Paws & Effect (Comedy) (NaNo2016) (DEMO AVAILABLE)

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Paws & Effect (Comedy) (NaNo2016) (DEMO AVAILABLE)

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What if your dogs turned into humans? That’s exactly what’s happened to Charlie Young when she made a wish under a certain ‘shooting star’.

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Main Character Clean Art and Expression Samples

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Genre: Zany Comedy. Like, really zany.
Length: 60-75 minutes
Style: Kinetic (few converging choices)
Romance? No, 'cause it's your dogs.

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Charlie’s birthday is in three days and she's looking forward to a quiet, at-home party with a few friends. But a small (read: not small) problem arises when, due to inexplicable circumstances, her two Pomeranians transform into humans! Why did this happen? What can be done? Can dogs be trusted with fingers? With more questions than answers, Charlie finds herself embroiled in a nonsensical adventure with her once-canine companions, whose transformation has been... less than perfect. As her dogs' many personality quirks hound them in their human life, how will Charlie cope with her new circumstances?

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PROGRESS

GUI: Done!
Writing: 30%
Sprites: 75%
Background: 0%
Music: 0%
Coding: 30%

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I. Do you like the concept?
II. Would you like to play this game?
III. Does the art have any appeal to you?
IV. Do you have any questions about the game?

ADDENDUM

Please note that all artwork is Work in Progress. We will try to keep updating on progress and eventually with clean sprites, sorry they're a mess right now!

We're currently looking for musicians and background artists for this free project. If you're interested, please send us a note or comment here, thanks!
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I. Do you like the concept?
I LOVE IT. THOSE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS ARE WONDERFULLY WRITTEN. Also that title is SO good. And I love dogs. Especially Pomeranians. "But she loves her dogs big-big and would probably commit significant crimes to ensure their happiness and comfort" SAME, CHARLIE.

II. Would you like to play this game?
YES. VERY MUCH SO.

III. Does the art have any appeal to you?
It's cute and I like the character designs! I can feel their personalities from the art.

IV. Do you have any questions about the game?
Will it have choices or is it a kinetic novel? I'd still play either way though!
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Weenily wrote:Will it have choices or is it a kinetic novel?
Hi Weenily, thanks so much for your interest! I'm glad you like the sound of the game. As for your question, we're looking to integrate a few minor choices (mostly for lols), but these will all filter into one essential ending.
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Paws and effect >< So kawaiiiiiiiiii
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I. Do you like the concept?
Yes. I love dogs! Pretty weird but cute, though. :)
II. Would you like to play this game?
Yes. If I have time. :)
III. Does the art have any appeal to you?
Hmm.. Nope ( just kidding) looks cute and interesting... :D
IV. Do you have any questions about the game?
Is this a KN or VN?




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KairuKyun wrote:Paws and effect >< So kawaiiiiiiiiii
We'll do our best to make it as cute as possible!
MimirollCookie wrote:Is this a KN or VN?)
Thanks for your interest, Mimi! Mostly a KN with a few spritzes of choice throughout; it's going to be fairly short, so the choices are less about having a grand effect on the ending and having a more humorous, in-the-moment effect.
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Just posting a quick update in the OP - the main character's art and expressions are complete, the GUI is mostly finalized, and the writing is moving along smoothly! If anyone has any additional questions or feedback, that'd be appreciated!
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I. Do you like the concept?

Heck yeah, a LOT!!

II. Would you like to play this game?

Yeah! Well, actually, how long is it going to be? Are you going to continue it after Nano? I will definetly play the April 2nd version but maybe not the next? Im into really short games lately.

III. Does the art have any appeal to you?

I like it a lot, I like the personality the sketches have. I hope it will still be there in the clean version!

IV. Do you have any questions about the game?

I already asked it I guess haha. How long will it be?
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Hi.In.Ni wrote:
I hope it will still be there in the clean version!

How long will it be?
Thanks for the reply, I'm glad you like the art! I hope you'll be happy with how the clean art translates their personality into clean lines.

As for the length, we're expecting no longer than an hour. Short, but sweet - like dogs (well, our dogs)!
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Here's most of Charlie's expression sheet:

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Here's an-game screenshot with GUI. Pay no heed to the sketchy placeholder of the background and Peaches, these will be cleaned and/or replaced:

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I. Do you like the concept?
YES

II. Would you like to play this game?
YES

III. Does the art have any appeal to you?
YES

IV. Do you have any questions about the game?
YE--er, no. Just. *wiggles fingers at*

Good luck ' v ' Adding this to my list of things to play once April comes~

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Thanks, Nekobako! We're plowing along and hoping to have something substantial to play before the month is over. I don't know if we'll be able to complete the entire game by then, at least at the level of polish I'd prefer, but there will at least be a sizable demo.
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Just another update: The writing for the demo is largely done, and constitutes about 30-35 minutes of play time for an average reading speed. We've also integrated the Title, Save and Load screens (samples below), got the MC name customization working, and have just about finished all sprite work. Phew. At least we're on track to submit a polished demo before April 11th.

As always, happy to hear people's feedback!

TITLE SCREEN (like any good kindergarten teacher, Charlie is into scrapbooking, which inspired this design)

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SAVE SCREEN (inspired by said title screen)

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It's so cute!!! :)
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The demo is very nearly done, and just before the deadline to submit. Hoping to send it out into the world later tonight or early tomorrow.

Our artist derived a rather creative solution to creating custom backgrounds (trade secret). Here's an example of an in-game background, before and after shading:

Before Shading

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After Shading

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We also worked in a more interactive Name Input Screen (thanks to 8oni on the Novelty forums for this workaround):

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Hopefully some of you will play the game tomorrow and tell us what you think!
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