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If the VN is from the MC's viewpoint (first-person), keeping him/her silent won't hurt anything, in my opinion.

One more vote for animated. I don't really expect manga/anime style characters to move realistically.

I don't really have any expectation that a VN will get to the "action" at some point. To keep me on board, keep the content interesting (especially the characters).

This seems to be the eternal conundrum for video games in general. How do we make the world "feel" big, without having a lot of content that doesn't go anywhere? Even big open-world games like Grand Theft Auto and Infamous have tons of repeated content. For a VN, I want interesting and impactful dia...

Whether or not I care about the characters is a huge factor for me. It can keep me involved even if I don't like other factors in the game (like the actual game-play). If both the characters and game-play are bland, I will probably walk away.

I'd install Ren'py (http://www.renpy.org/) and play through the included short VN before examining the script file. You can also check out all the source image and sound files, to see how you need to set them up. It's very easy to get something up and running. If I'm stuck on something, I usually ju...

You certainly could. If you want to keep things versatile, you might have standing sprites made with poses that'd look alright for seated versions. You could then position the characters so that everything waist-down is offscreen, and have the chair backs behind them.

Not bad! I'd consider brightening the area under the tree, to account for global illumination. Near-black shadows in broad daylight will throw some viewers off.

I only know of more general stuff- for example, you could get an illustration, render, or photo of a bedroom (and many other things) on dreamstime.com. You can also get scenes from turbosquid.com or the Unity Asset Store, but you may have to render them out yourself. I've purchased stuff from all th...

Gear wrote:I'll be at A-Fest, as well. Should we have a meet-up, or dinner or something?

I don't have any plans, other than being at A-Fest in general. A meetup would be nice!

I wouldn't say that I absolutely need voice, but if I have two to choose from, I have a major preference for one with Japanese voice, since I get some language exposure/learning from that. If English voice is the only option, I probably won't turn it off, but it will feel weird if the characters are...

Ah, I was replying to the OP. I'll be at AnimeFest, but I'm afraid that my first Expo trip won't happen this year.

I think I heard that Mugen offers his services for custom work at very good rates.

I'll be there!

I 100%'d it today. The story is quite wild, but I'll leave the details in Spoilerville