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Then think my example through. What if "CTR Hero" was named "The Prophet's Hero" instead and featured typical Wahhabi teachings as they are taught to children in Saudi Arabia? What if "choosing the right" meant "choosing to stay away from infidels" in these teachings? What if the choices involve re...

So, this is essentially a VN with a Mormon religious theme aimed at children? Not that I don't respect the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and their beliefs, but... is it necessary to shove religion of any kind down the throats of kids? We've already seen at least one VN with a religiou...

Often, depressed/angsty main characters in games do come across as annoying. (Think Squall from Final Fantasy VII.) Why? Well, even though many of us have had the experience of feeling hopeless and down-in-the-dumps, it's still annoying even in real life to be around a perpetually depressed person w...

I don't usually go for KNs, but decided to try this one after reading all the comments. I was quite impressed! The story turned out to be darker than I expected, but it was a very intriguing concept and surprisingly moving - I don't think I've played another game from the LSF community with as good ...

And about Catholics and birth-control - all I'll say is that it started less because of "the sanctity of life" and more because like any religion, they wanted to make sure the faithful outnumbered the Godless unbelievers - and that means big Catholic families. That's really not the case. If it were...

Wow... this was the first game that got me interested enough to register on the Lemmasoft forums a couple of years ago, and now it's almost done! So exciting.

Well, I went "oh, hell yeah!" several times when reading your post, so you've definitely gained a thread-stalker. Down with tedious stat-raising! Hooray for plausible friendships! Doesn't hurt that the screenshots look very pretty, too.

Actually, I think it would be kind of cool to play a VN where the main character's parents played a big role in the story. We always see lots of friendships in games, and romances, and even sibling relationships, but not that many parent-child relationships, at least ones where the child isn't reall...

That could be a problem if it results in an offensive statement sitting unchallenged in a thread because people are only talking about it in PMs, and then other people wandering by think that the statement is apparently endorsed by the entire forum because no one's complaining. It seemed to me that...

In general - not just limiting myself to VNs - I enjoy endings where some sort of mystery that's been troubling the characters throughout the whole game/movie/show is finally explained. If there are a lot of mysterious things going on, it's really motivating to finish watching/playing so you can fin...

I think LateWhiteRabbit said it best - it really depends on what kind of game you're making. I would like to point out, though, that many game protagonists fall somewhere in between "cipher" and "totally pre-defined" - for example, determining the personality of Commander Shepard in Mass Effect is i...

Sounds awesome! I loved the game the first time around, so I'm really looking forward to playing the revamped version. The customization and personality system sound like a lot of fun - I'm a sucker for features like that.

Could it have been handled differently? Certainly - but it would have taken a common effort to clear the misunderstandings, especially in naming the problems. I believe that the first rule of any discussion - think before you speak up - should serve as a guideline of discussion here in this forum a...

I'm really very skeptical of English-language games set in modern-day Japan, for the reasons everyone else has already noted. A game set in an American high school would be somewhat more interesting, but it would hav eto have some other interesting element to really jump out at me. Maybe I'm just no...

When it makes sense for a character to use vulgarities, then why not? (Although you should think carefully about whether it really will give the impression you want; I find, personally, that characters who swear a lot tend to come off as unsympathetic.) Lots of gratuitous bad language, however, will...