Otto spots a familiar old truck in a parking lot and an offer to make the engine run smoother leads to a budding friendship with Finn.

Soon, Otto and Finn are hanging out together more and learning more about each other.

This story contains two main characters: Otto and Finn, plus a couple of supporting characters..

There are two possible outcomes that I will let you discover on your own.

The story is relatively short -- probably under an hour to go through it?

The Jensen Farm

NOBODY UNDER 18: There is no nudity or pornography in this story, but it does have some suggestive language and a very adult tone. This is intended only for adults over the age of 18.

AI tools were used to generate the base characters and background images, but a lot of manual photo editing was needed to make everything look the way I wanted. I'm terrible at drawing, which is why I used AI tools for nearly all of the imagery.

The story idea, text, and dialog is completely written by me, a squishy, imperfect human. Much of the coding was built out by Ren'Py, though I had to do a lot of manual coding, too, to make it look and work the way I wanted.

I would GREATLY appreciate any feedback, positive or negative. My ego is not that fragile -- I would love to hear any comments on what works, what doesn't work, and what needs improvement.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it!


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A nice little story. I like the images created for this, they look good and fit together. I also like the dialogue about not spending your money in places with human rights violations. It's a topic that's very dear to my heart.

Feedback:

  • Add more branching/different paths. It's really linear and Ren'Py offers so many possibilities with its engine that are unutilized here. 
  • You said no Nudity/Pornography. That's fine, it's your game and your choice. And even though there are some heavy topics covered here, there's no reason for an Adult rating, imho. Gamers searching with this tag want to see at least something.
  • Furthermore, the characters do not interact with each other. At least the kissing scenes should/could be displayed. There's too much happening off-screen for what's essentially a visual novel.
  • While there are descriptions of time passing, it doesn't feel like it. Weeks later the Farm looks the same, and the characters are wearing the same outfit. The cars get repaired, but are still dusty. 
  • He speaks of falling in love in what feels like five minutes. While there certainly is love at first sight, neither character is fleshed out enough to make it feel organic/realistic. Just being gay is not enough to fall in love. What's so special about the other? 
  • I also never could figure out who was who. Different characters could use different font colors to distinguish them better.
  • The question about the grandpa dying in the house seems really off. Why would he think and ask that? I think most people would be taken aback or get defensive when a complete stranger asks them this question.
  • The side-story about his Ex is also very bare. I never got the feeling that he was as dangerous as he tried to make him out to be. 

Take care!

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Excellent! Thanks for the insightful feedback. I really appreciate it. I will definitely work to include some of this in my upcoming stories.

Thanks! :)