BrockLanders

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I do jokingly think of Pale Carnations as Spill Your Guts: The Porn Game. No, you see, Pale Carnations is actually set in a universe where the average cup size is DD, everyone went to therapy, and are so painfully aware they're in a movie that they ham it up. :Kappa:

Jokes aside, fair criticism, thank you. For me though, porn is what I care about and aspire to create.
I like it. The only way that any advanced sexual relationship works is communication. You don't have mind-blowingly, disgustingly lewd, and slimy sex and then just grunt and nod your way through the rest of your life. This is the story of an internal struggle of self, laid bare. And like any good piece of art, your story is layered greatly. The thematic license driving Edwin's internal rationalizations is borrowed by others to be chopped and stripped in order for him to grow. We get to see what that means to these people as they interact with him.

My game saves are broken (again but it's fine, variables are weird) so I've been rereading as I slam the spacebar through, and I've noticed so many small details I didn't know about Mina and Hana. There are so many extra frames in these scenes that show Mina putting things together in her head *without saying anything*.. almost any other dev would just reuse the previous render and just write what Mina was thinking... here, I get to scroll back and forth on my mouse wheel and take in the little differences. Like when Mina realizes that Hana likes rough sex and says sometimes you wanna slap someone during their drinking game at Edwin's birthday, and she reassesses Hana briefly because she's not sure if her hating Ian actually means she's fucking him. Just all the little details in Mina's behavior... Hana being trad af on the inside and so adventurously impulsive otherwise. Her trepidation and worry about falling for a pervert. I love it. All of these things are learned by us through actions and reveals rather than flat, boring, written exposition. It's nearly perfect. It's like listening to a song that has the full sonic range including the unhearable ends of the aural spectrum that a listener knows is missing from CDs and MP3s. You've included those details.

Edwin has to understand others in order to make sense of his mother's sacrifice and how much Ian has become how he used to be. If no one talks about any of this in the novel, no character would ever evolve, and we'd be stuck with a pile of shit that reads like a Warner Bros capeshit script. No thanks.

Besides... half of Edwin's emotional output is internalized into imposter-syndrome-style self analysis, so sthe criticism is a little hyperbolic. It's a valid observation imho, but it seems like something that might not hold up after some rereading for some (maybe?) It may feel like everyone is unrealistically emotional, but that's just because a big chunk of character growth is narrated and internalized by Edwin.. we know what he's saying in his internal dialogue, and the narrator knows as well (it's so perfectly balanced) ... he's not walking around giving Greek soliloquies tho lol

I'm willing to bet that the story has basically been writing itself for you for a while now because it fucking shows and I'm here for it. You struck gold. Keep it up.
 

JOHNG241

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Jun 9, 2021
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Does anyone here has a save file for the game . Please I don't want to begin from the beginning all over again . If yes please share it here
 

Redwit

Newbie
Dec 25, 2018
17
10
I made a Cheat mod for This Masterpiece game and decided to share it. It's based on Scrappy's CheatMod. So thanks for giving me the green-light to use his cheatmod as a base. And Many thanks to wurg for helping and guiding me.

Note: The Cheatmod should work with the future updates, unless the Dev Add or Change variables.

(I tested the cheat mod on the Public update and it works well without any issues.)

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Pixeldrain / Workupload


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Works after first fresh install then game insta crashes afterward
 

Biscardone

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May 2, 2020
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I like it. The only way that any advanced sexual relationship works is communication. You don't have mind-blowingly, disgustingly lewd, and slimy sex and then just grunt and nod your way through the rest of your life. This is the story of an internal struggle of self, laid bare. And like any good piece of art, your story is layered greatly. The thematic license driving Edwin's internal rationalizations is borrowed by others to be chopped and stripped in order for him to grow. We get to see what that means to these people as they interact with him.

My game saves are broken (again but it's fine, variables are weird) so I've been rereading as I slam the spacebar through, and I've noticed so many small details I didn't know about Mina and Hana. There are so many extra frames in these scenes that show Mina putting things together in her head *without saying anything*.. almost any other dev would just reuse the previous render and just write what Mina was thinking... here, I get to scroll back and forth on my mouse wheel and take in the little differences. Like when Mina realizes that Hana likes rough sex and says sometimes you wanna slap someone during their drinking game at Edwin's birthday, and she reassesses Hana briefly because she's not sure if her hating Ian actually means she's fucking him. Just all the little details in Mina's behavior... Hana being trad af on the inside and so adventurously impulsive otherwise. Her trepidation and worry about falling for a pervert. I love it. All of these things are learned by us through actions and reveals rather than flat, boring, written exposition. It's nearly perfect. It's like listening to a song that has the full sonic range including the unhearable ends of the aural spectrum that a listener knows is missing from CDs and MP3s. You've included those details.

Edwin has to understand others in order to make sense of his mother's sacrifice and how much Ian has become how he used to be. If no one talks about any of this in the novel, no character would ever evolve, and we'd be stuck with a pile of shit that reads like a Warner Bros capeshit script. No thanks.

Besides... half of Edwin's emotional output is internalized into imposter-syndrome-style self analysis, so sthe criticism is a little hyperbolic. It's a valid observation imho, but it seems like something that might not hold up after some rereading for some (maybe?) It may feel like everyone is unrealistically emotional, but that's just because a big chunk of character growth is narrated and internalized by Edwin.. we know what he's saying in his internal dialogue, and the narrator knows as well (it's so perfectly balanced) ... he's not walking around giving Greek soliloquies tho lol

I'm willing to bet that the story has basically been writing itself for you for a while now because it fucking shows and I'm here for it. You struck gold. Keep it up.
I also find PC has a very good balance between word count (as sterile ad the term is) and meaningful content. There is not a lot of wasted breath, especially describing ordinary characters interaction with the world. I appreciate the effort of giving everything weight, avoiding repeated beats, and also economizing some monologues or dialogues for multiple purposes (to avoid excessive branching of the narrative).
And as for the inner monologue, I find it fitting for the main character: Edwin is very prone to overthink and overanalyze everything. That's part of who he is: an introvert trying to make sense of the crazy world around him, and ultimately of himself. I think some of the audience, myself included, can relate at least a bit: when you're winding down and the brain is not busy, often the strangest thoughts spontaneously come up. And if you're not an optimist, they may be of the bad kind: worries about yourself, your loved ones, the future. That's why keeping yourself occupied (e.g. a hobby), and having some good friends to confront (or just relax) with is so important. These themes reoccur in the game, and I find them poignant and relatable.
 

misfolk

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Jan 22, 2021
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I also find PC has a very good balance between word count (as sterile ad the term is) and meaningful content. There is not a lot of wasted breath, especially describing ordinary characters interaction with the world. I appreciate the effort of giving everything weight, avoiding repeated beats, and also economizing some monologues or dialogues for multiple purposes (to avoid excessive branching of the narrative).
And as for the inner monologue, I find it fitting for the main character: Edwin is very prone to overthink and overanalyze everything. That's part of who he is: an introvert trying to make sense of the crazy world around him, and ultimately of himself. I think some of the audience, myself included, can relate at least a bit: when you're winding down and the brain is not busy, often the strangest thoughts spontaneously come up. And if you're not an optimist, they may be of the bad kind: worries about yourself, your loved ones, the future. That's why keeping yourself occupied (e.g. a hobby), and having some good friends to confront (or just relax) with is so important. These themes reoccur in the game, and I find them poignant and relatable.
Yes, PC sometimes ventures into the land of purple, but I'll take purple prose when 90% of adult games have stunted prose that reads like a furniture assembly manual.
 

estrada777

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Mar 22, 2020
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Updated Android port. Nothing too fancy but let me know if you have any issues.

Version: Ch4 Up3 + Cheat by The Witcher + WT by Lunarmist

PLEASE don't reply, or @ me, or DM me for updates. I always update my ports, YES I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE UPDATE.

IMPORTANT Instructions:
1. Download the APK:

(Click the Unlock button. Close ANY popup windows. Click the Unlock button again, then Download)
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Size 296 MiB

2. Install the apk and run it once.

If you are upgrading and you already have the RPA file you can stop here.

3. Download the RPA file:

Pixeldrain
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Size 2.472 GiB

4. Move the RPA file to the game directory on your phone:
Documents/Renpy_Saves/com.estrada777.palecarnations/game
The file MUST be named: archive4.2.rpa

5. Restart the game and enjoy.

PLEASE don't reply, or @ me, or DM me for updates. I always update my ports, YES I ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE UPDATE.

Appreciate my porting? Leave a Tip! You're supporting my efforts, paying for storage, and encouraging more ports!
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Updated my android port.
 

Ungawa

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Apr 16, 2017
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Welp... Just realized my laptop is too old to run Pale Carnations...

So I'm starting the entire thing from scratch with no saves and all my stuff on the old laptop..

*sighs*

Middle finger hub.jpg

So I'll be paying extra attention to the story and hopefully I get to YuNobi1 status where the story speaks for itself.

0% completed as of this post.
 
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Takkatakka

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Nov 11, 2022
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Welp... Just realized my laptop is too old to run Pale Carnations...

So I'm starting the entire thing from scratch with no saves and all my stuff on the old stuff...

*sighs*

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So I'll be paying extra attention to the story and hopefully I get to YuNobi1 status where the story speaks for itself.

0% completed as of this post.
How old is your laptop that it can't run a renpy game? These things run on like 5 year old phones that were already pretty cheap back then. :KEK:
 

Ungawa

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Apr 16, 2017
1,504
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How old is your laptop that it can't run a renpy game? These things run on like 5 year old phones that were already pretty cheap back then. :KEK:
I'm running Windows 7 on that one and if I do PC, it drains the laptop and the charger won't even charge. I can play Superpowered, no problem. Eternum? Run it but turn the music off when I'm not playing.

But PC? Hits it like a hurricane.

And the most draining one is Veronica and Kath when she raw dogs her. All the moving parts just tell this laptop "Screw you, I quit"
 
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You need Edwin to be friends with her. For that you needed to give Veronica a hug after Kathleen pretty much raped her during that second week event.
 
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