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

[Joshua Tree]

Soo.. in last episode I keep seeing those lines about hinting relationship between Monica, Kate etc.. ofc in my case it went bad, as I saw lines like 'your past actions made Kate suspicious about Monica' , but anyway, does it mean we can expect some family harem ending? Despite of MC fucking everything that moves in this game, I didn't have any hope for that earlier, but chap 22 certainly gives me some.

If your suspicious score is low enough Monica will accept you fooled around with other girls but jokes about as long as not her girls....

Katie will accept you fooled around with Monica (if you downplay it somewhat), and will accept you did Jenna too (as long as you downplay it somewhat)...

There is a gym scene with Katie and Jenna where the cat come out of the bag... Jenna is the bigger (pervert) driving factor for pushing for sharing the mc with Katie. So I would assume any chance of an "all in the family", Jenna would be the one convincing Monica somehow...

If you been stuffing your dick in any lewd shit you came across.... I suspect you could be down on your luck

 

[Night Hacker]

Just played this episode and while it was interesting and I liked it, I found it to be a little brief compared to others.

 

[zaqrwe]

If your suspicious score is low enough Monica will accept you fooled around with other girls but jokes about as long as not her girls....

Katie will accept you fooled around with Monica (if you downplay it somewhat), and will accept you did Jenna too (as long as you downplay it somewhat)...

There is a gym scene with Katie and Jenna where the cat come out of the bag... Jenna is the bigger (pervert) driving factor for pushing for sharing the mc with Katie. So I would assume any chance of an "all in the family", Jenna would be the one convincing Monica somehow...

If you been stuffing your dick in any lewd shit you came across.... I suspect you could be down on your luck

Well I did collet'em all like Pokemon So Kate breakup was perfectly understandable. But I don't mind replaying game in a bit different way, especially later, if that ending will become reality

 

[Joshua Tree]

Well I did collet'em all like Pokemon So Kate breakup was perfectly understandable. But I don't mind replaying game in a bit different way, especially later, if that ending will become reality

That's why you will end up with Jigglypuff and fall asleep alone

 

[acewinz]

Just played this episode and while it was interesting and I liked it, I found it to be a little brief compared to others.

The average line count for the 5 Eps before this one were 8-10k lines and around 800 images give or take, except for the last ep that had 1280 images (some Eps had more vids than others when we didn't use the built in renpy system for the animations, so the image count can vary considerably).

EP 22 was 12.5k lines and 1250 images (and 3 vids). Pretty sure it is our largest ever by 20% if you go by line count with the last 2 being too close to call on images alone. Your mileage may vary by path, how many girls you are seeing, and how many alternate paths were involved in an EP. Needless to say though, this one overran a bit more than we would have liked. Hence the slight delay in pushing it out/QC'ing it... along with some other things being an inconvenience.

 

[Night Hacker]

The average line count for the 5 Eps before this one were 8-10k lines and around 800 images give or take, except for the last ep that had 1280 images (some Eps had more vids than others when we didn't use the built in renpy system for the animations, so the image count can vary considerably).

EP 22 was 12.5k lines and 1250 images (and 3 vids). Pretty sure it is our largest ever by 20% if you go by line count with the last 2 being too close to call on images alone. Your mileage may vary by path, how many girls you are seeing, and how many alternate paths were involved in an EP. Needless to say though, this one overran a bit more than we would have liked. Hence the slight delay in pushing it out/QC'ing it... along with some other things being an inconvenience.

Yeah, I thought about it after I posted that and I think the reason why it felt so short is because there are so many paths you can take, and this episode is where you break up with the girls you don't want which means you don't see their interactions and thus, it is much shorter.

I may have to replay it and just whore myself out and go for ALL of them and see how that plays out. LOL. I played a path where I focused on only two of the girls, but I do have a save I haven't touched since episode 20 that is a "do them all" type of path. There's just certain females in this that do not appeal to me at all, or I don't trust 'em.

I don't envy the DEV in the amount of work he creates for himself with so many paths though, so koodos to him. I DO like the story, don't get me wrong.

 

[DyreMezza]

Always a pleasure to go back to this game after every update
I think i will continue with my choices till the end but i see me right after that already having a new game to try out other choices and paths

 

[JackMiejov]

Was it possible to keep all of the girls AND get all of the best scenes in this update?

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[acewinz]

Was it possible to keep all of the girls AND get all of the best scenes in this update?

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There appears to be a pathing issue with Lily we had reported that I think is going to require some fixing. It got past QC because of a separate error with the quickstart unfortunately (our primary tool for testing, where the "path" is achievable).
I also hate to go into detail, but I suppose it isn't spoiling too much. But if you want to avoid that, just wait for our patch/next update to come out and replay the scene (we may even ask a question at the start of next EP to fix it, we will see).

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[acewinz]

Oh, as another public service announcement. For those of you who are patreons... we are letting you decide what Jenna is going to wear during the next scene with her, the

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, coming EP23. So take a look, join up, vote, etc if you want. We will likely do 2 polls, one to narrow down to three options, and another with the final three.

 

[cryhwks]

Finally played through it. I love the Play Any Episode feature, because I try more different stuff than I'd normally do.

I have always believed that Bella is Dizzy. And nothing about this episode changes that. I feel like her story at the Beach House is mostly a lie. Even the security telling the MC that the person that tried to get in the BH called herself Elaine, I'd bet money that was Bella using her name.

But the question becomes why? Bella has seemed like she very much wants in that BH for some reason? Did his dad by leaving him that BH give his son a big unknown trump card?

I've seen some people mention Lilly. That could be interesting because her and Debbie have the least amount of hurdles and stakes involved, if you are romancing them. Maybe Lilly's parents will provide some resistance? But I doubt it will be much.

In one playthrough I invented Jo to stay at the BH just to see the interaction with her and Bella. And I didn't see any red flags? Just maybe that they were immediately confrontational with each other. But let's be real that's how a lot of women act towards each other, lol.

And honestly if I was the MC? I'd keep both houses, sell one of them for probably like a Million dollars or more? And then say Fuck the rest of this nonsense.

 

[Elegant3000]

Why is there no "cheating" tag?

 

[Night Hacker]

Finally played through it. I love the Play Any Episode feature, because I try more different stuff than I'd normally do.

I have always believed that Bella is Dizzy. And nothing about this episode changes that. I feel like her story at the Beach House is mostly a lie. Even the security telling the MC that the person that tried to get in the BH called herself Elaine, I'd bet money that was Bella using her name.

But the question becomes why? Bella has seemed like she very much wants in that BH for some reason? Did his dad by leaving him that BH give his son a big unknown trump card?

I've seen some people mention Lilly. That could be interesting because her and Debbie have the least amount of hurdles and stakes involved, if you are romancing them. Maybe Lilly's parents will provide some resistance? But I doubt it will be much.

In one playthrough I invented Jo to stay at the BH just to see the interaction with her and Bella. And I didn't see any red flags? Just maybe that they were immediately confrontational with each other. But let's be real that's how a lot of women act towards each other, lol.

And honestly if I was the MC? I'd keep both houses, sell one of them for probably like a Million dollars or more? And then say Fuck the rest of this nonsense.

One little clue about Elaine that struck me as interesting and shows that she possibly really does care about you is when you discover the photo of her attending one of your games against your father's will. That to me showed that she probably is telling the truth when she said she really did care about you growing up.

I opted to give her the house to see how that plays out in the future. If for no other reason than to go against your dead father's wishes. I am very curious as to what Elaine's conditions are. Maybe they are to get you to give her the house? <shrug>

 

[Deleted member 3325933]

Finally played through it. I love the Play Any Episode feature, because I try more different stuff than I'd normally do.

I have always believed that Bella is Dizzy. And nothing about this episode changes that. I feel like her story at the Beach House is mostly a lie. Even the security telling the MC that the person that tried to get in the BH called herself Elaine, I'd bet money that was Bella using her name.

But the question becomes why? Bella has seemed like she very much wants in that BH for some reason? Did his dad by leaving him that BH give his son a big unknown trump card?

I've seen some people mention Lilly. That could be interesting because her and Debbie have the least amount of hurdles and stakes involved, if you are romancing them. Maybe Lilly's parents will provide some resistance? But I doubt it will be much.

In one playthrough I invented Jo to stay at the BH just to see the interaction with her and Bella. And I didn't see any red flags? Just maybe that they were immediately confrontational with each other. But let's be real that's how a lot of women act towards each other, lol.

And honestly if I was the MC? I'd keep both houses, sell one of them for probably like a Million dollars or more? And then say Fuck the rest of this nonsense.

Bella does not have a car. Security identified the person arriving in a car.

 

[Ghostload]

Ok.

This is what I'm gonna do:

Reject everyone except Elaine.

Have Bella and Jolina move in.

(But I haven't had the option to invite her in when rejecting her, so I don't know how to get her to move in.)

Give Elaine the house.

Refuse the inheritance.

Am I going to end up with no house, no beach house, and no money if I do this??

 

[Deleted member 3325933]

Ok.

This is what I'm gonna do:

Reject everyone except Elaine.

Have Bella and Jolina move in.

(But I haven't had the option to invite her in when rejecting her, so I don't know how to get her to move in.)

Give Elaine the house.

Refuse the inheritance.

Am I going to end up with no house, no beach house, and no money if I do this??

The will has already given you, forever, the beach house, 100k, and the car. That is all that is fixed. Anything beyond that is based on fulfilling conditions. The Main house is up for you to choose. Above you chose to give it to Elaine. The other option is keep it. I always give it because I see it as a reminder of the asshole who wrote the bizarre will. Just me.

 

[Ghostload]

Yeah, but I'm wondering if Elaine or Bella might end up taking it all away from me if the will allows it somehow.

I can't think of any other reason why Bella would wanna move into the beach house so much.

 

[Night Hacker]

Yeah, but I'm wondering if Elaine or Bella might end up taking it all away from me if the will allows it somehow.

I can't think of any other reason why Bella would wanna move into the beach house so much.

Nah, that wouldn't make any sense at all in this story. The beach house is yours, period. The 100K you got is yours, period. The house can be yours if you choose, that option for you to take it was put in place because your father is a prick and wants you to kick Elaine out.

 

[Ilhares]

The will has already given you, forever, the beach house, 100k, and the car. That is all that is fixed. Anything beyond that is based on fulfilling conditions. The Main house is up for you to choose. Above you chose to give it to Elaine. The other option is keep it. I always give it because I see it as a reminder of the asshole who wrote the bizarre will. Just me.

This is where we differ. I don't like Elaine. If she truly cared, why did she throw MC out? if she knows the will conditions, which she seems to know, then setting you up with Monica and the girls also puts you in line to lose the rest of your inheritance. It puts her almost solely in control of your financial future, because you'd lose everything and if she keeps the house, it sets her up to dole the money to you at her discretion. Kind of a dick move, whether she means well or not.

You have so much direct interaction with her that nobody else can witness that there's no reason for her to not have told you her specific will conditions, especially if she means well. The two of you could team up and game the system (if you trust her) and make out like bandits. But she doesn't. She doesn't extend the trust or honesty at all, but makes outrageous demands that you (MC) have to do it for her.

My MC will move into the beach house, at least temporarily, keep ownership of the main house. I'll still let Elaine live there, though. Jo and Bella are on their own, though. Gotta keep my place open for Deb & Lily.

And then once the ball gets rolling, MC finds himself a nice place to live where he's not going to trip over Jenna & Katie, gets a legal name change, and has Elaine manage his home & beach house for the next decade.

 

[Deleted member 3325933]

This is where we differ. I don't like Elaine. If she truly cared, why did she throw MC out? if she knows the will conditions, which she seems to know, then setting you up with Monica and the girls also puts you in line to lose the rest of your inheritance. It puts her almost solely in control of your financial future, because you'd lose everything and if she keeps the house, it sets her up to dole the money to you at her discretion. Kind of a dick move, whether she means well or not.

You have so much direct interaction with her that nobody else can witness that there's no reason for her to not have told you her specific will conditions, especially if she means well. The two of you could team up and game the system (if you trust her) and make out like bandits. But she doesn't. She doesn't extend the trust or honesty at all, but makes outrageous demands that you (MC) have to do it for her.

My MC will move into the beach house, at least temporarily, keep ownership of the main house. I'll still let Elaine live there, though. Jo and Bella are on their own, though. Gotta keep my place open for Deb & Lily.

And then once the ball gets rolling, MC finds himself a nice place to live where he's not going to trip over Jenna & Katie, gets a legal name change, and has Elaine manage his home & beach house for the next decade.

I did not say I like Elaine. I hate the house as a memory element. You (MC) grew up there with this horrid father. Everything would be a constant reminder. So, I choose to be nice to Elaine whether she deserves it or not. The house may be a great source of cash possibly but, to me it is not worth the effort. Just to be clear, I have sold 2 houses in the RW in last 2 years for greater than 200% return. It is not like I don't see the $$$$$ possibilities. I just prefer to put it into Elaine's hands since she is so attached. Just a decision point.

I also like tripping over Jenna and Katie. My preferred ending is 1st with Bella, 2nd with Katie, 3rd with Jenna. Bella is a risk but I find her the most engaging mentally, emotionally and physically. Katie has some security issues but wow does she have a motor. Jenna probably has the most potential if you are willing to work for it. IMO