The voice update is here! + Female Rylan's outfit poll 🗳️ (Patreon)

Heyo everyone!

The game has just been updated, and the surprise I promised is finally here!

I mentioned before that I wanted to add voices to selected story scenes and new H-scenes. Well... I changed my mind about the "selected" part. :D

Nearly all story dialogue from Chapters 0-11 is already fully voiced. All Chapter 11 H-scenes and the new H-scenes in Chapters 0-2 are fully voiced too!

The main things still missing are the older H-scenes in Chapters 3-10. I originally planned to leave those until their remakes, since I'll be redoing them over the coming months. But those remakes will happen gradually, and I don't want you waiting that long for voices throughout the game. So I've decided to voice the older scenes as well.

That's tomorrow's job! If everything goes smoothly, the game should be fully or nearly fully voiced tomorrow.

The full voice feature will be available to VIPs. This has grown into a much larger project than I first planned: over a million characters of text, with many lines needing multiple versions for the game's dialogue and pronunciation variations. Producing all of that has been a substantial expense, and VIP support is what makes it possible to offer voices on this scale and keep adding them as the game grows.

Public players will still get voices in selected H-scenes and passages where new characters are introduced. I want everyone to hear the cast and have a voice in mind as they read. And to everyone supporting the game, whether through a membership, feedback or simply following along: thank you. I'm excited for you to hear it! ❤️

There's also a practical side to this: even compressed to 96 kbps to keep the files manageable while still sounding good, the voices add around 1 GB to the game.

This month, I want to work on optional downloads through the launcher. For example, if you skip battles, only play Act 2 and prefer playing without voices, you could download just the parts you use. I'm still figuring out the best way to set this up, so it's a plan for now, but I'd like you to have more control over the game's download size.

One more update: on some systems, the head and clothes in the right sidebar don't line up properly. A fix is on the way. I've remade all the clothing animations using the full body, and some are already included in today's update. The rest should follow tomorrow once they've finished rendering.

And now, female Rylan's outfit poll! 🗳️

There are 10 choices, including the older white-and-blue outfit and the black dress. Which would you like as her default outfit going forward?

1. Emerald Chains - green dress with gold chains and brown boots

2. Crimson Biker - red jacket, black top and fitted trousers

3. Teal Bodice - white blouse, lace-up bodice and teal skirt

4. Lilac & Navy - lilac top, navy jacket and pleated skirt

5. Cobalt City Mage - blue dress, black capelet and silver chains

6. Rust Courier - rust-colored jacket, cream top and brown trousers

7. Plum Dusk - plum off-shoulder top and charcoal wrap skirt

8. Midnight Rider - long navy coat, black trousers and silver chains

9. White & Blue - the older white top and long blue skirt

10. Black Dress - the black top and long slit skirt with gold chains

Voting is for paid supporters only. Pick one favorite, and the poll will stay open for 3 days.

Thanks for helping choose her new look! ❤️