VN Ren'Py Abandoned Vertices [v0.1.7] [Peerless Depravity]

[Canto Forte]

We all hope to try and maybe try again ... good things deserve a refill

Nice, new update. And changelog says there's a new girl

Well .. dev themselves sait it with a great animation.
Check it out:

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I'm a video editor, I know how compression works, Ralph.

Popping open the zip I see that full-sized PNGs were used at first, now the switch has been made to webp. Typically, one could get the same quality for about 40% less file size, but he's done a nice job squeezing out an even greater reduction. I've suggested to numerous devs to switch to webp and I don't know why some continue to use PNGs.

I gave this a try and it's not for me. Not going to brow beat any one over it. The writing isn't bad and the renders are ok. Just not for me. I wish the dev well.

It is good show support for every gamer to try once and then decide for a refill or no.

 

[Bailz]

i liked it the 1st time i played it Lauren is a really nice gf then gave up when i found out was gonna be forced to share her and even start a secret relationship like a massive prick
but good look dev

 

[NoxLaw]

So I haven't finished playing but sharing your gf is not going to be avoidable right? If so, I guess I'm out.

 

[BarbarrossaNA]

Bad things/good things.. Hey the first big good thing is I like your game and I'm gonna be playing it for as long as you keep updating it. The bad things? Well they might more of guidance/advice/observations that you can take with a grain of salt. More of suggestions? But in no way trying to be a prick about it. Not sure why but the beginning scene with both girls didn't hit the sweet spot for some reason.. was glad when that was over tbh. To me the game really should have started with seeing your buddy off on the train. Read somewhere that the exchanges were overlong and that also was a bit true.. ALTHOUGH I do prefer that to when other DEVs jump from scene to scene like a cheaply cut cartoon. The back and forth might between some of the charactors meandered a wee bit but by no means was that in all of the exchanges. Gonna jump to another thing I read.. color of the hair main GF.. gotta say color me into the prefer the blonde hair. Enjoyed the best friends Mom.. and sister. Looking forward to more with both. The conversations(besides a few being long) were well written.. did see a few spelling mistakes but didn't write them down.. Great renders/scenes.. great cast of charactors.. pretty good overall. 6.5/10 kinda arbitrary but that's where I see this one atm. Do like that you interact with a lot of the people leaving comments here for you.

Pretty sure I've missed some things I was gonna say. .Unpaid daughter/receptionist was well done.. played both ways in the storage room/ladder and enjoyed what happened when she fell but replayed it the second way.. I try to do playthroughs how I feel I would do it in RL for the more immersive experience even if that makes me miss stuff on a playthrough. Can't wait to meet the MC's aunt. Hell can't wait to see more of this.. bookmarked it and hopefully will be seeing you many more times in the future. Hushing now.. cheers!

As much as I liked this from the beginning I have to be honest and say the update was disapointing.. Not gonna go out there and say stuff like 'you lost me with this', 'better luck next time', or any of that dramatic 'I'm done with this' kind of things.. but really wasn't impressed very much this time out. Still loving the renders and think this could have a great upside, but the one line.. click, another line.. click and all with the same render just made me continual fast click to see what was coming.

I also copied my first 'critique', 'suggestions' and brought them here too. They are still pretty relevant. Totally going to hang out here in the future and do have this bookmarked but had to be honest in what I felt about it. Hopefully you will take this as constructive criticism and wow me next time we meet.

 

[morty17]

Love the dialogues. The humor and sarcasm, the banter between characters, the hidden references.

Most games you just skip the text to reach the sex scenes, here the dialogues are the real gem.

Keep going!

 

[Endyr]

Is it just me or is the MC suddenly a doormat. He gets railroaded into paying for something he doesnt want, the seer says she will give a discount and then ends up charging more than what she said it would cost without. Top it all off with the fact he eats the cost for the whole things and still says it was fun? (Add to that he will apologize in the future) Wish there was an option to say I'll pass or mention the fact that she scammed them and acted all high and mighty. From what we have seen so far him acting this way with a random woman doesnt fit.

The story and renders are pretty good this sudden change just irked me, like he call out someone he seems to know (Vanessa) but clams up when it's a stranger scamming him?

 

[HandofVecna]

As much as I liked this from the beginning I have to be honest and say the update was disapointing.. Not gonna go out there and say stuff like 'you lost me with this', 'better luck next time', or any of that dramatic 'I'm done with this' kind of things.. but really wasn't impressed very much this time out. Still loving the renders and think this could have a great upside, but the one line.. click, another line.. click and all with the same render just made me continual fast click to see what was coming.

I also copied my first 'critique', 'suggestions' and brought them here too. They are still pretty relevant. Totally going to hang out here in the future and do have this bookmarked but had to be honest in what I felt about it. Hopefully you will take this as constructive criticism and wow me next time we meet.

This such a great comment. Constructive. Love civility on the internet. Props.

 

[The ArcKnight]

Can anyone explain to me what happened in this update that turned so many people away from the game? I haven't played the game but was looking to soon and would like to save myself time wasted.

I hear there is forced sharing? With a guy or with a girl? One is a hard no, the other is just seeds for a threesome, IMHO.

 

[Haast]

Can anyone explain to me what happened in this update that turned so many people away from the game? I haven't played the game but was looking to soon and would like to save myself time wasted.

I hear there is forced sharing? With a guy or with a girl? One is a hard no, the other is just seeds for a threesome, IMHO.

MC's GF admits again that shes bi, the other girl is the MC's best friends little sister that has had a crush on him for years.
GF seemed to want to spend a little time with both of them.

The whole three fortunes for $7 each and ending out paying $30 was a little weird, but you sometimes do that sort of stuff for women you like, the lady in the park should have had atleast $7 on her though as she did have a previous customer.
Apart from that not sure why people are as upset as they are.

 

[Deleted member 1571716]

I'm not upset at this, it's just not for me. If you like sharing your girls with other girls, it's right up your alley. If you like being a pushover for bit of muff, then it's a good game for you. I'm not into all of that. Play it and make your own decision.

 

[The ArcKnight]

MC's GF admits again that shes bi, the other girl is the MC's best friends little sister that has had a crush on him for years.
GF seemed to want to spend a little time with both of them.

The whole three fortunes for $7 each and ending out paying $30 was a little weird, but you sometimes do that sort of stuff for women you like, the lady in the park should have had atleast $7 on her though as she did have a previous customer.
Apart from that not sure why people are as upset as they are.

So this will depend on how it goes down.
Reminds me of the game Triangle, where you and your wife end up dating a younger girl and falling in love with her, each of you. If it goes that way, I'm down. But if its the MC being bullied into letting his girl have a completely separate relationship that doesnt involve him at all, I'd be pissed.

 

[Endyr]

I have no issue with the shared plural relationship in whatever shape it takes. I just find it odd with how everyone describes the MC (calm and business minded) he suddenly jumps into a hidden triangle and forcing his girlfriend into it. He is straight out cheating with hopes his girlfriend will want to explore her bi-sexual side with his side piece, doesn't matter the history they have.
If I were to write this I think I would have done it more naturally and let it happen slowly. Hell even have the MC and Sharon realize but decide they can't but Lauren figures it out and gives them the nudge. I can't help but feel this would just blow up as is and takes me out of the story.

 

[Wills747]

Hi all my compressed unofficial Android port of Vertices 1.7 with IAmAB walk through mod.
Usual gestures, save name/delete, seethru textbox, resizeable game and dialogue text.
Scrollable choices (when multiple)
Scrollable textbox - no more text off the bottom of your screen
Alternative persistent saves/log location
Grant storage permissions on first run!

You must be registered to see the links

 

[Bailz]

I'm not upset at this, it's just not for me. If you like sharing your girls with other girls, it's right up your alley. If you like being a pushover for bit of muff, then it's a good game for you. I'm not into all of that. Play it and make your own decision.

whats worse is the girl your gonna share your lovely gf with is the sister of your best friend which goes against the bro code, never fuck your best friends sister he promised to look out for her not fuck her himself

 

[PeerlessDepravity]

I hear there is forced sharing? With a guy or with a girl?

Just going to hammer the point home again for the final time. The former is never happening. As for the girl on girl, that's been known since the first release.

 

[Deleted member 1571716]

whats worse is the girl your gonna share your lovely gf with is the sister of your best friend which goes against the bro code, never fuck your best friends sister he promised to look out for her not fuck her himself

Eh. I'm no 'Bro'. I've got my own code. Which doesn't come into play here. Everything in this game is just 'wrong' for me. Most guys are ruled by the wrong head. More so in these games. The devs know 90% of the player base doesn't know how to read. They skip through content to get to the lewd parts. They don't care what's in the story, as long as they have their fap time.

 

[Aristos]

Some people didn't realize yet the game title refers to the vertices of a TRIANGLE.
That should be a hint of what is to be expected in case the flashforward in the first scene of the game wasn't clear enough.

Like BarbarrossaNA I'm really disappointed with the last update. In my case, I feel the game hasn't moved forward in the last 2 updates and it's starting to bore me. The main flaws I see are too much unnecessary dialogue with very little significance and also very little emotion from the characters. I don't care if nothing sexually relevant happens for a while but I need to feel that my effort reading so much text has a purpose.

By the way, if a changelog states there is "one new girl" in this version, the players will understand something different from what actually happens in the game.
OK, strictly speaking the fortune-teller is a female character and she first appears in this version. But that's not what people expect to see when they read "new female character." They expect an attractive romanceable character.
Now, if the MC fucks the fortune-teller in the future I'll stand corrected and shut my eyes while it happens because she's not... my type

On the bright side, the update had a couple of moments of good humour. Especially that gimmick with the mouse pointer

EDIT: Typo

 

[Deleted member 1571716]

Yeah. Well, I'm not into sharing. Not even with other chicks. I wish the dev well on this.

 

[Suknickar]

Right after entering the park on day 2 (i think?) Based on context it seems like it should be fresh air.

... The server doesn't appear to be letting me attach a screenshot, so...

Sharon:
Ahh, fresh hair.

is what's said. Just imagine the above quote in a tastefully cropped screen shot in PNG format.

 

[KenneX]

That's a fucked up way to compliment her, many games give -1 affection for this option.