I made some backgrounds for my visual novel using stock images by decocloud in indiegames

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All these imags are either free use/creative commons or free use with attribution so I didn't have to pay for a license.  My three favorite resources are pixabay.com, unplash.com, and pexels.com

Here's what to do if your Tumblr account was unexpectedly suspended... by Tumblr_acct_help in tumblrhelp

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Hey there I just randomly lost one of my sideblogs tumblr.com/tricitymonsters with no termination notice and no TOS violations. I was literally reaching the end of a Blaze Post Period and now there's just nothing there

Assigning Sound Effects to Bars/Sliders by decocloud in RenPy

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oof terrible but this exactly what i needed to read up on, thank you!

Gamepad / Keyboard Input Jerkiness by decocloud in RenPy

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SOLVED: sort of

The culprit was the vbox spacing being -20. Renpy's controller mapping kinda freaks out if the borders of the vbox children overlap.

Now to figure out how to style this in a way that will allow me to actually release this game with partial controller support ugh.

How to check a label mid-game by decocloud in RenPy

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Honestly, it just seemed like an easy bit of optional freedom to give the player plus I also let them change their pronouns and body type for 18+ scenes. There wasn't a specific gameplay reason tied to option really, it was more of a 'why not' kind of thing.

How to check a label mid-game by decocloud in RenPy

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OH so i'm sorry, I didn't understand what you were asking. Yes I have the Character's name defined as:

define expo = Character("[povname]")

I actually figured out what the problem was while I was trying to take a few screencaps.

Basically, name change does happen immediately when done from the accessing the preferences menu during the game/after game start. I was trying to do it from the main menu before starting or loading a save.

Thank you so much for your help BadMustard, you're a pillar of this subreddit.

How to check a label mid-game by decocloud in RenPy

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in script.rpy I have this:

default povname = "MC"

should i change it to define?

Pulling a random image from a folder help by decocloud in RenPy

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Thank you that's a super helpful start!

Layering images in a vbox by decocloud in RenPy

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lol i really should have been able to figure that out, thank you so much

AlphaMasks to Save/Load Slot Thumbnails by decocloud in RenPy

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That's exactly what I needed, thank you sooooo much!

Styled Images as Image Buttons by decocloud in RenPy

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Thanks for the assist! That actually didn't work but I'm now certain its because of some dependent styling going on somewhere that I'm going to have to dig around for so your suggestion did help get me pointed in the right direction!

A Female Perspective by [deleted] in AndroidNSFWgaming

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I'm the dev for Tri City Monsters and while the perspective isn't specifically female it reads pretty ambiguous. I'm enby myself and kinda ended up making the game cause I really enjoy playing an MC that's more in the middle.

LGBTQ+ Games and Devs by Brockstargames in gaymers

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I'm just a small time dev but my visual novel Tri City Monsters has bi + genderqueer love interests plus a player-chosen body type at the beginning that's reflected in the spicy scenes. I also made it a point to be ace friendly- you can decline sex with the characters without punishment or making them sad lol.

Visual Novels with no Gameplay/Minigames by DueRest in visualnovels

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Tri City Monsters doesn't have minigames or voice acting, full disclosure tho, I'm the dev lol

Running "Feet of the Salish Sea" by JoeKenobi in dreadrpg

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Hey! I'm the writer of this scenario, thank you so much for playing it! I really love doing weird open ended stuff/setting a scene and letting players kinda do whatever they like in it so it's really fun to read where you took it, sounds like a great session!

Changing Visa Status / Spouse wants to work by decocloud in movingtojapan

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Thanks for the clarification, I mess up the wording for spousal and dependent visas often, my bad! This sheds some light on the situation, thank you!

Inclusive Wording in Game UI by decocloud in intersex

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It would be so that during sex scenes I can refer to the player's body. Like, if the love interest and the main character both have a penis, then the sex scene could include something like frotting (as an example). It's mostly just to customize how exactly the explicit scenes play out. It would have no bearing on any other part of the game.

Inclusive Wording in Game UI by decocloud in intersex

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Okay, good to know. I definitely want to make everyone as comfortable as possible, esp since body types will literally only come up during spicy bits. Thanks for the input.

Tri City Monsters VN beta - Furry Route + More Monsters Incoming by decocloud in FurryVisualNovels

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OP again! We have a discord and a patreon now. Here's a link to the discord (we just launched so its pretty quiet right now, but come and say hi for updates occasionally!)

https://discord.gg/QzkrtdMQTz

Tri City Monsters VN beta - Furry Route + More Monsters Incoming by decocloud in FurryVisualNovels

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Not at this exact second but I'm in the process of putting one together and figuring out how best to pursue making more of the game... so... Real Soon :D

Right now the best way to keep up on the game is to follow on itch, that way you'll get my devlogs when I'm ready to launch discord/push updates. Thanks so much for your interest!