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Can I deal with tabloids like Shukan Bunshun? Yep! One of the things we want to force players to do is manage their relationship with the press, which includes gossip rags and bloggers, along with "regular" media outlets. Trying to dodge scandal (or wield it to your advantage) is somethin...

http://i.imgur.com/jypgjyO.jpg (cover art by Ninamo ) trailer/gameplay video and website Idol Manager is a business simulation game set in the Japanese idol industry. Coming 2018 for PC, Mac and Linux. The premise: You take on the role of manager at a small (but growing!) talent agency. As you cult...

In your case (with the goddess), I think it depends on how you portray her apathy. If you use her past to justify her disconnect, then yeah, I can see how people would think less of her flaw. However, if you use her past to explain her disconnect while also implying that the disconnect is still ult...

I'll also toss in a recommendation for Dave Barry, his non-fiction books and weekly column were both great. He also wrote three humorous novels ("Big Trouble," "Tricky Business," "Insane City,") about crazy things happening in Miami, which might be a more useful model t...

Many people watch high school football on Friday nights in the fall, followed by college football games on Saturday, and professional football games on Sunday. One question that often comes up in non-American circles is "why do Americans care so much about college football? How is it that high...

Here's a fun exercise. Think about a book you really like. For the sake of example, I'll use Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, a book beloved by critics and readers alike. Now go to Amazon and look at the 1-star reviews. Here's what some Amazon users had to say about Slaughterhouse-Five: "a ...

TL;DR - Why do people pay a fortune for coffee, but are wary of spending the same on an indie game? What you are describing is price sensitivity. There are some places where people are price-sensitive (e.g. having a fixed budget for games), and other prices where they may be price insensitive (in t...

On the subject of ludonarrative harmony in visual novels, I've been having a grand time playing Black Closet since its recent release on Steam. Black Closet is a noir mystery game with themes of politics and intrigue, and at your disposal, you have the ability to target persons of interest and eithe...

Here are some humor tips that I've mostly stolen from Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) and Dave Barry: The Six Elements of Humor: Scott Adams came up with this list. The six critical elements of humor are: Clever Cute Bizarre Cruel Naughty Recognizable In order for something to be funny, it must ach...

Some ideas can be merged (and some of the best stories are the result of merging ideas), where you take multiple character ideas and end up putting them in the same body. (So instead of having a cat lover and a punk band drummer as separate characters, you create a single character who spends Saturd...

Somewhat recently, there was a thread in the creator discussion forums discussing whether protagonists in dating games are unrealistic , with many users presenting their thoughts on how love stories can be effectively told in visual novels and dating sims. I also had a chance to discuss this topic w...

I actually find that I enjoyed my old works more than my current ones, even if they sounded cheesy/dated compared to how I write now. I guess it's because when I wrote those back then, I actually felt like I was writing with as much freedom as I could. Nowadays though I just feel kind of overwhelme...

Readers demand a sense of progress. Nearly every time I've felt bored with a story, it's because there was some "lull" where it didn't feel like any of the characters were failing to move toward their intended goal. (This is part of why it's so difficult to write a story about a character ...

I think what is important about the way of seeing Patreon that you are talking about is the emphasis on supporting a particular person primarily...rather than the work primarily. If my nephew put up a Patreon for something, I'd give him some monthly amount of money because he is my nephew. That is ...

When I support someone on Patreon, I don't expect to get anything in return. I treat it as patronage. It's effectively a recurring donation. I just wanted to chime in that I, too, see Patreon as patronage...but patronage is not the same thing as a donation. When the King of Bavaria became Richard W...