Ren'Py Years Between Us [Ch3] [ScarabsGourmetHole]

[DressedToThrill]

ScarabsGourmetHole

When Julia asked what I was going do about it, I wanted to type to her that I was going to get our life back on track. At least, that was what I was thinking. Apparently I was using long distance telepathy to communicate this to her, which our telepath wife picked up on, replying to us that she'd been dying to hear these words.

But I would find it more immersive as a phone game if we could just communicate normally through text messages, and for my choices to appear as such message in the messaging "app".

Besides this, I think this is a well put together phone simulation despite it using Ren'py. If I could suggest one more thing (and this is not really important), then by default the gallery shouldn't show empty slots for missing images. When I open the gallery app on my real life phone, it's not predicting future images I will take. Seems a bit odd.

Obviously, the slots are nice for hard core gamers who are picture hunting, so I'm just saying there could be a toggle for those people, in the same vein some people ask for toggles to reveal all images regardless of progression. I'm just opposite man.

 

[DressedToThrill]

This is too vague. My feedback for when three choices like these are given the player, is that they should somehow convey what emotion the MC and player want to convey. One of these will express anger, another will express shock, and one will express enthusiasm. I won't spoil which, but I wouldn't be able to, and wasn't able to guess which until I tested all three.

If the question is asked is "What's your take on this?", then I suggest replies like:
"It pissed me off... (that's my take on it!)" , or
"I don't know... (I'm kind of in shock.)", or
"Dude, I think I liked it... (am I weird for that?).

 

[Lizzardcheese]

The narrative becomes meaningless if the wife is unfaithful, regardless of the player's chosen path. If you are fully committed to a "love" path but cannot prevent this outcome or at least have the option to try, it undermines the entire point of that route. In this case, the only possible outcomes are to either forgive and move on (if the love foundation is strong) or descend into a cuckolding narrative (NTR/NTS)

Games like this have saturated the market recently if this one just follows the trend without any substance of its own, it's not worth the time, if the developer is committed to this direction, so be it. Otherwise, I'd propose a change since it's still early and somewhat feasible

Almost every one of these games has "Love path" in the description, but it's only to help their donations. Soon enough they almost always force NTR or "nts" which is usually just being cucked. Looking like this one is following that route.

 

[hans851]

The narrative becomes meaningless if the wife is unfaithful, regardless of the player's chosen path. If you are fully committed to a "love" path but cannot prevent this outcome or at least have the option to try, it undermines the entire point of that route. In this case, the only possible outcomes are to either forgive and move on (if the love foundation is strong) or descend into a cuckolding narrative (NTR/NTS)

Games like this have saturated the market recently if this one just follows the trend without any substance of its own, it's not worth the time, if the developer is committed to this direction, so be it. Otherwise, I'd propose a change since it's still early and somewhat feasible

how about you guys just play one of the 1 million vanilla games and stop looking for vanilla in ntr/s games?

 

[DarkFlame44]

how about you guys just play one of the 1 million vanilla games and stop looking for vanilla in ntr/s games?

A lot of people, myself included, like the idea of a game where NTR is present but avoidable, because getting the girl in a vanilla game can kinda feel like playing an FPS on god mode, however when you know that it could veer into NTR based on your choices it adds much more of a sense of stakes and if you do get the girl and keep her to yourself it can feel more gratifying.
I will be the first to admit its a weird preference but then again we are talking about NTR here so glass houses and all that.

But all of that is not the point:
Its not a question of how valid the preference is but whether the Dev is providing what they promised.

There are people who invested time and sometimes money into this because of they thought that there would be a route where the LI is fully loyal. You dont need to agree with the preference for a loyalty route, but the Dev should have made it clearer from the start what degree of unavoidable NTR there is.

I get its a messy topic because no 2 people can every exactly draw the line on what counts as NTR but the dev should have been clearer on what he meant by a "love" route.

 

[turbokinetics]

A lot of people, myself included, like the idea of a game where NTR is present but avoidable, because getting the girl in a vanilla game can kinda feel like playing an FPS on god mode, however when you know that it could veer into NTR based on your choices it adds much more of a sense of stakes and if you do get the girl and keep her to yourself it can feel more gratifying.
I will be the first to admit its a weird preference but then again we are talking about NTR here so glass houses and all that.

But all of that is not the point:
Its not a question of how valid the preference is but whether the Dev is providing what they promised.

There are people who invested time and sometimes money into this because of they thought that there would be a route where the LI is fully loyal. You dont need to agree with the preference for a loyalty route, but the Dev should have made it clearer from the start what degree of unavoidable NTR there is.

I get its a messy topic because no 2 people can every exactly draw the line on what counts as NTR but the dev should have been clearer on what he meant by a "love" route.

You nailed it. I go for nts routes in these games but 100% accurate on love route needing transparency is there is still unavoidable ntr. I assume the newest release has her being unfaithful no matter the route you are on? This will upset me on nts route given thats built on consenual.

 

[hans851]

A lot of people, myself included, like the idea of a game where NTR is present but avoidable, because getting the girl in a vanilla game can kinda feel like playing an FPS on god mode, however when you know that it could veer into NTR based on your choices it adds much more of a sense of stakes and if you do get the girl and keep her to yourself it can feel more gratifying.
I will be the first to admit its a weird preference but then again we are talking about NTR here so glass houses and all that.

But all of that is not the point:
Its not a question of how valid the preference is but whether the Dev is providing what they promised.

There are people who invested time and sometimes money into this because of they thought that there would be a route where the LI is fully loyal. You dont need to agree with the preference for a loyalty route, but the Dev should have made it clearer from the start what degree of unavoidable NTR there is.

I get its a messy topic because no 2 people can every exactly draw the line on what counts as NTR but the dev should have been clearer on what he meant by a "love" route.

I understand.

 

[Artist271]

Is Chad my boyfriend or something? I talk to him more than my wife, is this actually a gay romance porn game? Jesus Christ.

 

[Artist271]

After having played mobile of desires and years between Us.

I can confidently say those "two" game developers are the same person commiting Patreon fraud and lying to us.
Here's why, they make the same mistakes on their story telling:

1.both male best friends take the spotlight due to how much we talk to them compared with the gf/wife

2. The same writing style 1:1, it's the literal same.

3. Even how the story progression is executed is super similar.

4. It's the same Ai art-style

5. The couple's arguments even look pretty damn similar in writing style.

I know the "developers" said they're both friends and help each other, but this is ridiculous. This is fraud, but on off chance it's not the same person. Then one is doing all the heavy lifting while the other is lounging around all day.

 

[pussslayer]

now i understand the name of this game it take years of yaping