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Discussion about the making or playing of English Language Visual Novels, save for the ones from /ksg/, or games released originally in Japanese.

Do you have a question about a Japanese visual novel or a translation of it?
/vn/ is ready to answer it.

>Getting Started:
http://pastebin.com/7LsCvtq3 (embed)

>Recommended Reading:
https://vndb.org/v/all?q=;fil=olang-en.tagspoil-0;o=d;s=rating

For Developers. Huge collection of guides on everything:
http://meganelover.com/post/122965940223/visual-novel-creation-masterlist

Ren'Py Download:
http://www.renpy.org/

Last thread >>134449992
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Also
http://strawpoll.me/7023262
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>>134797964
Oh for fuck's sake, we did new threads at the same time. Let's stay on this one.
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>>134784614
People with tighter budgets do that a lot.
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>>134798295
Damn, and I made sure to refresh just before posting mine, "just in case". Let's just have them battle to death and see which one survives.
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>>134798673
I did so too. If you're the fujo who said we're soulmates last thread, this is getting too Julia Roberts movie for me.
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>>134799169
Sorry, I'm not. But I can be your friend, anon!
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>>134799234
>Are you OK with any kind of game?
Yep, I do use aliases with 18+ stuff, though. Want to avoid associating the main one with porn-related Google searches if possible (and
SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED sure didn't help with that).
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> game site tweets about my game
> call it "graphic novel"

that doesn't mean what they think it means.
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>>134800246
Mine have been repeatedly called light novels.
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Are those RenPy slave training games considered VNs?

I had an idea to make one game like that but I'm more confortable with C#. I think I'll have to do it in Unity.
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Damn, why there were two threads.

>>134799983
Awesome, my game is not lewd though...I think.
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This thread is going to die...
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>>134798026
>there are females here

how?
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>>134805160
Not on my 3rd-world watch.
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ALLAHU AKBAR
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Wha happeningn?
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>>134811315
Our 1st world brothers are asleep.
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>>134811454
From whence do you hail, my third-world comrade?
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>>134811584
Canada
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>>134811584
Terrorland, Southern Flipland, comrade.
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>>134811778
It's okay Canada. I'm sure all those "I'm moving to Canada if Trump wins" guys should feed your economy back to first-world status.
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>>134805305
We're all little girls here;)
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What EVN should I masturbate to today?
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>>134814298
I Fucked Your Mom While You Were Inside Her Womb Demo Version 0.5
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>>134814673
I didn't know my dad wrote VNs
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>1am
>everyone is sleeping
Time to draw the lewd CGs
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>>134814972
He also regularly whored himself, to pay for your vietnamese coloring book you fap to.
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>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57909428/chusingura46-1-a-visual-novel-with-moe-samurai-gir/
Is this a great how not to run a kickstarter example?
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>>134816094
>dat art
>dat presentation
>$210K

No way Jose.
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>>134816094
who needs 210k dollars for a VN? They can't be that hard to produce.

I could probably make one just with this laptop and a google image search for "Generic anime girl"
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>>134816537
That KS seems to be for translating the VN in question.

(Your point still stands, though. 210k is ludicrous.)
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>>134816537
>>134817897
they probably thought they'd pull another scam, like sekai did with clannad.
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>>134818736
going to enjoy watching them crash and burn
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SEKAI DE
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>>134816094
They'd have a hard time pulling off a fraction of that. People are too used to VNs being translated for free by fans, and I've never even heard of this one.
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>>134807762
DEUS VULT
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VN about girl scout cookies
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>>134830825
I wanna date a thin mint!
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>>134831306
I want to abuse her and tell her she tastes like a urinal cake
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>>134814298
Me
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http://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3813

WinterWolves poll: "Why you didn't buy PSCD ?"
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>>134837483
He just hits the new levels of low.
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>>134837563
He should have put a multiple choice option.
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>>134837483
Now I'm really depressed.
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>>134837483
topic title does sound a tad accusatory
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>>134837483
There should be a "Nothing about it is interesting" option
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>>134837483
>singling people out for the art or writing


my sympathy is gone. also he didnt shill this anywhere. the actual release was happening days before he made one tweet about it and i had to double-check to see if it was actually out.
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>>134838620
Those are pretty important aspects of a vn. What else is he supposed to do, pretend they're inconsequential and leave them out of the poll? Considering most people seem to take issue with the art, that'd be a pretty stupid thing to do.
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>>134838620
>thinking it's considered "singling someone out" for putting art on a poll about a game that bombed

Do you realize how dumb that sounds? It's not even saying "the art is bad", it's just a style that's not marketable and his fanbase is not interested in.
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>>134838759
yeah but who made the decision to hire those people? not like the artist forced WW to put his art into the game.

the reality is that
>>134838190
>>134837623
are the real answers.
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>>134839163
It doesn't matter how the art got there or who's to blame for picking that artist. All that matters is that it is there and it's a significant reason why people didn't give it a chance. That's not blaming the artist, it's just an unfortunate reality that needs to be addressed so that the same mistake isn't repeated next time.
But yes, an uninteresting option should've been included as well.
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Should one with that art style expect to win against moe/anime art games?
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>>134839163
to expand on this, what is this game even about? it offers an impressive 8 love interests and yet

>Planet Stronghold: Colonial Defense brings you back in time in the early settlement days of the Planet Stronghold colony.

>By a bizarre coincidence, two captains, two siblings, get stuck in the same colony: Alex and Diana Nelson. Take control of one of them, and discover the mysteries and the dangers of Planet Stronghold, and the personalities of the various characters of your team.

>The game features a big card-collectible gameplay part, easy to learn but hard to master. Upgradable cards brings even more replayability, especially at higher difficulty levels.

>For those looking forward more to the story and visual novel/dating sim aspect, you can play the game in "Visual Novel Mode" and enjoy the game dialogues and the beautiful painted artwork style: there are eight characters to befriend, and if you play your cards right, romance!

is the description. where is the reason to play this game if im not into card battles, which he has included a story mode to skip completely? what mystery and dangers? what characters can i fuck?

>>134839434
in my experience games do not bomb for one single issue a clusterfuck of several is usually the problem, so this poll asking to pick one is dumb. i am in complete agreement that the art is an eyesore.


this is all conjecture though. for all we know WW made a decent amount with this release and was not happy with it for reasons.
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> people thinking it wasn't the art

People, WW knows very well (as people have told him so) that his players like his game for the romance first, everything else second. You could have the most interesting game in the world but if your players want to date robots and space marines and yet you make them ugly, they aren't going to buy the game.
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>>134837483
>Why you didn't buy PSCD
The story seems boring, I don't care about the TCG portion, the art is unappealing, and the waifus do nothing for me.

Not that I'm going to register to tell him that but who knows, he might read /vg/ or somebody from here might browse his forums.
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>>134837483
>I don't like art style
>50%
Only few total votes yet but lel.
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>>134841847
Well, I guess it's at least easier to salvage than bad writing.
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>>134838620
His lack of advertising aside, the game is tagged visual novel, but isn't showing up on the visual novel list. Not sure if the other tags are effected to. It would make it harder for interested parties to find. Did he break its visibility by putting a release date that was in January?
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>>134837483
>WinterWolves
> I will discover it soon once I officially release C14 Dating
Well, the good news about C14 Dating is one of the minigames is actually fun because they simply copied Mario's Picross, and the art will probably not make people go wtf the whole time.

The bad news is the writing is pretty bland but it seems that hasn't stopped his older games from being successful.

Random question: Does an actual theme song for them game increase revenue by so much it's actually a sound business decision to get one?
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I'm busy writing, so please don't die.
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>finally starting to add animation
>renpy.show()
>suddenly what if skill is AOE
>;_;
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>>134846686
What are you even trying to do?
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>>134846929
A generic screen language-based battle engine for my projects' minigames...
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If I make a NaNoRenO-length vn, use stock music and BGs, publish it on Steam with Sekai Project, would I be a scumbag to charge $5 for it? I'm doing it anyway if Sekai accepts.
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>>134847010
hi NewWestGames
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Post progress, achieve singularity.
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>>134847518
You call 10 min of work a progress ?
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>>134847196
Literally who?
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>>134847604
We don't shit on each others progress here, fuck off.
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>>134847010
> stock
> charging

I mean, go for it, but I wouldn't buy it for a dollar.
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>>134847768
There's nothing wrong with charging for a game with stock music in it nor will people who buy it feel cheated if they find out.
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>>134847768
Only for BG and music, which are background elements anyway. It's not like they'll be shit, maybe generic. At least they're at a certain level of quality. I'm focused on paying for sprites and CG.
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>>134847768
>give artist a reference image/song
>end result looks/sounds very similar to reference image/song
So, why not save money and just use the reference?

Even if something costs money, that doesn't make it better. /evn/ has complained before when custom assets looked/sounded like they're stock?
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>>134848817
>end result looks/sounds very similar to reference image/song
While I agree something costing money doesn't mean it's better, you'd have to have picked a very bad artist to get a result like that.
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>>134849084
>you'd have to have picked a very bad artist to get a result like that
Welcome to LSF.

Anyone know an anime-style artist that can draw guys, doesn't make girls have turbo tits, doesn't disappear, isn't a snail at getting working done, and doesn't cost $500 per CG? I was thinking of something like Doomfest's artstyle.
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>>134847765
WW is that you ?
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>>134848817
maybe because your reference is expensive? for example, if I tell them I like the sound of "bad romance" a song with a similar beat will be much more cheaper than buying a liscence grom gaga.
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> https://twitter.com/pcmacgames/status/708318078946377730
> seems I forgot to add in the poll "I want to buy #PSCD but too many other good games came out recently and my wallet is currently empty" :P
i'm getting secondhand embarrassment. nothing new has come out recently aside from sunrider LD.
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>>134849560
uh, anon, people buy other genres too.
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>>134849560
C14 dating should do much better for him if he markets it well and posts the Steam launch date as its release date.

Its art's okay and it focuses on the dating aspect, which is what WW's fans want.
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>>134849560
Who only buys EVNs?
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>>134849383
>isn't a snail
What'd we ever do to you?!
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>>134849560
Attention-whoring really doesn't suit a man.
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>>134850493
At first I thought they were making out, then they ate them.
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>>134847518
Now working on AI (just RNG, really) for my battle engine lol.
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>>134849560
If you read the thread, you would have noticed that's an actual reason a couple people gave.
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>>134850669
have you met someone in marketing, ever?

he's just chatty, he's nowhere near an attention whore
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>>134851142
I worked in marketing 8 years. That isn't marketing, it's attention-whoring. Marketing implies he'd try to get attention from non-consumers by presenting the product as something interesting. What he's doing is crying over not selling to his own fanbase about what he cannot accept is just an unappealing product in a very teenage "no one understands" manner.
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>>134851692
His product bombed hard and he's trying understand why. Cut him some slack.
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>>134851054
when isnt something new coming out? if you are afraid to release when a AAA shooter is out you will have no release at all.

>I'll need to make some fanservice game for $9.99 !!

very scary with his taste in art.
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>>134851978
>Cut him some slack
why? that anon was spot-on. WW is also making ridiculous logic leaps not exactly trying to understand, per say.
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I think my NaNo artist is going to flake on me.

Actually I think they already have, it's just not official yet.
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>>134851978
I'm cutting him some slack by not talking directly to him, as it could come across as cruel; however, it won't stop me from being honest here, as we usually discuss retarded public behavior on a regular basis and never pull punches.
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>>134852360
I think the poll on his forum is okay for returning customers. Nowhere near perfect but decent enough for people who actually bother to read his forums regularly.

People who don't fall into that category will just think it's pathetic.

He should have kept it to his forums, or his mailing list, if he has one. Twitter feels way too public.
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>>134852617
What makes you think so? Are they being paid?
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>>134853006
>paying for assets for a game jam
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>>134853536
>expecting people to work for free
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>>134853770
Inviting people to take part in a jam for fun is not quite the same thing as expecting people to work for free generally.

On the other hand you can't be too surprised or upset if they discover that it's not fun and fuck off.
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Cupid was rated M by the ESRB.

>Fantasy Violence
>Sexual Violence
>Blood and Gore
>Sexual Themes
>Language
>Partial Nudity
>Animated Blood
>Strong Sexual Content

http://store.steampowered.com/app/421670/
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>>134849534
No. I don't get why you would randomly attack some dudes artwork under the pretense of what constitutes as progress. Very few people here actually post progress, shit posts such as yours discourage them even further. Are you new to this general?
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>>134853960
What a surprise?
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>>134854130
I don't think the game has 'strong sexual content', but why bother getting a free game on Steam rated? Unless they wanted someone else to come up with the list of trigger warnings for them.
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>>134853960
the only things that got it that score was the one sex scene. its a really tame vn, imo.
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>>134854239
Rape isn't strong sexual content?
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>>134854630
It didn't happen onscreen,so not in my opinion.
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>>134853960
was it ACTUALLY, or are they using the ESRB rating fraudulently? (which is quite common on Steam)
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>>134854125
If you can't handle a bit of critique you can just fuck off. What do you want a hug? A pat on the back? If you can't handle criticism take your shitty art and go fuck yourself.
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Page 10.

I've only wrote 1k words so far today, doing a lot of restructuring right now for the purpose of constructing a demo.
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>>134860704
How is that a critique? I'm not that artist by the way, just someone who wants this general to not be dead all the time.
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I'm planning to make a game inspired by Juniper's Knot.
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>>134861159
Maybe you should post something on your own then instead of stirring shit.
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>>134861265
You didn't answer my question, how is that a critique?

So you think I'm stirring shit by defending someone who is actually posting their art? They appear to be a good artist and their progress, which clearly is progress by the way, is welcome in this thread.
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>>134862054
Cute.

>>134861780
>You didn't answer my question, how is that a critique?
Pretty sure they're just shitposting.
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>>134862054
Cute!
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>>134862054
I like how you colour hair.
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>>134860704
That was not a critique, that was shitposting against one of the few actually significant posts in this thread. Who rammed that stick up your ass?
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>>134862054
the design is really cute, but it looks.
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>>134863334
* like she has no neck.
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>>134851692
Marketing could very well be the formal definition of attention-whoring.
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> http://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3814

the ride never ends.
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>>134865612
Why he never learns? How can any1 be so dumb ?
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>>134865612
Those poll options.
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>>134865612
>Huzzah! it's magnificent and I totally would buy this game NOW
>Meh, I don't like anything that is not manga, sob sob
>I am neutral to the art (the undecided option)
Truly great options.
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>>134865612
so... can't he seriously tell that this style is really unappealing?
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>>134865612
He knows perfectly well that there is the possibility of "I like non-manga art but that artist is shit", but chooses not to put it on the list of options.
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>>134864340
Marketing sells. Crying about not selling does nothing but make you look like a loser.
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>>134865983
yep.
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>>134865612
That style feels like it's just too close to the uncanny valley. All too often it crosses that line in certain areas or character and makes things look really unappealing.
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Getting angry at your own following (the ones who care to frequent your forums, no less) for not mindlessly buying your game is pretty pathetic.
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>>134865612
>no 'this artist is shit' option

Nepotism is a double edge sword.
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>>134865838
These would've been commissioned well in advance I'm sure. He's stuck with that investment.
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>>134865973
jfc
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>>134866409
Politely asking if there's a specific reason why you're not interested is the same as getting enraged at you about it? See, this is why men have so much trouble talking to you.
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>>134866443
If the art is bad enough you can always decide to replace it, even at the very end of development. See also: Black Closet.
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>>134866838
if you think thay being passive agressive is the same as being polite, you may have a problem with social interaction.
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>>134866838
>Politely asking
>Meh, I don't like anything that is not manga, sob sob
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>>134866838
There's a better way to approach your fans and potential customer.
Asking them why they don't want to buy your game is not one of them.
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>>134866838
Are you him or do you work for him? No one here seems to agree with you.
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sob sob
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>>134867198
I meant the other one. That one reads like "terrible attempt at humor". Which still isn't the same as being angry.
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>>134865986
I wasn't really trying to make a statement about this situation, but I think this guy could be taking things much worse. Does he seem to be dodging around the real issue? Yeah. Especially now that he's shown this new art by the same artist, which means he's either stuck with it or wastes the time and money he put into them by going with someone else.
Is he crying about it? No, nor is he blaming the artist or his fanbase for the game failing. If he were, that would be a good reason to sit back and laugh or insult his antics, but I don't think he's done anything to deserve that treatment.
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>>134867360
It's probably Hanako. She and him are longtime affiliates.
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>>134865973
It looks fantastic, what are you on about?
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>>134867569
ha, it's the vn equivalent of the dreamworks face.
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>boohoo I want all my art to be anime
lmao kid, why don't you try appreciating real art some time?
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>>134867198
It's obvious this guy is just very colorful with the way he types. Labeling it as passive aggressive and getting assblasted over it in order to justify this shitposting is kind of pathetic.
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i think he can use the artist but the artist needs to stop fucking up proportions. the lips are unsalvageable.
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>>134867838
If it makes you feel better, I'm only shitposting about the truly bad art.
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>>134867569
>>134867792
These two aren't nearly as bad as this >>134867478 monster
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>>134868004
Even if you ignore the faces the art has a lot of problems with anatomy and clothes, just look at the feet of >>134867478
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>>134868004
>>134867478
>>134865973
These look like one artist made the faces and another made bodies.
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>>134867021
Yeah, at the cost of losing however much money you put into the original art. Of course, you have to weigh that pretty carefully against the risk of the game not selling altogether as a result. It's a tough call, especially when they probably don't see what's wrong with the art to begin with. Personally, I think his best bet would be to bite the bullet and have the art replaced, but I can see why it's not an easy decision to make.
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>>134865612
I only wish he would hire a better colorist. Almost all his games have a weird pallete.
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>>134868202
on the upside we will never see those club foot in the vn, but instead the faces.

though the style itself is a perplexing blend of simple cartoon details and really high rendering. so the belt buckles and that badge are highly rendered, and then look at the chest and that scarf. >>134867478
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>>134867478
wew lad
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>>134867478
Man or woman?
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>>134869427
That's for you to find out, player_name.
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>>134867478
please do not shade with the dodge and burn tool.
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>>134867478
I hope you're all telling him anime is superior
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>>134868571
>on the upside we will never see those club foot in the vn, but instead the faces.

Is this better or worse?
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>>134865973
>>134867478
He could recycle the art for a Song of Saya style horror VN. Instead of seeing disgusting blobs of flesh, the protagonist sees this art style.
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>>134869790
But that's what they're for!
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>>134870492
10/10 post
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>>134870492
damn that was ruthless
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>>134870843
Maybe a little too ruthless. We're starting to resemble a witch-hunt.
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>>134872830
a witchhunt is when you actively go after someone on a personal level. talking about someones games and poor decision making skills is par the course for /evn/.
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>>134872830
The more you insist with the bullshit "stop it you guys" thing, the more we're going to talk shit.
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>>134867478
>>134865973
>>134867569
>>134867792

Ahhh, so this is what Hitler was trying to stop.
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>>134872830
His new poll is definitely idiotic. If you have people choose between:
>Best style ever
>I'm an idiot and I don't like it
>I don't care
You might as well save yourself the time of making the poll in the first place.

If somebody wants honest constructive feedback, I'm okay with that. If somebody acts dumb, they'll get treated like an idiot.
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>>134867478
turd polishing level: expert
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>>134874835
Actually, I agreed with that in an earlier post. I just think we're going in circles now.
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>>134876603
>sob sob
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>>134876992
>sob sob I sell games
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>>134877326
Did you call?
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> seiyuu danshi allows pledged through paypal

I'm thought you couldn't sell 18+ content with paypal?
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>>134877897
KS does not allow 18+ stuff either, but there it is.
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>>134877897
>>134878769
Same with army gals. Proves there are exceptions to the rule.
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>>134877897
Speaking of which, looks like Savior of BL is about to hit 30K.
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>>134880932
it will probably end at 45k. I'd love if they beat army gals
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>>134877897
Remember, very few things are actually 100% hand-vetted by large companies. How do you think Rapelay got onto Amazon that time? Not because Amazon actually chose to sell it.
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>>134881916
You can buy eroge and other 18+ content and items off Amazon so I don't really get the example.
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>>134881916
i reported army gals and nothing.
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>>134874364
You'd think we'd want to be somewhat supportive of one another when EVNs tend to get ridiculed and sell like shit anyway. I'm pretty sure a lot of people in here are bitter for that very reason.
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>>134882863
Fag
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>>134882958
>support a game that looks bad just because
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>>134882958
Just shut up.
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>>134882958
It really doesn't take a genius to know a game with art that ugly wouldn't sell, it's no one's fault but his own that he couldn't figure that out before selling it.
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I reckon if the project raises enough, even if it violates some of KS rules they'll let it slide since they get to take 10% of the earnings.
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>>134883150
I'm not saying you have to buy it, just that reveling in it's failure and shitting all over it is poor form.
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>>134883291
He made a mistake and misjudged the art, so what? Would you want your project to be treated the same way here after seeing it flop? All your money, time, and effort go straight down the toilet just to have people laugh and insult you for it?
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>>134883397

> shitting all over it

No one here is doing that. If you put out a bad product, you are going to have to listen to people saying it's a bad product.

Doubly so if you have hard data about your customers but you chose to ignore, and yet you act bewildered about a game not selling.
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>>134867792
I've played around with that one, but I'm shit at realism.
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>>134884097
Still a significant improvement.
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>>134883397
>>134883909

People wouldn't even be talking about it anymore if you weren't so hellbent on defending it.
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>>134884097
It's skyrim mods all over again. Polishing the shit in such a scale it looks almost good.
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>>134883397
But that's why most anons hang out here?
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>>134884265
So sorry I'm late to the party. Honestly, I'm more concerned about how it affects the general itself. It's just this kind of stuff that prevents people from wanting to post their progress. Instead that void is filled by allahu akbar, b-bump, and shitposting just to keep this place alive.
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>>134884753
It's the flavor of the day conversation, dude. It's bad art and predictably sold bad, we make fun of it, then we move on. You can drag it out by talking about how concerned you are about it or let it pass like it all usually does.
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>>134884753
>It's just this kind of stuff that prevents people from wanting to post their progress.
It's always been like this and we still have a consistent userbase. Maybe you're just not fit for /evn/ and would feel better on a different community, but don't think for one second that we'll change based on your sensibilities because it's not stopping the rest of us from discussing ours and others' projects. If anything, it is refreshing to get people being honest to the point of being harsh rather than seeing cliques circlejerking as in other communities.
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>>134884753
I's always been pure shitposting. It's fine, people who actually post any progress have developed a thick skin. But if people were forced to use tripcodes and names here, it'd be as active as #vn-devs.
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>>134885109
>If anything, it is refreshing to get people being honest to the point of being harsh rather than seeing cliques circlejerking as in other communities.

Remember ML anon's godawful first GUI that apparently no one had told them was bad?
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>>134885342
Good times.
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>>134882958
shut the fuck up.
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>>134884097
>not fixing the botched boob job from tijuana
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>>134885895
I know, I'm a lazy fuck. :/
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>>134882405
The point was "just because someone is accepting paypal money for a thing doesn't mean that paypal has intentionally given the permission / exceptions"

Kickstarter, on the other hand, we already know allows at least some adult content. Exactly what and under exactly what rules is harder to make sense of.
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>>134885109
Circlejerking is the last thing I'd want as well. I've been here for some time, and that's part of the reason I'm still here. I've posted progress multiple times and value feedback that isn't concerned about appearances.

>it's not stopping the rest of us from discussing ours
It is. That's why I felt like saying this. I can't count how many times I've seen people say they've made progress, but are completely unwilling to actually show anything because they're worried about it getting dumped on. I'm sure there are a number of people who come in here only to leave when they see what happens to work that's deemed bad. We get maybe a handful of posts that are relevant to a user's project and it's not that uncommon for an entire thread to go by with nothing.

Anyway, just felt like getting that off my chest. I'll fuck off now and stop dragging this out.
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>>134889230
>and it's not that uncommon for an entire thread to go by with nothing.

On the other hand, I'd say that the very few things we do get are above average quality.
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Anything but working on my own project.
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>>134889617

Oh, he looks pretty handsome like that.
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>>134889617
Lips still look kinda weird.
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>>134889767
Too flat?
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>>134890063
A bit too large for a blonde/white, the color of the lower lip also seems too pale.
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>>134890268
Gotcha. I'm just doing these for fun, but the critique is really appreciated nevertheless.
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>Expecting critique from /evn/

newfags
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>>134890575

> not knowing people receive critique here frequently
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>>134889617
drake?
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>>134890475
Well, getting more practice has never hurt anybody. It's kinda scary how much better it looks compared to what a paid artist produced.

I had a look at the Planet Stronghold stuff, and it seems the original artist has a serious problem with shading.
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>>134890575
They gave me useful feedback, so yeah.
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>>134890729
Nathan.
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>>134890631
Eh, I'd say the quality of critique here is generally pretty bad with one or two exceptions. I don't see much of a difference between here and LSF honestly, where it may be a circlejerk but people have also gotten occasional helpful advice.

And if you want to be honest (which apparently most anons don't) LSF is much less of a circlejerk. For one thing, /evn/ likes to often circlejerk over the misconception that it isn't a circlejerk. It's rather amusing.
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>>134892549
>. I don't see much of a difference between here and LSF honestly, where it may be a circlejerk but people have also gotten occasional helpful advice.
then stay there please

it feels like it's always one person doing this same argument every few threads
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>>134892923
Why won't you do us a favor and put a trip on?
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>>134893191
he's not the one that needs a trip.
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>>134893191
I'm not the one who is bothered by the status quo everyone else comes here for
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>>134893908
I come here to talk about dicks.
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>>134893908
I think you're confusing one anon for another in this thread.
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>>134894192
I bet that guy is going to tell you the dicks on LSF are better and smell nicer
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What's the point of only letting people pick one choice and not having "I just think the art sucks, anime or not." in there?
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>>134894487
Reassurance that you're always right, and any chances you might have made something no one wants are only a result of silly small preferences that you can fix in an hour.

Basically, delusion.
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>>134894285
There's been a lot of posts today assuming everyone disagreeing with them is just one very exuberant person. It's the joy of anon clouds.
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>>134894487
Trying to discourage people from giving too negative a reply in order to convince yourself that the art you've already paid for twice now isn't completely wasted? (Since as I recall this is the second artist that game has had, after the first one bailed halfway through.)
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>>134895074
How was the art before?
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>>134884753
Allahu Akbar guy here, reporting for duty! Leave the bumping to me and the others.
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>>134896391
I'm having trouble finding much of it at the moment, I'm still looking around.
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>>134896391
Many of the characters seem pretty different in the personality they give across.
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>>134896795
>Allahu Akbar guy
I was kind of hoping you were a girl, /pol/-bro.
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>>134897202
Some of the faces still look pretty weird.
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How do you guys do it? Play VNs, that is. I played one for the first time the other day and I think it fucked me up. Games designed to make you fall for fictional characters are fucked up.
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>>134897014
>>134897202
Well, I wouldn't call that art fantastic but it's bearable. The new designs really make me want to do everything I can to stop looking at them.

It reminds me a bit of Xenonauts character design.
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>>134897202
Thanks. Yeah, you're right, they look like completely different people.
I think at least the clothing design improved mostly.
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>>134897549
Try playing non-romantic ones?
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Would you feel cheated if there are sprites for certain actions and sometimes the actions are just described?
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>>134898547
cheated out of what?
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>>134898547
I wouldn't really care or notice.
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>>134897663
Not him but what good non-romantic VN would you suggest?
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>>134898547
Finding the right balance between what to draw and what to describe can be tricky. If you think an action is going to be repeated often, then a specific sprite for it would be nice, but otherwise a description will do.
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I made an /evn/ discord channel:
https://discordapp.com/channels/158026561516208128
Now we can be salty cunts together even when the thread is dead!
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>>134902427
Why would you not just use IRC?
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>>134902641
IRC is old and busted.
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>>134902765
Just like your mom
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>>134902765
You mean nice and simple.
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