Overview:
“Too much, too soon, or was that simply my excuse?”
Our Protagonist (Rainn Nichols) has simply moved to New York together with her mom after her father vanished into skinny air. Left with little greater than a paycheck to live to tell the tale and a damaged down truck to maneuver them round, our protagonist is uprooted from her dwelling and now ex-boyfriend, pressured to dwell in a motel on the mistaken aspect of the Big Apple. This is the place she meets our different protagonist (Logan Knox), the red-haired guitarist and founding member of the nearly unknown instrumental metalcore band, We Were Just Kids. Made up of himself, bassist Jason Butler, and drummer Reagan Lee. What begins as our protagonist becoming a member of the band on the fly for a college expertise present swiftly evolves into the quartet being thrusted right into a highlight of sex, drugs, music, fame, love, and maybe demise.
Not all the things is because it appears on the floor. The corruption of music, the dearth of stability within the trade’s energy dynamic, and the temptations of stardom all check the unity of the band as previous relationships get back to hang-out our protagonists. Can they deal with the warmth of the highlight, or the stress of sudden fame? Can our protagonists function by the weeds? Or will they crumble like the numerous earlier than them?
Game Updated: 2022-05-25
Release Date: 2021-07-18
Developer: MissFortune Patreon – SubscribeStar – BuyMeACoffee – Twitter
Censored: No
Version: 0.3
OS: Windows, Mac, Android
Other Game: Playing Judas
Language: English
Genre:
Installation:
Changelog:
A notice for anybody planning to evaluation/critique the primary a part of the VN: The first three chapters (443 renders or so, iirc) are being re-rendered as I’m typing this. Better high quality, much better lighting, and simply the overall touchups that’ve include a greater understanding of Daz over the months. Some of the early sex scenes might be both outright eliminated or rewritten. As already talked about, this may possible are available two updates. 0.3a and 0.3b (and probably 0.3c, if needed.). 0.3a might be made up of latest renders that need not have the scenes rewritten. 0.3b might be made up of renders that had their scenes rewritten. Both variations will rework the audio normalization ranges, as properly. That’s all I needed to notice, although. Onto the precise changelog.
– 547 Renders, 6 animations (for 1 scene.). 2,465 strains of code and dialogue. I’m too lazy to separate that, not even gonna try it.
– All Music and SFX ought to be/are considerably louder for 0.3. Adjust your audio accordingly. They’ve all been normalized as properly. I can not account for each and any speaker on the market, so you must in all probability begin out decrease and work out a quantity that works for you. Working with Audition is making my life a shit ton simpler so far as audio goes. All music goes to be redownloaded, normalized, and altered as needed all through the transforming. As an apart on 0.1 and 0.2, I simply realized that I did present the authentic resort room once more 0.2. There’s possible going to be some stage of inconsistency with these scenes, however I’ll cross that highway after I get to it.
– Fixed concern with decisions and following responses not registering (Reagan park scene, Leigh, and so forth). An oversight on my half. I had already packaged 0.2, seen the concern later and stuck it, and thought I had re-packaged 0.2 with the repair on it earlier than importing it. I received a number of stories and tried to copy the concern folks have been having, however wasn’t getting it. Reason why was as a result of I’d already mounted it, however everybody else had the model lacking it. Big due to Hordragg for each pointing the concern out and thus serving to notice what was taking place, together with serving to clear up the code a bit! Might’ve already talked about it some place else, however would love to thank m0us3r for indicate some typos that I (inevitably) missed together with a little bit of code that made it simpler to hit the beginning button because it was possible giving some customers hassle.
– I’ve gotten all of the typos I might discover after multiple passthroughs, and I’ve passed through many of the branching decisions and did not discover something misplaced. However, for those who discover one thing or discover a missed bug/selection/choice/and so forth, please do not hesitate to remark right here, DM me on Twitter or wherever else you may contact me.
– Have a new principal menu video/display. Will possible begin fixing up the menu picture buttons, as properly. Will possible take off the assistance/choice buttons on the principal menu, as properly. Was considering silver with a touch of blue over them. I’m additionally (clearly) having fun with using AE/PP in a few of these renders.
v0.2:
– Fixed a number of typos, rephrased some bizarre sounding sentences, and cleaned up some extra potential consistency points leftover from the final release. Volumes of some music and/or sound results have been lowered/altered, as properly.
– Gave the choice to rename Luke/Lukas as some discovered the identify complicated at the side of Luca.
– I’ve resized the smaller textual content meant to suggest quiet speaking and/or whispering, however I do just like the impact. Android customers should have an concern studying it, however it’s sort of certainly one of these rock in a laborious spot variety of issues. I’ll see if there’s something I can do particularly for Android variations that one mess with the PC/Linux/Mac variations.
– In continuation of the earlier point: I’ve modified the identify and dialogue fonts. The latter not being all too completely different from Ren’py’s default sort. Slightly thinner, barely extra fashionable, however not too completely different nonetheless. For the identify fonts, I made a decision on one thing with a little bit extra character. Though, if there’s sufficient folks having issues with it, then I’ll return to one thing less complicated. On the subject of fonts: there is a corrupted (or maybe higher stated ‘discombobulated’) trying font at a sure point in thee release. There’s nothing mistaken together with your system or the construct/download. This was carried out on goal to signify not listening, since I could not discover any blurry/neater non-readable fonts to make use of. Kind of the most effective choice in a scarcity of choice. Feel free to move on a greater public area/commercial-free choice, although. I’m simply not going to pay ludicrous costs for a font license.
– A number of GUI adjustments. In place of a extra aesthetically pleasing dialogue/textual content field, I’ve added a transparency slider for these that might prefer to be rid of the black blob taking on almost half of the renders (as talked about, credit score for that goes to LightmanP(/TheWarehouse) for the assistance with that). Choices have been moved from the middle-left of the display to the bottom-center, simply above the textbox. Also, a new splash display and ‘animated’ begin menu (not technically animated, however made with a wiggle impact in After Effects with a mud particle video overlay’d.). There’s additionally a pair scenes close to the tip utilizing the identical impact with out these particles. Mostly for experimentation, however I believe they turned out fairly cool, tbh.
– 550~ish new renders, some 2,500-odd new strains of code and dialogue. No, I’m not going to depend every one and separate them. Proofread twice, although I’ll assure I nonetheless missed some apparent stuff floating round. Animations are being labored in now, as properly. Both sexual scenes on this release embody animations. Good ones? I’ll allow you to be the choose of that. But the primary three in the primary scene have some clear high quality/looping points (talked about in a earlier progress report (one loops effective, however has a flickering concern. Dunno what’s inflicting it, although. Maybe on Ren’py’s aspect?). The different animations in the next scene are larger high quality and loop higher (for essentially the most half, as one or two nonetheless have that glint, iirc.). They aren’t unbelievable, however I do not suppose they’re dangerous sufficient to spoil the general expertise both. They’ll recover over time, needless to say.
Developer Notes:
– Playtests carried out on: a Windows desktop with a 10700/3080,
– For any future modder, compressor, and so forth: The structure of the script/code/textual content is a little bit of a large number. It’s all on one web page presently, will in all probability change that ultimately. Just form of a warning, I suppose.
– I’m conscious that a few of the skins are fairly tough when zoomed in, particularly within the toilet scene. I’m engaged on getting that found out, or attempting to a minimum of. Not positive what’s inflicting it.
– I do know the lighting is not good, removed from it, really. A variety of the early renders is lighting included with environments or my makeshift makes an attempt at lighting. Some are good, some are higher than others, and a few simply aren’t good. That being stated, I’ve been trying working at studying lighting (by way of YouTube and Dreamlight), and hopefully it will begin coming simpler in the subsequent few releases. Especially the motel room the protagonist is staying in, have to see if I can do one thing about that. Being actively labored on as of 0.3
– I do know I’m gonna catch some flak for this, however there is not any plans for animations but. Animations simply appear unrealistic in the intervening time, and placing out dangerous animations for the sake of animations simply does not enchantment to me. Animations have been within the VN for some time now.
– Minimal decisions on this release. This was extra of an introductory release to introduce the characters and storylines, together with laying the tracks to increase on them.
– Third particular person: The story will primarily give attention to the two protagonists (not together with Lukas.), a minimum of for a little bit whereas, regardless of what this release can have implied. That being stated, there’s vital particulars that could not be proven by a sure character’s eyes, so I determine a silent third-person omniscient view was the most effective strategy to embody the scope of what is going on on. Head hopping might be left at minimum, although.
– Keep in mind, the storyline vaguely begins in mid-2011. There’s was a ton of homophobia round this time (a minimum of in NY.), throwing that in with that “sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll” (technically scene child/core music) way of life, there’s naturally going to be some issues that individuals gained’t like/will get offended by. I gained’t be getting political or something like that (2020 gave me sufficient of that), however I gained’t skirt round folks’s emotions, both.
– Drug Abuse; implied bodily, emotional, and sexual baby abuse, together with varied psychological well being points. They’re matters that’ll be touched on at one point or one other in various levels. Depression, tried suicide, escapism by way of drugs, postpartum psychosis, and so forth.. If any of that bugs you, or ‘triggers’ you, that is that set off warning.
– Overall, this may appear a bit darkish/miserable for a adult VN, however there’s a truthful little bit of crude humor for those who’re into that. It’ll hit at factors positive, however it’s not all a pool of edgdepression.
– Lastly, We Were Just Kids options sound/music all through. Mostly ambient sound or instrumentals sans two scenes. None have been overly loud with both audio system about half on my laptop computer and PC audio system, and heaphones (although a bit bass-heavy at factors, for these with subs). No sex sounds or something NFSW, although. That does not imply play this at work.
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Win:ANONFILES – MEDIAFIRE – GOFILE – MIXDROP – UPLOADHAVEN – WORKUPLOAD
Mac: ANONFILES – MEDIAFIRE – MIXDROP – UPLOADHAVEN – WORKUPLOAD
Android:ANONFILES – MEDIAFIRE – ANONFILE – MIXDROP– UPLOADHAVEN
Others: COMPRESSED* – 32-BIT WINDOWS
Patches: UNOFFICIAL INCEST PATCH
Translations: ITALIAN* | SPANISH* |
Extras: Walkthrough & Gallery Mod – Fan Sigs – Tracklist (Alt. Link )
*This unofficial port/model just isn’t launched by developer, download at your individual threat.
*Translations should not official and thus could not precisely depict a scene as it might in its native language.