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It's the Gallery Checker/Unlocker linked on the Extras part of the OP.Where?
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It's the Gallery Checker/Unlocker linked on the Extras part of the OP.Where?
because it is fake, reading some previous messages and tweets, major part of the story was directly inspired by vixenp own story, except the ending where she just said "broke his trust" was the reason for a breakup, so shybox had to come up with somethingTbh, vixenp is extremely uninteresting. Her OF is just the same 10 poses with some bnwo text here and there. No hardcore stuff, only mild collaborations with other girls. Everything after the beginning of Polly's story feels fake because of this. But the beginning is great, probably similar to the story of a lot of girls entering the porn industry.
Who knows. Cathryn seems to be the next one from what I could find although I dont think voting is done yet.Mabel update when![]()
You have to be more specific for me to help you, man.How to use Gallery Checker and Unlocker
It doesn't work for me
I feel you. Mabel best girl.Mabel update when![]()
he should just update every girl equally and then put up a second wave of girls to follow. but there are already too many for that. the patron poll thing doesn't work at all. it's allways the same girls getting updates anyway.Focus on finishing the existing content instead of adding new branches. You're only going to upset more people by doing this.
Alright, I finally got around to play the update. So first of all, I have to give credit where credit is due. I loved Elena's story, it has a kinda slow burn that I like but the thing I like the most is the friend group and how the dialogues feel real. Reactionary in a way. Believable. Clearly Shybox wanted to write this girl for a long time because this hit way better than previous updates. Must've felt refreshing.
However, to echo the sentiment of many here as well as to repeat myself from my original reaction to the news about a new girl. Cathryn or Rachel should really wrap up their stories soon. The queue was already bloated before Elena. I'm down to get more girls, but not at the cost of the progress for the ones that I like. I am absolutely sure I'm not alone in that sentiment.
I have to admit though, the voice acting is my only gripe here. The voice messages is a nice idea on paper. But man, the VAs are botching their lines HARD. It may be because of the girls having little experience or because of Shybox giving them zero voice direction, but the voice acting needs a lot of work. Sorry if it comes off as rude to the girls and/or Shybox but someone has to give criticism. So let me explain why I think this to have my comment be a bit constructive.
This is supposed to simulate a message app, so we're expecting a lax environment for conversations which can be simulated with writing alone. But when we talk about voice messages, we should be hearing a normal person talking in normal cadence and rhythm that matches their personality. Elena comes off as stuck up and stressed because of her life situations she should sound like someone who's moving fast or always with an objective, so quick, to the point and not wanting to give room to misunderstandings, she should sound very clear, but you should still hear the rush in her voice. Her voice lines did not match that vibe at all, not to diss the voice actress, but her lines should sound like she's speaking, not like she's reading. When Elena sent voice messages, she has this whisper like voice and perfect punctuation while talking. People generally don't talk like that, a voice message you just send it to get it over with or you ramble while talking, you may stutter or you may redo the message until you think you got it right, but you don't have perfect punctuation while talking. Unless you're doing a presentation I guess, but these are supposed to be voice messages and for the most part, they just don't sound like that. She sounded kinda normal in her voice message talking about books that were popular with other women, whatever voice direction that was given or whatever spice the VA added for that message was good, but all the other ones (and all future ones) need actual work, because the lines sound very much like lines in a script, not like a person talking with their significant other.
I know, I know, "this is a porn game why do you care so much about the acting" blah blah blah. Game was doing perfectly fine without voice messages, no need for actors, just a good writer, which Shybox proved he is. But if you want to add voice actors, would it not make sense for you to ask for them to act their character properly?
I see, so then it comes down to the VAs not being comfortable doing their natural voice. From one point of view I understand, anonymity matters on the internet. But the role you're trying to give them is that of normal people doing everyday stuff going about their life, none of them should sound sultry or seductive or be whispering on what's supposed to be a voice message where the mood isn't sexual yet. That's not to say that all the voice messages done in the game now are bad mind you, there are a few good ones off the top of my head like a few of Rachel's when she was "pretending" she was being fucked where the background noises (the sex noises, clapping of cheeks whatever you wanna call it) took major part in selling the scene along with proper sexual pleasure in the cadence of her voice or one of Lilith's where the seductive sultry tone in her voice made sense given the context of her scenes. And Amber's were decent overall, they sounded good.I do voice direction and explain to everyone what the goal of the game is. (An authentic phone chat experience) I even tell them that I prefer it if they just used their phone to record the lines instead of a fancy microphone. I explain everything that you mentioned here. I find the VAs through reddit and X. And most of them are used to record using a script. So I write a script for each, I even tell them what it should sound like. But I think it comes down to the VAs not being comfortable using their natural voice. They're used to dubbing hentai animations or doing voice acting for renpy visual novels. Using their natural voice is also like taking off your make up. It shows your real voice. So I can't really tell them to just use their real voice etc. It's really dang complicated and I think new characters won't get a VA anymore. The one for Elena was planned for a while but yeah. I could tell them to do revisions until it's perfect but the schedule is always too tight. I write the story, then hand off the script and do the art so yeah... I know what you mean but just doing it better is not that simple. And trust me, those VAs are already better than most of the ones I find. They're also all getting paid it's not like I just find anybody to do it for free.
And as for the progression of the game. I totally get it. There won't be new characters for a while until some stories are finished. I planned Elena for a while and wanted to write her story while it's still fresh in my head.
(I might tell Elena's VA next time she gets an update to just quickly re-record the older messages on a whim, maybe that will help)
This forum really needs a thumbs down emote. I think a few are bad but most are good.I always skip the VAs, they are kinda cringe, unnatural and forced most of the times. But I guess some people like them. At least you're not forced to listen to them.