VN Ren'Py Edgefield (Male/Female MC, Harem, AI) [Development Thread]

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This game is FREE!

Our first release drops this Friday, March 14th at 8pm ET for Patreon subs.
And one week later on Friday, March 21st at 8pm ET, it will be free for everyone else.

It will be available to download on
(and probably on here)

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Hey everyone! I’m excited to share/introduce the new game my dev partner and I have been working on - Edgefield.

Edgefield is a mix of the adult visual novel, dating sim and point-and-click adventure genres with a wide and colorful cast of characters to meet, befriend, and romance (in fully animated scenes) as you make your way through your freshman year at Edgefield University. Whether you choose to play as a male or female protagonist, you’ll have the freedom to pursue relationships with characters of any gender, with a goal of making this a deeply personal and inclusive experience.

*ML/AI is used as a tool to assist with some of the art while other art is done completely by hand. No other areas of the game are made using ML/AI.

The Story (So Far)
So, here’s the setup: You’re 18 years old and on your way to Edgefield University, an expensive, prestigious school you’re honestly kinda shocked you got into. You’re interested in photography, but are undecided on what you’re going to study. On your ride there, you’re accompanied by your dad, his new gf, Sasha and her daughter, Emma.

Once you arrive, you move into your dorm room and meet your new floormates. You can choose to flirt or make friends with any and all of them — totally up to you. We want to give you total freedom in who you pursue without locking you out of content if you’re not into a specific character. Everything is optional.


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Who Are We
Gopher (Lead Dev / Artist) - I’ve worked as a game dev for years and have made a lot of games. I've always had a sort of quiet passion for adult games, but this is my first time making one.

Dr. Bird (Writer, She/Her) - Hi! I've been writing professionally for a while now, and am a long time lover of fan-fiction and graphic novels. When Gopher approached me about working on Edgefield I was most excited about the inclusion of a female lead character. That is something I think is HEAVILY missing from the AVN genre, and I am just the gal to fill that hole.





Some of the Main Characters

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(In Order)
  • Dad – Dorky, well-meaning guy. Tries his best.
  • Sasha - Your dad’s new girlfriend. Trying awkwardly to bond with you.
  • Emma - Sasha's daughter. Does not like you. In her Junior year at Edgefield.
  • Theo - Intelligent and encouraging. Future president (probably). Studying Political Science.
  • Peter – Horny class clown. Always joking. Studying Music Theory.
  • Quinn – Chill skater girl. Gives you shit, but in a fun way. Undecided Major.
  • Penelope – Shy gamer. Loves anime. Classic. Studying Game Design.
  • Jun – Cheerful goth. Artsy and open-minded. Studying Fine Art.
  • Victoria – Influencer. Model. Cam-girl. Studying Economics.
  • Jada – History buff. Into archaeology and local myths and legends. Studying History.
  • Lucia – Sweet, bookish, and probably too pure for this group. Studying Biology.
  • Sunny – Giant nerd. Total sweetheart. Knows computers inside out. Studying Computer Science
  • Kerry – Confident film geek. Big horror movie fan. Studying Filmmaking.
  • Trent – Football player. Jock with a surprising soft side. Studying Business.
  • Edmund – Romantic English exchange student. Poet type. Studying literature.

Gameplay Systems
(Not all gameplay mechanics listed are in the first release)

Open World, Sandbox Map - We want Edgefield to feel like a place you can actually explore. Plenty of locations, random encounters, characters with daily schedules, that kind of thing.

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Romantic / Friendship Routes - Every major character has their own story arc with either a Romantic or Friendship route and you’re able to change your mind about which of these relationships you want with each of them.

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Room Customization - You'll have your own dorm room and will be able to deck it out however you like. Posters, furniture, weird junk you collect after completing quests — it'll feel like your space.

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Booty Call Mechanic - If you hit it off with someone, you'll eventually be able to invite them over for some late-night fun. Gotta build up that relationship first, though. This will serve as one of the ways to view repeatable sex scenes.


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Jobs (For Money) - We’re planning some part-time job options that let you earn cash / meet new people around town.


Studying (For Grades) *Still workshopping this idea* - Tests happen every 7 in-game days. You’ll need to study a few times each week to keep your grades up. Studying is just a quick 3-second montage or something (no player input needed) that progresses the in-game time by one.

You’ll have 21 time slots per week, and maybe 3-5 of those will need to go toward studying if you want to keep your grades up. Passing tests comes with perks, but failing won’t ruin your game — you'll just have a different experience.

Eventually there will be ways to study more efficiently (meaning you’ll be able to study less per week), and ways to get away without studying at all. This is meant to be a fun resource management system, but not something that is overly burdensome.



Phone (For Nudes) - A cell phone with a contacts menu, texting, a photo gallery and blah blah blah etc. It’s a phone.

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Collectible Trading Cards - Hot trading cards hidden around campus. Because who doesn’t love monster girls.
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Planned Tags / Kinks - (all optional)

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What's Next?
Like I mentioned at the top, the first release drops this Friday, March 14th at 8pm ET for Patreon subs and next Friday, March 21st at 8pm ET for everyone else.

The first release is basically "Day One" at Edgefield — finding your room, making friends, figuring out who you’re interested in and seeing what this whole college thing is about. It’s about laying the groundwork for a lot more drama, romance, and horny shit down the line. We’re planning regular content updates after launch with more story progression, updates to gameplay mechanics and obviously more animations.

Mobile version - We’re already working on getting a mobile version working, so expect that very soon after the initial release.

We’re also very interested in your feedback, so please let us know what you think of the game and what you might like to see in a future update.

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Where to Find Us?

Want to follow along for more info and updates? Here’s where you can keep up with us:

Patreon -
Discord -
Itch -
Twitter -
Bluesky -

And of course, on here! Please ask us anything!


Thanks for Reading!

Seriously, thanks for checking this out. We’re a small team who have been working on this for awhile, and knowing people are interested means a lot. We can’t wait for you to play Edgefield!

See you Friday!

-Gopher & Dr. Bird
 
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osanaiko

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gopher.upg Wow, super professional looking!

How long have you been working on this under cover before this announcement?

If you're able to share, I'd love to hear your process for maintaining character details and clothing across different poses with the AI image gen pipeline.
 
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gopher.upg Wow, super professional looking!

How long have you been working on this under cover before this announcement?

If you're able to share, I'd love to hear your process for maintaining character details and clothing across different poses with the AI image gen pipeline.
Thanks! We've been working on it on and off for about six months, but a good chunk of that time was spent learning new stuff.

A lot of figuring out workflows, experimenting with ML/AI, learning how to animate, etc. After we had sort of solid foundation we spent more time on it and I'd say most of the work has been done/redone in the past few months.

The process is (for characters at least) - come up with concepts, draw something in photoshop or InvokeAI's canvas mode, run it through Invoke, import that into photoshop and edit/clean it up, run the cleaned up image back through Invoke, and repeat until I have the desired image. Not as quick of a process as I had originally hoped, but it still saves a lot of time. If you're interested in ML/AI, I can't recommend InvokeAI enough. They have a ton of videos on youtube as well.
 
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This is one of the best F95Zone announcement posts I have seen. You clearly describe what the game will be about, and what your vision and goal is. Well done, I will eagerly await how this turns out and wish you the best of luck on your journey as a developer!

You have given me an idea or two, so thank you!
 

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This is one of the best F95Zone announcement posts I have seen. You clearly describe what the game will be about, and what your vision and goal is. Well done, I will eagerly await how this turns out and wish you the best of luck on your journey as a developer!

You have given me an idea or two, so thank you!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
 

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Man, I just realised that you even put a Copyright to a fictional company on your trading cards. If this attention to Detail is found all throughout your VN, it will be among the best flashed out worlds in VNs.

(Or development will take forever and it gets abandoned after 2 updates because too much work :KEK: )

Just kidding, I am pretty impressed as well by this and wish you all the best for this Project!

Continue to blow us away please.

Cheers!
 
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Man, I just realised that you even put a Copyright to a fictional company on your trading cards. If this attention to Detail is found all throughout your VN, it will be among the best flashed out worlds in VNs.

(Or development will take forever and it gets abandoned after 2 updates because too much work :KEK: )

Just kidding, I am pretty impressed as well by this and wish you all the best for this Project!

Continue to blow us away please.

Cheers!
Lol thank you! I hope you'll play it Friday and that it lives up to your excitement! <3
 
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First few days of college was the best days for me, so much excitement learning who's there, especially old friends ^ ^

Do you guys plan on having the day progress? will it be: morning, noon, evening, and night? I didnt see the UI, you could add it to the phone next to signal service. it could just say morning or the time slots.

Is this a couples project if so this will be even more fire ^ ^ (like What a legend)

I'm wondering if the background is 3D, would help for consistent perspective and subtle changes in the room, i'd be impressed if its ai, maybe ai to style the placement of the 3D image :O

This is all very lit, congrats guys! ^o^
 
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First few days of college was the best days for me, so much excitement learning who's there, especially old friends ^ ^

Do you guys plan on having the day progress? will it be: morning, noon, evening, and night? I didnt see the UI, you could add it to the phone next to signal service. it could just say morning or the time slots.

Is this a couples project if so this will be even more fire ^ ^ (like What a legend)

I'm wondering if the background is 3D, would help for consistent perspective and subtle changes in the room, i'd be impressed if its ai, maybe ai to style the placement of the 3D image :O

This is all very lit, congrats guys! ^o^
That's the excitement we wanted to explore in this game!

The days do progress through Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night. And the backgrounds are all 2d. 3d is actually the medium I'm more familiar with, but it seemed like more work than was necessary for this game, and I didn't want to learn/use DAZ 3D. We do use a simple 3d camera movement for one of the cinematic scenes in our first release, though. And yeah, a lot of the art was cleaned up using AI to save time.

Thank you! I'm excited for you to play it!
 
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Since I'm interested in playing as FMC and pursue male characters are all planned kinks available for female protagonist too? For example, a male harem? Thanks in advance!
 

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Question: if you play as the female MC, is it going to be possible to do a completely lesbian playthrough?
Romantic / Friendship Routes - Every major character has their own story arc with either a Romantic or Friendship route and you’re able to change your mind about which of these relationships you want with each of them.
I would be highly surprised if not according to this.
 

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Since I'm interested in playing as FMC and pursue male characters are all planned kinks available for female protagonist too? For example, a male harem? Thanks in advance!
Yeah! You'll be able to pursue any character regardless of the gender you choose. Things might happen a bit differently depending on what you choose, but yes, a male harem is definitely something we're going to make an option.
 
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