Nyan Adventures! New 10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION is here~!!!

[theonlymatt]

Oh fuck yeah, gonna dive in this evening.

[Voremugen]

Sadly for me, this game is way to loud. Are there options and options to lower the volumes?

[The_Prof]

Sadly for me, this game is way to loud. Are there options and options to lower the volumes?

I mean worst case scenario you can just open the sound mixer on your computer and lower the volume for just RPGmaker

[TheEvilWithin]

I see you removed any trace of young prey. Did people bother you that much over it?

[Halcyon]

Yooo!!! thats awesome and yeah happy anniversary!

Thank you very much~!

Looks great, eager to jump into a replay and find out what changed. Minor spelling report - after Nee eats Umi, there's a line that mentions "saw raw elven meat" instead of "some", presumably. Otherwise, thanks for creating one of the greatest games on the site, and even more for bringing it back 10 years later!

God darn it, 600+ typo fixes and I somehow still missed this one thanks for pointing it out! If I have to release a bugfix update I'll include a fix for this in it.

Happy tenth anniversary!

Thank you!!

Oh fuck yeah, gonna dive in this evening.

Let me know what you think

Sadly for me, this game is way to loud. Are there options and options to lower the volumes?

I mean worst case scenario you can just open the sound mixer on your computer and lower the volume for just RPGmaker

Yes like The_Prof said, unfortunately the program is very loud by default on Windows. You have to go into the volume mixer and lower it relative to the rest of the computer and it should be better that way.

[Dotsu]

I login Ffsr a hard day to find this IM IN THE BEST TIMELINE

[Zond]

It's been 10 years...

[OsmiumOrchid]

What a great surprise to see this get an update! I'm fairly certain Nyan Adventures was the first vore game I ever played, and it definitely still sticks out quality wise. A lot of these types of games tend to be enjoyable enough but quickly forgotten once you run out of content, yet even after not touching or particularly thinking about Nyan for years now I honestly still mostly remember the plot and can pretty clearly picture certain scenes. It's not often a fetish game has that kind of staying power!

I'm excited to have the excuse to revisit the game after all this time!

[ripleysonic]

Where in the world is the snow-covered farmhouse, because that's my last scene

[Egads]

I refuse to believe it's been 10 years since this banger came out. What even is the concept of time?

Thanks for making a classic vore game!

[Dunn2183]

Damn, now I feel old being reminded how long ago this came out. It'll be fun to replay through it all over again though!

[Scoutboy25]

Well I guess this is as good a time as ever to actually play this game for once

[ThisUserIsFake]

Hello everyone! It is with pride that I am announcing the release of the Nyan Adventures! 10th Anniversary Edition right here on the portal! This update has been more than a year in the making and includes several new scenes among many other small fixes and optimizations. It is my sincere belief that this new version can be considered the definitive edition of Nyan Adventures and I hope that everyone will check it out!

You can find a link to the new version, as well as a complete list of changes, on the first post. Thank you all so much to everyone for your years of support! Here's to another ten years of Nee and Lily~

[Halcyon]

I login Ffsr a hard day to find this IM IN THE BEST TIMELINE

Hehe glad I could bring you some joy, friend

It's been 10 years...

Yup, 10 years since the first release, and 7 years since 1.0 x_x

What a great surprise to see this get an update! I'm fairly certain Nyan Adventures was the first vore game I ever played, and it definitely still sticks out quality wise. A lot of these types of games tend to be enjoyable enough but quickly forgotten once you run out of content, yet even after not touching or particularly thinking about Nyan for years now I honestly still mostly remember the plot and can pretty clearly picture certain scenes. It's not often a fetish game has that kind of staying power!

I'm excited to have the excuse to revisit the game after all this time!

Hehe thanks so much for the kind words! I hope you find that the new version is even more improved in quality

Where in the world is the snow-covered farmhouse, because that's my last scene

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Check the farm in Namara and the house near it

I refuse to believe it's been 10 years since this banger came out. What even is the concept of time?

Thanks for making a classic vore game!

And thanks for playing it!

Damn, now I feel old being reminded how long ago this came out. It'll be fun to replay through it all over again though!

Ha ha I feel the same way... but I hope you enjoy the replay~!

Well I guess this is as good a time as ever to actually play this game for once

Feel free to let me know what you think~

[ripleysonic]

Where in the world is the snow-covered farmhouse, because that's my last scene

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Check the farm in Namara and the house near it

There's a bunch of produce and two people in the house, no one else. And I've interacted with every single block that I possibly can interact with. There's no one here.

[Olivine]

Nyuu~ How the time flies...

Congratulations on the 10th Anniversary of a legendary game, Halcyon!

This game was my first introduction to the community games side of this site way back (way before I even made an account). I love it dearly now as I did way back then.

It's with some awkwardness amid the congraulations, that I will provide a bit of early feedback/critique—as well as some heads-up/transparency for fellow fans—as to the nature of a few of the revisions made in the anniversary update.
To note: It is both a content update and a content patch with changes to existing scenes. The perceived quality of any change is always subjective. Some will wish to preserve the old.


0. PREFACE
First and foremost, please consider this as constructive feedback provided in good faith.

If the words that I write come to seem a little harsh, or personal, or vibe killing, know that it comes from a place of caring, not malice.
I care about your works because I like them. Especially this one. Enough to come out of years of lurking to post, anyway.

I hope that you will take my feedback into consideration with an open mind.
I'll attach some fan-art at the end for your trouble. Promise.


TL;DR
A number of content revisions in the anniversary update attempt to sanitize scenes involving underage characters, by aging them up to make them "safe". YMMV
In addition, while there have been previous "content toggle" updates, that appears to not the case this time. It is compulsory, as there is also no longer a previous version to download.
If you are the sort to care about this type of thing, good luck, keep a backup.
See spoilers for elaboration.
TL;DR OVER


1. CHANGES
I'm opting to only focus on revisions that were part of an obvious pattern in the changelog. This is provided as-is, so please draw your own conclusions.

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Changes:
-> Forced change of vocabulary: "girl" -> "woman/human"; "little" -> "short", etc... Doesn't delineate cleanly. Sometimes illogically forced when the existing word choice was already ambiguous enough.
-> Addition of exposition to explain away unchanged elements of scenes: "My old toys from when I was a child are still here [...]"; "I didn't expect this grown woman to talk to her stuffed animal like it's a person [...]".
-> The overall structure of the scenes themselves is left largely unchanged, minus the intent put towards replacing infantilizing terms or references, with "clearly dictionary adult" counterparts. YMMV

Context:
Scenes involving underage characters (loli) have been featured a fair bit in this game. It is relatively dark insofar as fiction goes, and as a result these scenes leave a particularly strong love/hate impression, but are equally memorable. There has been a long standing "deal with it" attitude as to the decision to include this theme, despite the occasional complaints over the years. This would appear to no longer be the case.

2. OPINION

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I hold no strong like or dislike for the particular theme of pred/prey dynamic that is being written out this patch, however I do prefer the version of this game that includes it, because I like stories that don't pull punches and have a dark sense of comedy.

I'm not going to make assumptions about why you've decided to sanitize this particular content in this particular way, as I do not know if it is done out of shame, obligation, pressure, troll's remorse, growing too old like the rest of us— whatever... It is what it is; everyone changes; and it's your work. It's a good game with characters that I and many others love dearly, and have loved for a decade now.

I understand feeling cringe or remorse about old works—or angst about what is "acceptable" in fiction—especially these last few years. Hell, I've felt that way about a lot of my own work, so I question, but ultimately respect your choice to replace these aspects of your old works, as frustrating as it may be. It shouldn't come as a surprise: you've previously expressed wanting to revisit old works that aren't "[...] representative of my current style."

It's a bitter pill nonetheless.


That said— I'd be glad to build a content toggle patch if something like the work involved was the ultimate deciding factor. I know my way around the RPGM engines, and I practically know this project as if it were my own at this point.
I also understand if you're set on not entertaining that idea— in which case, so be it. No hard feelings, I'm not your publisher.

Just some food for thought. That's all.
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Once again, congratulations on 10 years of Nyan Adventures. I look forward to 10 more.
Thank you for making this game, and thank you for your time.

Fan-art, as promised:

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Trivia: Old foreshortening perspective practice.
Lily POV: Nee's has a successful bunnygirl hunt.

Trivia: Fragment of a rough concept sketch for a Vessel Tactics "Nyan mod"

Trivia: Old chibi battle sprites.

Season's greetings, nya. ᓚᘏᗢ
O.

[Halcyon]

Where in the world is the snow-covered farmhouse, because that's my last scene

Spoiler: show

Check the farm in Namara and the house near it

There's a bunch of produce and two people in the house, no one else. And I've interacted with every single block that I possibly can interact with. There's no one here.

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Oh I see what's wrong, there's a pred scene here but you have to play a subsequent prey scene from chapter 4 to unlock it because it's part of a sequence. Hope that's not too much trouble!

Nyuu~ How the time flies...

Congratulations on the 10th Anniversary of a legendary game, Halcyon!

This game was my first introduction to the community games side of this site way back (way before I even made an account). I love it dearly now as I did way back then.

It's with some awkwardness amid the congraulations, that I will provide a bit of early feedback/critique—as well as some heads-up/transparency for fellow fans—as to the nature of a few of the revisions made in the anniversary update.
To note: It is both a content update and a content patch with changes to existing scenes. The perceived quality of any change is always subjective. Some will wish to preserve the old.

Thanks so much for your words of congratulations! I'm sorry you objected to some of the changes in the new version, but I firmly believe that the game is much better for them. For perspective, most of the game was developed in three years, and I've had seven years since the release of 1.0 to carefully think about it and some of the content. My decision to remove the ambiguity of some of the scenes and reshape them into what I now believe is the best version of them in 2024 is not the result of any pressure or criticism. Indeed the biggest critique I ever got was the juxtaposition between Nee's apparent status as a hero and her willingness to commit murder, but that is all still in the game. I don't think the current version is weaker, more reserved, or "pulls punches" more than the 2018 version, my intentions are just more clearly communicated in the imagery, and I think the result is a more tasteful game. It's my honest belief that the game as it current exists is the best that it's ever been, and I hope that you and everyone will come to appreciate the fulfillment of my vision in this sense

Is this your artwork? It's very lovely!! Nee looks so cute :3 thanks for sharing!

[The_Prof]

well things look fantastic on my part. Though my favorite scene is still the library thief. Hard to top it

[Halcyon]

well things look fantastic on my part. Though my favorite scene is still the library thief. Hard to top it

Hehe thank you old friend :3 I remember fixing quite a few typos/errors in that scene for this release. Chapter 4 was in the sweet spot of where I just started to include a lot more text, but my writing also wasn't as good as it got later on in the game, so that had the most fixes out of any I think.

[Olivine]

Thanks so much for your words of congratulations! I'm sorry you objected to some of the changes in the new version, but I firmly believe that the game is much better for them.

Thank you for taking the time to read, respond, and provide some clarity in the matter. I think that will be a bit unfortunate to hear for a number of long time fans of this now altered content.

For perspective, most of the game was developed in three years, and I've had seven years since the release of 1.0 to carefully think about it and some of the content.

Yep, I remember. I think the first version I got was the chapter 3 release. Feels like simpler times.

My decision to remove the ambiguity of some of the scenes and reshape them into what I now believe is the best version of them in 2024 is not the result of any pressure or criticism.

It's reassuring to read that your decision isn't made out of pressure, just the passage of time and perhaps a change in tastes.

I don't think the scenes in question were that ambiguous before. However, they were (imo) pretty clear cut about the one sided nature of the pred/prey power dynamic, due to the type of characters involved (cruelty towards the most innocent and vulnerable). I'm also not sure that a number of the new revisions actually make things less ambiguous. To give an example, if you'll humour me:

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Excerpt, Princess Lily Raven scene:
Original: "Sitting across the table is an elegant young girl with curled blonde hair. [...]" (some ambiguity but the adjective 'young' provides context to assume the 'girl' is a child)
New: "Sitting across the table is an elegant woman with curled blonde hair. [...]" (more ambiguous, due to the removal of the adjective 'young', she could be 18 or 50; the absence of 'young' has its own implication here)
Alternative: "Sitting across the table is an elegant young woman with curled blonde hair. [...]" (less ambiguous because 'young' provides the context that she appears young, and 'woman' implies maturity, so 18-28)

Granted, it's a one sentence example from one scene, but I'm sure you see what I mean. I won't start dissecting every line of every scene, that'd just be cruel and unusual punishment for everyone involved.

I know, I'm nit-picking over the subjective merit of adjectives (or lack thereof) in a vore game on the internet. Forgive me, it's just to make a point.

Indeed the biggest critique I ever got was the juxtaposition between Nee's apparent status as a hero and her willingness to commit murder, but that is all still in the game.

Yep, that hasn't changed. It remains a big part of why I love her as a character.

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The revelation that Tock is responsible for keeping Trevani's horror hunger and nature from compromising her standing as a Hero with the people, and giving an in-universe explanation for the soft resets on "game over" was probably my favourite twist. So much so, that one of the mechanics I ended up implementing in my own copy was to expand on this as a foundation to the pred mechanic. It also let Nee eat just about any character (and combination of characters), only restoring the world when she goes to sleep at an inn.

I don't think the current version is weaker, more reserved, or "pulls punches" more than the 2018 version, my intentions are just more clearly communicated in the imagery, and I think the result is a more tasteful game.
It's my honest belief that the game as it current exists is the best that it's ever been, and I hope that you and everyone will come to appreciate the fulfillment of my vision in this sense

I will most likely eventually come to agree that the additions elsewhere outweigh any disappointments I may have about the other stuff. I don't doubt that these changes will be more appealing to a broader audience, but I'm also not sure how I feel about that yet, personally. The main point of my last post was to provide some transparency for others, because it is genuinely just one of those divisive issues that people either love or hate, and I do feel some degree of sympathy. No hard feelings, I hope. As mentioned, I care about your works because I like them a lot. That probably will not change for the longest time.

For me it's not really an issue— If I really want to change something, I can just do that; I've been fixing typos, tweaking sprites, adjusting mechanics, and adding new scenes to this project on my own copy for about 6 years now.
I don't share them mind you, that would be rude without your consent.

Is this your artwork? It's very lovely!! Nee looks so cute :3 thanks for sharing!

Yep! I've got a couple more but they're a bit unfinished and have been lingering in the backlog for a while now.
You're more than welcome to add the bunny-girl piece to the post-game gallery if you feel like it, though. I think it turned out nice.

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Cheers,
O.