Ren'Py With Hermione [v0.4.3.2] [Kirill Repin Art]

[Erebus69]

Yes, it is a HTML game, 'poor quality' - a lot of people would disagree. Anyway, game got traction, developer decided "rework" his project and been "working" almost a year with nothing to show except weekly updates on progress and still raking over 4k per month on patreon.

So does the art get better? Because that's a very simple style/detail art? I even think it comes from some sort of generator.

Discovering a poor implementation of the "game engine" and having to fix it could require a big rewrite maybe even the entire code base. Compounding that the dev's are usually doing this as second (or even third) job its understandable that development slows. An example of this is "Something Unlimited" they have hamstrung themselves with a poor implementation of Unity with an outdated version of fungus for years now and are at the point that new releases are being done on Renpy. They used to pull in +10k a month and couldn't even get their shit fixed. They have also changed scopes and moved on from more of a sand box to a narrative driven release.

I think it's foolish when a dev says monthly or bi-monthly releases as the content is usually very small and sometime meaningless (as a porn game). There's been so many games that have lackluster releases because they are too busy chasing the susbsriber model

So In the case of "With Hermione" I'm ok with the dev stopping early to fix issues before getting to the point of no return and creating a meaningful release. I also know a private beta went out to certain members for play testing in late Jan (if I recall) and I suspect a new public release will be here in a month or two. The release is slated to have quality artwork, animated scenes, voice lines, multiple outfits, and multiple characters (that's a lot of work) all while dev is making 10s of dollars for his efforts from 30 subscribers.

If you think I'm simping its because the Dev has been very open about whats going on. While I have gottten banned by other devs for asking what they are doing and asking for some sort of project direction.

 

[pempe]

So does the art get better? Because that's a very simple style/detail art? I even think it comes from some sort of generator.

Discovering a poor implementation of the "game engine" and having to fix it could require a big rewrite maybe even the entire code base. Compounding that the dev's are usually doing this as second (or even third) job its understandable that development slows. An example of this is "Something Unlimited" they have hamstrung themselves with a poor implementation of Unity with an outdated version of fungus for years now and are at the point that new releases are being done on Renpy. They used to pull in +10k a month and couldn't even get their shit fixed. They have also changed scopes and moved on from more of a sand box to a narrative driven release.

I think it's foolish when a dev says monthly or bi-monthly releases as the content is usually very small and sometime meaningless (as a porn game). There's been so many games that have lackluster releases because they are too busy chasing the susbsriber model

So In the case of "With Hermione" I'm ok with the dev stopping early to fix issues before getting to the point of no return and creating a meaningful release. I also know a private beta went out to certain members for play testing in late Jan (if I recall) and I suspect a new public release will be here in a month or two. The release is slated to have quality artwork, animated scenes, voice lines, multiple outfits, and multiple characters (that's a lot of work) all while dev is making 10s of dollars for his efforts from 30 subscribers.

If you think I'm simping its because the Dev has been very open about whats going on. While I have gottten banned by other devs for asking what they are doing and asking for some sort of project direction.

Well, I guess, this is what I initially asked for. I got educated. Thanks. But god damn it, that escalated quickly. Got drunk and blurted something mildly funny for me at that moment on the porn pirate forum, got hit back by some 'shark tank' shit. Very nice, great success

 

[Erebus69]

Well, I guess, this is what I initially asked for. I got educated. Thanks. But god damn it, that escalated quickly. Got drunk and blurted something mildly funny for me at that moment on the porn pirate forum, got hit back by some 'shark tank' shit. Very nice, great success

lol you never know where people are coming from, and I've already received a warning for shitting on somebody's posts elsewhere

 

[cmsiq22000]

So the art is excellent. Puzzles are a decent touch, I prefer them to the the "Come with me", "stay here" , go to Transfiguration Hall grind but whatever I doubt he changes that now.

I've got a couple problems.
1. I somehow gave her cat ears. Not into that kind of shit. And especially hated them because I couldnt figure out how to get rid of them. I had to restart 45 mins before and had to redo a ton of more grind "Come with mes and Stay heres" Great

2. Last problem, I think she got mad for some reason or another and put her Grydandor robe on again. Now I go through the motions to get an update. And even after the spell I dont see shit, because she has a fucking robe on. I'm glad I spent half hour for her to take her bra off under her robe.

Is there a way to get rid of these kind of things (cat ears/robe)?

 

[TheBoss756]

So the art is excellent. Puzzles are a decent touch, I prefer them to the the "Come with me", "stay here" , go to Transfiguration Hall grind but whatever I doubt he changes that now.

I've got a couple problems.
1. I somehow gave her cat ears. Not into that kind of shit. And especially hated them because I couldnt figure out how to get rid of them. I had to restart 45 mins before and had to redo a ton of more grind "Come with mes and Stay heres" Great

2. Last problem, I think she got mad for some reason or another and put her Grydandor robe on again. Now I go through the motions to get an update. And even after the spell I dont see shit, because she has a fucking robe on. I'm glad I spent half hour for her to take her bra off under her robe.

Is there a way to get rid of these kind of things (cat ears/robe)?

There is a wardrobe feature that is locked behind Hermione having 2 corruption points, but I know that you have to go through a bunch of the lessons before you can get a corruption point. However, you can get 2 corruption in the first dialogue chain you have with Hermione.

Spoiler: Dialogue Options

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[Erebus69]

I've got a couple problems.
1. I somehow gave her cat ears. Not into that kind of shit. And especially hated them because I couldnt figure out how to get rid of them. I had to restart 45 mins before and had to redo a ton of more grind "Come with mes and Stay heres" Great

Is there a way to get rid of these kind of things (cat ears/robe)?

There is a logic error that the dev has fixed that causes the wardrobe to get locked away for much longer than intended. That has been fixed, but for now its softlocked until you gain 1 more point of lust (if I remember correctly) which is at the end of taking all the classes

 

[cmsiq22000]

There is a wardrobe feature that is locked behind Hermione having 2 corruption points, but I know that you have to go through a bunch of the lessons before you can get a corruption point. However, you can get 2 corruption in the first dialogue chain you have with Hermione.

Spoiler: Dialogue Options

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This really helped. Thanks. Started again with the above, and now I got the hang of this game.

 

[kuakua123]

Any info for release date yet? Summer is coming. Great time to not touch grass.

 

[Kirill Repin Art]

Any info for release date yet? Summer is coming. Great time to not touch grass.

Coming soon!
Hopefully in a couple of weeks there will be a closed alpha release, then it'll go trough the tiers on boosty and eventually an update here.

 

[cmsiq22000]

If there's a better Hermione artist than Kirill, I don't know who it is.

Hoping there are runway pubes and/or thong pics of his smoking Hermione in the future.

 

[el eyaculador]

Kirill Repin uploaded this video on Telegram

 

[el eyaculador]

I always suspected that the Weasley twins would lock themselves in their room with Ginny to play while Ron and Potter peeped through the keyhole upon hearing Ginny moan.

 

[el eyaculador]

another one
View attachment pic 14 - v3.mp4

 

[Morkar]

Will those Hermione and Ginny clips be included in the game too?

I can't wait to try the new version, it looks incredible.

 

[ramiurga]

another one
View attachment 4853062

Very nice, but something really weird happens in the background outside the window, some AI artefact perhaps (yeah I know, the foreground is where we focus ..)

 

[Kirill Repin Art]

Will those Hermione and Ginny clips be included in the game too?

Unfortunately not, these are just tests. Image to Video is still pretty fresh, hard to make it work consistently.
There will be more clips like this on my channel and on boosty though!

 

[Kirill Repin Art]

Very nice, but something really weird happens in the background outside the window, some AI artefact perhaps (yeah I know, the foreground is where we focus ..)

All sorts of stuff happens on the background, lol. Tech is still pretty new, but EW looks hot, therefore the post.

 

[Webalias]

Hey Kirill Repin Art ,
The UX/UI you are creating is some of the most detailed among VNs. The only one I can remember which may be comparable is from 'Mystwood Manor'.
What's your process for this? Do you first create a moodboard? Make UX UI elements through photoshop? Or buy it from some game dev sites?
In either case, the technical approach you're taking for game dev seems to be pretty involved.

 

[Kirill Repin Art]

Hey Kirill Repin Art ,
The UX/UI you are creating is some of the most detailed among VNs. The only one I can remember which may be comparable is from 'Mystwood Manor'.
What's your process for this? Do you first create a moodboard? Make UX UI elements through photoshop? Or buy it from some game dev sites?
In either case, the technical approach you're taking for game dev seems to be pretty involved.

I start with the list of option I want to have for the game. Then - the functionality, trying to figure out the best way to organize all of it. Then prototype - layouts, interactions, etc. And once I'm pretty sure that there won't be any major changes I'll do the final design.
For the design itself, I have an idea of what I want, so I start sketching in Ps. I also have Stable Diffusion plugged into Ps, so I use it a lot to get the designs and details that I want. That's a shortened version

If you are interested, you can go through this thread and check out earlier versions and sketches of the UI, I've posted a lot of WIP pics.

 

[Webalias]

I start with the list of option I want to have for the game. Then - the functionality, trying to figure out the best way to organize all of it. Then prototype - layouts, interactions, etc. And once I'm pretty sure that there won't be any major changes I'll do the final design.
For the design itself, I have an idea of what I want, so I start sketching in Ps. I also have Stable Diffusion plugged into Ps, so I use it a lot to get the designs and details that I want. That's a shortened version

If you are interested, you can go through this thread and check out earlier versions and sketches of the UI, I've posted a loot of WIP pics.

Thanks. Much appreciated. Stable diffusion in PS sounds like a good setup. Strange that firefly isn't that good yet.