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Taking to heart what Kailoto said before me, I like the idea of the same characters in different universes. If there's reason enough to read the novel and play the VN, I don't think it has to be a bad thing to already know the character's secrets when doing the other. If it's done well, I think I c...

With the introduction of Squad and Private battles, I figured now was as good a time as any to post a topic for this game. For those who don't know, Splatoon is a multiplayer shooter (Wii U) with a twist - your weapons can also ink the ground in your team's color, which is just as important as takin...

Fun story: I once wanted to write a certain novel, but then I played a bunch of visual novels and grew to like the medium. The idea eventually morphed into a full-on VN because I kept adding ideas that would utilize the different mediums. And so now the novel doesn't exist, as it was cannibalized by...

I'm surprised no one has really emphasize this yet, but you can recruit testers here on the LSF forums. There are explicit places to do so. For proofreaders, you can look for people advertising themselves in the "I am a Writer, Editor, Proofreader or Translator" subforum of the Recruitmen...

So I lost my job! Yaaaaayyyyyyy... \o/

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Really though, I just got replaced by an actual marketing company, so I'm not too hurt over the fact. At least this gives me more time to write fiction.

I can always use more Skype conversations. Always.

Yeah, a lot of forum features are just part of phpBB. A lot of the unused features (friend/foe lists, bookmarks, drafts, and in some cases PM folders and subscriptions) are just hardwired into the software. I've used PM folders and subscriptions before in other forums, but I don't think I've ever us...

^What kitsubasa said. I'm friends with a few fellow writers that are usually willing to look over my stuff, and I can count on them to give informed and specific feedback. I also use them as sounding boards when I'm still outlining ideas and trying to figure out the story. And of course, I do the sa...

What I don't understand is why they wouldn't issue a warning first. In all my years, across all sorts of forums, we've only ever banned someone without warning if they do something serious, like instigating a raid. 99% of bans were from people who were issued a warning and refused to comply, which ...

Projects usually change tones while I work on them. I've found a pattern in my works - my first draft is a raw version of the story, my second draft is much darker and deconstructs most of what I originally wrote, and my third draft brightens things up and tries to reconstruct everything I took apar...

Well, assuming the forum requires you to sign up to view it it's probably like that because they only want people participating in the forum to be able to see it. Otherwise it would be open to anons without signing up. I think a lot of private forums have policies against lurking. Yeah, it was a pr...

I've always been drawn to the idea of abstract art in visual novels... the conventions for character sprites, backgrounds, etc. are great and all, but sometimes I would like to see more inventive ways to use the visual medium. The writing would have to be superb, but I think it would make for a uni...

I've always been drawn to the idea of abstract art in visual novels... the conventions for character sprites, backgrounds, etc. are great and all, but sometimes I would like to see more inventive ways to use the visual medium. The writing would have to be superb, but I think it would make for a uniq...

-snip- That sad part, I think, and the part that makes this such an issue of contention, is that it can be done well. I've played more than a few games that were ostensibly dating sims without some or even most of the typical flaws. And even if I can't think of a perfect example off the top of my h...

I think the important part, if you're worried about portraying it in a sympathetic yet realistic way, is to make the distinction between emotional support (which the boy can and should give), and psychological therapy (which the boy should not be responsible for.) Relationships can bring out the bet...