Mod Ren'Py Witch Trainer: Silver Mod [v1.46.1] [Silver Studio Games]

[chickenmaid]

I have been a huge fan of the project for long time now, but I'm going to butt in and say that the quality of the game has been going downhill for quite a while now. Reason mainly being the art (other one being the slow content releases, but that can be lived with if the former is fixed).

Straight to the point. No offence to the new artist but I think there just is too big of a gap between Akabur's art and the new one. I love the mod but the new art is most of the time a huge turn off for me. I don't care how anatomically correct it is (as someone pointed out awhile ago when this topic was at hand before) if it doesn't look good.

I wish to see this game be the best that it can be and this has potential to be incredible, but the new art is just not holding the candle to the original. Just to clarify, the problem for me is not that the art is not at the level of Akabur, but it being mediocre at best. I know that this is subjective and a touchy subject in general but it can make or break the game for many, like me, going forward. This is a porn game after all and the art plays a big role. This game deserves better.

I think the new artist can easily quick fix some of it by working on the composition, an h-scene should focus more on the subject (the love interest).

If you look at Cho's desk x-ray scene. It's too cluttered. About 30% of the screen is taken by Snape, 25% by Genie, and only 20% by Cho. The rest is taken by a chest.

The next h-scene, the cowgirl is similiar too, a lot of empty air (the brick wall), a bird, and the MC's body. Cho is again, only taking up a minimal amount of space in the composition.

 

[cxx]

I have been a huge fan of the project for long time now, but I'm going to butt in and say that the quality of the game has been going downhill for quite a while now. Reason mainly being the art (other one being the slow content releases, but that can be lived with if the former is fixed).

well there aren't many that do akabur style graphic and those that do might require more than ssg can pay.

would be nice if akabur and ssg would combine working but akabur's workhabit makes it near impossible.

 

[LoafyLemon]

Conspiracy theory: These guys are just practicing game development and have no intentions of adding more meat to WT. By this time next year they will be working on the next GTA while still collecting patreon dollars by people desperate for more Hermione.

Are you okay?

 

[SkrerkS]

Are you okay?

Buster Wolf.
(Sorry, couldn't resist)

 

[tarzan999]

Are you okay?

Are you working more actual content for this game?

 

[God of Debauchery]

Is anyone else having serious download time issues with this?
Like, my internet is pretty damn fine (600MB/s speeds), but for some reason every download link seems to think it'll take hours to download this single 817MB file.
Doesn't seem to be happening on any other games either.

 

[Livvy]

Are you working more actual content for this game?

Secretly working on GTA7 or releasing an update to the game literally a few hours ago. These are your only options.

 

[Pt Data]

well there aren't many that do akabur style graphic and those that do might require more than ssg can pay.

would be nice if akabur and ssg would combine working but akabur's workhabit makes it near impossible.

Whenever I see someone complain that the art doesn't look like Akabur's, I'm like, "You are asking for a forger, not an artist. And forgers cost a lot more money...or so I hear."

 

[Congressman Weiner]

Whenever I see someone complain that the art doesn't look like Akabur's, I'm like, "You are asking for a forger, not an artist. And forgers cost a lot more money...or so I hear."

"We've hired another band to continue on with the Beatles' catalog and make new records. Whaddya mean, they're not as good?! How dare you complain!"

Akabur's art is hard to duplicate unless you want to hire a professional Disney animator or something...I, too, wish they could find and afford one but hey, it's not like they don't WANT an artist just as good.

 

[LoafyLemon]

"We've hired another band to continue on with the Beatles' catalog and make new records. Whaddya mean, they're not as good?! How dare you complain!"

Akabur's art is hard to duplicate unless you want to hire a professional Disney animator or something...I, too, wish they could find and afford one but hey, it's not like they don't WANT an artist just as good.

Sometimes it feels like even if Akabur himself started drawing for the project, people would still complain about the artwork not being good enough for them. There is no way to appease Debbie the downer's club members.

 

[F1forhalp]

"We've hired another band to continue on with the Beatles' catalog and make new records. Whaddya mean, they're not as good?! How dare you complain!"

Akabur's art is hard to duplicate unless you want to hire a professional Disney animator or something...I, too, wish they could find and afford one but hey, it's not like they don't WANT an artist just as good.

that's something to really think about. i actually like the Cho chibis and the other added girls' chibis are okay. those come somewhat close to Akabur's style..
then again, Akabur did hand drawing, pen&paper, and scanned those drawings as source for the game; any animator/artist who does a sole CG will have a really hard time to match that, or even come close. it'll remain a visible difference.

 

[tarzan999]

Sometimes it feels like even if Akabur himself started drawing for the project, people would still complain about the artwork not being good enough for them. There is no way to appease Debbie the downer's club members.

You just didn't do a good job. Worse style than the original, missing poses from the og game and no animations.

 

[Loosecannon308]

Sometimes it feels like even if Akabur himself started drawing for the project, people would still complain about the artwork not being good enough for them. There is no way to appease Debbie the downer's club members.

People who consume content, but never produce it themselves are the worst, because there's no concept of how long everything takes. Especially if they're not haters, but overzealous fans. I've been getting non-stop complaints lately from my literotica *fanbase* for only putting out new stories twice a month. There's no way of getting through that, while I appreciate fans, I occasionally have to devote my time to other things, instead of writing smut... free smut. There's only so many hours in the day.

 

[Lewyn Collins]

I mean yeah,

You just didn't do a good job. Worse style than the original, missing poses from the og game and no animations.

There are some animations, but it's just version 1.42.2 for fuck's sake. It's in development, let the guys work.

 

[Lewyn Collins]

Sometimes it feels like even if Akabur himself started drawing for the project, people would still complain about the artwork not being good enough for them. There is no way to appease Debbie the downer's club members.

Are we having any Susan scenes in 1.43?

 

[Congressman Weiner]

Restaurant owner: "I know the old chef has left and taken most of his materials and ingredients with him, but now you're the chef, so get to work with the few items left."

Diner: "Hey, I wanted the filet mignon and all I'm getting is leftover mashed potatoes and a hamburger."

New cook: "Oh, you think you could do better with what I have here? If not, feel free to eat somewhere else."

Other diners: "Yeah, it's not as good as the old place but I still like the atmosphere of the place and the new chef is doing a pretty good job with what he has to work with."

(As for me, I think Silver is a vast improvement over the original game, even though some (not all) of the artwork isn't up to Akabur's level.)

 

[OEJ]

That's enough, if there is anymore off topic and necessary action will be taken.

 

[Lewyn Collins]

That's enough, if there is anymore off topic and necessary action will be taken.

Listen, we're discussing the game and its development in question so we're actually right ONto the topic. I know it's been a hot, sometimes nasty debate these last 24 hours but it's not like we're killing each other, we're debating. Don't worry, we'll be fine. (Wait, hat happened to THAT conversation? Did you actually erase it?)

 

[OEJ]

Listen, we're discussing the game and its development in question so we're actually right ONto the topic. I know it's been a hot, sometimes nasty debate these last 24 hours but it's not like we're killing each other, we're debating. Don't worry, we'll be fine. (Wait, hat happened to THAT conversation? Did you actually erase it?)

it was more directed towards the guy insulting the dev. dont engage ppl like that and just report if they cross a line.

 

[Lewyn Collins]

it was more directed towards the guy insulting the dev. dont engage ppl like that and just report if they cross a line.

Well, I guess that may be true. Thanks for the tip and keep up the good work!