VN Ren'Py Abandoned Wicked Choices: Agents of Karma [v0.1.75] [ASLPro3D]

[c3p0]

As the development is now Fallout 4 focus - I've already brought some cheap Steam key and try the PC version out.
I have also confirmed that I don't like Steam and very much annoying bugs in old games.

Regardless I've change my tier for the time Wicked Choice is having it "sleep for hundred years" I step one tier back. I will see when I set it back again - it also depends on my "stingy" boss.

 

[ASLPro3D]

As the development is now Fallout 4 focus - I've already brought some cheap Steam key and try the PC version out.
I have also confirmed that I don't like Steam and very much annoying bugs in old games.

Regardless I've change my tier for the time Wicked Choice is having it "sleep for hundred years" I step one tier back. I will see when I set it back again - it also depends on my "stingy" boss.

I have a "stingy" boss too!

But don't tell her I said that or she will kick my ass and make me sleep on the couch... oh, wait, I already sleep on the couch since I can't climb stairs right now... so... well, she'd still kick my broken ass... so, yeah, don't tell her I said that!

As for Steam, I don't have much problem with it... although, admittedly, I don't use it much, as I only play games that can be modded on my PC, otherwise my game playing (when I have time for it) is on the Xbox or Playstation... of course, that does count the porn games when I play them, but those I don't need to get through Steam.

Sorry, that I had to stop working on the VN, but it was literally killing me trying to do a large chunk of it on my own... when it became apparent that I would need ANOTHER back surgery a year after having my last one, I knew that I was pushing things to much and needed to find a solution that would still allow me to work, but not spend 40-80 hours a week at the computer... there is a reason why I am listed as 'disabled' and as much as I like to try to pretend that I am not, sadly... my body betrays me.

Personally, I think you are going to like what we are going to do in Fallout 4, I think that there is more possibilities for us in that area and... hopefully, it will provide the income we need so that I hire the help I need for this broken ass of mine to finish the original story and series.

 

[DA22]

I have a "stingy" boss too!

But don't tell her I said that or she will kick my ass and make me sleep on the couch... oh, wait, I already sleep on the couch since I can't climb stairs right now... so... well, she'd still kick my broken ass... so, yeah, don't tell her I said that!

As for Steam, I don't have much problem with it... although, admittedly, I don't use it much, as I only play games that can be modded on my PC, otherwise my game playing (when I have time for it) is on the Xbox or Playstation... of course, that does count the porn games when I play them, but those I don't need to get through Steam.

Sorry, that I had to stop working on the VN, but it was literally killing me trying to do a large chunk of it on my own... when it became apparent that I would need ANOTHER back surgery a year after having my last one, I knew that I was pushing things to much and needed to find a solution that would still allow me to work, but not spend 40-80 hours a week at the computer... there is a reason why I am listed as 'disabled' and as much as I like to try to pretend that I am not, sadly... my body betrays me.

Personally, I think you are going to like what we are going to do in Fallout 4, I think that there is more possibilities for us in that area and... hopefully, it will provide the income we need so that I hire the help I need for this broken ass of mine to finish the original story and series.

Well GOG.com often has the same old games as Steam, but with better conditions and they often make sure the games do work on newer OS immediately. For older games a better option as Steam and pretty reliable, since they are connected to steam so no worries they will disappear suddenly.

Hope back will get bit better soon and that after next operation you will bug the physio as much as you can, so your body will betray you a bit less and you can have a bit more fun.

 

[ASLPro3D]

Well GOG.com often has the same old games as Steam, but with better conditions and they often make sure the games do work on newer OS immediately. For older games a better option as Steam and pretty reliable, since they are connected to steam so no worries they will disappear suddenly.

Hope back will get bit better soon and that after next operation you will bug the physio as much as you can, so your body will betray you a bit less and you can have a bit more fun.

Yeah, I think that also played a pretty big role in me needing surgery again so soon after having my last one... no sooner than I got my surgery everything in the State of Michigan shut down because of Covid... so, no physical therapy afterwards to build back muscle and strength in the back.

And, admittedly, I wasn't very careful in taking care of myself... going outside and taking care of leaves, removing snow, working long hours at the computer... I am as much at fault as the State being closed.

When I found out I would need surgery again, I made sure to look at the current trends in the State (which was slowly going up in numbers even before Omicron), so I knew that we'd have another overtaxed hospital system again and services to non-life-threatening would be cut off again... which it was, so I postponed my surgery this time and decided to wait to have it in the Spring.

Two days after my last S-ESI on January 4th, they announced that all 'elective' services were on hold till hospitals and professionals were past the rise of infection rates and hospitalizations returned to normal levels. Hopefully, things will be back open by March when I am to have my next shot and intend to have my surgery at the end of that month or in the beginning of April.

*Fingers crossed*

I keep forgetting about GoG.com, I really need to check that out and make an account there. *sigh*

(sorry, had to edit, because me writing while on painkillers is... tragic to my writing)

 

[DA22]

Yeah, I think that also played a pretty big role in me needing surgery again so soon after having my last one... no sooner than I got my surgery everything in the State of Michigan shut down because of Covid... so, no physical therapy afterwards to build back muscle and strength in the back.

And, admittedly, I wasn't very careful in taking care of myself... going outside and taking care of leaves, removing snow, working long hours at the computer... I am as much at fault as the State being closed.

When I found out I would need surgery again, I made sure to look at the current trends in the State (which was slowly going up in numbers even before Omicron), so I knew that we'd have another overtaxed hospital system again and services to non-life-threatening would be cut off again... which it was, so I postponed my surgery this time and decided to wait to have it in the Spring.

Two days after my last S-ESI on January 4th, they announced that all 'elective' services were on hold till hospitals and professionals were past the rise of infection rates and hospitalizations returned to normal levels. Hopefully, things will be back open by March when I am to have my next shot and intend to have my surgery at the end of that month or in the beginning of April.

*Fingers crossed*

I keep forgetting about GoG.com, I really need to check that out and make an account there. *sigh*

(sorry, had to edit, because me writing while on painkillers is... tragic to my writing)

Last is understandable and in itself already a good enough reason to take it slow with developments you need to do yourself at this point in time.

 

[c3p0]

But don't tell her I said that or she will kick my ass and make me sleep on the couch... oh, wait, I already sleep on the couch since I can't climb stairs right now... so... well, she'd still kick my broken ass... so, yeah, don't tell her I said that!

Sorry, too late for it.

As for Steam, I don't have much problem with it... although, admittedly, I don't use it much, as I only play games that can be modded on my PC, otherwise my game playing (when I have time for it) is on the Xbox or Playstation... of course, that does count the porn games when I play them, but those I don't need to get through Steam.

I have an antipathy against dependence of online service. All I have is a Steam key, I know, I could probably buy a data disc too. But that is the main difference in their shopping system. With both (GOG and Steam) I have a client, who manage my games, achievement and friends and there it ends. With GOG I can play a game from disc without opening the GOG client or trhough the GOG client. The game itself isn't tie to the shop.

Sorry, that I had to stop working on the VN, but it was literally killing me trying to do a large chunk of it on my own... when it became apparent that I would need ANOTHER back surgery a year after having my last one, I knew that I was pushing things to much and needed to find a solution that would still allow me to work, but not spend 40-80 hours a week at the computer... there is a reason why I am listed as 'disabled' and as much as I like to try to pretend that I am not, sadly... my body betrays me.

I wouldn't want it otherwise. Get your sorry arse better first.
It is, as most times a decision based on multiple reasons.
First, I've rearrange my budget and although I should have more money in the long term, I won't have the money in the short term.
Second, your release frequency. It is nothing to write home. I don't want to whine or even declare you as an evil dev - wait, you are, but for other reasons. The fact remains, in all honesty, that the your output and believe me I know, you work to your bones. And I know that you are willingness, patience, forthrightness and especially pigheaded. The later I say is one of your double-edge sword. Also you can believe me, I would not have give as much money to you any other one.
And third, I like Wicked Choice very much and, obviously, Claire Täpe weg!, thus I have more interested here than on "some Fallout 4 mod".
Also, I will re-evaluate it, as soon as the circumstance change (eg. my boss isn't as stingy as before, I have more short term money than I've anticipated, the mod put a spell on me or the tiers reward are that good, that I'm not able to withstand).

Personally, I think you are going to like what we are going to do in Fallout 4, I think that there is more possibilities for us in that area and... hopefully, it will provide the income we need so that I hire the help I need for this broken ass of mine to finish the original story and series.

That is also my guess. I hope for your success.

 

[c3p0]

Dropping it here, until Jack made a thread here for his Fallout 4 mod.

Fallout 4 run on my couch potato PC - a lot better than anticipated - and, at the current time, without a bug. Companion Ivy mod looks very good, at least from the 5 min I already have with her, so I can only advice to try her out.

 

[ASLPro3D]

Dropping it here, until Jack made a thread here for his Fallout 4 mod.

Fallout 4 run on my couch potato PC - a lot better than anticipated - and, at the current time, without a bug. Companion Ivy mod looks very good, at least from the 5 min I already have with her, so I can only advice to try her out.

Sorry it took so long to reply, we got hammered with snow up here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... (14 inches or 355.6 mm of cold white crap to deal with); and, like the idiot that I am... and that I can't afford a service, I ended up cleaning and removing it 3x's with the snow thrower... the 4th time was thankfully done by a neighbor who was worried that I would pass out in a snow bank and die.

He wasn't far off, I could barely move on Friday or yesterday... doing a bit better today, but yeah... no more snow removal for a while. The shit can stay there till June for all I care... my back can't handle any more of it.

Glad to hear that it is running good on your system c3p0 the wife is able to run it on her dinosaur without much problem and has been testing some stuff out for me. So, if she can run it, just about anyone can.

As for Companion Ivy 6.0 follower, I can't vouch for her enough, she is one of the best followers out there (till we create our own) and Reginald did an awesome job with her and KittenVox voicing her is WONDERFUL!!

Now about making a thread about our Fallout 4 mod... is there a place on F95 where I can? I looked and didn't really see a place for game modding.

 

[c3p0]

Sorry it took so long to reply, we got hammered with snow up here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... (14 inches or 355.6 mm of cold white crap to deal with); and, like the idiot that I am... and that I can't afford a service, I ended up cleaning and removing it 3x's with the snow thrower... the 4th time was thankfully done by a neighbor who was worried that I would pass out in a snow bank and die.

Bad move. Next time use a flame thrower.

Glad to hear that it is running good on your system @c3p0 the wife is able to run it on her dinosaur without much problem and has been testing some stuff out for me. So, if she can run it, just about anyone can.

You do not know that my system is a dinosaur too. The only "current" things in it would be the HDD (as only a few days/weeks old) and the GPU. The CPU is over 11 years old and wasn't the fastet at the time its release.

Now about making a thread about our Fallout 4 mod... is there a place on F95 where I can? I looked and didn't really see a place for game modding.

I don't know. But I think, it would made sense to have a thread for it, even if it would be only in the off topic category. The best would be to ask the staff to give you advice on this.

 

[c3p0]

One question for you comming Fallout 4 companion. As I'm playing it from near the start on PC - only discovered Diamond City lately. Should I wait or can I play through the game and main quest without missing out (much) content of your mod?

 

[ASLPro3D]

One question for you comming Fallout 4 companion. As I'm playing it from near the start on PC - only discovered Diamond City lately. Should I wait or can I play through the game and main quest without missing out (much) content of your mod?

With Fallout 4, you can have multiple characters saved on your system to play... if you create another character and save when you exit out of Vault 111 (when it asks you to save that new character) the next time you are at the loading menu... if you hit "T" it will display all of the names of your characters and you click on the character's name that you want to play and then you can load that save.

As for holding off till our mod comes out... we are going to suggest people start a NEW game with our mod, since it will COMPLETELY change the main story of the original game!! Some of the 'Bad Guys' will NO LONGER be bad guys... they will be people that you can bring into the fold to help you in your mission to find your son and completely CHANGE the Commonwealth!

So, for you, as a new player... play the game now, learn how it works, visit the places and people of the Commonwealth... this way, when you play our mod, you'll see just how much we changed... besides just adding Wicked Choices stuff into that universe!

(Sorry, had to make some edits, because on painkillers and wanted it to make some sense)

 

[c3p0]

So, for you, as a new player... play the game now, learn how it works, visit the places and people of the Commonwealth... this way, when you play our mod, you'll see just how much we changed... besides just adding Wicked Choices stuff into that universe!

I'm not a new player of Fallout 4. Only a new player to the PC version of it.
So, I think I will mostly fool around a little bit and hold of from investing a lot of time in it. And then, mostly see, how all the other companion mods Heater, Ellen, Kit(?), Wintermute(?) and Ivy will break it.

 

[ASLPro3D]

I'm not a new player of Fallout 4. Only a new player to the PC version of it.
So, I think I will mostly fool around a little bit and hold of from investing a lot of time in it. And then, mostly see, how all the other companion mods Heater, Ellen, Kit(?), Wintermute(?) and Ivywill break it.

Heather is good.
Ellen is OK (there is a nice twist to her story)
Never tried Wintermute
Ivy is the BEST

at least till ours comes out, then it will be jello wrestling to see who the winner is!

 

[c3p0]

Heather is good.
Ellen is OK (there is a nice twist to her story)
Never tried Wintermute
Ivy is the BEST

Only playing with Heather, Ellen and Ivy. I agree with you Ivy is the most unique one till now. Enable Kit and Wintermite, but haven't encountered them yet.

I can't say more to it, as I haven't played long with them. From the expierence I'd playing I know now, that I want a companion who is voiced. Otherwise it is break my immersion.
Also tried Mary Jane, but after encountering her, I've disable her again, for this reason.

at least till ours comes out, then it will be jello wrestling to see who the winner is!

I'm counting on you for it.

 

[Ayhsel]

Wait... this is on hold? what happened?

 

[c3p0]

Wait... this is on hold? what happened?

Sleeping chocolate vampire *tzzz*
https://f95zone.to/threads/wicked-choices-agents-of-karma-v0-1-75-aslpro3d.29811/post-6893774

In short, his health have taken a toll on him and his stubborn head of his, combined with his tendency to working himself to the bone has make him reconsider how how much he can work on this torture char DA22 and I have gifted as many many other nice gifts form your favourite postman.

Thus in regard to this, as well as covid situation didn't help with his recovery after his latest surgery and the small money he make from Wicked Choice, he decided to put Wicked Choice to rest, try his luck with Wicked Choice themed Fallout 4 mod and Star - I don't know game from Bethesda - mods and hopefully can earn more, what let him hopefully, in the long term, work on Wicked Choice again and with more resources to spend.

 

[Haast]

There are a few others that add there own omph to the story, basicly redeem the rubbish that happened to the brotherhood of steel, before fallout 4 they were there to keep innocents from killing themselves, in 4 its "Oh yeah lets kill everyone"
Outcasts and Remnants - Restores whats left of the honour behind the brotherhood, as a separate group, other mods redeem the BOS so it does its own thing, Quest series separate from the core options, add crazy $#!7 to the game, like Ash from evil dead as an ally
Project Valkyrie - extends both that mod, and the Ancient artifact story with the crazy grandfather

Darlene can be different

And yeah, definately Heather etc

 

[indio68]

Wait... this is on hold? what happened?

to many ideas and story games instead of tryfinish this one story! and that one about fallout?? really??...bah

 

[ASLPro3D]

Wait... this is on hold? what happened?

Ayhsel, yeah sadly I had to back off on the game some due to my health, at least till I can find and secure an artist.

to many ideas and story games instead of tryfinish this one story! and that one about fallout?? really??...bah

While I don't need to justify myself and my decision to you or anyone else, I am going to be clear and straight with you.

I have degenerative disc and spine disease; it is a disease that normally affects people in their 60's... I developed it in my 30's.

This is in part because my own body attacks the calcium in my bones, breaks them down and makes the bones soft and brittle... as a result of this, I no longer have my original teeth, I have dentures and I have to undergo multiple surgeries and have titanium and cadaver bones put inside of me in order to continue to walk or even hold my head up... and, this disease will see me, at some point in this life filled with pain, in a wheelchair and either paralyzed or quadriplegic... IF it doesn't kill me first.

There is a REASON why I am considered legally DISABLED and listed as unable to work... BUT I STILL TRY so that MY WIFE doesn't have to take care of my ugly ass and keep the both of us fed all by herself.

THAT is what this game IS... a means to try and make money to inject into our household and with me TRYING to take some pressure and stress off my wife.

It is CLEAR that requiring MAJOR back surgeries TWO YEARS IN A ROLL that I am NO LONGER able to spend 40-80 hours a week crafting a game that only brings in, at most, $1200 a month that gets divided up among three people. My surgical bills cost way more than that!

If I CAN'T spend the time NEEDED to produce the game, I NEED to find a way that I CAN... not just to SATISFY the players of that game... but also try to KEEP needed money coming into the household.

If I CAN'T spend the NEED time at the computer to do the ARTWORK that is NEEDED, then I NEED to hire an artist that can so that I can get back on track with the game and story that you all want... but a PIDILY $700 a month ISN'T going to cut it... so I had to figure SOMETHING ELSE OUT...

Creating a mod for Fallout 4 and the upcoming Starfield game seemed a GOOD CHOICE to still produce something in the Wicked Choices Universe that didn't require me spending long hours in front of a computer... I can write and do storyline while I am confined in BED, in an EASY CHAIR or in a HOSPITAL ROOM... but I CAN'T render from those places.

Plus, producing a product that can be more MAINSTREAM, means I can reach MORE people who might be willing to SUPPORT ME and the PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME and ENABLE me to hire an ARTIST so that I can get back on track and finish the games here... and still keep money coming into the household!

YOU don't THINK I care about the game?
The GAME is what helps me make MONEY to keep a roof over mine and my wife's head so that she isn't doing it ALL herself!
It is MY way of trying to TAKE PRESSURE and STRESS off of her and MAYBE provide something that can CONTINUE to do so when I am NO LONGER AROUND!

So, keep that in MIND the next time you want to throw a 'BAH' my way, because while it just may be a GAME to YOU, but to ME it is the ONLY FUCKING THING that I am able to DO right now to try and take care of my WIFE, which is WAY more IMPORTANT to ME than YOU'LL ever be.

 

[ASLPro3D]

There are a few others that add there own omph to the story, basicly redeem the rubbish that happened to the brotherhood of steel, before fallout 4 they were there to keep innocents from killing themselves, in 4 its "Oh yeah lets kill everyone"
Outcasts and Remnants - Restores whats left of the honour behind the brotherhood, as a separate group, other mods redeem the BOS so it does its own thing, Quest series separate from the core options, add crazy $#!7 to the game, like Ash from evil dead as an ally
Project Valkyrie - extends both that mod, and the Ancient artifact story with the crazy grandfather

Darlene can be different

And yeah, definately Heather etc

Yes, I just downloaded and started a playthrough of Fusion City, Outcasts & Remnants, Project Valkyrie & Depravity... to see how they changed the flow of the main story, see how they did their companion characters to get a sense of what others are and have been doing, to see what I can do to try and emulate the good things and make the other parts better.

I can tell you right now, that our mod WILL conflict with their mods.

Ours will be changing the story as well and will definitely break their story... there is no avoiding it.

We'll have to see how receptive people are going to be to what we intend to do... I am hoping ours will feel a little easier to track and follow quest-wise than theirs, and more immersive.

Fingers crossed.