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

[Quaszog55]

What you are saying is this: I like to know exactly what each character is thinking and what can happen with each decision before making any decision.

This is NOT the purpose of the game. Moreover, if that was the case, you would necessarily need to wait until the game is finished. After all, this is a game IN development. No decisions need to be final.


Literal understanding: As far as I remember, there is no RNG, is there? I cannot confirm or deny this, as I don't know. Yet I don't believe there is.

If you are not doing a literal understanding, then once again, you are missing the point of a game. You are NOT supposed to know in advance how every decision affects you. That is why loads are, that is why ctrl are.

Also, again I might be mistaken as my memory sucks, but my understanding is that this games does not force any girl on the player. So, assuming that assumption is true (if it is not please disregard my conclusion), you adding girls and sharing is your responsibility


It is literally YOUR problem with the game mechanics, as it is you the one that is complaining about the game mechanics.

As I mentioned several times before, you are not supposed to know in advance what lies ahead. And, also, from a technical point of view, creating as many combinations and paths are possible is not a simple task. The number of combinations explodes very fast. So be glad you have something more complex that simple mono routes. Everything extra is just icing on the cake.

PS: I am not playing celibate, I simply know I will be fucked. Just like in life when you are a cheating bastard and they get to learn. As simple as that.

I will shorten your answer for you:

You don't care how the game works.

Good for you. So why are you bother answering?

You don't care how the game plays.

Good for you. So why bother playing?

You don't care if you waste your time.

Good for you. Other people's time is more precious however.

Followed up by: If the out of 20~ characters a three character subset, which is advertised as possible from early development, turns out to be improbable to achieve because the Game Mechanics Make No Sense. That is a problem because my time for having fun is a limited resource.

And there are other games one could support or play instead.

But always good to know that some people will feel personally attacked if a thing they like is criticized and go Ad Hominem the messenger. Lest we could all learn to become better devs or worse players. (Luckily we had JackMiejov on the case )

I never used the console and I stopped looking at the scores after about Ep14. It was almost trivial for MC to get and keep all of the girls through Ep21. In Ep22, MC could still keep all of the girls just by making the most obvious dialogue choices, although it was easier to get caught. There was a known bug that wouldn't let MC keep Lily and Katie during the date with Lily and I don't know if the fixed version was ever uploaded to F95. In Ep23, it was again trivial to keep all of the girls until the final cliffhanger scene when Katie discovers MC kissing Jenna. Of course, with those choices, I am fully expecting Ep24 to be a warzone and I plan to use the "Start Any Episode" feature to try different paths after it all blows up in my face.

Funny thing is, that until Episode 22 you could ignore them as they made no difference. But the Sus scores of all girls are checked against several times with Tomboy (and probably Monica, too), even if checked girls are deselected as LI.

Makes it a pain to keep her if you drop relevant LIs too late. They should no longer be factored in, no point in replaying half the episodes to get points right. I know what I wanted from some point or other.

Guess the Episode jumper / quickstart might be the new way the game is played.
To be fair I played from the first builds. So any saved score might be a mile of if the numbers crunch different from one build to the next. Quickstart might harmonize them.

Heureka!

 

[Ayhsel]

I will shorten your answer for you:

You don't care how the game works.

Good for you. So why are you bother answering?

You don't care how the game plays.

Good for you. So why bother playing?

You don't care if you waste your time.

Good for you. Other people's time is more precious however.

Followed up by: If the out of 20~ characters a three character subset, which is advertised as possible from early development, turns out to be improbable to achieve because the Game Mechanics Make No Sense. That is a problem because my time for having fun is a limited resource.

And there are other games one could support or play instead.

But always good to know that some people will feel personally attacked if a thing they like is criticized and go Ad Hominem the messenger. Lest we could all learn to become better devs or worse players. (Luckily we had JackMiejov on the case )

For someone calling fallacies by their latin names you clearly made a few.

First, I never said myself I didn't care how the game works. Simply that I will not JUDGE a game for it's mechanics when they are are standard mechanics on a game. That would be like playing GTA and complaining I get killed by the polices for stealing a car.

Second, I do care how the game plays. The difference between you and I is that for me the game is not simply "winning or losing", as you seem to imply. I am, if you will for a lack of better term, roleplaying, not trying to get an ending. If my character is a total douchebag and ends up dead, I have still enjoyed the game. Simple as that.

I do care if I waste my time. But who said that playing a game is wasting my time? You are jumping to conclusions on things that are neither stated nor true.

You having a limited time game is your problem. Once again, the game is not finished. As far as we know, game might not even be finished, so whether a promised mechanic is feasible or not is hard to say until later. If this happens to AAA games, it is not unexpected that it will happen to a random game made in Rempy.

By the way, where were those "sets of three" advertised as possible explicitly? I really have no idea, simply making sure that did happen.

PS: we all have limited time. And we are wasting it on a forum... not the smartest choice, to be honest.

 

[Harlaw]

For someone calling fallacies by their latin names you clearly made a few.

First, I never said myself I didn't care how the game works. Simply that I will not JUDGE a game for it's mechanics when they are are standard mechanics on a game. That would be like playing GTA and complaining I get killed by the polices for stealing a car.

Second, I do care how the game plays. The difference between you and I is that for me the game is not simply "winning or losing", as you seem to imply. I am, if you will for a lack of better term, roleplaying, not trying to get an ending. If my character is a total douchebag and ends up dead, I have still enjoyed the game. Simple as that.

I do care if I waste my time. But who said that playing a game is wasting my time? You are jumping to conclusions on things that are neither stated nor true.

You having a limited time game is your problem. Once again, the game is not finished. As far as we know, game might not even be finished, so whether a promised mechanic is feasible or not is hard to say until later. If this happens to AAA games, it is not unexpected that it will happen to a random game made in Rempy.

PS: we all have limited time. And we are wasting it on a forum... not the smartest choice, to be honest.

By the way, where were those "sets of three" advertised as possible explicitly? I really have no idea, simply making sure that did happen.

Honestly, you're probably wasting your time arguing with someone who is operating on a very different wavelength than you.

I have read their posts multiple times and I can't make much sense of it. It's made up of a bunch of statements that are factually correct on their own, even if phrased in a rather eccentric manner, but lead up to an almost non sequitur conclusion.

 

[StopMeIfYouCan]

I don't know how the walkthrough navigates it, but it is somewhat common sense. If you lie and cheat a lot, you start building Sus (suspicion), especially if you make poor dialog choices (but sometimes even when you don't). Sometimes this will result in 2 girls you are romantic with starting a fight that makes things (Sus) worse. Then near the end of the game with few exceptions, your overall Suspicion can end relationships (because you aren't trustworthy, that is when you see them all coming into play vs overall relationship scores). But this isn't the only bullets that come at you. There is also some major choices that can result in unforgivable situations, (score may not save you or even be checked) like getting you caught cheating and no groundwork laid to bail yourself out, but those are often avoidable, especially up till the end. The best I think you are looking for is when Cheeky/Cell complete the game I imagine there will be far more plain paths/variations of the girls who will be compatible together in the end.

Spoiler: To Whom it May Concern

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

Are u back, back acewinz ?

 

[LionHeart 95]

Are u back, back acewinz ?

you should read the intire post spoilers included!

 

[HornyyPussy]

I don't know how the walkthrough navigates it, but it is somewhat common sense. If you lie and cheat a lot, you start building Sus (suspicion), especially if you make poor dialog choices (but sometimes even when you don't). Sometimes this will result in 2 girls you are romantic with starting a fight that makes things (Sus) worse. Then near the end of the game with few exceptions, your overall Suspicion can end relationships (because you aren't trustworthy, that is when you see them all coming into play vs overall relationship scores). But this isn't the only bullets that come at you. There is also some major choices that can result in unforgivable situations, (score may not save you or even be checked) like getting you caught cheating and no groundwork laid to bail yourself out, but those are often avoidable, especially up till the end. The best I think you are looking for is when Cheeky/Cell complete the game I imagine there will be far more plain paths/variations of the girls who will be compatible together in the end.

Spoiler: To Whom it May Concern

You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

Good to see you again buddy even if you aren't back

 

[keefer43]

I didn't even read what you wrote, but it's great to see you back here!

Who?

 

[milos1fan]

Who?

Scotty doesn't know...

 

[Quaszog55]

Return of the Whiny Rules Lawyer!

If you use Quickstart on any Episode: Every Sus Score is ZERO! ​

That should be impossible to achieve on Full Harem Selection... or any other.
Why play if you can cheat Quickplay? Rest my case.

 

[El Pene Del Diablo]

you said previously its a score that the player never knows, and is impossible to control.

it would make sense for it to be zero then, because the episodic start is not meant as a cure or replacement for saves, but a tool to make exeriencing different paths more accessible. no?

 

[ZenoMod]

Well... if quick play (in start at episode N) makes it possible to achieve something that's not achievable starting from the beginning, then it's a form of cheating itself.

Anyways... enabling console and tracing onscreen the variabiles of your interest (after peeking in the code which path is conditioned by which variable) is the straight and easy way to obtain the desired "shown variables" (it's really a matter of a few simple operations valid for all Ren'Py games that are widely described on this forum).

So, no actual need for the Dev to provide that feature. Not even for those who want it.

(I wanted it and I achieved it by myself with very little experience, following tutorials on this forum and googling)

 

[jhonatanw]

 

[Azazeal]

View attachment 2957209

You must be registered to see the links

 

[RK - Milf]

View attachment 2957209

Prepare to come

 

[anglaas]

View attachment 2957209

It's gonna be a fantastic wenkend

 

[lordofhirunds]

which of them in the update 24 ????????????

 

[felicemastronzo]

View attachment 2959365
which of them in the update 24 ????????????

i think no Elaine e maybe no Bella e Jolina, in the sense that they will definitely have a confrontation with MC , there is also a preview with Jolina to that effect, but I don't know if they will have an evenatual lewd scene

 

[temp614699b1]

View attachment 2957209

All ready for an anniversary release!

 

[Azazeal]

You must be registered to see the links

You must be registered to see the links

An hour ago

Show less
Well folks... Episode 24 is complete and is currently uploading. My upload speed is very slow tonight and current estimates are saying that it will take 2hrs to complete... So, I'm going to post the links bellow and then I'm going to bed (It's after 2:25am here and I'm up for work in the morning).
Just wanted to say thanks a lot to everyone for the patience and also a shout-out to Cell, the QC testers, the Patreon beta testers and my proof-reader (Mr. Anonymous).
For those of you that never read anything and just click on the links... Going to give you a second chance to read that currently (2:26 GMT time), the files are still uploading.
The Update only versions (i.e. manual install, copy/paste versions) are ready, but the full install (episode 1-24) are still uploading.
If any of you give it a whirl before I get back online...please let me know if any issues or any general feedback (No spoilers in the comment section, please.)
Thanks,
CG

 

[snow123789456]

Hopefully with the new update, we have improved visual.