VN Ren'Py Messy Academy [v0.20 pt 1 & 2] [Messy Studios]

Messy Studios · Aug 22, 2023

NeoKilua said:
Sorry the question i was asking is if different version of game release if every female character will get a chance to don mc even if it just 2 scenes by the completion of the game?

We'll have to see how much demand there is for that kind of content as we get further along, there's still a good chuck of general content and systems we're going to be focusing on heavily in our upcoming updates.

Thatoneguyyyyyyy · Aug 23, 2023

I am just waiting for sound effects. They might have been added already without me knowing, but I have not seen it in any patch notes yet. Some people like having their visual novels be mostly silent with maybe just background music, but sound effects can really immerse you into the story when done well. Simple sound effects for UI can be nice too, but they are mainly nice to have as confirmation that you successfully clicked on something. Clicking noises each time you forward text or a noise while text is written can also be great, but could annoy some people (I wouldn't mind, it is what gives games like undertale their charm).
The main sound effects I am looking forward to are ones like if a character falls down you hear a thud, if a character puts on a diaper you hear the crinkle, when a character moves around a lot in a scene you might hear footsteps, and if a characters farts you hear a fart sound (preferably randomized or just not the same reused sound every time). These are just a few that would be great additions enough that I would rather wait to play when these have been added. I haven't played the game in many years and I think the art has changed 3 times since then, so there is a lot of new content to experience; however, I feel like playing the game before these have been added would ruin the experience in the future if they ever do get added. For now, I just stalk the thread and look at the update notes as I wait for news on their inclusion (and if it takes years, I will gladly wait lol).

darkj0 · Aug 23, 2023

Thatoneguyyyyyyy said:
I am just waiting for sound effects. They might have been added already without me knowing, but I have not seen it in any patch notes yet. Some people like having their visual novels be mostly silent with maybe just background music, but sound effects can really immerse you into the story when done well.
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Good idea. Ace Attorney likes to use sound effects for everything too, such as for emphasis on the dialogue.
For this game, I'm thinking of adding these sounds:

- Diaper crinkling or rustling sounds if a character enters the scene or moves, but use multiple sounds instead of repeating the same one.

- Wetting, farting, and messing sounds (you can find them online, but I have some too if you need them)

- Misc sounds for certain expressions like surprised, confused, happy, or sad. I think this is seen in many RPGs or Visual Novels, followed by an exclamation mark or question mark on the characters.

Messy Studios · Aug 23, 2023

Thatoneguyyyyyyy said:
I am just waiting for sound effects. They might have been added already without me knowing, but I have not seen it in any patch notes yet. Some people like having their visual novels be mostly silent with maybe just background music, but sound effects can really immerse you into the story when done well. Simple sound effects for UI can be nice too, but they are mainly nice to have as confirmation that you successfully clicked on something. Clicking noises each time you forward text or a noise while text is written can also be great, but could annoy some people (I wouldn't mind, it is what gives games like undertale their charm).
The main sound effects I am looking forward to are ones like if a character falls down you hear a thud, if a character puts on a diaper you hear the crinkle, when a character moves around a lot in a scene you might hear footsteps, and if a characters farts you hear a fart sound (preferably randomized or just not the same reused sound every time). These are just a few that would be great additions enough that I would rather wait to play when these have been added. I haven't played the game in many years and I think the art has changed 3 times since then, so there is a lot of new content to experience; however, I feel like playing the game before these have been added would ruin the experience in the future if they ever do get added. For now, I just stalk the thread and look at the update notes as I wait for news on their inclusion (and if it takes years, I will gladly wait lol).

darkj0 said:
Good idea. Ace Attorney likes to use sound effects for everything too, such as for emphasis on the dialogue.
For this game, I'm thinking of adding these sounds:

- Diaper crinkling or rustling sounds if a character enters the scene or moves, but use multiple sounds instead of repeating the same one.

- Wetting, farting, and messing sounds (you can find them online, but I have some too if you need them)

- Misc sounds for certain expressions like surprised, confused, happy, or sad. I think this is seen in many RPGs or Visual Novels, followed by an exclamation mark or question mark on the characters.

Actually very well timed mentions, as we've been discussing with someone recently about sfx's and getting that aspect of the game into gear next with part of the funding.

Our music needs for the game is wrapping up as we head into September, so the idea is to take the funding we've been using on music monthly towards sfx needs next.

The main thing we're trying to figure out before we begin the bulk ordering process is just how far we want to go with sfx's. One valid thing that's concerning is pacing out sfx to not overuse them at every given chance, but the rough idea in mind is to have sfx's be heard when it feels like it's a impactful moment to what's happening. The best I can explain with this is below.

(Example with hearing footsteps approaching.)

(Planned use example - Upon first arriving at the academy, shortly after entering the building and looking around the entrance way. We have the teacher appear for the first time and make their entrance visually and text wise. This seems like it'd be fitting to play this sfx because it seems more impactful to the visuals and what's going on in context with the scene.)

(Overused example - Anytime a character generally appears on screen or simply leaves, approaches the protag.)

Overall, we're doing some sound study with other visual novel's across different genre's to get a good feeling for how we'd want sfx's to appear in MA. If all goes well, we'd probably begin to hear these with v0.21 if we have some time as our lower priority to revisit older content with the goal of adjusting music, sfx, visuals, quality adjustments mainly.

That being said, we're open to suggestions on sfx's that come to mind, that's another big thing we're doing right now is just collecting a list of what feels like it'll be useful within the game across the board. (Plans for diaper sfx and adult acts are planned, with adult sfx's we're excluding anything personal though.. Like we don't want a kissing sfx to include hints of vocal work mixed in, as we're hopeful to still add in voice work as it's own thing at the very end of development if funding allows for it.)

Messy Studios · Nov 9, 2023

I try to keep up with everywhere we post, but I sometimes forget to update news on some areas. >.<

We've recently released v0.20 pt 1 for mainly our Patreon supporters for the time being. We decided with our upcoming holiday break in December, that it'd be best to split episode 5 up into multiple part releases during November, since we don't expect to get v0.21 out until late January. Besides that, behind the scenes for development, we're trying to put content together as a safety net. Overall, we're trying to deliver content at a steady rate once again without overselling ourselves in expectations.

While v0.20 pt 1 and the following pt 2 & pt 3 are intended for Patreon supporters for November. We do have plans to slowly roll these out during December for the public in similar fashion. Just be aware that there will be a gap between v0.20 into v0.21 regardless, but we're trying to get things stable for both supporters and public.

One thing we've already noticed with v0.20 pt 1, is that it breaks old save data, but we're adding a save slot by default for v0.20 pt 2 that'll let players jump to the end of episode 4 in order to get right into the new content. We suspect with our plans to replace and add finalized cg scenes in earlier episodes, amongst quality fixes and additional content. It will probably break old saves even more, but we'll try to work with everyone in offering save slots that jump to any new content.

Our current timeline for content for the next 3 months is as follows! (Spoiled text are scene names, some are a bit on the nose for what to expect.)

v0.20 pt 1 (Nov 7th - Supporters) (Dec 7th - Public)
-All sprite assets have been fully replaced and updated with their finalized art.
-New episode 5 splash screen art added.
-New music has been added to the title screen and other areas.
-Finalized gui text box has been added. (With on-screen button to hide/show text box)
-New sprite animation effects have been added to Episode 5.
-New transition effects have been added to Episode 5.
-Episode 5: