Yuri and WLW fans, it’s time to eat once more as Without A Voice got a big update. You may recognize this title from somewhere. That’s because this Free-to-Read title from L³ and Studio Élan previously came out in 2020 to a Very Positive reception. If you still haven’t read this beautiful dark fantasy story, now’s the time to do so. For you see, this update brings forth full English voice acting as well as updated illustrations, controller support, and way more. It’s a massive list of changes, and I’ll list them down below. If you’re still curious about Without A Voice, read on below for the synopsis, and go on the Steam and Itch pages. It’s a free title, you’ve got nothing to lose! If you love what you see, go support the physical edition Kickstarter here. As always, feel free to write down below what you think of this massive update!
The wheel of fate splinters, deciding your fate…
The major update for Without a Voice is now here! Enjoy the 2.0 version of our dark fantasy yuri 💜
Play it now on Steam: https://t.co/oGF7oCEzej
or itchio: https://t.co/j8aH1HSERt pic.twitter.com/psANzvWIrG— Studio Élan ⚢ (@vnstudioelan) April 5, 2024
So what’s Without A Voice about?
In the depths of a dark and unforgiving forest, an exiled princess whiles her time in solitude. For a girl raised in the lap of comfort, the woods are impossibly harsh, and day-to-day survival is the most she can manage. One day, however, a mysterious, beautiful maiden appears, throwing her world out of its already delicate alignment. The princess is instantly captivated by this stranger, and begins to fancy herself the heroine of a fairytale, even as the maiden proves herself to be less and less of a fantasy.
Foolish princess. She should know by now that her life is no fairytale.
In seven days, the wheel of fate will splinter. Seven days, for better or worse…
What about the list of changes in the 2.0 update?
- Full voice acting has been added to the game for spoken dialogue. Voice emphasis and individual voice sliders have been added to accommodate for this addition.
- Greatly improved controller support, including new options and information on Help screen
- All menus are reprogrammed to be more translation friendly.
- Added new story to achievements screen.
- Reformatted the options menus to accommodate for new options.
- Replaced endings list with achievements.
- Added achievements to Steam.
- Added Steam Cloud Saves support.
- Updated About pages.
- Added version number to top-right corner.
- Improved Log page.
- Updated some illustrations.
- Updated default title screen image.
- Made adjustments to gallery image viewer.
- Changed wording in content warning screen
- Fixed minor typos and wording to match voice lines.
- Added SFX for hovering over the easter egg on the main menu.
- Removed click SFX.
- Added dissolve transition between game menus.
- Replaced broken URLs.
- Updated Music Room to have a better appearance and changed song names to what is on the albums.
- Fixed minor scripting errors and expressions to match voice lines.
- Increased visibility of button hover states and new selected hover states to provide a better controller experience.
- Changed the save data directory.
- README added.
- Created proper iconsets and updated the game icon across all locations.
- Steam Deck support is improved.
- Added native support for ARM Linux (arm64 / AArch64, armv7) — notably including Asahi Linux (arm64e / Apple Silicon).
