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Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 31 ]
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:21 pm
by Vintehin
[My English is not perfect, sorry about that].
EMMA

The story take place at a bus stop during a heavy downpour.
Two men are here, sitting on the bench .
The first one is an old man who loves rainy night.
He is waiting for his wife and have two umbrellas.
The second one is young and is leaving the town,
for a very long trip to meet up with the beautiful Emma.
Informations :
Emma is a short kinetic novel.
It's my first VN and I'm currently working alone on this project (but I will probably ask for some help to friends if I want to finish this before the end of the world).
Emma will be a FRENCH VN. But it will be a short story so i'll may be ask for traduction if the result is not too bad !
Characters :
Elliott


Alphonse


Progress :
Writing : 100 %
Graphics : 50 %
Programming : 50%
Sound / Music : 20 %
I'll Update this page with new informations soon ! Thank you

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014]
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:09 pm
by Rinima
Huh, sounds interesting.
Shame it's in French >.<
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014]
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:24 pm
by AbhorrentFear
Oooh, I'm excited for this. I'm so pleased to see more french VNs pop up!

Sounds simple, but I'm excited to see what it will have to offer.
Nonetheless, do tell if you ever need a translator, because I'm happy to lend my services (since I speak both english and french). Anyways, good luck with this!
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014]
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:47 pm
by Didules
Seeing french visual novel is always a great thing! I wish you good luck on this project, and hope you have fun with it!!
(
Ouais, France powââ!

)
As for now it sounds really philosophical but the pitch is indeed really interesting!
(And it such a beautiful picture you have here!)

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014]
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:10 am
by The Scribbler
The bus stop image sets quite the atmosphere! If I'm getting the right idea I'm really quite interested in this one. Good luck with your project, will certainly give it a try once it's finished (after NaNo!).
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014]
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:09 am
by Vintehin
Thanks for comments every one !
I've just finished writing the story ! I'm quite happy with the plot and dialogues. It's simple and hope people will enjoy reading it !
Rinima wrote:Huh, sounds interesting.
Shame it's in French >.<
Yes, Emma will be in French ^^
It's very difficult for me to write in english and I make a lot of mistakes. So I didn't really have other choice ! But the story is really short. Around 4000 words. If I'm happy with the result I'll ask help for a traduction.
AbhorrentFear wrote:
Nonetheless, do tell if you ever need a translator, because I'm happy to lend my services (since I speak both english and french). Anyways, good luck with this!
Oh ! Thanks for that ! I wait to see if my project is good enough to spend time on a traduction. I let you try the french version when i'll release it and then let's see what you think about it
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Ok, now a little more informations about the project :
I have some drowing ability, ok level, but not super creasy with a pencil. My main skill is photography (it's my full time job). You can see some of my work here =>
http://www.vivementlhiver.com
So for my VN I choose to work on a photography base. I'll take pictures of backgrounds and characters (some friends of mine will do the models) and then I'll paint over my photography to have a comic graphic style. The use of photography allow me to have a better control on frames and lights as for me it's easier to do correct work with an eye on my camera than in front of a blank page.
Before the begining of NaNo 14, I've done some practice pictures to have an idea of what I want for Emma. Here some exemple (it's just practice painting, this images won't be in Emma's final version).
Here the pictures in a better resolution :
http://www.hiver-prod.com/emma/VN1.jpg
http://www.hiver-prod.com/emma/VN2.jpg
Thanks every one, more informations soon

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 12]
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:08 pm
by AbhorrentFear
That art is... stunning o.o
You gave those photos some really cool effects by painting over them, I really like it. omo
Yeah, I don't mind translating at all, since I've done it before. c: I'm always happy to help creators spread their works with a wider audience since languages can be a tricky border. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 12]
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:18 pm
by Googaboga
Congrats on finishing all the writing :>. If this ever is translated I'd be interested in trying it out ^^.
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 12]
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:08 pm
by shortycake
awesome visual and the story really looks interesting! I hope you can found someone who will do the eng translation.
I want to read this story! good luck finishing this project!

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 12]
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:18 am
by Vintehin
Hello every one !
I've been working on the programming part for the last few days. It's not too complicated for the moment ! I've made splash screen, main menu background and add all the text and dialogue. I also add some rainy sound, it's work great !
But I know it was the easy part. Now I need to read some documentations, I want to add some tranlation, slide show, split screen... Things like this. I also have no idea how to custom the main menu and text box... Still have many things to learn
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Now a little more informations about the story and the characters :
Elliott
Age : 29 //
Job : Scientist
Elliott spend all his time working and barely know any one in this town,
(even after living here for the last two years).
He has only one dream, leave the country to meet up with the beautiful Emma,
but before that, he has to finish an important research project.
Alphonse
Age : 65 //
Job : Retired
Alphonse spent almost all his life in this town.
He is now retired and have a lot of free time.
During rainy night he loves to come at the bus stop and wait for his wife,
who always leaves home without her umbrella.
Abigaelle
Age : 28 //
Job : Research assistant
Aby is Elliott's friend and works with him.
She always has to take care of Elliott who spent more time dreaming than working.
She seams cold and serious during work hours but is a kindly person.
Emma
Age : ?? //
Job : ??
Mysterious.
Unique.
Beautiful.
More informations soon

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 17 ]
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:57 am
by Auro-Cyanide
Ooooh, I really like the way the premise is set up. Sounds rather mysteries and interesting~
Good luck with your game! I only know like 3 words in French so I won't be able to read it but it still sounds good!
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 17 ]
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:04 am
by Starling
The idea for your art is fantastic and it looks so good! I won't understand a word of it, but I'll probably still download it and enjoy the art for it!
I also think it's awesome that you'll be releasing the game in French. The more languages to better, everything shouldn't have to be in English XD
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 17 ]
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:16 pm
by AtA
J'adore le style graphique mélange photo/ digital painting, le rendu est vraiment excellent !
Bonne chance pour le concours cher compatriote

Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 17 ]
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:50 pm
by Bexy
Le premier message en français que je vais poster sur ce forum :p
Habituellement je préfère les VN (à choix donc) mais ton projet semble assez intriguant (et puis en français j'ai pas d'excuses pour la difficulté de lecture haha) donc on va surement se laisser tenter une fois ta KN sortie !
En tout cas j'aime beaucoup le rendu painting des photos, la première image test d'Emma est super !
Re: Emma [NaNo 2014][Up 03 / 17 ]
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:47 pm
by Vintehin
Hello every one !
I worked a lot on the project this last few days ! I'm sorry to announce you that Emma won't be finish for the end of the month... At the begining of the Nanoreno I already knew that one month wasn't long enough for me to finish my project. But I'm still happy, because I worked a lot and it was a very interessisting month for me ! (and for my defense, I really start from nothing the 1st march and spend almost the 2 firsts weeks to write the story ^^)
Even if I'm late, I've made lot of progress, and hope to finish my project very soon !
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I'm currently working on the graphic's part.
Here is a picture of Alphonse, one of the two main characters !
More informations soon
