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We're seeking a composer for an [18+] romance visual novel set in the Adirondacks. We're looking for someone comfortable with music evocative of natural environments as well as mood-setting themes. Work lineup would involve about eight tracks for the demo currently in development, but we'd like cand...

I think the idea that complexity is built on contradictions doesn't really lend itself to helpful, actionable writing advice. Actually, I think that if taken at face value, it makes for pretty bad advice. The first character that brings to mind for me is Ivy , of Soul Calibur, specifically because o...

A huge part of the variation between artists' prices comes from circumstances rather than skills. One of the most skilled, and fastest artists I've known was also one of the cheapest I've encountered, because art was his full time job, but also his hobby, and he lived in a country with low costs of ...

So, on the one hand, I think it's true that readers who make a fuss over this sort of thing are only a vocal minority within the overall population. On the other hand, they're a minority that Japanese romance games in particular have been catering to for decades, so the genre kind of filters for the...

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Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:43 pm

No answer. ok.

The ad in question is old, but it's for the better that you didn't hear back. The original poster was actually a scam artist and serial fraudster who was caught in the process of trying to embezzle tens of thousands of dollars from their most recent game project.

To be honest, a lot of what goes on in Western VN development really blurs the lines of professionalism. I don't think there's even a single professional English language VN company right now with the resources and permanence to release successive games without resorting to crowdfunding. A lot of pl...

The position has now been filled, thank you to everyone who applied, and apologies to everyone we were not able to follow up with.

oh lord, you described it perfectly. that's the direction my game is taking right now and it's horrendous. however, even though not ideal, i think one-liners work in dating sims with archetypes?? Could you give examples of what you have in mind? There are always some audiences who'll go for a work ...

I actually went through quite a bit of effort to develop a realistic sense for these figures, only to find them almost entirely useless for character design, because it's so difficult to find an artist, let alone audience members, who can relate them to actual visual images. I sometimes use a couple...

Definitely overwhelmingly in favor of richer dialogues and character development. Without compelling dialogue, I can really only muster up about as much enthusiasm for the romance as I could mashing a couple of dolls' faces together and pretending they're kissing.

We’re seeking a background artist for a (paid) position on a commercial visual novel. The game is set in the real life location of the Adirondacks in New York State, and prospective artists should be comfortable depicting natural environments as well as interior scenes. The game is rated 18+, but th...

If there's anything I hate about a protagonist it's when they're passive (the story happens to them instead of they actively advancing the story through their actions). I also don't like dumb, airhead protagonists (or characters in general) since their actions rarely make sense or feel realistic. A...

I agree with this. Even though I'm not looking for the VN of the year, I still look for a base quality when deciding what game to play. Since it's impossible to judge the writing before you start playing, other factors play a bigger role. Again, I don't think the art has to be amazing, but if the c...

There's one VN which comes to mind which I thought pulled off the the long common route/late character introductions well: Kono Oozora ni, Tsubasa o Hirogete/If My Heart Had Wings. The events of the common route take place over the course of more than a year, and at the beginning of the first school...

I'm Desertopa, and I've been writing on the internet in various forms for about fifteen years, since that name first appeared in fantasy roleplays (as a six inch long lizard and honorary dragon.) Since then I've kept the name, but experimented with a wide variety of styles and formats. I aim to be n...