ahhhhh this is my favorite vn oat! been following along for so long and everything has been so phenomenal! the relaunch only made things better than they already were! thank you for doing what youve done and thank you for this game!! :DD
I find this game to be an interesting mix of flippantness and esoterica pertaining to playing with perception (as either psychological or philosophical slants). In other words, to the viewpoint of the character, what's the difference between their own personal perception being altered manually, or reality being rewritten on a whim? (It's like it's a simulation, but I never go all in on a theory to keep the mystery interesting from the reader POV).
Oddly, I started playing this game on July 8th (today here), and thought it based the starting date on your computer's clock, which would have been interesting, but nothing wrong with that.
But also, and most importantly, the foreskins are beautiful, especially Jehu's!
Do you have any plans for Alan and Jorge dads (Aquilo and Barry)? I'm in love with those two ☺️, ... Sr You have made an amazing work. The Best of lucks
As routes no, but I do have plans (and ideas that could become plans) for those two and more- like Rob too! Boy howdy do I love me some dads
(There's a rather specific reason why these 5 are getting routes and why I can't just add in other characters willy-nilly. You'll have to wait and see why that is, though!)
Айзек это персонаж его друга если я правильно помню, так что из основного сюжета его решили убрать. Но, согласно словам разработчика, он должен будет позже появиться в Клубе Сирени.
Xou’ve done an EXCELLENT job with reimagining all the characters, but especially Jorge. He’s a welcomed change! 😁 His new species fits his personality in a way that his previous avian form seemed to lack in
And I really like anal- er, I mean… I really like Alan! 😏 He went from being my 2nd favourite to my best boy! 😋 Xou’ve put a lot of work into bringing the cast to life and it really shows
One thing I’d like to see is for the saves to have dates or times for when they were created. I kinda go crazy on save files and it’s a little hard to see which was last made in each route
I’d also like to applaud the decision to make the MC a fixed character. It was a really great idea getting to choose pronouns, and even more original being able to alter his appearance, but he feels more authentic without these options 😊
And one last thing… I’m loooving the story! 😁 Like, all these little hints about what’s REALLY going on and all the mystery, it’s just so enthralling~ 😌 I’m super excited to see where this story goes. Thank xou for all xour hard work on redoing this VN 💜
it’ll be a little bit, I can’t really start work on it until next month (currently abroad and I don’t get back until the end of this month)
Excluding this upcoming month, I’m going to shoot for a new update on the first of every month for now, starting on August 1st! Sorry for the small delay after all this time /o\
well, Richard is very charming and many of the boys think so too, so… a dad end is what happens if you let that flame grow :-) (…often at MC’s expense)
nope, all routes are being progressed on more or less equally. Under the patreon build, each route goes the same number of days past what’s in the free version (i want to say 3 days each)
lomg shen is Chinese pinyin? If yes, does that mean you speak Chinese? We need Chinese!! I had to play through a translator, which was too difficult for me as my English was very poor. So I'm really looking forward to Chinese
i would LOVE to see Sihai translated, and especially into Chinese given how many characters are either chinese or have some sort of relation to China.
I myself only speak a small amount of mandarin unfortunately :x i couldn’t hope to learn and translate everything, especially with how much I already have to do.
So in the end, I’ll say- yeah, one day Sihai will get a translation. It’ll probably be when the game is finished, though, so it’ll be a long time until that gets made /o\
Not exactly a spoiler, but don't read before playing.
It might be a stretch, but it feels like marking bearers have died in the past and markings are just convincing bearers and world around them that it didn't happen.
I'm loving this new update, though I must ask, will we be possibly getting Dad added to Club Lilac? I remember him being in the last build in the bathroom
He'll be added at a later date, yeah! The MC will, too, now that he's separated from the club lilac shenanigans.
In addition to those, every (bedonked) character will show up there to have a bit of fun, including some guest characters! For example, Isaac (a guest character of one of my friends) might have been removed from the overall plot, but he'll still show up at Club Lilac as a cameo.
(With the guest characters' owner's permission, of course)
July 13th - "Act Incredulously" -> "Ask him to elaborate" - "Not Really" (+1)
July 14th - "No, what?" (+1)
July 16th - "Deny it" (+1)
Make sure you don't say "You asked me on a date!" on July 15th and you'll get the dad end in just a bit!
(I forgot to put extra dad end markers on the 13th, but lowkey I kinda like that it's a little hidden? But I'm undecided. Maybe I'll leave it not super obvious, but whip up a guide at some point that shows the way)
After playing the entire game, I have a question. What does the tattoo mean? And what's so special about purple tattoos? Because according to Paul, there are only two people who have them. I want to ask where Long Shen tatoos are in the body and how can the purple guy I met in my dream help us?
While seeing stereotypical russian using "da" instead of "yes" (which is like second english word you learn after "hello") is amusing, this right here is probably a mistake. "Мальчик" usually means male kid/teen and if it's used to address adult person, it is usually to point out their immatureness or childishness. Or if some older bigger guy wants to be a creep. You were probably going for something like "паренёк". It's a diminutive form of "guy" and is normally used by older people to address young males. Not formal, but not disrespectful either.
While I will confess that I'm not versed in any Russian (or basically any other language aside from some amounts of chinese and french), this does sound pretty accurate for what Toma is doing! (Not to spoil anything, but he is being subtly disrespectful actually)
There's a handful of reasons why I turned Jorge into a hamster, ranging from his beak being awkward to write around during sex scenes to a more muted tone feeling more relevant to his overall story arc. I'm sure it's a rather jarring change at the moment, but he's surprisingly easy to get used to!
: This leads to generally horny dialogue or a fruity ah scene. I mostly have it so that, if you want to avoid doing the horny options, then you can!
: Options with this on them give you a "Dad End" flag. Not every dad end is implemented at the moment, but there should be 3 of these choices per route.
(Currently, Dad Ends exist in Jehu and Paul's routes. Some routes actually reduce dad end points by being too friendly with or discouraging your date from being interested in Richard.)
: Options with the spinning gears are important. These options are very important for getting the true ending and will often steer the story in a different direction- sometimes largely, sometimes more subtly. Ordinarily I'd make the true endings not so obvious to get, but... you'll se!
In addition to these, many options do actually set flags of their own so they can be referenced later. Sometimes picking the "horny" options sets a flag for a later sexy scene. Sometimes determining your preference will lead to a more tailored encounter later. Sometimes you get alternate dialogue based on what you've said and done earlier in the story.
As an added note, options that are in RED are warnings- whatever follows when you click on it is not going to be pretty. Be careful!
(I think I'll add this to the main description of the game, too)
Found some bugs while playing. An exception on day 4, and on day 2, where it gives the option to comment on Jorge's wrist markings, the mc decides to not comment on it regardless of what you choose.
I see! I'll try and see what I can do, especially the hide UI button. I wonder if there's a default button for that given that renpy has a built in thing for that on desktop 💭
Well to bad )= .So I quickly redid Jorge story but the game stops on day 16, but in the version I have "SihaiDatingSim-8.2.5jorge", it stops on day 19. This is normal or is it a bug?
This is the free version, the version that stops on day 19 is the patreon version. If you're subbed then you can access the patreon version via the links in the latest post here https://www.patreon.com/posts/sihais-legacy-6-105970226
Coming up on the day! It's 4:44 AM (nice) and I just finished putting some touch-ups on a few CGs. Next stop: typo/bug fixing! We're in the home stretch now :D
As of about 20 minutes ago, I (tentatively) finished writing Shen's route relaunch! I don't really know what happened, honestly. Guess I just hit my stride and got a lot done in a much shorter time than usual :V at this rate, the relaunch will likely drop in May!
As for my wellbeing, I'm doing alright :') Exhausted, but that's the norm at this point
Not yet! I'm working it as I type this, though. (Currently a few days off of refurbishing Alan's route, finishing up Barry's redesign at the moment before I get pulled away to a funeral for a week :V )
Hello! I read this vn last year and I'm pleased to hear that another update is coming out in the upcoming months! Just wanted to comment on how well you did on this vn and how I like the artwork and world building :) Good luck on the production of this vn and I'm looking forward to seeing what you can create with the characters and world you have built.
I promise it's coming, I've finally got all of the sprite work done! CGs are next alongside some writing updates, mainly at the start but also some stuff sprinkled around later. At the moment I'm detailing my plans for all the routes so I have something concrete to look back on, but that does mean I can't really show off that kind of progress.
It's happening though, I swear! I'll make a post here, on twitter, and anywhere else I can imagine once this relaunch thing is finally done. Then we can finally get back on track!
I really want to get this all done by or in October of this year. Thanks for holding on, but please hold on just a bit longer!
Not quite yet, no. I do really want to get the update out around October, but I wouldn't really expect it to be any sooner than then. I'll make a comment here and a dev log shortly before I post the update, and I'll tweet out the announcement on this game's twitter page here!
Thanks for checking in! I apologize for the wait, but I'm honestly really glad to see that, even since your last comment, you're still looking forward to the update! I hope the quality of the future update will meet or surpass your expectations C:
I'm not entirely sure! I still have a whole lot of stuff to get done before I can think about moving forward with updates. I'll make a post in advance when I think I'm close to doing the relaunch o7
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Love the update cant wait for more
ahhhhh this is my favorite vn oat! been following along for so long and everything has been so phenomenal! the relaunch only made things better than they already were! thank you for doing what youve done and thank you for this game!! :DD
Thank you! :D I'm glad to hear it!
I find this game to be an interesting mix of flippantness and esoterica pertaining to playing with perception (as either psychological or philosophical slants). In other words, to the viewpoint of the character, what's the difference between their own personal perception being altered manually, or reality being rewritten on a whim? (It's like it's a simulation, but I never go all in on a theory to keep the mystery interesting from the reader POV).
Oddly, I started playing this game on July 8th (today here), and thought it based the starting date on your computer's clock, which would have been interesting, but nothing wrong with that.
But also, and most importantly, the foreskins are beautiful, especially Jehu's!
the duality of that first paragraph and jehu's foreskin
truly, this is the epitome of Sihai
(And thank you!)
Is there any chance where we can date Shen? Because if there is I'm really looking forward for it!
Might consider checking their patreon then, every route has 3 more days there.
Shen is one of the 5 dateables yea :]
Do you have any plans for Alan and Jorge dads (Aquilo and Barry)? I'm in love with those two ☺️, ... Sr You have made an amazing work. The Best of lucks
As routes no, but I do have plans (and ideas that could become plans) for those two and more- like Rob too! Boy howdy do I love me some dads
(There's a rather specific reason why these 5 are getting routes and why I can't just add in other characters willy-nilly. You'll have to wait and see why that is, though!)
And thank you for your kind words!
"Boy howdy do I love me some dads"
Truer words were never spoken.
It'd be so cool if characters would sometimes appear next to mc on the main screen, kinda like they did on the old one.
i have plans for the main menu screen :] huehehe
Куда дели моего любимого белого медведя из прошлой сборки?(
Айзек это персонаж его друга если я правильно помню, так что из основного сюжета его решили убрать. Но, согласно словам разработчика, он должен будет позже появиться в Клубе Сирени.
Xou’ve done an EXCELLENT job with reimagining all the characters, but especially Jorge. He’s a welcomed change! 😁 His new species fits his personality in a way that his previous avian form seemed to lack in
And I really like anal- er, I mean… I really like Alan! 😏 He went from being my 2nd favourite to my best boy! 😋 Xou’ve put a lot of work into bringing the cast to life and it really shows
One thing I’d like to see is for the saves to have dates or times for when they were created. I kinda go crazy on save files and it’s a little hard to see which was last made in each route
I’d also like to applaud the decision to make the MC a fixed character. It was a really great idea getting to choose pronouns, and even more original being able to alter his appearance, but he feels more authentic without these options 😊
And one last thing… I’m loooving the story! 😁 Like, all these little hints about what’s REALLY going on and all the mystery, it’s just so enthralling~ 😌 I’m super excited to see where this story goes. Thank xou for all xour hard work on redoing this VN 💜
thank you so much!! It was a lot of work and then some in order to get it all put together, so it’s really nice to hear this!
When is the next update coming?? Me super excited
it’ll be a little bit, I can’t really start work on it until next month (currently abroad and I don’t get back until the end of this month)
Excluding this upcoming month, I’m going to shoot for a new update on the first of every month for now, starting on August 1st! Sorry for the small delay after all this time /o\
whats a dad end?
well, Richard is very charming and many of the boys think so too, so… a dad end is what happens if you let that flame grow :-) (…often at MC’s expense)
Is there a route thats already complete?
nope, all routes are being progressed on more or less equally. Under the patreon build, each route goes the same number of days past what’s in the free version (i want to say 3 days each)
loved the update, when will be the next?
i’m shooting for August 1st! I haven’t had any time to work on the next update due to being abroad atm
lomg shen is Chinese pinyin? If yes, does that mean you speak Chinese? We need Chinese!! I had to play through a translator, which was too difficult for me as my English was very poor. So I'm really looking forward to Chinese
i would LOVE to see Sihai translated, and especially into Chinese given how many characters are either chinese or have some sort of relation to China.
I myself only speak a small amount of mandarin unfortunately :x i couldn’t hope to learn and translate everything, especially with how much I already have to do.
So in the end, I’ll say- yeah, one day Sihai will get a translation. It’ll probably be when the game is finished, though, so it’ll be a long time until that gets made /o\
Thank you for your reply, I like your game very much, please come on, I believe in you (ૢ˃ꌂ˂⁎)
Not exactly a spoiler, but don't read before playing.
It might be a stretch, but it feels like marking bearers have died in the past and markings are just convincing bearers and world around them that it didn't happen.
I'm so happy I could cry and the best part you posted the update after my graduation best day ever 😭😭😭😭
congrats!!
YOUR AMAZING YAAAYYY 😭😭😂😂😄😄😄😄
thank you!!
OMG thank you so much for the update
I'm so happy
no problem o7
I'm loving this new update, though I must ask, will we be possibly getting Dad added to Club Lilac? I remember him being in the last build in the bathroom
He'll be added at a later date, yeah! The MC will, too, now that he's separated from the club lilac shenanigans.
In addition to those, every (bedonked) character will show up there to have a bit of fun, including some guest characters! For example, Isaac (a guest character of one of my friends) might have been removed from the overall plot, but he'll still show up at Club Lilac as a cameo.
(With the guest characters' owner's permission, of course)
Awesome! I really wanted to see more of the dad, so I can't wait for that.
Someone have obtain the "Dad End" with Paul ? Even taking all the "dad" choices and being the meanest I didn't manage to get it.
Let's see
July 13th - "Act Incredulously" -> "Ask him to elaborate" - "Not Really" (+1)
July 14th - "No, what?" (+1)
July 16th - "Deny it" (+1)
Make sure you don't say "You asked me on a date!" on July 15th and you'll get the dad end in just a bit!
(I forgot to put extra dad end markers on the 13th, but lowkey I kinda like that it's a little hidden? But I'm undecided. Maybe I'll leave it not super obvious, but whip up a guide at some point that shows the way)
Okay thank you !
I miss the birb.
After playing the entire game, I have a question. What does the tattoo mean? And what's so special about purple tattoos? Because according to Paul, there are only two people who have them. I want to ask where Long Shen tatoos are in the body and how can the purple guy I met in my dream help us?
You'll have to wait and see :3c
iirc Paul was talking about your ID, not about markings.
While seeing stereotypical russian using "da" instead of "yes" (which is like second english word you learn after "hello") is amusing, this right here is probably a mistake. "Мальчик" usually means male kid/teen and if it's used to address adult person, it is usually to point out their immatureness or childishness. Or if some older bigger guy wants to be a creep. You were probably going for something like "паренёк". It's a diminutive form of "guy" and is normally used by older people to address young males. Not formal, but not disrespectful either.
While I will confess that I'm not versed in any Russian (or basically any other language aside from some amounts of chinese and french), this does sound pretty accurate for what Toma is doing! (Not to spoil anything, but he is being subtly disrespectful actually)
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(Thank you for the info though! This could come in handy later :3c )
this update caught my attention. but i have a question why Jorge change from a green bird last update to a rat this time or something?
There's a handful of reasons why I turned Jorge into a hamster, ranging from his beak being awkward to write around during sex scenes to a more muted tone feeling more relevant to his overall story arc. I'm sure it's a rather jarring change at the moment, but he's surprisingly easy to get used to!
ikr, hits so hard every time
what does the choices with marks on them do?
Depends on the mark. Generally steers plot into some kinda direction.
are those the only choices that have an impact on to the plot? or the unmarked ones also affects the plot?
So there's 3 marks in the game
(Currently, Dad Ends exist in Jehu and Paul's routes. Some routes actually reduce dad end points by being too friendly with or discouraging your date from being interested in Richard.)
In addition to these, many options do actually set flags of their own so they can be referenced later. Sometimes picking the "horny" options sets a flag for a later sexy scene. Sometimes determining your preference will lead to a more tailored encounter later. Sometimes you get alternate dialogue based on what you've said and done earlier in the story.
As an added note, options that are in RED are warnings- whatever follows when you click on it is not going to be pretty. Be careful!
(I think I'll add this to the main description of the game, too)
"Options in red" you mean with red exclamation marks?
Nah, red exclamation marks are the same as the gear options. I tried to replace them all, but it's possible I missed some :X
Pptions in red will have the text in bright red text, and those are the ones that lead to danger (read: bad endings)
there is one choice in Alan's route day 15 with a red exclamation mark, when he asked what does the mc do in his free time.
i see. this is very helpful thank you :)
Found some bugs while playing. An exception on day 4, and on day 2, where it gives the option to comment on Jorge's wrist markings, the mc decides to not comment on it regardless of what you choose.
Knowing the elusive nature of those markings, i wouldn't be surprised if it's intentional.
dang, I'm surprised I didn't catch that. I'll re-upload with a fix
(The commenting on Jorge's wrist marking is intentional tho :3c)
Fix is uploaded
Android ui acts a bit weird
Hide button would also be very much appreciated with all those divine BGs, if it's not too difficult to add.
I see! I'll try and see what I can do, especially the hide UI button. I wonder if there's a default button for that given that renpy has a built in thing for that on desktop 💭
Patreon who see their saves wiped out once again
IM SORRY IT WAS NECESSARY 😭
Well to bad )= .So I quickly redid Jorge story but the game stops on day 16, but in the version I have "SihaiDatingSim-8.2.5jorge", it stops on day 19. This is normal or is it a bug?
This is the free version, the version that stops on day 19 is the patreon version. If you're subbed then you can access the patreon version via the links in the latest post here https://www.patreon.com/posts/sihais-legacy-6-105970226
Surprise! Sihai's relaunch is OUT! Come try it out- and please let me know what you think!
Coming up on the day! It's 4:44 AM (nice) and I just finished putting some touch-ups on a few CGs. Next stop: typo/bug fixing! We're in the home stretch now :D
I made a new dev log, but for a tl;dr:
The public relaunch will be posted on June 12th, 2024, just 3 weeks away!
WOOOO! That's what we've been waiting for, that's what it's all about! Just 2 weeks away, let's go!
jus checking in, how's the progress and, more importantly, your wellbeing?
As of about 20 minutes ago, I (tentatively) finished writing Shen's route relaunch! I don't really know what happened, honestly. Guess I just hit my stride and got a lot done in a much shorter time than usual :V at this rate, the relaunch will likely drop in May!
As for my wellbeing, I'm doing alright :') Exhausted, but that's the norm at this point
Hu-u-uge. Best wishes to you!
game crashes after loading renpy :<
that's weird, maybe try redownloading? I haven't updated the versions in a while so IDK why something would pop up now
Im using android, vivo y20i. Ill try redownloading it. Ty
Hello its me I just wanted to ask is there already an update?
Not yet! I'm working it as I type this, though. (Currently a few days off of refurbishing Alan's route, finishing up Barry's redesign at the moment before I get pulled away to a funeral for a week :V )
Ok good to know I cant wait for the update
is there a guide?
Not at the moment, but I'll look into getting one made up (be it by my or by someone else) :X
Hello! I read this vn last year and I'm pleased to hear that another update is coming out in the upcoming months! Just wanted to comment on how well you did on this vn and how I like the artwork and world building :) Good luck on the production of this vn and I'm looking forward to seeing what you can create with the characters and world you have built.
hello im just leaving a message
just checking if there is a update hehe
It has been a year since I last read anything from this project. I'm just desperately holding on at this point 🙏
Don't I know it qwq
I promise it's coming, I've finally got all of the sprite work done! CGs are next alongside some writing updates, mainly at the start but also some stuff sprinkled around later. At the moment I'm detailing my plans for all the routes so I have something concrete to look back on, but that does mean I can't really show off that kind of progress.
It's happening though, I swear! I'll make a post here, on twitter, and anywhere else I can imagine once this relaunch thing is finally done. Then we can finally get back on track!
I really want to get this all done by or in October of this year. Thanks for holding on, but please hold on just a bit longer!
hello its me again sorry for asking im just checking again
is the new update about to be released
(Sorry for the late reply!)
Not quite yet, no. I do really want to get the update out around October, but I wouldn't really expect it to be any sooner than then. I'll make a comment here and a dev log shortly before I post the update, and I'll tweet out the announcement on this game's twitter page here!
Thanks for checking in! I apologize for the wait, but I'm honestly really glad to see that, even since your last comment, you're still looking forward to the update! I hope the quality of the future update will meet or surpass your expectations C:
thanks
im excited :)))
also when will the next update arrive
I'm not entirely sure! I still have a whole lot of stuff to get done before I can think about moving forward with updates. I'll make a post in advance when I think I'm close to doing the relaunch o7
ok thx
i cant wait for the next update where i can hang with them in the waterpark or was it water carnival i forgot but i cant wait for the next update :)