in Delinquency, Discipline, and Disorder [Sim]

[curry nochi rice]

While I like the premise of the game, I'm sort of confused on one thing. In the summary, it seems as though the winter setting has a large part in the story's development. But...I'm not exactly seeing it in the production? This is a giant city locked in "ice sheets and snowstorms", right? Why are the students wearing light clothes and mini-skirts? One of the screenshot backgrounds look as though it's summer. Doesn't that mean that the city domes have a locked environment and the outside climate has no impact on what's going on inside? I think "eternal winter" themed uniforms might be cool, or even how students would traverse the blizzard to travel from one dome to the other. It seems kind of like a missed opportunity to me.

the backgrounds are still placeholders ~ bgs are being drafted to specifications at the moment.. Yep, the outside climate has little to substantial effects on the inside climate (i think I need to place a warm cup of water inside a freezer). As for the clothing... well I'm yet to procure. I mean commission for the "coated" outfits. ~ welp I admit that the project's lacking a lot of assets to make the setting more realistic.

[Green Glasses Girl]

^Ah, I see. That clears things up! Still, the summary sounds very interesting and I want to see where this VN will go! I really think the "winter" part would be an awesome aspect to build more up from, especially if the cast is fighting for survival. Like I keep picturing if one of the domes broke/shattered/cracked after a battle or external issue, causing that part of the city or building to fill with snow to obstruct a character's pathway or even open a new battlefield. It could go in all sorts of great directions.

[Steamgirl]

I'm really interested in this project - though I agree with GGG about the snow and uniforms. Can't wait to see what it's going to look like with final assets!

[curry nochi rice]

of the domes broke/shattered/cracked after a battle or external issue, causing that part of the cit

that might not be covered in the first version of the game. One more thing, the game could be viewed as having "one central story, as viewed from six different perspectives."

I'm really interested in this project - though I agree with GGG about the snow and uniforms. Can't wait to see what it's going to look like with final assets!

>.< snow and uniforms. I got the coats in mind but people don't generally wear coats inside classrooms right?

anyway here's the provisional/"historical" designs of le city-state:

[Rainbow Colors]

This looks like it'd turn out awesome~ I hope you guys finish it.

[curry nochi rice]

This looks like it'd turn out awesome~ I hope you guys finish it.

we will. after all it's a thesis project... It's bound to be finished

that aside, I'm having trouble with the snowfall. Here are some results of my experiments with it:





so which of the two is better?

[Mimi_Melody]

I'd say the 1st one? 'Cuz personally the 2nd one doesn't look much like snow >_< But if the snow in the 1st one could be a little bigger it'd be nice!

[curry nochi rice]

I'd say the 1st one? 'Cuz personally the 2nd one doesn't look much like snow >_< But if the snow in the 1st one could be a little bigger it'd be nice!

here's one version using the 30px snowflakes .... >.< 40px is too big... maybe 33px or 36px would be perfect.

[aestate]

30px snowflakes look pretty good! Is there any way to add in small dots as well, though? I think that would look better -- snow falls more in clumps, so you wouldn't be seeing individual flakes all the time...

The setting has got me intrigued and I'm interested in seeing how living in domed city-states will affect the "school dating-sim" angle of the VN. The GUI looks nice: minimalist and clean. I'm not a huge fan of the look of the notes / skills / stats screens, though -- the "submenu" buttons (near the bottom) are kind of awkwardly-placed. They look a bit squished together.

we will. after all it's a thesis project... It's bound to be finished

If you don't mind me asking, what's this thesis project for? It sounds pretty exciting, lol.

[curry nochi rice]

30px snowflakes look pretty good! Is there any way to add in small dots as well, though? I think that would look better -- snow falls more in clumps, so you wouldn't be seeing individual flakes all the time...

delivering the small dots >.< these are 15 px dirty white circles.


~ ~ all these dots :v


this screen uses 11 different snow sprites... it lags when there are changes in the window itself.

The setting has got me intrigued and I'm interested in seeing how living in domed city-states will affect the "school dating-sim" angle of the VN. The GUI looks nice: minimalist and clean. I'm not a huge fan of the look of the notes / skills / stats screens, though -- the "submenu" buttons (near the bottom) are kind of awkwardly-placed. They look a bit squished together.

8/10 adverse changes as the game progresses. I'll try replacing the submenu buttons with circular(maybe square) imagebuttons with icons but no text, and a tooltip. Hopefully that fix should save some space and keep things less crowded.

If you don't mind me asking, what's this thesis project for? It sounds pretty exciting, lol.

It's my undergraduate thesis. It's one final requirement to complete my bachelor's degree. >.< That's why I have to finish this game... I can't graduate without this.

[curry nochi rice]

SHORT UPDATE

I've been posting things in the blog but then again things need to be reported here too. So the background designs are finished, and are to be cleaned and colored within two months. To give readers a glance of it:



notice that Stef here already has her coat (gray scaled to match scan). Well the clothes department is doing rather well at a rate of 2-3 outfits a week. ;_;

more bg shots

hallway


classroom


road to school

Anyway, questions about anything in-game are welcomed ~ first post will be updated once more updates are available.

[Angie]

Looks really interesting! The backgrounds are really nice~

[curry nochi rice]

Looks really interesting! The backgrounds are really nice~

:3 thanks, those backgrounds will get more interesting once it's done.
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Anyway I added a "setting" section in the first post, condensing the history between mankind and sprites. Sprites as in magical beings. Well we have one hybrid in the cast, though she isn't really born in the Antarctica, but rather in Germany. Well this multinational/multispecie setting is also present in my other WIP, which runs in parallel with this project.

[curry nochi rice]

Hi, here for a few updates related to recruitment and stuff.

Recruitment thread is here, it's going to close in a few more hours. To be honest we barely got any applicants. ;_; had to contact artists instead.
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 38&t=27461

A comprehensive asset inventory was done earlier tonight. The project has 11 Characters, 56 of 77 Expressions are
completed, 12 of 44 Outfits have been completed, and 84 of 308 of the total sprite images have been completed. The actual document is here:

Assets Tally.pdf

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Well I am still looking for a background artist so if you're interested, please contact me.

[LadyOfGatsby]

So I was accidently stumbled on this and thought it looks pretty neat and well thought out. Though I'm not such a fan of the gui but I do like the black gui since it looks pretty and clean I love dating sims too and am wondering how everything in this game will work out ^ ^