VN Ren'Py With Eyes Closed [Season 1 Deluxe] [Ker]

[ZenderCage]

Great Work guys!

I'm looking forward to the sequel.
Luna <3

 

[Raynare69]

Season 1 was really well done! I might be in the minority here, but I want to find out more about Eva and her involvement with all of this. Of the three "main" girls, I'm most interested in her!

...Honestly though, I want more scenes or possibly even romance with Betsy XD
Her scenes were hot!

 

[cyberpwz2002]

this seems nice.

 

[DevinHesi]

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Hey everyone!



Sorry for the long pause in development updates, but we've been super busy preparing for the final release on Steam.



First off, the release was a success! A huge thank you for your support and feedback; the game wouldn't be what it is today without you!



Now, about the next season. Initially, I was debating whether to make two or three seasons. I've decided that two seasons will be enough. This way, I can fully tell the story I planned without dragging it out into an empty, stretched plot like some other visual novels. I prefer keeping the story dynamic.



We've made significant progress on the new chapter, but I want it to be long, so it's hard to give an exact timeline for completion. The chapter will have two parallel storylines based on how you finished the first episode. In the canonical storyline, you have a romantic relationship with Eva, and you got a call from her at the end of the first season. That's the main storyline. For those who didn't connect with Eva, there's an alternative storyline involving Luna. Both will have intersecting scenes, but I'm aiming to make sure players who like Eva and those who prefer Luna both enjoy the game. (If you don't like either of them, don't worry—Kate will have the most scenes in this chapter!)



Some key updates:

1. In the second episode, I've decided to drop the blinking and mouth movements during static renders. I believe these don't add much visual pleasure for most players and just take up time. Instead, I'll use different camera angles to show the speaker. Mouth movements would make sense if there were voice acting, but when you're reading text, these minor changes often don't matter.

2. I tried to improve animation quality by switching to a program specifically for creating animations, but it didn't work out. Daz has poor animation functionality. I've gotten used to it, and I think the results aren't too bad. In July, I discovered a program where AI models full physics and realistic movements, and it claimed to be compatible with Daz. I was excited, paid for a year-long subscription, and planned to study it before starting animations for the new season. A few days ago, I finally got to the animations. I spent about 15 hours transferring characters back and forth, and it was a nightmare. With lots of tricks, I managed to import my characters, but you can't transfer ready-made poses, move fingers individually, and there are many other issues. It’s impossible to work efficiently due to constant compatibility problems. So, I gave up and returned to making animations in Daz. Maybe I'll try again next year when the functionality might be better.



That's all for now. In the next posts, I'll share renders from the new chapter.



Stay tuned!



- 268 renders

- 8500 words

- animations still in progress

 

[BigMal235]

Initially, I was debating whether to make two or three seasons. I've decided that two seasons will be enough. This way, I can fully tell the story I planned without dragging it out into an empty, stretched plot like some other visual novels. I prefer keeping the story dynamic.

If this was any other dev I would applause, but this is Ker we are talking about, the same Ker who ruined an ending of the great story of Going Rogue by pushin the ending too early. I really hope he won't do that again as this is a great game and it deserves a real conclusion

 

[Lukin1971]

a possibility — according to some Darwin Award Winners:

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thanks for sharing, BaasB;

cheers.

With drugs you have maybe problems with your memory for example ?

 

[Lukin1971]

Somebody a idea how I can talk to the bartender in Episode 2 ? When I arrive he is always dead. Nevermind what I do before.

PS: I play the Steam-Version from the game.

And I cant wait of season 2. The game is really good.


PS: The Bartender-Problem is solved.

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[Lukin1971]

Season 1 was really well done! I might be in the minority here, but I want to find out more about Eva and her involvement with all of this. Of the three "main" girls, I'm most interested in her!

...Honestly though, I want more scenes or possibly even romance with Betsy XD
Her scenes were hot!

See it also. The story is really good and I want to see how it developed with Eva, with Luna (is she innocent or has she a secret what connected with the Mc ?.....)

And what is with Olivia ? Is she only a supporting character or comes more with her (also explicit content ?). And what is with Kate, with Camilla, with Betsy ? Which rule plays the Hangman ?, Melinda ? There is so much potential in the story. I hope that 1 more season is enough and the developer goes not to fast further.

 

[Piethi]

Thanks for the sharing!

 

[DevinHesi]

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Hey everyone!



I'm back with another development update, and I'm thrilled to say that I'm almost at the finish line! I've got less than 50 renders to complete, and then it's on to editing the text and writing final code. After that, I'll need a bit of time to prepare the save transfer process from the first part. The animations are all done and are currently in the rendering queue.



In the upcoming episode, I'm turning up the heat with two exciting scenes. One involves Melinda—it's a short scene, and I'll be sharing some animation previews soon. The other is a longer scene with Kate, and I've already shared a few animations from it.



Here's what you can expect in terms of content:



- 334 renders

- 15,000 words

- 21 animations (with roughly half still waiting to be rendered)



Thank you all for your patience and support.

Stay tuned!

 

[yossa999]

This is fucking ridiculous! I patiently overcome the Snow Queen's defense, refusing the hot redhead, the treacherous cute puppy and all the side sluts, finally it seems like she reciprocates my... hmm... feelings. And then that moron of the MC takes the control and throws a tantrum like that snowflake from BaDIK. How did he even manage to stay alive to see the fifth chapter?

 

[JustMy2Cents]

One of the best games on this site
severely underrated

 

[Ottoeight]

I have this embarassing "Chapter 2" black writing on the upper screen since the beginning of chapter 3 that just won't disappear. I'm playing Windows 2K QHD version.

 

[Ottoeight]

I will add that the gallery always crashes:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 62, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 62, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 128, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 134, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 135, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 144, in execute
Exception: DynamicImage ['/gui/replay/replay13_b.png']: could not find image. ('/gui/replay/replay13_b.png')

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script
python hide:
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1138, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\python.py", line 1122, in py_exec_bytecode
exec(bytecode, globals, locals)
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in <module>
python hide:
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in _execute_python_hide
ui.interact()
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\ui.py", line 299, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 3582, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 4055, in interact_core
root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact())
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 684, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 684, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 684, in visit_all
d.visit_all(callback, seen)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 476, in visit_all
callback(self)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 4055, in <lambda>
root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact())
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 487, in per_interact
self.update()
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 680, in update
self.screen.function(**self.scope)
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 62, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 62, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 128, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 134, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 135, in execute
File "game/gui_scripts/screenReplay.rpy", line 144, in execute
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\sl2\sldisplayables.py", line 451, in sl2add
d = renpy.easy.displayable(d, scope=scope)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\easy.py", line 136, in displayable
return renpy.display.image.DynamicImage(d, scope=scope)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\image.py", line 598, in __init__
self.find_target(scope)
File "F:\GAMES\WithEyesClosed-Season1-pc\renpy\display\image.py", line 683, in find_target
raise Exception(error)
Exception: DynamicImage ['/gui/replay/replay13_b.png']: could not find image. ('/gui/replay/replay13_b.png')

Windows-10-10.0.22631 AMD64
Ren'Py 8.1.3.23091805
With Eyes Closed Season1
Sat Nov 23 22:45:44 2024

 

[huy120904]

hope someone pls share steam version, version in this site is so many bugs in gallery

 

[TrueAlatar]

I don't understand what kind of friendship and trust the author is talking about if he, Luna and Kate have known each other for only 2 or 3 days.

 

[flaviopaganini]

hope someone pls share steam version, version in this site is so many bugs in gallery

I don't think it's worth sharing the Steam version here, as the developer plans to sell the game in seasons there. It's more advantageous to stick with the chapter-based versions available on Patreon. Before buying the Steam version, I used to play the chapters here and never had any issues. What kind of bug did you encounter?

 

[Toushiro1]

Any updates on this game? It was awesome last time I played

 

[DevinHesi]

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Hello everyone!

I'm excited to share some updates on the development of the new chapter of my visual novel. The new chapter is nearly complete, and if everything goes according to plan, I aim to release it in early access by this Sunday! However, please keep in mind that the date might shift slightly in either direction.

I've wrapped up the primary coding, music, and sound work. I've already conducted a beta test for the main storyline, focusing on the romance route with Eva. Now, I just need to make some minor code adjustments and create a second storyline, where Eva is not your love interest and won't appear in the upcoming chapter. Along with this, I need to finalize the end screen and make a few tweaks to the main menu. And that's about it!

During this process, I've been learning Photoshop to add some extra post-processing to the final renders, which has taken a bit more time, but I'm thrilled with the improved quality of the renders. I think they turned out better than ever! I'm also quite pleased with the quality of the animations in the new chapter and hope you'll enjoy them as much as I do.

In addition, I've revisited my approach to working with music. By reorganizing my music library, I believe I've managed to select tracks that better fit the atmosphere of the scenes in this new chapter. However, music is not my strongest suit, and I would greatly appreciate your feedback after the release—letting me know what you liked and what could be improved.

I also enhanced some sound elements, particularly for female characters. Some of you might have noticed that in the first season, the sounds during the 18+ scenes were quite low, which forced me to reduce the volume of the music. This time, I've processed these sounds and increased their volume threefold. I believe they now sound much better.

Just a few more days, and the new chapter will be ready for you to explore.

Thank you for your continued support and patience! Your feedback is invaluable as I work to create the best experience for you.

Stay tuned for more updates, and I can't wait for you all to dive into the new chapter!

- 422 renders

- 15,000 words

- 24 animations

 

[mac_angel]

Gallery Unlock Script

Description: A simple gallery unlock script. Just place it in the game folder and everything should be unlocked.
Game version: Season 1 Deluxe (but should work on future versions if the dev doesn't change the way to unlock the gallery)

Download: MEGA

# Use this unlock script at your own risk.
# https://f95zone.to/threads/.156738/post-11871527

# Start the deal with the devil
init 666 python:
    # Unlock the gallery
    if not Replay_items is None:
        for item in Replay_items:
            if not item.img is None:
                renpy.mark_image_seen(item.img)

    # Make sure the replay scenes are clickable
    for label in renpy.get_all_labels():
        renpy.game.persistent._seen_ever[label] = True
        renpy.game.seen_session[label] = True

it keeps crashing the game if I try to leave page 1