VN Ren'Py Yesterday's Crossroads - Chapter 2 [v0.3.1] [CHAQUINN0]

[CHAQUINN0]

how many episodes will the game have?
CHAQUINN 0

I don't want to drag the game for too long stuffing it with fillers and irrelevant content just for the sake of milking time.

Currently I have structured seven chapters in total, the content within each is separated in main topics, those which branch out into secondary and tertiary others.
Chapter 1 (next update) for example, has enough content for you to play it twice and experience different content each playthrough and that will increase over time. But the total of Chapters is most likely to stay as I currently planned, seven chapters (not including the Prologue ofc).

 

[korochan48]

Yea all of porn is pretty much fantasy. It's a performance, if you think porn is an accurate depiction of sexual relations then you probably never had sex in your life. Most people don't really care about realism in adult games. People want to have fun when they play these games.

Yeah cause showing two lovers shagging is not porn at all. It is only porn when it is group sex / orgy. Then what it is called though showing two normal lovers having sex? Did you also forget this is a vn story is the main porn and actual porn is just a toppings. Are you the one who like those nonsense harem vn who has degenerate mc that has magic dick who pervs around and still all the girls like him?

 

[korochan48]

I like harem who doesn't want a harem fantasy but in a story set in a world where it follows our world construct harem doesn't work which make story doesn't work. But if you set a world which harem is a norm and doesn't follow our world constructs maybe in a dystopian world that is when harem works which turns story work also.

 

[Badjourasmix]

Yeah cause showing two lovers shagging is not porn at all. It is only porn when it is group sex / orgy. Then what it is called though showing two normal lovers having sex? Did you also forget this is a vn story is the main porn and actual porn is just a toppings. Are you the one who like those nonsense harem vn who has degenerate mc that has magic dick who pervs around and still all the girls like him?

I like harem who doesn't want a harem fantasy but in a story set in a world where it follows our world construct harem doesn't work which make story doesn't work. But if you set a world which harem is a norm and doesn't follow our world constructs maybe in a dystopian world that is when harem works which turns story work also.

I don't know if you're 12 or if the 48 in your username is supposed to be your IQ but as I said, all porn is fantasy (even when it's just 2 people having sex). Porn has never been an accurate depiction of sexual relations. The fact that most of the scenarios in adult games are not realistic, like having a harem for example, is one of the reasons why people play these games.

 

[korochan48]

I don't know if you're 12 or if the 48 in your username is supposed to be your IQ but as I said, all porn is fantasy (even when it's just 2 people having sex). Porn has never been an accurate depiction of sexual relations. The fact that most of the scenarios in adult games are not realistic, like having a harem for example, is one of the reasons why people play these games.

Live your fantasy dude. Just dont include me on it. I want my porn with good story. Yeah I'm the on with 48 IQ and your the one with a higher mark who mocks other opinion. And do some google research on the meaning. A vn which two lovers shag each other showing it bits is not an adult game/porn at all, it is a family friendly game and I should invite my kids to play it. I probably just move on.

 

[Son of Durin]

Live your fantasy dude. Just dont include me on it. I want my porn with good story. Yeah I'm the on with 48 IQ and your the one with a higher mark who mocks other opinion. And do some google research on the meaning. A vn which two lovers shag each other showing it bits is not an adult game/porn at all, it is a family friendly game and I should invite my kids to play it. I probably just move on.

If you wish to claim an IQ above 48, kindly learn to spell. And while what you described may be more "soft porn" (think Skinemax), it's still porn. And, don't worry - your kids will find the porn they like on their own, no need to share it with them. That's just bad parenting and really creepy.

 

[ostrogotihichun]

really great game
interesting premise and interesting characters
shame about the harem tho lmao
hope its a major success man

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

Alright..

What are the future tags?

HAREM? I hope!

NTR/SHARING? Hope not!

girls looking too delicious to not have a harem so harem I hope! View attachment 2305941

Trumbull Light up in here.

 

[kentek0111]

they all look really hot

 

[AngelsAfterDark]

I like harem who doesn't want a harem fantasy but in a story set in a world where it follows our world construct harem doesn't work which make story doesn't work. But if you set a world which harem is a norm and doesn't follow our world constructs maybe in a dystopian world that is when harem works which turns story work also.

Mad in agreement with this. I mean I'm not into harem at all if I must be honest. I'm more of a story focused player when it comes to VN's so I don't care at all about the porn aspect of it or how many chick's the MC can bang. I'd do without it if I could actually. Like i don't mind the sex just as long as it's done naturally and not treated like porn. If it's a porn game then sure by all means make it a fuckfest, that's the point of a porn game after all. But when it comes to story driven adult visual novels I prefer the sex to be kept at a minimum and only occur when the story calls for it. This game feels more like a story driven Adult visual novel than it does a porn game so im hoping for the best. But we'll see. It's obvious most people who play these games just want to jack off and couldn't care less about the story so often times devs will appeal to that. Hopefully this isn't one of those times.

 

[JustPeekin]

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It’s been three months since I started working on Chapter 1, since then I made new features for the game client (Character’s Bios and Music Player) as well as the story expansion itself.

The next update is nearing it’s final phase, I’m really happy with how much I was able to make during this time, juggling between my full-time job and the game’s development is a totally new experience for me.

I am now in what I can call the final stretch, been working extra on posing the scenes and revising the content each day, rendering them is unfortunately almost out of my hands since all I can do is try to optimize them as much as I can so they don’t take too long to render.

While the scenes are rendering I’m doing some smaller things like working on the UI and getting more musics selected.

Here’s a peek on one new character coming in the next chapter, just because...

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

[fromabove]

Count me in in the group of people who are glad this game will not be yet another "keep clicking the left mouse button until all girls have agreed to share MC". To the haters, please understand that some of us enjoy games where LIs' behavior is somewhat rooted in reality and securing a good ending with an LI requires a fair deal of commitment to her.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

Count me in in the group of people who are glad this game will not be yet another "keep clicking the left mouse button until all girls have agreed to share MC". To the haters, please understand that some of us enjoy games where LIs' behavior is somewhat rooted in reality and securing a good ending with an LI requires a fair deal of commitment to her.

I'm neutral myself on harems, but I definitely don't like the "click until they're all the MC's" premise. That said, I also don't think it's only "rooted in reality" when girls are only OK if they are monogamous. Depending on where and when a story takes place, a harem / harem-like situation is reality or effectively so. (Even the modern-day hookup culture is something of a mimic of actual harems.) But if one were to judge reality by the ocean of harem games, they would get the mistaken impression that it's tons more common than it is. Harems in actuality are / have been pretty rare — both in occurrence in history as well as in quantity compared to the overall number of relationships in the world.

 

[Son of Durin]

I'm neutral myself on harems, but I definitely don't like the "click until they're all the MC's" premise. That said, I also don't think it's only "rooted in reality" when girls are only OK if they are monogamous. Depending on where and when a story takes place, a harem / harem-like situation is reality or effectively so. (Even the modern-day hookup culture is something of a mimic of actual harems.) But if one were to judge reality by the ocean of harem games, they would get the mistaken impression that it's tons more common than it is. Harems in actuality are / have been pretty rare — both in occurrence in history as well as in quantity compared to the overall number of relationships in the world.

The serial hook up culture that's been around to some extent or another, going back to at least the 60s, also doesn't feature only stunningly good looking women (or men) and would drive "NTR" opponents absolutely nuts - especially with so few virgins involved.

And the stable probably isn't very stable in reality, with jealousy and people moving along or finding partners they prefer more. So the AVN version is really a very simplified, and unsustainable, variant that is unlikely to exist outside of a cult or Saudi Arabia.

 

[robrize2169]

only issue for me with game harems is that with too many girls it gets hard to get time with ones you like. since dev is putting content in for lots of girls, it means spending less time with girls i find interesting. plus the dev time for those kinds of games is long. except maybe in Grandma's House where the content comes out frequently but usually only focuses on 2 or 3 girls in the harem per update..so the story is moving too slowly for my liking.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

The serial hook up culture that's been around to some extent or another, going back to at least the 60s, also doesn't feature only stunningly good looking women (or men) and would drive "NTR" opponents absolutely nuts - especially with so few virgins involved.

And the stable probably isn't very stable in reality, with jealousy and people moving along or finding partners they prefer more. So the AVN version is really a very simplified, and unsustainable, variant that is unlikely to exist outside of a cult or Saudi Arabia.

Yep. That's why I said "something of a mimic of actual harems", not that it was just like a harem. The idea that one person can have multiple partners and those partners shouldn't get upset is sort of the idea behind hookup culture. But obviously I'm not saying it's the same. For one thing, with hookup culture, the guy might be able to be with multiple women, but the woman could also be with multiple men. That goes directly against one of the core elements of an actual harem, where LIs "belong" to one person. Another point would be what you said about the attractiveness level of those participating in hookup culture IRL.

My point was that pretending there's no semblance whatsoever with reality in a harem game is, in fact, ignoring reality. But a semblance obviously doesn't equate to an actual harem. And like you and I both have said, actual harems are pretty rare overall. The number of AVNs with that kink is by far disproportionate to the number of RL harems. LOL.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

only issue for me with game harems is that with too many girls it gets hard to get time with ones you like. since dev is putting content in for lots of girls, it means spending less time with girls i find interesting. plus the dev time for those kinds of games is long. except maybe in Grandma's House where the content comes out frequently but usually only focuses on 2 or 3 girls in the harem per update..so the story is moving too slowly for my liking.

Yeah. And I have seen at least one game where the developer tried to do the full game with only a couple of LIs initially and then going through and adding a whole new route throughout the game. But that seems like it wouldn't work generally. You're basically asking folks to replay an entire game (basically) after you already know the ending. What's more, bugs are likely introduced as new branches and variables are added and get addressed throughout the code. So I don't think that process would work, either.

 

[fromabove]

I do enjoy the escapist fantasy of the occasional harem VN myself (whether it's a proper harem where all girls know about all the other girls and they all just so happen to be fine with it, or a "harem" where the girls don't know about each other and they somehow never find out - for the sake of this discussion, let's not split hairs between those two). I just hate to see devs who prefer to write women who get jealous or possessive over their man, get bitched at by a community that have, for better or for worse, been spoiled by the absolute glut of harem/"harem" games out there. Some of them openly admit they're just annoyed by the fact they cannot watch all the lewd content in a single playthrough, a convenience they've been accustomed to in other games. So essentially they want the dev to compromise the story he/she wants to tell just so that they can easily 100% it. I hope you can agree with me on how ridiculous that is.

 

[Moryaka26]

I don't want to drag the game for too long stuffing it with fillers and irrelevant content just for the sake of milking time.

Currently I have structured seven chapters in total, the content within each is separated in main topics, those which branch out into secondary and tertiary others.
Chapter 1 (next update) for example, has enough content for you to play it twice and experience different content each playthrough and that will increase over time. But the total of Chapters is most likely to stay as I currently planned, seven chapters (not including the Prologue ofc).

Are you planing to release the game on Steam?

 

[CHAQUINN0]

Are you planing to release the game on Steam?

Eventually, yes!

For now I'm mainly focusing on getting the overall game client working well, Chapter 1 is right around the corner too and this update will add a lot of things already.

When I do a Steam (and maybe GoG) launch I want to have enough content in the game to justify the purchase itself.