Name subject to change.
The challenge?
NaNoReNo! Create a visual novel in one month, from March 1st to March 31st.
The contender?
None other than kaleidofish (see: In This Dream of Ours), doing EVERYTHING! Yes, I'm crazy enough to try to do the writing, the coding, the artwork, and the music/SFX. It's been hellarious [more hell than hilarious] drawing and doing the music for this. But I will soldier on with a plot that fits the art!
The game?
Today's the day that Cole will finally propose to his girlfriend Shannon. As he reaches for the ring, however, he realizes he's made a grave mistake! He gave the jacket with the ring in it to his best friend Naima, who's on a bus heading far, far away. And, worst of all, Shannon has somewhere to be right after they finish their meal. Now, he has to stall for time while waiting for Naima's return by distracting his girlfriend with his horrible artwork and storytelling.
At certain points in the story, Cole will change up the genre to keep things interesting. For example, you can have him start the story as a film noir detective drama, then have him continue it as an all-out brawling martial arts story, and then end it as a musical. Boring Shannon runs the risk of having her leave the restaurant, ruining his chance to propose to her on their anniversary.
Game will feature at least six different genres and a ton of illustrations.
The characters?
Time to dazzle you with this great artwork!! (lulz, not really)
Cole
- Shannon's boyfriend. Because he forgot to take the ring out of his jacket, he's going to have to draw and make up stories for her on a series of index cards. Yep. That's all he's got.
- Draws himself as "London Hammer" in the story. He's the protagonist in every version of the tale. Also, he draws like he's in elementary school.
Shannon
- Cole's girlfriend. A teasing, thrill-seeker. She has some other plans to attend to after their anniversary date thing.
- Cole draws her as "Rachel" in the story. She's the love interest in every version of the tale.
Naima
- Cole's best friend. She agreed to take Cole's jacket off of his hands after he tore a hole in it. Little did they know, that he left the engagement ring inside...
- Cole draws her as "Cameron" in the story. She's the ally in every version of the tale.
- Shannon's ex-boyfriend. Cole doesn't like him very much.
- Cole draws him as "Trevor" in the story. He's the enemy in every version of the tale.
The progress?
Slowly chugging along. Been doing a lot of planning, and drawing... Just started writing the "Action" genre route.
Stats so far:
The game contains 168 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 2,411 words,
for an average of 14.4 words per screen.
The game contains 1 menus.
The encouragement?
Has you any for little poor me?
4/1/2012 Edit:
Download it from here!