VN Ren'Py Whispering Ledger [v0.3] [WispDev]

[WispDev]

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Thanks for the feedback. Fortunately some of these have already been addressed in the upcoming version:

Ashura and Tyra's shops will give 10 exp per run, similar to Balae.

The bartering system will use the girls but random events were so hard to implement so I've decided to revisit it later.

I had someone in Discord bring this up as well, but the "Daily Sales Report" at the end of the day doesn't include the items that were sold through bargaining. It's actually a "bulk sale" where it loops through all the items you have for sale and roll a number 1-100 to determine whether or not it sold. Below Market items sell at 100% rate, and won't be bargained on, Market items bulk sale at a 65% chance, and Above Market items bulk sale at a 30% chance. So ultimately you can fail the bargain, but pass the bulk sale, which is what you see in that report at the end of the day. I posted a retrospective for my free members on Patron where I said I definitely need to do a better job of adding tooltips, help sections, and tutorials.

Case in point, Rat's shop is based on items you've encountered in the game. At rank 1 she sells up to 5 items, whose prices fluctuate between -100% and +100% of the market value of that item. This includes Nicole's crafted items as well, meaning you can craft an expensive item at Nicole, and it can now potentially appear in Rat's shop for 10% of its sale price. It's all luck based, but Rat is intentionally one of the most broken shops in the game.

Still working on font size scale option that doesn't bork the entire UI, but in the meantime I'll bump it up because yeah it's definitely too small.


Overall, especially because there'll be even more systems in the future, I need to add little question marks on each screen that go into detail about what's going on under the hood. Unfortunately I'm kind of focusing on the story content right now because my barometer for "why are people here?" is currently leaning toward "porn" instead of "running a store". Thanks again for the feedback, agree on all points.

 

[WispDev]

Public Version 0.3 is now out for all to (hopefully) enjoy.

Changelog:
V0.3 Chapter 1

• Added Chapter 1 Part 1
  • The first part of this chapter spans two days, and comes out to 49 new images across different branches. It is inexplicably as long as the entire prologue, and with more images.
  • There's an option to start the next chapter in the morning, before opening the shop.
  • New Characters
    • Luna
    • Roland
    • Mia
    • Korin
    • Brother Douglass
• Shop Adjustments
  • Tyra and Ashura's expeditions now give 4 exp per run, up from 2.
  • Crafting with Nicole now gives 3 exp per item, up from 2.
  • Buying items from Nicole now gives 2 exp per item, up from 1.
• Fixed so many typos.
  • So so so many typos.

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I would have updated the thread directly but the mirror situation kind of confuses me.

 

[fool793]

The art looks awesome.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[SpyderArachnid]

This was a rather enjoyable update. Your writing style is definitely one of my favorites. It is just so well done and a lot of fun to read. It was nice getting some time spent with some of the characters this time around, and even the new characters were great. Mia had me laughing lol.

Definitely looking forward to the rank events coming in the next update. Thanks for the update!

 

[DetoKun]

I've tried the new content. Simply amazing!
I must say, I absolutely loved Mia's dialogue and personality!
I hope you're actively considering a harem route, otherwise it'll be hard for me to choose between Balae, Tyra, Ashura, Korin and Mia

 

[heatingunitfive]

I've gotta say, I'm impressed by everything so far.
The characters are likable, the mechanics are interesting without being punishing, and the story has my interest.
Usually this style of art doesn't hold me, but it works really well here.
Thanks for keeping up with this.

 

[MiltonPowers]

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I feel like free members don't get enough interaction because I can't make NSFW stuff publicly available. So here's a small rabbit hole I went down due to the suggestion that Mia has a stand.

 

[NTG76]

Amazing game so far. will you ever add futa on female, MC getting cheated on/netorae with a futa, futa MILFS, and pregnancy?

 

[WispDev]

Amazing game so far. will you ever add futa on female, MC getting cheated on/netorae with a futa, futa MILFS, and pregnancy?

Glad you're enjoying it! As for content:

Futa on female - Probably, but the story is told from the perspective of the MC, so he's always going to be present in some way, which means such scenes would effectively always be a threesome that the MC has either decided to sit out or focus on the futa. The problem here is that generally speaking, this isn't a game where the girls worship the existence of the MC, but players will of course want the option to tell the futa she can't engage with the female. In short, I'll need to think on it a bit more.

NTR - Nay, that's a hornet's nest I don't feel like poking. I'd end up with 20 pages of pure autism coming from both sides.

Futa milfs - Yes, ara ara inbound.

Pregnancy - In an ending, perhaps, but probably not part of the "main" content. Reason being, I don't "understand" pregnancy content, so it would be lackluster and a waste of everyone's time at best.

 

[Trynn]

I'm liking this game, looking forward to more. Am I to understand though, that the fennec blacksmith is not a main girl? Because that is a travesty : V I know not everyone can get all the attention, but still...

 

[WispDev]

I'm liking this game, looking forward to more. Am I to understand though, that the fennec blacksmith is not a main girl? Because that is a travesty : V I know not everyone can get all the attention, but still...

She's not a main girl in that you won't be going on faction quests centered around her, but you'll be engaging with her a lot throughout the story, being that she's the town blacksmith, and later on you'll be visiting her regularly as part of the daily loop since she'll be able to craft weapons for you to sell at your shop.

 

[GodfriedtvE]

This is my favorite new game from the this year. So i really hope this gets more time to bake.
The writing is great, and both story and gameplay arent fully unique, its worked out in a way that makes it feel like im playing and investing into something new and fresh.

Minor point is how i wish the storyline was integrated into the day cycle. Cause it does split the game up in its storesim style, and the story. And wouldnt mind a revisiting played out monents.
But this game is also still cooking, so im really intrested in what comes next.

 

[WispDev]

This is my favorite new game from the this year. So i really hope this gets more time to bake.
The writing is great, and both story and gameplay arent fully unique, its worked out in a way that makes it feel like im playing and investing into something new and fresh.

Minor point is how i wish the storyline was integrated into the day cycle. Cause it does split the game up in its storesim style, and the story. And wouldnt mind a revisiting played out monents.
But this game is also still cooking, so im really intrested in what comes next.

Thanks for the kind words! That's actually my biggest regret so far and one I'm actively hoping to overhaul (without breaking anyone's save). Imagine getting to like Chapter 8 and you're only on Day 4, or getting to Day 200 with $1 mil in the bank and then starting Chapter 1 where you're like "Oh gee I've only been here a short amount of time, I need to start making more money".

 

[D4NT4R1UM]

really liking the game so far, its really interesting seeing all the details and the interactions between the characters.

only problem i have is the font size in the menus, like in the mouse girl lab and the library, its really difficult to see

 

[WispDev]

really liking the game so far, its really interesting seeing all the details and the interactions between the characters.

only problem i have is the font size in the menus, like in the mouse girl lab and the library, its really difficult to see

Sorry about that. Text has been increased across the board for the next update.