Ren’Py Love, Lust, and Rock ‘n Roll [v1.7.1] [FlinPaltwell]

The story continues into Chapter 10! The rock band tour is over, it’s two weeks later, and Stella’s family is going on a camping trip! But her bandmates are invited along as well. What will happen in the cold, quiet dark of night?

This update features 3 new sex scenes, one for each heroine (Stella has one too but it doesn’t really count). Amy, Kelly and Julie each have several animations (some are recycled, some are new, one is revamped).

There is roughly as much new content in this update as the Samantha update, which was/is the largest content update I’ve ever done. I’m honestly not sure which one is larger, but they’re very close.

You can’t have sex with everyone in one playthrough, and at this point in the game henceforth, you can only have sex with those who are in love with you. Meaning, if you didn’t bang Kelly during the 3-day sequence on the rock band trip, Kelly is no longer an option for you and she won’t approach you during this trip.

The only RNG at play in this event is whether or not you get caught having cheating sex. Some things might feel like they’re determined by RNG, but they’re not. Just keep going.

Oh yeah, and yesterday I decided to compose a new background song from scratch (while kicking myself for delaying things because of it) to use exclusively for this update because I wanted a little variety in the general background music. It’s nothing super different or crazy, but I think it’s quite pleasant.

Aside from music, there are very few sounds during the sex scenes. This is for two reasons: One, these scenes are tense, so they need to be very quiet. But two, because I sometimes like to be inconsistent in how I approach sex scenes (for the sake of experimenting), and I’ve been skeptical about whether or not the sound effects were really worth the effort lol. If you have strong feelings on the matter, feel free to lemme know.

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Out of the 3 new sex scenes, Julie’s is the longest while Amy’s is the shortest. But to make up for that, Amy got a past scene totally revamped and updated. If you wanna dance with her, squish up against her, and potentially do more than that, then go to the second band gig event (chapter 3, early in the story) and choose to hang out with Amy.

The sex scene that can potentially follow this sequence has been updated with a new animation and some different text, but is largely the same. I love the animation though.

MUSIC
Every scene in the game is now fleshed out with music! Nearly every song is split into separate tracks that layer in depending on the dynamics of the scene (so the music gets more intense as the scene gets more intense, etc.).

The standard background song “Underdrive” ties an instrument to each character. These instruments weave in and out depending on the order in which you meet or see characters in each chapter (which is randomized). This means different playthroughs can yield unique mixes you didn’t hear before (for example, if Julie’s main event happens to be the first one you experience in Chapter 2, then you’ll get to hear just the acoustic guitar and piano together).

All music composed by me.

SOUND
In addition to music, there are mattress sound effects and vocal sound effects (male and female). Each has its own volume slider. This has drastically changed every sex scene.

Beyond sound, a number of images have been revamped or added. Amy’s second study scene is practically a new scene. Some lines have randomly been edited throughout the game.

A chunk of imagery has been further condensed to save space without sacrificing any quality.

Alright, so at long last, we have the Samantha update. This adds the final story event to the rock band tour, before our heroes finally return home. This is also the largest update I’ve ever released.

Samantha Event:
In this event, you are given the choice to spend time with Stella or the brand new character, Samantha. You are also given the choice to spend time with Amy, Julie, or Kelly, but ONLY if you initiated romance with them by having crazy hot romantic sex with them in their respective 3-day sequences.

There is considerable new content in each of these scenes for each of these characters (except Stella). Samantha’s event is the most fleshed-out among them, being the focus of this update and being her only planned event in the game ever.

If you choose Samantha, please bear in mind that luck is still involved with viewing her sex scene. You’re basically wooing her from scratch. As always, ascension mode makes this easier, and you need to raise both “like” and “lust.”

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In addition to these new scenes, a wide array of random old imagery has been polished or revamped entirely, the most notable among these being Julie’s entire couch sequence. Plenty of stuff was left alone though (for now).

Finally, this version will break all of your game saves even harder than usual. Sorry! But this update was always going to break your saves, and I can promise the next one will too. Hold down Ctrl to skip.

I’ve also updated random pieces of code and dialogue in small ways all over the place.

Furthermore, I’m trying out the .webp image format for the first time, and I may gradually convert everything I can over to that format. It’s more storage-efficient, and hopefully leads to smoother animations for lower-end hardware. But please let me know if you run into any problems, particularly with Samantha’s content (all of her daytime imagery is .webp).

I’m sure there’s stuff I’m forgetting but I’m tired of delaying any longer. I wish I had even more to share, given how long this took, but I would like to thank every last one of you for being SO PATIENT, AAAGGHHHH.

The next update will be the motherfucking sound update, adding music, moans, and gentle sound effects to every scene in the game. At long last, my rock music game will have rock music. I can’t wait!

Anyway, enjoy~❤

This update adds a large chunk of story, following Flin’s interactions with Julie over the 3-day period that they room together. As with Amy and Kelly, you’ll need her to like and/or lust for you enough to be able to view all of it, but high enough values guarantee success!
Added a ton of new Julie imagery to go along with the story, in addition to some revamped imagery. Updated the gallery to include it all.
Revamped 1 Julie animation, and added 2 more on top of that.
Made very minor adjustments to Amy’s sprite.
Added a 1-time reminder to try the tutorial right after viewing the 1-time disclaimer.
Removed the reminder to calibrate for the first time, instead defaulting framerate to be at max instead of 10. You can still view calibration from the main menu to adjust though.

Added the next significant chapter of story, revolving heavily around Kelly. Includes a bunch of new imagery.
Adjusted the text and text boxes to (hopefully) look nicer and make underlying imagery more visible without making it too difficult to read.

Adds a large chunk of Amy-specific story, including the game’s first official guarantee-able sex scene. The story is now reaching a turning point, where the first “canon” sexcursions are meant to take place, so if you avoid sex with Amy all the way up to this point, you’ll get a moderately different amount of dialogue for a while.

Gallery
Added a traditional gallery to the game, with grayed-out thumbnails of unseen content! This should make it a lot easier to see what content you’ve missed.

Ascension Mode
This is basically a New Game+ mode, allowing you to carry over Finesse, Sympathy, and Passion to new playthroughs.
Note that these stats grow exponentially, so each new run will have ludicrously larger numbers than the last.

MORE STORY (Car sex)
The rock band is now on the road, but they’re handling transportation themselves! Their tour involves a LOT of driving, and their equipment forces them to mostly pair off in different cars.
Added completely new, quality sex scenes with each romantic interest – including your actual girlfriend! Whaaaat.