VN Ren'Py Zero End [v0.2.4d] [Stolen Rose]

[RandomGuy99]

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Hello!
I have returned with news. It's not a whole lot of stuff, but there's some stuff I wanna talk about. It probably won't turn into a 500 word essay, but I've been writing today and I'm still in the flow, so who knows.
Since I already mentioned that, I got some writing done today. It wasn't really necessary until now as I was quite ahead, but I've finally caught up and I'm about 3 scenes behind with the visuals, so I started writing again and finished a scene that I had hanging for a while. Also started a new one.
The more interesting part is the visuals: I got a lot of renders done since last I gave an update and we're about halfway done (as well I can tell without having the text finished). I actually have some really cool shots I wanna share with you.
On a more personal note, I'm still working at my job, but next week is my last at the company. I can't explain how excited I am. It's gonna be scary, not gonna lie, it's quite a risky step, but it's pretty thrilling too.
Now, before I go, I wanna share some stats with you. I've been hesitant to share details about where the release is at, exactly, because I was ashamed with myself. But I think it's best I be specific as I feel it may do more harm than good being evasive about it. So, here it is:
- Word Count ~14k (this one's harder to estimate)
- Static renders: 1174
- Animations: 5 animations of about 26 seconds total
Overall, we're about halfway done. I hope that helps in clarifying where we're currently at with the release.
Hope you're having an amazing day!
--SR

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"Am I too damaged for you?"

We can fix her collectively

 

[c.mork]

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Hello!
I'm back! It's been a bit more than a month since I quit my day job and I've started feeling the effects of this. I'm way less stressed, my brain functions seem to have returned, and, importantly, I'm working on Zero End at a healthy rate. Since last time, I've worked mostly on writing because I wanted to hit the 75% mark, after which will come the release finale. This finale, specifically, will be pretty long. Things that I've hinted at since Day 1 will be coming to a head here, plus there will be at least 2 if not 3 endings. There's 2 scenes left until I get to the 75% mark, so I'll probably finish in a few days, and it'll be somewhere near 32k words by that point, meaning this release may be heading for 40-45k words. I... tried to trim down as much as I could, but there's just too much that needs to happen and it's very important that it's executed well.
That being said, I also got around 300 renders done and two animations. I'll give a full spread next time.
Now, I wanna finish the two scenes and get to the 75% mark, then I'll shift focus to renders and animations while I give my brain some time to piece the ending together. I have everything that needs to go in, just need to assemble it for the largest impact.
Hope you're having a wonderful day!
--SR

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I really liked this shot

 

[Maviarab]

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Hello!
I'm back! It's been a bit more than a month since I quit my day job and I've started feeling the effects of this. I'm way less stressed, my brain functions seem to have returned, and, importantly, I'm working on Zero End at a healthy rate. Since last time, I've worked mostly on writing because I wanted to hit the 75% mark, after which will come the release finale. This finale, specifically, will be pretty long. Things that I've hinted at since Day 1 will be coming to a head here, plus there will be at least 2 if not 3 endings. There's 2 scenes left until I get to the 75% mark, so I'll probably finish in a few days, and it'll be somewhere near 32k words by that point, meaning this release may be heading for 40-45k words. I... tried to trim down as much as I could, but there's just too much that needs to happen and it's very important that it's executed well.
That being said, I also got around 300 renders done and two animations. I'll give a full spread next time.
Now, I wanna finish the two scenes and get to the 75% mark, then I'll shift focus to renders and animations while I give my brain some time to piece the ending together. I have everything that needs to go in, just need to assemble it for the largest impact.
Hope you're having a wonderful day!
--SR

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I really liked this shot
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Thanks mork!

 

[PickerLewd]

I guess he is referring to premature endings like the one that happened on day 3 when you could leave the school and go home since we are on day 5-6 of the 10, right? .

 

[Canto Forte]

W . R . O . N . G !

Our main character can decide to go spend the night in the pub with a sweetheart beauty, and then they can both choose to escape their atrocious conditions and go live a peaceful life in their own cosy, bubbly, heartwarming love infested with throbbing, spicy action, corner of this world.

That should be the CANON ending, everything else being the What Ifs from the perspective of looking DEATH in the face and hoping for a MIRACLE - Spoiler alert - Mary is the miracle

I guess he is referring to premature endings like the one that happened on day 3 when you could leave the school and go home since we are on day 5-6 of the 10, right? .

That possibility is the most heartwarming gift we can ever get in this doom and gloomy apocaliptic groundhog day of gruesome encounters.

 

[Boehser Onkel]

name change/replace mod









extract attached .zip into the gamefolder (where the .exe is)
overwrite if asked - make backup before if needed
affected scripts : characters.rpy ; day1.rpy
additional script : caleb replace.rpy

no need to say you have to start a new game


important notice :
as long as the day1.rpy and characters.rpy are not being updated by the dev
this mod should work at future versions

 

[Stolen_rose]

important notice :
as long as the day1.rpy and characters.rpy are not being updated by the dev
this mod should work at future versions

characters.rpy will be with the next release, sorry. I have several new characters to introduce.

 

[Boehser Onkel]

characters.rpy will be with the next release, sorry. I have several new characters to introduce.

no problem
the easy part

edited --
quote:
""As for renaming the main character, I won't repeat my reasoning for this design choice here--you can use a mod or modify the script if you want, but it's not the intended experience. ""


anyways gonna play now
not a play-minute ingame , just testing lol

 

[xceratxx]

Keep up Stolen_rose ! we love your art and game.

 

[floppytownpro]

I'd also like to say that the music in this VN is awesome.
Main menu song and Rayne's theme songs is perfect for me. They're going on my playlist.

 

[DevinHesi]

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I was working on a scene and I really liked this shot, but it didn't really fit anywhere, so here it is.

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[ChipLecsap]

I remember playing this game once , I liked it, but I had to use google search , for some mini-games, to search answers to riddles, is this still a thing?!

 

[Maviarab]

I remember playing this game once , I liked it, but I had to use google search , for some mini-games, to search answers to riddles, is this still a thing?!

Hehehe yes. A couple are pretty clever if you're not familar with the style (or good at puzzles lol).

 

[PickerLewd]

I remember playing this game once , I liked it, but I had to use google search , for some mini-games, to search answers to riddles, is this still a thing?!

I think the puzzle about completing a strange poem by writing text is the only one you need to look up on the internet.

The numbers puzzle is already solvable in the game since the last update.

 

[Boehser Onkel]

yeah

the puzzles ...
need a skip/solve button/option
not a fan of searching the web for this

 

[c.mork]

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Hello!
Finally, I managed to get to a point with the writing where I can go and focus on the visuals and gameplay, so that's what I've been doing. I'll give specific stats later, but, after hitting the 75% mark with the writing, I started on animations. I finished posing eight of them and the last one is going to finish rendering tonight. Apart from that, I've also set up a few static renders, but not a huge amount. Next, I'll be focusing on static renders since those are a bit behind now. There's about 8 animations left to do, but I'll be getting to those later. For now, there's enough writing, so I'll take a break from that and give myself some time to structure the finale as best I can.
Current stats:
- word count: ~34k words
- static renders: 1679 rendered + 120 in queue waiting for the animations to be done
- animations: 15 animations totaling 61 seconds
- scripting: done up to the current text content (this is what I decided to call adding menus, music, stats, checks, etc.)
It's actually going pretty well. The word count is around Day 4 right now and it's likely to get significantly higher. I think it'll be worth it, though.
Hope you're having a wonderful day!
--SR

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We got to the funny number, so I figured I'd tease some of the sexy stuff this time.
It may not seem like it, but this is a punishment.

 

[Boehser Onkel]

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Hello!
Finally, I managed to get to a point with the writing where I can go and focus on the visuals and gameplay, so that's what I've been doing. I'll give specific stats later, but, after hitting the 75% mark with the writing, I started on animations. I finished posing eight of them and the last one is going to finish rendering tonight. Apart from that, I've also set up a few static renders, but not a huge amount. Next, I'll be focusing on static renders since those are a bit behind now. There's about 8 animations left to do, but I'll be getting to those later. For now, there's enough writing, so I'll take a break from that and give myself some time to structure the finale as best I can.
Current stats:
- word count: ~34k words
- static renders: 1679 rendered + 120 in queue waiting for the animations to be done
- animations: 15 animations totaling 61 seconds
- scripting: done up to the current text content (this is what I decided to call adding menus, music, stats, checks, etc.)
It's actually going pretty well. The word count is around Day 4 right now and it's likely to get significantly higher. I think it'll be worth it, though.
Hope you're having a wonderful day!
--SR

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We got to the funny number, so I figured I'd tease some of the sexy stuff this time.
It may not seem like it, but this is a punishment.

wait wait wait
content preview?
2 girls?
who are they and why

 

[crabsinthekitchen]

wait wait wait
content preview?
2 girls?
who are they and why

Rayne. Looks like both of her. I wonder if being alone in your body feels different than normal. It's normal for most people but not really when there's two of you and you have to share yourself with yourself. Or do both of you have both of you so you're still not alone? Are the other you still there? Are you without the other one still you?