VN Ren'Py Long Road Home [v10 Part 4 Beta Update 2] [OBDGames]

[Runner17]

Did a quick playthrough. Couple of observations I missed.

1) Sarah's reaction to Ryker at the end of the dinner party. Disappointment at missing the wedding?
2) Players may have liked the owner collar, don't think Ryker is a big fan of it. His internal remarks were interesting.

Lady wise, its still Tracy and Jess, Kat and Katy will be interesting to watch. Niki and Willow are also included in my fan club. Rachael dropped out of my top 7 totally. Dark Horse, Piper?

Final Thought, not a big fan of the teamwork conversation between Ryker and Tracy in Ep. 8. Not really required.

 

[HueyFreeman32]

guys i know if you pick the blue choices in the beginning you get the perfect good guy ending and that is a short ending . now you have to pick all or some red choices cuz that gets you out the prologue into the main game where you travel with jess. Now my question is do i stick with just red options or blue? i dont know if this game tracks stats cuz its all behind the scenes.its a bit unclear what is the game taking into consideration.

 

[Avaron1974]

guys i know if you pick the blue choices in the beginning you get the perfect good guy ending and that is a short ending . now you have to pick all or some red choices cuz that gets you out the prologue into the main game where you travel with jess. Now my question is do i stick with just red options or blue? i dont know if this game tracks stats cuz its all behind the scenes.its a bit unclear what is the game taking into consideration.

Once you've started travelling with Jess you can pick whatever you want, there are no other early endings.

 

[PapaPhat]

guys i know if you pick the blue choices in the beginning you get the perfect good guy ending and that is a short ending . now you have to pick all or some red choices cuz that gets you out the prologue into the main game where you travel with jess. Now my question is do i stick with just red options or blue? i dont know if this game tracks stats cuz its all behind the scenes.its a bit unclear what is the game taking into consideration.

Once you've started travelling with Jess you can pick whatever you want, there are no other early endings.

Exactly what Avaron1974 said... with a bit more detail...

Spoiler: Helpful hints and yes, a bit of spoilage for a few choices...

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I hope that helps, my friend.

Adventure ever on, Phat

PS: I don't generally use walk throughs. What I do instead is make a LOT of saves. Game gives me a choice, I save. Then I play through all of the options until I see the answer as to what that choice does in game. I also make a lot of replays. "Oh! That choice didn't go like I had hoped!" Reload, replay from the choice. Yes, not at all like real life but that is the joy of the game for me.

 

[Dimitri57]

Exactly what Avaron1974 said... with a bit more detail...

Spoiler: Helpful hints and yes, a bit of spoilage for a few choices...

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I hope that helps, my friend.

Adventure ever on, Phat

I used the points to trigger events early on when I was still learning Ren'Py code. Affinity points are still being tallied, but now flags are used to trigger major events. Points are still used with some characters from early episodes to trigger different dialog. If I went back and changed the code on the early episodes, it would break everyone's saves. The red/blue stuff will go away when I do the chapter one re-master.

 

[PapaPhat]

I used the points to trigger events early on when I was still learning Ren'Py code. Affinity points are still being tallied, but now flags are used to trigger major events. Points are still used with some characters from early episodes to trigger different dialog. If I went back and changed the code on the early episodes, it would break everyone's saves. The red/blue stuff will go away when I do the chapter one re-master.

I get it. I don't question what you do behind the scenes because unlike Bethesda, "It just works!" Hahaha

Now that you mention points... You've raised my curiosity regarding where I stand with all of the girls!

But, I don't expect a running tally like we see in other titles. I'm just happy making the girls happy.

Adventure ever on my friend, Phat

 

[Dimitri57]

I get it. I don't question what you do behind the scenes because unlike Bethesda, "It just works!" Hahaha

Now that you mention points... You've raised my curiosity regarding where I stand with all of the girls!

But, I don't expect a running tally like we see in other titles. I'm just happy making the girls happy.

Adventure ever on my friend, Phat

Yeah, I don't think being able to display stats would be that helpful as it stands. I like giving you the option to see alt events endings better.

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I know someone has made a gallery replay mod. At some point, I'll add one in, so you have a way to see all the content without a crap ton of saves.

 

[PapaPhat]

Yeah, I don't think being able to display stats would be that helpful as it stands. I like giving you the option to see alt events endings better.

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I know someone has made a gallery replay mod. At some point, I'll add one in, so you have a way to see all the content without a crap ton of saves.

Currently, I make saves for replay... both for viewing multiple choice options to see all options AND to have a reference point to see the hot ones again! However, I do enjoy the option of having a scene gallery when available so if you are planning to implement one, I will certainly use it!

Without even needing to look... will likely take Jessy alone for the save... AFTER I see what happens with Jessy and Willow! Hahahaha IDK... need to see it before I can say for sure but there will be a big save at that choice, guaranteed!!!

Thanks for all the amazing content, boss. Life's richest blessings be yours, my friend.
Adventure ever on, Phat

PS: I make a shit load of saves anyway... Hahaha

 

[Runner17]

Exactly what Avaron1974 said... with a bit more detail...

Spoiler: Helpful hints and yes, a bit of spoilage for a few choices...

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I hope that helps, my friend.

Adventure ever on, Phat

PS: I don't generally use walk throughs. What I do instead is make a LOT of saves. Game gives me a choice, I save. Then I play through all of the options until I see the answer as to what that choice does in game. I also make a lot of replays. "Oh! That choice didn't go like I had hoped!" Reload, replay from the choice. Yes, not at all like real life but that is the joy of the game for me.

Man am I glad I read this. As many times as I cruised through the game I never thought of consequences until recently. Since nothing hit me in the face I didn't worry. Well, with the next release, some changes need to be made. Sorry Ash and Charli, but it was nice while it lasted.

 

[Mohawk01]

4 hours ago
Long Road Home 0.9.0 Progress update

I had a house full of family from out-of-state here with us for a week so it was difficult to spend as much time working on the game as I normally would.

I got the last of them to the airport the other day. Things like that are why I'm reluctant to predict when I'm going to have an update finished.

I completed all the bike riding events and a scene with the Minions. I'm working on the final event for the update. I had one more event that I wanted to have in 0.9.0, but I'm pushing it to 1.0.0 because I fell behind schedule.

0.9.0 is going to be the largest episode thus far to be able to set things in place for the end of chapter one. 0.9.0 Episode stats so far,

Update stats,

1045 Still images

82 Animations/loops (3000+ images)

10,000+ lines of text and code

More music and sound effects.

Take care,

OBD

 

[EfontMan]

1.0.0

Seems like that should be 0.10.0 instead.

 

[LWtbo]

Well maybe some will not be surprised to learn I played nearlly all the blue answere's first playthrough and I loved that ending.
Really hopeing it's not removed in the redo.

And so I was gonna play all the red choices on my second play through but I'm really not into Anal so that hot tub scene was never gonna be a red choice.
So after that I thought nah fuck it I will play it as if it was me.
Which Is great way to play this game in my book atleast and I recommend anyone to play that way.

And since I wasn't technically dateing either at the time why the hell wouldn't I check out the waitresses ass? I got eye's don't I.

Also why would I sit quitely while the girls take far to long to bring me cloths?.
Now If I was picking them I could understand the time it takes but It not me it was two girls choosing for me.

This may sound sexiest but I had many groups of female friends and girlfriends growing up so I know two girls cloths shopping is generally a good few hours of browsing alone and that's sometimes is even in the same store.

How ever if the cloths shopping is picking cloth for a man they are with we're talking minutes at most.
I have cloths shopped with women many times before it never took more than 5 minutes before I was in the changing room with an arm full of crap..... er trendy cloth's i'd never even consider picking myself.
So of corse i'm gonna go look for them

And after the story Jessy tells you about JD he has to be killed its the only Red choice on my first playthrough I have ever had real trouble resisting.

It was even harder to resist than not picking to sit in that cubicle the first cloths shopping playthrough.
I so wanted to kill him that time too and not doing so was very dificult.
So odviously second playthrough he was allways a dead man.

So after JD I just continued to play it like it was me in the game.
And once I'm done I most likly play it diffrent yet again minus the Anal and Foot choises that is.
I will just leave them for the players that like them fetishes.

Its not really like the games not excellent enough even if I skip them choices no is it.

Just Sayin.

 

[PapaPhat]

Dimitri57
Holy shit, man! What an update! Thank you
No worries on time. We will see it when it is ready to be seen.
LOVE Long Road Home!
Adventure ever on my friend, Phat

 

[motseer]

4 hours ago
Long Road Home 0.9.0 Progress update

I had a house full of family from out-of-state here with us for a week so it was difficult to spend as much time working on the game as I normally would.

I got the last of them to the airport the other day. Things like that are why I'm reluctant to predict when I'm going to have an update finished.

I completed all the bike riding events and a scene with the Minions. I'm working on the final event for the update. I had one more event that I wanted to have in 0.9.0, but I'm pushing it to 1.0.0 because I fell behind schedule.

0.9.0 is going to be the largest episode thus far to be able to set things in place for the end of chapter one. 0.9.0 Episode stats so far,

Update stats,

1045 Still images

82 Animations/loops (3000+ images)

10,000+ lines of text and code

More music and sound effects.

Take care,

OBD

Glad to see you're back at it, ya lazy bum. What are ya thinkin', puttin' family first! Arggghhh... *sounds of whips cracking*

Seiously, I agree with Phat. Looks like it will be an awesome update! Can't wait... but I guess we really have no choice. Hehe... heh... heh... Get back in that room!! * Whips cracking*

 

[Dimitri57]

Glad to see you're back at it, ya lazy bum. What are ya thinkin', puttin' family first! Arggghhh... *sounds of whips cracking*

Seiously, I agree with Phat. Looks like it will be an awesome update! Can't wait... but I guess we really have no choice. Hehe... heh... heh... Get back in that room!! * Whips cracking*

Don't get me wrong I love my family, but house guests are like fish. They both start stinking after three days...

 

[PapaPhat]

Glad to see you're back at it, ya lazy bum. What are ya thinkin', puttin' family first! Arggghhh... *sounds of whips cracking*

Seiously, I agree with Phat. Looks like it will be an awesome update! Can't wait... but I guess we really have no choice. Hehe... heh... heh... Get back in that room!! * Whips cracking*

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Don't get me wrong I love my family, but house guests are like fish. They both start stinking after three days...

Family
Houseguests...
What if the family are houseguests...

 

[Dimitri57]

Seems like that should be 0.10.0 instead.

Even if it is the completion of the 1st Chapter? Someone will need to splain it to me then. I've seen so many different opinions on numbering conventions.

When would a story be at 1.0.0? After 100 updates?

 

[Dimitri57]

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Family
Houseguests...
What if the family are houseguests...

In-laws...

 

[cxx]

When would a story be at 1.0.0? After 100 updates?

when it's completed but as said zillion times version numbering doesn't really apply to avns since no rule that 1.0 is final version besides bugfixes and devs start numbering on where they want.

 

[Avaron1974]

Even if it is the completion of the 1st Chapter? Someone will need to splain it to me then. I've seen so many different opinions on numbering conventions.

When would a story be at 1.0.0? After 100 updates?

Honestly hun, ignore anyone being anal about version numbers.

Out of 5 million people on the site, about 10 complain so.....

You number them however you want. Name them after Santa's Reindeer for all I care.