Feb 28, 2023

Soulworker - GM Chii

Hello! This is an announcement from SoulWorker.
Here is the Update and Event News for March 2, 2023.
---------------------------------------------◆ UPDATE ◆---------------------------------------------

■ NEW SINGLE PLAYER ONLY MAZE – [ Advancing Helix ]

- Advancing Helix: It's a Maze that conducts training in virtual reality.
> This is Single Player Only Maze.

- Advancing Helix consists of Multiple Stages.
> ※ A player is allowed to clear 1 Stage per Day.
> Enable to try again and again until you clear the stage.
> No FP Consumption

- Clear a Stage → Get Reward → Allow to challenge the Next Stage
> ※ A player is allowed to clear 1 Stage per Day.

- Overflow Warning:
> Enter the Stage → After 1 minute → Monster's State will be changed to [OVERFLOW] → The Monster becomes MUCH STRONGER.

- Advancing Helix Level Requirement: Lv. 79 or Higher

- If you Die while playing → STAGE FAILED immediately (No Revive Allowed)
> However, there are two cases in which Revive is allowed.
1. Probabilistic Revival by Accessory Set
2. Soul Mate's Skill (e.g. Catherine - 'Guardian Angel' skill)

- Advancing Helix Quest 'Helix in the Works'
> This Quest will be appeared after 'Parallel Keeper' Quest Clear.
> Which NPC: Heitz in Arcadia Realm
> Character Level Requirement: Lv. 79 or Higher

▶ Advancing Helix Reward Lists

- Reward can be received
> per Character: Only Once
> per Account: Only Once

- Sprout / Familiar Reward: It will be provided with MAX OPTIONS.

▶ NEW ITEM - Foil Card Cover

- Foil Card Cover:
> Advancing Helix Stage 20 Clear Reward
> This Item can be used in Hidden Fusion

[e.g.]
< NORMAL Akashic Record [★5] +2 > + < FOIL CARD COVER > = < HIDDEN Akashic Record [★5] +2 >

- Not Possible to Use in Mystic Grade Akashic Record

▶ NEW WEAPON COSTUME – [Overflowing] Soul Weapon Hologram

- 'Overflowing Soul Weapons' (Weapon Costume) will be added.
> For: All Characters

- This Weapon Costume can be obtained after Stage 19 Clear (Advancing Helix).

■ SPECIAL EVENT – [ Akashic Record Dismantle Event ]
1) Event Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update
2) Event Recap
- Can Dismantle Akashic Record Cards at the Shop during the Event Period.
> Where to Dismantle: NPC ‘Zyte’ and ‘Yomi’ - SHOP
> Dismantle ★4 Akashic Record → Can obtain '[EV] Akasha's Mercy'
> Dismantle ★5 Akashic Record → Can obtain '[EV] Akasha's Blessing'
> (*Important) Not Possible to Dismantle: ★4 / ★5 Shiny Gruton

- [EV] Akasha's Mercy / [EV] Akasha's Blessing: Enable to craft various items
> Gruton Coin Shop – [Event II] tab

※ MUST READ ※
When the event is ended:
> [EV] Akasha's Mercy / [EV] Akasha's Blessing: Change to 'Unable to use'
> ★4 / ★5 Akashic Record Cards: Not possible to Dismantle

■ HERO MODE – Rocco Town [HERO] Mode

- Rocco Town [HERO] Mode is back. (Ruin Fortress [HERO] Mode will be Closed.)
- Hero Mode Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update

- Hero Mode Maze: Control Zone 43 / R Square / Tower of Greed / Best Showtime

■ NEW SOUL MATES – [ Neb / Arin ]

- New Soul Mates will be updated!!
> Neb [Rank S]
> Arin [Rank A]

▶ [LEVEL 30 / ★1 – Neb / Arin]

■ Transmission SPECIAL [RATE UP] CHANCE (For NEW SOUL MATE)

- Special [RATE UP] Transmission Chance will be updated.
> Cash Shop → Transmission → Rate Up
> For: Neb (Rank S) / Arin (Rank A)
> Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update

- This Special [Rate Up] Transmission Chance will increase the probability to get Neb and Arin.
> In the event that [Rank S] Soul Mate is obtained through this Special Transmission → 50-50 Chance to Get [Neb]
> In the event that [Rank A] Soul Mate is obtained through this Special Transmission → 50-50 Chance to Get [Arin]

- Special [Rate Up] Transmission → Do not provide Transmission x1 FREE chance.

■ CHANGE & FIX

▶ CHANGE
- [EV] [Costume PKG] Nostalgic Kiddy Uniform (Gruton Coin Shop)
> Sale Period has been Extended.
> It will be announced when a different costume is decided to sell via Gruton Coin Shop.

▶ FIX
- NPC Eo's [Brooch Transmitter Select Option] issue has been fixed. (Issue: Brooches → Not Possible to Fuse / Extract)
- Possession issue of Some Costumes has been fixed.
- Snowflake Fancy Gesture issue has been fixed.

---------------------------------------------◆ EVENT ◆---------------------------------------------

■ NEW EVENT BEGINS – Test Your Luck Event (Rock Paper Scisscors)

1) Event Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update
2) Event Recap
- [EV] Golden Ticket: Can obtain through 'Stay Connected Rewards'.
- Use [EV] Golden Ticket x1 → Can play [Rock Paper Scissors] Game ONCE

- [Rock Paper Scissors] Game:
> Click on the 'Event' icon (MENU) to enter.
> [EV] Golden Ticket x1 Consumed → Choose [Rock] or [Paper] or [Scissors]
> Get Rewards based on the results of [Rock Paper Scissors] Game!

- [EV] Honey Sweet Potato: It can be obtained through [Rock Paper Scissors] Game / Can be exchanged to useful items at Gruton Coin Shop.
> [Rock Paper Scissors] Game WON: Obtain as many [EV] Honey Sweet Potato as the Number that stopped.
> [Rock Paper Scissors] Game LOST: Get [EV] Honey Sweet Potato x1
> [Rock Paper Scissors] Game TIED: Choose [Rock] or [Paper] or [Scissors] again (No [EV] Golden Ticket x1 Consumed)

- [PLEASE NOTE] [EV] Golden Ticket / [EV] Honey Sweet Potato / [Limited] Items:
> Must be used before March 23rd Update. Otherwise, it will be automatically deleted.

< STAY CONNECTED REWARD LISTS >

< EVENT CRAFTING LISTS >

---------------------------------------------◆ SHOP ◆---------------------------------------------

▶ NEW RELEASE

1. Various New Special PKGs and Products

1) [Spring 2023] New User PKG
- Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update
- Merchants' Union VIP Membership Card x10 / Union Bank VIP Card x5 / Parable's A.R Transmitter [★5] x1 / Unified TERA Brooch Cube (Possession) x3 / Parable's A.R Transmitter x30 / Adv. Warp Orb PKG II [Season 2] x1
- Soul Cash Price: 1000
- Purchase Limit: Once per Account

2) [PROMOTION] TERA Brooch Support PKG
- Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update
- Unified TERA Brooch Cube (Possession) x10 / Lucky Day D [1H] x5 / Bonus Card Key x30 / 50,000 Ether Box x20 / Brooch Extractor x5
- Soul Cash Price: 3800
- Purchase Limit: Three Times per Account

3) [Neb & Arin] Soul Mate Pick Up Box
- Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update

- [Neb & Arin] Soul Mate Pick Up Box [14D]
★ This is a COUNT BOX.
▶ Enable to obtain: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin]
> ※ Soul Mate [Neb / Arin]: Drop Rate is up to < 5 Times Higher > than that of other Transmitters.
▶ Count Box Reset Time: EVERY 1 AM [GMT]

> DAY 1: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 2: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 3: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 4: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 5: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 5
> DAY 6: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 7: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 8: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 9: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 2
> DAY 10: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 5
> DAY 11: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 5
> DAY 12: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 5
> DAY 13: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 5
> DAY 14: Soul Mate Transmitter [Neb] [Arin] x 10

- Soul Cash Price: 930
- Purchase Limit: Once per Account

2. Speech Bubble
1) [Snowflake Fancy] Speech Bubble
- Period: March 2nd Update ~ March 23rd Update

- Speech Bubble Lists:
> [Snowflake Fancy: Haru] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Erwin] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Lily] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Jin] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Stella] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Iris] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Chii] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Ephnel] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Nabi] Speech Bubble
> [Snowflake Fancy: Dhana] Speech Bubble

- Soul Cash Price: 570 (The Price of Each Speech Bubble)

▶ THE END OF SALES
(1) Costume Function Support PKG
- Sale Ends: March 2nd Update

(2) TERA Brooch PKG
- Sale Ends: March 2nd Update

(3) Unified Brooch PKG
- Sale Ends: March 2nd Update

(4) [Costume PKG] Nihill Kingdom Knights
- Sale Ends: March 1st, 01:00 GMT

※ It will be posted if the update in detail is altered due to unprecedented internal issues.
Thank you.

Feb 28, 2023

Karryn's Prison 1st DLC and v1.2 Update Announcement!!

Karryn's Prison - Rem

Hello Wardens, please head to the nearest Guard Station to grab today's latest news! ːkarrynGlassesː

First up, the store page for our first DLC is now up! ːgoblinInmateː

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2276690/Karryns_Prison__Stray_Pubes/

Yes, this isn't the Gym DLC I mentioned last year, however since that is currently still being internally reviewed for possible gameplay changes, we decided to work on something else in meantime, and that something else was the Stray Pubes DLC! Please take a look at the store page above for more details for what exactly it will contain!! ːkarrynGlassesː

The plan is to release the Stray Pubes DLC on March 15th 2023, and the price in American dollars will be $1 USD. That's right, you can't even buy a six piece chicken nugget for that price. It's a cosmetic DLC containing exactly what the store page says it will contain, so if any of it interests you, please add the DLC to your wishlist!

Now for a second announcement, Karryn's Prison has now been updated to v1.2 with the following changes!!

Implemented Lovense Integration!
Added new CG variants for Karryn's Vaginal Sex skill.
Implemented more optimizations for lower ended PCs. Credits to madtisa#8743 for the code and ideas.
Fixed various CGs.
Fixed various minor bugs.

For people with low/underspecced PCs, I hope the optimizations that we worked on for v1.2 will help you out!!

Now, some people might have just read the above changelog and wondered themselves, what the heck is a Lovense Integration? Essentially, Lovense is a company that makes sex toys and we just partnered up with Lovense to provide the ability for people to connect their Lovense toys to Karryn's Prison and sync up the toys with the action that is happening ingame!

This was one of the major thing I've been working on in the past few months, which was not only to add Lovense Integration, but to do it in a way no one has ever done before for an eroge.

Please check out the Karryn's Prison page on the Lovense website for a moment and watch the video!

https://www.lovense.com/game/karryns-prison

Essentially, not only will your Lovense toy react when something happens to Karryn, with the RAID system that I designed, you can customize your toys specifically to only react to certain sex acts if you wish. In addition, unlike all Lovense Integrations for eroge up until now, Karryn's Prison features completely uniquely designed toy patterns specific to not only each sexual act that Karryn is experiencing, but it's also based on Karryn's sexual experience! So the way a Lovense toy reacts when Karryn is getting her nipples pulled is different from when Karryn is getting pounded in the butt, and it also reacts differently when Karryn is a huge slut! ːkarrynFanː

Don't just take my word for it, here are some of the feedback from our beta testers!

If you're interested and in the position to own a sex toy, Lovense is currently running a 60% sale for Karryn's Prison players here:

https://www.lovense.com/p/KarrynsPrison

You can find the Lovense settings in the ingame Settings menu. And if this is your first sex toy, please remember to practice safety and good hygiene!!!

Now I know most people don't have the means to get a Lovense toy, whether it is financially or you're in a living arrangement where you can't own a sex toy. But I still wanted to design and implemented the Lovense Integration because I felt that the way other eroges have done their Lovense Integration to be very lacking and not using the full potential of connecting sex toys to an eroge. Doing something that no one else has ever done AND advancing the field of eroge to new heights is something I would gladly take the opportunity to do even if only ten people could currently afford to try it out. It was fun to wreck my brain on how to come up and design the RAID system, and hearing the feedback from the beta testers made it all worthwhile.

Anyway, to celebrate the release of v1.2, the Stray Pubes DLC announcement and release date, and our partnership with Lovense, Karryn's Prison will be 15% off with the next six days! ːlovewaveː

As always, stay up to date by following us on our Discord and Twitter accounts!ːkarrynComfyː
Discord: https://discord.gg/5qyyGP258x
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Remtairy

v1.2a~g Changelog

Implemented an Enable/Disable Air Pump option for Lovense Max/Max2 toys.
Fixed a bug with the Intruded Anus Passive.
Fixed a bug with a titty fuck CG with a certain Level 4 inmate where the cocks were still dry after cumming.
Fixed a CG bug with the Stripper VIP.
Fixed a minor bug with the Waitress Side Job.
Fixed other various minor CG related bugs.

Feb 28, 2023

Devblog 2 - Sound Design

TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 - Nacon

The sound atmosphere plays an important part in a video game, even more so in a motorbike game. Sound allows you to experience a real immersion in a game and to soak up the atmosphere that the developer wanted to recreate.

Today we talk with Luca Piccina, Audio Director of RaceWard Studio (a division of Nacon Studio Milan), to understand how the sound atmosphere of TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 was implemented.

Can you explain how you recorded the sound of the bike?

We had the opportunity to visit the TT last year and capture both bikes and live ambiences there, so you will listen to all live footage captured there during the race days. We wanted to recreate the atmosphere of the race at its best.

Bike sounds were recorded directly on track, following the same procedure applied with RiMS Racing. We tied several mics on the bike and let the rider drive freely while we captured the sound with a portable recorder that was given to the rider in a backpack.

How do you integrate your recording in the game?

Recordings are integrated via middleware and plugins into the game engine. Proper tuning has to be performed in order to bind the samples we recorded to proper acceleration, deceleration, braking, different cameras.

Moreover, a consistent system managing ambient sounds such as soundscape and crowds, AI and mixing policies has to be created to avoid overlooking any element but always emphasizing the right thing at the right moment

How is it working with the different view in the game?

Personally I really like to emphasize the difference between the cameras and give the player a different "audio" perspective related to the different visual representation of the cameras.

Being a rider myself I like for example to characterize Helmet and Front Views with strong wind, like in real life. It's always possible anyway to customize wind and the other sound elements using the options menu according to personal preferences.

Can you talk about the importance of a good sound design in a racing game?

Sound - as it's often said - is "half of the experience" and greatly contributes to providing the player with excitement and immersion. In racing games in particular it can also help the player to improve driving by giving him some feedback like the position of the opponents, the sense of speed, the correctness of the trajectory, etc..

We know RiMS Racing was congratulated for his sound design. Did you use the same methods?

I think that if one likes RiMS Racing audio should also love TT Isle of Man: Ride On The Edge 3, we maintained the same audio pipeline and aimed for maximum realism by collecting all real footage.
We used the same spatialization systems, we kept the same philosophy in differentiating the game cameras and also paid a lot of attention to AI sound.

I hope you'll enjoy TT Isle of Man: Ride On The Edge 3 audio!