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by luminarious
Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:45 am
Forum: Asset Creation: Music, Sound, and Movies
Topic: Voice Acting: Yeah or Nay?
Replies: 24
Views: 5454

Re: Voice Acting: Yeah or Nay?

The World Ends With You had the right amount of voice acting. NO WORDS! Just laughter, grunts, that kind of sounds. These added some character, but weren't annoying. Main thing I have against voice acting is that I can read about 80 pages of a regular softcover book in an hour. Unless your VN is a r...
by luminarious
Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How little is too little internal dialog?
Replies: 10
Views: 1193

Re: How little is too little internal dialog?

Hemingway did just fine without any internal dialogue.
by luminarious
Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most Well Written Game You've Ever Played?
Replies: 27
Views: 2846

Re: Most Well Written Game You've Ever Played?

Lots of great responses here, that I totally agree with! Incidentally, for any Planescape: Torment fans, this is an article that discusses how the game was written. http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=55&ref=0&id=208 It includes a characters sheet for Ravel in a word document, th...
by luminarious
Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Artschools..
Replies: 38
Views: 4117

Re: Artschools..

We had some compulsory drawing lessons when I was studying architecture. I liked those a lot and started painting on the side. Recently I came to the conclusion that while I like architecture in general, it would be a lousy career choice for me. So I quit and started to work on putting together a le...
by luminarious
Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:13 am
Forum: Asset Creation: Art
Topic: A few questions
Replies: 12
Views: 1871

Re: A few questions

The Freakangels webcomic is done so that the lineart is done in pencil and then scanned, flatted, coloured, textured and shaded. They put up an in-depth overview of the whole process . http://www.freakangels.com/comics/FAInt0004-1.jpg Re:Mind is also done like that. He started with a series of tutor...
by luminarious
Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:18 am
Forum: Completed Games
Topic: [dischan] Juniper's Knot (2012)
Replies: 58
Views: 22932

Re: [dischan] Juniper's Knot (2012)

Suddenly, I am overtaken by this sudden urge to polish the hell out of my own projects, even if that means making them a lot shorter..
by luminarious
Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Development of Ren'Py
Topic: Dialogue-based launcher.
Replies: 49
Views: 5553

Re: Dialogue-based launcher.

Honestly, I think the current launcher could use some typographical adjustments (a nicer sans serif for the links, and another shade of blue while at it) and it'll be good to go. Not once have I thought it ugly and even more importantly, it has never gotten in my way!
by luminarious
Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:09 am
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: DSE Plus - "The Game"
Replies: 41
Views: 14256

Re: DSE Plus - "The Game"

Update... sort of... [youtube]HXnlcWtnylE?hd=1[/youtube] Saw this behavior in some Japanese Eroge I can't recall and I kinda liked fading background during interaction and how it made the character the focal point so I desided to immitate the said behaviour. The animated neutral sprite is a 24 fram...
by luminarious
Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:05 am
Forum: Asset Creation: Art
Topic: using copyrighted assets in noncommercial works
Replies: 26
Views: 3124

Re: using copyrighted assets in noncommercial works

I realize that sound effects are similarly copyrighted assets, but I wonder, how likely is it that someone would notice? Especially if using original art/ story/ music. Because my fantasy adventure needs battle noises and where am I supposed to get the grunts of an angry ogre? Can't really hire a so...
by luminarious
Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:58 am
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Player Interaction in a Story
Replies: 91
Views: 10253

Re: Player Interaction in a Story

I wish more VNs would try writing dialogue the same way classic RPGs do it. Fallout, Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate.. all have examples of dialogue where the choices within the dialogue have an effect on where the story will branch to from here on. No, you don't know where it will lead you, but &...
by luminarious
Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:44 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Why, as a game developer, you NEED your own website
Replies: 29
Views: 4439

Re: Why, as a game developer, you NEED your own website

I think tumblr is good enough for my purposes. I mean, it allows for pages with unique addresses and my blog is there. Until I complete my first commercial game, that'll do, right?
by luminarious
Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:50 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Sprite Poses
Replies: 31
Views: 6959

Re: Sprite Poses

Hotel Dusk feels like the characters were rotoscoped, not just drawn. I think they were: http://youtu.be/6shp3Qm2Jl0 But It doesnt fail to be a great example anyway... Oh, I didn't mean it like that. It's a very good example and I even think that rotoscoping for a VN is not too far out there. Basic...
by luminarious
Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:36 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Sprite Poses
Replies: 31
Views: 6959

Re: Sprite Poses

Hotel Dusk feels like the characters were rotoscoped, not just drawn.
by luminarious
Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:58 am
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Sprite Poses
Replies: 31
Views: 6959

Re: Sprite Poses

To answer that, I would have to go through your VN like a movie director, looking for spots where the actors seem wooden or lacking in character. A character has some expressions dictated by his or her general personality type, but not all of them will be shown during the course of the story. My own...
by luminarious
Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:50 am
Forum: Completed Games
Topic: Roof & Dragon: visual novel in 24 hours!
Replies: 11
Views: 5330

Re: Roof & Dragon: visual novel in 24 hours!

Browsing VNDB earlier today, I discovered that my sole contribution to the world of visual novels has been translated into russian . I feel so flattered.. :D I haven't sadly finished any of my other projects yet, not even the unannounced NaNoReMo projects. My art skills are way higher now, as my blo...