NoJoker wrote:This sounds interesting! I'll definitely check this out.
I noticed you backed the topic! Thanks a tonne
gekiganwing wrote:I took a moment to look at the information on your Indiegogo page. Here's a few questions for when you have time:
1. Emphasis on story, gameplay, both, or neither? In other words, do you want fans to approach your VN expecting to read, or to play a complex game?
2. Assuming you're not creating a simulation or adventure game, please tell us more about your story. Will it be relatively long or short? Just a few choices, or quite a few? Will your characters' paths intersect or merge?
3. You stated "This game contains mature themes and a bit of nudity but is not pornographic." If it received a video game rating from the ESRB, or a
Canadian movie rating, what would it be?
4. You mentioned a webcomic called Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki. (Unfortunately, everything I know about it is secondhand information...) Was it one of your inspirations?
5. How long will the guys have women's bodies? According to the First Law of Gender Bending (yeah, that's a TVTropes reference...), male-to-female gender benders do not typically go back to their original bodies. Obviously, you can defy this trend if you want.
6. Will the characters be starting or maintaining any relationships?
I saw there's already a thread about this VN on the JAST USA forum. I was expecting quite a bit of negativity there, but I didn't see any cynical or dismissive comments.
1 - Emphasis on story. There isn't really any gameplay, but there are going to be choices. However, there's 7 playable characters you can choose from, and each of their stories intertwine, so you'll be able to see events from two different perspectives. And we're not cheating and copying the scenes either, we're rewriting them to show different internal dialogue in each shared conversation.
2 - The game isn't going to be hugely long. The length is going to depend on whether we hit any stretch goals or not, but the game takes place over a week, although some routes are longer and continue for longer. All up, the game will be several hours long, and there's going to be a lot of content and replay value, but I wouldn't be able to put a number figure on the game length yet.
3 - I wouldn't be able to say for certain, but I expect it would receive a M15+ here in Australia, or an 18A rating in Canada. It has adult themes, but not any more or less that what you would see in a romance flick at the cinema.
4 - Yeah, SGVY was one of my inspirations back when I started writing. I ended up becoming friends with the author and she agreed to let us have some cameo appearances in the game.
5 - I'm going to post a spoiler, and say the game follows the first law of gender bending for the most part. That being said, they don't all stick with their original forms, several of the routes feature multiple transformations after the initial gender bending. There's going to be a lot of character sprites.
6 - Yes. There's 7 characters, and of these 5 have love interests, both male and female. And the focus on romance is different in each, it's not a carbon copy story with the characters swapped out. We tried really hard to make each of the characters unique and distinct from one another.
I was expecting a lot more negativity from this fundraiser, but aside from three dismissive/negative comments, almost every single response has been positive. It's been awesome, and we're definitely going to hit at least one stretch goal at this rate.
Thanks for the questions! It was fun to answer them. If you have any more questions, feel more than free to ask
