By the way, I have a twitter now for it. The handle is EYHO_Game. 

momoko said: @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. 

@momoko It's cool! Probably as it gets more attention more people will think that BUT there will also be more people to defend your work as it's own! Anyway, keep up the great work! I will love seeing how this turns out!

momoko said: @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. 

@momoko Even if people find similarities between the two games, it's still your visual novel. I don't believe people will think of it as a rip-off because it bits of your own originality in it. The whole concept and plot is well thought out, and all the art is beautiful! This visual novel deserves a lot of attention (:

Hey, guys! I have good news! 
The game is now about 35% complete!

Yaaay! Woohoo! Yippee! Pomelo is finished and Bonnie is nearly finished. I really hope to actually get this game complete before the Unforgettable Summer Jam ends so I can enter it! We'll just have to see!

I'm still on the fence about permanently hosting the game on this website...a lot of my assets are from image hosting websites that won't keep them there forever, so I think I'm going to eventually only offer the demo here and link people to a download of the full game in the description, or something like that. What do you guys think?

Also, I'm planning on uploading the OST to YouTube soon! However, some tracks contain spoilers, so I'll just wait until after the game is finished to upload them. So look out for that!

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@momoko Even if people find similarities between the two games, it's still your visual novel. I don't believe people will think of it as a rip-off because it bits of your own originality in it. The whole concept and plot is well thought out, and all the art is beautiful! This visual novel deserves a lot of attention (:
[/quote]@fatimanemilx Thank you kindly for the, this is very encouraging!

That's so great!!! I really enjoy the story and look forward to the finished result! I think that having it here as a demo and putting a link to download it is actually a great idea! I think it'd be great to see it complete by the summer jam, both for readers and you! It's totally okay if it's not though, this story is great and has a lot of potential! Hope you're doing okay in quarantine!

momoko said: Hey, guys! I have good news! 
The game is now about 35% complete!

Yaaay! Woohoo! Yippee! Pomelo is finished and Bonnie is nearly finished. I really hope to actually get this game complete before the Unforgettable Summer Jam ends so I can enter it! We'll just have to see!

I'm still on the fence about permanently hosting the game on this website...a lot of my assets are from image hosting websites that won't keep them there forever, so I think I'm going to eventually only offer the demo here and link people to a download of the full game in the description, or something like that. What do you guys think?

Also, I'm planning on uploading the OST to YouTube soon! However, some tracks contain spoilers, so I'll just wait until after the game is finished to upload them. So look out for that!

@momoko if you managed to finish the game before the jam ends then you will definitely get some points for sure and that means, you can upgrade this project to Premium and enjoy direct upload and we will keep the files on our server for you. 

How you distribute the game is completely up to you. I, personally would love to download it and you have previously mentioned that you would like to earn from the work you have done so...... why not consider selling the download on itch.io? CloudNovel does not hold the game copyright so you are free to distribute your game however you want.

DAX said:

momoko said: Hey, guys! I have good news! 
The game is now about 35% complete!

Yaaay! Woohoo! Yippee! Pomelo is finished and Bonnie is nearly finished. I really hope to actually get this game complete before the Unforgettable Summer Jam ends so I can enter it! We'll just have to see!

I'm still on the fence about permanently hosting the game on this website...a lot of my assets are from image hosting websites that won't keep them there forever, so I think I'm going to eventually only offer the demo here and link people to a download of the full game in the description, or something like that. What do you guys think?

Also, I'm planning on uploading the OST to YouTube soon! However, some tracks contain spoilers, so I'll just wait until after the game is finished to upload them. So look out for that!

@momoko if you managed to finish the game before the jam ends then you will definitely get some points for sure and that means, you can upgrade this project to Premium and enjoy direct upload and we will keep the files on our server for you. 

How you distribute the game is completely up to you. I, personally would love to download it and you have previously mentioned that you would like to earn from the work you have done so...... why not consider selling the download on itch.io? CloudNovel does not hold the game copyright so you are free to distribute your game however you want.

@DAX I considered it! I was thinking that I could release it here for a limited time only, then once the jam ends I can sell it. Either that or the game will be free but players can purchase stickers, t-shirts, an artbook, etc...still not completely sure!

@momoko maybe you can make two versions of the game. Free version and paid version. You can only play limited routes for free or you can buy the full game with all routes unlocked. (Maybe you can some special additional scenes or secret endings as well)

I do not think making physical goods while being relatively unknown is a good way to go for a beginner because there would be a cost to produce such goods. There are also transaction fees, shipping and etc, etc... Try doing digital goods. Selling digital artbooks would be a good idea to start with.

@DAX good idea, will consider it!

Btw, I'm planning a Q and A video! How would you guys feel about it?

Q&A Announcement is now out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqX45z0yWQY

Just a reminder, you guys can feel free to dm me with questions or post questions in this thread if you prefer that over YouTube comments. I'll try my best to answer them all. I'll probably start work on the Q&A video next weekend if I get enough questions. Thank you. <3