@latte
Don't be discouraged. If it makes you feel better, I'm a pretty curious guy so I'd definitely take a peek !
Don't stress over it too much either, just focus on what you can do and polish things little by little
Marketing can come after you have enough stuff to tease about anyway.
Appealing to a broad audience can be tricky but as long as you strike a balance in what you reveal, it will attract people to a certain extent. Think about the positive side of things, this will help you a lot in the whole process ^^
-- No longer active -- -- English/French Translation topic here -- Hope~ - Symphony of Tomorrow alpha demo playthrough here (1h35mn long video !)
latte wrote:
I was happily working on a BxG project outline when I realized, this thing is too girly -- maybe because most of the setting and initial ideas are by my super girly best friend. Few guys would want to play, but many girls don't play BxG at all; at least, most female VN players I know outside this forum would rather play a GxB where they can fawn over the boys.
Still, I'm attached to the story and its characters, and I'm confident I can make a solid game out of them, but I don't want it to be outright dismissed by many prospective players because of that. What to do...
Go for it. If you're attached to the story and characters, chances are people who try it will fall in love with them too. I do enjoy GxB, but if I see a BxG with interesting characters or a good premise, I give it a go.
Ugh, after going to the doctor and getting medicine followed by an xray later in the month of Feb. I thought I would be fine, that I would be getting better. Even the x-ray says I was perfectly fine.
I'm am clearly not. I've only got a few pills remaining of what I was prescribed. And I still can't eat a thing. Everything gets stuck even soup. The only thing that doesn't get stuck is drinks and other super light liquids, so liquids do get stuck even. Going back to the doctor in a few days or so, since I can't take it any more. If it wasn't for NaNo to keep me preoccupied, I think I would be either going insane or super depressed, or both.
I need to set things up straight once and for all... and I'm gonna do it here in a public forum for all to see... and a place where I can point people so I don't have to defend myself every time.
Earlier, someone on 4chan vn-devs EVN thread accused me (again) of being a Smuggler and having a bad case of "Pseudologia fantastica" because quite frankly, I've been experiencing a lot of highlights and down times that most people will find unbelievable... so let's get started.
I'm saying this with a straight face, I'm not a smuggler. I will never ever become a smuggler and I did not smuggle anything at all... How did it all started?... 4 years ago I had a majority stake in Hermillano Trading (now defunct) which is a brokerage based in North Harbour (also deals in scrap metals) and for a short period I was serving as the General and Operations Manager though there is someone there who took day to day operations while I'm mostly present to inspect and make sure everything is in working order.
Long story short, my name, the company was used by a smuggler to smuggle Php4 Million pesos worth of onions and got media attention. Of course the prime suspect was me because my name was all over the paper works and in the newspapers. Fast forward 6 months, we managed to collect enough paper and money trail to determine that it was indeed an inside job and the responsible guy now rotting in jail. Unfortunately, our license to import was revoked which really hurt sales... we have no choice but to dissolve the company and sell all the equipment (save for a few trucks) to pay for everything.
Now let's go to the "Pseudologia fantastica" thing. Some people find it incredibly unbelievable that I can juggle doing OELVN's (aka EVN) for fun while managing several businesses. So just because I managed to do what seems impossible to you... I'm lying?... let me say this... I made my fortune selling Printer Inks. You don't believe me? Fine, not my problem... You think it's unbelievable that I'm now pretty well off because of selling printer inks?... Not my problem... but please be informed that I'm selling printer inks by the Barrel... True, they're cheap Chinese knockoff of branded inks meant to be sold to refilling stations and who knows where it ends but the fact still remains that I'm selling them... "by the barrel"
And what about your so called other businesses?... Surely you must be lying... there's no way you can juggle all of these and still do your crappy OELVN thing... Wrong! That's what business managers are for... like I always say again and again... don't work for money... let money work for you... Invest and diversify in several businesses in whole or in part then hire someone to manage them. At the end of the day all I need is to log-in to Netsuite and see the sales data, reports and other things I needed to decide what will be in tomorrow's or next week's agenda. So if you think it's impossible for one person to handle an Advertising Placement Agency, A Fabrication Factory, Wall Cladding Distribution, Several Fast Food Franchises, Flood Management, Risk Assessment Firm, Ink Wholesale then it was not me who has the problem... It was you whoever you are. Me?... I know exactly what to do, where to position and what it takes to get what I want.
You're lying, I still don't believe you. We want proof!
I did, IIRC that was nearly 2 years ago that you guys asked for proof of my identity. I gave you everything you needed just short of compromising my identity. Papers, Photos I even went as far as ask my webguy to create a page in one of my non-uncle mugen website and post the image you provided but what did you do in return!?... YOU DDOS'ed my main business site YOU spammed my GoDaddy email with Porn Invites... 10MB of space was quickly filled preventing legitimate emails from even entering. You compromised some of my other accounts that I have to spend two whole months doing damage control. Now that I think about it... why am I even catering to your demands?... what do I get in return if I again prove to you that I am who I am... chances are you'll just troll my email account again.
And now to answer another question that is often being asked to me lately... Who is Uncle Mugen?
This is the current, short and accurate definition. Uncle Mugen was a fictional character created by some bored guy initially intended (and probably still is) as a self insert of himself. Nowadays, Uncle Mugen now merely serves as his Online Persona mostly to relieve stress and simply to have a little fun on the Internets. There is a third more grimmer reason but let's not go into that. And don;t get me started on why I insist on using the term OELVN instead of EVN... because I'm beginning to suspect you're just trolling me...
[02:49] <Komi> How is Dysfunctional Systems coming along?
[02:52] <Doomfest> have you seen prince of egypt
[02:53] <Doomfest> do you remember that scene with the storm of bugs
[02:54] <Komi> I know what you are talking about, but I can't remember the scene.
[02:54] <Doomfest> that is what it feels like
[02:55] <Komi> Personality conflicts on the team, I take it?
[02:56] <Doomfest> no
[02:56] <Doomfest> just bugs
[02:56] <Doomfest> storm of bugs
@HanaMori /hugs /give US and UK's plush /pat your back.
I'm hiatus from everything for exam... Slow pace on projects. I need to write and draw..
"I'm wearing your granddad's clothes. I look incredible." - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Hah...
I'm sick and in the middle of my final exams.
(Had to leave early Friday because I suddenly felt sick.)
Plus I have to finish my portfolio for college until Wednesday--while this is possible and I know that I'll make it, I already know that I'm not satisfied with the result.
I also suck at maths. Gonna die in the exams on Wednesday.
At least everything's over in three days which means that I can start working on 1plus3 again. <3
(And thanks to the portfolio I learned just how productive I can be. =w=)
Oh I get it now... I get it alright... I now have a pretty good picture of what's going on... very... funny guys... very funny...
I seriously hope it wasn't you whose trolling me all morning...
"POOF" (Disappears)
I've read somewhere that the amounts of hate mail/trolling that someone receive can be used to measure how many people who is jealous with that person .. so it can be used to measure someone's success ^^;
Along with having to worry about school, my future, and my backlog of commissions, I'm also having to take part in my cousin's wedding as a bridesmaid. Ok, I can deal.
What I really hate is my mom saying, "YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!" constantly because:
a) yes. I'm working out. I'm sticking to a workout for hopefully thirty days and beyond because it's healthy and good for my heart, body, and mind.
b) No, I will not become a super thin model which I feel as if she's trying to say even though she may not mean it, but no mom can't you accept that I'm just a curvy Asian? I'll work on toning my body, but way to make me feel like crap about my own body when I try to keep my self-confidence in feeling comfortable with who I am.
Lately, a person I know keeps coming over to my dorm without even telling. Sometimes at night, sometimes at mornings. I'm a bit annoyed of the fact that he has a girlfriend who is out of town, and I don't want to get accused by people that we're cheating. Because every time rejected and he keeps saying he just want to talk. But every time we talk... he keeps mentioning stuff that I'm not comfortable with.
azureXtwilight wrote:Lately, a person I know keeps coming over to my dorm without even telling. Sometimes at night, sometimes at mornings. I'm a bit annoyed of the fact that he has a girlfriend who is out of town, and I don't want to get accused by people that we're cheating. Because every time rejected and he keeps saying he just want to talk. But every time we talk... he keeps mentioning stuff that I'm not comfortable with.
Maybe it'd be better for you to talk with him in other places. Even if you're not cheating, the dorm is a suspicious place. You can tell him without fear: OK, let's go to a public place were we can "just talk". If he is looking for something more, maybe you'd must not to let him in.
Just an idea.
azureXtwilight wrote:Lately, a person I know keeps coming over to my dorm without even telling. Sometimes at night, sometimes at mornings. I'm a bit annoyed of the fact that he has a girlfriend who is out of town, and I don't want to get accused by people that we're cheating. Because every time rejected and he keeps saying he just want to talk. But every time we talk... he keeps mentioning stuff that I'm not comfortable with.
Maybe it'd be better for you to talk with him in other places. Even if you're not cheating, the dorm is a suspicious place. You can tell him without fear: OK, let's go to a public place were we can "just talk". If he is looking for something more, maybe you'd must not to let him in.
Just an idea.
Haha, but in actuality I just don't want to talk XD It gets irritating every time I have to reject and he keeps coming back... Can't really get a hint. Next time I have to say it to his face not to come back.
