Image 1 — Another Valko detail
Image 2 — Another Valko detail

Another Valko detail

He does in fact get airplane ears when he's angy. He reminds me of my cat when he's had enough of me playing with his pouch 😂

Sorry for the spam 🙇‍♀️ I just really love the animation of this game. I keep finding more details, and thought I'd post them for motivation. I'd have posted the other LIs(especially Zayne, Rafayel and Xavier)but since I've deleted the app I'm just focusing on Valko for my fix interest.

What's your favorite animation detail so far?

u/smileymuffin — 5 hours ago

His airplane ears 🥺

I'm a huge animation geek and I just love the little details in not just his design but of all the LIs. It was the main thing that made me join. The facial animations are even better than that of some AAA games imo. It's really impressive for a mobile game. Like fuck InFold but their dev and creative team are amazing. I wish they would release an artbook, I'd love to see all the early designs of MC and the LIs, scrapped characters, various backgrounds etc.

Just in case you needed that extra boost of motivation. Please don't lose hope. Just think of his little airplane ears 🥺

u/smileymuffin — 17 hours ago

Was watching the trailer for the millionth time

A baseball? Valkos ears and tails out? Did MC play fetch with him? 🥺

u/smileymuffin — 1 day ago

I strongly believe that he'll be back

I know it seems like cope, but think about it from a capitalist perspective. His popularity has exploded even outside of the LaDs fandom; genshin impact, BTS, fortnite, anime bros, and from different countries. I've seen videos from people who don't even cover gaming on their channels being interested. His introduction introduced a lot more subs to InFolds social media channels and more downloads/reinstallations. Imagine the amount of people that would join even if it's out of curiosity when he gets added back.

That amount of money is too good to pass up, plus they have to make up for their loss during these past couple of days. I've seen talks that they're negotiating with the gov, which makes sense. They would explain the mixup and show the officials that there really is no issue asides from a bunch of unhinged fans. I feel like he's just on hold for now, they had to announce that he was cancelled so the CN crazies could die down for now.

Despite what the crazies say, the global market is huge. Then if we account for exchange rates, taxes, and other extra fees based on each country. We actually spend a lot. I haven't ordered from InFold's merch store yet, but I buy a lot of anime merch and the amount the domestic fandoms pay is just a fraction of what we do. We're less likely to haggle, slash prices, or do any other of that 'ysg' shit. I usually see the crazies bring up the money issue as grounds for superiority but LaDs isn't the only game out there; think Minecraft, Fortnite, The Sims, Roblox etc. Why would they focus on the western and global market if there wasn't any monetary value?

All this to say, don't let any of them make you feel small. My certainty of his return may seem like a reach(it is ngl 😅), but as someone who's worked in the finance industry if there's one thing I believe in, it's the power of moneyyyyyyyy.

Sorry if this post is badly structured, English is my first language 🙇‍♀️

u/smileymuffin — 2 days ago

Favorite Valko detail?

What's your favorite Valko detail from any of the trailers? I'll go first! I love how he tries to play it cool in front of MC after he trips here. Such a dork 😂

u/smileymuffin — 3 days ago

Feeling lost as a newbie :(

Please my intention isn't to spread negativity or anything, I just wanted to share my thoughts(I'm saying this because my post was deleted from the main sub 😔).

I've known of this game for more than a year but haven't had any interest higher than a "oh female-centered game? Cool." because I prefer pc games due to the lesser micro-transactions, mods and larger screen size. Then a few months ago I stumbled upon some analysis videos by lovers of the game and was surprised to find out that not only were the characters complex and well written but that the story had LORE?! Now I was interested, but since joining the fandom and seeing all the drama surrounding this game at the moment(controversy, conspiracy theories, xhs racism/xenophobia/homophobia, the discussions of the game losing gamers, reviews, and being scrutinized by the Chinese government) I wanna back out.

It's not that I'm not used to fandom drama. I've played the Sims, Minecraft and Stardew Valley for years, been in fandoms like PJO, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, ATLA and LOK, MHA, Demon Slayer etc. so I've seen and been through some ugly drama waves, but this one feels different? I've been playing for 5 days now and I really love this game! I love the LIs, the mc, the LOREEE, the animation/micro expressions/motion capture, and and I'm really excited for Valko but the drama surrounding InFold and its practices is very overwhelming and is souring my experience.

Any other newbies experiencing this too? Veterans, what do you guys think? Is it worth it to weather the storm or is it a sinking ship?

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u/smileymuffin — 6 days ago

When Valko gets released...

I really hope there's an interaction where we can throw a tennis ball and he chases after it on instinct. Then when he realizes what he's doing, he's like "Dammit Not again!" Or or, we can give him scritches? 🥹 Or giving him praises and compliments increases your affinity? Like who's the goodest boy? Yes, you are! *scritch* *scritch* Or or a feature where his ears flop down when he's sad! Or or "Sit, boy!" So many possibilities! 😆

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u/smileymuffin — 9 days ago