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It depends on the reason why the universe agrees with the narrator, I think. Namely; does the universe agree because it reflects reality, or is it a created universe (eg. a fantasy or sci-fi setting)? If you're writing, say, historical fiction, and your characters have realistic attitudes for their ...

I don't think there's an ideal playtime to aim for when it comes to VNs. Because it's a medium which can take cues from a whole plethora of others (TV, film, comics, novels, plays, poetry -- whatever you like) there's no real way to pin down an 'appropriate' length. It depends on the format of your ...

As someone who's been in much the same position with my current project, I think the big important thing with getting project development started is -- unless your scope demands otherwise -- getting at least a first draft of the script done first. Which it sounds like you've pretty much got! I didn'...

I think voice-acting is best used as a tool of accentuation -- as in, it should only be considered important to development if it's going to emphasize another worthwhile aspect of the VN, or draw out an element of the story somehow. So, for example -- if you have incredibly well-written dialogue, th...

Welp, it's been another month! Progress report time. Since April, I've mostly been doing editing. I'm trying to polish up the game so that there aren't any plot holes, and so my cringey mid-2014 dialogue is mostly trimmed or cut. Given the better part of a year has gone by now, a lot of the earlier ...

I particularly like villain protagonists because they tend to be more direct and driven about their goals than heroes are. One of the main ways a work can deter a hero from getting what they want is by throwing a caveat in with it (if you get it you hurt these people, the other characters don't want...

Tumblr isn't the best platform for conversations for a few reasons that it'd take a while to list, but if you want to communicate with people on it, best way is generally to post your work or odds and ends about your life/interests, and see who responds. You'll never get everyone talking with you, o...

I'm of roughly the same mind as truefaiterman, in that I think true/best ends have value when they do more than the other ends. I think they usually work well in the case of visual novels that are focused more on plot than character. For instance, I think in something like an otome game, having a tr...

'$weet Fourth Symphony' from Blue Exorcist is my favourite bit of anime tear jerker music; but there are a few others I quite like... 'Aoi Shiori' -- Ano Hana 'We Were Lovers -instrumental-' -- Gankutsuou 'Sorairo Days -Tengen Toppa edition-' -- Gurren Lagann 'One Summer Day' -- Spirited Away 'Frien...

Time for the obligatory monthly update! Though I haven't got much exciting to show this time-- I started postgrad a few weeks back, so my time is split three-ways between trying to get an Honours degree, trying to do my job, and trying to work on this game. Since early March, I've done the following...

I've been considering doing EVN reviews, since I now have a degree in Media Studies and having some sort of use for my qualifications would be nice, but I'm kind of wary of potential backlash if I try to juggle being a creator and being a reviewer (potentially burning bridges with other devs if I ha...

Update ahoooy! Firstly, as discussed in the posts above, I've made some changes to the size of the font and the placement of the textbox-- I've brought it up a bit higher and made the words much, much bigger. While I think this has done a good job at fixing the legibility issues the game had and mak...

While I know some groups get together and record some/all dialogue together (on Skype or otherwise), generally VAing is done solo. I can't speak for the pro side of things, but I'm in a few amateur VAing groups, and what we normally do for our productions is record a few takes of every line with dif...

I think a VN based on a historical figure would be cool, but it would be hard to have a major figure as the protagonist unless the point of the game is seeing how history could've been changed with different actions. I mean, with Napoleon, for example, you could recreate his life as a KN, or allow p...

Funny you should mention the textbox wraparound/size-- I've actually been reading some stuff on design theory for textboxes lately, so I've been trying to get an overhaul of it sorted out. I'm aware I should be keeping it to sort of 10 or so words before the wrap, and that it's sitting a bit too low...