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- Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:24 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Romance VNs/Dating Sims are dubious manipulation games?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9543
Re: Romance VNs/Dating Sims are dubious manipulation games?
@daikiraikimi I think that's a really cool idea! And like truefaiterman said, I think that VNs should reflect more of a natural choice feeling than an 'I have to follow the walkthrough otherwise I'll never get on any path'. Personally, I love the thought of choices affecting the protagonist's person...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Romance VNs/Dating Sims are dubious manipulation games?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9543
Re: Romance VNs/Dating Sims are dubious manipulation games?
Personally, I don't mind trying to 'win points' through dialogue. What I dislike are stat raising games. It's one thing if you raise a stat that makes sense (Like in the Flower Shop, how you have to go running to show your determination in order to impress a girl), but when boys require 50:Science, ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:28 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Art
- Topic: 3D Background Process using Blender, SAI and Photoshop
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12938
Re: 3D Background Process using Blender, SAI and Photoshop
Amazing tutorial! Very nice (also, I like your scene!) Really helpful and well done
-Nat
-Nat
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:44 pm
- Forum: Personal Art Threads
- Topic: 3D Sprite Advice
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2887
Re: 3D Sprite Advice
The uncanny valley factor is huge, as well as I generally relate visual novels with anime/picture book/novel kind of feel. Because of that, having a 3D art style in a visual novel feels odd. The 1st pic would not work in a VN; however, the 2nd one would. It looks like a drawing. Depending on what ki...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:57 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: Which country do you prefer otome games to take place in?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 9723
Re: Which country do you prefer otome games to take place in
What makes you think there aren't 15-16 year olds drinking and having sex in high school in the US? (A Place I know well) Or in Japan? (A place I don't know well). Your post seems to have a "familiarity breeds contempt" sort of vibe to it. In other words, you seem quite disdainful of Denm...
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:59 pm
- Forum: Works in Progress
- Topic: The Pirate Mermaid [GxB][Fantasy] - New Demo Out!
- Replies: 344
- Views: 174578
Re: The Pirate Mermaid [GxB][Fantasy][Update Sept 1]
This game looks amazing! (=*o*=) The sorcerer is my favourite character teheh old perv ;D Artwork, style, dialogue and characters are all gorgeous and amazing!
-Nat
-Nat
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:15 pm
- Forum: Other Story-based Games
- Topic: Top 5 Favorite Visual Novels
- Replies: 71
- Views: 35225
Re: Top 5 Favorite Visual Novels
I haven't played too many VNs, and I prefer Western and white VNs right now (because that's what I've been accustomed to all my life tuh) but... here we go 1. My Candy Love Awww, my first VN (technically... I'm sure that some people wouldn't consider it a VN.) So many feels. Excellent artwork and ve...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:52 pm
- Forum: Demos & Beta Testing
- Topic: Cafe Memoria Demo v0.1[BxG][Comedy][Slice of Life][Waitress]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7075
Re: Cafe Memoria Demo v0.1[BxG][Comedy][Slice of Life][Waitr
You should have an option to 'wipe' the screen, we can see the background! I know that we can press 1st and 2nd mouse button at the same time, but it's easier if we can just press a button so we don't mess up (heheh, talking from experience) :D Not sure what you mean, you mean removing the text box...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:07 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Four ways to write a great story
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5623
Re: Four ways to write a great story
Oh my goodness, I'm one hundred percent a SOTP person. I love getting the first draft out, and I'll go on inspiration driven writing passages that'll keep me up 'till midnight (not fun when I have to get up at six-thirty). I hate editing because I find it so tedious and even though I want my story t...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:49 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Advice on Writing Narrative in VNs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7475
Re: Advice on Writing Narrative in VNs
Hmm, interesting post, though not sure I would take it all as a strict guideline. One of the things I love about writing is that you can either follow to the guidebook or give yourself complete freedom. For me, I would pick having a sentence sound nice over having it follow all the rules. If I have ...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:08 pm
- Forum: Demos & Beta Testing
- Topic: Mage Wars (Demo) [Fantasy/Romance]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4373
Re: Mage Wars (Demo) [Fantasy/Romance]
Chrome actually does that quite often with VN downloads (at least it has for me). You're not alone. Frequently Chrome and even some AV software will mark any zipped file with a '.exe' or scripts inside as "malicious" or "potentially dangerous". Not to mention that because there ...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:29 pm
- Forum: Creative Commons
- Topic: Patterns/Textures for UI or Misc. Design (CC By SA)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1718
Re: Patterns/Textures for UI or Misc. Design (CC By SA)
They're all very nice, clean, cute designs. Personally, I prefer something with a little more substance, but subtle themes are much better to build off of than really flashy ones! Thank you for sharing, these can provide good inspiration
-Nat
-Nat
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:39 pm
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: Most Difficult Thing About Visual Novels
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4380
Re: Most Difficult Thing About Visual Novels
Hmm, while finding time is extremely difficult, I think trying to write unique paths for different characters has proven to be difficult. I have two characters whose voices are very strong in my head and easy to write, and two others... well, I'm trying to avoid stereotypes with this one shy girl, ...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: Demos & Beta Testing
- Topic: Cafe Memoria Demo v0.1[BxG][Comedy][Slice of Life][Waitress]
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7075
Re: Cafe Memoria Demo v0.1[BxG][Comedy][Slice of Life][Waitr
I didn't have any bugs that weren't already mentioned (the food/drink choices, plus unlocked path all worked fine :D) So I wrote things down that I noticed while playing. I really enjoyed the artwork! The character sprites are very nice :) The GUI is quite pleasing to look at Neat concept! Transitio...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:13 am
- Forum: Creator Discussion
- Topic: How long can you make your Ren'Py game?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2718
Re: How long can you make your Ren'Py game?
Most commercial games want their Visual Novel to be just that—a game. Wouldn't you feel cheated if you bought a $40 game that only had three hours gameplay? The longest VN I've played (and completed) was Katawa Shoujo. Personally, I thought that that game was long, but I enjoyed every minute of it (...