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- Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:45 am
- Forum: Asset Creation: Art
- Topic: How do you make sprites? Like what goes on what layer?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3721
Re: How do you make sprites? Like what goes on what layer?
Pros of using layered sprites: You can mix & match to make many different expressions without redrawing them all. It greatly reduces the size of your game if you mix the expressions programmically, especially if it's a high-res game with several expressions and costumes per character or subtle a...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:10 am
- Forum: Asset Creation: Art
- Topic: Dealing with art inconsistency
- Replies: 2
- Views: 907
Re: Dealing with art inconsistency
Systems and reference sheets can help. Reference sheets are documents with things like color schemes, body proportions, eye/nose/jaw shape, piercings, tattoos, etc. A system is just a breakdown of the process you use to do something (drawing a sprite, in this case). ex: 1) Open [x] program. Start ne...
- Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:55 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: Pros and Cons of working alone vs with a team
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1134
Re: Pros and Cons of working alone vs with a team
Solo Developer (no commissions) Time is spent learning new skills, doing multiple jobs, and piecing everything together. Using pre-made assets and less complex stories will reduce the time spent learning/developing. Some money will need to be invested in equipment for higher scope games. Pros : mos...
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:14 am
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: How do you stay motivated to finish?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2403
Re: How do you stay motivated to finish?
For me the best thing to remain motivated on a project is getting out the "hard thinking" parts as soon as possible. Hard thinking as in parts where little changes can create big sways in terms of how the game is going to look and feel. For example planning, outlining the routes and creat...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:06 pm
- Forum: Other Visual Novel Engines
- Topic: Cloudnovel - The Easiest and Most Powerful Visual Novel Maker
- Replies: 40
- Views: 28880
Re: Cloudnovel - The Easiest and Most Powerful Visual Novel Maker
That email had me do a double-take before I realized what date it is...
I love that you guys even changed the logo on the actual site to match haha
Great job. Nowhere is safe on the internet today.
I love that you guys even changed the logo on the actual site to match haha
Great job. Nowhere is safe on the internet today.
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:38 am
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Writing VN's with story structure different than "hero journey"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2577
Re: Writing VN's with story structure different than "hero journey"
I've been very enthralled with Stuart Horwitz's book "Book Architecture" , which proposes a completely different approach to creating plots. Instead of a formula with the "classic" arcs and plot points and whatnot, it relies on "series". The theory is basically, you do...
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:01 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: learning art
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1400
Re: learning art
was wondering mostly at artists, what they did to improve and start off, did you follow tutorials draw something everyday even if it was practically stick figures and abstract strange drawing, what tips and advice do you have I stumbled and crawled and clawed my way up to my current skill level tbh...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:17 pm
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Lycoris: Their Journeys [Horror|Romance|Satire] [BxB]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8006
Re: Lycoris: Their Journeys [Horror|Romance|Satire] [BxB]
pssst.... hi chill devlog here 3/18/19 After reviewing some old notes, I realized we'd changed the characters' names to "Manja" and "Saku" (swapping the last letters) at some point, probably to avoid the awkward images their fable names bring up when spoken with an English/Americ...
- Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:09 am
- Forum: Asset Creation: Art
- Topic: Art Learning Resources
- Replies: 109
- Views: 213357
Re: Art Learning Resources
. Fundamentals 'Art Education for High Schools' (c) 1908, The Prang Educational Company This is a fantastic old book that's available online. (I can't verify sources on mobile, so just Google it. There seem to be several scans by different universities.) I recently started taking notes from the phys...
- Wed Nov 29, 2017 12:02 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Looking for ideas: Precrime Story Critique
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1759
Re: Looking for ideas: Precrime Story Critique
If you want to show when a crime is happening, you can make it so that whenever the MC goes to an outdoor place, they look up and see the sun/moon, the clouds, and any trees. As an extension of this, you could make it so the MC has slight control during all (or just longer) premonitions. These woul...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:11 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: Live2d and traditional animation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 868
Re: Live2d and traditional animation
Yes, it's possible in Cubism Pro (either 2.1 or 3.0). Free has a lot of limitations that make this more difficult. (I'm not sure the support is intentional on Live2D's part, though; Cubism is just a very sandbox-y / multipurpose tool.) There's a few different methods, but the one I'd recommend invol...
- Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:22 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: Worldbuilding
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2479
Re: Worldbuilding
Personally, I have an overarching universe with consistent worldbuilding guidelines that all of my stories, in all media forms, take place in. I obviously only explain the parts that are relevant to that particular story when I'm working on a new project. In addition, the backstory of each individua...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:47 pm
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Lycoris: Their Journeys [Horror|Romance|Satire] [BxB]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8006
Re: Lycoris [S/LGBT/A] [Otome] [Supernatural/Romance]
Hey guys, just wanted to say we're still around.
Just working on other things and getting life together.
I hope everyone is doing well!
Just working on other things and getting life together.
I hope everyone is doing well!
- Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:48 pm
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Lycoris: Their Journeys [Horror|Romance|Satire] [BxB]
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8006
Re: Lycoris [S/LGBT/A] [Otome] [Supernatural/Romance]
Perhaps I'm culturally biased (I'm, well, Italian), but why Virgil, Beatrice and not Dante ?? It's because Dante was the main character, which has him now replaced by Manju and Saka ;o He's also a character I don't really want to taint with the story lol p.s. there will be reference to the old scho...
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:21 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: What Breaks Your Immersion?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10889
Re: What Breaks Your Immersion?
-Poor translation. ^ My biggest issue with this isn't the grammar itself but rather the tone. People never sound their age. Everyone talks like a literature professor because the translators don't understand the slang and casual language that would be used by them. That seriously breaks my immersio...