Shuffle Me v0.4.5 - Sound Effects - Small Update

Hey, it's Sifa :D

So, finally the SOUND. It's not perfect yet, but seems to be a good start xD That's why I can't call it a big update yet. Also, sorry for the poor English in this post, my editor is on the vacation :D

(download links are at the bottom)

Audio effects

It's been a while since we added the support of sound effects, voices and music, including voice pitch and some randomization scripts so it sounds a bit better. But there were always a more important task than sound for me... Thanks to the Devoidex' vacation I was finally able to focus on the sound design :D

Well, it wasn't simple. Sure, we found FreeNSFW Sound Pack. A lot of time was wasted just trying to figure out what .type of audio files to use. .wav VS .ogg. Because at first wav didn't work in spine, but then we realized we need a bit different settings for wav. So I re-rendered the whole pack several times. And in the end we use wav for short stuff, and ogg for long stuff.

Then I started editing for real. Most of the tracks were not ready to be used. Need to cut off the right parts, then make several more variations of the short tracks (for randomization). Then need to actually put that to the animation so it sounds good with the animations. All of that with quite a limited amount of effects.

Solo animations were quite simple to deal with though. Can't say the same about the synchronized animations. At the end, I stopped working on the those, because I will need to redo them. The reason is the behaviour of our avatars. You see, when the synced animation starts, player or NPC becomes part of their opponent. So the sound comes only from one source. So I had to add the opponent's sound to all the animations. What is obviously not cool, and it's basically a bug.

For example, to make the robot's SFX, I actually need to add all the effects to the player avatar rather than to the robot itself. That means - I can't reuse this particular animation anywhere else. So it's not very good in long term.

Another problem with the sound was adding everything into Settings, so player has control over that. Also I forgot to add the voice actors and SFX creators into the credits at first xD So did that basically the last minute. I hope I did it right, after all, it's under copyright.

Plans and What's Next

Sound

I think I need to wait till our programmer Devoidex is back, so we can improve sound for synchronized scenes. We will do that the next week, though I'm not sure all the sound will be added by next Friday, so maybe you need to wait a bit longer.

Background music

I've added the main menu soundtrack. The game itself needs some music and ambience too. Going to deal with that next.

Clothes in Events

I played the game more this time. And it seems quite good. Now I need few more modules to check player's conditions during the events. So I can use that to build complex events. For example, if you wear a skirt but your "all-time" fem XP is low - you might get a special event. Sounds cool. And the next step will be to expand this system into unique items. Goth, military, cute, etc. All of that will trigger special events to make your life harder or easier. Then can expand it further to cosmetics and body proportions.

More Lewd Themes

Going to add more lewd themes. Instead of having a single theme with all the lewd stuff, I want way more cards to be lewd. This one is simple to make. With that, I will also add more Masculine cards. Thanks god someone pointed me in that direction xD

Clown Girl NPC

I know, I know. Yeah, going to deal with her finally. So wait for unique animations, unique events, and also with even more sound :D

Voice Feminization

I disabled this for now because it's unstable. Waiting for devoidex to deal with that.

Shuffle Me v0.4.5 Changelog:

• Audio system that supports voices, effects, music, randomization and voice feminization (not everything implemented yet)

• Sound effects for a good chunk of animations, about 1/3. Including voices.

• Main menu soundtrack

• Improved The Last Fight event. It won't end the game if you lose, the consequences of loosing are harsh though

• New item: Pleated skirt (with simple recolors)

• QoL: temporary added choice prices on buttons (doesn't look great though)

• Adjusted the CREEEEDITS (there is a reason why I hate it...)

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