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- Sun Jul 31, 2016 3:26 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Using past or present tense for your writing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3694
Re: Using past or present tense for your writing
Outside of grammatical concerns, present tense also conveys a stronger sense of immediacy (something is happening right now vs. something happened already), so using present tense can make action scenes seem more aggressive and by extension, choices seem more consequential. Past tense is sometimes m...
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:49 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Referencing A Real Place (Is it an Issue?)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 874
Re: Referencing A Real Place (Is it an Issue?)
Generally gardens, parks, and public landmarks would not be an issue regardless of whether good or bad story events happen there. I mean, disaster movies have blown up the insert-landmark-of-choice how many times over? Legal problems come more into play when referencing businesses or organizations, ...
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: I am an Artist
- Topic: Delete
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1898
Re: Free CG and Sprites Artist for hire!
I really like the style of your sprites and the way they interact with the backgrounds you have. They're pretty unique and just really visually interesting, especially Doc with the burrito. Definitely going to PM you!
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:30 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Music, Sound, and Movies
- Topic: Sound Effects
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2016
Re: Sound Effects
My go-to for Creative Commons sound effects is freesound.org, which can be very useful especially with some sound editing tweaks in Audacity (audacityteam.org) if I need to re-time or pitch-shift things. Audacity can also record sounds directly to a computer if you have a built-in microphone or one ...
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 7:24 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: To info dump or not?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1645
Re: To info dump or not?
It might also help to have fresh eyes take a look at the structure? Since you already know the information you're trying to convey, it might feel denser and duller to you than to someone unfamiliar with the content. When I'm reading, I agree that small asides or bits of character flavor injected int...
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:27 pm
- Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
- Topic: Nobility Ranking systems in different cultures
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1724
Re: Nobility Ranking systems in different cultures
Many cultures equate their leaders with divine beings-- if not godly themselves, then at least given the godly gift to lead. There is a huge religious component to most traditional class structures that could be worth exploring as well.
Re: Guestbook
Hello! My name is Amy and I've been lurking around here for a long time, but decided to finally make the leap and join in the posting. I'm excited to chat with others who are also excited about making VNs!