Ren'Py - Witches Gone Wild [v0.1] [Potion Pixie]

Really promising !

Only rating 4 instead of 5 because there are still things that could definitely be improved. Like the cliché of characters talking to themselves. It's annoying af. Or the UI taking a few seconds to do what you asked (like passing time or navigating through the map).

The biggest problem for now is that there is no real game. The log book tells you what to do next and you just follow it blindly. You don't decide on anything so the game feels more like a visual novel than a real game. Which is a bit of a shame, considering the game sometimes drops small riddles or things that could definitely be exploited into something the player does need to think about or look for to unlock special content, progress secondary storylines or even the main ones.

But then again, it's just a demo, maybe these things will come in the future. Still, great potential for now, please don't fuck it up.

Technically, story wise I can't tell much because just the first update so far. However, I would say this is one of the best game play mechanics games so far. It's very top tier in term of game function like map object interaction on screen, etc so game engine is 10/10. For art and animation I would say not too bad but not the best so it would be 8/10. I think you should keep this up, really recommend this game 5/5 stars

This is really promising so far, pretty great characters designs and renders overall. And the NSFW scenes are well animated and pretty hot.

There is some AI art for the map and locations, which I hope is placeholder - it looks kind of soulless. But other than that, I'm very excited to see where this game goes next.

VERSION: 0.1
SUMMARY: Quite impressive overall.
RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐

NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally, scoring is based on the state, and what is in the current version and not what may or may not be introduced at a later point.

1. Character (Model) Visuals......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. General (World) Visuals........... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Animation Quality................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Character Personality(Persona).... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Story & Dialogue.................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Writing & Grammar................. : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. UX/UI, Game Type & Mechanics.......: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Playtime & Pacing..................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Music & Sounds.....................: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Adult Content & Fetishes.......... : ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Average: X of 50 possible points giving a X% rating i.e. X stars.

PROS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Renders are pretty good for the style
2. Animations are not bad and is not limited to a lewd scene only, most scenes have some animations albeit small but still creates the right atmosphere.
3. Writing is structured and reads well.
4. Dialogue is actually decent and not bloated.
5. Story/premise is silly but good and interesting.
6. Lewd scenes are few but pretty decent actually, again considering the visual style.
7. Audio is good overall, music and ambient, world sounds are fitting and done well.
8. Fleshed out world, very detailed and the UI also shows this through its various details with interaction which is done very well.

CONS: - See my opinions section for details.

1. Not really much content, its all linear right now
2. Sandbox is also not my favourite gameplay style, though here it isn't a big issue as there is nothing to grind for yet in terms of content, but this may change, though I hope it will remain fun.
3. Intro cinematic narrator voice is not all clear due to accent and its not very professional, though kudos for doing it, its just not that good for production level IMO.

OPINIONS, SUGGESTIONS & FINAL REMARKS:

NOTE: The following remarks are my personal opinions and thoughts, which may provide more context and could be useful to the developer. (Read them or don't)

• Its a fairly impressive AVN, for the type of setting and style, though I am not overly fond of the style as it leans towards comic art which dont appeal to me on a visual side as much, but still its good for what it is.

TLDR:

Fairly good little AVN, dabbles in the Harry Potter world and has fun elements to it with the naughtiness that comes from AVN's. Overall quality is good for the style, but here is not much to really review, I will update again in the future, for now its a good start, well done.

Review of 0.1. Definitely off to a good start though keeping the rating at 3 for now.

The character designs, art style, and general rendering is the standout thus far. It is clearly taking inspiration from Life is Strange as a style and it works very well with the plot and setting as it stands. Not too sure on the Anime-style 2D jump with Lily in a certain scene but it's fairly brief. Outside that, some of the "hornier" set decoration is again too on-the-nose. I'd argue it would be an improvement if some of it is toned down and made more subtle.

What is somewhat weaker though is the writing. It's not bad but it does suffer from a lack of character differentiation and maybe some English Second Language errors. Currently all the characters are too horny far too quickly, there are very distracting anachronisms (Bellatrix saying "nerf", being described as a "Goth"), and some language contextual flaws ("seatmates" rather than "classmates", "A heirloom" rather than "an heirloom").

Beyond that I would personally scrap the voiced intro and the sex sounds as they're unfortunately more distracting than anything else given the admitted amateur nature of them. I'd also argue that the chosen font is a bit too "cartoon" for the game. It seems a relic of the Akabur Witch Trainer inspirations the game has going for it but doesn't fit as a result of the different art style. I'd go for a serif font given the posher, high-brow educational setting the game is going for.

Overall though I look forward to the next update to see how it develops.

Brilliantly made game for sure.Also Art styles are unique and different from other games. Which remind me of the other game that has the similar style" i was a teen age vampire ". Overall ,the game look amazing and well made. Since it just came out playthrough only last about 30 mins(For me personally). I have no idea how future will hold but i will rate this is 5 stars .Massive potential .
8 out of 10(for now) Cuz it take me soo long to find the statue name which i still haven't found yet.
if not 10/10

Extremely promising start for a 0.1 release. Game came out with polished graphics and great art, animations are good as well. Extremely little content but that's to be expected, will definitely come back to review this again once there's been more releases.
There's already at least one planned update, hopefully many more to follow this could be a great game.