Ren'Py Desert Stalker [v0.17.1.2 2024-12-30] [Zetan]

[hagare]

she dies.

I'm gonna slap you.

I mean, GetOutOfMyLab is of course right. Isn't that the obvious outcome? Though if I understand your question, Hagare, I believe you're asking how much it affects the story moving forward. The answer is that, up to this point, not a lot changes. I'm not sure whether Kyra or Asha will comment on it, but being Raiders I assume neither they nor anyone else is really attached to Asani. If she lives, you can get to know her a bit better some time after the initial opening of the game. If she dies, that would obviously be unavailable for the future. (That's actually one of the deeper aspects of her character, I think. She doesn't really have anyone, so if the MC spares her and then gets intimate with her, she's probably better off in the end.)

The car man. Do you still get the car? Is there a replacement NPC? Do the sisters juat give it to you?

 

[GetOutOfMyLab]

I'm gonna slap you.


The car man. Do you still get the car? Is there a replacement NPC? Do the aisters juat give it to you?

sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

The car man. Do you still get the car? Is there a replacement NPC? Do the aisters juat give it to you?

No idea. I liked her, so I kept her alive. I'm not going to replay from the beginning just to find out what happens if she dies. Maybe someone else killed her like the cold, heartless bastard you want to play. (Kidding, I'm kidding.)

 

[hagare]

No idea. I liked her, so I kept her alive. I'm not going to replay from the beginning just to find out what happens if she dies. Maybe someone else killed her like the cold, heartless bastard you want to play. (Kidding, I'm kidding.)

I don't kill. I recruit into harem instead. Which is why Im kind of curious.
So far, 3 people (4 of you count hive girl) has an unknown/dead path.
Eve, asani, fairy, and hive girl.

sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself.

Eh it's fine. But I'm watching you *squint*

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

I don't kill. I recruit into harem instead. Which is why Im kind of curious.
So far, 3 people (4 of you count hive girl) has an unknown/dead path.
Eve, asani, fairy, and hive girl.


Eh it's fine. But I'm watching you *squint*

I made sure to take Ivy with me from the decayed at the beginning. I suppose she's skilled enough that it wouldn't matter and she would just free herself if you left her enslaved. But if you've not played that path for her, I'd say that's also an unknown path (at least, for those of us who traded for her).

 

[Spfjolietjake]

I made sure to take Ivy with me from the decayed at the beginning. I suppose she's skilled enough that it wouldn't matter and she would just free herself if you left her enslaved. But if you've not played that path for her, I'd say that's also an unknown path (at least, for those of us who traded for her).

One option has her head separated from her body in a beautifully rendered sickening scene...

 

[3xtreme]

I made sure to take Ivy with me from the decayed at the beginning. I suppose she's skilled enough that it wouldn't matter and she would just free herself if you left her enslaved. But if you've not played that path for her, I'd say that's also an unknown path (at least, for those of us who traded for her).

At the end of latest update Ivy says: "I would've died" if it wasn't for Zaton. So, here's your answer.

 

[-CookieMonster666-]

At the end of latest update Ivy says: "I would've died" if it wasn't for Zaton. So, here's your answer.

Yes, although that could have been an assumption she'd made, or it also could've been hyperbole. What Jake said, however, gives the outcome with certainty.

 

[Cynicaladm]

Choices have consequences in this game, and the different endings we are (slowly) working towards, will reflect those choices.
Given the nature of these games, and the structure we are necessarily bound by, choices often result in certain content not being available. Sometimes the difference is minimal and a choice can make something appear at a later time rather than immediately, sometimes the difference is flavour over substance (but in a game that is at least in part roleplaying, such flavour can paint a character's vibe in very different ways). Other times, the choice has radical consequences, both in terms of content accessibility and story. Overall we do notify the player when the latter is the case (I wouldn't but Z is a softie).
Structurally this is not different than the majority of the games here, except maybe with less grinding and no instances of missing content because you didn't show up somewhere at the right time of the day/week.
Whether this makes it a game or not, that's for everybody to determine for themselves.

 

[Kargan3033]

I don't think that type of eating classifies as NTR

True but one thing I do know about women/gals is that dispite acting scared they love a good old fashion zombie, mutant outbreak.

 

[Kargan3033]

While what you say is true for our society, keep in mind that technology is extremely lacking in the world of the Desert Stalkers. Unless they have someone like Pepper looking out for them, I highly doubt they'll get any of the technological assistance you describe, and they almost certainly also won't have the nutrition level you've mentioned.

Since this is a semi-primitive society, I would assume their tech understanding is more on the level of 19th to early 20th century equivalent at best. That would obviously depend on what tech; vehicles are well-known among them, but medical treatises would probably be few and far between. While it's possible they might have the knowledge for what you describe, I think it's pretty unlikely.

Well said and very true I guess you could say that an advanced society such as we have had/have can afford to be *moral* when it comes to breeding ages but in days gone by as soon as a young lady started bleeding she was also breeding for the good of the tribe.

As for medical tech in a post apoc society you could say they are like Fallout/Fallout 2/ Fallout 3 level of medical knowledge or worse but I do think in some case some of the medical knowledge we have now a days would survive the collapse of so called *civilized* society that we are starting to see now a days.

In a post apoc world anyone with " Old World " knowledge would be in high demand and have more value then the rest of the ragged survivors of the death of civilized society and *wars* such as they would be in a post apoc world fought over them for what they know or for any " Old World " tech that would help keep the unwashed masses alive or have a better chence of surviving long enough to bring crotch spawns into the world.

 

[treyayala]

Does the game state when its content from the update is done? Spent like 5 mins skipping days after letting Shani go thru her walk and nothing's happening. I just want to know if there's still more content now or not lol

 

[Hildegardt]

Choices have consequences in this game, and the different endings we are (slowly) working towards, will reflect those choices.
Given the nature of these games, and the structure we are necessarily bound by, choices often result in certain content not being available. Sometimes the difference is minimal and a choice can make something appear at a later time rather than immediately, sometimes the difference is flavour over substance (but in a game that is at least in part roleplaying, such flavour can paint a character's vibe in very different ways). Other times, the choice has radical consequences, both in terms of content accessibility and story. Overall we do notify the player when the latter is the case (I wouldn't but Z is a softie).
Structurally this is not different than the majority of the games here, except maybe with less grinding and no instances of missing content because you didn't show up somewhere at the right time of the day/week.
Whether this makes it a game or not, that's for everybody to determine for themselves.

It would be pretty awesome, if hive girl could either be an ally or an antagonist, depending on the choice we made this update. But I'm not sure, if this amount of branching is feasible.

 

[Bruno3]

Choices have consequences in this game

Does deciding not to help Mutants affect the game plot or its just more like if you are not interested in their content at all.
I'd rather not skip their content, but if it goes against my RP i might have to
Maybe if i put it this way, is more always better?
Like, if you decide to help everyone to get as much content as possible.
Im trying to Roleplay as being loyal to the Queen and its city.
So im thinking not joining them is actually benefiting or i actually missed some content in vain

A simple yes or no will do, if that choice will hit me later in the head

 

[DogzBallz]

Does the game state when its content from the update is done? Spent like 5 mins skipping days after letting Shani go thru her walk and nothing's happening. I just want to know if there's still more content now or not lol

That is exactly what I did, clicked through a couple of weeks, she's not coming back any time soon.

 

[Paz]

The car man. Do you still get the car? Is there a replacement NPC? Do the sisters juat give it to you?

What if Asani is no more but you also leave Kyra in that cage, hmmm?

Does deciding not to help Mutants affect the game plot or its just more like if you are not interested in their content at all.
I'd rather not skip their content, but if it goes against my RP i might have to
Maybe if i put it this way, is more always better?
Like, if you decide to help everyone to get as much content as possible.
Im trying to Roleplay as being loyal to the Queen and its city.
So im thinking not joining them is actually benefiting or i actually missed some content in vain

A simple yes or no will do, if that choice will hit me later in the head

Unfortunately, I don't think we can answer that question with 100% certainty. There might be occasions or opportunities that make sense for us to change things in the future even if we plan them now a certain way (when it comes to narrative).

What I can say is that we aim for it to not always be "more is better", but also that helping the Mutants now does not lock you in a "best friends forever" path with them.

 

[hagare]

What if Asani is no more but you also leave Kyra in that cage, hmmm?

God damn. I forgot about Kyra.
Make that 5 girls then

 

[Morgoth666]

That is exactly what I did, clicked through a couple of weeks, she's not coming back any time soon.

Yup, me too. I think that's the end of the current story

 

[Kargan3033]

Alright, this was way more solid of a first release than I was expecting, the renders are indeed too dark and being a post apocalyptic world doesn't mean everything has to be a barren landscape. Some small plants would not only survive whatever the hell went on but also thrive on an ambient with overall less everything else, thus leading to more abundant but low vegetation, unsuitable for human or large animal consumption but enough to have at least a minimal amount of greenery.

This is true and I'm not sure if it was stated that the end of so called *civilized* society was caused by a world war(note I have not played this game yet but I am downloading as I work on this reply so don't shoot me if I am ignorant of the game plot/lore)

But if the End was due to a war then depending on what WMDs were used where and when juring the the War the whole world could have been rendered plantless in which case humanity is fuck and not not in a good way given that plants take in CO2 and produce O2 so with that in mind fighting over the scraps of the Old World would be pointless in the face of the loss of oxygen over time and no way to replace the CO2 with new/fresh oxygen.

Also, the outskirts of Old Kairo, that means Cairo itself or the project city of New Cairo? If the former, then the events in the game are relatively close to the Nile, which would remove most issues. What about the radiation/pollution, you ask? Well, the waterflow would've probably deposited the dangerous contents in the Mediterrnean Sea unless there is an active source of said elements upstream, perhaps in Ethiopia or Sudan (though that would leave open to full use the waters from even above in the river, in Uganda. If the latter is the case the situation is almost the same but with more space for no water to be found as you wouldn't really have a good way to get to the Nile unless going north and then re-entering the delta floodbasin or going through Cairo, which is generally not a good idea in a post-apocalyptic scenario. All in all, Egypt is one of the most promising places to find society rebuilding after a major disaster, geography is actually pretty good and having most of the population would no doubt free up their most important resource: water.

Really?, well I can agree that having a mass population die off would free up a lot of resources but unless the bodies of the dead were dealt with in a reasonable amount of time the surviving people would be at risk of death due to who knows what kind of diseases would crop up from all the dead bodies and if the area was subjected to any nuclear, biological or chemical weapons then with the bodies of the dead that where exposed to NBC weapons by spawn of new, mutant diseases that no one could cule or contaminate all the freed up water from the death of so many people.

Perhaps the Nile is heavily controlled by a group of bands and tribes and that's overall an excellent thing since they would have re-developed agriculture and less logistically intensive forms of warfare (spears for example, a lot of spears. Also, making your spear entirely out of metal would be retarded, you want to be efficient in all resources you can get, think about fortresses of broken concrete and a strong artesanal basis for the production of weapons: few have survived, those who can make usable weapons will be the first to get high-ranking positions after the actual leaders, followed quickly by those who know how to start farms. If MC's city-state is relevant to the region in any shape or form it would have a solid hierarchy, think about Ur or Babylon but with the remains of a far more powerful civilization to try and learn from. Also, as soon as fuel runs out definitely the nomads in Asia who survived will have a fantastic time with their horses and archery.[/quote]

Makes sense and I think the three Old World techs that the survivors would want to retain would be that of weapons/firearms, food and water related tech and medical tech, at lest that's what would make the most sense to me.

Also also, I kinda feel bad for any city on the coast of the Mediterranean, they would be facing what would amount to the second Sea People's coming.

Why do you say that for? and who or what are these Sea People you speak of, are they some long lost civl in that region who rised all sorts of hell back in the day?

How far people would've gone in the efforts of recovering a little bit of comfort would depend on how bad the initial disaster was and how much time came and went after that. It would be a slow (historically) bounceback but it would happen if mankind survived the first few tens of years.

I understand what you are saying but depending on the nature of the end of the Old World was and how bad it was it might take a bit longer for the human race to repopulate where the risk of total extinction was nulled then a few decades, also consider that the ratio of survivors world wide would not be the same for every nation that survived the end of the Old World which could be something worked into this game some time down the line.

Hold up. There are some fuel stabilizers that can make gas take up to three years to go bad (if properly stored and maintained). If I'm getting it right, the girls were born already with the world gone to shit. Alright, that means someone out there has means to extract petroleum and turn into gas (or make etanol by some ungodly means since every square inch you could throw a plant on you'd want to have a plant already there for food).
OP, how long ago did the worldfuckery happen?

An interesting line of thought.

 

[Canto Forte]

Lucky for all a y”all apokolips enthusiasts, there are actual scavenging body eaters.