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[MaiMai]

I understand trying to release a fangame, but it being commercial?? I will also repeat what's been said and wonder why you'd want to make a commercial release from a game that was free in the first place.

[Omniknight]

I'm kind of confused. Was this a game officially approved by Dischan? I noticed you said:

We're unsure if this will be a commercial release or not, but if we can obtain a contract with Dischan about splitting the profits 70:30, then it's probably going to be commercial. No deal means free release though. We'll see about that one later!

That makes me think that this game wasn't given permission? Not to mention that having a commercial release for a fangame seems strange since the original game was free. I'm not 100% sure how fangames in the U.S. work in that case.

If this game is already approved, I think "Juniper's Knot: Subtitle Here" would be more fitting for a fangame. Also, this is going to be GxB and GxG, right? As in Girl x New Guy and Girl x the Fiend.

I think more released development about this game would get you more replies on this thread. If you said a demo is going to be released in 2-3 months from now, some concept writing/sketches would be great to see!

Alrighty...

1. Idk about commerciality for now and honestly would prefer not to talk about it because the game is nowhere near completion in the first place...
In my opinion, I'd like to make it non-commercial becuz that'd allow me to reach out to a larger audience. Plus, much of our staff is doing this out of passion, not pay, so I really hope this will be a free release. I can't make any promises now though, sorry... ^^;;

2. I'm through approximately 30% of the script, and the artwork's well underway. I think we should have a reasonably lengthed Ren'py demo soon.

3. I was planning to romanticize the boy and the fiend but then people started saying they had more of a sister-brother relationship and I'm caught in between >.<

[Rinima]

I'm kind of confused. Was this a game officially approved by Dischan? I noticed you said:

We're unsure if this will be a commercial release or not, but if we can obtain a contract with Dischan about splitting the profits 70:30, then it's probably going to be commercial. No deal means free release though. We'll see about that one later!

That makes me think that this game wasn't given permission? Not to mention that having a commercial release for a fangame seems strange since the original game was free. I'm not 100% sure how fangames in the U.S. work in that case.

If this game is already approved, I think "Juniper's Knot: Subtitle Here" would be more fitting for a fangame. Also, this is going to be GxB and GxG, right? As in Girl x New Guy and Girl x the Fiend.

I think more released development about this game would get you more replies on this thread. If you said a demo is going to be released in 2-3 months from now, some concept writing/sketches would be great to see!

Alrighty...

1. Idk about commerciality for now and honestly would prefer not to talk about it because the game is nowhere near completion in the first place...
In my opinion, I'd like to make it non-commercial becuz that'd allow me to reach out to a larger audience. Plus, much of our staff is doing this out of passion, not pay, so I really hope this will be a free release. I can't make any promises now though, sorry... ^^;;

2. I'm through approximately 30% of the script, and the artwork's well underway. I think we should have a reasonably lengthed Ren'py demo soon.

3. I was planning to romanticize the boy and the fiend but then people started saying they had more of a sister-brother relationship and I'm caught in between >.<

Have two different endings. One where it's romanticized, one where it's a sibling relationship.

And because is spelt because.

[Omniknight]

Hmmmm...
More heroines?......
#Indecisiveness
But I'll have to decide this before I move on to the second third of the script...
AARRGHH MAYBE I SHOULD JUST POST A POLL OR STH

[Omniknight]

Update: Last spot has been filled for background artist... also modified 1st post. Sorry guys.

[SundownKid]

Alrighty...

1. Idk about commerciality for now and honestly would prefer not to talk about it because the game is nowhere near completion in the first place...
In my opinion, I'd like to make it non-commercial becuz that'd allow me to reach out to a larger audience. Plus, much of our staff is doing this out of passion, not pay, so I really hope this will be a free release. I can't make any promises now though, sorry... ^^;;

Precisely for that reason, you will probably have to make it non commercial. Let's say I started working on a project because I was a fan, did 20 backgrounds, then found out it was going commercial in the last month of development. I might normally charge 30/hr as my rate and just be doing it because I liked the game. Of course, now I would demand you pay me since I found out that you were making a profit from my work. But since we never negotiated the rate before hand, you might not be able to afford it and would have to remove all my work from the game, if not devolve into messy legal matters.

Most fan projects are not for profit because of the large amount of people who tend to go in and out and contribute. It's far easier to have a lot of people working on it when you don't have to figure out how much to pay them.

[Omniknight]

Alrighty...

1. Idk about commerciality for now and honestly would prefer not to talk about it because the game is nowhere near completion in the first place...
In my opinion, I'd like to make it non-commercial becuz that'd allow me to reach out to a larger audience. Plus, much of our staff is doing this out of passion, not pay, so I really hope this will be a free release. I can't make any promises now though, sorry... ^^;;

Precisely for that reason, you will probably have to make it non commercial. Let's say I started working on a project because I was a fan, did 20 backgrounds, then found out it was going commercial in the last month of development. I might normally charge 30/hr as my rate and just be doing it because I liked the game. Of course, now I would demand you pay me since I found out that you were making a profit from my work. But since we never negotiated the rate before hand, you might not be able to afford it and would have to remove all my work from the game, if not devolve into messy legal matters.

Most fan projects are not for profit because of the large amount of people who tend to go in and out and contribute. It's far easier to have a lot of people working on it when you don't have to figure out how much to pay them.

If I could like your post, I definitely would.

[Omniknight]

Artwork updates...

Forest walk.

Beautiful day...

*Minion voice* COOL! XD

Moar updatez comin' soon.

[Omniknight]

We are looking for a programmer now, BTW:

http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 38&t=24551

And happy early new year!

[Rinima]

...
Fair sure I said I'll do that -_-
*is mildly insulted that she isn't been listened to*

[Omniknight]

Update: demo release delayed due to our character artist being very busy. If you'd like to volunteer for our project for the time being...you can comment here or PM me.

[Omniknight]

By the way... Happy new year everyone. Hopefully the demo will come out by sometime in March at the least.

[Rinima]

At least have the decency to remove my name from the dev list.

[Head_Phones]

I really enjoyed Juniper's Knot, so I'm glad some people are actually taking out the time and effort to make this ^^

I hope they don't actually fall for each other though, if that's what you meant. But maybe you've got something great ahahaha~

I'm also hoping you'll make it free though, since the original Juniper's Knot was free, and I'm a poor student with no money TT-TT

But I'm totally looking forward to the demo (and the released product), so all the best!

[Omniknight]

dischan.boards.net/thread/30/commerciality
And thanks so much for the encouragement!!