Bros got almost 2GB of audio in the game and like 5 CG. Totally confused where that file size came from for a bit.
Dev I read your comments about having a super long first sex scene with over 15k words. I would gather more feedback but personally I wouldnt recommend that. My main gripe with JP games is the typical VN ones have super long over-dialogued sex scenes where every single movement is explained in detail. The best sex scenes are the ones that balance dialogue and art. Enough dialogue to entice the player, but not too much to get them bored. 15k words sounds like the boring ones. Sounds like one where im holding down the CTRL button. Especially if those 15k words are spread across 4 or 5 CG.
Regarding size:
I removed a lot of excess audio files in v0.3, so the final file size is about 2GB total now. I left some backup sound files in v0.2 since I was testing and didn't want to break things. Previously, all sound files were in OGG for max space savings, but I decided that leaving them in WAV was higher quality and 500MB wasn't worth me constantly converting things to OGG. Might suck for uploaders/repackers, but that might be a plus LMAO.
Regarding H-scenes:
I have some bad news.
The 15k word H-scene in v0.3 might be closer to 20k words, since I kept cooking… ><
I uh… come from the Waffle NTR tradition where sex scenes are
giga long and sweaty. Personally, I like them because I revisit H-scenes several times. Extra-detailed, line-by-line NTR corruption is
so goddamn hot (especially from the FMC POV view). I never get bored of them since I can spend an entire afternoon reading only one part of an H-scene, but that's me ahaha. Sometimes, I find JVN moege scenes
too short, even.
But I grew up with JAV and eroge, so 15-40 minute H-scenes are very much the norm for me. I find them perfect because one can always skip the foreplay/fingering/licking/massage scenes if one wishes, but a short H-scene is forever doomed since you can’t "add" content if it’s lacking, only take away from it. (For me the
buildup is even hotter than the sex, so I spend lots and lots of attention on it.)
In the game, H-scenes are actually
1CG with lots of variations (fingering, vaginal, molesting, sumata, etc.) not 4-5 CGs.
I… sadly don't have the money to allocate 5 CGs in one scene, that would be over $3000 and I think that’s better used to make scenes for other settings/characters in later chapters. If I have extra money, I'd probably animate the one scene to make it even hotter, but 4-5 CG in one scene is definitely too many resources, especially with voice acting thrown in.
Really sorry if I misled you anywhere! I will happily refund your initial pledge if you subbed and the game didn't match your expectations. (Don't worry, I'll still send you v0.3 after that! Or… you can get it from here, I suppose haha.)
I totally understand you wanting more CG variety. I love seeing lots of beautiful CGs too! It’s something I unfortunately can’t fix in the near future (I can commisison 1 new artwork every 2 months with my meager funds), but I will definitely try to get more of them once I have the resources to. The AI temptation is certainly there ahaha, but I must resist!
Sorry for the long post T_T .
EDIT: I will see if I can truncate H-scenes (maybe make them an optional dialog choice?) if the sex scenes are too long. Will survey readers after v0.3 releases, which I’m currently working on. I think they're just right but I will always accept feedback if it's offered.
