Being Ambitious
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:07 am
Intro::
Hello! I've recently begun planning a fairly big project, which in the end will be commercial. I know that generally the community here discourages doing very ambitious VNs if it's your first time, but especially if it's commercial. However, I've seen that it's been done before, *cough* Coming Out On Top *cough* and I just can't help but think that maybe I could do it too.
Fair warning, this post might be a bit long.
Story::
This entire god damn post just got erased, so this is my second time writing this. I apologize if anything sounds rushed or lacking in information.
The story takes place in an undecided time period, (definitely "olden days", where things like marrying off your daughter is pretty common) in a small village. A boy named Marshall, and his sister and father reside there. The sister is the favorite of the two; always being given the best food, clothes, and schooling, all in preparation to sell her to a rich bachelor. As you probably guessed, the father is dreadfully greedy. He refuses to allow Marsh to attend school, and instead makes him work day in and day out in order to provide for the family. Through a series of undecided events, (perhaps the players choices will decide as to whether he gets lost or his father kicks him out?) Marshall finds himself in a forest.
I think at this point, it'll switch to a sort of stat-raising sort of thing, where the player decides how Marsh spends his days, (fishing, hunting, berry picking, exploring, etc) and how he reacts to any dangers that may arise. Ultimately, through another undecided event, a "scary lady with horns" is introduced within the story. She is decidedly more evil and hateful depending on how the player chooses to respond to her, but either way she takes great pleasure in sabotaging things for poor Marshall. One day, something goes awry, and Marsh meets his untimely demise. The demon, either having actually taken a liking to him or just upset at having her new playtoy die so soon, decides to bring him to back to life, yet incorporates a little twist to amuse herself with. Marshall wakes up and finds he has mushrooms growing out of him! To his horror, he finds that the little mushrooms are sucking up his life energy, and unless he accompanies the demon and helps her with some task I have not decided on yet, the mushrooms will continue growing and keep taking more life energy, until it eventually kills him. (Again.)
Aaaaand that's all I've got. As soon as I manage to post this I'll be working on fleshing out this synopsis a little more, but until then..
Give Feedback::
Alright! So for the moment, this is all you guys have to go on! I'd really appreciate advice on just about everything! Releasing commercial games, getting funding, etc etc. Or, even why you think I should hold off on this idea!
Do you like the plot so far? Anything specifically you'd like me to explain more? (For the revised synopsis!) And do you like the idea of a VN for the first half, and a stat-raising sorta thing for the second? Do you think I should instead just focus on one?
Hello! I've recently begun planning a fairly big project, which in the end will be commercial. I know that generally the community here discourages doing very ambitious VNs if it's your first time, but especially if it's commercial. However, I've seen that it's been done before, *cough* Coming Out On Top *cough* and I just can't help but think that maybe I could do it too.
Fair warning, this post might be a bit long.
Story::
This entire god damn post just got erased, so this is my second time writing this. I apologize if anything sounds rushed or lacking in information.
The story takes place in an undecided time period, (definitely "olden days", where things like marrying off your daughter is pretty common) in a small village. A boy named Marshall, and his sister and father reside there. The sister is the favorite of the two; always being given the best food, clothes, and schooling, all in preparation to sell her to a rich bachelor. As you probably guessed, the father is dreadfully greedy. He refuses to allow Marsh to attend school, and instead makes him work day in and day out in order to provide for the family. Through a series of undecided events, (perhaps the players choices will decide as to whether he gets lost or his father kicks him out?) Marshall finds himself in a forest.
I think at this point, it'll switch to a sort of stat-raising sort of thing, where the player decides how Marsh spends his days, (fishing, hunting, berry picking, exploring, etc) and how he reacts to any dangers that may arise. Ultimately, through another undecided event, a "scary lady with horns" is introduced within the story. She is decidedly more evil and hateful depending on how the player chooses to respond to her, but either way she takes great pleasure in sabotaging things for poor Marshall. One day, something goes awry, and Marsh meets his untimely demise. The demon, either having actually taken a liking to him or just upset at having her new playtoy die so soon, decides to bring him to back to life, yet incorporates a little twist to amuse herself with. Marshall wakes up and finds he has mushrooms growing out of him! To his horror, he finds that the little mushrooms are sucking up his life energy, and unless he accompanies the demon and helps her with some task I have not decided on yet, the mushrooms will continue growing and keep taking more life energy, until it eventually kills him. (Again.)
Aaaaand that's all I've got. As soon as I manage to post this I'll be working on fleshing out this synopsis a little more, but until then..
Give Feedback::
Alright! So for the moment, this is all you guys have to go on! I'd really appreciate advice on just about everything! Releasing commercial games, getting funding, etc etc. Or, even why you think I should hold off on this idea!
Do you like the plot so far? Anything specifically you'd like me to explain more? (For the revised synopsis!) And do you like the idea of a VN for the first half, and a stat-raising sorta thing for the second? Do you think I should instead just focus on one?