Ren'Py - Camp Hill Range [v0.05] [Prickly Team]

7/10 or 3.5 stars out of 5 would be more accurate but let's hope the dev is motivated by this 4 out of 5 rating.

This is a kinetic sandbox (we need a new term because sandbox means "not linear" or "not kinetic" lol) where you play as the typical 18-20 y.o. guy that we have seen in a million games before. Same personality, same appearance, same way of thinking, it's another copy paste game of that genre.

But the game is smooth during my playthrough, the dev puts some effort to make sure it is bug free, which is a rarity amongst devs of this surefire "money grab" genre. So +1 for that! The "quests" are straightforward but easy to understand. Go here do this, that's the main formula here. I didn't expect any deep story or character development, and was proven correct. The characters are at least somewhat likeable, like the duo friends who get along with the MC. Almost everyone is a whore right off the bat.

The 2D art is good. I have seen far shittier art style. This dev or artist did a great job, it's not beautiful but it's decent. I noticed some errors like characters having short arms, but they're not too noticeable due to the cartoonish 2D artstyle. But the dev, like so many others, failed to draw good-looking boobs. It's always the same look of boobs that you see in other games. Except for the character Maggie, everyone has the typical round boobs that look like implants irl.

Animation is meh. Not really feeling it. The quality has not taken off far from the slide show quality. The scenes are meh too. Nothing we haven't seen before. I'm not saying there should be a piledriver scene or whatever, but at least make the BJ scenes more creative like have the girl move her head in a swirl, while handjob scenes have the girl rub the dick's tip with one hand and stroke with her other hand.

The content is rather lacking for a game that's been 1.5 years in development. All the characters in the camp has no V scene yet. The hooker is the only one who has several scenes. But at least the game is bug free in my experience. Keep it up, dev!

Art is similar to the that popular game. Tbh the best thing about the game is it's art. Girls are pretty other than that there is nothing much. Girls will give you tasks and MC will do it. After lewd scenes there is no talk you will enter free roam this ruined for me.

+ Artstyle
+ Pretty girls
+ Money cheat
+ Animations

- no proper story
- no humor
- no character development
- felt like lewd scenes ending abruptly (cause after a scene there is no talk and you will enter free roam mode, some events will end without proper conclusion)

It got potential to become a nice game but dev failed at execution

Fantastic game so far, excellent art, writing is funny, engaging and charming.

Reminiscent of early summertime saga builds and the artstyle clearly takes inspiration.

Will continue to watch this release with great interest

Story 2/5
Story is just to kinetic to me, so tierd of forced LIs and forced sex scenes with people i dont want anything to do with, just talking to a girl in the pool triggers MC doing anal with her and on top of that shes a prostitute which is just not my thing, atleast trow a kinetic tag on when game has no choices, think of it as just yet another mindless fuckfest like a million other games.

Also it dosent have a harem tag so it really kills the hole game when it forces a girl on you, cant play faithfull routes and not being harem just makes it a huge mess.

As for the art its really nice to see something diffrent and its well made as well, so to bad its not a choice driven story then it could have been a really good game.

Theres no romance no relationship build-up which is normal for fuckfest games but it just makes it boring at pointless, you might as well just go watch anime on a pornsite since you will have the same feelings towards the characters there like you do in this meaning 0 feelings.
Dialogs are also just bland and cliche like the hole game really.

MC is also just the run of the mill pervert, most times you have no say in what he does and hes mindset says it all its pretty childish, every now and then you have a choice to be nice or blackmail but its really just all very bland, same goes for quests, go fetch this and that, sort papers its just meh and adds no value to the game.

You will also be forced to go after bitches you might hate, so someone treats you like shit and you end up buying flowers and other shit for her? makes no sense.

Sandbox can get a bit weird like peeking through a keyhole to see your sister then you walk in and shes not there? then you walk out look again and shes inside...details just seems to be lacking overall, also you cant enter the girls lockroom at the pool but MC is more then happy to enter the girls toilet and walk in on girls in the bathroom stalls?????? i mean just no....

Girls 4/5
Pretty decent and good looking art and it has a decent diversity in builds.

Animations 3/5
They are pretty avaerge but not bad considering its not the stanard HS or Daz.

Music 1/5
Just small sound effects so nothing special.

Choices 1/5
It feels kinetic since you have 0 controle over MC meaning it has Forced LIs, Forced fetishes and no harem tag which really makes it unplayable since theres no sense to it if you cant play faithfull or pick who to have a relationship with in a none harem game.

Sandbox 2/5
Its not that bad its easy to get around but not sure why its really there since it dosent add anything you just follow the set questlines removing any kind of freedom so might as well have been made like a kinetic novel.
But theres no scroll back which gets annoying.

The best part is most defently the art but game is really below average in everything else so cant give this more then 2 stars.

I really like the art style. It reminds me of SS. However, the dialogue is so simple and dumbed down that it ruins immersion.

There's no character development at all.
Do this, bye.

Hi, I am this person. This is my personality, bye.

You are expected to go there, bye.

Girl is pretty. I should leave now.

The character actions are very much a tell instead of show style. You can pigeon hole each character into a trope within the second line of dialogue. It's a little painful.

There's no nuance. It's like putting on makeup with a shotgun.

The dev has great art, but would highly benefit from getting a writer to fill out the dialogue. If that happened, this game would easily be 5 stars with a few updates.

The graphics in the game are very good, the game runs very smoothly, the smoothest game I have played on Joiplay. I hope there will be a continuation of the story, it won't be left unfinished. I recommend everyone to try the game.

The game is in an incredibly early stage despite being in development for more than a year. While interactions and story is kinda interesting, there are very few sex scenes. I'd recommend waiting for a couple of patches before trying or you'll get blue-balled.

Playing this current build (v0.04) of the game, I have to say that there isn't much content yet. It's still in its early stages, so I won't be too harsh in my judgment. However, it's been over a year and there are literally no sex scenes apart from one with a prostitute. There are only about three more scenes, and they involve the love interests masturbating. So, I wouldn't recommend playing this game right now. Give it a few years and hope that the developers don't abandon it. The content is still in its introductory stages, and the relationships with the girls are just starting. I doubt anything major will happen unless the developers step up and provide big updates with good progression and more sex scenes. But for now, don't expect much anytime soon. Still, the game does show promise, and I do like the art style.

Camp Hill Range [v0.04]

Pros:
Art-style

Cons:
writing
dull story
too slow-burn
UI
mini-games

Conclusion:
I really struggled with whether I should rate this game 3* because it's "fairly" early in development, or if I should give it a 2* rating.
The game looks really nice, I like the art style and wish more would use it.
It's weird that people complain about the art style, when it looks good.
Other than the art style, there's not much I can say positively about this game.
There are just a few nice premises in the game, like the relationship between the principal and the girl and the secret relationship with the blond chick.
But it's such a shame that this game is just so incredibly lackluster.
For a game that is now over a year in development, there's just nothing going on, that is that interesting.
It feels like there is no progress here, and it doesn't give me a reason to keep following this game any further.
You are basically at the start of getting to know the girls and have to complete some tasks that just feel really boring and unrewarding.
There are no sex scenes, except with a hooker. Other than that, you can jerk off on a girl in exchange for cigarettes.
There is pretty much no story here except a few premises.
Another thing that I don't like is that there's no rollback in this game, or even a auto function.
This game just feels way too bare-bones, and I can't see how it will ever go forward.
These are the reasons why I think that this game deserves 2* max, and I feel that the 5* ratings are just incredibly dishonest and are more about "potential," which is an overrated term anyway, and just don't reflect the current state accurately.
I don't want to be discouraging, but there's just nothing that makes me excited about the next updates.
The game has a decent foundation, but the content is just way too lackluster.

excelent game. interesting plot. nice graphics.
so I've just played 004 update. took me like 40 minutes of gameplay to do it with 1 path (good guy). worth giving a try and I see a big potential in this game and dev. good luck

incredible game, art 10/10, fun, you don't even see time pass, the sad thing is when it ends, but it has the potential to be as great as its "competitor" summertime saga, and I hope it is, I just wish this dev every success and that the project is not abandoned

My biggest gripe with this game so far has been the UI. The dev made many decisions that aggravate me. Rollback has been disabled, the 'H' key has been disabled and right mouse button brings me to the menu rather than straight to the save menu. A lot of Ren'Py basics are there for a reason and it is annoying when they are missing.

On top of that there is a sandbox that I'm not entirely convinced needs to be there. Maybe once development progresses it may make more sense. As far as sandboxes go it is at least pretty easy to navigate.

The English is average. You can easily follow the story but conversations are very staccato. the sentences don't have a natural flow. There are some spelling and grammatical errors but eh, nothing to bad. Tip to the dev: Use Word (or similar) to spellcheck your script. This will catch a lot of issues.

The art used in the game is quite lovely. I like the backgrounds and most of the girls. The main protagonist feels a little off for some reason but I have a hard time explaining why.

The story is mostly an excuse for getting the girls naked rather than interesting on its own. This is not a bad thing just an observation.

I do think there are better games overall with camp settings but that doesn't mean this one is bad.

I get why there are so many comments comparing this game to the summertime saga, but I don't agree with them. Even tho the art is similar, it's not the same, and to be fair there are tons and tons of games/vns on this site that use the same models/scenery over and over again, so even if they were reusing the same models as the other game I don't really get what the issue is with it.

Having said so, I really liked the art, and the story is catchy. I think the concept of the characters and the game is very promising, but I do find one point that makes me worry about the game: over a year of development there´s been 3 versions top, and in all honesty, there is barely any content on the game so far.

Considering the previous factor, I worry about the dev being able to keep up with the development of this game. I hope the scarce deployments are due to some work on the game engine or something because otherwise, it seems to be a task too heavy for the game dev.

I'll definitely keep an eye on this game, and I hope the time proves me wrong and the dev ends up publishing a masterpiece.

Review for Camp Hill Range v0.05

Overall: 3/5 - It's a decent game that's worth a try for new players. There's still not much content, and there's not much content per update even though updates take 4 months. Returning players will want to download and play it no more than once per year.

Renders: 5/5 - I really like the more western artwork. It almost has a 3D-like feel to it. There are some weird things, like why does the MC's backpack look like it belongs to a 5-year-old, and why does the MC always find panties and dildos while cleaning up the grounds?

Story: 3/5 - Pretty much cookie-cutter summer camp stuff, full of stereotypes, but so far, there's almost no story.

Writing: 3/5 - Sometimes it's OK, other times it's awkward. Translation inconsistencies, I think.

Content: 2/5 - For a 5th release and almost 2 years of development, it's way light on content and that's a bit of a red flag. This game will be in development another 5 years. Quality of the lewd content is average at best. The lewd scenes start and end kind of quickly. The first sex available to the MC is unprotected sex with a prostitute (yuck).

Gameplay: 4/5 - I'm not a big fan of sandbox games, but this one is definitely better than average. So far, there aren't many locations available, but navigation and controls work well. On the downside: it really needs a dedicated button to go to sleep because otherwise, it takes 5 clicks. The minigame to make money is lame. Rollback is always disabled which is super annoying if you accidently click past a line of dialogue. Pressing "H" to hide the textbox is disabled, although you can do it with the mouse, there's really no reason not to have both.

Bugs: I hit a bug 0.3 that forced me to reload and replay a bunch of the game. Save games were broken between v0.3 to v0.4 and I fully expect them to be broken again at some point because of the reworking occurring in each update.

Game is competant enough. Didn't particularly stand out to me in terms of story or scenes, but it's certainly not the worst WEG around. Has a decent premise that could probably stand on it's own with some more polish.

I am, however, going to doc some point for the art. Very obvious trace job going on here, and I'm not a fan of the rendering/shading used to deviate from the originals on top of that. They aren't the first to do this, but I'll grant that at least an attempt to do more than just pose trace to flat colors was done. Would rather they try to be original, though - if I wanted STS's art, I'd just play STS. There's a comment in the thread that goes into this complain with more specificity, if anyone cares.

Genuinely don't do this to be discouraging, but there's a lot of be said for projects with the confidence to stand on their own instead of in the shadow of something else. This has a perfectly usable baseline, so I hope they expand on that and build something good in the future.

I'm giving it a 5-star rating because of the potential.

Idc if people are saying if this is a copy of Summertime Saga or some other game, but it feels fresh and new, with the art being similar to the beautiful art we got in Summertime Saga. I love a good 2D game, especially with big boobas, so no complaints from me.

As of now (0.02), there isn't a lot. There's a good amount of characters and a nice amount of nudity. But the game feels smooth (not like a lot of the wonky RPGM games out there). The game runs smoothly, the sounds and UI are satisfying, and the minigame (as of now, there's just a trash picking one) is quick and easily farmable, even though there isn't much reason to farm money.

I hope the developer keeps this game going. I'm sure it will receive a following if he keeps updating (not just farming money like Summertime Saga), adding new stuff, and first of all getting some juicy content in there. I'm tired of waiting 6 months for 3 scenes in Summertime Saga, so if this game can replace it, I'll happily be here for it.

Good luck and keep up the great work, and don't listen too much to the people on this website; there are a lot of degenerates

so after playing the game I feel you have some potential here but it needs a bit of polish! first thing I noticed was that your English grammar could use a proofreader as there are a few instances where I knew the point you were trying to get across but the way it was worded sounded weird. I'm gonna assume English isn't your native language so I'm not gonna hit too hard on this point but you should really look into getting an English proofreader.

the art looks pretty good and your world map makes me curious to see what's in the different locations and want to explore. if your making this an open world/sandbox type game, id give the player things to find in the world. hidden characters or items and maybe even Easter eggs would be great!

one last minor thing was the MC. he seemed a bit timid. not sure if that's just the personality your going for with him but he could stand to be a bit more assertive or confident. maybe that's something the MC builds up to as the story goes on. its just a minor thing and if its part of your creative design for the MC then ill be curious to see where you take it.

overall it seems good and hope to see how this game unfolds and where you take it. good luck!
(P.S. loved that you put that simple minds song in there at the beginning, I hope you can avoid any copyright issues with that cause I think it give a cool vibe to the story)

v0.01


There isn't much to it yet (understandably) but it really show great potential

- The MC it likeable
- The Girls are fuckable
- The Art is great (Tho it kinda feel inspired by Camp pinewood and Taffy Tales)
- The gameplay, I'm not a big fan of it but i can't complain either.
- The devs is hardworking and active so i have hopes that this won't end up abandoned after a few updates.


So for now I have nothing but praise for the game and the dev, maybe the only critique is that it very vanilla but can't expect much from v0.01 (Maybe we see some NTR in the future? Just askin... make it a lil more spicy)