VN Ren'Py Where the Heart Is [S1 Rev1] [CheekyGimp]

[JenMistress]

Just finished Episode 21, so back to being caught up with the Dev on this game.

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Thank you so very much for this game thus far, and now, I will be looking forward for the Episode 22.

 

[ename144]

I comnpletely missed part of the chapter....


on what occasion does MC talk to Jenna and Debbie and Lily? I just happened to admit to having fun with Katie....

To be clear, the MC doesn't talk to Debbie or Lily in this episode.

But if he had a threesome with them in Episode 20 and didn't fool around with Katie, she will allude to said threesome when she learns the MC and Jenna are a thing. Jenna will be upset, but not too upset if the MC admits that something happened. She'll insist the MC break it off with them, and he can propose sharing him instead. Jenna is kind enough not to shoot him down immediately:

I don't think this will last long, if it even goes anywhere at all. Jenna insists she's not interested in being part of a harem, and Lily said pretty much the same thing last episode. So this is probably just a tease. But it's possible it could lead to a one-off event, or at least some interesting dialog in the future.

 

[DA22]

Shit, i must be a critical slow reader, i might have taken 3 times that much.

It took me longer as well, then again there were some scenes like first with Debbie at pool that might have taken me a bit longer to play through as needed so I was very cautious about minimum time.

 

[felicemastronzo]

To be clear, the MC doesn't talk to Debbie or Lily in this episode.

But if he had a threesome with them in Episode 20 and didn't fool around with Katie, she will allude to said threesome when she learns the MC and Jenna are a thing. Jenna will be upset, but not too upset if the MC admits that something happened. She'll insist the MC break it off with them, and he can propose sharing him instead. Jenna is kind enough not to shoot him down immediately:
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I don't think this will last long, if it even goes anywhere at all. Jenna insists she's not interested in being part of a harem, and Lily said pretty much the same thing last episode. So this is probably just a tease. But it's possible it could lead to a one-off event, or at least some interesting dialog in the future.

I get it, I had a different scene in that Katie was also there, and for Katie Jenna is unavailable, but even then she takes it well, as long as she ends the relationship and doesn't delude Katie

Jenna has good taste though

 

[fabioa]

Anyway it is right to tell that it is the best game ever...

 

[andrew david irving]

Hi megaplayboy10k, well put, and if you overlay the risk of closing off relationships once they are exposed with the conditions of the will it is more like 1% or 2% because you shouldn't develop relationships with your close family. Is there a game worth playing if the dev. closes off 98+% of of the LI's when there is no real need to do so? Until this update I really thought that this was a good game, now I am not so sure.

 

[andrzej.ni]

No build for Linux? That's really unfortunate

 

[acewinz]

I have had time to play through the episode in detail and sum up my thoughts. Overall I still like it. There are still some frustrating bits (mostly involving the latest will non-reveals), but it does the job of focusing on certain characters while still advancing few important story details.

Spoiler: Episode 21 - The Girls

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So anyway, that's my take. There's still room for improvement, but I feel like we're making forward progress again, and I liked a lot of the character work. And, of course, it's great to have the game off hold!

I'm glad someone played the

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I enjoyed writing that part even though I figured most people would avoid it, but thought some might just play it to see how the girls would interact in that event.

I did want to interject some on your

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[AlexStone]

No build for Linux? That's really unfortunate

1. Download

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2. Copy all files and subfolders of /game directory of Win build (e.g. /WTHI/game/). You do not need and libraries, left them in archive.
3. Make a symbolic link of WTHI directory to RenPy SDK directory (е.g. →/WTHI/game/)
4. Run RenPy SDK (sh renpy.sh)
5. Choose WTHI game from RenRy SDK menu and press "Launch project".
6. PROFIT!

 

[CheekyGimp]

in life when you have a doubt it's not that every piece of information you gather is strictly inherent to that doubt of yours, every character has their own story and secrets, it's us who have a nail in our coffin and that's why we try to relate every piece of information we find to a clue to find out who the third heiress is.

Angel tells us that she had an affair with a rich but busy man, and we think of Donald. Lily tells us that she was called Dizzy at school and we connect that to the recording of the will.

Bella may well have been truthfully reporting what she gleaned from Elaine and the investigators she approached, but it's not certain that the investigators found the right track

Exactly....Not everything that seems like a clue is a clue.

 

[CheekyGimp]

Indeed, i totally agree. Yet what we are playing here is an Agatha Christie kind of mystery story, where clues and red herrings are seeded all across the plot for the "reader" to try to solve the mystery along.
I think Cheeky is doing that and he's doing that quite well. Then yes, piece of information like Angel having a rich jerk ex or Bella providing rumors that might be intentionally false can be unrelated to the "find Dizzy" plot, yet, in the economy of the story they are there to make the "reader" consider whether either of the characters might be up to something. And if one of such clues is intentionally misleading, you have a so called red herring, which is a lecit part of the deal.

This isn't going to be one of those endings that come out of left field and where every clue was a red herring. If you look and listen ( yes, I'm aware there's no sound...I'm talking about the MC listening) closely....you've already been given enough info to figure it out. Plus enough useless info to make figuring it out more difficult.

 

[CheekyGimp]

I’m just replaying through the game and I’m remembering how totally jarring

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So, is there some way to avoid having sex with Katie at that specific point? Like having less points with her or is it some choice I made that I didn’t realize?

Yeah, agreed. I didn't do that scene justice and it was rushed. Will be fixed when we finally get around to the redux version

 

[CheekyGimp]

1) the game allows you to date/fuck basically every female in the game, and develop relationships with most of them concurrently and simultaneously
2) BUT if any of them find out about the other women*, that relationship(s) is shut down permanently
3) In fact, simply being honest about dating other women can shut down many of the MCs relationships
4) BUT, if you're faithful to only one woman, you miss 90% of the game content and it's harder to advance the main storyline

In that context, what would constitute a "happy ending" in this game? You "pick" one love interest to stick with, and disappoint/piss off the other 13 or 14?
It feels like the devs have either painted themselves into a corner, or set a kind of trap/dilemma for the players.

Have to disagree with this. So far....

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[CheekyGimp]

from a legal standpoint a private person is robing an other private person of his freedom where in the world is that legal ? but in this fictional land you have legal slavery thru blackmail but i think it does take place on planet earth so the protection of marriage counts

It's not robbing him of his freedom. He is free to see who he wants but if he wants to see Monica, he doesn't get the money. No freedom removed unless MC chooses to give up this freedom. At the moment, the money is still under MC's father (or his lawyer's) control. MC is free to see who he wants. However...if the MC willingly declares he will not see Monica and the girls, then he will be paid for this choice. If he doesn't want to give up his freedom and decides he wants to continue to see Monica and the girls, then the father has decided he will NOT be paid.

 

[acewinz]

No build for Linux? That's really unfortunate

There is on our patreon.

 

[Deleted member 4440769]

Have to disagree with this. So far....

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Will we be able to have a satisfying, beautiful, romantic and dignified ending with all the girls in the game individually? I love novels and I would love it if there were these kinds of endings, if you put a character into the game and you don't put a romantic ending with her, it's a waste of character and effort put into that character.

 

[acewinz]

Will we be able to have a satisfying, beautiful, romantic and dignified ending with all the girls in the game individually?

That is the plan. If you play your cards right.

 

[keefer43]

Have to disagree with this. So far....

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Until those bastard artists ahem perfectly fine gentlemen make some interesting plot twist all the CARDS COME CRASHING DOWN.

 

[Deleted member 4440769]

That is the plan. If you play your cards right.

Good to know, I hope it's not complicated to get a good ending and that don't have trap choices

 

[Machete]

where every clue was a red herring.

I wasn't implying that every clue is, but i'm positive some of them are and i was trying to sort them out. In the end i'm rather dumb on mystery stories I got my list of suspects though.