VN - Unity - A Phone Affair [v0.5.0] [Allure Arts Studios]

0.5.0

It seems the move from HTML to Unity did not make any improvements. Saving doesn't work. The icons to click on when viewing an enlarged image require precise clicking, which is a pain. The chats, even at 100%, just move too slowly. At this point I'd probably prefer to have to click to progress the chats so I can move things along quicker. There also doesn't seem to be an option to remove sound.

As for non-technical, the dialogues just feel unnatural to me. The renders are nice and Bella is very beautiful. But that's about all that is good. The choices are point-based: cuck, cheating, and loyal. You'll eventually get locked out of choices, which is fine... but I'd rather have more choice in who she can hook up with. It seems inevitable, no matter what, that she's going to be intimate with Carter, which is a huge disappointment to me.

Safe to say, this game just isn't for me.

This is quite an interesting game, with beautiful renders and very intricate writing, offering multiple paths and a level of character development and complexity I haven't seen in the genre.
The female character is also gorgeous, with an adorable personality and real, believable reactions to the story events. It's obvious that the developer cares about the little details, and it's not a cash grab.
Games like these have become a meme as of late, with countless lazy, uninspired clones (especially using AI art). However, this one feels unique due to the level of agency that is granted to the MC.
The story may be a bit cliched, but you're given many paths to explore: loyalty, cheating, NTR/NTS, and even hard NTR, all with subtle and significant differences in dialogue and character interactions.
If there's one criticism I would give is the lack of scene variations when it comes to the renders. You've got a little bit of it here, but each path should feel more distinct, so scenes should play out differently.
Otherwise, it's a very good entry the "phone interface" genre, with lots of potential, and a developer that seems to have a healthy engagement with the community. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this one.

These types of phone-text games are actually one of my guilty pleasures. There's something about how "simple" they seem, yet they could be surprisingly engaging.

But, I haven't found any title that which truly aims to be a phone texts game.
It doesn’t necessarily need to have branching narratives with every option leading to a different outcome, but it should at least feel conversational.
Players should be given choices where the replies vary based on the character’s personality, gradually revealing more about them as the conversation unfolds.
But no, everything (this kind of game) offers are choices which protagonist's responses would be :
1. Yes
2. No
or
1. Route 1
2. Route 2
3. Route 3

It doesn't do even one thing that it's supposed to do - A conversational game, and if I may be a little brash, it really feels you made the game in this format to cut the amount of the CG needed, which is fair, but of course, cut the content, cut the rating.

While the writing is obviously not Shakespearian, I kind of warmed up to the first day and what's happening in it, I mean, whose girlfriend would not "pose" for their guys bestfriend while having her shirt wet because of some creep, right?
But the 2nd day is just What?
The dev is definitely rushed while making the 2nd day, the pace is off, and the scene is "there" because its "there".

And I give one example :
- Friend : "Dude, do you know who she bumps into??"
- Protagonist : "Whoaa I can't believe that!"
- Me : "Barrack Obama??"
- Barrack Obama : "You're hired."
You can't introduce a character like that, you can't said "He's famous, because I said so, deal with it."
You have to foreshadow it, making him appear on some TV's, letting the girl work first, foreshadow the character, make him appear on some random scene, for example the girl took a picture of him sneakily while fangirling on a text with the protagonist, things like that, it builds tension.


This rating/review isn’t meant to be discouraging; it’s intended to offer constructive feedback on how things could be improved. I genuinely enjoy this format and would love to see it flourish. Honestly, it’s one of my guilty pleasures while browsing here anonymously.

The main female is attractive, good pacing and quality renders. but the plot is so basic and it gets to a point where it gets boring and predictable. But i will come after 2-3 updates later and review again .

Played both cheating and cuck paths (update 0.0.3.0). The writing is really excellent. The rendered images sometimes feel a bit inconsistent but not too much. Overall an excellent game with much promise. Looking forward to next updates.

brevity is the soul of wit. Having tens of thousands of words that say a lot of nothing wastes my time. The pacing is way off, the text choices are usually too subtle to notice or care what the difference is. The art is ok, there isn't much of it. There are a lot of these ntr phone simulators and I don't care about future potential I care about what is in the game when I play the game.

I enjoy how much the different dialogue choices affect the flavor of the game, and I'm interested to see how much the routes will vary in the long run) Either way, I look forward to more updates

Hot pictures and a scenario that only stretches suspension of disbelief a bit - there are definitely people who have done a lot more for careers, willingly or otherwise.

Insane potential, deserves a lot more attention and support. The game caters to every single niche of ntr enjoyers. There are both Netorase and Netorare routes- and both of them have subroutes too which is really neat. I have this thing where I want my girl to become more sexually liberal but I don't want her banging my best friends. This game seems to understand that and has options for the girl to do naughty stuffs with strangers/new people rather than only using the male MC's best friend(s) to drive the corruption aspect forward. The renders are not many in number but their quality makes up for it. The model for Bella is insanely pretty and it's just a treat to gaze upon her innocent, cute face.

My only reason for giving 4 stars instead of 5 is that some of the dialogue feels way too lovey-dovey. Like, the male and female MCs don't always have to address each other with things like 'boo' or 'my angel', you know? This was a bit cringe to read through. Also, the spamming of emojis during texting also feels unnatural. Normal people, specially these days, definitely don't use that much emoji in texting. If the devs could reduce the amount of 'boo's, 'my angel's and emojis; I'd be more than happy to give it 5 stars.

Another gripe with the game is that the female MC should already have sent a few nudes to the male MC. Why are their texts always devoid of any freaky stuff?? Long distance relationships like this involve a lot more nudes, sexting and video calls. This should also be fixed.

But overall, really excited to see where this project heads. You can tell the devs care a lot for the game. Godspeed.

great teasing so far. excited to see where this game goes.



Already having different routes is very nice, honestly i'm already dying for more

Love the innocence of the characters, my favourite trope when it comes to ntr

I enjoyed this game game or at least this early stage that we have atm. this "phone" games need good writing, a decent set up and good art, this game has all of that most of the time. But its a start point for the dev to keep improving for sure. The ui, how smoth it plays, the hint system that is always nice if u want to be sure on which path u are, those are points in favor too. Out of the latest "phone" games is one of the most promising imo.

Drama simulator is what this is.

The game pacing is not good, the way the text messages send is very slow, and the talks also move very slowly in general. Its fine to build a slow and long story, but there isnt anything but just normal, everyday drama between four people for 45 minutes, and then the game ends in this version. Nothing really interesting happens, even a single time

The way you control the MC is also limited, you can sometimes choose 1-3 options, but they are all the same boring personality, and the choices feel very very similar to eachother. You dont get much choice and the choices feel like they dont change a single thing in the game. Also just the way the MC texts is stupid, always using too many emojis for everything

The game art feels well made, but the characters arent very attractive... Your girlfriend is pretty, but her body is weird, everything is bony and vascular. The antagonist also looks weird as hell, like you blended together Gigachad and a teen boy together... Doesn't really look human

Overall, its good that the creator wanted to go with something slower and with more meaning with the story, but still fails to make anything interesting ever happen, there is also nothing hot that ever happens. This is a porn game, right? Well like I said, it doesnt feel like one, it feels like a boring drama simulator with nothing sexual in it, and the pacing doesnt make it feel worth to wait. Its not very enjoyable

As for 0.0.1.1 it's quite good. Plot is a little sily, but I've seen much much worse (it's h game, I know - but it's good when plot is believable). Renders are goodish, but GF "style" is not my cup of tea. Pace is a little bit too quick but I understand dev wanted to test the ground before commiting more to this game. I like the overall idea and interface. Right now 3/5 stars from me, but it's promising so i will be back for next release and might edit this review

This is only a 0.1 review so my rating is based on the experience, not the amount of content. That said, content-wise this almost feels more like a long demo than a 0.1. There is 0 fap content so far, so if that's what you're after, check back later. If I hadn't gotten distracted, 2 playthroughs and writing this review would have taken less than an hour.

The interface is promising. All of the icons on the home screen actually do something, and you can go back to them any time you want. Popup notifications take you to the next relevant chat window (but that doesn't always match the notification. For example, you click out too soon and someone sends a "TTYL" message, you get that popup but it still takes you to the next window. You can also scroll back through the full convo (maybe unsustainable later, but it's more realistic than empty chats every time) and consecutive messages come in without clicking for every freaking line.

The interface sizing is weird. I tried multiple browsers and the width is locked, but the height is always full. Great when you can have more of the convo on screen, but weird when images go full screen and are distorted because there aren't defined proportions. All of the interface icons scale appropriately, but the images don't.

On the subject of images, would be great to be able to click and view them fullscreen within messages and not have to back out to the gallery every time. But they are high quality images. Not the best I've ever seen, but FAR from the worst.

Story-wise, it's a good setting that provides for a lot of flexibility in the future. You are a programmer, your gf and 2 best (male) friends are in another city pursuing careers in film. There's a lot shoved in, likely trying to setup the heart of the game, but it is a lot of Tell vs Show in terms of backstory and requires some suspension of disbelief to accept the premise - but it's a porn game, not a documentary.

Writing is decent, but it could use another pass with an editor's pen. Most of it isn't a bit deal, but there were 2 things that jumped out at me as potentially important within the theme/plot.


Overall, I'm excited to see where this game goes. It shows promise and the dev is definitely starting off with good intentions. Not a lot to experience yet, but I'll keep an eye on this one and revisit my review when things change.

Review for 0.0.1. Still quite early, but I really enjoyed the start to the game. There is a variety of choices and you can see the paths splitting already. I am probably going down the NTRS path, but I'll be sure to check how the other paths progress in the future too. I also enjoy the writing style of this author and am a fan of phone games like this in general. The actress profession for Bella (gf) is also a really nice way to set up future NTR/NTRS without creating some forceful situation like blackmailing in which the girlfriend cheats.
The other friend Chuck is also there to send updates on Bella and Roy which I think is also a good addition because you are getting the perspective from a 3rd person and it adds a bit of mystery to the NTR, and who doesn't love some mystery?
Overall, great game and i'm excited for future updates with Bella and Roy.