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GODAMNIT! What is it with all these bollocks cliffhanger endings in VN's lately? Why can't we just leave on a happy, wet, tired, messy, content bundle on the bed instead???

Great update though :)
 
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GODAMNIT! What is it with all these bollocks cliffhanger endings in VN's lately? Why can't we just leave on a happy, wet, tired, messy, content bundle on the bed instead???

Great update though :)
It's not really lately. TV series been doing it for decades, so other writers of episodic content emulate it.

The thing is, TV series generally take a week to resolve their pseudo-cliffhangers, not 3 months to a year. ;/
 
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Does anyone know how to unlock this scene on the replay gallery?

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You ended the first episode with the mc and Sarah making out at the end? so it's the mc last scene in first episode where not with Sarah, you would need to reply to Sarah text at the movie night with she not my type, then final scene will be mc alone watching tv
 
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loving it so far, even though renders are far from perfect, I still got engaged in the story and the characters. Writing is pretty decent too. Can't wait for more.
 
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loving it so far, even though renders are far from perfect, I still got engaged in the story and the characters. Writing is pretty decent too. Can't wait for more.
When the story is good...the writing is good...render quality is really not that important. This is a great VN and long may it continue as it is. In fact, I'd even go as far to say the renders perfectly suit the story and characters. I just couldn't see this having the same charm as it does with render quality like say from Ocean or NaughtyFox etc etc.
 

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When the story is good...the writing is good...render quality is really not that important. This is a great VN and long may it continue as it is. In fact, I'd even go as far to say the renders perfectly suit the story and characters. I just couldn't see this having the same charm as it does with render quality like say from Ocean or NaughtyFox etc etc.
I agree, but when I write a review(ish) I usually make a note on how the renders look, some find it more important than others. I personally find the story, writing and characters more important.
 
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I agree, but when I write a review(ish) I usually make a note on how the renders look, some find it more important than others. I personally find the story, writing and characters more important.
Oh I can certainly be a render whore...and honestly, even with subpar hardware there's literally no excuse to not be able to churn out decent renders of very good quality, it just takes time.

Agree though, writing and plot/story and character development is the most important, with the amount of absolute shit released daily, all that goes a very long way (along with good English).
 
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Unofficial Android Port [Chapter 2]
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Android Port By Naxle
German Translation By Agent0815
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Update - Chapter 2
 

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even with subpar hardware there's literally no excuse to not be able to churn out decent renders of very good quality, it just takes time.
Believe me, it's easier said than done. :cry:
For example, I don't have an Nvidia GPU and render using my Ryzen 7, I have to use pretty much every possible trick to speed up render times and I render in 720p.
After half an hour, I still get noisy renders. c3pr1.png

I could try and let the render cook for more, but the quality/time spent ratio goes down a cliff pretty quickly.
So I'm forced to use an external program+photoshop to get rid of the noise, at the cost of losing details and sharpness.

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One day I'll be able to afford an Nvidia GPU and I'm going to redo the entire game in 1080p. I'm saving every single render as a scene on an external drive just for that :ROFLMAO:

Also, I suck at lighting things up properly, but I swear I'm trying to learn!
 

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Believe me, it's easier said than done. :cry:
For example, I don't have an Nvidia GPU and render using my Ryzen 7, I have to use pretty much every possible trick to speed up render times and I render in 720p.
After half an hour, I still get noisy renders. View attachment 3479023

I could try and let the render cook for more, but the quality/time spent ratio goes down a cliff pretty quickly.
So I'm forced to use an external program+photoshop to get rid of the noise, at the cost of losing details and sharpness.

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One day I'll be able to afford an Nvidia GPU and I'm going to redo the entire game in 1080p. I'm saving every single render as a scene on an external drive just for that :ROFLMAO:

Also, I suck at lighting things up properly, but I swear I'm trying to learn!
As I said...it takes time....time that is probably not worth spending....when it can be spent on extra renders that are 'good enough'. I've also never knocked your renders, I think they are fine and suit your story perfectly. As I said earlier, I think Ocean quality renders just wouldn't suit the story you're telling and the way you tell it personally.

Curious though, what are you using to reduce noise? If you wanted to send me a couple of test renders I can denoise them for you (without losing quality) and send them back and you can compare them (I could even resize them to 1080 for you without image loss). I'm more than happy to help out if you'd like to consider it and ior pass on some tips. Been in this for 20 years heh, daz and P'shop are no strangers to me...neither is denoising/resampling/sizing images. Feel free to Dm if you wish to chat etc.
 
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Believe me, it's easier said than done. :cry:
For example, I don't have an Nvidia GPU and render using my Ryzen 7, I have to use pretty much every possible trick to speed up render times and I render in 720p.
After half an hour, I still get noisy renders. View attachment 3479023

I could try and let the render cook for more, but the quality/time spent ratio goes down a cliff pretty quickly.
So I'm forced to use an external program+photoshop to get rid of the noise, at the cost of losing details and sharpness.

View attachment 3479026

One day I'll be able to afford an Nvidia GPU and I'm going to redo the entire game in 1080p. I'm saving every single render as a scene on an external drive just for that :ROFLMAO:

Also, I suck at lighting things up properly, but I swear I'm trying to learn!
Your renders are fine, don't let people make you worry about them, what your doing after rendering within photoshop to denoise is what most devs already do even with better gpu's

Daz has a denoiser and firefly remover built in, it helps if that turned on, but, a lot of the times, it's quicker to denoise in photoshop, saves a lot of time, same with resizing within photoshop, they are all easy and quicker, you can resize to 1440 or even higher from 720 without loosing any quality to your renders just in photoshop itself with little hassle without the use of AI
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