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by Flowers from Nowhere
Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: flaws in my sotory (as a visual novel)
Replies: 17
Views: 2443

Re: flaws in my sotory (as a visual novel)

When I'm trying to work out the main conflict for a story I like to write out the main idea of what the story is trying to accomplish in one or two sentences. From your summary it looks to me like a coming of age story. Your hero and heroine are forced into a situation very different than the ways t...
by Flowers from Nowhere
Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:24 pm
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: Do good games need bad ends?
Replies: 10
Views: 1393

Re: Do good games need bad ends?

If the story doesn't "run its due course", it feels weird to end it. If every ending is positive, that might make the main character's efforts to succeed seem meaningless. I think these are the main sides of this issue. I don't want to invalidate my heroes' successes, which is what I am a...
by Flowers from Nowhere
Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:51 am
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: Do good games need bad ends?
Replies: 10
Views: 1393

Do good games need bad ends?

I like happy endings so I tend to be weary of bad ends. I always want the character to wind up with something at the end of the story even if it wasn't everything they wanted or could have gotten in another path. Do bad ends add to a story? I understand that the possibility of failure is what makes ...