discussion Ren'Py AI The Puppet's Strings [v0.2.7] [ramp13]

[Hills town]

the art seemed pretty good, I played for like 20 mins got super lost and then just gave up
games mid

 

[zgaara666z]

the game was hard to figure out, gotta read the events and work towards those in order. i see potential here, hopefully the dev can makes something great out of it. ... anyone have 2.6 to share?

 

[tittyman3]

Graphics are great; gameplay is confusing af at first. Could do with a walkthrough at least

 

[johannes]

I've come across this game before and everybody says the same thing. Graphics are good, but the gameplay is terrible. I'll keep it on my watch list and see if that changes and give it another go. I tried it but didn't get anywhere with it.

 

[Eblan]

The idea is cool, the vibe of QSP games, but again, it’s AI‑slop.

 

[Deleted member 260910]

Graphics are great; gameplay is confusing af at first. Could do with a walkthrough at least

Oh yes... a walkthrough please....

 

[Consumptionist]

a seriously poor game design. played many sandbox games and shocked at how FEW developers create enough content to justify the design choice.
played another just couple days ago that had me clicking around a dozen locations that all had nothing in them. senseless

been on several sites when this has updated and each time the comments regarding a walkthrough grow. that is not a positive. no one should need one for the game, just for the hidden stuff it is possible to miss, like bonus images. never needed a walkthrough first time i ran through skyrim.
this is a cgi rip waiting to happen (not that there is much to see yet)

 

[kel11]

I like that this gets lots of updates but will like it when it get further along

 

[ParadiseFan]

I don't dislike sandbox games just for being sandbox, but this one has some pretty bad time-wasting design. Just clicking skip time over and over, repeat the same thing 5-10 times, and even walkthrough steps are inaccurate.

 

[YoshimiBattles]

I like it alright, the body proportions are the only thing bothering me.

 

[zigster123]

Gonna try it just for the graphics.

 

[herot32]

I don't dislike sandbox games just for being sandbox, but this one has some pretty bad time-wasting design. Just clicking skip time over and over, repeat the same thing 5-10 times, and even walkthrough steps are inaccurate.

Exactly my main issue, which is a shame because I love the premise and I like the art design and even the animations.

The Mom/Older Sister corrupting her daughter/younger sister while simultaneously being corrupted by some perverted female ghost? Fuck yeah. All about that.

But the problem is the game play is literally the most repetitive time-waste I've ever seen.


MOVE TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE CORRUPTION!

REQUIREMENTS:
GET YOUR FRIEND TO 11 PERVERT POINTS
- At night between 11 and 12pm, go to her room and watch her dream (cost: 10 energy points) = +1 pervert point
GET JOHNNY RELATIONSHIP TO +5 POINTS (minimum)
- Weekday afternoons when attuned to Elsa talk to Johnny in the hallway between 4 and 5pm
GET JOHNNY TO VISIT YOUR HOUSE
- Weekdays when attuned to Julia talk to Johnny after class to have him visit the house

It's literally just "click, watch the same scene 5 times, click click click click..."

And there's no replay gallery or anything so once you've seen a scene, that's it. There's no way to re-watch it again unless you just sandbox that exact situation again.

 

[Speechlxss]

really not worth checking out, atleast not at this point, skippable for now

 

[jman]

I still cannot understand how this game is supposed to be played. The entire energy mechanic seems broken. Models look good, but that is as far as I can seem to get.

 

[herot32]

I still cannot understand how this game is supposed to be played. The entire energy mechanic seems broken. Models look good, but that is as far as I can seem to get.

You are the ghost girl Luna. The two girls who live in the house (Elsa and Julia) have actions they can do only when you "attune" to them, which basically means you kind of possess them. This costs energy points.

Each morning you receive +40 energy points as Luna. Certain actions have to be performed when you are attuned to Elsa, others when you are attuned to Julia. If you click the "i" icon in the top right it's basically a walkthrough of what you need to do for each achievement, scene. The problem is that they are VERY slow to develop and since anything worth doing costs 10-20 energy points a day, you can really only do 2-3 things a day, max, before you have to go to sleep and then get another +40. And you will do this over, and over, and over, and over. 2-3 actions a day.

And some of these actions can only be done once a day, and others require 10 or 20 points to do.

So you can sit there and look at this and say "I have to do this for 193 days!?" and yes, you do.

 

[slenderman!210]

Maybe, but confusing on what to do

 

[jman]

You are the ghost girl Luna. The two girls who live in the house (Elsa and Julia) have actions they can do only when you "attune" to them, which basically means you kind of possess them. This costs energy points.

Each morning you receive +40 energy points as Luna. Certain actions have to be performed when you are attuned to Elsa, others when you are attuned to Julia. If you click the "i" icon in the top right it's basically a walkthrough of what you need to do for each achievement, scene. The problem is that they are VERY slow to develop and since anything worth doing costs 10-20 energy points a day, you can really only do 2-3 things a day, max, before you have to go to sleep and then get another +40. And you will do this over, and over, and over, and over. 2-3 actions a day.

And some of these actions can only be done once a day, and others require 10 or 20 points to do.

So you can sit there and look at this and say "I have to do this for 193 days!?" and yes, you do.

That would make sense. I thought the game play loop was off, but then started to say, "maybe Im doing this wrong". Safe to say I am not the only one who sees the errors in this design.