VN Ren'Py Valenza Family [v0.5 Ch.3 Part I] [Arcane Ink Productions]

[MiltonPowers]

New Valenza Family OST Release – “Cracks in Calm”

Someone asked for it! So we deliver!

Part of The Concierge of Crime album, this track plays during the intermission before Part II.

Now live on YouTube:


Enjoy the calm before the next storm.

 

[Radnos Salazar]

I don't quite understand why they did this

Are you seriously asking this? Are you living on planet earth? Do you not know the payment processor fiasco? Steam is a big source of revenue for developers, they cannot fuck up their funds to develop the game by tip-toing around "Changing a few lines of dialogues" or trying to find loopholes to keep that "Incest" feeling in the game. 1 report and their steam & patreon can get nuked out of existence.

And if you were only interested in this game for that single point of "INCEST", and now that the devs were forced to remove that part you think the game has lost everything, then you weren't into the game in the first place.

And you are absolutely incorrect, the "INCEST" character was not even introduced in the game, how the heck does that become the "MOST IMPORTANT" part of the story & the game has lost it's appeal? Gimme a break. You were just following the game coz of "Incest Kink" and not coz you were expecting a story. Lol.

 

[risky0]

Are you seriously asking this? Are you living on planet earth? Do you not know the payment processor fiasco? Steam is a big source of revenue for developers, they cannot fuck up their funds to develop the game by tip-toing around "Changing a few lines of dialogues" or trying to find loopholes to keep that "Incest" feeling in the game. 1 report and their steam & patreon can get nuked out of existence.

And if you were only interested in this game for that single point of "INCEST", and now that the devs were forced to remove that part you think the game has lost everything, then you weren't into the game in the first place.

And you are absolutely incorrect, the "INCEST" character was not even introduced in the game, how the heck does that become the "MOST IMPORTANT" part of the story & the game has lost it's appeal? Gimme a break. You were just following the game coz of "Incest Kink" and not coz you were expecting a story. Lol.

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There are still many active incest games on Patreon. Like Photo Hunt.

Mc's sister had already been introduced. She was threatening their father without batting an eye because he had allowed Mc to leave. She was an important character.

I didn't say it was the most important part of the game—I said it was one of the most important parts. They're two different things.

I guess the developer agrees.

Specifically, the incest-related aspects will be removed.

This was not my original intention, and I strongly dislike having to rewrite key elements that were central to the original vision. Unfortunately, the reality is that this type of content now risks projects being deindexed, blocked, or outright banned from major storefronts — which is not a risk I can take.

I ask you to refrain from making hypothetical nonsense about me.

 

[Radnos Salazar]

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There are still many active incest games on Patreon. Like Photo Hunt.

Mc's sister had already been introduced. She was threatening their father without batting an eye because he had allowed Mc to leave. She was an important character.

I didn't say it was the most important part of the game—I said it was one of the most important parts. They're two different things.

I guess the developer agrees.



I ask you to refrain from making hypothetical nonsense about me.

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[SafeForSure]

Really good story sofar only wish it had more choices and choices actually matter like not just skip a scene but not having it happen. Still the story is very interesting so far and wanted to keep me wanting to know more.

 

[Ricthequick]

Renders are nice, animations are nice, story is decent with some "twist" still possibly waiting around the corner, but the more I play the less I like the MC.

I was rooting for the "Yakuza" woman to kill him tbh, can't stand pretentious pricks who mask their ignorance behind "reddit leve" conversations, but of course since he has plot armour he's not really an idiot, he just acts as one, and nobody punishes him for it.

 

[Call of Booty]

Way to much talking and almost no action at all,of any kind...

 

[Eleanorduval]

Way to much talking and almost no action at all,of any kind...

he already mentioned in his notes

 

[DIKnemero]

This is my first time playing. There aren't many explicit scenes, but I really enjoyed the story, the narrative, the rendering quality, the characters and their variety, and the music. If the animation quality improves a bit more and some minor storylines for some of the supporting characters are fleshed out, this game will be on its way to becoming legendary. Great work, developer. Good luck!

 

[TsubameYui]

Really good story sofar only wish it had more choices and choices actually matter like not just skip a scene but not having it happen. Still the story is very interesting so far and wanted to keep me wanting to know more.

Yeah, devs clearly want to tell their story, exactly as they envision it (aside from changing things under threat of demonetization), so it's effectively a kinetic novel with some dialogue flavor and scene *skipping* choices, without allowing the players to affect the story in any meaningful way. Seems like choices were only added in to dodge the KN tag that many players dislike.

Overall, though, despite a few flaws, I'm enjoying the novel thus far.

 

[Tomy75]

Same here, enjoying it so far but I just wish there were a few choices here and there, like with Ayame, she pisses me off every time she appears and I wanted to have the pleasure to reject here. I guess the MC doesn't have the control he thinks he has if he's that easily manipulated by a mama's girl.

 

[Merlin-Magic]

I would really like to learn Patreon's reason for its strict policy on incest specifically. It's full of games with rape, murder, violence, gore etc and all of those are fine but the instant two siblings kiss, you're getting nuked on the spot.

What prompted this? I know it wasn't always the case, and any argument you can make about how incest in real life is usually tied to abuse could be easily used for the other things I mentioned, and all of those are allowed, so ???

You want the reason? The Patreon board can be jailed and the entire company shut down due to the laws already in existence where Patreon is located. If that is not enough for you, tough luck.
I looked into this pretty closely when all this started happening. Believe me when I say, Patreon does not want to censor anything but what good would it do anyone, if they get shut down? You can thank Apple and PayPal for most of this mess. They started it years ago, but try to find anything about that now. It has all been covered up. That is what happens when you have that much money.

 

[Little Penguin]

 

[Pendr4g0n]

I gotta ask, is the Kinetic?? If not where are the choices ??? It's gonna be boring soon if there is no choice driven story..

 

[xizaaR]

The game is alright but the writing feels a lot like AI.

 

[MiltonPowers]

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Another one from the vault! Work on Chapter III: Part II is already in motion, but while you wait, hop into The Ring.

-Arcane Ink Productions

 

[MiltonPowers]

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After wrapping up Chapter III: Part I, we gave ourselves one day to breathe… and then immediately dove straight into Part II. No rest for the wicked, right?

This week has been all about lighting.
We’ve started applying new lighting techniques shared with us by Stone Fox Studios, and we’re more than pleased with the results. That said—this new workflow definitely shook things up. It’s a very different method than what we’re used to, and some scenes take a bit longer to set up properly. But honestly? The results are absolutely worth it.

We’re already sitting at 100 renders in, with writing following at a steady pace.
On top of that, we've been working on a few extra improvements—like localized subtitles. Whenever a character speaks in another language (for example, Italian), you'll now see a small translated subtitle below their dialogue. Clean, simple, and much easier to follow.

Of course, switching to the new lighting system came with its own chaos.
We had to rework several character textures and skins to make them compatible, and that little adventure ate about five hours of pure madness. Mentally exhausting? Yes. Worth it? Definitely. The updated characters genuinely look better than before.

As always, we're pushing as hard as we can to keep development moving fast.
And if everything goes well—meaning no rival family takes us out or someone doesn’t drop a nuke on the Arcane Ink HQ—you can expect Chapter III: Part II to arrive by the end of this month.

This isn’t a carved-in-stone promise, but it is our honest projection. Worst case, we’re talking an extra 3–4 days… not 3–4 months.

So far?
Smooth as smooth can be.

 

[SafeForSure]

I gotta ask, is the Kinetic?? If not where are the choices ??? It's gonna be boring soon if there is no choice driven story..

Only 1 real choice how you get the money other choices are cosmetic sadly.

 

[TsubameYui]

Only 1 real choice how you get the money other choices are cosmetic sadly.

That choice is, sadly, also cosmetic. Sets no variable, changes the scene slightly, and is never mentioned again. It could have been a very important choice, which could have drastically affected MC's character development. However, since no variable tracks that choice, it will never play a role in the direction of the story or MC's character.

 

[MiltonPowers]

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We’re dropping another track from the Valenza Family soundtrack today.

This one’s called “Too Fast to Break.”

Perfect mood-setter while we grind through Chapter III: Part II.

-Arcane Ink Productions