My girlfriend and I are excited to announce our participation in NaNoRenO 2019! We're a two-woman team aiming to produce a visual novel within the 31 days of March (and actually finish it this time!)
The Story
Our story "An Amaranthine Tryst" is a work of fiction inspired by true real-life events. While it's not intended to be erotica, It is definitely an NSFW, grown-ups only kind of game. It will feature some adult themes, psychological horror, drug abuse, self-harm, blood, BDSM, sexual situations, etc. you get the idea.
As of this moment in time when this post was written NaNoRenO 2019 officially begins in about an hour, so our Ren'Py project will be created then and the two of us will engage in a month-long VN producing frenzy!
The Style
We both love anime and manga, and although anime is the dominant style of visual novels, we are choosing to do our game with pre-rendered 3D scenes and characters. Why? because although both of us have artistic talents, neither of us has the particular skill of drawing in the anime style. So we're planning on using a skill I already have to produce the visuals needed for our story.
The Challenges
We foresee quite a few challenges in completing this game before the March 31st deadline, and I absolutely sure we'll encounter more. So, for now, I'll list a few that we have in front of us:
- Polishing a scrambled vague idea into a coherent series of words that make up an interesting story.
- Do ALL the artwork!
- Staying Focused (Hide the shiny objects!)
- Applying a unique style to the visual elements in general
- Finding/borrowing fitting music and audio effects
- Customization (We don't want the default Ren'Py look-and-feel)
~ <3 Allie and Lexie