NaNoRenO 2007- The ren'ai visual novel challenge!

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frumplstlskn · #76 Post by **frumplstlskn** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:10 am

I'm thinking of joining and I have a few questions. Does this HAVE to be a romance game? I'm not very good at romance writing. I'd probably have something closer to a Higurashi or Saya no Uta horror suspense game unless I really pushed myself to write a romance. Who decides the winning entry? And also, who won last year's competition? I'd like to see the winning entry from the last one.

Thanks in advance and I'm already starting to get the creative juices flowing!

mikey · #77 Post by **mikey** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:18 am

frumplstlskn wrote:Does this HAVE to be a romance game?

No. It can be any VN or dating sim.

frumplstlskn wrote:Who decides the winning entry? And also, who won last year's competition? I'd like to see the winning entry from the last one.

This isn't a competition. You enter and see if you can pull it through.

Last year we had for instance Quine or Go! Magical Boy
http://www.renai.us/game/quine.shtml
http://www.renai.us/game/gomagicalboy.shtml

And welcome to the forums!

denzil · #78 Post by **denzil** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:04 am

mikey wrote:Last year we had for instance Quine or Go! Magical Boy

GMB was IntRenAiMo game and not a NaNoRenO one.

DaFool · #79 Post by **DaFool** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:08 am

If I may try to not ruffle a few feathers, but I'm just begging to ask

How many entrants were there for 2005 and 2006, and out of those how many completed games

1.) within the deadline
2.) eventually finished after the deadline

denzil · #80 Post by **denzil** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:27 am

NaNoRenO 2005, 2006 and completed games (including IntRenAiMo).

mikey · #81 Post by **mikey** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:39 am

denzil wrote:GMB was IntRenAiMo game and not a NaNoRenO one.

That's true.

denzil wrote:NaNoRenO 2005, 2006 and completed games (including IntRenAiMo).

So even more specifically:

Year 2005:
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- NaNoRenO 2005 (entries and finished games)

Year 2006:
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- NaNoRenO 2006 (entries and finished games)
- NaNoRenO+ 2006 (no entries and no finished games)
- IntRenAiMo 2006 (entries and finished games)

Year 2007:
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- NaNoRenO 2007 (entries)

Summary:
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A quick list of completed games (NaNoRenO 2005, NaNoRenO/IntRenAiMo 2006).

Should be clear now ^_^

DaFool · #82 Post by **DaFool** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:57 am

Thank you for the information.

I'm surprised 2006 trailed 2005 in output, but later more than made up for it by the explosion of games and demos in the fourth quarter.

I don't know why, but I also have a nice feeling we're going to hit above 50% completion rate for 2007.

EDIT: How about NaNoRenO+ and IntRenAiMo 2007?
The support period of 2 weeks Jan31 to Feb14 is past, and is barely 10 days till the start of March. I guess that makes NaNoRenO+ not applicable.

As for IntRenAiMo...any game whose deadline coincides with Mar31...hmmm

ShiraiJunichi · #83 Post by **ShiraiJunichi** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:36 pm

I was planning on not really having a NaNoRenO+ or IntRenAiMo this year. No one undertook NaNoRenO+ last year, and we started kind of late this year, so I didn't think it would be a good idea to have NaNoRenO+. As for IntRenAiMo, it just seems kind of out of scope. I didn't really want to encourage people to do a hasty job finishing a game they've been working on for a long time, just so it could count for IntRenAiMo

mikey · #84 Post by **mikey** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:20 pm

ShiraiJunichi wrote:I was planning on not really having a NaNoRenO+ or IntRenAiMo this year. No one undertook NaNoRenO+ last year, and we started kind of late this year, so I didn't think it would be a good idea to have NaNoRenO+. As for IntRenAiMo, it just seems kind of out of scope. I didn't really want to encourage people to do a hasty job finishing a game they've been working on for a long time, just so it could count for IntRenAiMo

Agreed. It's best to keep it simple.

What worries me a bit is that to date from the 2005 and 2006 events only ONE game was actually finished AFTER the deadline. So if you don't make it before April 1st, statistically, chances for your game are very slim.

Katiea · #85 Post by **Katiea** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:16 pm

Sign me up!

ShiraiJunichi · #86 Post by **ShiraiJunichi** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:19 pm

Alright. Welcome to the forums Katiea.

Mr. E · #87 Post by **Mr. E** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:49 pm

Just by the bye. I think there's going to be at least one IntRenAiMo entry this time... Mine! I'm creating a game right now, with the help of MikeAngel05, who's going to do the artwork. I was going to enter this NaNoRenO, but I thought it wasn't going to happen so I decided to begin earlier and finish in March 31st as a kind of a personal challenge. No need to put me in or anything, just warning everybody that my game is NOT NaNoRenO work. And I have a question: if I manage to fifsh it earlier, should I wait until 31 or just post it anyway?
Oh yes. And good luck to all the participants of this year's NaNoRenO! May the caffeine be with you.

ShiraiJunichi · #88 Post by **ShiraiJunichi** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:14 pm

There is no reason to wait until the 31st. You can release as soon as it is finished.

Mirielle · #89 Post by **Mirielle** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:09 am

Oh! Joining~

I think I'll release this NaNoRenO game in addition to my major release, so expect 2 games!

mokenju1 · #90 Post by **mokenju1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:27 am

I want to join the challenge, too

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