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I think Mammon is right that the OP seems to be talking more about the tone of the writing than the content. Which is interesting because I fall in very different places on those two spectra. On the one hand I tend to have very grounded character writing, only funny because the characters are funny ...

One thing I've seen done kind of between the two options is to have a "base" neutral pose with like half the expressions for each character and then have the rest be individual expressive poses. But I personally prefer the existence and utilization of more expressive posses myself, though I am prett...

I actually began work on my current project as a TV series. It was sort of a self project since the demographic was the sort of thing that would probably never get made ever. But every so often I would come across some way that it might be possible if only I had some skill or other. (A Webcomic, a s...

I think it all really depends on your definition of symbolism. By my own definition--an aspect of the story that uses cultural resonances provided by the audience to add meaning--I tend to generate quite a bit of symbolism organically just as a byproduct of how I construct stories. Early in the idea...

I am a very visual person, so I tend to have what I would consider "a lot" of CGs. There's really no price limit since I am the artist, and I try to be practical where possible, but I can definitely tell I am a bit excessive. My first short project Scribbles was about 10 minutes of play on average ...

I am a very visual person, so I tend to have what I would consider "a lot" of CGs. There's really no price limit since I am the artist, and I try to be practical where possible, but I can definitely tell I am a bit excessive. My first short project Scribbles was about 10 minutes of play on average f...

I've sort of looked at this problem from both sides. From the Player side, I tend to binge when able, often playing in 2-7 hour chunks as available until the game is finished, tending to cut off between 11:30 and 1 am on evening play sessions. I have been known, however, to steal like 15 to 30 minut...

I have all the same things as above--music needs to either be familiar or instrumental so that I can put it in the background, but I wanted to add that I actually tend to do my most successful art/writing listening to a single song on repeat for the duration. It helps me maintain the mood of the thi...

The only issue I can see is a potential programming problem. If you just want to automatically dump them on the correct ending then assuming that a person plays A then B then C which ending do they get? True Ending 1 or True Ending 3?

I have always been a fan of the "does this character cause conflict" method of Mary Sue prevention. (But perhaps that's for another thread.) Not at all. What is this method that you speak of? I don't think I've heard of it before, but if I interpret your words correctly it may be another good rule ...

Very smart plan, ideas in one's head can seem much clearer and more organised than they really are. Although from what I can tell from Phoebe's character you might be wary of 'Mary Sue' syndrome, she doesn't seem to have any flaws. If you can actually make the character a hard-ass captain with a so...

This. Thanks so much for sharing your process with me. It looks like you have a good workflow here, far better than my initial organizational attempts. I hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your principles. I don't know why I didn't consider chapters as "episodes" before, but it's certainly les...

The advice above is all good advice, certainly things I try to do whenever I can. But you asked for my process so here it is. I am currently in the very first stages of writing my first quite ambitious project--an urban fantasy mystery likely to be between 100k-130k when I am done. Here are the step...

I am actually working on a series of short comics about Side Characters to strengthen my art for doing the visual novel, so almost pre-doing this. In addition to focusing on characters who don't get much play, they also allow me to delve into world building questions or themes I might not otherwise ...

I would probably start by commissioning a really nice and extensive soundtrack. Because I am a sucker for music and let's be honest, even if the production fell through, just having a really awesome musical score for this idea in my head would be just awesome! The highest size I've ever estimated fo...