Usually don't get this invested into VN's but I love this! Small thing I would ask for is Gallery mode (which is already planned) and option to zoom into the images on the starmaker app! TYVM
I believe it would be spectacular if, during the game, when the player has a lot of unprotected vaginal sex with Anna and ejaculates inside (there could even be a warning saying she’s fertile so the player can choose where to finish), she would become pregnant and there would be some scenes depending on the choices with Josef or Adrian. Just a suggestion!
This game is the best I've ever played, congratulations!
Suggestion! What if, after beating Celeste, Anna is able to go up nude on the stage at Starmaker and do something sexy on stage for all her fans as the #1 Starmaker Star?
Also the ability to enable/disable certain content, or make it clear what content is in what section (I know pregnancy content is planned for the future and it isn't my favorite thing)
Semi review/Suggestions. Sorry for my broken english.
Pretty good with the art(But sometimes have issues, not too bad tho. For example Alice chocker can disappear in one art and be present in the next).
*** What wrong with the propotions tho. Like 90% of girl have the same figure. It's not even unique. I have seen this epidemic in a couple of games now. It's probably restricitons, but we did have some amazing characters art with slim figure. It's just strange how rare it is.
*** Games are fun, but so easy it's boring after 2-3 times. Each game is an analog of already existing one(Fruit Ninja(kinda), Tower Defense, Racing), but like, without anything that makes them engaging and fun. Each minigame could be so fun too. I would suggest to play some good games from original genre. It's barely pale imitation in the game itself.
Story and characters can be different. Some characters are interesting and awesome(Anna). Most just decoration without real content, personality or traits(River, Amella and so on).
Dialogue in some places is interesting and fun, in others - I'm not sure if AI could do a better job or it's an AI writing in the first place. It's usually not deeper than - "I hate you, here is some excuse to have "fun" together - I love you so much now".
*** User interface is atrocious. Sometimes you need to press 5 buttons to go somewhere, with a loading screen after each one. It got so clanky and annoying.
*** The fact that the ability to fast travel home is a skill is so crazy. I WAS SUFFERING without it; it should be open by default. Also, the game should have a button to get to the map. Did you ever play Headmaster? There is a dedicated map button. You needed it here last year. Let's see. If I want to get from my room to the temple, how many loading screens should I endure? 1. Hallway 2. Garage 3. Car 4. Drive 5. Evergreen 6. Little animation to open(Why is it here?) 7. Forest 8. Temple 9. Enter 10. Shrine 11. Enter. What if I want to return? Almost the same 10 steps. With loading screens with each one. Why I can't just Press in my room - 1. Map 2. Shrine ???
"Oh you will miss all interactions in beetwen" - no problem. Let the game skip some, and other trigger anyway.
*** Why we have a car? Silly question. Serious issue. Each time I want to go somewhere I should select 1. Car and 2. Drive. WHY? If I chose a car I should already be driving. It's so easy to return home; why is it 's an option??? Honeslty, I would prefer car gutted from the game at this poitn, even interactions in it are not worth it all time wasted. And you don't even need to get rid of them, they still can be implemented.
Money is a complete joke. Case and point - Investment perk.
As soon as I got it (and that's only 2 points on the tree), money ceased to be a problem. Just by playing and reading dialogues, you can earn 10,000 a day, if not more. I guess it doesn't matter.
*** The swords in the temple. Gold one is the cheapest and the most useful. Nice. But every other one? WHYYY. Mini game is so easy. Shield? Vampiric? Seriously? The only useful one is for damage; then you don't need money anymore. Faster to get sweet xp right? WRONG. It's 150k. Completely ridiculous for 80% of early game and then you can finally afford it - Do you honestly believe I would spent each day to get through 10 loading screens for 200 xp? This sword should be Like 15-50k at most. And minigame made like 5 times more hard for other swords to make ANY sense.
*** The same can be said about the racing. Really upgrades? I win the very first time. IT'S SO SLOW? You win in like 20 seconds but you get plenty items for extra time and a whole minute.
*** Most of the perks are just strange. 5% chance to get some small benefit? Yeah, completely useless. And it's half of the perks. On onther hand some perks are so good they completly broke the game(All conversion ones). Aslo compaigns are suffers from same issue. "Wow 5% to gain 1000$ for each photo!" Are you serious? All perk tree and compaigns need rework. Less subscribers loss. More photos each day. More gameplay features. We already have some strange ones with "fast travel home". Lean into it. Extra health and damage with sword minigame. Extra slots and money for tower defense. Speed for racing and so on.
Also what is happening with the economy? You go from "Why is everything is so expensive in this town?" To "I just bought the whole town and I'm set for life" in like 2-3 weeks.
A lot of quests and events you will never see if you don't use guide. I had to manually check each day to see where in town somehing happening. You need a better Journal and helping system. I spent like 20% of playing time checking the Guide online.
*** Lets add Calendar as a button in the left corner or on top. I returned so many times home to check wtf I'm I doing today it's ridiculous.
***Force the tutorial for the first time in the game. I didn't know about top panel, saves and "all that good stuff" for like 5 in game days.
*** I get why in this game you can't roll back dialogue and choices, different engine. But there is the log? So many times I was walking with speed text enabled to just see new dialogue appear and disappear forever.
*** Studio. Let me get the perk for 2, better 3 photo in outfits at once. I got this option so late in my game - it was completly outclassed with other options. But I bought all of them, and wanted to use all. There is like 17 outfits. With 3 photos. It's 51 in game days to see them all. Just doing them. And I usually forget witch pose was last time and end up repeating the same one.
*** Music is alright, but for the love of god why is there no option to turn off annoying text sound? I get that Celest have different sound, but it's such a small detail for it to anoy me the whole game or playing on mute.
I'm impressed with the amount of content tho. I spent good 3-4 days to finish it all.
Overall it was good expirience, but it could be so much more. Fix your UI and minigames. And find some better writer for this game. Most of the time it's just sad how little ditails some characters end up getting. Look up Ravager, Headmaster, Harem Hotel for examples of "good" writing.
In terms of money, I think there is no need to make any changes. This game is essentially a single player game, unlike MMO online games. It should not consume too much energy on how to make money. If it is too difficult to obtain, it will become less fun, and people will mechanically repeat it for money, consuming their enthusiasm for the game content. As long as the game content is rich enough, it will become better
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i heard they were looking into a way to unlock or rework Adrian side of things, basically unlocking Japan trip with sharing and without sharing while also granting the players a way to make him leave (for real this time) if we want. So just gotta have some patience.
And to be honest i also am waiting for it... i hope that since we make him and Josef leave, we could instead then invite other girls to live in the apartment building. This could be a cool way on expanding Starmaker like adding more girls to turn into stars all living in the Apartment.
This game is so great! And I check the newest update every day. If I can choose the cloth for Anna in some sexual scene, just like NTR Legend, and also at the same time have a corresponding scene in the car game and other places like a bar or somewhere, that will be cool! Besides, if more cloth choices are used in the car park, that will be fascinating!
As the owner of a fetish for stockings, I would like to request additional scenes for all standard scenes. It doesn't take long to add stockings to existing scenes, so it seems to me that this would significantly encourage me to purchase the full version, even if it's as a deluxe edition or an add-on.
These past few days, I've been looking for ways to get into the game's code to create a translation into my native language. It's much more fun when I don't have to translate words I don't know from English. I'd like easier code to access the game's text lines so I could create a translation mod. Or, if they make a PDF with all the lines available, I could translate them all and send the translation. This way, we'd have more languages for this incredible game.
I also work as a graphic designer, so I have a knack for recreating text into images. I could translate the game's images, like the signs in Kate and Joey's stores, among other images, all to increase the game's immersion for us Brazilian audiences.
I love how fleshed out this games branches are becoming, but I feel there's a fair bit of emptiness in family dynamics regarding Anna if the MC chooses to not share her with the family. We know Adrian subscribes to Anna's page, so even if not sharing her with him, I think it would be a great addition to allow him to watch the action live, and not just from his computer? He could peep on them in the shower, kitchen, anywhere really.
Similarly, for Josef, once the cat's out of the bag and it's clear that Anna and the MC are the new couple running the house, shouldn't the MC and Anna be a lot more unabashed around him? Let them touch each other during movie night while he's around, and there shouldn't be any reason to lie to him in the mornings when Anna and the MC are making a lot of noise in his bedroom. On that note, it's also glaring that even if you don't kick him out of the house, Josef should move out of the master bedroom and onto the couch or his office (so the MC can still have a private bedroom for scenes with other characters).
There's also an opportunity for Josef and Adrian to just watch the MC and Anna go at it on some family outings (e.g., when camping, at the church).
None of this is to explicitly turn Josef or Adrian into 'cucks', they don't need to be aroused by the MC and Anna having sex, and they still have the opportunity to share other women with the MC or pursuits of their own. It would be nice, however, to keep Anna fully monogamous to the MC (I especially dislike that her and Josef still have sex without the MC on the non-sharing route, and the MC a bit more of a dominant figure in the house on the solo path.
i'm on sharing route and i think it would be great to bring Anna to Mario and make a quest to make Anna a perfect slut to anyone. also dev could (maybe) make a small cheating route for Anna when MC give her money for bus or when she goes by the taxi. Also could be great if Anna could cheat on MC with her ex bf from college time
Hello Arvus Team,
I’ve played all of your games and I must say this one stands out as your best in terms of narrative and character development. Please don’t abandon this project it has incredible potential and really deserves continued development and attention.
I have a small suggestion for one of the early scenes with Anna: the one where the main character takes out his dick for the first photo with her. Would it be possible to add a small detail where there's an option to "accidentally" touch her lips with it? I think it would add an extra layer of tension of the scene.
Thank you for your work and looking forward to future updates!
This game is pretty cool. the visual style, the story, the sandbox. it's all cool. now we just need to fill it all in.
1. I wish you could take Anna with you to any location in the car. More interactions in the car itself.
2. I would like some kind of management mechanics. i.e. to choose part-time jobs for the girls in the city. different types of work with the possibility to go to their place of work and interact with them there or observe how they interact with other characters.
3. It's probably difficult to implement, but I would like to have the ability to interact during sex scenes by choosing poses.
4. maybe even the presence of pixel scenes and switching between them. like if the CG camera that shows us a high-quality picture and a first-person view could be switched to a pixel camera that would show a top view of the location itself, the room where the characters are and their models interact with each other. i think this would enhance the moment of the presence of the artist and the feeling in the scenes of sharing or ntr.
I think this game here is the best p-game I discovered so far!
I won't suggest any more scenes because this would be too much to read and you could possible make for every woman a standalone game. ;)
Because of several playthroughs, I only wish there could be some quality of life changes I want to name:
Reposting my request so it does not get lost;
Are there any plans to flesh out the beginning of the game during the month the MC start his job to the point Anna asks the MC about the group fund collection and starting her Starmaker Profile
It would be nice to see (even if it just a montage, like the opening of the game) events which lead to this point;
• MC catches Anna looking at Starmaker on her phone or computer
• Anna catches the MC getting changed or out of the shower
• Anna tries taking some selfies on her own
• Other examples of teases to add to continuity in the story
This part of the story is a bit of a void at the moment. I always get funds to do the holiday event when Anna gets handsy after sunbathing cause it helps develop the story before 3 Stars. Though even with this there still is continuity issues on Anna knowing what to expect from the MC
Some more breadcrumbs to how she comes to that decision would be appreciated. The whole after sunbathing scene dialog does feels like the story has missed points along the way when you get to this scene (before it gets to 3 stars.) This could be quickly remedied with a couple of lines and additional images on the beach where she is looking at the MC's swim shorts for example. Like I mention just little reworks to help with continuity and story telling would be greatly appreciated, not expecting anything major before the game is complete.
Generally agreed that some more story build up for Anna's corruption would be great! Anna trying on her own (perhaps anonymously, without her face in the photos) and failing at Starmaker would make a lot of sense in the story. Also, maybe something like Josef making fun of her/looking at her negatively for taking those sorts of pictures of herself? It would support why she doesn't want to go to Josef for this.
Lots of great suggestions already here that I won't go and rehash, but one that I feel is really missing would be a HUGE quality-of-life change:
Can we, perhaps, either make it default or an upgrade to where you can take 2-3 photos of Anna in each outfit in one go? I don't even care if I get the rewards for individual pics. I've well since finished the game in terms of the financial challenge, but it just takes SO. LONG. to wait for each morning, select the option, select the outfit, and pick the option that you haven't already. I want to see as much of the delightful art in the game as possible, but the amount of effort it takes just isn't worth the time investment.
Also, I know that a gallery for non-repeatable content is already planned, but can we please just get a gallery in general, of all the photos you've taken, all the scenes you've witnessed? Anna's Starmaker profile is close, but a small, infinite scroll makes for a pretty awkward viewing experience, and obviously doesn't contain any of the other characters' images. Having all unlocked images and scenes available would be a divine improvement, I think most others would agree.
Thanks for all your hard work! Can't wait for the final release.
I think you can get great content with Anna in the plaza. After the option to touch, the level will gradually increase, eventually reaching voyeurism, prostitution, and optional unpaid gangbang abuse. I think for those who love NTR and corruption, it's a great experience. More optional sharing scenes add great interest. Anna's sharing could also be reflected in her travels. Erotic shows on a bar or pole inside the brothel could also be added as a form of income with a mini-game like serving drinks.
The truth is that it's a very well-made game with a short but captivating plot that surprises you more and more. The day it comes out, it will be a game I won't be ashamed to buy and check out in the Steam library, as it's a great game that can be very addictive. Greetings from the Hispanic community
Asked some thing between these lines once in the discord server, while not out of picture, i was told it doesn't "fit the vibe" of the game, so it's probably a hard no for some of those like prostitution and abuse, while NTR and corruption are already in the game, you literally steal Anna from your Dude.
Hey Arvus, I'm more of a Romance player than a Slut route player, so the below suggestions/ideas come from that perspective. :)
1) Have Josef leave on his own volition as an option, perhaps through the hinted "Divorce to protect Anna" idea he mentioned (Maybe have a set time in which the debt must be paid to trigger this event, 2 years or something fairly long-ish) or maybe an ulterior motive to leave. I don't per say hate the guy, but don't want to go the Isabelle route or chase the guy away or want to share Anna with him long term since chasing him away doesn't feel like its completely justified in terms of responses available to the Player, despite him having dealings with shady characters and allegedly having mistreated Anna in their marriage to the point where she fell apart in the kitchen because of it. (I'm more of a romance player than the Slut route one, loyal to a fault more often than not.)
2) Have a much more clear explanation for Josef leaving when talking to Adrian, explain to him what Josef has done to Anna and his dealings in the past, Mario, Isabelle events in his office, perhaps even the Hitman event etc, maybe mentioning the Isabelle encounter with her claiming that MC, Anna and Adrian are to blame for dragging down Josef, and she making a pass on MC. I feel like options given don't fully justify the disdain towards Josef when he is told to leave, making Adrian an enemy, he hasn't exactly been treated well either, and I'm not one for sharing Anna or any other character just to have him on my side. (Loyalty strikes again...sigh)
3) Be able to play through to the end without engaging with Celeste, my current playthrough I haven't done her quest, but with the use of strategic skills and focus on fans from almost the beginning, I have ended up having a much larger income pool, more than triple the amount of subs, and +10 times more fans than her even though she steals followers every Wednesday, in turn, I feel like this can be a viable way to de-throne Celeste without getting mixed up with her. (Again, I'm loyal to Anna to a fault, but also, getting some bad vibes from that one, don't like her one bit. lmao)
4) In my current playthrough I did not take Mario up on his offer, while hard at first, I did manage to get the coin for the time being to pay that shady Frank guy until Tristan (bless your soul fr) rocked up, though I am more concerned about what happened to the Frank since he is gone now, temporary or permanent. I'm not keen on using force to get rid of ol Frank. Perhaps have a way to resolve the Hitman issue without resorting to murder or being a village bicycle if he didn't leave permanently after Tristan came around?
5) Option maybe to disable the futa thing for players like myself who aren't all to keen on that, I realize it is optional, and at first, I thought I HAD to share Phoenix with Anna in order to get the Harem ending, the quest log never updating to show I did in fact complete the requirements in the gym may have helped with that expectation, but it would be slightly less awkward to deal with them in the gym, also perhaps extend the activities in the gym beyond just 5 times exercise each training level?
6) Expansion on the main bedroom when Josef is gone. Cuddling is cool, though that being the only thing to do there, feels like the room is under utilized, same goes for the wardrobe and the office, maybe the office can become something of a headquarters for the Starmaker page when Josef is gone or something.
7) Any plans for mod support? I understand that adding mod support is a giant undertaking, just asking out of curiosity since I have made a personal mod that replaces some of the backgrounds in the apartment with my own backgrounds, though probably not the best way to mod the game, but it sort of worked. :P
8) Have a clear quest log for Ken's questline, in my playthrough I had to look at the guide on what to do for his quest after taking the photo in front of the Entrance with Anna, since there was no quest log in the journal about it, not sure if this is a bug though.
140 hours in, I'm not one for visual novels (my first game has been Starmaker Story), but you've done something really good, keep up the great work!