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Foxtaile - developer FOUND!

#1 Post by Taleweaver » Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:40 pm

Hi everybody,
I have something for you:

A few years ago, I started a rather lengthy visual novel project called Foxtaile. It is a story set in feudal Japan, though this Japan is a mixture of history and mythology. The time is late Sengoku Jidai - the civil war that ravaged Japan for almost a century - and the main character is a fox. Or rather, a kitsune - a magical fox spirit.

The script is entirely complete. The game has eight endings, loads of choices, and even though I wrote it many years ago, I still consider it good stuff. There's basic character art for most major characters, some special event artwork done, a few pieces of music for the soundtrack and even a voiced - professionally voiced! - introduction sequence. There's a few pieces of BG artwork but hardly a full set of BG CGI, so the game requires quite some work.

Here's the catch: I want to see this one released, but I'm too tired to do it on my own. I had a programmer who seems to have left me. The character artwork I have is nothing short of brilliant, which shouldn't surprise you as Rio ("Garden Society Kykuit") made it, but it's not complete. The BG art just doesn't compare to the rest, so if I put everything together now, it would look sorta hotchpotch.

If anybody's interested in making this game, I'm willing to contribute everything I already have for it. I cannot speak for Rio, obviously, but I can speak for everything else. A long text script, a fully-written plot, and all that's needed is someone with the time and devotion to hack it all into Ren'Py and fill in the blanks in the art.

Who's up to the challenge?
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Re: Foxtaile - developer wanted!

#3 Post by Satoh » Sun May 03, 2009 1:02 am

Kitsune meaning a fox spirit... one interesting folktale involving such a spirit revolves around a man who falls in love with, and marries a woman, whom only appears at night, that was in truth, a kitsune. The mischievous fox disguised as a woman wiled the man in order to get food, shelter, and protection during the night. Every morning the woman would have fled, as the magic disguise would end with the sunrise. The man's dog never liked the woman, as it could see the she was not human. Eventually the man discovered the true nature of the spirit, but didn't feel any harshness, and continued to love it when in the form of the woman.

There is irony in this story as the word Kitsune, is phonetically the same as Kitsu-Ne, which means (archaic) 'Sleeps and then leaves.'

The actual gender of the fox is never stated, but, described as being a spirit, it is referred in the masculine. (this is quite common and could be literal or simply linguistic tradition.)

Now, I have said all of this, not because I wish to join the team, but rather, to give an interesting possibility of something you may explore in your work... Aside from that I found the story interesting by itself and felt like sharing.

Good luck to your project.
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Re: Foxtaile - developer wanted!

#4 Post by Taleweaver » Sun May 03, 2009 5:25 am

Mmh, to be fair to everybody, I should tell you that there's already someone who has expressed interest in continuing the project. However, I don't have a definite "yes" or "no" yet.

Also, and this message is to tylerthekitsune, I wasn't looking for help. I was looking for someone to put everything together and add his or her contributions to the game on the way. In other words, I won't do much more work for Foxtaile aside from providing all material I already have created or collected for the project.

Satoh, I know the folktale you speak of. It's one of my inspirations for the game.
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Re: Foxtaile - developer wanted!

#6 Post by Taleweaver » Fri May 08, 2009 2:16 pm

Update: I now have word from the person who initially expressed interest, and it's a "currently not". So again, I'm open for anybody who might want to tackle the game. Yes, that includes you, tylerthekitsune :)
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#7 Post by Aashtarsrain » Fri May 08, 2009 3:57 pm

Well, sounds like a gift from the Gods ! Unfortunately, though there's everything I love in this project, it basically needs a great artist :cry: so count me out... :cry: :cry: :cry: But good luck anyway, it's gonna be fantastic in the end ! :D

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Re: Foxtaile - developer wanted!

#8 Post by Taleweaver » Fri May 08, 2009 4:44 pm

Aashtarsrain wrote:Well, sounds like a gift from the Gods ! Unfortunately, though there's everything I love in this project, it basically needs a great artist :cry: so count me out... :cry: :cry: :cry: But good luck anyway, it's gonna be fantastic in the end ! :D
If you need someone for the character artwork - rioka has already agreed to finish the job and complete what she started years ago. Maybe a short example of what we already have from her:
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#9 Post by Satoh » Fri May 08, 2009 6:59 pm

That...is some awesome fur shading there.... I'll definitely take a look at this once it's done...
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Re: Foxtaile - developer FOUND!

#10 Post by Taleweaver » Mon May 11, 2009 2:03 pm

Ladies and gentlemen... we got her!

Midnighticequeen will take over the Foxtaile project and is from now on responsible for everything that happens with the project. I'm sending her everything I have right now, and hopefully, the next few months will see this story finally told to the public. It's been a long journey, and I hope it's finally going into the right direction now.

All hail Midnighticequeen, savior of Foxtaile!
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#11 Post by dstarsboy » Mon May 11, 2009 2:35 pm

Grats Taleweaver and MidnightIceQueen, I can't wait to see this project come to light.
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#12 Post by Midnighticequeen » Mon May 11, 2009 2:36 pm

Me too, I luv challenges! 8)

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#13 Post by Vatina » Tue May 12, 2009 2:45 am

That's great to hear, I'll look forward to the end result :)

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Re: Foxtaile - developer FOUND!

#14 Post by rioka » Thu May 14, 2009 8:49 pm

:looks at fox artwork:

Woah, that brings back memories! I appreciate the compliment Satoh though looking at it again, I'm tempted to upgrade it.* <_<

j/k!

* Yeah, I really was tempted for a second there to redo it... n_n;

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Re: Foxtaile - developer FOUND!

#15 Post by monele » Fri May 22, 2009 4:57 pm

Congrats Midnighticequeen! I'm glad to see the project has found a motivated heiress :)

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