You may not do the following:
hello! can you clarify, does this mean that as long as the animation is in the face area it is okay to animate? the idea i have in mind is a mask (baked into the sprite/every frame) falling off the main character’s face. is that still within the rules?
if a full mask isn’t allowed:
- have a single alternate movement of a single body part that is drawn differently (head, single arm) so long as it doesn’t change the pose, and so long as the VN does not also use the allowed “extra item”
my character is a humanoid animatronic, so instead of a full mask perhaps i can make it so that the face has a hinge and it can swing open (not animated, just the head drawn differently)? while everything else remains static (i am planning to splice up the sprite to manipulate the parts separately via code). would it technically be counted as not changing the pose? thank you!
ahh i see! i was referring to the usage of online TTS generators like this https://www.tetyys.com/SAPI4/ to generate lines not voiced by the voice actor !
If you're trying to use TTS to voice several characters, that would be a no. TTS is meant to be used for accessibility purposes and not to bypass the VA limit. We ask people as well to use the TTS in-engine if possible.
But I'd like to remind you that you can have 1 VA, but the VA can technically do several voices. They're not limited to just the one, you know?
