VN Ren'Py Friends in Need [S1 v0.85c] [NeonGhosts]

[soprano31]

If i may point out something, there's one thing on MC's model that could use a fix, and that's nipple placement. They're visibly quite a way outward from where they should be, which can end up feeling pretty weird. Meantime other male models don't seem to suffer from that. In any case, tweaking either the uv map or the texture itself should be fairly simple.

 

[NebulousShooter]

I'd definitely be inclined to agree with you re: music and sound effects. But, this is another thing that I think I'm a bit of an outlier on, and consistently get critiqued for not including. Music would ultimately be a pretty minor thing to add, with me selecting a few royalty-free tracks to play during light/dark/neutral scenes. Maybe a few special songs for select moments.



I'll look at it! I will say, my only thought regarding Guy's nipples, has been that his are on the large-ish side. It's not something I notice all the time, but every now and then I give them a second glance.

I think only people set in their ways downplay the importance of sound and music in how a scene is enhanced. Almost half the praise Leap of Fate got is for its soundtrack that fits the mood of the scenes, its pretty similar for DIK. And for those that disagree, just look on youtube videos of movie scenes with swapped music and see how much of a difference it makes in the emotion it conveys.

 

[ffive]

Why you go looking at Guy's nipples when you can look at Breeddani's and Ashe's?

Because his torso is right there in all fuck scenes and half the time right next to breasts which naturally draw the eye there?

 

[ffive]

I'll look at it! I will say, my only thought regarding Guy's nipples, has been that his are on the large-ish side. It's not something I notice all the time, but every now and then I give them a second glance.

That's great to hear, although i think now i'm gonna need to eat some crow here -- i went back in the game to try to get a screenshot of it, and then did a google search for some comparison pictures and then it turned out that placement can actually happen in RL too. So all things considered, it's probably perfectly okay the way it is, just something i haven't really seen before. :v

 

[Joshy92]

This is still one of my favourite scenes in the entire game.

Spoiler: Nicki.

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The whole scene is just so good. It's when I really fell in love with the game.

 

[NeonGhosts]

I think only people set in their ways downplay the importance of sound and music in how a scene is enhanced. Almost half the praise Leap of Fate got is for its soundtrack that fits the mood of the scenes, its pretty similar for DIK. And for those that disagree, just look on youtube videos of movie scenes with swapped music and see how much of a difference it makes in the emotion it conveys.

I can definitely see your point. But, the fact remains that if I did it now, I'd probably have to half-ass it a bit, purely due to time constraints. I think it'll be better to wait until I can really devote some time to the sound design of the game, than to rush the whole process.

 

[Joshy92]

One thing I hope we don't see or more to the point hear is characters voiced. I have seen some games implement that and it totally kills immersion for me.

 

[Dessolos]

One thing I hope we don't see or more to the point hear is characters voiced. I have seen some games implement that and it totally kills immersion for me.

voiced characters is a iffy thing for me cause of how I grew up playing video game I do prefer voiced even bad voice acting. I even played a AVN recently that has really good voice acting which makes it feel more immersive for me almost feels like im watching a tv show. But on the other hand it's something that usually not worth the time , money and effort to do as well as you need to include a way to disable it as I think it's only a small amount of people that do like it.

 

[Karmadive]

I think voice acting works best when it was integrated into it from the start of the game. I always struggle with anime to listen to the English dubs that I have watched before subtitled with Japanese voice. Not because of the quality but for the fact I have associated the one voice to the characters and it ends up not feeling like the same character without the original I heard.

I feel like same for games that don't have voices and then adding it in later on. I have a preconceived voice in my head and struggle with associating the character after that point with a new one so to speak.

 

[Dessolos]

I think voice acting works best when it was integrated into it from the start of the game. I always struggle with anime to listen to the English dubs that I have watched before subtitled with Japanese voice. Not because of the quality but for the fact I have associated the one voice to the characters and it ends up not feeling like the same character without the original I heard.

I feel like same for games that don't have voices and then adding it in later on. I have a preconceived voice in my head and struggle with associating the character after that point with a new one so to speak.

yeah I hate going from english to sub on anime cause of this same reason. But thankfully im a visual person so I can't do different voices in my head so would be no problem for me but yeah I do see your point.

 

[War Lizard]

I have yet to find an adult game where I felt the soundtrack or voice acting really enhanced anything. Even the ones like Leap of Faith where people said, "Oh you have to turn the sound on, just give it a try" the sound went back off after about 10 minutes. It doesn't add anything for me, same with voice acting.

 

[ffive]

I have yet to find an adult game where I felt the soundtrack or voice acting really enhanced anything.

Personally, i find it adds a lot in games like Pale Carnations, Being a DIK or Our Red String. It largely depends on how much effort the author puts in the song selection and binds them to scenes and/or characters.

 

[War Lizard]

Personally, i find it adds a lot in games like Pale Carnations, Being a DIK or Our Red String. It largely depends on how much effort the author puts in the song selection and binds them to scenes and/or characters.

Don't know - I tried it and turned it off in Pale Carnations, but I haven't tried Our Red String at all and don't like BaDIK.

 

[Green83rry]

A good soundtrack while not necessary can inhance the experience. Personally though, voiceovers almost always break my immersion.

You're already using the reading imagination part of your brain with VNs. Voice acting &/or *ahem* moans tend not to live up to headcannon voices.

 

[randomname99]

I have yet to find an adult game where I felt the soundtrack or voice acting really enhanced anything. Even the ones like Leap of Faith where people said, "Oh you have to turn the sound on, just give it a try" the sound went back off after about 10 minutes. It doesn't add anything for me, same with voice acting.

Agreed, there hasn't been a single adult game I've played where the sound didn't get muted, but I also prefer my adult games without animations
I like some good images and writing, but otherwise prefer imagination for the rest

 

[La Dani]

IMHO a good soundtrack with the good music at the good scene add a lot.
I think f.e. at ORS, when the characters have hard sex and start a heavy rock music.

 

[armond]

IMHO a good soundtrack with the good music at the good scene add a lot.
I think f.e. at ORS, when the characters have hard sex and start a heavy rock music.

I'm always playing motorhead in the background

 

[mikoko67]

Agreed, there hasn't been a single adult game I've played where the sound didn't get muted, but I also prefer my adult games without animations
I like some good images and writing, but otherwise prefer imagination for the rest

totally the same for me. I prefer to choose my own music (if i want to) and as u said, animations prevent us to imagining our own story/fantasy (and are often of poor quality for a very long time to design...)

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

I can definitely see your point. But, the fact remains that if I did it now, I'd probably have to half-ass it a bit, purely due to time constraints. I think it'll be better to wait until I can really devote some time to the sound design of the game, than to rush the whole process.

Agree. If you don't have the time now then it is better not to do it than doing a shoddy job.
The story, character development, renders already speak for themselves about the game's quality. No reason to taint that with some bad sound design.

 

[PHIL101-YYouPPHard]

One thing I hope we don't see or more to the point hear is characters voiced. I have seen some games implement that and it totally kills immersion for me.

Yeah, I don't know how much voice acting would cost, but me personally, I'm extremely picky with it. As loveable as all the character's writing and renders are, the wrong voice or a performance that can't do the dialogue or the situation justice ruins it for me. Obviously it'll be optional, but I wonder how many people would also see it this way? And how worth it the cost would be in the end?

A good soundtrack while not necessary can inhance the experience. Personally though, voiceovers almost always break my immersion.

You're already using the reading imagination part of your brain with VNs. Voice acting &/or *ahem* moans tend not to live up to headcannon voices.

Actually, background moans seem like a happy middleground imo. I've never looked, but I'd bet there's a catalogue of choice out there for whatever a dev's looking for. Either that, or hire a voice actress to record her own which is probably less demanding on acting talent than the dialogue I'd think. And cheaper. Darker scenes might be another story though