If there’s any western cartoon parody porn game your willing to put your faith in, this is the one.
I was slightly familiar with The Loud House and its NSFW community prior to my discovery of this game, although I’ve only sporadically watched episodes from the first 3 seasons. That is to say, this game has plenty of references and nods to episodes, jokes and plot points from the tv show. Although every character of course has to adapt to the “18+ fangame” setting, they manage to do so without feeling completely out of character. The game is charming enough to make me appreciate the show even more than I did before.
Make no mistake though, those who’ve never even heard of The Loud House, this is pretty much the best writing you’ll ever find in games like this. The game is not just funny, but clever, sweet and oh so dramatic. Each chapter focuses on a different sister in the spotlight and will have you legitamately invested in how it will play out. This is a game that cares about its story and how its massive incest-riddled, ntr-free harem would actually get built.
Everybody who’s played the game has praised the writing, but the presentation deserves equal levels of respect. The tv show was conceived as an homage to western comic strips and the visual novel beautifully keeps up that aesthetic. This is not another parody that simply slaps poorly edited PNGs into Ren’Py with no changes to the default UI aestethic. Character sprites are highly expressive and dynamic, making you feel their emotions and movements in spite of the engine’s limitations. There’s also character mini-icons, dialogue options, stat popups, text boxes, quick menu options, a dynamic title screen and more. All uniquely in the series-faithful artstyle. By one guy. Hell, the bio alone shows the effort put into this game by 2 people is more than many visual novels that had dozens on their development team. This COMPLETELY OPTIONAL unnecessary part of the game has each important character given unique art, a unique stylized name and a description written in the point of view of the main character.
The best example of the art and presentation mastery are the “comic page CGs” where a scene will play out with panels flying into position and overlaying the normal background and sprites, one by one in time with dialogue, each in the position and order they would be read in until the whole screen looks like a torn out comic book page.
The actual free roam gameplay follows genre staples while avoiding the pitfalls that come with them. The stat points all come from different dialogue choices and not the same text box for 20 minutes. The game is simply designed without the need to grind to get more content. Regardless of what you do in your free time or what points you have, time will move forward and you will get all the girls. Even the free roam is secretly designed to make it difficult to more than 1 or 2 side stories. The choice is there to let you prioritize the sisters you’re more fond of.
But of course, this is porn at the end of the day. The art and writing work together to make sure the degenerate naughtiness does anything but disappoint. Each sister has their own way of flirting and doing lewd acts that is both in character and sets them apart from the baker’s dozen of other girls in the game. The art is quite good and the naughty acts themselves have a variety that keeps the pursuit of each girl from being predictable or repetitive.
Overall, if you somehow couldn’t tell by the wall of text, I think this game is amazing. The few flaws (e.g lack of sound) stem from the games current ongoing status, though with an active developer I’m confident they’ll all be solved. This is what all western porn parody visual novels should strive be.