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by tinysamm
Sat May 01, 2021 5:37 am
Forum: Works in Progress
Topic: Doki Doki Dollmaker [BL][Romance][Comedy][Slice of Life]
Replies: 37
Views: 14290

Re: Doki Doki Dollmaker [BL][Romance][Comedy][Slice of Life]

Congrats on the successful campaign! Very excited for the release :> It's been a long time since I've backed anything on KS, but the premise and art made it very difficult to ignore this project. I look forward to seeing it all fully come together ^w^
by tinysamm
Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:48 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: How can you judge what is a "reasonable amount of time" to be working on a game?
Replies: 17
Views: 9014

Re: How can you judge what is a "reasonable amount of time" to be working on a game?

What do you mean when you say "scaling back"? You mean taking a step back and trying to find a new way of how to approach this? Scaling back the full game's size and scope is what I meant, though taking a step back can certainly be helpful :) If the time it takes to finish is getting furt...
by tinysamm
Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:29 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: How can you judge what is a "reasonable amount of time" to be working on a game?
Replies: 17
Views: 9014

Re: How can you judge what is a "reasonable amount of time" to be working on a game?

It depends on the time you can reasonably devote to a given project. Something to avoid when you're working in your spare time rather than on a project as a full-time job is to assume that you know exactly how much longer it will take to fully complete your game. In my experience, even if you have a...
by tinysamm
Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:39 am
Forum: Completed Games
Topic: Confession Center [NaNoRenO2021] [LGBTQ+] [Romance] [Free]
Replies: 2
Views: 2585

Confession Center [NaNoRenO2021] [LGBTQ+] [Romance] [Free]

CONFESSION CENTER - QUEER ROMANTIC VN Sonia is a typical, gloomy enby nerd who's fallen in love with their online friend Vivian. She's been able to keep these feelings under wraps, but now that they'll be meeting up for the local TAGFest convention, there's no way Sonia can put this off any further!...
by tinysamm
Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:12 am
Forum: Completed Games
Topic: Vignette [NaNoRenO2021] [Watercress] [KN] [Free]
Replies: 2
Views: 2495

Re: Vignette [NaNoRenO2021] [Watercress] [KN] [Free]

Adored this game. It was a big standout for me among the NaNoRenO 2021 entries, and I'm glad I got to play it. The artwork was impressive in terms of how much you were able to do with just a single location. That, along with the effective voice direction and audio work brought the narrative to life....
by tinysamm
Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: Give the player freedom to manage time?
Replies: 8
Views: 4855

Re: Give the player freedom to manage time?

Very few narrative focused games outside of farming sims (Story of Seasons, Rune Factory, Stardew Valley) implement a full day system. It adds a pretty big constraint on the player in regards to what they can choose to do, and for some it may even lead to a degree of analysis paralysis. VNs that do ...
by tinysamm
Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: Creator Discussion
Topic: How can I get volunteers to make faster progress on a game?
Replies: 24
Views: 6807

Re: How can I get volunteers to make faster progress on a game?

Volunteer work can definitely experience slowdown when things like this come up, but if the project is entirely being done for fun with no real deadline involved, it'll be difficult to make a case to your volunteers that they need to produce more work. A project taking a long time to complete can de...
by tinysamm
Sun Apr 25, 2021 4:47 pm
Forum: Welcome!
Topic: Guestbook
Replies: 5534
Views: 2781531

Re: Guestbook

Hey all :> I'm tinysamm, or just Samm if you'd prefer. Location: Bellevue, WA Website: https://tiny-design.tumblr.com/ I've been working in games as a programmer for a few years now, and have decided to work on visual novels when I can during my free time. My hope is to make at least 3 new VNs this ...