Making a character for SPNATI requires no prior artistic skills or knowledge of coding.

The art for characters, which includes their model and the poses that make up their sprites, is made in a Japanese paper doll program called Kisekae, which is based on the K-On anime art style and was developed by a user named Pochi. Kisekae has both an online and offline version; the offline version is the one used with other SPNATI character creation software to make sprites. Pochi continues to update Kisekae with new features to this day.

Many characters' sprites also utilize image editing and other forms of post-processing, such as Photoshop. Additionally, to save file space, character sprites are compressed using a web tool known as TinyPNG.

A character's dialogue, mechanics, metadata/information, and pose-to-line assignments are found in their "behaviour.xml" files, which are essentially text documents. Creating a .xml file can be done one of two ways: the old-fashioned way, which involves manually filling out a .txt file template and converting it to .xml with a Python script included in the game files, or by using the SPNATI Character Editor program ("CE") to write dialogue.

The CE also has built-in support for the Python script that helps you convert Kisekae scenes ("codes") into character sprites, which would otherwise also be done manually.

Information on how to find these programs can be found on Page 5 under "Can I download the game?" For advice on how to use them, try interacting with other users on the official subreddit and Discord servers:

• https://old.reddit.com/r/spnati/
• https://old.reddit.com/r/spnati/comments/ccuy2s/discussion_and_suggestion_thread/

The majority of community and development discussion takes place on the Discord servers, while the subreddit is the site of official requests for character entry into the game.

The following is a Google Doc containing documentation on all the contributors, characters, works-in-progress, and other information of SPNATI. It is community-run/maintained and completely unofficial; none of the moderators for SPNATI have editing privileges, and being listed on it is not a rite-of-passage.

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Yes, but only a few. Characters in SPNATI:

1. Must be at or above the age of 18. They also must look like they could plausibly be adults to someone who knows nothing about the character, which means no 500-year-old vampire lolis.

   If a character is at least 12 in some version of their canon source material, they can be added in if some effort is made to age them up to 18, such as changing their proportions to be more adultlike and/or referencing the passage of time in their dialogue.

2. Must be fictional. No real people can be added to SPNATI. This includes fictionalized "personas" that real people put on, such as wrestlers and certain entertainers/show hosts.

   However, fictional characters from live-action sources can be added, such as Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

3. Must be humanoid/have basic human anatomy. A character can't be three Corgis in a trenchcoat, have an insect face, or have a trombone for a penis, for instance. Some exceptions for "monstergirls" and similar sorts of characters may be allowed, but they should still look mostly recognizably human.

   Both male and female characters are allowed in SPNATI, even though the majority of characters are female. Original characters are also allowed, but please do not submit your self-insert OC in an attempt to circumvent the "no real people" rule. You will not succeed.

Once you think your character is ready, you can submit their files either as a .zip file to the moderation team on the subreddit or, for a more elegant long-term approach, make a merge request on GitLab (ask other users how to do this).

If your character meets basic requirements (obeys the rules; 300 total lines of dialogue, some of which are targeted or have other conditions; and a set of working images for their sprites), then they will enter what's called the "Testing Tables," which you can see via the Testing Tables button on the character select screen. You can check how many lines a character has via the CE or the "Credits" button ingame.

Once on testing, people can play your character online and download their files as part of the overall game, as well as give feedback through bug reports (the triangle icon ingame), the subreddit, and the Discord servers. One user cannot have more than two characters on testing at once.

When you feel your character is ready for the main roster (and they have at least 400 lines of dialogue), you can make a post on the subreddit asking for people to "sponsor" them. If at least five people reply with approval and/or feedback that you then address, a mod will put your character through QA, which is a basic test to make sure they function properly. Pass that, and you will have made a character for SPNATI's main roster!

Sometimes main-roster characters are moved back to testing (and must be sponsored again) for certain updates made to them. These updates usually consist of either:

1. A substantial dialogue/art update by someone other than the original writer(s)/artist(s) of the character.
2. An art update by their original artist(s) that is substantial enough to change something significant about the character, such as their model's silhouette or the majority of their poses/expressions/mechanics.

(b) is usually more up to moderator discretion as far as whether they go back to testing or not; art updates are often put up for a "quickpass" vote among developers to skip this process if they feel it is unnecessary.

Characters looking for re-sponsorship only need 3 sponsors instead of the normal 5.

SPNATI uses a simplified version of Five-Card Draw Poker where there is no betting. Instead, whoever has the worst hand each round is the loser and must strip.

To learn which poker hands beat which, see the graphic below. Try using Card Suggest in the options menu for the game to exchange cards for you, but be aware that this is imperfect by design. The best strategy is usually to aim for pairs: keep the ones you have, or just keep the highest card you have if you have no pairs, and exchange the rest.

Remember, your goal is not to have the best hand--only to not have the worst hand.

No. Poker is a game of chance, and your luck can turn around at any moment. The best way to win is to wear more clothing and pick opponents who wear less clothing. Otherwise, you are on an even playing field with the computer opponents. The characters themselves each have different levels of intelligence, but they are at the mercy of luck as much as you are.

However, if you are playing offline, then you can cheat by enabling debug mode in config.xml. Pressing Q in a game will then allow you to select which character loses the round by clicking the "X" next to their name.

And remember: even if you lose, all but one of your opponents will still end up naked anyway. In fact, they all might!

Clicking that icon will bring up SPNATI's built-in bug report feature, which allows you to send detailed bug reports directly to the corresponding Discord channel. Using it on the main menu allows you to report general game issues; using it during a game allows you to do the same, or also note specific character issues (typos, broken images, etc.) This is especially useful for characters on the testing tables!

Bug reports for characters come with extra information such as the table you're playing on, what layer of clothing everyone is down to, and what's going on in the game. This includes the current text for the character in question, so you don't need to copy/paste their entire line just to report a typo.

No. The bug reporter is only for reporting bugs. Spamming it will only result in reports from your IP being muted.

If you want to cheat, download and play the offline version of SPNATI and change settings in config.xml, such as debug mode.

Also, please do not use the bug reporter to role-play with the characters. Again, you will be muted, and the reports are publically readable. You will be mocked.

Yes, and they are as follows:

Game Hotkeys

• Space key: "Next"
• 1: Select card 1
• 2: Select card 2
• 3: Select card 3
• 4: Select card 4
• 5: Select card 5
• Q: Open Debug Screen
• T: Show/Hide UI

When picking what to strip

• Space key: Strip Selected
• 1: Select item 1
• 2: Select item 2
• 3: Select item 3
• 4: Select item 4
• 5: Select item 5
• 6: Select item 6
• 7: Select item 7
• 8: Select item 8

Select Screen Hotkeys

• Left arrow: Back
• Right arrow: Next
• Enter Key: Select Group

You unlock endings by winning the game against one or more characters with an ending, i.e. being the only one who doesn't have to masturbate. You can then select which character's ending you'd like to view, and your selection is then unlocked in the gallery.

However, not all characters have endings. Those that do have a big yellow "SPNATI Epilogue Available" badge near their head on the Character Selection Screen.

Check their ending's entry in the gallery (the trophy icon on the main menu) for hints. Some endings require more conditions than simply winning the game against the character, such as being a certain gender or playing with them and another character present.

This is a known issue that has no consistent fix at the moment. Try enabling cookies, clearing cache, and avoid using incognito mode while playing the game.

If all else fails, changing certain settings in config.xml can unlock all endings instantly or activate debug mode in the offline version of SPNATI.

The consequence of avoiding money is that SPNATI is limited to free hosting space, which on GitLab is 1 GB. The total data of all the characters submitted to the game exceeds this, so characters are removed from the online version of the game every so often to make room for new ones.

However, you can still play with the removed characters by downloading and playing the offline version of SPNATI.

The criteria for which characters get removed has changed over time. In the past, whichever character had the fewest unique lines of dialogue was removed whenever more space was necessary. This ended when all online characters had more than 500 lines of dialogue. Several popularity polls have also been held on the subreddit, and those characters with the fewest votes were also prioritized when it came time for removal.

At present, the culling order is determined by which character has the fewest targeted lines (lines directed to other specific characters). However, if a character on testing does not receive an update in over a month, they will be removed first instead (testing characters also take up online space).

New characters cannot be chosen for culling until 3 months after their release to the main roster.

Versions of SPNATI with more characters tend to be rehosted versions on proprietary porn sites. While spnati.net uses free hosting space, many porn sites that rehost it pay for their own server space through advertisements, so they can afford to host all of the characters online.

However, rehosted versions are slow to update, meaning brand-new characters and bugfixes might not be present there. spnati.net is the official version of the game and will always be the most up-to-date (including changes to this FAQ), and you can still download the offline version to play with the older and incomplete characters. The version number rarely updates and usually does not reflect the most recent version of the game.

You can request that certain characters be made on the Discord servers or the following discussion thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/spnati/comments/ccuy2s/discussion_and_suggestion_thread/

However, because of the time and effort making a character requires, you are very unlikely to find someone willing to make a character for you. Instead, you should ask if someone is interested in making a character and offer to do it yourself or to help them.

Remember: you don't need artistic or coding skills to make a character. Don't be afraid to try and do it yourself!

You can download bundles for the offline version from here:

https://spnati.net/bundles/download-bundles.html

Follow the instructions on that page to download and set up the offline version. This will allow you to download the entire game and all its files; note that this is a several-GB download thanks to all the character sprites!

Extract all the files, and you'll have offline SPNATI. Opening config.xml in the main folder (use Notepad) will allow you to change some settings, such as enabling debug mode and unlocking all endings. Open index.html in your browser to play the game!

The tools folder of offline SPNATI is where you can find offline Kisekae and the Character Editor.

Did you download the game directly from GitGud? If so, you need to download the game from our bundles page instead.

If you used Git to clone our repository, make sure you have Git LFS installed, or a client that has LFS support.

Also remember to use the included start_offline executable or script, or alternately use the workaround here: https://old.reddit.com/r/spnati/comments/cd7h0f/possible_firefox_68_workaround_without_hosting/

It's also possible you forgot to extract the game files from the .zip you downloaded.

You can do this very easily without redownloading the game every time. Follow the instructions here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/spnati/comments/824j7p/keep_your_offline_version_up_to_date_with_github/

Unfortunately, no. There is no way to play the offline version on mobile at this time. SPNATI is primarily built for computer use, and its mobile version is a straight port.

There are no plans to make a mobile app for SPNATI at this time, and because of copyright reasons, certainly not one that would appear in any official app stores.

Characters come in several designations: "online" for characters on the online main roster at spnati.net, "testing" for characters on the online testing tables, "offline" for characters that used to be on the online main roster but were removed for space, and "incomplete." "Incomplete" is for characters who were submitted to testing but fell off due to lack of updates or author request, and it is used regardless of their quality or actual "completeness."

Incomplete characters are not by default available offline, even though they are included in the offline version download. To use them, open config.xml and copy/paste the following line of code with the others like it:

<include-status>incomplete</include-status>

You can also activate alternate costumes to be selectable offline using config.xml. These are different skins for characters that are usually holiday-themed.

Yes, you can! The icon to the right of the "Enter the Inventory" button on the player clothing selection screen will bring up the list of tags that is used for the characters. You can choose these to apply to the player, as well, and characters will treat you as if you have those attributes.

Keep in mind that this is a more recent feature, so many characters do not have dialogue tailored for it.

Unfortunately, the many combinations of clothing and stripping orders the player has makes the image space necessary for this unfeasibly large. There is also no space on the UI to show the player character.

Most developers for SPNATI will encourage you to simply use your imagination, or to strip along in real life. SPNATI is built around watching crossover characters interact, not detailed role-playing.

You can always make yourself in Kisekae and/or for SPNATI if you really want to--you just can't submit them to the online version of the game. No real people.

You can name yourself after them, but the other characters will still treat you as the player. This is because dialogue is coded to reference character folders, not their names.

Lots of targeted dialogue also assumes the responses of the computer versions of each character will play, so the role-play would not make much sense anyway.

The Swimsuit Edition was an unofficial offshoot of SPNATI. The users maintaining it have since left the community and let it become defunct, and there is little interest in reviving it among the current developers.

If you'd like to see the Swimsuit Edition return, consider making it yourself!

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SPNATI also operates by this rule: by submitting contributions to SPNATI, you implicitly agree to make your contributions publically available to us under the MIT License, posted above.