Ren'Py Completed Midnight Paradise [v1.0f Extra] [Lewdlab]

[a1fox3]

My progress is shown out of 3 and it said I was done with characters that I kept unlocking new scenes with. Like my yoga and massage for Joyce read 4/3 instead of 4/4 complete. Dunno if that is as intended

Try different things and go to different rooms during each time of the day and soon you will get something to unlock for you.

 

[Feelinger]

Anyone Can give the walkthrough 1-5. Thank you

 

[a1fox3]

Anyone Can give the walkthrough 1-5. Thank you

Walkthrough is pin to the OP if you would just look.


ADD: Why do I get the felling I played something like this about 2 year ago.
The brother is the drug maker/dealer.

Is this VN a remake or something?

 

[the66]

here is my unofficial android port of Midnight Paradise v0.5.1.

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[Skylaroo]

People want rich complex worlds with in-depth characters, which can become quite difficult to juggle sometimes with the porn aspects they also want to see.

I can't really speak for others, but I don't require rich complex world with in-depth characters. I just want at the very least something that makes sense, and the game must have something that hooked me (either through story, character model, pacing, etc). Rather than requiring high quality story, it's more that low quality story is a big NO for me.

What many people missed is that most of the devs (not the writers) here are pretty much amateurs who have never written anything in their life before. They have an idea (or fantasy) but they don't know how to write that down properly because it isn't as simple as they originally thought.

BaDIK - good writing. Good characters. Slice of life.

I'd say BADIK (so far) is an above-average game that is popular because of the high quality renders and lengthy updates. The story isn't realistic, the characters are one dimensional, the gameplay is ok (DIK/CHIK choices don't really matter so far, and most likely only matter maybe nearing the end to lock you into certain ending), and the mini-games are poorly implemented. But somehow it works because it has something that hook the players to make them want to know what's going to happen next.

To be honest, I wish there's a full dev team to work on AAA version of BADIK where choices matter. Five different paths, be Alpha, Beta, DIK, rich-group (can't remember their name), and neutral (stay at dorm). That'd would significantly elevate the quality of the game.

 

[ZTex]

I'd say BADIK (so far) is an above-average game that is popular because of the high quality renders and lengthy updates. The story isn't realistic, the characters are one dimensional, the gameplay is ok (DIK/CHIK choices don't really matter so far, and most likely only matter maybe nearing the end to lock you into certain ending), and the mini-games are poorly implemented. But somehow it works because it has something that hook the players to make them want to know what's going to happen next.

To be honest, I wish there's a full dev team to work on AAA version of BADIK where choices matter. Five different paths, be Alpha, Beta, DIK, rich-group (can't remember their name), and neutral (stay at dorm). That'd would significantly elevate the quality of the game.

I gotta disagree on the characters in that game being one dimensional. The side characters for sure are, but the main characters are all pretty fully fleshed out and multi-faceted. The game is unrealistic yes, but that's by design. It's very much a pastiche of "American Pie" or other media that portray college greek life as hedonistic.

 

[spar]

I can't really speak for others, but I don't require rich complex world with in-depth characters. I just want at the very least something that makes sense, and the game must have something that hooked me (either through story, character model, pacing, etc). Rather than requiring high quality story, it's more that low quality story is a big NO for me.

What many people missed is that most of the devs (not the writers) here are pretty much amateurs who have never written anything in their life before. They have an idea (or fantasy) but they don't know how to write that down properly because it isn't as simple as they originally thought.


I'd say BADIK (so far) is an above-average game that is popular because of the high quality renders and lengthy updates. The story isn't realistic, the characters are one dimensional, the gameplay is ok (DIK/CHIK choices don't really matter so far, and most likely only matter maybe nearing the end to lock you into certain ending), and the mini-games are poorly implemented. But somehow it works because it has something that hook the players to make them want to know what's going to happen next.

To be honest, I wish there's a full dev team to work on AAA version of BADIK where choices matter. Five different paths, be Alpha, Beta, DIK, rich-group (can't remember their name), and neutral (stay at dorm). That'd would significantly elevate the quality of the game.

Being a DIK / CHIK has the function of making the protagonist interact differently with the characters, CHIK is a more respectful person and that attracts a group of girls and releases certain exclusive features, DIK interacts in a more blatant way and that attracts another group of girls and I obtained exclusive content of that route, example:

1. girl from the restaurant, if you are a DICK, when you interact with her for the first time he will make a joke that she will dislike, but when you are a CHICK, he will only talk about your friend's relationship with one of his friends. This has repercussion later when the MC interacts with one of the main girls, and goes to the restaurant.

These are the details that create an atmosphere in a game, unfortunately MP does not have it, creating a game where the characters do not interact with each other, and the decisions that are taken, have no consequences, of any kind.

City bronke is an example too, it is a cliche game of futuristic atmosphere, but what makes it special are the things that happen around the characters and how they interact with each other.

You do not need to be original to do something good, you need are details that make your work stand out with your own brand.

 

[Skylaroo]

Apologies for talking about BADIK instead of MP. This is my last one here.

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[ppoooors]

BaDIK - good writing. Good characters. Slice of life.
City of Broken Dreamers - Story driven. Good universe building. Realistic characters.
DeLuca - likable characters. Nice backstory. Competent MC.
Primal Instinct - amazing "cinematography." Interesting characters. Mysterious story brewing.
Heavy five - I'm behind on playing this game, but the first release was already real quality. The lore of the universe seen through the ship's console and things like that really add a nice touch. Character behaviors that reflects how you treat them.
Becoming a Rockstar - MC can be a douchebag, but he is generally competent and is pretty "cool." Good set of characters. The girl across the street inviting a stranger into her home to fuck her was a bit random and too unrealistic, but that scene was hot as fuck lol.

I'm sure there are other gems.

Then there are games that focus on fetishes. Japanese NTR stuff. Corruption. The Tyrant. Black/Anime Lilith games. Etc. You won't find amazing writing in most of them, but if the kinks are right for you, you can treat it as a fap game.

I will get around to playing the recent updates, but as far as I've seen MP has no identity. Incest is not even a fetish at this point. Its so overdone that it needs something extra. Maybe an interesting story developing like Primal Instinct or Love and Submission (rip). Or maybe something that just takes the depravity and dials it up like Corruption (this one is getting real old at this point though). Not for me personally, but others like a good romance involving incest. Maybe something like Dreaming of Dana - I did enjoy that one.

Anyways, basically... I think what people want these days are straight up fap games that delivers on their kinks, or a good story with atmosphere and some mystery, or amazing characters that are written intelligently. None of that "Oh my god... I'm hugging my mom and her breasts are touching me... I am a shower peeping virgin asswipe of a MC. I will molest them in their sleep for no apparant reason and build up the lust points. I am a nice guy though." What you need is realistic actions from characters if you are trying to make a serious game, or outlandish porn logic in a faptastic game. When you have retarded characters inside a game that takes itself seriously, it just becomes a pile of turd.

Adding a side note on Melody which seems to be popular but I find pretty dumb. This is a game that suffers greatly from wooden dialogue. Characters have zero personality that sets them apart. They all speak in the same monotonic, formal, robotic way. MC seems like the biggest nice guy(tm) ever. One thing this game does the best out of anything else I've tried is the outfits. Everyone has a normal wardrobe and change outfits everyday. That was so refreshing when I first played Melody.

edit: added Becoming a Rockstar. And some quips about Melody.

Yeah I pretty much agree with you, if you asked me what the best games here were I would've said all the games you mentioned.
...but I still don't think if these have the same popularity that DoD (and the games alike) had when it came out. So they haven't exactly "replaced" the whole cliche, shower peeking, sleep molesting games. To me it looks like the public (not the people who actually care about stuff) still want the same boring shit but with amazing renders and a different story.

It's a pretty long/complicated topic and I guess this thread ain't the right place to discuss it, but thanks for the explanation nonetheless.

 

[spar]

Apologies for talking about BADIK instead of MP. This is my last one here.

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I do not want to talk about Being a DIK, it works well or badly, what I want to tell you is that they knew how to create a detailed environment for their characters, where they can interact in a different way, something that MP should also have, but unfortunately not.

And I think he should take an example of that, in order to try to improve her game, and create a system where you will interact with certain variations, specific how they are treated or the decisions made.

 

[Deleted member 54063]

I just don't get this game at all. I don't know why it even exists.

Dreams of Desire is still one of my favorite games of all time, I still have it on my PC and replay it from time to time. But this is no Dreams of Desire. It's clear that so much time and effort is being put into making the free-roam aspect, and "filling out" (still not full though) the grindy fucking world, that we're still lacking any real or substantial content.

Did no one learn from Dreaming of Dana? No? Didn't bother researching. Strange that.

I just don't understand the thinking of Lewdlab is making this game free-roam.

I used to support them for a while, as Dreams of Desire was being developed. I had to stop when I saw what this was becoming.

I might check back in a couple of years, maybe then we'll see something. I just can't support this in any way, shape or form. I'm not willing to pay for this, or even play it for free.

 

[ppoooors]

I just don't get this game at all. I don't know why it even exists.

Dreams of Desire is still one of my favorite games of all time, I still have it on my PC and replay it from time to time. But this is no Dreams of Desire. It's clear that so much time and effort is being put into making the free-roam aspect, and "filling out" (still not full though) the grindy fucking world, that we're still lacking any real or substantial content.

Did no one learn from Dreaming of Dana? No? Didn't bother researching. Strange that.

I just don't understand the thinking of Lewdlab is making this game free-roam.

I used to support them for a while, as Dreams of Desire was being developed. I had to stop when I saw what this was becoming.

I might check back in a couple of years, maybe then we'll see something. I just can't support this in any way, shape or form. I'm not willing to pay for this, or even play it for free.

I think Lewdlab always wanted to make a proper free-roam game. Even with DoD but I think he couldn't figure out how to actually make it at the time.
This thing just didn't start off right I think... He suddenly changed the game engine to Unity out of nowhere, the first release of the game was a rushed bug swamp, he then switched back to Ren'py and is now dealing with the bugs/coding of the new setting instead of working on the story updates...

I'm not too hard on him though, the game has some of the best visuals around there's no denying in that.
I just hope it all works out for this game. Lots of potential.

 

[Deleted member 54063]

I think Lewdlab always wanted to make a proper free-roam game. Even with DoD but I think he couldn't figure out how to actually make it at the time.
This thing just didn't start off right I think... He suddenly changed the game engine to Unity out of nowhere, the first release of the game was a rushed bug swamp, he then switched back to Ren'py and is now dealing with the bugs/coding of the new setting instead of working on the story updates...

I'm not too hard on him though, the game has some of the best visuals around there's no denying in that.
I just hope it all works out for this game. Lots of potential.

But even there, you've outlined poor decision making. And making this game free-roam is another in a series.

How long are we going to wait until this game is either switched to a VN, or just abandoned because of failing support:

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Time will tell, I guess. Best way to affect change is with our wallets.

 

[Hyped]

But even there, you've outlined poor decision making. And making this game free-roam is another in a series.

How long are we going to wait until this game is either switched to a VN, or just abandoned because of failing support:
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Time will tell, I guess. Best way to affect change is with our wallets.

I'm seeing about 2600 patrons. Support has stayed mostly constant. Patrons are waiting for see if it'll get better. Doubt he'll abandon it.
After a couple of updates, we're going to see him post hints about a new game to retain disappointed patrons. He's been a bit of a bad creative visionary but he's smart.

 

[Deleted member 54063]

I'm seeing about 2600 patrons. Support has stayed mostly constant. Patrons are waiting for see if it'll get better. Doubt he'll abandon it.
After a couple of updates, we're going to see him post hints about a new game to retain disappointed patrons. He's a bad creative visionary but he's smart.

I have to respectfully disagree with you, mate. On two points.

1: His support being almost halved in a year is not, nothing. That would be an eye-opener if it was me. A "holy shit, we're on the wrong path" moment.

2: Creating a second game is not smart. We've seen so many developers either vanish from existence or be relegated in ridicule after doing just that. We're seeing fuck all content in this one game, all a second game is going to do is reduce what we see even more because his time will be split between both.

I didn't know about the new game, and I think it's kind of disgusting. I've never been more happy to stop supporting someone.

 

[whity112]

I have to respectfully disagree with you, mate. On two points.

1: His support being almost halved in a year is not, nothing. That would be an eye-opener if it was me. A "holy shit, we're on the wrong path" moment.

2: Creating a second game is not smart. We've seen so many developers either vanish from existence or be relegated in ridicule after doing just that. We're seeing fuck all content in this one game, all a second game is going to do is reduce what we see even more because his time will be split between both.

I didn't know about the new game, and I think it's kind of disgusting. I've never been more happy to stop supporting someone.

this is came out this year february the first all the support he lost was when he was not working

 

[Hyped]

I have to respectfully disagree with you, mate. On two points.

1: His support being almost halved in a year is not, nothing. That would be an eye-opener if it was me. A "holy shit, we're on the wrong path" moment.

2: Creating a second game is not smart. We've seen so many developers either vanish from existence or be relegated in ridicule after doing just that. We're seeing fuck all content in this one game, all a second game is going to do is reduce what we see even more because his time will be split between both.

I didn't know about the new game, and I think it's kind of disgusting. I've never been more happy to stop supporting someone.

He retained most of his hardcore patrons though couldn't win back most who quit after DoD, could be multiple factors there that have nothing to do with the game, might just be the market in general. General patreon support and views have been dropping too.

Didn't say he would create a new game. Predict he'll start posting banners, teasers and hints of a new game to be released after this one. That'll give him an easy way to conclude this fast.

I'd support him if he stuck with his free roam sandbox vision all the way and got innovative. Instead we got a poor free roam game mixed with a poor vn. Just doesn't need to exist imho.

 

[Wallnut]

Try different things and go to different rooms during each time of the day and soon you will get something to unlock for you.

I m pretty sure I unlocked everything, I meant that it wasn't tracking my progress correctly. Like it was saying I was done but I was still unlocking things. When I first started it displayed my progress for yoga at 1/3 which should mean 1 out of 3 scenes but I unlocked 3 more scenes and then it displayed 4/3 which would be 4 out of 3 ........which is impossible. Not sure if its meant to be like that unless its an extra scene? Or a typo......Idk

 

[Deleted member 54063]

Didn't say he would create a new game. Predict he'll start posting banners, teasers and hints of a new game to be released after this one. That'll give him an easy way to conclude this fast.

Ah sorry, my bad. Misunderstood. I hear you though.

I'd support him if he stuck with his free roam sandbox vision all the way and got innovative. Instead we got a poor free roam game mixed with a poor vn. Just doesn't need to exist imho.

Yeah, there are some free-roams I play and love. But too many that are just fuck-ups. He had a winning formula with DoD, and could have carried that over with any new IP. It's just a shame, I feel.

 

[Ennoch]

I m pretty sure I unlocked everything, I meant that it wasn't tracking my progress correctly. Like it was saying I was done but I was still unlocking things. When I first started it displayed my progress for yoga at 1/3 which should mean 1 out of 3 scenes but I unlocked 3 more scenes and then it displayed 4/3 which would be 4 out of 3 ........which is impossible. Not sure if its meant to be like that unless its an extra scene? Or a typo......Idk

Probably a minor bug, the change-log indicates something similar could happen if one uses/used third-party patches.