashed is a slice-of-life Visual Novel designed to play around with your expectations. To do that it begins in the stereotypical way that many VN's begin. You might see hints throughout that allude to things being a little different."

Still, so many people fail to read this, or remember this, and judge this game by rules that apply to regular games.

To me, reading some of the comments on this forum is almost as funny as the game itself.
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didnt say the developer that the forum was a part of the game or something like this?
 
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The One and Only Bob

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Yes he did. He also said that he, the characters, and the game code, will all lie to us, and that figuring out what the truth is will be an important part in figuring out what is really going on in the game.
 
7empest5teele

7empest5teele

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Lol THAT was FIVE chapters?
This felt like every page one would turn in a book is an entirely NEW chapter.
I am still wondering though why the title of this VN was chosen as such.
 
Arigon

Arigon

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I have replayed through, and at this point my favorite girls and hopefully become love interests are in this order:
Olivia
Angel
Maeve
Shannon-unless train girl comes along, or any other MILF types in which case she goes down a few notches.. Heck I would wreck Angel's mom's bed before Shannon, though her knife scene did endear her to me. If she were to adopt a bit more edge similar to Angel then perhaps I could move her up.
Maeve seems perfectly aligned to be a main love interest, and is very interesting in terms of her presentation so far. Angel is the classic bad girl from a bad family, and the desire to rescue her is high. Olivia is without a doubt my personal type, and will be the one that if I had to choose an end game at this point in time, and could only have one girl, she would be it. Actually that is what my order represents, again, unless train girl or some MILF or other college girls come along to bump down Shannon. Unlikely the top 3 will change for me!
 
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