Industry Baby

4.5* - the English isnt polished yet, and writing for the first parts can be rough in language choice but it improves later on. Interesting setting, nice models, and story progresses at a reasonable pace. Content is on lighter end for a 2 year old game, but its still adequate Would suggest

One of the best AVn that handle the topic of its focus with sensitivity , mundanity and comic sensisbility. While still rewveling in porn logic. The sex is not just thrown at you there is a long buildup and pay off is worth it. Those who find IUst few hrs of play boring stale , please stick with it , it improves exponenitially in both art and writiong, which shows ikts flavours more potently, while giving you new sex scene with new character by the end of the arc. Ovrall I recommed thios game to anyone, It is still the early start and sometimes dialogues go overhead , like fopr me during the layer porn shoot , as I am not fa miliar with that criminal justioce system, But still sesx scenes were raunchy for the worth it. Highlight MC bro relation with ERi and gradual relation with beth and marian 4.3/5

[Review for v0.3] The visuals and audio are really nice, and the characters (minus the MC) each have their own personality rather than feeling like cardboard cutouts, but everything else about this game just feels weird and artificial. The game reads like one of those employee training videos, just for the porn industry. The dialogue is artificial and hones in on what to do if you feel uncomfortable, or the ideal ways to speak up if you feel the need to, or how one should interact with the talent. The romance is rushed and unnatural, and felt like it was there to entice me to continue reading this porn employee handbook. The MC is sidelined, basically becoming said ideal employee and solving his partner's hang-ups about the industry, despite the fact that he's debuting at the same time as her. Feels like I'm watching a PSA with a romantic subplot, not reading an erotic tale about love within the porn industry. In other words, I just found it boring. Still, the story isn't exactly bad and every other aspect is competent, so I still think everyone should check it out and see if it's their cup of tea, just wasn't mine.

Review on v0.3 TLDR: This is a very lovely and wholesome AVN with surprisingly high production value. It is highly underated and misunderstood partially due to the key theme and branding. I love Cosy Cafe and I think this game is on par. First of all, I love this AVN, Based on the description and the porn industry theme, I original expect this to be a cheesy HS fuckfess game about some dude joining adult industry and fuckevery hole (and I suspect many other might assume so). I was so wrong. This is actually a very lovely and cosy game, with many likeable LI, and dev seem to carefully control the quantity of sex scene and focus on crafting high quality scene. STORY/THEME: - Highly ORIGINAL plot. - Story is not focus on fucking around in porn industry but focus on character relationship, emotion and development. - Despite it is adult industry theme, the game manage to deliver wholesome, cosy and pure love feeling, and inteligently avoid the sharing and NTR theme that is expected in this theme while making a loyal harem possible. Charactor/LI: - Pretty and hot LI. - As HS2 render, there are many new face for me. not like many other HS game that we see many recycle face. - Character building is good, quite effective given little plot given. - Clothing - it is obvious many attention is placed on this. Cinematography/Render: - There are time I almost forgot this is HS2. - Camera angle, character body posture, environment background etc - can sense dev spend a lot of time on these, instead of just simple angle like many low effort HS game Sound/Music: - Very high quality and some sound effect/song choice is almost near to Eternum level (Cosy Cafe is weaker in this aspect) - Tempo/timing is good and sometime the timing alone is telling part of the story Lewd Content: - development seem to careful control the sex scene and create expectation build up before it happen. - Sex scene is not senseless fucking but emotional love making sense. - Court Room Sex Scene is very well written and sexy as hell. The use of formal court and legal term during the sex scene to do double meaning on sexual action is sexy as hell, it is formality blend with sexuality. (But I guess this is not for everyone, those less focus on writing and story and prefer raw direct sexual action might find these scene too word) This game need a better description and marketing focus. The current Game banner and description are not able to draw attention of the crowd that would appreciate this game and thus the low popularity.

The first episode (up until the porn shoot) was well written, interesting/novel and also funny at times (didn't make that much sense but that's fine). However when the event, that was build towards, happened, it was really underwhelming and just felt kinda weird and the game continued in that way. It just seems to take itself a little bit too serious while also having really unrealistic and dumb plot points. When the second porn shoot happened I started skipping text since it was really long with some very boring and detailed court case that doesn't seem relevant for anything and suddenly I lost interest overall. On the graphic side: Most LIs look extremely pretty. The renders are great, the animations are also quite well done, but weirdly the scenes still don't really feel like anything "special". I think the concept is really cool and this could be an amazing game if the writing would be adjusted somewhat and if scenes would be better.

Amazing renders. One of the best renders I've seen on this site. The camera angles are interesting and the movements are natural. But the writing is bad. Really bad. And it's bad because it tries to take itself too seriously. You definitely can find stories with much less effort or thought went into it on this site and reading them still feels less annoying than this story. Because the story tries to build a realistic characters and traits and then when you finally grasp a character , they do some random shit and you don't know what's what anymore. It could have been a lighthearted and sexy funny little story but it tries to do too much and fails. But then again, the renders are so good that you gotta at least try it.

best in class renders and camera angles coupled with good lighting.visually the game looks stunning.it needs some time to pan out story wise.hopefully we get a huge update in the coming times.been a fan of the devs previous work.highly recommend it

Industry Baby [v0.3] Girls / Renders: 2/5 There are so many games with beautiful HS2 models, but for some reason you won't see them here - "ok-ish" model is the top you can count on The poor color palette and problems with color saturation, do not help either Sex scenes / Animations: 3/5 Technically good (many frames, moving camera, many angles) Visually not bad either (different positions, different "configurations") Could be better, but still it's early in the game Tension building / Gameplay: 1/5 Plot is stupid af, but it is standard in this... industry. Worse, it's visual novel with meaningless choices. The game also fails to build any tension - you do nothing and things just happen

Enjoyed myself with this one. MC and Mariam's relationship develops quickly but feels natural, with some porn game logic bits here and there. Miriam's makeup looks great, don't listen to the fool below me. Will be back for future updates.

Review as of 0.2, spoilers beware This is just a personal opinion and it might seem like tough love but I would like to see this story evolve and grow. The story isn't bad but it has some issues that can easily be stamped out or addressed going forward. The game intrigued me enough to support it going forward to see how the Developer continues the story. Positives To start off positively I like the setting the author is going for. It is unique and uncommon, yet the author chose to take a more positive spin than the dark reality sex work can touch (so far). Miriam is honestly very lovely and I am curious to see how she evolves in the AV industry when it is clearly not for her. Although I wish the story would focus less on her feelings for the MC at the current point of the story and more her attitude to her situation and future. Also I love Eri, but I love the shit stirring friend archetype. Mariam also mentioned how she had issues with her body, how can we explore this more in the story or was that a one off line? Final main point I want to add is the last half of chapter 2 in isolation is an insanely good scene, and the actual lewd scene that followed was both very hot and hilarious as the characters kept up the roleplay all the way through. I might just be interpreting this wrong but I love how the lawyer scene had double meanings for Regina as a person in their defamation. Negatives - These are personel negatives, I do like the story but I want to air these out, so there are a bit more. Regina's escalated role in the story seems an oversight for CH1. She was just a minor college issue and even Mallory barely knew who she was, but come chapter 2 we learn Regina has always been a menace. I'm sorry but if Regina has been bullying the MC since Middle school and possibly earlier to the point where the MC almost gets suspended for hitting her, I refuse to believe Mallory wouldn't know who she was given how motherly she acts. And she would be labeled as more than a college rival by the MC given how persistent she is. The love confessions all came too soon. Mariam in isolation I can somewhat accept given she might actually be cursed and the MC is the one human who gave her kindness at arguably the lowest moment of her life. Heather in isolation I could accept given that they were basically a couple for many years before she left, and those feelings didn't leave. But put together we have two of the 4 LIs of the game meeting the main character and declaring love/interest within less than a week time frame, and episode wise its within 1 single episode. That is worryingly too soon and for both it sets up a bad precedent. The courtroom scene in isolation was the best part of episode two for me, but in context of the rest of the story it felt like we skipped half a chapter. We literally went from the MC finally having it hit him he will have porn uploaded of himself on the internet for all eternity and struggling, to a time skip where the MC is super hyped to have another porn scene and execute a machievellian plan we didnt see him work out. On replaying the game there are several small hints the MC is ready to climb the ladder and will do anything for it, but there was no indication he was willing and planning to get someone arrested to do so. There is also the issue of Mariam admitting her issues, which were hinted before honestly but she then disappears for the rest of the chapter when we have had her in every scene prior to this moment for the entire game. A take away If I had to summarize one area for all the story flaws in my eyes its the courtroom onward. It time skips and we no longer see a major LI who was in almost every scene, we see the MC do questionable actions to get ahead we had no idea he was willing to do or planning in conjunction with Kat to do, a LI immediately asked to rekindle a relationship with the MC despite bitching at him and only being back for less than a week, and yet despite all of that the courtroom scene in itself felt very well done and the lewd scene that followed might be one of the top threesomes I have seen in an AVN. Honestly if we had the remaining CH2 and the courtroom was a 2.5 or even a CH3 with more build up I would say it was a well done moment. But despite how good it as it felt like the story skipped some very crucial steps in between. I hope going forward the story doesn't make the same issues as CH2's second half did, and im willing to support the developer to see if he can do that.

This is so much better than I expected. Cover girl caught my interest and thought it would be a quick romp with a bunch of slutty bimbos in the porn industry and largely just worth leaning on the space bar to get to the scenes to check them out. Not my usual go to game. Couldn't be more wrong. Great story, great girls, and even the innocent virgin or hopefully more for LIs rather than porn stars who ride you slightly more than others. Good time, eager to see more, and some nice twists with a clever and confident lead rather than an insecure twit led around by his tonker.

Review for v0.2 I kinda had this stigma going in that given the game is about the down on his luck MC becoming a pornstar, it would have a sort of seedy and maybe bittersweet feel. That's actually pretty far from the truth. This game takes a porn theme and twists it into a, for lack of a better word, "safe" sort of romance harem game. I didn't expect that, and I think it works. I was actually enjoying the first half of the game despite some pretty clear flaws. But while you kind of had to suspend disbelief to enjoy the first chapter, I think the second half of this (what I'm assuming is the most recent update) drops the ball with the story. The game doesn't focus much on the details, but the plot itself is simple enough. Despite graduating top of his class, the MC can't find a job. His landlady, who actually IS a landlady, manages a porn studio and the MC decides that's the route he wants to go. This is no ordinary studio though. It prides itself on essentially not being sketchy and making sure everyone is comfortable at all times. Models choose who they work with, what they do, can say no at any time, etc. It doesn't feel porn-y, which is nice. Just as the MC joins, another girl finds herself in a similar circumstance and ends up partnering with the MC. Before they shoot their first video, they spend a week getting to know each other. Now the game does move too quick for it's own good, but despite that I think the blooming romance is kinda nice. I am a sucker for cute romance though. Miriam, your partner, is genuinely an endearing love interest. Then at some point your girl best friend gets added to the mix and their group dynamic is pretty fun honestly. Do a lot of the deeper emotional moments hit? Not really, or not as much as they could have, but again if you don't take it all as seriously in the first place it's not so bad. Eventually you get to the day of the shoot and get an alright sex scene and some cute dialogue. Then what's basically the next chapter roles around when a girl from your childhood shows up at your doorstep. Turns out she's the landlady's daughter and you two have a deep history where something happened and you guys are now at odds. There's sort of an interesting dynamic going on where they clearly still have some feelings for each other despite whatever happened, so then you wonder what DID actually happen. After a few tense back and forths through the update, a scene comes around where you guys talk and it's revealed what went down. Turns out your landlady sent her to live with her father for awhile and just never told you? That's literally it. It's just so dumb lol. She knew you guys were very close, but the game doesn't explain why she didn't tell you. Literally one phone call, or even a text, could have solved this too but they just never bothered? They have this "emotional" moment about starting over and forgiving each other over literally the dumbest drama that could be cooked up. That could be whatever on it's own, but then the game also completely forgets this girl, Miriam, you spent an in game week falling in love with. The MC doesn't even acknowledge her when agreeing to start over with your childhood crush. The romance brewing between Miriam and the MC was like the whole reason I was enjoying this, and what the major focus was on, so this whole shift away from her is just strange. I think she shows up for like one scene? I have other gripes too and most of it is again the game just moving too fast, but that's a smaller problem in the scheme of things. I think the cliffhanger at the end is weirdly out of place too for the whole vibe the game had going, but I guess it's too early to say. TLDR - The game starts as a flawed but enjoyable romance story with some fun characters, but then veers away from that with poorly written drama while forgetting about the characters you just spent time getting to know. If it gets back to that more lighthearted and fun romance feel, this could draw me back in a bit.

I hesitated in trying this game at first because a lot of bad ratings, but I'm glad I didn't listen to those. This AVN isn't perfect of course, some flaws here and there but it's to be expected considering this is far from completed. As for the story, I can see a lot of people liking it, while others would complain about the realism. I personally think it's fine if AVN isn't totally realistic, I mean it's a porn game ffs, some bullshit along the way is totally acceptable. I'd like to observe how this one will turn out, this has potential.

At version 0.2 there is already enough content here that I am sure: This is going to be one of the absolute top games, and of basically the same quality as the well established games that I am going to allude to below. Despite playing in the adult industry and some people almost behaving as if there might be pale flowers around, the vibes are those of a cosy restaurant, but less serious and instead oozing with once in a lifetime banter. If we allow it, Gabe (or whatever you call him) is clearly about to build a harem with so far 3 main love interests: a sweet fellow prospective porn acting talent, Gabe's foster mother cum boss Mallory, and Mallory's daughter. For now, you don't really need the walkthrough mod to stay on everyone's path. (All the limited branching seems to be related to path points for potential love interests.) Initially it looks like a plain romantic couple love story with some optional quasi-mother-quasi-son incest on the side. But then we get a bully lover style plot twist. And later on another plot twist that I don't fully understand yet, as it is a cliffhanger. Of course we are treated to the beautiful girls typical for good Honey Select based games, and nice love scenes with animations. The plot progression is perhaps not the most logical, but it's not blatant porn logic, either. I will be devastated if Gabe's year-long best friend and verbal sparring partner, tomboy Eri, won't ultimately decide that she is actually not a pure lesbian but bisexual, and join the harem. In any case I am waiting anxiously for the next installment!

The biggest reason this gets 5 stars from me is the setting, because it's original as hell. No college, no superpowers, no homecoming.. The game, overall, is high quality, though. The dialogues and renders are great and the love interests hot as hell. They feel alive and not like dolls that are just there to be banged. I can't wait to see how things develop from hereon out. The game isn't free of little flaws, such as how quickly feelings are involved (although I like that MC and Mariam used those 7 days to build chemistry and get to know each other), as well as the choice of whom the second update's big sex scene was with. It's an extremely promising game, though, so I feel that 5 stars are warranted for now. Keep going, Ekko!

your storytelling is nothing short of captivating. Every choice, every dialogue, and every character feels so thoughtfully crafted. The art style perfectly complements the narrative, and the music enhances the emotional depth of each scene. You've managed to create a world that's not just experienced, but felt deeply. The emotional connection to the characters is powerful, and the way you’ve intertwined the plot twists is pure genius. Thank you for creating a world where players can lose themselves, reflect, and connect on such a profound level. Your hard work and dedication are truly inspiring

As some have mentioned before the story progression doesnt really make any sense here. There are so many problems with it. I wont mention all of it as some other reviews already cover that. Biggest problem for me was how the MC's partner suddenly becomes the main character and mc is just there to be nice to her, comfort her and all that. Everything is about her. we dont see MC's own life or his solo interactions with others much. 2nd Big problem is the romance insert so early in the story. MC hasn't even started his porn career yet and here he is already falling for his co-star. For me i would say romance doesn't matter much if you have story about porn industry, but even if we want it, it should have been later after MC and other girls have at least been doing the work for few months. All in all except for nice visuals, this VN falls flat because of the bad story.

very good game. interesting plot. interesting characters. beautiful female models. good quality overall, from the graphics themselves to the animation, which is well done. nothing to complain about. overall a very good game. thematically interesting and well implemented so far. good luck to the developer.

for being the initial release i am looking forward to playing this even more as new updates come out. the story is really engaging, Animations done really well. I could car less for Regina. the characters are we thought out at this stage as well

Go for a first release honestly it's very good, both visually, as well as the plot and the music also gives it its added value, it has several pros and definitely the humor is quite good in this thing about Regina, that bitch got her little deserved, but honestly, there is something hidden with her and for me it could be that she is the typical Tsundere with the MC, or that is what left an impression on me, hence Mallory is fine although, out there some touch-up wouldn't be bad, giving her a little younger, or something like that, hence the girl at the end according to the flashbacks, it is deduced who she is and it remains to be seen how she contributes to the plot, although honestly she looks better with long hair, hence the lesbian friend who possibly is become bisexual or is it just an act because she has always been in love with the MC, but as always women complicate everything and for her it seemed like that was the best path to take, I don't understand if that is the case, but I would prefer something similar to that she is a lesbian and therefore in the future she wants the MC's LIs (I try to avoid that if possible); but honestly what I liked the most is Miriam, she is definitely one of my favorites of most of the VN that I play and she is not a redhead since I have a weakness for redheads, but as Miriam said I loved her at first sight, although I The only negative about it would be the name, I personally used a text replacement patch to change the name and make it more pleasant (this personally), I'll wait for the next update, greetings and good luck with this DEV. Psdt: Don't let RE: Rudy die, I'm also following him closely (I'm just waiting to see how the MC of that VN puts Filo in his place, I can already visualize it and waiting for it to happen)