VN Unity Out of Touch! [v3.96.2] [Story Anon]

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Gorainu

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I don't know how to rate this game, so I'll make a short review instead.

Disclaimer: I'm no pro game designer, just a random player, so this is just my random take on what I've played (till end of chap 28).

The good :
-music (a real OST, fitting with the overall neon retro ambiance)
-Chara design. Colorfull and each girl is easily and quickly recognizable). Author managed to not use cliched personas and make them lively enough.
-art direction: it gives an overall neo retro vibe (I thought of the goonies) but in a somewhat jap anime setting.
-story is unique and humor relief is well brought. The relationship between characters is an interesting mechanic (shared sensations, intricate past).


The bad:
-the lewd. There is almost none. I've seen like 4 scenes in more than 10hrs of reading. Very little and not well done.
-the pace. Story moves very slowly. There are a lot of fillers/exposition parts which are avoidable IMHO. Things could be either shown or said in less verbose ways.
-ressources management. I mean, a lot of time was spent on a fight scene (nice animation (the only animated scene), a battle system etc... all for one battle that lasts 5 min and we won't see any other (at least after 8 more hours none have appeared so far). I'd rather have the animation work spent on the lewd part for them to be a bit animated or get more CGs, than have this battle scene.


Overall this feels like an above average VN, but an underaverage sexy game.

Clearly this isn't a porn game, sex scenes are scarce, short, and not well designed (very few CGs, even the latest chapter wich has the longest one makes it feel like it is rushed. MC is having a foursome in like 8pics and climax/acme isn't well done IMHO.
The lewd scenes really feel like the most lacking part of the game so far).


This is why it is hard to rate. It is a fine VN but a bad sexy VN. It feels like if games of thrones was branded as a porn serie. It would still be an ok serie (especially the first seasons) but you would feel cheated on the number of sex scenes.

As an adult game on F95, I expect more on the lew side of things while this is more a SFW VN.
Saddest part is that there were lots of occasions to drop good sex scenes many times in the story, but it didn't happen or was shown in 1pic (like that boobjob pic in the exemples, it is litteraly the single lewd pic in the scene, as we are following a third character who runs away from the scene)

This is why I won't support it on patreon: i feel like it underdelivers. It might be me having the wrong expectations, but I just feel frustrated at the missed opportunities so far.

I might be wrong and will try this again in a few months to see which direction it took and might reconsider, but right now I am more disapointed than satisfied (because i was expecting a lewd story, otherwise it is a fine VN)

I wish the best to story Anon, you can tell the work and attention poured on this VN.
 
Story Anon

Story Anon

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Gorainu said:
I might be wrong and will try this again in a few months to see which direction it took and might reconsider, but right now I am more disapointed than satisfied (because i was expecting a lewd story, otherwise it is a fine VN)
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I can save you the trouble and tell you it will not pivot into becoming a solely porn focused game in the future.
 
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Qwertyuiop1234567890@#£%& said:
I am waiting for android version and o boy! it's waiting long or is not?
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for you and the others, here’s Snows progress update on Android from a few days ago:

Hey everyone! Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, or whatever you prefer! I just wanted to take a minute while I'm at my desk to give you guys an update on Android content and why it's taking so long. First I wanna explain the development process for me so you guys can see exactly how far along things are. Keep in mind this applies to work on the game's code and not the writing/render work. The steps I typically follow are as follows:
1. Choose a code structure to use
2. Create framework dummy code to be filled in later
3. Fill in said dummy code one function at a time. Sometimes this involves having to stop and go back to step 2 if I realize I need something new.
4. Once-over everything to make sure I didn't miss anything(happens more than you'd think)
5. Test the code in the Unity Editor(Or in the case of android, using a dev build pushed from the editor to my phone)
6. Make a proper build to give to Anon to have renders etc added.
7. Get inevitable bug reports from our patrons who test my code more exhaustively than most major companies bother with
8. Fix the above bugs and return to #6 until no more critical bugs remain
9. Push the build to public.

So with that in mind here's where we are with Android now: I'm stuck at step 5 because Unity decided to forget how to use android build tools properly. With the help of Lo, I've been able to determine that the issue is local to my PC(and that the build would not have worked properly anyway). Typically steps 1-4 take me the most time, several weeks or months, because there's a lot of research and retooling involved. Once we get *past* step 5 the remainder takes typically only about 2 weeks unless something major goes wrong.

As it is now, I've got to figure out how to fix the issue I'm having, but it should be the last major step(along with some quick refactoring to figure out typos that are causing Lo's build to not work). Once this works I should be able to get the ball rolling again and you guys will have a proper game in short order after that. We've been asked a few times if Android content has been abandoned and the answer is definitely a resounding NO.

Well there you have it. Android is coming soon™️. And in the meantime, I hope everyone has a great rest of the year!
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Therod said:
What would make the combat rework different?
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We’re going to try and get actual animated models working in Unity itself instead of using webms for everything. There’s a bit more about it in the OP.
 
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Really enjoyed the update. Well, except the ending. That was just heartbreaking. Hopefully everything turns out okay. Vic just seems too important to the story and the group for her to just die like that.
 
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You know, not that this story isn't a bit over-convoluted anyway,
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And dev, why do you have me click through these... "...."
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this annoying click-through-the-pregnant-pause-stuff happens very frequently and it's annoying. What's the point? Please, I ask that you stop this. :)
 
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