“The Null Hypothesis” is an adventure/dating sim game set in the X-Men universe and developed in Ren’Py, drawing heavy inspiration from the comics.
You are a mutant whose abilities emerge in dramatic fashion when you are attacked by an ancient and malevolent entity. You are taken in by Charles Xavier, who runs a school for mutants with the goal of protecting them and helping them learn to control their powers.
Upon arriving at the school, you meet a host of characters fulfilling different roles at the school, including Storm, Rogue, X-23, and Jean Grey.
You quickly learn that all of these characters areā¦ single. Some are interested in you from the start; others think you are beneath them. Through various interactions, scenes, and events, you can change how the characters view and respond to you.
As you explore the school and your growing powers, global events will transpire that test the strength and nature of your budding relationships.
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v0.9b
<cheating events>
– fleshed out aftermath/debrief events for cheating on a character
– unlockable in the replay menu for those who don’t want to trigger the normal way
<breeding kink>
– new trigger events and accompanying narrations/reactions/interactions for Rogue, Laura, and Jean
<group mediation events>
– new system for repairing poor relationships between pairs of characters
– tutorial by Kurt
<Cecilia Reyes>
– her standing model has been added to the game, and she will be gradually added into the sandbox in a similar fashion to Charles
<GPU-optimized textures>
– per Patreon poll, we’re building with textures that are GPU-optimized to reduce the memory load on the image cache and improve loading times
– this has the downside of increasing build size by ~2x
<combat minigame>
– can currently be accessed in the Danger Room upon completion of the Ch. 1 summer finale
– beta stage with a handful of predefined scenarios
– tutorial by Storm
<new silhouettes>
– both Patreon and background
<foot content>
– more narrations/dialogue to accompany foot content
