VN - Ren'Py - Murmur [v0.7 Public] [Devil's Dad]

Murmur is in many ways your typical supernatural harem game. Adult MC dies, loses most of his memories, meets a goddess who sends his soul into the body of a recently deceased young man who is still in high school, and the goddess has one demand, the MC needs to create a haren with all the girls and women he meets so her power can be restored. Should the MC fail it will be his death since the goddess keeps him alive and she needs the power his romantic entanglements will provide her. So she can only keep the MC alive and guarantuee his survival if he succeeds. This is the motivation for him to go after everyone.

The game uses Honey Select and as far as HS games go this is probably one of the very best looking ones. There is great attention to detail and there are many, many renders for facial expressions. So the characters you meet feel quite alive and emote much more than in most other VNs. That being said, if you don't care so much for the typical HS aesthetic, this game won't change your mind. But rest assured that you will most likely not find a better looking HS game.
The game has a POV perspective.... so many times girls will kiss empty air, which I find silly. Ever so rarely you do get actual kissing scenes with the MC's head obscured or shown from the back or cut off above the lips, the usual.
And while character design and graphics are usually very good, the MC's penis looks like a plastic toy, that was a bit weird. But it's not a major issue.
The game world is a bit empty. There are virtually zero NPCs, only the MC and his love interests. You won't find background NPCs or maybe just friends, family, parents in this game. And when a stepfather is mentioned even confronted you never see that, you only know it happens. So things can look pretty deserted and a bit eerie.

So not everything is great in this game, depending on personal preference.

For one, there are no real paths. You must accept each and every girl into your harem or else it's game over.
And that means you may have to put up with characters you may like less than others.
Now I would assume that there is hardly any character in this game people will vehemently dislike. You do get the usual stereotypes here.

- the nerdy cosplay girl with a kitty fetish
- the very shy and insecure girl, she stutters a lot when she's nervous, and she's always nervous - after a while I found it no longer endearing but annoying... and it never stops. That being said Yui gets the best scene in the entire game
- the sporty girl (she's the sister with the patch)
- the very understanding milf harem enabler (who is the mom with the patch)
- the sexy teacher with a troubled personal history
- the kinky and naughty one (the goddess)

Three of the love interests are teenagers, two are "milfs" and then there's the goddess who is technically speaking also an adult, but she will also appear as a schoolgirl in disguise . Character design is varied, you can easily tell the women apart. The adults and one teenager have ballon breasts, apparently people like that, I don't, but it is what it is. The goddess and Sophie have smaller breasts, Yui falls somewhere inbetween, her breasts are big, but not too big. So there's something for everyone in this game, which is probably the way to go. People who like big breasts will be happy, people who prefer more natural looking and smaller breasts aren't ignored though.

One potential problem in the game is that it alternates between the love interests, which means you will get VERY long scenes with each of the women individually. And by long I mean REALLY long. For example one interaction with Yui close to the end of the current build probably takes an hour or more real time. It virtually goes on forever. And the interactions with the other love interests, while not as long, still take much longer than you may expect and certainly much longer than in many other harem games. This is owed to the fact that this is a mini harem with just six women. And at least Yui's ultra long sequence ends on a high note. All of the other interactions will also result in either a lovey-dovey scene or a more steamy scene.

These very long scenes with each love interest can be both a positive and negative thing. The positive thing is that you get plenty of time to get to know each character in detail. The negative thing is that if you dislike one of the love interests you could get a bit annoyed or bored. Of course you can always use the ctrl key in that case.

What may annoy you is that the supposedly 18+ teenagers can at times behave like 13-year-olds who kiss a boy for the first time. That's at least how some of the interactions feel with them. These are young women, 18 at least. They should not behave like that. It's probably meant to be endearing, but it makes them look and feel quite immature at times. Especially Yui feels much younger than she is supposed to be. And she stutters all the time when she's nervous...

That in turn resulted in me greatly preferring the actual adults in the game. But only Helen and the goddess have a few scenes... Kate the (not) mom has very few scenes, and zero scenes on the love path.

Another thing that may or may not bore or annoy you a bit is the very verbose nature of the game. There is a lot of dialogue. And I mean a LOT. So depending on what kind of game you prefer Murmur may either be a chatty ultra slow burn game with far too few intimate scenes... or it's just the right kind of ultra slow burn that makes you appreciate each character a lot more. This is certainly one of the rare harem games where the characters are pretty fleshed out and deep, not necessarily as in "complex", but you learn a lot about how they tick, what they like and dislike and so forth.

To give you an idea how few actual sex scenes are in this game... In my playthrough and on the love path the MC will have sex with exactly one love interest... and that only at the very end of the current build. So several hours of playtime. All other scenes (on the love path) are more or less intense petting/groping/kissing/oral sex. Not nothing of course, quite intimate, but if you want actual sex... you will need to be patient.

Now you do have some choices here though. This game uses a - in my opinion - somewhat silly love/lewd points system. Love is, as you may guess, usually the romantic choice, but in this game also often the much less steamy option. The lewd option is more about instant gratification and you will get several more steamy scenes only by picking the lewd option.

That being said picking the lewd option is not always be best choice, depending on what kind of content you like.
With the teacher Helen you will get a scene in a love hotel. If you pick the love option here it will result in kissing, fondling of the breasts (the teacher keeps her towel on though) and she will eventually finger herself.
If you pick the lewd option instead the MC will go down on her much to her delight. Which may be a bit more exciting for many.

But with Liz things are pretty different... you will eventually get a scene with her and if you choose the lewd option it results in a - in my opinion - very boring handjob (I wish VNs would do away with them altogether, it's so boring most of the time). If you pick the love option however the MC will go down on Liz and pleasure her, which - again, my opinion - felt better and more steamy. The scene was also longer. So it's not always consistent. Just check out the scene you consider non-canon in your playthrough and then reload and choose your canon option. You can easily see all scenes this way.

So you are free to choose here. I chose mostly a love path, a few characters have 1 lewd point or so, so I can't say too much about a lewd path and how it affects dialogue througout the game. I just checked out the lewd scenes out of curiosity, then reloaded the game and picked the love option for the actual playthrough.
On the love path the MC is more or less "ok". Not super great, he's your average ultra horny young man who wants to make love to everything that moves (motivated by the alternative, which is "death").

I do find the notion of "love" often resulting in less steamy content a bit silly though, it perpetuates the outdated idea that love and passion/sex/desire are somehow mutually exclusive. You certainly need to be a lot more patient on the love path.

The game also has lots of music... you may recognize some of the tracks from other games. Music is ok though, if you don't like it you can just mute it of course.

One thing I don't really like is how there are literally no obstacles for the MC. Everything is made super easy for him. The goddess sees to it that all the females already like the MC (she doesn't explain how). So he doesn't have to convince any of them to like him.
The entire harem aspect is also resolved super conveniently. It turns out all almost all the women are super ok with sharing. The one love interest who is less enthusiastic about it still accepts it.

Now if you like games without drama this will maybe please you. But it also means that there is zero conflict in the game, zero tension and everything can feel a bit boring. Especially given the fact that the game is so dialogue heavy.

But if you like a wholesome drama free game this is of course a huge plus.

Another thing, the character sheets list (unknown at first) kinks for each character. If you start this game in the expectation of getting some actual kinky stuff... you may be disappointed, the kinks are all pretty "normal" and mostly just cute and very tame. Not to spoil too much, but one kink is merely "getting undressed", another is cute "pet play as a kitty"... and the other kinks fall into the same category, more or less, further cementing the very wholesome nature of the game. So don't go in expecting any dark(er) stuff. You won't find it in this game!

So... who will enjoy Murmur? Fans of story driven slow burn harem games with a very manageable roster (six love interests so far) and a huge focus on the various characters will probably really like or even love this game.

If you want a harem game with plenty of girls, lots of action and with a focus on the "action" part... Murmur will almost certainly either bore you to tears or outright annoy you.

In my opinion Murmur has many things going for it, but for my own personal tastes the story lacks some drama, some tension, some conflict, everything is a bit too easy. And there is a certain imbalance between dialogue and more steamy scenes, the game would need a couple more scenes maybe to break up the very long dialogue here and there. Maybe it would have been better to shorten the individual interactions with the women and instead to alternate between them more often.
So I'd rate this game more like 3.5 stars... but the excellent renders and the fact that most love interests are pretty good (though not really original) round up that score to 4 stars, really good. But not excellent.

However, if you like story driven, character focused (ultra) slow burn mini harem games - absolutely give Murmur a try! You will not be disappointed and probably love the experience!

I remember when this first started good plot few renders left me wanting more right away.

Fast forward I finally have down time and have 0.4 downloaded and im playing half way through and I decide to check if there was a update and sweet there was 0.6

I am at a loss for words honestly the story towards the end and the way things were with it drew me in more and more.

Up to the ending I was stuck and captivated by the story and this is me talking from not playing anything since the first release I knew it had potential to be great from the start but didn't expect or know where it would go and I loved it.

The renders are great each girl's problems and personality fit its a all around great experience for me and leave me wanting more.

I can't wait to see what happens with the rework of the first section and where the lil seductress Ami or what ever she wants to call herself carries us from here.

Excellent Grading Can't Describe it with words Alone Im Highly Intrigued With its Quality of Precision Work Each character has different impression between each dialogs with excellent Word choice As if the Game was made using a Dictionary With Bits of lack of animation it's not perfect nor is it Bad It's in between Both With great Angles
Recommended aswell to not add sound in Sex animation Until you've finally made a perfect sound

You could Either Ask Najar a Great Sex/Hentai Animator and Sound Designer Recommended to check his patreon or some of his pirated works on other Websites all I can say is that They're all top notch With high quality of sound might fit with your game actually
And all of his works had lifelike on them Mostly beautiful

Back to the topic
The Game Had No Problems At all Except the starting Scene with the Onii Chan part Kind of little bit well nonetheless doesn't matter Every aspect of the game are High Quality especially the character model Design which you won't find in other games specially Nutaku most of their Games disappointed Me and even their character design kind of bitsy to it

While this game had an unique character design That is Humongously has a superior a dominant Looks specially Helen and Kate every time I see them they just made me act in a way I've never really expected to be they're just way too much
And of course the same goes for other character

Game Design as well of course It has a beautiful setting for an environment and housing style like a retro one and perfect character placement between the designated Area perfectly thought of and amazing Ui
The developers had a Greatest Masterwork with their excellent mind perfectly planned

The Bad thing is That there's only a small quantity of people That had discovered this work It needs a recognition and proper connection I'm afraid of such great Art undiscovered
Might have a chance of being discovered in the far future and might receive it's Deserved recognition it might be too late by then
Nonetheless this work is going to stay in the internet for eternity


I am Praying for more options to come between the interaction
Excellent

Beautiful game, great characters, animated scenes are perfect, almost real. To see them all, I had to do some saves, so I followed one route, came back, and followed another. Sometimes the best scenes were on a different route than the one I chose. But overall, I'm really enjoying the game.

As of v0.6
Definitely one among top ten games in my list . Renders are great and girls look awesome . Female characters are well written and each have a personality of their own . And a main character who genuinely cares for all the girls which is rare to see these days . H scenes are well done . Music is nice added touch . Only drawback is the updates take too much time but it's okay as long as quality of content remains the same . Definite 5 stars for me . Highly recommended if you love a good wholesome romance story .

This game is so boring, like you wouldn't believe. The pacing is so damn slow and the characters, they look like adults but they act like legit toddlers.
The game tells you you're just some 28 year old dude. Well that might be true. But apparently the game forgets about telling you about your real profession.
You play a fucking Kindergarten Care-Taker for heavily autistic women.
While taking advantage of them. Like the amount of sudden emotional outbreaks and then you HAVE to hug them and that one bitch being "the precious little wallflower" that you have to slooooooooooowly ease into and I mean, SHEESH you need to be slow my friend.
The amount of pouting and emotional moments out of the fucking blue.
Its like the whole game is just you trying to get your dick wet and all you get is "erm... I dunno teehee I'm shy, teehee I'm not sure I trust you enough yet, teehee."
This is basically the whole game, its like the dev sat down one evening and thought to himself: "How do I make the female characters in my game as annoying as possible, as asexual as possible and give them a completely inadequate mindset for their age?"
These girls act to regular male behavior like 12 year old girls that just got into puberty and they constantly have their period.
Who enjoys reading that?! Can't be a man for sure.

Played this game once and i thought I had it reviewed.
Good things about the game:

5GB sould guarantee content.
It has animations
Girls are cute
There are some attempts at making something different.
The Yui part is the best part of the game.

Bad thingsa bout this game:
For 5GB I cant tell its really a big game.
Engine is dated.
Lewd scenes are mostly default animations.
Pursuing girls is mandatory or else Game over.
Girls are every games stereotypes. Wouldnt call it unidimensional, but not a lot of depth either.
The mc is an unlikeable idiot most of the time.
Everything that tries to be japanese, but it isn't (oniichan? really?) moves my hand to my forehead with sudden force.
Default HS looped animations, im tired of them, they suck.


The creator of this game sure have some ideas, I just hope he has the time or the will to represent them fully, insitead of going straight to default animations. The Yui part is proof, even when at the end it goes to the animation. Without that part I would have rated it 1.

This is one of the best erotic games i've played, just wow, the quality of this game is in another level if you compare to other games in here or honey select games. Looking forward to the new updates. (Helen the best)

Murmur is a game that I have been in love with for some time now, and I feel a review is long overdue on my part, so here we are. The first thing that will jump out at you when playing the game are the renders. The renders are high resolution and show serious dedication and love on the part of Devil’s Dad that will become a theme for Murmur as I go on. Some examples of this perfectionism in the renders is just how many renders there are per line compared to other VNs of this type. In a simple backstory dump of a character in a one-on-one conversation with a girl, this game has a new or at least different render almost every line. Other VNs would probably have one or two in the time this game has five. That is a LOT more renders after a couple hours of gameplay. The models, are very well made in addition to the renders, making a nice one-two punch. As someone who has a lot of experience in Illusion game character makers, I can tell these took a lot of time and effort.

The next thing you will notice is the high quality of writing and storytelling. Yes, there are somewhat ham-fisted exposition dumps and weird character decision making, but you are never taken out of the story, and it feels coherent and flowy, which is the most important thing about writing. The UI is well crafted and intuitive, though somewhat standard for Ren’Py games. The girl love/lust tracker is a very nice quality of life addition that I feel should be a thing in all linear VNs like this that simply isn’t. The audio is also well done, or about as well done as you can find in Ren’Py games.

On to arguably the most important part: the sexy stuff. Each scene has multiple angles and a very clear “next” button to stop players from accidentally moving on to the next scene, as well as nice dialogue. Each sex scene has a good number of positions and camera angles. 10/10 on the sex scenes!

Finally, the last thing I need to address is the slow update cycle. Yes, the updates take a while, but what people have to remember is, at the time of writing this, Devil’s Dad is making this game as a part time job, not a full time job due to the lower amounts of supporters he has. If you want the updates to be faster, support him!

TLDR: is good game, nice renders, nice writing, and very sexy.

As it may have been one of the most master piece creation out there nonetheless it's #1Rank on my list
Hi Just another one of those Wandering Crusader that stumbled upon this masterpiece


I had finished the 0.5v of the game and Holy Jesus I've never ever been in my life had I craved something so hard before This.. This is a masterpiece Beyond comprehension And Jesus my most favorite character in this game is Helen and Kate Mostly

I had aswell checked the patreon page And Sought through the Development Stat And Seeing it Literally shakes Me from excitement I can't wait for more Action Between Helen and Kate

Spoilers free:

It has a lot of great aspects, first one I LOVE the facial expressions in the game, from the exagerated ones that Sophie makes, to the ones that every girl does when they are ashamed/turned on.

Second positive point, the story of the game it's a good mix between wholesome sometimes and lewd when it has to be. Not the most touching game nor the most brilliant plot or writing, however all of them are solid good, which not every game of this genre accomplish, as some of them lack of being good/better than average in one of those aspects, yet this one doesn't do so.

Third point, the game mixes various kinks, it's a nice detail when there are different characters, not having all of them except a few with identical scenes starring your average ahegao faces+I'm cumming omg omg omg.

Four point, lewd scenes are good and with good camera angles.

I don't think this game is a solid 5 stars game for this reasons: While Helen and the Shinigami are pretty originals in their personalities, the other ones are not that special, nothing wrong but they are not the most original characters. Renders should improve, they are average good, could be better.
Sometimes you get bored from the long ass internal monologues that the mc has, a lot of games fail in this aspect, one thing is to think, the other one is having to read every thought of the character.

But that being said I rarely think a harem game is even worth of 4.5 stars and this one does it and has originality, I strongly recommend it if you are thinking about playing it. And I think by the time it's done it will be even better.

Murmur is one of my more favored Harem games. It's also on the slower burn of adult VNs. There are lewd scenes, but not many compared to the writing.

It's a somewhat silly but wholesome harem games where some of the girls are facing real personal issues. The shift in tone isn't crazy and gradually makes it way in and out of various emotions.

The writing keeps up with what it's trying to do, and as such, is definitely pleasant to read. The characters are great and definitely make the game engaging.

The presentation is distinctive and well polished. Devil's Dad definitely made MurMur it's own thing. Devil's Doll is a little cutie too.

The animations are top notch, and the different camera angle choices is a nice touch.

I'm curious as to how the love/corruption system actually plays out overtime.

Though, I honestly just want to seem all the girls happy.

Best of luck to Devil's Dad!

Very entertaining so far. Corruption and incest subjects nicely done and the animations/scenes are worth it. Story wise I would give it a 4/5 as some aspects are very expected so far, at least the way it develops, excluding the main plot of how and why the MC is in that situation.

Hope this gets updated soon seeing that it hasn't been in a while. 5/5 for sure

Ah man, here we go with another good wholesome harem game.

Mur Mur has been quite a pleasant experience so far, and I love all the girls in it. Each fit their own categories, so you'll probably like at least one of them.

The writing as been engaging so far. It seems .5 is right before the the beginning of something very exciting.

Devil's Doll is quite cute too.

Well written story that keeps you interested. It's a bit of a slow burn but that makes it all the better in my opinion.

Just wish there was more content, not because there is a lack of it but because I want more.

Phenomenal story driven game that has an interesting plot with fun characters. Art wise, the animation is good and the designs of the cast are all unique and fun. Great experience so far and cannot wait to play more

This game is... strange. From the opening menu graphics and heartfelt music in the scenes, you would think this is a lighthearted, sincere, feel-good story.

However, story is terrible. First of all, the MC is such a creepy and perverted loser that it makes it hard to immerse yourself from his POV. It's conflicting to read some of the inner monologues where the MC seems to have a sense of morality, yet continues to act in a creepy and perverted way.

Then as you meet the other girls in the story, they all seem to act strangely with weird behavior/social problems... Despite this, the girls are sincere and likeable and all have unique personalities.

Lewd scenes happen with little to no buildup, making them feel cheap. MC meets school teacher on the first day, and somehow is giving her a topless massage by day 2? Come on.

This is because of one of the major issues with the story: that the girls start off already liking the MC, despite him having no redeeming qualities. The writing seems to want you to empathize with and pity the MC, but gives no reason to do so. Of course, he also has superpowers to manipulate the girls. Really wasted potential here for character development of the MC. It's like starting a video game with maxed stats and the best gear. This story could have been better if the MC used his new chance in life to redeem himself, which then leads him to win over the girls he meets.

If you can get over the unlikeable MC and not take the story seriously, you might really enjoy the game. The renders are beautifully executed. As others have said in previous reviews, subtle changes in character positions, eye contact, and expressions that correspond with dialogue changes are very well-done. I think the visual production is the strongest point of this game.

I really wanted to like this game, but unfortunately it's just not for me.

The sex scenes are slow but it makes up for it with the story. I was more invested in the story than to quickly get to the next scene. I'm looking forward to the next update.

P.S - please add a gallery, then we can find out if there any scenes we missed.

Thank's for the game, it's really nicely writen.
Sex is a little slow compared to other game, but is realistic.
A gallery would be a nice addition, fan gallery mod only updated for version 0.4.
Can't wait for next update, thank you for your hard work !

As of version 0.5, I can't really find anything bad to say about this VN. Girls are cute, models and general environment is pleasant to look at. Characters aren't nailed to an invisible wall, camera is moving around. They don't stare at you like souless dolls with one facial expression, but showing wide range of emotions, sometimes in one dialog. Characters have engaging personalities and conflict, story is serious enough, but with a right amount of silliness to make it entertaining. MC can make his goal to bild a harem, so if you came for this tag, you won't be disappointed. This is a high quality project and I'm going to follow it with great interest.