However, if you cant make it more winter-y I don't think I would mind much if they were all the same. To be honest I live in California, USA. It doesn't snow here, and the weather is pretty constant all year around. So for me, I'm quite use to everything pretty much looking the same. (only thing is during spring we get a bit of rainfall so scenery turns a little greener, and in winter the air becomes more crisp and cooler)
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Sounds good!teacup wrote:That's a good idea. Maybe if you've skipped so many days that you have a bare minimum amount of knowledge, the next time you try to skip, Rinko will think to herself "Actually, I think I should go to class today..." or something like that. I'd be able to implement that pretty easily, actually. :3 Thanks for the suggestion!
Also the idea of using your notes from a previous run seems really... interesting XD Almost like a time paradox or something happening haha.
Kinda reminds me of the game 999, if you've played it
Glad I could help. But now that you've encouraged that thought, now I'm imagining just everything collapsing and total chaos and conspiracy theories.I think the examples, both yours and Celianna's look great. D: Haha, at the rate this is going, Celianna's going to have her own portion of the credits.teacup wrote:As mentioned in the first post, this game will cover an entire year so naturally it'll go through the seasons. The problem with this is that I'm using free backgrounds, many of which only have the basic variations [day/afternoon/night]. Would you find it incredibly distracting if the season was winter, but the background still was the same as it is in all the other seasons? :/ [take the courtyard for example... the grass is still gonna be green, even in winter].
Blinking sounds great, but I'd limit the mouth movement to just the mouth being.. well, open. Movement would indeed be kinda creepy D:teacup wrote:And as a side note, the character sprites blink now. I'm thinking about making their mouths move as well, but I'm not sure about this considering they're not voiced. How would you feel about un-voiced characters whose mouths still move when they're 'talking'? Would that be creepy or cool? XD
All of your input has been so useful, thanks again!:'D Ah, thank you very much for the links! <33 I can definitely find a use for those brushes! Your advice was very helpful, not clumsy at all! HahaRin wrote:teacuppp *glomps*
for autumn perhaps you might want this:
http://bestdesignoptions.com/?p=17591
If you r lazy to draw little repetitive things xD (which I always am), there's some brush that is dynamic at default like this one
Summer and spring, if only you wanna differentiate, a several flower buds on the trees (spring) and sunshine highlight (summer) probably?
Sorry if my clumsy advice can't help :<
Yeah, I want to make the seasons very distinct so that the player can definitely feel that time is passing and that they're progressing through the year. Also where I live, the seasons are very distinct [extremely hot in summer, blizzards in winter] so that's what I'm used to. XD I wish I could hibernate in winter, it's too cold!!I just notice Cidz's post. Cidz has a point, and I wouldn't mind if it doesn't change too. Still, for a VN, in a reader's perspective, I believe background changing along with seasons gives me a 'real' sense, or so.
Yeah, some very simple ones XDShadowBerry wrote:You added some animination right?
I can't wait to play it xD
Hm, now that I think about it you're right! I forgot that in the first game, the rain was actually part of the background and not animated. Well, it'd be pretty easy for me to add snow into the background so I'll see which looks better.Nanatsun wrote:I think the examples, both yours and Celianna's look great. D: Haha, at the rate this is going, Celianna's going to have her own portion of the credits.
I don't think animated snow would be necessary, but adding an extra layer of snow that's in the process of falling (like the rain from before) would be nice-- on days that it actually is snowing, though. That would work for the leaves in autumn, too. In fact, the version with less snow laying around could also be useful for days when they clear the walkways of it. (Slipping hazard and all.)
A suggestion for summer, though, would be a light lens flare. ... Though that wouldn't show up at any time but daytime >_< Flower(bud)s or something during spring would probably be better so summer can just be bare. Not even anything fancy, just like.. those ity bity flowers that end up being so tiny you don't even have to draw stems.
I'll forward your other suggestions to the BG editor! I agree that voices can make you seem more a part of the game. It also makes the characters seem more real to me. Voice acting in OELVN is very rare, though...Princess Akina wrote:*squeal* (P)lanets the second!! 8D
Actually, I'malotkind of like Tag. I read really fast and I'm an impatient little girl, so I skip the dialogue and cut off the voices. And I really really dislike cutting off the voices, because...I like voices. Characters with voices are like ohmygawd 8D If the voices were english, I would just ignore the dialogue and listen to them talk and talk, because I like being told something besides reading it. It feels like you are more into the game.
But if the voices were Japanese and I cut them off, I would punch myself because I can't understand them and they sound so smexeh Dx
I'm not a fan of incest either. You can still go after Ren, but the ending you get will be innocent with no romance involved. ^^Now I'm stuck between Yusa and Mikah (would go for Ren but he is the brother and I don't like incest endings, if that is what you call them Dx). Would totally go for Yusa, because he reads manga 8D and because he is more of the mysterious type. But when I found out that Mikah plays the guitar I was like ohmygawd! I dig guys that play instruments and sing 8D
So I'm torn.
Anyways, good luck with the game. Definitely looking forward to it.
The character sprites blinking sounds like a really good idea, but as for the mouth moving, to me it's just plain distracting. Especially if it isn't voiced. So if it were me, I'd rather not put it, but it's just me though. The decision is entirely yours to make. ^_^teacup wrote:And as a side note, the character sprites blink now. I'm thinking about making their mouths move as well, but I'm not sure about this considering they're not voiced. How would you feel about un-voiced characters whose mouths still move when they're 'talking'? Would that be creepy or cool? XD
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