Honey Select?

[Captain Jonah C. Claw]

This account on twitter takes great screenshots and I asked them what they were using and I was told Honey Select. I heard of this game before. Can anyone who's willing give me a quick run down of what this game is, how I may obtain it, and explain how I'd go about getting the models in the game like that appear in these screenshots.

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/AdnarimYdeth/status/1784481116247986418/photo/1

 

https://twitter.com/AdnarimYdeth/status/1768537881214402618/photo/1

 

[SepticSpoon]

That game is very old and I'd honestly just go with the sequel versions of the game; Honey Select 2 and/or AI * Shoujo. Both have a very large modding community and look better than HS and are easier to get. HS is available if you just google "where to download honey select". You can purchase both of those games from Steam (HS2/AI), but you'd also need to download the patches from here ([Steam Patch] AI Shoujo SB Patch and/or HoneySelect 2 DX SB Patch depending on what one you get)

 

If I'm being completely honest with you though, I'd just get the full game+modded version from that link instead of buying it through Steam. (AI Shoujo or Honey Select 2 DX) With this, you'll get the base game+modded content in one package for free. (Be warned, you need a lot of storage space) It's a gray area because the game/s were never easily available to the west for the longest time which is why the better repacks were created. It's the base game and all modded content you could need in one easy to install package. Now the base game is available to the west, it's still like gimping yourself buying the Steam version aside from supporting the devs because it is censored and content is cut which requires the patch. I'm not advocating or recommending you do it since piracy is against the rules here, I'm just saying what I would do.

 

All of the Illusion games usually come with a game mode and a studio mode. The game part is, well, the game and the studio is a place where you can create scenarios or scenes with different characters, maps, and share these scenes as .png files.

 

HS - Can't remember much about this game as haven't played it in years. When HS2 came out, pretty much forgot about it and never touched it again.

HS2 - If I remember, the game part of this is you're a guy at a hotel and you can meet different woman and have sex with them.

AI - Probably the best out of the 3 imho. The base game is actually a game this time and it's a stranded on an island survival game with girls. Pretty fun. You can build a base, fish, have sex, mine, collect stuff, etc.

 

All of those games include a separate studio mode which allows you to use all in-game stuff like characters, maps, clothes, etc.. to create your own scenarios however you like. You can pose the characters and with mods, it's pretty endless the stuff you can do. You can animate using a timeline mod or there is a mod that allows you to create a whole ass visual novel experience within the studio mode.

 

Once you've got whatever version you want (HS, HS2 or AI) you can head on over to https://db.bepis.moe/ which offer a large catalog of character cards, studio scenes and clothing cards. And there is also this site https://kenzato.uk/booru/ a little more tedious to use imo, but still good. Depending on what game you are going with, you should stick to that section. For example, if you're still sure you want to use HS, you should only download HS cards and HS scenes from those two sites as HS2 and AI stuff won't work. On the other hand, if you go with HS2 or AI, all HS2 and AI scenes and character cards will work on both versions.

 

Different types of mods: (base directory would be where your .exe files are located)

plugin files which are usually .dll files and go inside the BepInEX/Plugins folder

.zipmod files which shouldn't be opened and should be placed inside mods folder (Also inside another folder depending what it is, for example, if it's a studio item, the zipmod would go inside mods/sideloader modpack - studio)

Character "cards" these are .png files people can share when they create a character. You place them in UserData\chara and then inside male or female folder depending what gender the character is.

Scene data which again, are .png files and they go inside UserData\Studio\scene folder.

Clothing files are .png files and go inside UserData\coordinate and male or female depending what type of clothing it is.

 

There are other types of files like overlays and frames, but it's pretty self explanatory and most go inside userdata folder.

[Captain Jonah C. Claw]

Is there a specific artist that's known for creating some of the best character cards? Like I know for example BrutalAce and Khaled666 are some of the best Street Fighter modders with how high quality their models are. Is there anyone that's looked at as creating the best models on this scene?

[Czanrei]

It would be great if someone could link actual sites with the mods for HS2. I keep hearing it has a big modding community, but can never find its mod sites. I only ever find card galleries.

[emes]

I think that sort of thing is mostly on Discord now. If you do a little searching online, you'll probably be able to find people who pre-patched/pre-modded version of the more recent illusion games. I have no idea what the legal status of any of that is, as Illusion Soft shut down some time ago, and after controversy with some of their titles a long way back, they went through a period where they didn't want people outside of Japan to have any access to their games.

 

As far as I know, there's more of a community using them as anime-style alternatives to Daz/Poser, rather than playing the games, as Illusion hasn't had much gameplay in their later games--they've been more animation viewers than anything else.

[CaerHenWen]

Does anyone know if there's a spiritual successor to HS? It'd be nice if there was a newer version of the concept that had better graphics and animations and more gameplay elements like a dating sim or choose your own adventure scenarios.

[sonicshocker]

Aha! Finally a topic where I can contribute... a little bit!

 

Cards:

https://db.bepis.moe/

https://illusioncards.booru.org/index.php

https://f95zone.to/ (Gotta really comb the threads)

 

Artists:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/3535045 (Cunihinx)

https://roy12mods.com/wp/ (Roy12 - mostly inactive, but amazing DOA archive)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/45685639 (Darkruler)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/63334763 (王子 - most of his stuff is paid mods, some free stuff that's great)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/キャラ配布(ハニーセレクト2)/artworks?ai_type=1 (Searching this tag on Pixiv yields mixed results, but could uncover some gems)

 

...and that's about all I got.

 

Koikatsu is the alternative if you're into the anime aesthetic for posing. 

 

Edited June 11, 2025 by sonicshocker

[evilium]

On 6/11/2025 at 10:12 PM, sonicshocker said:

Aha! Finally a topic where I can contribute... a little bit!

 

Cards:

https://db.bepis.moe/

https://illusioncards.booru.org/index.php

https://f95zone.to/ (Gotta really comb the threads)

 

Artists:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/3535045 (Cunihinx)

https://roy12mods.com/wp/ (Roy12 - mostly inactive, but amazing DOA archive)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/45685639 (Darkruler)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/63334763 (王子 - most of his stuff is paid mods, some free stuff that's great)

https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/キャラ配布(ハニーセレクト2)/artworks?ai_type=1 (Searching this tag on Pixiv yields mixed results, but could uncover some gems)

 

...and that's about all I got.

 

Koikatsu is the alternative if you're into the anime aesthetic for posing. 

 

Thank you for the link, brother.