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StrawberryCheese83

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Hey Tap. Thank you for your response. I did try out the "Neutral Way"....but i wasn t sure what it exactly means. I thought that the Neutral Way would be a Path where the Status Quo were reached (no ntr/nts; love at minimum; both parties (husband and wife) doesn t care about eachother); Thats my definition of a Neutral Way! :D Thanks for clearing that up. So..if i want to stay on the faithful path, sometimes i have to choose the neutral way. Check! (y)
 
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ItsNotUs

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Hello and thank you for your extensive feedback!
Can you tell me what you mean by better content in my case?

Regarding point 3, yes, there is a bug that I haven't fixed yet with the wrong dialog in the neutral branch. But at the expense of thoughts I did not understand, please reveal exactly where the bug is, and better with screenshots in the BOS as you did last time, it helped me a lot

Regarding the cheat code, someone already suggested this idea above, I'm still thinking about it, I'll probably make a vote on petreon whether to introduce this into the game
The best content is like a figure of speech, it's just that if you want to, for example, raise the prices of your product, you have to raise the quality, the same one path for example the Love Path in this update took 10 minutes and as i said above the clifenger has one and OG for all paths, but these are options, its for you to decide for yourself what to do!

The thoughts of the MC that pop up during the deals at one point in the NTR path he thought about Lisa squatting in front of Karl and her eye at the level of his dick, but this picture appeared only after a couple of lines of text, at another point the thoughts on the black background did not disappear as usual, but hung and the text according to the plot goes further
I'll look it tomorrow and send you PM!
 
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tton8

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Jul 17, 2022
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Taptus, just do your thing. You can learn technical stuff etc., but it's your vision as far as the content is concerned.

GL and do not be discouraged. Uphills and downhills are all part of the process of getting anything worthwhile done.
 

666terror666

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For those guys hating the "blackmail" surprise. Would it have pissed off you less if the path wasnt called "karl path" but "blackmail path"? So that you know what you chose?
 
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BrandonW

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Jun 28, 2019
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Taptus, just do your thing. You can learn technical stuff etc., but it's your vision as far as the content is concerned.

GL and do not be discouraged. Uphills and downhills are all part of the process of getting anything worthwhile done.
My sentiments exactly. Keep up the good work and do not be discouraged. Your work so far is very promising and it will get better with each cycle.
 
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malha_vacas69

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For those guys hating the "blackmail" surprise. Would it have pissed off you less if the path wasnt called "karl path" but "blackmail path"? So that you know what you chose?
Look into previous comments. Taptus already said that it was pointed out by the patreon subscribers and that a rename would have been made in time of the public version releasing, but since it got leaked the paths name remained unchanged.
 

Kuk78

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Nice, but the plot will develop for a very long time. Aaron, talk about open relationships, etc. 2-3 parts or more will pass before Lisa becomes ours
 
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Darth Sidious

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Can you tell me how I can get this tag? Where do I need to contact?
First way is to simply PM a System Admin or Moderator, there are usually several Online all the time. Secondly you can always open a ticket with the button at the top next to Forums. In my experience F95 staff is generally very fast, as in hours instead of days to respond to a ticket. I think they'll ask you to link your Patreon page and perhaps verify via e-mail, don't know the whole process since I've never had to get that tag before I only read about others getting it. Hope you'll get it sorted soon!
 
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Phone Story is an interesting, well-written game that captured my attention as I went through it the other day. Despite some hiccups with consistency, the story mostly flows naturally and deviates slightly with different choices. There are some bugs such as, but not limited to, the thought bubbles popping up early or erroneously remaining on the screen for too long as mentioned by others earlier, but overall it's been mostly a smooth experience. Images are sprinkled into the phone conversations in an adequate pace in a believable manner, but would still prefer to bump that up a notch. There were some fascinating revelations in the story such as Adam's report from last year, or Lisa's behavior in college, or just the character of Mark in general. For their first foray into h-game development, Taptus is doing a pretty good job! Looking forward to see how they'll take the ball from here!
Can you tell me how I can get this tag? Where do I need to contact?
In addition to what Darth have said, arguably the quickest and easiest way is to simply self-report yourself (using the Report button on one of your posts) and state that you're the game developer of Phone Story while linking your Boosty and Patreon pages in the additional space provided on the popup. Usually takes a day or two for the staff to verify. Cheers and good luck!
 
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King22422

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Dont... You're doing a good job on your own. Dont try to apease everyone you'll end up apeasing no one. I would advise yout to hold onto your creative integrity.

one more thing. If the game is worth pirating you have a good product on your hands. Consider this a compliment not something to be demotivated by.
Correct. Taptus: Don't get in your own way. Your game is very good. I know so many developers whose games are leaked here early on and whose supporters still increase from month to month. I would perhaps think about the level prices. For a (very good) phone game, $15 is quite high for some people, but that way many people who don't know your game will get hold of it and you'll get more supporters. Watch that.
 
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Silwith

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hello, I will rename both options in the future
Karl's way will become-the way "Karl blackmails Adam"
Neutral way-the way "No blackmail"

In other words, if you choose a neutral path, then regardless of your game branch (NTR, NTS or love), you will not have Karl's blackmail, you will play on your own branch without this event.
That's a good change, because me as the player choosing freedom and lust, while keeping love high and then just get hit with that is honestly bullshit.

I mean, aside from the fact that there is no reason either? Feels like there were quite a few hints that he could make a move without me being against him, so him just coming out of the blue with the blackmail was kinda like "The fuck dude, you get a free road without speed limit, why you shooting at the police?" ...
 
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Taptus

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Phone Story is an interesting, well-written game that captured my attention as I went through it the other day. Despite some hiccups with consistency, the story mostly flows naturally and deviates slightly with different choices. There are some bugs such as, but not limited to, the thought bubbles popping up early or erroneously remaining on the screen for too long as mentioned by others earlier, but overall it's been mostly a smooth experience. Images are sprinkled into the phone conversations in an adequate pace in a believable manner, but would still prefer to bump that up a notch. There were some fascinating revelations in the story such as Adam's report from last year, or Lisa's behavior in college, or just the character of Mark in general. For their first foray into h-game development, Taptus is doing a pretty good job! Looking forward to see how they'll take the ball from here!

In addition to what Darth have said, arguably the quickest and easiest way is to simply self-report yourself (using the Report button on one of your posts) and state that you're the game developer of Phone Story while linking your Boosty and Patreon pages in the additional space provided on the popup. Usually takes a day or two for the staff to verify. Cheers and good luck!
Hello! Thank you for your extensive comment and kind words about my game! I will try to make more pictures in new additions, I already understood that it is very important for people. Thanks for your advice on getting new rights on the forum, I will work on getting them today.
 
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Enlight432

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This game is definitely among my 10 favorite games, and I'm talking about at least a thousand games that I have tested/played

The first strength of this game is the choices. It's very rare to see such an excellent choice system. Thinking about it now, I can't recall any game that has such a meaningful choice system. Every choice is important, meaning they aren't just superficial and without role in the script. Each choice causes changes in stats and simultaneously (this is interesting) that choice is stored in the script's memory with a variable! In 99.99% of games, we don't have such binary choices, It means they only increase and decrease the statistics, they don't have any other effect. and the fact that all choices are written meaningfully and logically makes you pay a lot of attention to them, enjoy them, and it causes more and more immersion. I might say this is the best game in terms of choices among all the games I've played, they are really beautifully designed. This shows and proves that this developer both has great talent and really puts in effort, which is why he truly deserve support

The next point is the personality
FMC:
Literally: extraordinary.
I'm really not exaggerating; just look at the ratings I've given to other games, you'll find lots of 3 stars. And I will prove that the personalities in this game are extraordinary
Let's start with the FMC. She is an extraordinarily complete person, having everything simultaneously. In most games, when they want to design a very kind and so-called positive FMC, they damage her confidence and freedom of action, and as a result, they make the FMC turn into a doll that everyone can control. And conversely, in games that try to design an FMC with confidence and a free personality, they make her have offensive, illogical, and slut-centered behaviors, which of course this personality gets boring very quickly and doesn't have any special appeal
But this FMC has both sides simultaneously, meaning that while she is kind, responsible, principles and moral values, she also has confidence, self-respect, and an independent personality. This combination makes it very easy to fall in love with her and enjoy the full experience with her. I could explain her personality much more
MC:
This MC is definitely one of the best MCs I've seen in NTS games.
He is neither a boring, meaningless, unbelievable alpha nor a stupid, weak beta. He has a complete personality, is very intelligent, behaves excellently, and has no issues in terms of confidence, self-respect, and similar qualities, and also has no problem in sexually satisfying the FMC (this can be fully understood from the first hour of the game)
All of these are conditional on the player not destroying him; after all, the player has godlike power and can cause him to go down the wrong path and constantly make wrong choices, and well, what do you expect!?
When you make the right choices, he has a completely satisfying personality that I personally enjoy being with very much, especially that behind-the-scenes personality of his where he tries to manage people, which is very good
Other characters:
I prefer not to explain this, just briefly: every other character is excellent in their own position for their own role

Appearance:

This doesn't need explanation. I think we all agree that the FMC is simultaneously very beautiful, very hot, very elegant, and has an original appearance that is rarely seen. Original appearance means it's not copied from other games
The appearance of other characters also matches their roles and personalities

Dialogue: I enjoyed every dialogue in this game. You might sometimes ask why it's sometimes long, but it's not a problem because firstly, it's attractively long, and secondly, it's necessary. It increases the credibility of the game. For example, it's not like some games where the MC very easily sends his wife into others' arms, which is both laughable and illogical, and damages the credibility of the game

I've written a bit too much, so I'll write the next points more concisely because the purpose of reading a review is to understand the value or non-value of a game
  • Story and writing: Very engaging, attractive, logical, and believable, which adds a good element of tension to the game
  • Relationship between MC and FMC: Extremely excellent - without any flaws - very natural - one of the best relationships I've seen so far
  • Atmosphere: Completely immersive and enjoyable
  • And others: All other aspects were also well-worked on and thought out, and I was completely satisfied with all of them...
Weaknesses:
The only flaw of this game is the lack of a dark mode, which I think all phone-oriented Renpy games have this flaw

Conclusion:
100 out of 100
It's definitely and strongly recommended,
it very easily found its place in my list of 10 favorite games
Special thanks to the developer for creating this great experience
 

Taptus

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This game is definitely among my 10 favorite games, and I'm talking about at least a thousand games that I have tested/played

The first strength of this game is the choices. It's very rare to see such an excellent choice system. Thinking about it now, I can't recall any game that has such a meaningful choice system. Every choice is important, meaning they aren't just superficial and without role in the script. Each choice causes changes in stats and simultaneously (this is interesting) that choice is stored in the script's memory with a variable! In 99.99% of games, we don't have such binary choices, It means they only increase and decrease the statistics, they don't have any other effect. and the fact that all choices are written meaningfully and logically makes you pay a lot of attention to them, enjoy them, and it causes more and more immersion. I might say this is the best game in terms of choices among all the games I've played, they are really beautifully designed. This shows and proves that this developer both has great talent and really puts in effort, which is why he truly deserve support

The next point is the personality
FMC:
Literally: extraordinary.
I'm really not exaggerating; just look at the ratings I've given to other games, you'll find lots of 3 stars. And I will prove that the personalities in this game are extraordinary
Let's start with the FMC. She is an extraordinarily complete person, having everything simultaneously. In most games, when they want to design a very kind and so-called positive FMC, they damage her confidence and freedom of action, and as a result, they make the FMC turn into a doll that everyone can control. And conversely, in games that try to design an FMC with confidence and a free personality, they make her have offensive, illogical, and slut-centered behaviors, which of course this personality gets boring very quickly and doesn't have any special appeal
But this FMC has both sides simultaneously, meaning that while she is kind, responsible, principles and moral values, she also has confidence, self-respect, and an independent personality. This combination makes it very easy to fall in love with her and enjoy the full experience with her. I could explain her personality much more
MC:
This MC is definitely one of the best MCs I've seen in NTS games.
He is neither a boring, meaningless, unbelievable alpha nor a stupid, weak beta. He has a complete personality, is very intelligent, behaves excellently, and has no issues in terms of confidence, self-respect, and similar qualities, and also has no problem in sexually satisfying the FMC (this can be fully understood from the first hour of the game)
All of these are conditional on the player not destroying him; after all, the player has godlike power and can cause him to go down the wrong path and constantly make wrong choices, and well, what do you expect!?
When you make the right choices, he has a completely satisfying personality that I personally enjoy being with very much, especially that behind-the-scenes personality of his where he tries to manage people, which is very good
Other characters:
I prefer not to explain this, just briefly: every other character is excellent in their own position for their own role

Appearance:

This doesn't need explanation. I think we all agree that the FMC is simultaneously very beautiful, very hot, very elegant, and has an original appearance that is rarely seen. Original appearance means it's not copied from other games
The appearance of other characters also matches their roles and personalities

Dialogue: I enjoyed every dialogue in this game. You might sometimes ask why it's sometimes long, but it's not a problem because firstly, it's attractively long, and secondly, it's necessary. It increases the credibility of the game. For example, it's not like some games where the MC very easily sends his wife into others' arms, which is both laughable and illogical, and damages the credibility of the game

I've written a bit too much, so I'll write the next points more concisely because the purpose of reading a review is to understand the value or non-value of a game
  • Story and writing: Very engaging, attractive, logical, and believable, which adds a good element of tension to the game
  • Relationship between MC and FMC: Extremely excellent - without any flaws - very natural - one of the best relationships I've seen so far
  • Atmosphere: Completely immersive and enjoyable
  • And others: All other aspects were also well-worked on and thought out, and I was completely satisfied with all of them...
Weaknesses:
The only flaw of this game is the lack of a dark mode, which I think all phone-oriented Renpy games have this flaw

Conclusion:
100 out of 100
It's definitely and strongly recommended,
it very easily found its place in my list of 10 favorite games
Special thanks to the developer for creating this great experience
Hello! I am very grateful to you for such a huge and positive review, such comments definitely increase morale, thank you again!
 
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