Updates Roundup - Projects & Page Stuff

Greetings! I'd like to thank you all for the very positive reception to the Konosuba audio. With that said, it's time to look forward and discuss projects and some slight changes I'll be making for the sake of better content.

Scripts (or Lack of Scripts)

First of all, I want to gauge your opinion about posting scripts. I've been writing the scripts for the reading pleasure of you all, including saucier descriptions and more vivid detail than necessary. However, such info is actually not useful to the VOs, and many of them skim or skip it entirely since it isn't very useful to their performance. In some cases it leads to confusion about a scene's tone and intensity, often resulting in retakes. Moving forward, I want to write scripts to bring out the best performances, which means scripts will be drier and less erotic to read for you all. I could very well skip the pleasantries and stop posting the scripts to begin with. Screenplay and voice direction is bone dry to read in most cases. But if anyone is still interested in reading them as a glimpse into production and to know what to expect when an audio releases, I can keep posting them.

• Zhu Yuan and Nicole

  • If you hadn't guessed, this is exactly what happened in Zhu Yuan and Nicole as I did the take select. Retakes for Zhu Yuan won't take very long to receive, but the biggest issue is the more explicit alt. While I wanted to include it alongside the initial upload, it seems that ShennyChwan is unavailable at the moment. I haven't heard from her in some time, which seems par for the course for her schedule. As such, I'll be releasing Zhu Yuan without the alt, unless Shenny can get back to me in the next few days. While I'm aiming for a release within the next five days, I will delay the audio if it means releasing in its most feature-complete state.

• Uzaki-chan

  • The commissioner has paid to make the piece a public release. It will be available for everyone, not just paid members, upon its completion. That said, I cannot guarantee a release this month as Pal is still getting situated. The whole "broken motherboard" saga is actually full of more twists and turns than I could've expected, but it's not my story to tell.

• Satsuki, Ryuko, and Mako

  • The audio edit is ready to begin, however, art for the audio will not be ready before the end of the month. I'd be curious if people would prefer a placeholder thumbnail to hear it earlier, or if you would like to wait until art is available, so please let me know. If so, I will make it the release priority since it's at the head of the line for commissions.

• Amanozako/Pixie & Yukari and Nyamo

  • With Uzaki being public and Satsuki, Ryuko, and Mako potentially off the table, these two commissions may become my focus for Shoyu-tier audios this month, so I reiterate please let me know what you prefer for Satsuki, Ryuko, & Mako

• Gallica Motion Comic

  • MelissaAlli is hard at work on the comic. She's currently storyboarding it and if you'd like to see its progress you can check out her Patreon, where she has just posted them for you to enjoy. There's also plenty of other enjoyable pieces to gawk at, so I highly recommend it.

• Samus Animatic

  • No real updates here, to be honest! It's progressing well. It's being decoupled from the visuals to stand as its own audio. I've had to retool a lot of the sound design. It's now a more immersive and rich-sounding piece, rather than utilizing nostalgic sounds from the SNES game.

• Hatsune Miku Motion Comic

  • I was speaking to the Hatsune Miku VA (@MIKO_DESH) about another prospective project. She asked if she could do the vocals in Japanese, and while I was resistant to the idea at first, I've come around on it. She's fluent, she sounds great, and in my opinion she's more comfortable acting in Japanese than English. Which made me think the Hatsune Miku audio might very well sound better in Japanese, too. Both @MacStarVA (Megurine Luka) and @KarnalDeViation (Miku's Manager) can speak Japanese. And her singing is in Japanese to begin with, so it stands to reason her speech should be as well. JD_Choco_Fac, a fluent Japanese speaker/writer, handled the translation, and we collaborated on some re-writes for improved pacing and character voices. To make good on my promise of it being listenable to Instant Ramen patrons, a still image version with subtitles will be available, while the full motion comic will be available for the Shoyu tier.

• Bravely Default Motion Comic

  • All roles have been cast. Agnes Oblige will be portrayed by @MamaStrassa and Edea Lee will be portrayed by @MacStarVA. The identity of the stories' antagonist will be a mystery until release, but fans of the game may be able to guess who is responsible for the whole mess, and they will be portrayed by @ShennyChwan. I'd encourage you to just play the game yourself if you're interested, as it has a fantastic story and ... in spite of a pretty major slump slump halfway in. The script has been outlined and not to toot my own horn but it's blazing hot stuff.

Website Improvements

CrimsonSFM has taken the liberty of retooling the site's visuals and optimizing it for load times, as well as making the verification process smoother once again. Please do take a look when you have a moment! New features include:

• Access tier display on thumbnails. You will know what tier you need to be to access a released audio before you buy in.

• VA pages individualized for better discoverability, and optimized for load times.

• Increased thumbnail size for your enjoyment.

• More UI elements for better feedback.

That's it for now! Thank you all for your patience as always.