VN Ren'Py Abandoned Kindread: The Redburns [Ch. 5] [Inkalicious]

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Have somebody be able to run the game in Mac? It seems it has not been properly converted/packaged? The game looks interesting, but if it cannot run on Mac I'm not interested.
Sorry, I've no idea why this doesn't work for you. I've tested it again and it seems fine.
 
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TO be clear I never said the game is bad, I think its amazing.. Like really good. That is why I am frustrated that I have to wait so much.. I used the patch in the first "episode" and I have forgotten what it does.. like does it put the names of a speakers on the dialogue tab. And also do I have to install the patch for every update. I know in some games you just install it for one update and in some games you have to continuosly install it for EVERY update. What type of game is kindread
I work on this game in any spare time I have. It's not my job, but I will keep plugging away when I can.

For the tech issue, I've no idea why you're not seeing the names. That's a bug I've never seen.
The patch needs to be installed for each update, as it changes dialogue not just names. It does change the dialogue title for the older female, but this shouldn't affect any other character.
 

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Exactly how was that the second chapter? It was like a quarter the size of the first one.
Oh stats!

It's 50% of the code used in Chapter 1, though that chapter had the initial set-up code and branches with slightly differing events but repeated code. So let's say Chapter 2 is 65% the size of Chapter 1.

On images it's roughly 60% the size of Chapter 1.

Where the numbers do drop are in choices. However, that's by design as you're slowly seeing the affects of your previous choices.

But they're just stats. The reality is that I decided (and announced) that I was moving to smaller chapters to help kick chapters out the door sooner.
Unfortunately real world circumstances didn't help that plan, but the aim is still to produce chapters of this kind of size (but the number of decisions within them will vary).
 

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Speaking as someone who avoided Chapter 1 because of the zombies, I can say that for my part there's no fear involved... I love the zombie apocalypse genre and I love kinky games, but necrophilia and decomposing flesh just aren't my jam... And honestly, that's what most of the zombie games here focus on. They're drawing on the trope of having the ugliest, grossest monsters they can imagine fuck their heroines.

I expected this one to go the same way, but the screenshots did seem to focus on the characters rather than the zombies so I thought I'd give it a chance to surprise me. And it did! ... So yeah, great work creating a story within the zombie genre that uses those zombies as ambiance and context rather than stunt-cocks.

That said, by the end of Chapter 2 this will-they-won't-they trope for incest is already getting kind of absurd. The mom and daughter are both clearly sexually frustrated, and they're both obviously lusting after the MC, and yet they're being total hypocrites about it by treating him like some kind of deviant for needing a wank... It kinda makes sense for Chapter 1, although not entirely, given the length of time that's apparently passed. But then Chapter 2 throws in a fantastic curve-ball before it goes right back to dwelling on the exact same trope for the whole rest of the chapter. Ugh!

They need to shit or get of the pot, so to speak. The society that created those taboos is now shambling around outside, decomposing on everything. The ratio of condoms and birth-control to survivors is presumably quite high; so no probs on that front. I mean there's literally no reason at all to not sit down and have the "I'm hot for both of you", "Me too!", "Oh, me too!" conversation.

So if the plan here is to tease out a few more chapters of mom's handjobs, before building up to the... Wait for it... Waaaaait... Blowjob scene! (Ooh! Scandal!), only to cockblock that with the actually interesting curve-ball story; well I'd be long gone already. Ain't nobody got time for that.

(If I wanted a game that was all tease and no pay-off I'd go and self-flagellate with that wordy shitshow, A Wife And Mother)

OK. Love the passion and thinking my reply might actually cause more blood vessels to explode, but here goes...

Yep. I agree with mostly everything, except your last paragraph of course, but did you get the game timing wrong?
Chapter 1 spans one day (generally). From afternoon to the next afternoon. There's a timejump in Chapter 2, but until that point you're still in the same day.

So, the issue is more how have things escalated so fast, and that's a mixture of things you've mentioned, porn logic and some stuff that you'l find out about later.

I have lots and lots of thought-out reasons for everything. Whether you agree with those reasons, I'm not sure, but happy to chat about it.
Though only stuff that's been published.
And within spoilers would be good.

Very interested on what you thought was the curve ball was in Chapter 2?
 

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sometimes i want a 32 ounce Dr Pepper..sometimes just a 16 ounce..so i appreciate you gave me this choice..of course sometimes i want it all and go for a super big gulp :D
in the future we will get the super big gulp right? o_O
If that was to happen, you'd have to turn a blind eye to how they managed to get to super duper big gulp size during an apocalypse. Then sleep with one eye open.
 

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So has anyone played this WITHOUT the incest patch? Because if those two redheads are your mom and sister with the patch...well I just can't see it. Both are young enough to be sisters to each other perhaps, but no way mom and daughter.
This is down to my noob Honey Select skills at the time. They've improved, but HS still isn't great at subtle ageing. Hopefully their dialogue, characteristics and approach to things help show an age gap.
 
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