VN Ren'Py Wet Sand [v0.8.0f] [Likho Games]

[storm1051787]

Sandbox implies that the player has no particular goal and the entertainment he comes up with himself, taking advantage of different opportunities. It's strange to hear this in relation to a game that is as story-driven and straightforward as possible. But it's ok. Point-and-click elements are available, so we were asked to specify them in the tags.

I wouldn't really say sandbox means the player has no goal. A lot of sandbox games have a main quest that everything else revolves around. Imo sandbox is more about how the story is broken up, and that the player is given the freedom to move around and pursue different things aside from the main quest. You choose what storyline the mc is going to do that in game day instead of a vn where everything is railroaded.

This game isn't primarily sandbox, but I feel like it's sandbox at certain parts. Not the stuff on the ship, that's just free roam I'm talking about that one section where you stopped to help out the different crew members

 

[storm1051787]

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still sandbox! some will even call it "free roam" or "sandbox element"

I personally don't consider free roam and sandbox to be the same thing. If I'm looking for a sandbox game it means I'm looking for a game were I have the freedom to move around whenever I want and do different questlines or love interests when I choose too. With maybe some repeatable content. Free roam means the game is a linear VN that's occasion broken by sections where you get to move around a limited area for a bit before going back to the vn

 

[Aelynne]

Where's so much of it going? That's 60 slots

I generally save before every choice, since I don't know which ones will carry additions or subtractions in character relationship points. I get that it seems a little too overly cautious, but it's just for peace of mind I guess.

 

[captain_slw]

I've been enjoying the game so far but I do have one suggestion. In the gallery, I would like an option to replay an entire sex scene that I've unlocked and have it be organized by character. I don't want to just see the images in the scene, I want to be able to easily reread the scenes without having to make a save every time a scene comes up.

Also one weird thing is that it's almost impossible to stick to one female character in the third chapter. I was trying to do a monogamy challenge run to see if staying loyal vs fucking every girl would make any real difference in how a character acts. By the time I was underwater, my character was practically tripping into fish woman pussy left and right. The only reason it stands out to me is that there are options to say that you are taken already and believe in only being with one person at a time but you kind of don't have any control over when you're going to fuck the next fish woman.

 

[Likho Games]

I've been enjoying the game so far but I do have one suggestion. In the gallery, I would like an option to replay an entire sex scene that I've unlocked and have it be organized by character. I don't want to just see the images in the scene, I want to be able to easily reread the scenes without having to make a save every time a scene comes up.

Also one weird thing is that it's almost impossible to stick to one female character in the third chapter. I was trying to do a monogamy challenge run to see if staying loyal vs fucking every girl would make any real difference in how a character acts. By the time I was underwater, my character was practically tripping into fish woman pussy left and right. The only reason it stands out to me is that there are options to say that you are taken already and believe in only being with one person at a time but you kind of don't have any control over when you're going to fuck the next fish woman.

On the first one, we're thinking about it.

On the second - the player always has the option to opt out of the NSFW scene

 

[captain_slw]

On the first one, we're thinking about it.

On the second - the player always has the option to opt out of the NSFW scene

I guess I must have picked the wrong dialogue option then because I'll be honest, I was kind of speed reading. Thanks for the quick reply though.

 

[Nyvrax]

Hi, tell me how to complete these quests:
1) "Captain with no ship" - there is no passage on the ship.
2) "Harmony of Podwodje" - visited all the places, can't find "gray whistle"

 

[Likho Games]

Hi, tell me how to complete these quests:
1) "Captain with no ship" - there is no passage on the ship.
2) "Harmony of Podwodje" - visited all the places, can't find "gray whistle"

1) There are rocks above the library and on them lies a sunken ship.

2) In the rift/abyss, where you can pick firestone with a pickaxe, there is a 1/10 chance that instead of firestone you will find gray coral.

 

[Nyvrax]

1) There are rocks above the library and on them lies a sunken ship.

2) In the rift/abyss, where you can pick firestone with a pickaxe, there is a 1/10 chance that instead of firestone you will find gray coral.

Maybe I didn't understand something, but the ship is not clickable, it is impossible to visit it.

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[Likho Games]

Maybe I didn't understand something, but the ship is not clickable, it is impossible to visit it.

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Have you visited before? If yes - then this quest will end on the surface (sort of) and if no - then to get there you need to complete other quests

 

[Grufix]

Can someone help me on how to win the Gang Territory Minigame for Lauren's Personal Quest, I keep failing it? I try to take the Neutral Territory first, then go for the Enemy Territory, but the Enemy AI acts faster, starts taking my taken territories, I barely manage to take it back and get stuck on a loop on trying to take territories, until the Enemy overwhelms me and I lose. I'm playing the current available version - v0.7.6f.

 

[Likho Games]

Can someone help me on how to win the Gang Territory Minigame for Lauren's Personal Quest, I keep failing it? I try to take the Neutral Territory first, then go for the Enemy Territory, but the Enemy AI acts faster, starts taking my taken territories, I barely manage to take it back and get stuck on a loop on trying to take territories, until the Enemy overwhelms me and I lose. I'm playing the current available version - v0.7.6f.

The easiest way to win is to capture a territory a little closer to your opponent as quickly as possible in the beginning (he will do the same) and then wait for him to send troops to neutral territory and lose 10 points there. At that point you should have enough to take any territory you want.
If you can't win and you don't enjoy the game, you can disable mini games (temporarily or permanently) in options

 

[Grufix]

The easiest way to win is to capture a territory a little closer to your opponent as quickly as possible in the beginning (he will do the same) and then wait for him to send troops to neutral territory and lose 10 points there. At that point you should have enough to take any territory you want.
If you can't win and you don't enjoy the game, you can disable mini games (temporarily or permanently) in options

Thank you for the advise, I'll try that to win. If not, I'll temporarily disable the mini-games, though I like most of them so far.

Yes, I've noticed that I can disable mini-games in the Options, but I think I need a code for that. Is the Code for disabling mini-games, in the game or somewhere else I need to look for?

 

[Likho Games]

Thank you for the advise, I'll try that to win. If not, I'll temporarily disable the mini-games, though I like most of them so far.

Yes, I've noticed that I can disable mini-games in the Options, but I think I need a code for that. Is the Code for disabling mini-games, in the game or somewhere else I need to look for?

No, you can disable mini games without any codes. There are cheats to open the entire gallery, maximum relationships with all characters and for money

 

[Grufix]

The easiest way to win is to capture a territory a little closer to your opponent as quickly as possible in the beginning (he will do the same) and then wait for him to send troops to neutral territory and lose 10 points there. At that point you should have enough to take any territory you want.
If you can't win and you don't enjoy the game, you can disable mini games (temporarily or permanently) in options

Thank you for the advise, I'll try that to win. If not, I'll temporarily disable the mini-games, though I like most of them so far.

Yes, I've noticed that I can disable mini-games in the Options, but I think I need a code for that. Is the Code for disabling mini-games, in the game or somewhere else I need to look for?

No, you can disable mini games without any codes. There are cheats to open the entire gallery, maximum relationships with all characters and for money

I see, thanks.

 

[Jacowboy]

Sandbox implies that the player has no particular goal and the entertainment he comes up with himself, taking advantage of different opportunities. It's strange to hear this in relation to a game that is as story-driven and straightforward as possible. But it's ok. Point-and-click elements are available, so we were asked to specify them in the tags.

Don't want to pile on, and this is not a commentary on the game, since it's perfectly okay game, but this shouldn't be tagged as a "VN" by any means, this is waaaaaaaaay more game-y than your usual VN.

Not sure if the sandbox tag applies in here, tbh, but either way, people will not get a "VN" experience with this one, you might get a lot of comments about it... just my thoughts tho.

 

[Likho Games]

Don't want to pile on, and this is not a commentary on the game, since it's perfectly okay game, but this shouldn't be tagged as a "VN" by any means, this is waaaaaaaaay more game-y than your usual VN.

Not sure if the sandbox tag applies in here, tbh, but either way, people will not get a "VN" experience with this one, you might get a lot of comments about it... just my thoughts tho.

You may be right, but we're using the classic for vn scheme, where we have static images, sprites and a dialog box. If we don't write the vn tag, then which one will more accurately reflect the essence?

 

[Jacowboy]

You may be right, but we're using the classic for vn scheme, where we have static images, sprites and a dialog box. If we don't write the vn tag, then which one will more accurately reflect the essence?

uhm, well most games like this just have the purple ren'py tag, from what I've seen, so I'd recommend doing that too.

also, about the scheme, I get what you mean, but on this site it kinda means something else... I'm sure you can safely use the visual novel tag on steam, for example, but in here the "VN" tag is a lot more specific.

also also, that scheme also applies to RPGs and other types of games... it was born out of older game design limitations, so plenty of different types of games have used it... it's more a case of the first VNs also adopting it... but anyways, neither here or there =P

 

[Jacowboy]

Renpy tag is just about the engine. It has literally nothing to do with what type of game this is. And dude why are you so bothered? Tons of visual novels have freeroam sections and are still visual novels. This is a visual novel for 90% of the game and doesn't include any of the typical stuff people who are actually looking for sandbox games cares about nor does it have anything that most people who don't like sandbox games look away from. I'm been lurking through this convo for a while and I can not understand why you are being so pedantic about this.


The VN tag. is fine for this game.

Who's talking about "sandbox"?

People looking for VNs usually ain't looking for stuff with a lot of mini-games and p&c elements, which this game is full of, regardless of what you define as sandbox or not.

I'm not bothered and I'm not being pedantic, I'm just telling the dev so he doesn't keep answering the same questions over and over and over again, which WILL happen, since it happened to me too... but of course, y'all can do what you like, not my problem... you can go back to lurking now

 

[storm1051787]

People looking for VNs usually ain't looking for stuff with a lot of mini-games and p&c elements, which this game is full of, regardless of what you define as sandbox or not.

Literally the most popular game on this site is listed as VN and has Mini games and P&C elements. Infact a lot of the popular VN tagged games on this site do. Nobody cares about that espically if mini games are optional like they are here.

The current tags listed here are fine because multiple more popular and well known games have the exact same tags. So yes you are being pedantic as well as being factually wrong.