discussion Ren'Py AI The Puppet's Strings [v0.2.5] [ramp13]

[Boog]

I am stuck clicking around while Julia is sleeping....... This is why I hate sandbox games. Had that been in the list I would not have even downloaded it. This seriously needs some work. Until i see some stuff fixed and some actual progress being made on making the game halfway playable, I am passing on it and deleting it.

 

[inutero]

I'm usually not a big fan of games that use AI, but here the face of the character is cute! I don't mind the sandbox gameplay where you have to think a little to make progress, but the game feels too empty right now! Wait to see more !

 

[james088]

Way too grindy for an AI game.

It being so makes no difference in my opinion
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I'm usually not a big fan of games that use AI, but here the face of the character is cute! I don't mind the sandbox gameplay where you have to think a little to make progress, but the game feels too empty right now! Wait to see more !

Yes I agree. Sandbox is great genre

 

[PierEight]

The gigantic hips are really off-putting. Is she a mutant or what?

Also, the overall gameplay, navigation, etc is pretty bad.

 

[highlrecommend]

that's a lot of shitty comments, I'm gonna try this even though i wanted to wait for more content.

 

[aimlessoldier]

looks nice, I suspect its doesn't have much content tho. I will try anyway.

 

[Sennistrasz]

Can you make the text white please? I'm not a fan of text boxes, it looks very cheap, having just simple white text with a shadow just looks better. Usually a transparent text box mod works, but not with black text.

 

[garetofu]

The game is quite poor; the proportions are way off.

 

[highlrecommend]

that's a lot of shitty comments, I'm gonna try this even though i wanted to wait for more content.

update, this fucking sucks really, really bad LOL
its in the recycle bin

 

[Kawasaki]

It takes a bit of searching to figure out what to do and where the main character is.
No idea what to do in this game.

Just click randomly and just hope for an action.

 

[Intorpecido]

The game doesn't help itself being a sandbox, and the way it was designed seems to maximize the number of clicks to give the illusion that the game is bigger than it actually is. The hints don't help much, and you lose track of the characters—Julia just disappears from the screen.
A better name would be "Where's Julia?" — too much work for too little reward. The game is still in its early stages, but having to hunt for content is exhausting.
And do I really need to confirm if I want to enter a room when I've already clicked on it? Time was already spent on that...

 

[TabooDad50]

Not a good game but love the models and renders. Hope dev at some point either overhauls the sandbox elements to something playable or just makes this into a VN.
Would love to see more of the young hottie, she deserves a good filling.

 

[YogSothoth]

Not even "retouched AI", just full-on AI slop through and through, with that shiny skin look AI loves to use lol

 

[Ycomep]

i liked the game, but ive got stuck in the fisrst hour of gameplay and dont know what i need to do, maybe If the hints were more specific or included a walkthrough, I think the game would be better.

 

[tsuowo]

It would help tremendously if there's an event/activity tracker and the associated time skip button that would be clickable if there's no event/activity available in the current time frame, and would skip to the next time frame with event/activity available upon being clicked.

 

[molokkk]

Same

 

[powder222]

As someone who actually likes well made sandbox games, I couldn't agree more. I've no idea what Attuned means or does, except I assume you're in that person's body. It says I can't access the outside map until I do the "Go to School" event. Got no idea of how to do that. Worst of all, there is no Next Day button so you keep advancing the the time by one hour with a button that is under a secondary menu.

A great premise with awesome models but, while still a demo, it's definitely not ready for prime time. Still, good luck to the author as, if done well, this will be a fantastic game.

100% In agreement. Got lost/locked out of a body in the first five minutes of the game. Graphics look decent. Hope there's progress soon.

 

[jmungander]

a bit of a grind but the models looked good

 

[xXxLunaxXx]

the game have now 2 threads

https://lewdcorner.com/threads/the-puppets-strings-v0-2-5-ramp13.24111/

 

[nem33]

Oh no, you deleted the other thread for this game. There was some comedy gold in there. (Ok, some of this is paraphrased from the F ninety five thread)

"Her eyes are too big -- this is a clear dog whistle that she's underage." -- have you never looked at any anime? Over-sized eyes are kind of the norm.
"The proportion of her head to her body clearly indicates that she's underage." -- yes this is a real complaint from somebody on the forum. Every single proportion on this girl's body is unrealistic. I have no idea how you are selecting a single proportion and determining her age from it.

Honestly, I'd just take the loli tag off entirely. Nothing about the character looks loli to me.

The girls in the game are cute enough, but the gameplay is completely destroyed by one of the worst sandbox designs I have ever seen.