What VN do you think needs the spotlight? Let's Plays!

[Ionait]

VNs Selected for Let's Plays So Far (3 max at a time) Waiting for Record:
Rising Angels

Completed Let's Plays
Moe Escape
Night at the Hospital
The F$%^%$ Question

(would you guys like links to download the games from here?)

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Hi everyone!

I was going to do a little intro, but I'll cut to the chase instead. xD I'm looking for great visual novels from the RenPy community to do video let's plays for on my channel on YouTube! I tried one out recently to test the waters, as I usually do more MMORPG let's plays on my channel, and the views were good and the video was well received.

I see this as a great opportunity to 1. put new content on my channel, and 2. promote visual novels made by you guys, and especially the VNs that some of you may think deserve the spotlight, or a VN that maybe has gone unnoticed that you just think is really the best! (My channel isn't exactly super popular or anything, but I have 60+ subscribers and that number has been growing steadily.)

I have searched around the site on my own to try to grab a few of different genres so I can try them all, but it's hard for me to pick honestly. So I thought, maybe I should ask the experts here. I am more of a lurker and have only completed one VN (for the worst VN ever event xD ) so I value your opinions much more!

This is also an effort to do let's plays of good VNs to promote English visual novels and RenPy. I want the suggestions to be without satire, to be really GOOD VNs! There are more satirical reviews of our VNs out there than honest ones, and I would like to change that.

So, I guess, the stage is yours now!

P.S. If you have made a VN you think is great, but has little views/downloads, feel free to suggest your own! There is no shame in wanting to release your hard work to a larger audience.

P.P.S I am always uncertain where to put my topics. ;_; I'm sorry if there have been any mistakes on my part.

P.P.P.S I have neglected to list my channel because I'd rather this not be misconstrued as self promotion. xD But I understand people might want to know exactly who they are offering up their VN baby to so... I'll put it under a spoiler here. My channel:

www.youtube.com/chubampow

The VN I previously let's play'd was Moe Escape, though it was very bad. My friends were all playing different games, and the audio quality was very poor. ;_; *Note: by "it was very bad" i mean the quality of the video compared to other videos I have done, not the game. I loved Moe Escape. <3

[SusanTheCat]

A good list to start with might be the Group Plays http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=53

Those are games that were nominated by players to promote smaller games.

My personal list of games worth playing (ripped from my website):

Digital: A Love Story
http://scoutshonour.com/digital/
A computer love story set five minutes into the future of 1988.

Frozen Essence
http://unbrokenhours.com/projects/frozen/home.html
A well developed story with lots of different outcomes.

Madaline's Misplaced Miscellany
http://darkeroticagames.blogspot.ca/201 ... laced.html
A Hidden Object game using the Hidden Object code I wrote.

Re: Alistair
http://www.sakevisual.com/realistair/
RE:Alistair++ is a free, English otome game produced by sakevisual.

Pandora's Box
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 11&t=13436
'dynamic madness'


Susan

[CheeryMoya]

I keep recalling that PyTom said LSF was not the place for Let's Plays, but that was when someone wanted to post the LPs on the forum. If it's someplace else then I think it's okay? They will promote the genre so...

Night at the Hospital is very nearly done and the downloads will be available after we're finished with putting final touches. Team Snugglebunny's labor of love for the PPHS Jam is a Boy's Love game, I hope you don't mind Horror (a friend said it had Psychological and Thriller elements because of the SFX). 5K words, pretty short, but it's highly polished for a game made in 5 days. Wanna give it a go?

[Ionait]

Susan:

Thanks for all of your suggestions! I did take a peek at the Group Plays, and although they were nominated for one reason or another, some of them are far weaker than others I noticed, some having some good quirks or something about it that makes it pop, while the rest of the game in some way falters considerably. So I wasn't totally sure. @_@ (I myself enjoy most VNs and I'm honestly not much of critic, it's why I do let's plays instead. xD So maybe I'm wrong...)

I recognize the names of some of your suggestions! I have played RE:Alistair so I probably won't do it again. I like to play them blind if I can. ;_; But I do love that game. I recognize Digital as one being praised a LOT that I have never played and I had forgotten about! The hidden object game is a good idea too, to probably more promote the flexibility of RenPy more than anything.

CheeryMoya:

I think it would be fun to take on brand new games too! I have noticed that more and more Lemma users are getting together and making really astoundingly great games together, so I would love to take them on. I will bookmark the thread for Night at the Hospital and keep checking for a download.

EDIT to add: Followed your link to the website! Zomg those sprites!

[mugenjohncel]

This OELVN...
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 60#p219360

The creator worked really hard on this one giving his best to produce this masterpiece... He deserved a bit more of exposure...

"POOF" (Disappears)

[Ionait]

This OELVN...)

I had been following that on your blog for a while! Bwahaha.. This is turning into a nice mix of genre with that suggestion added to the to-do list.

[CheeryMoya]

I think it would be fun to take on brand new games too! I have noticed that more and more Lemma users are getting together and making really astoundingly great games together, so I would love to take them on. I will bookmark the thread for Night at the Hospital and keep checking for a download.

EDIT to add: Followed your link to the website! Zomg those sprites!

Haha yeah, I have no idea how I got myself roped into PPHS Jam right after NaNo but here we are now. I'm glad I was able to work with the team because they're all totes awesome people.

Speaking of which, NatH is done!!! :'D Go to the website and grab it yoooooo

[SundownKid]

You are free to do a let's play of the NaNoReNo game I just released, AMI (link is in my sig).

[Alera]

Some very good VNs have been mentioned already, that's nice~

I'd suggest mine, but I'm too shy. V///w///V

[fioricca]

Oh man, LPs of VNs would be really cool! I haven't played that many EVNs but I may suggest some of my all-time favourite games:

1. Hierofania by ludeshka
Great story, compelling art, everything about this game is just gorgeous and wonderful

2. Locked-in by saguaro
A+ visual presentation, interesting characters, engaging storytelling

3. a2 ~a due~ by Arowana, Nellie and azurextwilight
Best fluff romance story out of all the games I played. *_* The team really put in a lot of effort into this!

4. Days of the Divine by Circle Pegasi
Not quite an otoge, though it does have otoge elements. The setting and characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and I loved how the routes are related to each other.

These are the ones that I can think off the top of my head for now, I might come back with more recs later /o\

[Ionait]

Thanks everyone so much! I am happy that some of you are also suggesting your own games. I think it gives me more confidence that the game is probably good, if you have that confidence and pride in your work too. ^^ So yay!

I have actually downloaded A2 but never played it. So that is convenient! It looked really good from the thread, but now I have some confirmation bwahaha.. Thanks!

This gives me quite a big starter list here. I probably won't do every recommendation, but I would aim to do as many as I can. I do these videos in my free time, and lately I have very little. (I guess it's good I'm getting more work to do for my normal job, but it still makes me sad ;_; .)

I aim to do one video a week, even when I am busy, and still have a backlog of MMO footage to edit and post, but! While I am doing this VN project, I will attempt *attempt* to do one VN alongside my normal video upload. So wish me luck I guess haha xD But I better start soon, because there are so many games to play!

Edit to add: As I complete the videos and upload them, I will make a list at the top here of VNs for Let's Plays completed. No links probably, just a list, because of what PyTom said about this not being a place for Let's Plays.

EDIT AGAIN FOR kind of BIG UPDATE:
I will pick three VNs at a time to record and aim to do at least one a week. I have posted the first three on the original post. I have also created the finished let's plays list.

Just to let everyone know, I use my Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channel associated with Chu! Bam! Pow! and my let's plays to release the links to the 3 waiting games for people to download and play before I post the videos, so I hope this helps everyone get their VN out there!

Also, if your VN is on the roster, please let me know if there is anything you want me to add in the description. By default I will include links of where to download the games, and a link to download Renpy as well. But if you want your studio's page or dev blog on there as well if you have one, let me know, and I will include it.

[Ionait]

Hi everybody again! I am double posting because it's been a little while and there has been progress!

In case you didn't see, my let's play of Night at the Hospital is finished and uploaded as of about a week ago! Yay! And I just played/recorded/edited The F$%^%$ Question (not sure about posting obscenities on the forum). So it is 40% finished rendering on my PC, and then I'll be uploading it straight away to YouTube, even finished the title card already! Woo!

I have been swamped with work like woah, but I've been trying to keep to my word of one a week.

Also, an older VN I let's played about three weeks ago, Moe Escape, has a LOT of views on it, as in a notable amount higher than any other video posted around that time, and even has more views than a majority of the videos that came months before it.

I'm not sure yet what this means or where the traffic is coming from for sure, but I am really hoping that these VN videos are helping spread the word about Renpy and the awesome games made here, and I'm hoping the views I get translate into downloads for you guys.

So thanks for letting me let's play your games!

[DeeKay]

Good initiative ! I've subscribed as a result ^^

You even got me excited enough for me to try it out as well ! (keyword try)
I actually posted a video on a demo and I'm reading every single line, making the video about one hour and a half long so.. yeah. I should probably do it like you and comment more than I read if I do this again.. Hmm.. we'll see I guess.

That and I'm still a bit awkward about speaking alone in front on my monitor. Well, practice makes perfect, right ?

Anyway, looking forward to watching more !

[Ionait]

Ah, thank you very much DeeKay! I would love to see your videos too and see how you run your let's plays of VNs. Due to the large amount of reading material and wanting to keep the viewer involved, it gets tricky in how you present it, if you read certain lines, etc. But my policy is usually that my viewers probably tuned in for a gaming experience and not an audio book I think? xD I guess? It's tricky! I'm sure viewers also like having the text read. It would be a good question to poll for actually!

[DeeKay]

@Ionait

You're welcome ! I happen to like the sound of your voice as well, to be honest

Haha, don't expect too much of me though. In the video I talk about (Hope~ demo, link in my sig), I sound awkward and clumsy at times. I suppose I'm still a bit uncomfortable about it ^^'

I may continue to do this and improve hopefully, if people want me to at least. As long as there's interest in it, I'll give it a shot.
I'll also try to comment more than just read when the time comes but for this specific video, I wanted to show off the writing style of the author (if you read this Taka, cheers from France ! ^^)

A poll would actually be nice. VNs do rely quite a bit on their storytelling, so it might be good to know if some of us like audio book style playthroughs.
Anyway, I shouldn't hijack this thread any longer ^^'