VN Ren'Py Isabella - Chasing Shadows [Ch. 4.3] [badtimetales]

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Agreed - I'm definitely in favor of using a great series of static renders with well written narration/dialogue in favor of sub-par animations.
you nailed one point that I'm somewhat critical in many AVNs which is the narration during sex scenes, many devs just do the renders and animations that may look good, but without the underlying text they are just empty. Not many get it right.
 
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Agreed - I'm definitely in favor of using a great series of static renders with well written narration/dialogue in favor of sub-par animations. As long as the animations don't detract from the experience though I'm usually okay with them.
Agree 100% but that is just my preference. I skip so many animation and porn scenes because they just don't do it for me. A good well written erotic scene with some good renders is so much better to me.
 

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Agree 100% but that is just my preference. I skip so many animation and porn scenes because they just don't do it for me. A good well written erotic scene with some good renders is so much better to me.
haha I watch and read all the lewd scenes even if I don't like them or get bored. I just dont want to miss any dialogue or anything haha. I don't even care about lewd scenes tbh in most games they are just a extra for me
 

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haha I watch and read all the lewd scenes even if I don't like them or get bored. I just dont want to miss any dialogue or anything haha. I don't even care about lewd scenes tbh in most games they are just a extra for me
I'm old and grumpy and read a zillion stories/books/VNs etc so I'm a lot more harder to please. Its no big deal, I just skip them.
 

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I'm old and grumpy and read a zillion stories/books/VNs etc so I'm a lot more harder to please. Its no big deal, I just skip them.
yeah I have a bit of a completionist mentality maybe even a bit OCD , even if I dont like something in a game i'll force myself through cause im afraid of missing out even tho most of time wouldn't matter. Just the other day was going through a lewd scene and was wishing for it to end almost the entire time lol.

I find it hard for me to skip anything tbh it's either I play the game and see everything that it has to offer on the paths im interested in or I drop it cause I dont like the game no in between in most games for me. Only thing I can get myself to skip is playing a path cause I just dont have a interest in that character but once I start a path I like im locked in haha.
 
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Animations to me are like the cherry on top but I know it's pretty much an essential thing for devs these days I have seen them say that.
Like I said the animations are really good in this and are enhanced by the very good story.
 
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tbh I never been into girl on girl sex but 2 girls kissing / even swapping cum from their mouths is always hot as hell to me :love: :love: :love: :love:
I'm definitely into girl on girl sex, especially when its clear they actually like each other, and not just doing it the sake of the MC (i.e player). One reason I appreciate that BTT takes his time building up their relationship and not rushing things.
 

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I'm definitely into girl on girl sex, especially when its clear they actually like each other, and not just doing it the sake of the MC (i.e player). One reason I appreciate that BTT takes his time building up their relationship and not rushing things.
honestly I probably will into it with this game , as BTT has made some really good chemistry with Isa and Alex. Just generally im not into anything beyond kissing when it comes to girl on girl content as I just haven't really played one yet where I was into it.

However I haven't played many games that had that kind of content either , unless it was just because they were into the MC not into each other like you said. But also I'm not a big fan of threesomes in these games either , so probably why I'm not into it generally. ( tho I do still go with the threesome paths to see it)

But I think once I do play a game where it feels they are into each other and have good chemistry I'll like it, just as of right yet to play one like that. Only one game has came close but the lewd scenes felt like it was more about the MC even tho they do like each other.
 

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dunno about animating it, but I think it can be done just as well with static renders, same with sex scenes, I'd rather have well posed and lighted statics than shitty animations (talking generally not about Isa)
This discussion came up in the thread for another game, presumably the one Joshy mentioned, and I absolutely agree with you. A sex animation can be great, but I often find that I click through them to get on with the story. I realise that things like different angles, even the option to speed up the action are important to some players, but I don't care about that. I much prefer eye-contact, touching, also funny moments and comments. I really liked the last scene with Alex, for example.
That said, I am just as happy with beautiful and hot static renders. An animation that is at best ok can be a bit of an anticlimax to an otherwise great build up to the scene.
 
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Jarulf

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you nailed one point that I'm somewhat critical in many AVNs which is the narration during sex scenes, many devs just do the renders and animations that may look good, but without the underlying text they are just empty. Not many get it right.
This! This is so important, a sex scene often becomes a lot hotter if you can sense the connection between the characters. And the dialogue and narration is vital for that.
 

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honestly I probably will into it with this game , as BTT has made some really good chemistry with Isa and Alex. Just generally im not into anything beyond kissing when it comes to girl on girl content as I just haven't really played one yet where I was into it.
I often play as a female MC when the game allows it, going full lesbian. Granted there aren't too many games that do that in a way I like, but I'm always happy when I find one. It feels a bit odd though when the MC is hotter than the girls she hooks up with, something that has happened in at least two games for me. :D
 
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Dessolos

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I often play as a female MC when the game allows it, going full lesbian. Granted there aren't too many games that do that in a way I like, but I'm always happy when I find one. It feels a bit odd though when the MC is hotter than the girls she hooks up with, something that has happened in at least two games for me. :D
I have a decent amount of Female MC games on my backlog , just haven't gotten to them yet. Funny thing is I always play as a Female MC in AAA games when I can haha. So yeah probably will like it with the right games tbh , just need to play them.
 

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This! This is so important, a sex scene often becomes a lot hotter if you can sense the connection between the characters. And the dialogue and narration is vital for that.
Once again I agree with you. If there is no connection it just feels like regular porn to me which can be okay but I usually look for more than that.
 

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I have a decent amount of Female MC games on my backlog , just haven't gotten to them yet. Funny thing is I always play as a Female MC in AAA games when I can haha. So yeah probably will like it with the right games tbh , just need to play them.
Only game I played as a female MC was Elder Scrolls Online. I tried playing as a female MC in Skyrim and Fallout 4 and just could not do it, even with the naughty mods. Perhaps because the naughty mods were geared more towards being a male MC.
 

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Only game I played as a female MC was Elder Scrolls Online. I tried playing as a female MC in Skyrim and Fallout 4 and just could not do it, even with the naughty mods. Perhaps because the naughty mods were geared more towards being a male MC.
For me part of it is cause I could never make a character through a character creator I liked as a guy and usually I perfer the female voice actor as well. Then after awhile just became default so now it feels weird to me when given the choice haha
 

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I find it hard for me to skip anything tbh it's either I play the game and see everything that it has to offer on the paths im interested in or I drop it cause I dont like the game no in between in most games for me. Only thing I can get myself to skip is playing a path cause I just dont have a interest in that character but once I start a path I like im locked in haha.
Same exact thing thing here (and I do have OCD so gotta be careful with my game selection or I can be stuck on one for ages, haha). If I'm playing through part of a game I need to see all the content in it. I even sometimes try the beginning of paths or play scenes I'm not really into at all just to see if maybe it does interest me before putting it aside fully. In AVNs I generally find the easier paths to disregard are any that feel wrong to me (like ones that interfere with existing relationships in a game that's not about that or don't fit into the story in a way that I feel works). It's rough, but I do get to a point where even if I really love a game and want to see every aspect, if I take a bit of a break between paths/playthoughs it makes it easier to just drop the parts I'm truly done with eventually by just not coming back (eventually my mind accepts that I'm done with it).

However I haven't played many games that had that kind of content either , unless it was just because they were into the MC not into each other like you said. But also I'm not a big fan of threesomes in these games either , so probably why I'm not into it generally. ( tho I do still go with the threesome paths to see it)
Depends on the game for me, but harem games and multi-partner scenes are a guilty pleasure for me. In pure harems I don't need to worry about multiple playthroughs and figuring out the different paths as much and if it's entertaining enough I can suspend my disbelief to just enjoy the fantasy. In games with separate paths I still do appreciate a good scene with more than two characters if it fits the game but I'm more picky about things like throuple routes/endings as they need to make sense to me and not feel like the MC is messing with an established or even destined relationship between two others.

I always play as a Female MC in AAA games when I can
haha, I definitely get the appeal, but personally I've almost always played as a male when there's a choice. I do remember changing from a male character to a female character in one game for an achievement and then sticking with that character for while because eye-candy. Either way, if the game allows you to have companions accompany the player you better believe I'll always have whichever female option(s) are the most attractive with me though (as well as a dog companion when possible - give me a dog companion and the option to play fetch or at least pet the dog and I'll will spend way too much time doing so).
 

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Hello everyone.
I've spend the whole week with some Blender experiments while rendering some animations. Speaking of rendering, it took me 6 hours today to rebuild the render PC, putting the old board/CPU/RAM into the new case, PSU and 4090.
I did some benchmarks and the speed improvement is as expected. I'll be rendering some animations over the next few days to see if the system is stable, and if so, I'll add the "old" 3090TI, bringing the CUDA cores (the part that's important for render speed) up to 27k.
At the end of the month or in September I'll upgrade the mainboard/CPU/ RAM. Not sure if it will be a 9950X or a 7950X, it depends on the real life benchmarks and certainly the price.
Eventually I plan to put the old board in a separate PC with the 4090 for still renders and use the current PC (with the new board and a 5090) for posing (with the 3090) and rendering animations with the 5090. Since Nvidia seems to be delaying the 5000 series even more, this won't happen before January/February.
I hope you all have a nice weekend,
and thanks for your support,
BTT
 
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