I go without seeing this game for a while, then I come back, see the eyes, and get re-traumatised all over again. 
Ren'Py Welcum to the City [v0.20.0] [Quiquersson]
- Thread starter Sonu The Pilot
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- Mar 13, 2020
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since no one's posting it, here goes the 0.11.1 and 0.12.0 changelogs:
can't attach the 0.11.1 files here due to the size of each but they ARE public and available already, and 0.12.0 is still early access at 9$ in itch.ioChangelog (0.12.0)
- Pseudo-Anime Opening: Yay! Now we have an opening! (You can disable the intro in the settings if you find it too annoying when opening the game xD)
- Parallax Main Menu: It moves based on your mouse/finger position. Some layers didn't work well on my phone, so, maybe it isn't full accessible yet, but you can disable it on settings if you don't want it
- Android Building: I (finally) learned how to change android icon and loading screen! Yaaay!
- Audio Rework: Some musics are added and others were replaced to new ones. Audio channels have been reorganized so that different types of audio can have individual customizations. A channel for Background Environment was created, and the game sounds were separated into an effects channel and a voice channel. (Edit channel volume as you wish in audio settings, and check out its soundtrack in the player menu).
- Interface Rework: Menu buttons are larger and organized vertically on the right to be more visually attractive. The item menu is still in the prototype phase.
- Naming System Rework: Now you can generate specific types of names for characters (for now, only Brazilian and fantasy names). Also, the game now detects repeated names and prevents you from having characters with the same name, whether generated or written. You can repeat surnames of characters who have a family relationship. Since your stepmom's niece and mother are not directly related to you, they only can have the same surname as yours if your stepsis and stepmom also have.
- Quest Rerganization: Unknown characters won't be available at first, so you need to complete their first scenes. To find it, just check the content info in character menu to know how to unlock new characters to interact.
- Referenced Character System: Love, lust, and intimacy points now have bonuses that you can earn during some game scenes (usually when commenting on a character not present). Bonus/Onus points have no maximum limit, but are reduced every day until they reach zero. Girls' crush counters for your rival, which was added in the previous version, are now part of this new system. Manage your influence on people wisely.
- New Scene: Talk to the gal girl during your class to know her a little more and unlock her as interactable character.
- Bug Fix: Dialogue windows are no longer open when they should be hidden (this used to happen mainly after the player clicked the button to hide the dialogue window).
- Bug Fix: Dialog beeps no longer make annoying repeats when the settings menu is opened.
- Bug Fix: Screens and buttons that should only appear in the Player Menu (phone icon) no longer continue to appear when you close it (this bug used to happen mainly when exiting the image gallery).
I haven't played the game in several updates so this is my first time seeing these, and... I typically don't like hating on someone's art, but damn, these don't look good at all. The nipples don't match the rest of the art style, and the exaggerated proportions (which if I remember right, were redrawn to be even more exaggerated in an early update) look way more fucked up without clothes on.
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So am I...Hrumph... this game is in serious need of fornication
but I agree with you about the game.
I'm confused. What's the point of a rival which is described as an intelligent Chad existing in a game without NTR? I don't really think there's a big appeal to having a character like that in a harem game especially since it seems to be implied that it wouldn't result in an NTR scene which makes it some sort of arbitrary fail state. One of the reasons listed is "light difficulty" but it seems odd. The description lists like 10 different girls and a seemingly arbitrary stat grind system which also has stats regress over time like that shitty system in Persona 3. People already notoriously hate stat grinds in sandbox games but adding a Chad character who can seemingly "steal" girls away in the Harem game is another layer to the stat grind system which I can only imagine will push new players away when it gets properly implemented.
I like it when games aren't just orgies that immediately get into the sex with characters but most new games often have some sort of whore character who is willing to fuck the MC early on so the players can see if the sex scenes are any good without ruining progression with normal characters. The devs should do that.
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I'm all for build up but its either jump in immediately with both feet or trickle, trickle, trickle for a year. It's the devs show - I just lose interest and move on and find another to follow/support.
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First, there are people like me who think NTR yuck. Since NTR has so many other devs willing to service them, there's a niche for devs that outright refuse to do so from the start. This dev seems to fit that niche.
Second, this game seems to be setting you up to beat the 'chad' at his own game rather than you trying to sneak into his sloppy seconds.
Well for your second point idk from reading logs it just seems like he's setting up a system where if you don't balance everything well Chad will sneak in and "steal" a girl whether that be BSS or NTR. It's an odd thing to have in a harem game especially one where they've outlined that there won't be any NTR in the dev notes. Personally I'm not too fond of the idea that if you don't schedule yourself correctly or perhaps you've finished a girls current content that some extended period of time not spent with that girl means she's going to lust after "Chad" or something. It's both kind of odd for a harem game where people seem to like the romance aspect and also odd from a gameplay perspective because other games that have tried to introduce these negative relation systems for not spending enough time with a character like Persona 3 and that other renpy Harem game end up just being a chore. Sandbox games having arbtritary stat grinds with repeated events is already a contentious topic so adding a bonus system on top of that hated system is odd to me.
Also as I said before it might not be a problem now but the dev notes list like 10 different girls which potentially means you're gonna need to keep slapping Chads cock away unless you want to have a fail state. I also feel like if a girl only has feelings for the MC or if the relationship progresses enough to become real and serious then you probably shouldn't have to take an active cockslapping role for them to not go after Chad.
When this system gets more properly implemented with more girls and stuff people will likely give their opinions on the balance and potential BSS going on. With that being said I guess it's yet to be seen in this state.