Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.48.0] [Selebus]

[alteros]

The

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thing is getting kinda tired honestly. It feels like a cheap way to create drama or, if we assume that it's actually just him acting on his subconscious impulses, that he's just a bad person and makes me less invested in the story. At least with

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it was really stupid but it was just that, stupid.

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on the other hand, there's just no justification for.

 

[AzureVolt]

I disagree.

I won't be able to play the 0.47.0 update until Sunday so everyone is forbidden from discussing it until I have played it.

So sayeth the Crust Lord.

If you do follow the teachings of so called Crust Lord; you would also wait a further 15 to 20 days to play the update since Pedro4545454 won't be able play the game until then, what says you, devoted follower?

 

[derekthered56]

Friend the patrons of this thread don't have to cater to you. If you don't want to be spoiled simply log off and read a little faster. Because guess what, the new update is tomorrow and were going to be discussing it, which means there is going to be spoilers and we would hate for you to come across any more spoilers that you haven't come across yet.

I think it's somewhat reasonable to spoiler things that just happened that day. It's spoilering things that happened years ago that gets silly.
Really if we did that, how would a newb in the middle of say chapter 2 know if a spoiler contained something they already passed, or something from chapter 3? They'd end up just not reading any posts, which is exactly what everyone else is advising them to do anyway.

 

[BlackDays]

Everyone looking forward to the update revealing new information and more rin,

I'm just here to wondering why Ami cosplay is so popular and learn of the cult classic game Theme Hospital cause godamn that certainly a game I never heard about

Look out for formerly called "Bullfrog" games, and Peter Molyneux.
Pinacle of games back then.

 

[AzureVolt]

Look out for formerly called "Bullfrog" games, and Peter Molyneux.
Pinacle of games back then.

You know it's kinda fucked up this is how I found out dungeon keeper mobile has proper video games entries, what have EA done to you Bullfrog Games.

and Peter Molyneux.

Ah so the Lead designer of the Fable series had a hand in these games, that's pretty cool. I'm probably too young to appreciate the history and longevity of this company and their past games, there really are so many companies and old games I'm blind to.
Doesn't help I don't clean up my backlog at all

 

[barglenarglezous]

Look out for formerly called "Bullfrog" games, and Peter Molyneux.
Pinacle of games back then.

Lionhead also released some absolute bangers.

 

[BlackDays]

You know it's kinda fucked up this is how I found out dungeon keeper mobile has proper video games entries, what have EA done to you Bullfrog Games.



Ah so the Lead designer of the Fable series had a hand in these games, that's pretty cool. I'm probably too young to appreciate the history and longevity of this company and their past games, there really are so many companies and old games I'm blind to.
Doesn't help I don't clean up my backlog at all

It's kinda sad how the "Arts" in Electronic Arts once stood for something, compared to nowadays locust practises.
And yeah, Peter Molyneux was a game developer genius in his prime, just to fall and inable to adabt to the future of games (Godus). Was sad to see him fall like that.

I played/own all "Theme xxx" games, Syndicate/Wars is an all time favorite and an unmeasurable inspiration to this day.

 

[AzureVolt]

It's kinda sad how the "Arts" in Electronic Arts once stood for something, compared to nowadays locust practises.

Don't get me started on that, seeing that the highest-selling games in 2024 were mostly FPS and sports games has me dead already.

It's kinda sad how the "Arts" in Electronic Arts once stood for something, compared to nowadays locust practises.
And yeah, Peter Molyneux was a game developer genius in his prime, just to fall and inable to adabt to the future of games (Godus). Was sad to see him fall like that.

Yea.... Unfortunately, that's the nature of a consistently evolving harsh industry that continues even to this day, it tends to leave people behind like that, kinda reminds me how Shenmue 3 was completely outdated even though it released in 2019. Makes me wonder how many companies and people in the late 90s in this industry were left behind like that.

 

[BlackDays]

Lionhead also released some absolute bangers.

The Black and White games.
Don't know if they had more.
The "Black and White" games were interesting for their time (couldn't beat the last map in B&W2).

Peter Molyneux created the "God Game" genre with "Populous" as far as i know.
He tried to stick to that with his "22 Cans" studios (after Lionhead), but failed badly.
To much catering to some imagined "Mobile Generation" audience. For the younglings it wasn't interesting enough and for the "Old Sports" like me, it was too casual.

 

[SlidingSubject]

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thing is getting kinda tired honestly. It feels like a cheap way to create drama or, if we assume that it's actually just him acting on his subconscious impulses, that he's just a bad person and makes me less invested in the story. At least with

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it was really stupid but it was just that, stupid.

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on the other hand, there's just no justification for.

But that's the thing. He's a bad person, period. That has never been in question. Can he still do some good actions? Yeah. Will he stop being a bad person? Can he? That's what we're going to find out eventually.

 

[fasoaga]

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thing is getting kinda tired honestly. It feels like a cheap way to create drama or, if we assume that it's actually just him acting on his subconscious impulses, that he's just a bad person and makes me less invested in the story. At least with

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it was really stupid but it was just that, stupid.

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on the other hand, there's just no justification for.

I thought exactly same until a few updates ago.

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Now i think about it. There is this thing called "The Dark Route" in the future... Which eats up all my hope.

 

[FireCazador]

One day to go, it's time for our regular game! What do you want to happen most in update 0.47?

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Also like I said before, why not just say Sensei or MC?

Atleast in my case i call "Sensei" the dick with a body he is, like the most inhuman part of him taking control of the situation. And "Akira" when he shows his humanity and care about the others and take rational decisions. I have done it since so long ago that i just do it out of habit

 

[SlidingSubject]

If someone reads this and knows which event are they please share it

The Happy Event from the fifth reset, Mother's Milk.

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How did I go this long without noticing the parallels to the Yumi scene? Even the background is the same.

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[barglenarglezous]

The Black and White games.
Don't know if they had more.
The "Black and White" games were interesting for their time (couldn't beat the last map in B&W2).

Black & White, the Fable series, and The Movies, which was kind of a cross between Sims and one of the Theme ____ games, where you were managing a film studio, but the stars all acted like Sims. Better than the Sims games that were out at the time IMHO.

 

[BlackDays]

Black & White, the Fable series, and The Movies, which was kind of a cross between Sims and one of the Theme ____ games, where you were managing a film studio, but the stars all acted like Sims. Better than the Sims games that were out at the time IMHO.

Went a bit late into the Fable games, my last machine couldn't handle the 2nd entry, which was a poor console port back then, but i enjoyed the first.
Also own/played "The Movies". And while it was quite barebone and i lost interest rather fast, i had to have it.
Good old times.

 

[aramaug]

I'm trying to get the rest of my 0.46 thoughts written up today because I know from experience that if I don't get it done before the next update, I never will. The subjects for this post: the monks and what's going on with Ami.

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[fasoaga]

The Happy Event from the fifth reset, Mother's Milk.

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How did I go this long without noticing the parallels to the Yumi scene? Even the background is the same.

Spoiler: Said Yumi scene

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Thank you very much.

I just replayed the event again and when sensei sees Yumi on the bridge:

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At first i thought wires were trying to stop him from grabbing Yumi but, after learning Sekai and Wires knows each other makes me think Wires may be the one who initiated the whole thing. But why would he do that. What has he against Yumi to the point of pushing Yumi.

Toward the end of the kiss, there is a remark of a car crash.

We know Sekai died in the crash, we are pretty sure Kaori got hurt in the crash, and we know Yumi and Kaori are related.

Is it possible Yumi is connected to accident but she didn't know or forgot?

 

[SlidingSubject]

We know Sekai died in the crash, we are pretty sure Kaori got hurt in the crash, and we know Yumi and Kaori are related.

Is it possible Yumi is connected to accident but she didn't know or forgot?

Nah, she would've known about Kaori then. She was completely unaware about her continued existence and her condition. Me thinks you're overthinking it, he mentions the car crash because the situation reminds him of his own with Sekai.

 

[alteros]

But that's the thing. He's a bad person, period. That has never been in question. Can he still do some good actions? Yeah. Will he stop being a bad person? Can he? That's what we're going to find out eventually.

Yeah but there's a difference between a bad person whose actions you can trace from their morality and rationale and a narrative just deciding that a bad thing will occur now. The resulting action is the same but one is intriguing and one isn't. That's what really matters at the end of the day, the intrigue over whether or not he can stop being a bad person depends on whether or not you believe his actions are his and so he can work his way towards that goal and whether or not you think he deserves to/can actually reach that goal.

Reminds me of a character from a game who ended up murdering a bunch of people in an experiment they did so they say they'll join the main character maybe after staying behind to work and try to atone for what they've done to the community. Except the community ends up all dying because narratively, there's no way to actually make up for that so the only alternative would've been to have them never join the main crew and that's bad for sales.

This also kinda reminds me of the dream argument but in this case it's deus ex machinas. Whether it's a deus ex machina causing him to do those things or whether those things are so fucked up that he needs a deus ex machina to redeem him (I think this one is more likely), either way would be bad for the story.

 

[alteros]

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I guess this does make it a bit better but the only way I could see it truly being fixed is if that's understood by his victims and idk if that would ever happen with

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