VN Ren'Py 30 Days - Game Development Journal

AllNatural939

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Hello to everyone who happens to see this...
This game isn't new, it's been in development for a few months. It's my first AVN and my first big project. Despite it being my first time, I ignored what most devs tell newbies... that you should start small... I'm not normal and I don't like doing what everyone else does, so I went big right from the start... and I have no regrets at all.
It’s been a learning-filled journey. In just a few months, I learned how to use DAZ and Ren’Py, though there’s still so much left to learn. I’d never used Patreon either, so I had to figure that out. Same goes for Discord, which I’d never used seriously... And you also need to learn marketing, because your game might be great, but if people never know it exists, it won’t get anywhere...
Writing’s always been something I’ve loved, I’m an amateur writer, so that’s never been an issue and it never will be. In fact, this game was mostly written before development began, since it started as a novel... After a few months, I thought, "Why not add some images and turn it into a game, an AVN?"... And here I am...

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Ok, enough about me and rambling. Let’s get to the point... What the hell is 30 Days?

30 Days is a story placed in the near future. More than 20 people are confined, isolated from everyone else, on an island, to take part in a Reality Show with extreme challenges.
You, the MC, are one of the 4 men. Everyone is split into teams of 4 women and 1 man...
This isn’t your typical game, and the theme and story development might be a bit “too much” for some of you... Why? Because things are going to get really bad... The Reality lasts 30 days, which is why the game is named that. Every other day, there are competitions, and they determine who stays and who gets “eliminated” every now and then... And here, elimination means something pretty unpleasant... Yep, sometimes someone you might know will die. In fact, the MC can die because he’s not immortal, and if you make a wrong decision, it’s Game Over...
But don’t worry, after all, this is made with RenPy, and I’m sure everyone knows to save the game before making any decision... Especially since in this game, decisions actually matter. I don’t like it when I play a game with decisions that don’t really make sense except to change a bit of dialogue or just to give the illusion that your choices actually count... So in this game, you might not have to make decisions every couple of minutes, but do yourself a favor and save the game when you see a decision, because it could be an important one... or a really important one.
One more thing to keep in mind. I’m aiming for “realism”… or at least as much as you can get in a sci-fi and fantasy environment... My goal is realism in the physical design of the characters. So if you’re a fan of, say, massive boobs the size of beach balls... you won’t find that here.

And since we’re talking about characters, let’s take a look at what we have here:
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"Okay, the characters look interesting... Where the hell can I download your game?"

Patience, not yet. Maybe you should pay attention to the tags first. It seems like tags matter a lot to many people, so here you go...

Current tags (depending on the game's development stage): 3DCG - ADVENTURE - DYSTOPIAN SETTING - MALE PROTAGONIST - ORAL SEX - TEASING - VAGINAL SEX - CREAMPIE - HAREM - SCI-FI - GRAPHIC VIOLENCE
Upcoming tags: MULTIPLE ENDINGS - ANAL SEX - GROUP SEX - HANDJOB - INTERRACIAL - SWINGING

There are some things you need to be aware of as users. We’re not alone here. F95 isn’t a 'safe' space, and as developers, there are certain subjects we can’t bring up because we risk being banned from the platform we're using. So these might be all the tags, or they might not—you won’t know the full list until you see it for yourselves. My only dream, the one thing I truly want, is to make a game, and too many people don’t realize that mentioning certain things could mean the end of that dream.
Another key point... This game has the Harem tag because there are multiple women you can be involved with, who are 'yours'... but you don’t get to pick who’s in that Harem. This isn’t a game about Harem management—it’s about competition, about human relationships in extreme circumstances. There's a core group that forms your Harem, and another set of women who are outside of it... You’ll be able to make decisions regarding the second group, but not the central one.

Here’s the answer to what usually stirs up drama... NTR or no NTR?
Nope, I’m not getting involved in that nonsense. In this game, because of its premise, there is no NTR. What does exist is sharing, Swinging, but it’s entirely avoidable… or at least, it will be, since the game isn’t there yet. When the time comes, it’ll be as simple as saying Yes or No, and that’s the end of it.
I know some will still call it NTR, but I’m not wasting time on that debate again—it’s just ridiculous. I understand why it could be a problem if there were no way to opt out, but here, it is (or will be) totally avoidable with a single click...


"Wait a minute, why did you say 'again' just now...?"

As I pointed out at the start of all this, this game isn’t new. The first version, released months ago right here on F95, was 0.1a... and right now, the game is at 0.4b.
If you didn’t know about this before reading... well, that’s a good indicator that I had to do this, and that there are other games, like mine, that might have flown under your radar, and they’re likely a lot more than you realize.

Everything about my game and F95 is right there in my signature for anyone to see. As for Patreon, it’s the only direct link I’ll share, because depending on which forum interface you’re using, it might not always show up.

PATREON:

No need to freak out, the game is totally free, and you can download it straight from the link in my signature in the game post here on F95, or on Patreon here:


Of course, I have to let you know that while the game is free, contributions are always welcome... Thanks to my Patrons, all of this has been possible. I started rendering with a crappy GTX 1050 with 2 GB, and now, for less than 2 months, I’ve been using an RTX 3060 with 12 GB. My computer was a total mess, but I never saw the need to upgrade. Now it’s a bit better—I went from 8 GB of RAM to 16 GB, and I just bought another 16 GB module (it’ll arrive next Wednesday). I had a really old 146 GB hard drive, now I’ve got a 1 TB one. I never thought about having an extra backup drive, but now I have a 1 TB external drive. My motherboard died about (I don't know) maybe 5 months ago... I upgraded to a more modern motherboard, a new processor, and a new power supply... All thanks to the contributions. And it benefits the Patrons themselves because if it weren’t for the design and rendering work, I’d still be using outdated equipment.

Before I show some images of the game, one last thing to note. It’s not for everyone, and I know that. It’s not your typical AVN story, and while everything might seem normal and pleasant at first, it’s going to get heavy.
Sure, there’s sex, and it plays an important role in the game, but I’d rather you see it as an extra. The real focus is the competition and human behavior under extreme situations. This isn’t an RPG, but all the characters have stats. These variables have been in the code for several months, and the stats will impact the characters’ performance in the competitions, with a small element of randomness. The idea is that the events and outcomes during the competitions won’t be the same every time you play.
The initial development of the story is slow, in fact, after 3 major updates (0.2, 0.3, and 0.4), the game is still on its first day... That will change later on, but for now, I needed it to be this way...
First off, I’m a writer, and I need you to get to know some of the characters and parts of their stories. I need you to feel something. If I fail to create that connection, it means that nothing matters to you, and if something good or bad happens to a character, your response will be a ‘Meh’... Additionally, the game, at the first decision you have to make, branches into two different paths, which has meant that from the beginning, I’ve been working as though they were two games instead of one. But it’s all good, those two paths will merge into one again in version 0.6, which is when the first competition will occur. I’m currently working on version 0.5, and it’s about two-thirds done (Just for future reference, this was written on March 28, 2025).

Here are some images of the game:

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Well, I reached the maximum number of images in a post, and I still have a lot left, including the 'hotter' ones, so I’ll continue down here...
 
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AllNatural939

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Here more images :D

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Basic details about the game's numbers, just to give you an idea:

As of March 29, 2025, the game offers roughly 4 hours of content, though this can vary based on reading speed... It contains over 2,900 rendered images and 8 animations in video format. There are additional animations, but they either follow another approach or haven’t been converted to video yet. The total word count for all dialogues is over 44,000.


Questions & Answers (Caution: Spoilers inside)

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That's all for now. More Q&A later :D
 
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This looks very interesting, and I know I will probably be heartbroken to see some of the girls die. But very excited, cause the story is pretty unique to the avn field.

I can also agree, with the dude before, maybe a different name, since others have similar names, maybe the title can be the name of the Show, but it's up to you, I am fine either way.

-I am curious, how will teams be decided? Who is on my team?
-Can we continuously interact with other people on other teams?
-Can we influence some people getting voted out in some ways on other teams?
- Finally I am curious future tags or kinks that will be in game.

You don't have to answer all or any of these if you don't want, part of it is me thinking out loud. I am sure you want to keep some of the mystery and the story alive. But I am excited none the less.
 
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I’ve updated the first post and the one below. It’s still not complete... I hope what I’ve added answers some of your doubts. :)
 

AllNatural939

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This looks very interesting, and I know I will probably be heartbroken to see some of the girls die. But very excited, cause the story is pretty unique to the avn field.

I can also agree, with the dude before, maybe a different name, since others have similar names, maybe the title can be the name of the Show, but it's up to you, I am fine either way.

-I am curious, how will teams be decided? Who is on my team?
-Can we continuously interact with other people on other teams?
-Can we influence some people getting voted out in some ways on other teams?
- Finally I am curious future tags or kinks that will be in game.( Hopeful, maybe some type of femdom, doesn't have to be particularly hard, but I would like, if not, I understand)

You don't have to answer all or any of these if you don't want, part of it is me thinking out loud. I am sure you want to keep some of the mystery and the story alive. But I am excited none the less.
Alright, I think I've finally wrapped up editing the first two posts, so now I can respond... Changing the game's name isn't an option anymore because, like I said, this isn't new. If the guy above says there are already two games named "30 Days", odds are one of them is mine, since I first released it here on F95 several months ago... I’ll admit I didn’t look into it before naming the game. Even though I’ve played a lot of AVNs, I never came across one with the same title.

For "constant interaction" with people from other teams, this would need to be a sandbox, and it’s not. Of course, there are and will be plenty of interactions, but they'll follow the story and the competitions.

To have any influence on who gets voted out, you need to be a Patreon and take part in the voting, much like public votes in real life. Regular players, meaning the people inside the reality show, don’t have any decision-making power in this area. But be careful, you wouldn’t actually be voting to eliminate anyone—you’d just be choosing someone to take part in an elimination challenge with others.
The tags were already addressed during the editing process. What’s there is final—nothing will be added or removed, since this was decided months ago.
 
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Скачал и поиграл. Довольно хорошо. Изображения и анимация сделаны хорошо.
Озвучка тоже хорошая. Не обязательно, но я бы посоветовал останавливать озвучку когда переходишь к другим сценам. Если она не заменяется то продолжает звучать даже когда перешёл дальше и уже другой текс.
Анимация в использование картинок которые сменяют друг друга не очень. Можно попробовать только использовать паузу между изображениями, а то слишком долго и не плавно. Можно попробовать сделать анимацию из картинок без повторения и добавить в качестве изображения. Там это более плавно.
Сюжет, текста много, действий мало. Насчёт выбора в игре. Спрашивали про возможность большого выбора. Да знаю что можно делать с разными персонажами разный сюжет. Делаю сам сейчас такую игру. Одна сюжетная линия, четыре разных персонажа. Это больше приходиться делать визуальной части.
У меня свидания в трёх местах на выбор. Первое можно выбрать, второе только два выбора и третье то которое до этого не выбрал. Так делать меньше изображений. Просто много сюжета и надо добавлять только то что будет происходить помимо свидания. Но всё равно согласен что много делать изображений когда выбор играть за нескольких разных персонажей.
Насчёт сюжета точно не скажу. Перевод сделал, но не смог поставить его в игру. Видимо из за настроек игры не удалось добавить свои кнопки переключения языка. Так что если добавите кнопки в меню то может больше напишу и про сюжет.
Ссылка на перевод ниже.

Downloaded and played. Pretty good. Images and animation are well done.
Voice acting is also good. Not necessary, but I would advise stopping the voice acting when you move on to other scenes. If it is not replaced, it continues to sound even when you move on and there is a different text.
Animation in using pictures that replace each other is not very good. You can try to just use a pause between images, otherwise it is too long and not smooth. You can try to make animation from pictures without repetition and add it as an image. It is smoother there.
Plot, a lot of text, little action. About the choice in the game. They asked about the possibility of a large choice. Yes, I know that you can make different plots with different characters. I am making such a game myself now. One storyline, four different characters. This has to be done more visually.
I have dates in three places to choose from. The first can be chosen, the second only two choices and the third one that you have not chosen before. So make fewer images. There is just a lot of plot and you need to add only what will happen besides the date. But I still agree that it's a lot of pictures when you have to choose to play for several different characters.
I can't say for sure about the plot. I did the translation, but I couldn't put it into the game. Apparently, because of the game settings, I couldn't add my own language switching buttons. So if you add buttons to the menu, I might write more about the plot.
Link to the translation below.



 

AllNatural939

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Voice acting is also good...
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The voices aren't "good", there's no proper voice acting... and that's by design. I deliberately chose AI voices that sounded unnatural because the only ones you'll hear are Mother (an AI) and the guards (androids).
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