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So I FIIIIIINALLY was able to publish a demo for this thing. I started working on it when I was 15, then like the genius I am, I locked myself out of my account. And now I'm about to finish high school. Good god. Thankfully Sonya helped me recover it so I could finish it up and publish it.
Story:
If you played the demo, you probably have a couple of questions- like, WHY is there a warning at the beginning for "dark themes" when there aren't any? WHY is it tagged as "horror"? Where are you going with this? Is this going to be a rip-off of DDLC?
I actually don't want to spoil it, but the best answer I can give is that the full game is going to have dark and scary themes that aren't in the demo. That's all I'll say for now, but it's fun to watch people speculate about the novel whenever I tell them that. I promise I tagged it properly, there is a reason for each tag. No, it's not going to be a rip-off of DDLC, but I can't really elaborate as to why for now.
What I can tell you is that there will be cooking minigames that will help you court each girl depending on how well you do. This is where most of your love points will come from.
If you guys want to make suggestions for my vn, feel free, but I can't be sure of how far they'll go considering that the story is a secret.
If you guys have questions, please, please feel free to ask any and all of them. Even if I can't give you very much info, I'll answer them all the best I can.
So I FIIIIIINALLY was able to publish a demo for this thing. I started working on it when I was 15, then like the genius I am, I locked myself out of my account. And now I'm about to finish high school. Good god. Thankfully Sonya helped me recover it so I could finish it up and publish it.
Story:
If you played the demo, you probably have a couple of questions- like, WHY is there a warning at the beginning for "dark themes" when there aren't any? WHY is it tagged as "horror"? Where are you going with this? Is this going to be a rip-off of DDLC?
I actually don't want to spoil it, but the best answer I can give is that the full game is going to have dark and scary themes that aren't in the demo. That's all I'll say for now, but it's fun to watch people speculate about the novel whenever I tell them that. I promise I tagged it properly, there is a reason for each tag. No, it's not going to be a rip-off of DDLC, but I can't really elaborate as to why for now.
What I can tell you is that there will be cooking minigames that will help you court each girl depending on how well you do. This is where most of your love points will come from.
If you guys want to make suggestions for my vn, feel free, but I can't be sure of how far they'll go considering that the story is a secret.
If you guys have questions, please, please feel free to ask any and all of them. Even if I can't give you very much info, I'll answer them all the best I can.
DAX
Empress
Empressmomoko said: I locked myself out of my account. And now I'm about to finish high school. Good god. Thankfully Sonya helped me recover it so I could finish it up and publish it.@momoko I relate this so much. I have been locked out of my account many times because I was messing with the system granted to me as Moderator...ehehehe.
Anyway, great job! I played the game and love it so far. I am featuring this game! Please keep up the good work!
DAX said:@DAX I'm pretty sure I changed the password so my friends could access the account and help me out with the vn. Long story short, they never helped, and I forgot the password, lmaomomoko said: I locked myself out of my account. And now I'm about to finish high school. Good god. Thankfully Sonya helped me recover it so I could finish it up and publish it.@momoko I relate this so much. I have been locked out of my account many times because I was messing with the system granted to me as Moderator...ehehehe.
Anyway, great job! I played the game and love it so far. I am featuring this game! Please keep up the good work!
Update!
So the game is meant to be immersive and have organic-feeling gameplay. It's going to have high replay value because of how the decisions you make and the order of the decisions you make all affect the game.
I don't want this game to be the same for everybody. In fact, I want to make it statistically very improbable that any two people had the exact same experience from playing it. I actually hope that people can learn more by replaying, sharing what they got from it with one another, etc. And that usually isn't the case for visual novels- usually, with vns, it's more uniform. For that reason, I've had to use an unholy amount of flags to make this thing work.
It won't have a ton of different endings, but it's more about what you learn from the story itself. I sound like a broken record at this point, but I don't want to spoil it by saying any more than that. I'm sorry, I know that must be a tad confusing.
Think of it like this- every character has a LOT of variables that drastically change what happens when you play her route.
So that leads up to my update. I've almost finished every aspect of Pomelo's route!
Yay! Woohoo! Woot woot! Oh, happy days! I'm....barely even...a sixth....of the way....there...*sigh*.
It might not sound like much, but trust me, it sure is an accomplishment for me. This game is really flag-heavy, and I don't really care for math. Let's just cross our fingers that I don't mess it up somehow.
Right now, I would say that the game is maybe 18% complete. Is it an improvement? Yup. Now that I have sort of a template because of Pomelo, creating the rest of the girls' routes should be a bit easier. And I think I'll get used to having to use a flag on almost every page, eventually.
So the game is meant to be immersive and have organic-feeling gameplay. It's going to have high replay value because of how the decisions you make and the order of the decisions you make all affect the game.
I don't want this game to be the same for everybody. In fact, I want to make it statistically very improbable that any two people had the exact same experience from playing it. I actually hope that people can learn more by replaying, sharing what they got from it with one another, etc. And that usually isn't the case for visual novels- usually, with vns, it's more uniform. For that reason, I've had to use an unholy amount of flags to make this thing work.
It won't have a ton of different endings, but it's more about what you learn from the story itself. I sound like a broken record at this point, but I don't want to spoil it by saying any more than that. I'm sorry, I know that must be a tad confusing.
Think of it like this- every character has a LOT of variables that drastically change what happens when you play her route.
So that leads up to my update. I've almost finished every aspect of Pomelo's route!
Yay! Woohoo! Woot woot! Oh, happy days! I'm....barely even...a sixth....of the way....there...*sigh*.
It might not sound like much, but trust me, it sure is an accomplishment for me. This game is really flag-heavy, and I don't really care for math. Let's just cross our fingers that I don't mess it up somehow.
Right now, I would say that the game is maybe 18% complete. Is it an improvement? Yup. Now that I have sort of a template because of Pomelo, creating the rest of the girls' routes should be a bit easier. And I think I'll get used to having to use a flag on almost every page, eventually.
DAX
Empress
EmpressOhoooo... that sounds exciting!
I need your help!
Hey guys! This game has been a passion project for a while, and I'm not actually sure how to go about its distribution when it's finished. On one hand, I've really enjoyed creating this game and would love for people to have it for free, but on the other, I'm about to move out and I really need money to afford college and necessities.
I really would appreciate it if you guys could complete these polls for me.
This will help me take the best course of action for both myself as the game dev and you guys as the players. Please be honest on the poll. If you'd be willing to spend 3 dollars over no money at all, please don't say you want me to distribute it for free.
POLL ONE: "How much money would you be willing to spend on the full game, if any?": https://linkto.run/p/KO1PW15F
POLL TWO: "In which way would you be most willing to support me?" https://linkto.run/p/QVT99XZ0
If you have any other suggestions as to how I should go about distribution, please feel free to comment on this thread. I'll definitely take them into account.
Hey guys! This game has been a passion project for a while, and I'm not actually sure how to go about its distribution when it's finished. On one hand, I've really enjoyed creating this game and would love for people to have it for free, but on the other, I'm about to move out and I really need money to afford college and necessities.
I really would appreciate it if you guys could complete these polls for me.
This will help me take the best course of action for both myself as the game dev and you guys as the players. Please be honest on the poll. If you'd be willing to spend 3 dollars over no money at all, please don't say you want me to distribute it for free.
POLL ONE: "How much money would you be willing to spend on the full game, if any?": https://linkto.run/p/KO1PW15F
POLL TWO: "In which way would you be most willing to support me?" https://linkto.run/p/QVT99XZ0
If you have any other suggestions as to how I should go about distribution, please feel free to comment on this thread. I'll definitely take them into account.
Hey! Personally I don't actually have any money to spend as of right now so I can't really help on that side (If can help in another way feel free to ask tho) I don't know if you have any art accounts but maybe having one dedicated to this, or your vn's or art in general could help(? I could get more people to know about it and spread the word, which could also maybe give you maybe some small income, through commisions and merch and stuff if you'd like. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful! But I've really loved what I've read so far, so yeah, awesome job!
TinyAngryBunny said: Hey! Personally I don't actually have any money to spend as of right now so I can't really help on that side (If can help in another way feel free to ask tho) I don't know if you have any art accounts but maybe having one dedicated to this, or your vn's or art in general could help(? I could get more people to know about it and spread the word, which could also maybe give you maybe some small income, through commisions and merch and stuff if you'd like. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful! But I've really loved what I've read so far, so yeah, awesome job!@TinyAngryBunny Oh jeez don't worry about it! That was my biggest concern with making the final game cost money. People not being able to afford it and/or people spending money on it only to not like it...So I'm leaning more toward "make the game free, sell stickers and artbooks or a fanpack of some sort." I hope I didn't sound greedy or whatever in my original post, it's just that I'd like to have some sort of income from this so I can afford to continue making art, music, and games after the fact. (But not right now, not by a long shot! I want to wait until the game is finished to sell anything just for 100% security.)
Spreading the word is absolutely awesome. You don't have to, but it helps. Thanks so much for your input!
momoko said:@momoko That'd be really awesoeme! I would definitely love to see some merch, and don't worry, I didn't think you were being greedy at all, I actually think it's great you want to get some sort of income from this! After all it does take a lot of work and it'd be really awesome if you could support yourself by doing amazing things like this!TinyAngryBunny said: Hey! Personally I don't actually have any money to spend as of right now so I can't really help on that side (If can help in another way feel free to ask tho) I don't know if you have any art accounts but maybe having one dedicated to this, or your vn's or art in general could help(? I could get more people to know about it and spread the word, which could also maybe give you maybe some small income, through commisions and merch and stuff if you'd like. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful! But I've really loved what I've read so far, so yeah, awesome job!@TinyAngryBunny Oh jeez don't worry about it! That was my biggest concern with making the final game cost money. People not being able to afford it and/or people spending money on it only to not like it...So I'm leaning more toward "make the game free, sell stickers and artbooks or a fanpack of some sort." I hope I didn't sound greedy or whatever in my original post, it's just that I'd like to have some sort of income from this so I can afford to continue making art, music, and games after the fact. (But not right now, not by a long shot! I want to wait until the game is finished to sell anything just for 100% security.)
Spreading the word is absolutely awesome. You don't have to, but it helps. Thanks so much for your input!
@TinyAngryBunny I greatly appreciate the kind words! It would be super kickass if I could make enough money off of this to offset my college expenses aside from just selling music.
Hey guys! There's been a name change and a new logo!
Hey, all! I'm about to drop the first trailer for this game. I'm setting it as instant premiere in case anyone wants to come, but it's so short notice I seriously doubt it, aha. Anyway. Here's the link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAh2cZvJRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAh2cZvJRc
This game is super great! Honestly, I love the art and the whole plot, it's really amazing! Good job (: Can't wait for the finished product!
momoko said: Hey, all! I'm about to drop the first trailer for this game. I'm setting it as instant premiere in case anyone wants to come, but it's so short notice I seriously doubt it, aha. Anyway. Here's the link!@momoko I just saw it and it turned out great! LOVE the the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzAh2cZvJRc
@fatimanemilx @TinyAngryBunny Thank you guys both so much! I was really worried that the response to this would be overwhelmingly bad actually. So far I haven't gotten a bad response.
Someone did tell me (politely!) that it reminds them of DDLC, and I told them the only planned similarity is that they're both meta/horror dating sims....but I'm actually worried it'll come off as a rip-off no matter what, even if the story is different, especially in its early stages...whatever, I'm rambling.
Someone did tell me (politely!) that it reminds them of DDLC, and I told them the only planned similarity is that they're both meta/horror dating sims....but I'm actually worried it'll come off as a rip-off no matter what, even if the story is different, especially in its early stages...whatever, I'm rambling.