Ren'Py Vae Victis - Khan: Conquer, Ravish, Breed [v0.11.5] [Doorknob22]

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Fazed said:
One thing I will never understand is why some devs insist on making a huge obnoxious ugly textbox banner that covers the images behind them and also not provide a transparency slider.
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Agree. I often will go into the /gui folder and replace the box image with a blank png or one with little opacity.
 
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correct me if Im wrong but didn't this game have an awful 80s looking world map and graphics with only the sex scenes being digital, i cant stand the 70s and 80s 8 bit nostalgia bull shit its why those games all died because graphix got better not worse !
 
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Gotta admit when it comes to other people getting it on i tend to have no interest in it, so Nahir's Story i ended up skipping quite a bit when it got to her uncle getting it on with her grandma. kinda feel like that story was stretched out more than needed. then again i guess it was cause it was one of the few scenes i didnt care at all about. then you get to the part with him and her mom... ima chalk it up to"not for me"

glad the saves are working now. hopefully this is the last time needed to restart the game.(y)

so is the next update back to invading again?
 
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SickforThicc said:
Loading from the Throne Room worked on my old save. Thanks!
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Noted. Apparently Renpy wasn't actually designed for loading from previous versions (as its founder admits
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galibx23 said:
Getting troops is a hassle and most of time I either get attacked and my troop decreases or morale gets low and rebellion .
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1. Kudos for not playing VN mode!
2. 10 troops in a garrison will repel almost any raid. 20 will prevent Obedience from dropping and 30 will raise it. If you have 100+ Obedience don't hesitate to Force Yield from time to time, Sumia in the palace will help reduce the Obedience impace this causes.

ram1 said:
I wish that combat was a bit better. The RPS system is fine. But the fact that you have to stick to defensive attacks to feel out their pattern makes it take longer than it really needs to. I think it would work better if opponents had a line of text or an alternate pose that signalled what they were about to do. Not like telling u what's coming but hinting at it. It would helpe to learn the pattern faster rather than having to pass like 10ish turns in near invincibility to map the pattern.

Suikoden used a rps system for duels in a similar fashion. With like 1-3 different voice lines for each different attack. So it wasn't just a case of memorizing 1 line for the 3. However the fact that they were text lines also allowed you to gage them from what you know of their personality. And it felt satisfying to predict what their line of text meant they were about to do before you actually saw it play out.

Seems easy for dev to implement and I think it would improve the combat substantially. As right now that feels like a chore.

Love the bisexual elements and the choice in how to deal with things. I'll be following this one.
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I actually have this in my to-do list for a few months now. I'll look into Suikoden for inspiration.

Fazed said:
One thing I will never understand is why some devs insist on making a huge obnoxious ugly textbox banner that covers the images behind them and also not provide a transparency slider. I'd usually just edit the files and add my own but this time the dev put them in an archive and is probably using a custom setup so now i have to unren everything to even make an attempt at "fixing" it.

Sure, maybe its just personal preference but its really not hard to provide a text box transparency slider. Especially since there all this extra effort to make everything fancy in the options menu. And it looks good... it really does, except for the obstructive and distracting text box. And before you say it, no I do not want to spam the H button every time I see something interesting.

I haven't even played the game yet and I am already annoyed. Back to the game.
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I'll try to see if transparency slider is easy to implement.

Horny Toad said:
Did the 2nd acts for each of the women (all part of the council) and one thing bothers me
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Look-see said:
so is the next update back to invading again?
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July 2022.

Amazons. Enslaved. Shipwrecked. Sexy little hobbit girls. Wakabian cultists. Probably more nasty stuff.

Also: I've just Reported a game update for Android version so check the first page from time to time if you're waiting for one.
 
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What da fuck is VN mod for if i still need to manage this shitty holding system and rock/paper/scissors ? OMG it's fucking dosn't work.
 
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Akeymu said:
Can use chicken mode in bottom left, to skip RPS fights and auto submit any combatant for capture/ravishing, not sure about the kingdom management tho
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Ok, but what's the point of "VN mod" then? It doesn't even removes map exploring and management.
 
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Gerfenikss said:
Ok, but what's the point of "VN mod" then? It doesn't even removes map exploring and management.
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1. Everything I do in the game comes at the expense of something else. The current VN mode comes at a relatively low investment cost for me: I added some checks in the code and if the VN Mode flag is on, a test passes automatically.
Switching to a full "no map mode" would require a new architecture and new mechanism to create and maintain. This costs time, time I'd rather invest in adding more content.

Additionally, I believe that the feeling of running a Khaganate is essential for the spirit of the game, even for those who play it with training wheels. Part of the fun is watching your empire grow.

2. I could easily make VN mode include "auto RPS combat win", but decided that players who don't want to tackle the Khaganate aspect of the game might still enjoy the (surprisingly easy once you figure it out) 1:1 combat, hence Chicken button is separated from VN Mode.

Hope this clarifies things.
 
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Doorknob22 said:
Additionally, I believe that the feeling of running a Khaganate is essential for the spirit of the game, even for those who play it with training wheels. Part of the fun is watching your empire grow.
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Well, doubtful.
I realy enjoy playing some strategic games like "Europa Universalis 4" which includes some serous management, or "Crusader Kings 2/3", with all that taxes, level of controlling your holdings, vassals, dealing with factions ect. Same for classic DnD or similarly based RPG's with tons of bilds, tactical turn based combat and roleplay variety, like "Divinity: Original Sin", or "Pathfinder" (which also includes realm development).
But when people look for a porn based product on Ren'Py i'm not realy sure that many of them woud want to be bothered with some superficial mechanics that in my opinion exist only to stretch the gameplay and most likely are in themselves a "chicken mod" from the previously mentioned games.
I understand that it's foolish of me to compare studio projects (albeit indie) and amateur works of one or few devs. But admitting it doesn't change anything.
Though I might be wrong.
 
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