Bionic Heart 2

[jack_norton]

A big update on the game progress, so I started the official WIP thread. I'm happy to announce that the writer of the game will be nonetheless than... Taleweaver!
(with the final help of a proofreader/editor, I think she uses the nickname Mizuki or Miyuki in forums but I'm not sure).

The choice was simple, even if I had made the art and the plot (including the various endings) I really didn't had time to write everything on my own, so hired him based on his good reputation in writing sci-fi (Adrift comes to mind of course).

I think the game might be finished before Christmas, but you never know... still some art to finish, backgrounds, testing, etc.
I wanted to post the title screen but I'm stuck with the logo, so for now consider this a work-in-progress (except for the background image):

[Nellie]

OMG! Great news! My fav (VN) writer... on a sequel of Bionic Heart!!!!

*excited*

Can I try to contribute some logo designs? LOL

*waits for game release patiently*

[dreamingdaze]

Well...normally, I don't care for your visual novels Jack, but you have my attention.

Great pick for a writer and a very intriguing title page. I'm very surprised to say that I like this, I like this a lot.

[Miyuki]

Haha, yes, it's Miyuki. It's my middle name >.>

I'm pretty excited to get to work on this, even if I am the proofreader/editor and not the writer. I'm happy that there's interest. :]

[Taleweaver]

A few words from me are probably appropriate...

This is my first narrative with shifting perspectives since "The Thirteenth Year", so it feels more like working on a novel than on a VN. The plot and characters are not mine, which is something I haven't done before - in "Zenith Chronicles", I had total liberty with the plot and could contribute two characters, which isn't possible here. Strangely, I don't feel very restrained by that - it's actually quite liberating to have responsibility for the overall plot taken away from you because then you can fully concentrate on the little details.

In comparison to my last big release "Adrift" (and especially in comparison to a lengthy novel I wrote earlier this year), this project is much smaller in scale, though hardly less dramatic. Expect a tragedy in the best Greek tradition - though a tragedy you can try to stop. Doesn't this sound cool?

[jack_norton]

A short update, Taleweaver finished writing the scenes I had storyboarded so far and are quite cool, I sent them to proofread already I'm also looking for a good BG artist since I want this game artwork to be very good, and might also have some custom tracks for it. So all is going good so far!

[jack_norton]

I've decided to try using 1280x720 resolution for this game. It's a simple VN so there shouldn't be problem. For my RPGs I don't dare to use such big resolution since they were already going slow at 1024x576
Made a very short video of the game intro with the custom soundtrack (will make more as soon as I get some backgrounds done!):

[Greeny]

Will there be a bundle including both 1&2?

[jack_norton]

Yes probably will offer a discount to buy both.

[dreamingdaze]

I'm liking what I see so far.

ETA?

[jack_norton]

MAYBE beginning of next year but not sure, really.

[Taleweaver]

MAYBE beginning of next year but not sure, really.

Which is, at least, partially my fault. I'm not getting the script done nearly as quickly as I hoped I would. Plus, I foolishly agreed to make the script at least 30% more awesome* than I intended it to, and that additional awe factor** will add to the writing time.

* longer
** length
Yeah, it's just that. I'm kicking the length up a notch. Bam! Plus, I think the story really benefits from that. Finished game should have ~80k words.

[jack_norton]

I honestly think people won't mind waiting 1-2 months more in exchange of 30% of more awesomeness!

[jack_norton]

Trying to have a demo done for December, this is one of the first in-game scenes. The background turned out really great! I am not really happy about my in-game GUI, I might ask a real artist to do it in the final game

[fleet]

Nice screenshot!