Star Channel 34

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A 5 Star Review. Well earned!

A topic by Bella created Aug 22, 2021 Views: 2,895 Replies: 5

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Bella2 years ago(+1)

A most needed rewiev

First of all: I’m not a native speaker so please excuse if my grammar is weird or some words are wrong. I’ll try to make my points clear. Also: I’m lesbian, even though I love seeing woman naked, my gaming experience may differ from the male-orientied point of view of this game.

So… a week ago I catched a cold and could not sleep due to the several symptoms. So I browsed itch.io like always when I have to much free time at my hands. This time I found Star Channel 34 and what a ride it was!

I had so much fun and for me it is hard to say what I loved most at this game. But as a German I love lists, so I think I’ll go with a list:

Pursuing the story of every girl, the AI and yourself is great. Even with some weaker parts I absolutely loved playing it and the idea of “finding the inner whore” in each woman is great, very sexy and exciting to read
Working for the costumes was a part I loved. I cannot tell how often I clicked on the store hoping for new costumes. Dressing and styling the girls was sooo much fun and I really spent a lot of time in the dressing room
Even the simulation part – as easy as it is – was great. I had fun putting them into the booth and trying to get them more and more into their jobs.
2 special highlights: Even though the games tries to be “stupid”, it has a lot(!) of good and clever writing. It is fun to see how “stupid” the scripts are the Genie is writing for the Sim-scenarios and yes, of course, many, many, many dialogues are the quality of porn-dialogue (which is okay, I wanted a HVN, I got one ^^) but there is not only comedy, there are 2 exceptional good (plot)lines: The first is the extremely exciting and erotic attempt of Jasmine to subdue Ashelin. I wish I could read more if it. WAY more. The second point is – of course for me as a lesbian – the really interesting lovestory between Lara and Ashelin. The slowpaced story between those two was really, really good!
The kinks: Playing a game like this always bears the danger to be confronted with kinks you do not like. In this game I found much fun and sexy thoughts. Normally lactating is absolutely not in my interests, but with the April story you had me aroused and totally excited. That is pretty good work considering I was not interested in.
The CGs: I love the girls, I love the (way to few) CGs. This is very good work, I can’t get enough of them. Thank you for that.
More girls. Of course, everyone will say that, but to be honest: Unlocking shows, getting them into the job, getting their costumes, this is absolutely cool and very exciting. Also discovering special relationships (LaraxAshelin, JasminexAshelin) is one part of the game I totally loved.
Artworks, CG and stuff: I’d love to see more. Your style is so sexy, so lighthearted and so beautiful, never stop making them – you are so talented!
More of the good stuff: Okay, personal opinion… I wished I could see more of my lovebirds :D And I’d love to see more dominant stuff of Jasmine with especially Ashelin or the other girls. Her bossy style makes me so damn wet.
Gameplay! Oh yeah! I have no idea what you have planned with this game but in my opinion you are not that far away from being a real simulation. Besides the sexy stuff this could be a real “space channel manager” with some little and bigger improvements. Here is a list of some ideas that popped into my mind, no demands, just ideas.

Cons: I will not write any cons as I will never give negative reviews to games that are free. It’s a gift from you to us and gifts are not to be criticized.

Suggestions: I’m not sure this game is still in development after the 12.th episode – but if, there are some suggestions I’d like to make:

Based on having shows and booths it’d be great to have way more of that stuff to earn money. What I could think about is – for example – a fetish show in which the girls can perform in Latex or with Toys or Fuck machines or whatever. Also porn shows between two or more girls would be great. Thinking about Jasmine dominating Ashelin. Or a bondageshow in which we see the girls in shibari. To make things even funnier a cosplay-show would be great fun, thinking of well known characters dress up as another well-known characters. For me it would be a great gameplay-element to see what girl contributes to which show. As different shows could earn different money and maybe when implementing a system of “watchers interests” it would have a cool simulation aspect.
Meaningful stuff to buy. As I stated earlier – I love the costumes and hairdos. But considering buying toys to “rank” up shows would be great. Also I’d love to be able to buy gifts for the girls for additional sex scenes or just stuff for their cabins.
Stats. Ranking up the girls in the shows they are good would be awesome. Maybe even spending points on different stats which change the success and therefore the income of the shows. Also great for buying traits to reduce stress or something.
The kinky spy. The girls how you depicted them are the greatest thing in this game. And you already mentioned “the personal files” in one scene. For my inner kinky spy and lover for gossip and sweet dirty kinks it would be such a fun to find out more about the girls. Buying access (to make space creds more important) to very personal information in the personal file would be a blast for me. Finding out about sexual adventures of Lara in the past or some dirty kinks of Hermione is a thing I would love.
Now we’re entering the dreamland, but having the possibility to even upgrade the ship or plan the cabins and everything would be great. For example could building a gym trigger new scenes with Lara and Ashelin.

But enough dreaming. The most important message is: I love your game and what it already has become. Thank you so much for it.

AKABURDeveloper2 years ago(+2)

Wow, that's quite a review. Thanks a lot, you made my day with this one.
Now let's go over some of your points.

But first, let me thank you for not mentioning any of the negative aspects. As a creator I am well aware of those, I probably see more flaws in my own work then some of my most loyal haters :)

>>> I’m not sure this game is still in development after the 12.th episode

Well, Ep.12 was released only a couple of weeks ago. I plan to work on something else for a bit to take a break from SC34 (I worked on it for 6 years after all). But I do hope to get back to working on Season 02 sooner rather then later.

>>>I’m not sure this game is still in development after the 12.th episode

Well said. I do try NOT to lean on kinks too much exactly for that reason. I am happy the lactation thing didn't scare you off :)

>>> for example – a fetish show in which the girls can perform in Latex or with Toys or Fuck machines or whatever.

To be honest with you, I am not sure if this part of the game mechanic will be returning in the second season. This semi-manager bits are fun, but they increase my workload significantly.

>>> a fetish show in which the girls can perform in Latex or with Toys or Fuck machines or whatever.

It does sound like fun actually. Also I did consider adding a "Fuck Machine" show for every girl at one point. But yet, again: time constraints T_T (Fun Fact: Along with the fuck machine there was a plan for a Tentacle-Fuck-Plant from Harry Potter universe. Again for every girl, as a special show. And yet again, I am only one man T_T )

>>> Also porn shows between two or more girls would be great.

And THIS was actually the main idea behind the whole shows thing. At the beginning of the development I wanted to have mix-and match shows where you chose two participants. I legitimately thought about a mechanic where you choose a girl that would be holding a whip or a spanking pad and then another girl that will be getting spanked, or same thing with strapon dildos. Alas, I quickly realized how hard will this be to pull off...

>>> Or a bondageshow in which we see the girls in shibari.

I like the idea. And the rest of the things you say are good ideas as well. But unfortunately I am not all-powerful and can't just put everything I want into the game -_-

Also buying gifts for the girls, or new items to unlock hew shows sounds awesome. But yet again, thinking about how much more work that would mean for me is making my blood curl. There are a ton of unfinished and abandoned projects out there, all because their creators failed to keep their ambitions in check. I must stay vigilant. But at the same time the temptation is great...

>>> For my inner kinky spy and lover for gossip and sweet dirty kinks it would be such a fun to find out more about the girls. Buying access (to make space creds more important) to very personal information in the personal file would be a blast for me. Finding out about sexual adventures of Lara in the past or some dirty kinks of Hermione is a thing I would love.

Honestly, you're killing me here. Additional lore like that would be super fun to work on. But again, this would mean every new episode would take even longer to develop. I hear you though. I really do. In fact on the early stages of development the girls had pretty detailed stats window in their rooms, it showed how many times they had anal/oral and regular sex. How many times they have experienced and orgasm and such. It changed and updated as you kept on playing two. I decided to cut it from the game around episode 05 I think. -_-

Anyway, thank you for your detailed review and for your great ideas. I honestly liked all off them, which it a bit rare when it comes to people's feedback. Thank you for playing the game and I hope you will stick around for future updates.

-Aka-

gnub332 years ago

I wish more adult game indie developers were like you. Limiting the scope of their projects to something achievable and not constantly adding on or changing stuff when they meet funding goals. I understand and appreciate an episodic format as their is still some kind of resolution by the end of the first chapter.

That being said, have you ever spoke on the game "Innocent Witches" or other trainer games inspired by you? I'm critical of them, but want them to succeed because I like the art and story. I love love love your portrayal of Hermione (fan art on the way) and IW's Hermione is a close second. Do you pay them any attention?

AKABURDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Innocent Witches started out by stealing my work and repurposing it so I can't say I a friends with the guys. But they long since moved on and doing their own thing now, so it's all good. Other trainers continue to steal my work, so I can't say I am happy about what they are doing.
And thank you for your feedback. I know exactly what you mean: many good projects got bloated and sank over the years. I have plenty of problems with that myself, but I do at least try to keep my ambitions contained ^^

Bella2 years ago(+1)

I will definetly stick around and I wish you all the best for the future.

I can absolutely understand that the workload can be immense - especially considering that this game is for free. (which is a gift I admire you for!)

Would my English be better I'd gladly offered my help, but I'm not so sure about that. (except you're asking for a German translation, that'd be my time to shine! :D) But is there anything the other fans or me could help you with? Right now I can only tell you how much you made my days with this game. But, I dunno... are there ideas that had to be fleshed out? Or anything we can do? Just let us know! :)

Bella

AKABURDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you for the offer. I'll keep it in mind, you never know. Also I will appreciate if you indeed stick around and let me know what you thought of my next project :)