Wonderful update! I was really looking forward to it, a perfect Christmas present haha
Now, let's get to my humble opinion:
1) Freya's voice acting is excellent, and her "bad end" (which, in my opinion, should be called a "pregnancy ending," haha) is incredibly exciting.
lol, yeah I'm just calling them bad ends because your choices are pretty limited/non-existent once you go on that path and the game just ends.
2) Now that Freya has a well-crafted "bad end," I hope you also update or improve Sethi's. I think it would be fantastic to see the protagonist pregnant and not just have it shown against a black background with the narrator's "voice" providing explanations.
Absolutely, Freya is now the gold standard for routes. The VO work is the hard part though, so I wouldn't expect any more characters to be voiced for at least a few updates. As much as I would love to do so, I can't have
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voice every character in the game lol. I'll need to source more people, and who knows how long that will take and if they'll be as awesome as her to work with.
I do want to rework Sethi's path though, potentially for Update 3. It still feels like a demo, and she has a lot of potential. First impressions are everything, and I think people going down Sethi's path get a bad first impression currently.
I'm still in the brainstorming phase, but I want the 'Chase' sequence to be mostly the same with some better dialogue and a real pregnancy ending. As for the normal scene, I'm trying to determine how I want to extend it. Perhaps Sethi spoils you a bit after you complimented her so much? I want to keep her as a solo hunter, so it's hard to think of activities you can do together but I'm thinking about it. Maybe going fishing in the river? That's where the Snaproc are though (Crocodile-Girls) which don't have a design that fits this VN's style yet.
3) I absolutely loved that you included the egg implantation bubble. It definitely enhances the scenes where the affection and desire to impregnate the protagonist are more than clear.
Yup yup, I went back and added it to all of the bad ends. Sethi, Synthia, and Freya all have them now.
4) I liked Willow's introduction; it matched what I imagined of finding her in a magical forest practicing magic. If there's anything I wasn't completely convinced by, it's that I would have liked some hotter love scenes, hehe
Don't worry, she's not done. This was just the introduction for her. It's her birthday tomorrow, remember? You're going to stay for her birthday right...
5) A possible deer girl? I like that you've considered that type of character, but I'm still not convinced about her being half human on top and half a four-legged animal on the bottom. I've seen far too much trauma with horse fetishes on this site these past few months. I think I would like it more if she, as a magical being, had the ability to transform into walking on two legs, although of course those legs still retained their deer-like appearance.
Yeah, I understand the disdain but she's pretty much locked in as a taur. I dislike massive equipment, so she won't be insane. She is really tall though. If you didn't like Synthia's size then you won't like Amari either unfortunately. That's okay though, in the end there'll be enough diversity in characters that you're bound to find some that you like and some that you don't.
At least Taliya isn't your favorite character type. That would be really unfortunate... I think I might be one of the only people that love her
6) Last but not least, it would be great if you could include more background music. It doesn't have to be as elaborate as Freya's. Even simple nature sounds are enough to immerse me in the magical atmosphere of that world.
That's true actually, I didn't consider having non-music background noise. I think it would fit for the grove for sure. I'm going to try to keep it simple though. I'm going to add sounds to scenes in pieces. So if I end up working on Sethi then she'll get sounds for her story in that update while the rest will still be silent.
In summary, this is a very good, polished update. You clearly put a lot of care into it, especially considering you added voice acting and background music for one of the characters. I will definitely continue to support you and look forward to future updates.
Thank you so much! I always appreciate your posts. I take the suggestions and praise to heart, and I find that your posts are always very well thought out and thought provoking. A very good notification to see on my feed.
