Uh oh... now that might be a problem... the problem is... there really isn't much difference between a typical high school slice of life and a typical "filipino" high school slice of life... if I may be frank... the typical "filipino" high school slice of life is kind of boring and pales in comparison with the rest of the world. There is proms... but other countries have them too. School Fair?... Yep, other high schools from other country have them too. Clubs?... What clubs?... The typical filipino high school club pales in comparison to say your Japanese or even Vietnamese/Thailand contemporary... no seriously, I'm not kidding there. Uniforms?... Yuck! My uniform consist of a white T-Shirt and Levis Jeans back when I was in Highschool and it was only recently that they adapted proper uniforms for boys... good thing I already graduated long before it was enforced. I cannot even imagine myself wearing that awful uniform consisting of a neatly pressed polo shirt and some black pants... Girls uniforms especially public ones are meh to almost yuck... but then again, you'll have to consider that most parents of students attending a typical filipino public high school cannot afford that typical anime/japanese school uniform so screw fashion...dnekolot wrote:Thanks! And also, if you have the time, may I contact you for opinions? Since you are already experienced in making VNs, can i ask for suggestions in adding scenes for our story? We already have a story(high school slice of life) and I really wanted to put Filipino traditions and culture(to increase appeal to the panel/judges) but my groupmates are much influenced by japanese VNs. They only wanted to put traditional events in Japan like cultural festivals and such. Even the school uniforms have long sleeves. Your opinions would be a great help to us. Thanks again!
Now before we go stray into juicy details of my highschool life where we routinely harass other people to show them who'se the boss, steal electricity so we can power up our boombox and blast away while smoking and occasionally drinking smuggled beer (no internet/smarphones back then... only Parokya ni Edgar) and throw plastic bags full of piss at other people for the kicks... long story short... a filipino high school slice of life will not earn you additional appeal to the panel/judges... remove the word filipino and all you'll have is some boring high school story whose students wearing cheap but functioning uniforms and a boring school calendar... and it goes beyond school... a typical modern filipino student is not much different from a student from a different country after school. The basic and perhaps fundamental problem here is the Filipino High School life is not uniquely filipino and is mostly modeled or dare I say pale imitations of its western counterparts. There is no unique filipino high school tradition...
Instead of forcibly inserting filipino traditions and culture which will most likely result in a not so good and fluid story... why not add interesting things that a typical filipino high school student is subjected to.... things like where students are
Now that I have said this much... I suggest if you really insist on making things Filipino then go with the Typical Japanese High School Setting and once everything is completed, you can then replace the identifiably Japanese Elements with Filipino Elements... The group of friends love to hang around the typical Japanese convenience store?... Replace Convenience store with Sari-Sari store or even Tapsilogan. Ride a train/bus home?... Replace train/bus with lrt/mrt/Jeepney/tricycle. School Festival?... Replace it with School Fair (which is not much that different anyway)... School Trip?... Go watch Eat Bulaga (see image below)
You get my drift now?...
Oh and try not to go grand and large... just focus on a small story and plan everything especially the story in advance before committing to creating resources like graphics, coding and others...
And now for an UNCLE MUGEN words of wisdom...
For every problem, there is solution... You do not tackle the problem head on, that is stupid... No-no... you go around it and sexually harass it from behind... if a solution seems impossible then improvise, cheat, imitate, steal and if possible
"POOF" (Disappears)