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My protagonist has the power to read Fate and view the past, present, and possible futures. That was too fun not to turn into a gameplay mechanic, and I'll be implementing unlockable scenarios of events she wasn't present to witness. I get to have my cake and eat it too by including important scenes...

I am picky about what qualities I want in a VN, so I've been waiting for this and am excited it's here! I've already found some intriguing games. Do you think in the future you will expand it with more criteria? I like the LGBT+ tag and would be interested in having that broken down further into spe...

Edit: I got some help. Thank you! I need a fan of the tv show Once Upon a Time that is familiar with the series and has seen all of it to read over a 4 page document. Because it's required: The Miller's Daughter is based on the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin, and has been in development for 12 months...

I already had a character artist for my game, but I hired Remnantation as an art editor to really push up the quality of the sprites and polish them, and it's been one of the best decisions I've made for the game. She has an advanced understanding of draping and the finer points of anatomy, and cris...

To look at it from a different perspective, it is common enough for producers and writers in professional game studios to leave a company and end up giving control over the project to someone else, with the knowledge that their original vision will inevitably change. That situation is by its nature ...

Some people call that a moral gray story, and it's common enough. Mutive gave a great example with the Last of Us. They tend to be more realistic. Some people consider them more complex. I think they're just a different kind of story, no better or worse than those that have good guys and bad guys. P...

What everyone here has said is true. I'd like to add that when it comes to learning to draw, how you study is perhaps even more important than how much time you put into it. You will learn more by drawing from real life and copying artists that are better than you than you will drawing from your ima...

(Edit: I just reread this today and wow, I did not for it to sound as harsh as it does! The game is beautiful and professional looking, and I think my belief in that got lost in my description of girl games, so I've removed that. Sorry.) A problem I'm seeing here is that you're aiming for an audienc...

1. Did you have any technical issues when running the game? No, everything ran smoothly. The menu system for the daily planner was missing visual feedback for choices made, but I am assuming that is because it is a work in progress. 2. What character is your favourite? Farris. I like that he is prac...

Visual novels are long term projects, often requiring years of development time from a small group of hobbyists that do it recreationally. I've spent the past 8 months working on my current one. I work full time, but dedicate 3 hours every morning to the project, and on each of my days off I put in ...

Yesterday, I decided to revisit an old cartoon, Dr. Katz, and ended up reading about Squigglevision. Dr. Katz was very low budget animation, so what they did was create static backgrounds and then used a digital program to make the characters and animated objects warp and vibrate in place. The end r...

You guys have got a pretty cool game going here! I played all the way to the end of the demo and then started over to try a few different choices. Here are my thoughts. Sound The first thing I have to mention is the voice acting. I normally don't like voice acting, but the quality of this took me by...

My advice: Reveal only enough of her back story for the current story to make sense and nothing more. Anything beyond what the reader absolutely needs to know is going to feel excessive and irrelevant, which translates to tedious. Even if it doesn't make it into the game, extra back story is always ...

I think this could be be a great idea to generate ideas and raw material, as long as you don't do a word-for-word transcription of the session. Roleplay, like all conversations, usually ends up sounding awkward and (ironically) unnatural when it's written down. I'd suggest heavily editing what you c...

For a secondary character it would be fine as part of their personality; as a love interest I wouldn't like it. One reason is that if I play a dating sim, it's for the escapism of an ideal romance. I don't mean a relationship with no problems or conflict, but I like that aspect of feeling more impor...