Reclusive Bay
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PLOT SUMMARY
When you first start the game you have no memory, and clueless about the town that you live in. Yes I know, cliche bare with me though. Early on in the story you find out that you were in a car wreck with your father. You pulled through after an eight month coma. However your father didn't get as lucky. In his will he left you the house, and a starting business called the Royal, a restaurant. Reclusive Bay is a ghost town by all comparisons, and off the beaten path for sure. The nearest town is two hours away. It is used only as an escape for those that don't want to be found, or those that want to party. As the story progresses you will learn bits, and pieces about your past memory. Also finding out that your accident wasn't by mere chance. This town holds a lot of secrets, and the people in the town does as well. Also along your journey through this sandbox story driven VN you will meet beautiful women that will help you. There is something strange going on in Reclusive Bay. What could it be?
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MECHANICS
Every choice in the game will affect something. Mostly dealing with the relationship with that particular girl you are in a scene with. Sometimes it might be added scenes, or maybe dialog flavor. There are quite a few hidden choices in Reclusive Bay that you can't see unless your relationship stat is high enough with that character, and don't worry, you won't be tied down to just one girl in Reclusive Bay. There are major decisions that will determine the fate of each girl as well through out the game.
Reclusive Bay is free roam sandbox. Once you get past the tutorial encounters can happen anywhere which are important to building up your relationship score and suggestion levels. There are currently 7 different girls in the Reclusive Bay that has been introduced with other as side love interests.
WARNING
Reclusive Bay may hit on touchy subjects throughout your game-play. Anything from violence, blood, bruises, drug use, and more so be aware of this heading into the game. If you are sensitive about these subjects this is your warning before you embark on your journey.
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Development log
- The next project...May 04, 2023
- Update on SelaraMay 01, 2023
- Only market buildApr 01, 2023
- Reclusive Bay 1.0Mar 31, 2023
- The update is the conclusion to Reclusive Bay!Mar 26, 2023
- 0.44 ChangelogMar 14, 2023
- 43.1 ChangelogFeb 15, 2023
- 0.42.1 ChangelogJan 15, 2023
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you should mark the game as complete. It's still listed as "in development."
Didnt know that was a thing.
Yep!
It has been done btw. :) Thanks for the info.
No problem
The game vacillates between fun interactions with the girls, and the tedious bullshit of navigating ANOTHER open world map that isn't open at all.
Also, I found it difficult to determine whether the writer is making fun of women who pursue "gender studies," or if they actually believe that ridiculous crap. Either way, unless there is a "dissolve that stupid bitch in acid" ending, I couldn't care less about spending another second with Leah.
Ultimately, what doomed this game for me are the actual text boxes. It's like the developer didn't put one single thought towards making the text easy to read. The font colors blend into the backgrounds more often than not. This makes it anywhere from difficult to impossible to read.
I don't even understand how that COULD happen. The dev had to playtest the game from time to time while making it. How could they NOT see how poorly those colors stood out from the background?
Anyway, that was it. I'm not gonna put more effort into reading the boxes than the dev used to make them. It's too bad, too, because most of the girls are fun to get to know. The map is a poorly implemented pain in the ass, but if you use the "help" box routinely, you won't be wandering around endlessly.
If you are into just watching the girls fuck, well that's a good news/bad news deal. The good news is that the girls are attractive, and the scenes are animated. The bad news is that there is a LOT of grinding to get to see any of them.
Fonts, and colors are in the options menu in the game. And yes as my first project I did learn a lot. Basically most of what you said I also came to realize and reflected on since I finished it a couple years ago. Side note: fuck gender studies.
harem or one girl kinda story?
how can i access the other scenes? scenes like vivian sleeping and lily sleeping
Lockpicking. :P
oh wow, is it actually fully out?? you mean no more waiting? so excited, downloading now, thank you for being my introduction into visual novels
It's about half of the prologue ;) im still working on the full prologue
The download is broken, all the content of 0.45 to 0.99 is missing. The horror :)
Thanks for the game, it was a pleasure to follow the story!
it went from .44 to 1.0. I list mine as amount of updates. not progress through development
I cannot upgrade the house in construction, the game just crashes to a coding error. Says that `VPGrid not completely full`. The Restaurant upgrade worked fine though. Seem to b e caught in a loop with the game now if I cannot upgrade the house.
I am not encountering this error when I test it. Try re-downloading from my source. Extract it and play that way this is the first I heard about this.
Thanks I'll try that. Is there a way to use the saved games file I made from Gamecore via the web interface or is that a dead idea? Tried to load it but just got script errors, guess I'll need to restart?
Well, that solves why there is an error ;) The error is on gamecore side. Whoever uploaded it there. I see this happen a lot. They crunch RB to a smaller size or make it for android or web and it breaks the coding because I use an older version of renpy.
And yes, more than likely you will need a new save.
Thanks for all the support. Downloaded actual game locally, it was a blast. Was expecting all girls to be highest RL and SL by the end but sadly seems no way to achieve this. Maybe in future updates?
Even a Patreon feel better posting here. I got couple questions and a comment for the dev. First is the door between the MC and Lily room for another upgrade? Can Cascade or Lily can a threesome?
My comment to the Dev is on Cascade thank you for adding some of the backstory why she so loyal to you.
The door was originally suppose to be an upgrade. Buy the bathroom to have a random bathroom events with a random girl that lives with you. That got cut. Threesome with Cascade and Lily no. Only one is Vivian and Eve. Future projects will be more focused on this though.
Thank you, Just curious is 0.42 the last update?
No. The last update will be labeled a 1.0. Dont be fooled by the .42 though. I am not going to have another 58 updates either lol
lol
I was looking through the comments here and noticed there's no mobile versions(android or apple). Why is that? I ask because more people have mobile devices than do computers.
Yes, I have been asked before, and I have no plan on doing that for several reasons. Is it possible? Yes, mostly. The Renpy Version with the coding I have conflict a lot. Getting a newer version of Renpy "might" make it possible. I have no idea, but the code is no longer supported with newer versions so a new headache emerges.
so that means the best chance for a mobile version would be when the PC version is 100% complete, or am I mistaken?
I won't be making a mobile version.
Well, that's a disappointment
JoiPlay can enable the use of PC-compiled Ren’Py on Android devices, but I don’t believe there’s a way for Apple, which is a lot more locked down.
thats awesome, less wasted resources and time trying to please people who think that a device designed for calling yo momma on a sunday night, is for playing "computer" games
okay so in the new 0.39, i cant get the new paige story event to trigger even though its the afternoon in both dining rooms, might be a bug to look into
Your house has a dining room as well.
🤦🏻♂️this is true, oops
Thanks for the advice theragincajun18 This will begin effect in .40
Alright sweet! Thats so good for completionists like me🤣
if i can make a suggestion, can you make it where the side girls replays also show up in the pause menu, because that would be really nice for a completionist like me. Other than that i cant wait for 0.39 :)
also i forgot where to go to buy eye candies from vivian
I'll look into the side girl thing and see if that is possible. You buy eye candies after talking to Vivian at the bar, then go to her room when she is there.
Ohhh alright thanks, i knew i was missing something
Np. :) and I just implemented your idea so in a couple of patches that will go into effect :)
The Eve quest is currently not working for some reason. I saw you say press SHIFT + O but i’m playing it on Mobile. So is there any other way I can do to fix it?
I don't have a mobile download or support it so if there is no way to open console I can't help you. The only other way is to restart. I wish there was a better way but there isn't.
The Eve side quest isn't working for me, even following guides it just won't happen for me. the only thing i have done differently is not get the tit pics for Marcus and make Eve & Vivian apologise to each other. does anyone have any suggestions? Apart from this one issue I'm really enjoying the story and can't wait to continue to see what happens.
I need to know what the hint says.
if it says I should talk to Eve, and let her know I am about to talk to Vivian. then use jump setting_up_for_threesome in the console.
if it says I should talk to Eve. She clearly wants to ask me something
then use jump eve_asks_about_visiting_vivian in the console
Hi Sacred Sage, it is your first suggestion but i am having trouble with your instruction,
what do you mean by
jump setting_up_for_threesome in the console.
Never mind i found out how to do it, thank you so much. can't wait to carry on the story.
Awesome! Glad it all worked out bud. ^_^
So do we get to actually manage the restaurant or is that part linear?
It's linear.
at least on the Linux (0.35.1) Lily's gallery is b0rken:
replacing encounters.rpy::56 with
("lily_park_night_walk_happy_ending", "lily/lily_park_night_walk/lily_park_exhib15.webp"),seems to be a valid fix.
Fun so far, looking forward to see more of the plot!
yeah it's already corrected for next installment.
in 0.37, encounters.rpy::145
eve/vivian_roleplays_with_eve4.webp should be replaced with eve/threesome_with_vivian/vivian_roleplays_with_eve4.webp
"Nice Try. We both know there is no legit way to get 20 RS with Eve yet." (House_Free_roam.rpy)
Sure is, with all the points in 0.37 - all the increases in paige_scenes make it possible :)
Haha yeah I took that out in 0.38 next month and also that error is already fixed as well :) I couldn't fix it in this patch because of the transfer.
Does game have android?
No just PC.
Sorry to say this but Lily does look little masculine for me(I was wondering if she was a ladyboy at first sight..) and the whole story telling(over scattered, over blunted)/dialogue(too many "I wonder"s, "though"s, "giggle"s) are not so good either, I cannot follow the story smoothly and find myself confused from time to time. But Leah(modelling), animations, graphics, economy system and all computer related stuff deserve a huge compliment.
Edit1: typo
Edit2: more details
Hi, I've been having some trouble progressing with Eve. It says that I should talk to her about talking to Vivian, but I haven't gotten the option to. And it's been that way for a long time. At the moment, I'm where **** has been shot
That tells me you playing a save that is over 6 months old because this was a change I did in patch 0.22.
Open up your console
"Marcus looks deep in thought. Go talk to him. Then to talk to Eve at the station" -- jump talk_to_marcus_about_eve
'I should talk to Eve, and let her know I am about to talk to Vivian' in Eve's questline -- jump setting_up_for_threesome
"Head to Cuppa Joe, and ask Leah if she wants to study" in Leah story -- jump leah_goes_to_study
"I should talk to Eve. She clearly wants to ask me something." -- jump eve_asks_about_visiting_vivian
Any or all of these will be affected...
hey, how can i remove the message popped in the middle of the screen? i dunno how it went there. please help me out its very annoying
hello, when will v0.33 be available? Love the game, keep up the great work
roughly every couple of weeks.
Sick game, cool creator. Can recommend
10/10
would support any time again
The Itch.io app doesn't seem to recognize you have a file to download. The selection is just blank, doesn't say 'hosted on a third party' or anything there is just... no file.
which file are you trying to download? There are three total. PC, MAC, and MARKET.
Any of the above. I'm using the Itch.io app on my desktop and either via the 'install' button down on the lower right or by clicking on the 'download' button on the page and then going to the selections and selecting any of them, the app still just has a blank thing.
I'd imagine if I went the the page outside the app, it'd be available but for some reason you're not supported on the actual app/manager itself. Even tried checking the 'enable alternative download' box.
Yeah it works for some and others not. Itch app is wonky at best. I tested the links on chrome so thats best way to get download. Nothing I can do about itch's app
im having some problems unlocking the last few gallery replays..one for each of the main 3 and 2 for vivian, are they not in the game or are they like only a chance of getting them? Im big on completing games and this game caught my interest with the story, and it frustrates me that i cant find them, am i stupid or is it just not in the game yet?
Multiple play-through required.
Ive done it twice, and i still cant figure it out, in the patch notes it says something about lockpick scenes, is there stuff related to that?? Cause ive tried and cant get an events to trigger
keep at it I have faith in you ;)
Ack. Okay
I will give you credit though, really really good game, gripping story, (imo), excellent animations, not TOO littered with sex like other sex games, honestly its fun, i played it for 15 hours straight the first day😂
Counting down to 0.30.0 to be public🙌😂
Yeah every 2 weeks or so. :) Currently trying to get back in the routine I just spent 1 week down and out lol I just gout of bed longer than 1 hour for the first time yesterday XD
does my downloaded game update automatically or do i have to keep redownloading it?
I am not sure to be truthful. I'd imagine you would have to redownload, all saves will carry over though.
i redownload.... but while i'm thinking on it i have 2 quests that seem impossible to do ... study with leah and talk with eve oh and one for marcus talk to the guy next to lily as well actually so 3
any idea if it's just a glitch in my save i can fix by restarting or is it something else?
yes restarting would fix it. The problem started when I had to change how the scenes were being tracked. so in 0.22 I added some tracking labels. Whatever your hint tells you use this jump code. It should update you on where you want to be. SHIFT + O to open console.
"Marcus looks deep in tought. Go talk to him. Then to talk to Eve at the station" -- jump talk_to_marcus_about_eve
'I should talk to Eve, and let her know I am about to talk to Vivian' in Eve's questline -- jump setting_up_for_threesome
"Head to Cuppa Joe, and ask Leah if she wants to study" in Leah story -- jump leah_goes_to_study
"I should talk to Eve. She clearly wants to ask me something." -- jump eve_asks_about_visiting_vivian
restarts are no big problem for me i have so much free time anymore it's sickening
LOL! I wish I could say the same! I spent 12 to 16 hours a day doing this. lol. Nice image too by the way :D Real friends show me their boobs. Lol I like that!
How do I unlock the possibility to upgrade the house? The hints says that I should upgrade for vivian to progress but I dont have the option to do so.
try opening up the console with shift + O and using
$ Paige.unlock_tittybank()
If that doesnt work then use
$ Cascade.unlock_tittybank()
This issue got corrected in the version I am currently working on.
Will try once I'm home! thank you
Also, Cascade is now RS 25-26 and I still cant open her room, it says I need lvl 20.
I managed to enter the other girls rooms just fine when I hit the desired lvls
that's because $ Cascade.unlock_tittybank() you need the 20 RS and that to be able to enter (no possible way to get 20 RS before this)
Not sure what the glitch in renpy is the coding checks out but for some reason cascade and Paige is wonky so in 0.28 I just took it out for them. By telling me you cant enter Cascade room though that narrows it down to the cascade code though :)
The command $ Cascade.unlock_tittybank() worked perfectly for both problems! Thank you very much ^^
Your welcome, sorry that error happened to you. If you come across any other errors let me know. I'm pretty sure I have most everything flushed out though ;)
wait for next patch XD in around 10 days xD
when you have things to build in the house, such as the hallway/corridor, there isn't any price listed other than you don't have enough money. It really would be nice to know the amount.
yes the update coming up list prices, purchased or not and the whole nine yards :) plus money increases to make it easier. :) :) gout about 12 more days for that. just released to my patreons recently.
Bro I didn't get any scene with any character isaw in pictures they are many scenes but I added the corridor no scenes
Bro the story ends after you build corridor?
nope you got a few afterwards. Check your hint icon it tells where and what time.
maybe my game glitch like it's said talk to Marcus again and it's not working
I believe i have found the issue everyone is finding. It will be fixed in the next update when it is released.
In the hints it says I could talk to Marcus again, but when I try I can only say nothing and I have to do that to progress
Im still working out the fine details on the hint system. What quest did you complete for it to say that bud?
uhmmm i dont remember but I think it was cas hint, it was like talk to the man sitting at royal or something like that.
Ok, i know what it is now. I believe you are on cascade quest where she flashes marcus. you got to talk to cascade when she is there to continue the scene but you will need a suggestion level of 3 i believe.
I checked just now she is level 3. I can only talk to her when she is at the royal and that don`t do anything
I fixed that problem, but I got to another one when I go in the kitchen to do the paige quest it don`t work and both of them have over 15
It throws errors when I click on Lily and Cas's rooms, but can be rolled back or ignored. The game crashes when you buy gifts, and click on them while it was in the spot at the top of the screen where the inventory is. That error seems to be because it's calling non-existent labels for those items.
I also seem to have hit a wall. I can't get my points with Paige above 14, and you need 15 to progress. And with Cas, I have no idea what to do with the 'early day' hint.
How are you supposed to save money to purchase upgrades? The only time I can talk to them is at the restaurant, and their options are 'nothing' and 'how's business/work shift.'
Alright thanks. I played through it fine but I do see your errors now. and yes the 1 time use items arent implimetned yet,. as for paige being 12 RS u can have 15 by the time that scene pops up but there are other scenes to increase her RS. Atm a perfect play u can get up to 19. the hint system just gives some guidance, you can encounter other scenes without it.
Do you need to be able to enter their rooms to trigger the scenes? I've gone to every other location at every time of day and no scenes are triggering.
what are your encounters saying in the hint. for everyone you have met? No the bedrooms have No scenes atm.
Lily and Vivian: That's all for now
Cas: Let's get an early day and check the dining room
Paige: I should check in the kitchen once Cas and Paige like me enough. 15 RP each.
nevermind I foudn the big. the main story with the saving etc. fixing it now so that will be fixed as well.
did you find anything else error wise? and follow the main story hint if all else fails :D also the best way to make some cash is definitely the hack or lockpick system.
Error wise, Paige's door also kicks an error.
The main story says to email Vivian after adding the corridor, but I can't save money to get the corridor. I have $2000 from hacking and lockpicking, but $0 combined savings.
the combined saving is what you saved up with the girl. u just need 5k total between all of you. So you are fine.
But how do I give them the money to save up? I can only interact with them at the restaurant, and none of the options involves giving them money for savings.
You cant give them money yet until you can visit them, I have a new release out. But you actually dont need to save any money with them to get the corridor. If you got 5k money on you. then you can buy it.
im aware and in the next version thats being released tomorrow for here its corrected. :)
Going to Reclusive Bay to find a reclusive bae.
hah xD hell yeah