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halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
16948
It hurts, Marrend...the pain...
from Marrend
The kingdom of Nayru possesses enchanted lands {semicolon works better,} a great source of magical energy. But not a one who tried to extract it succeeded. In search of this great power, an evil mage called Lord Krull captured the castle of Nayru unnecessary comma, and imprisoned itunnecessary apostrophe's people.

Using almost all his power {phrasing?}, he managed to extract Nayru's magic into orbs. Even thought {new typo} those orbs were scattered throughout the land, Krull had no qualms sending minions to collect those orbs {repetitive!}.

A young mage passes through {the} kingdom of Nayru and hears requests for help {phrasing?}. Using a magic rod {any old rod? Try 'hers'}, she chases away the creatures that were attacking an old lady. As the woman explains the situation, one of Krull's minions steals the wand, possibly mistaking it for an orb.

Now the mage is beset with two problems: how to recover her rod, and obtain the orbs before Lord Krull can? {unnecessary, ruins sentence flow, not a question}

Trying again...
The kingdom of Nayru possesses enchanted lands; a great source of magical energy. But not a one who tried to extract it succeeded. In search of this great power, an evil mage called Lord Krull captured the castle of Nayru and imprisoned its people.

Using his mighty sorcery, he managed to extract Nayru's magic into orbs. Even though the orbs were scattered throughout the land, Krull had no qualms sending minions to collect them.

A young mage passes through the kingdom of Nayru and hears a cry for help. Using her magic rod, she chases away a band of creatures attacking an old lady. As the woman explains the situation, one of Krull's minions steals the wand, possibly mistaking it for an orb. Now she must recover her rod and seek out the orbs to stop Lord Krull!
I hope this doesn't offend you. It just came off rather sloppy to me.
Hello Halibabica, thanks for your help.
I made some adjustments with your suggestions as well and it resulted in this:

The kingdom of Nayru possesses enchanted lands; a great source of magical energy. But not a one who tried to extract it succeeded. In search of this great power, an evil mage called Lord Krull captured the castle of Nayru and imprisoned its people.

Using his mighty sorcery, he managed to extract Nayru's magic into orbs. Fragments that have spread throughout the kingdom, forcing Kruul to send his creatures to collect the orbs.

In the meantime...

A young mage passes through the kingdom of Nayru, and hears a cry for help. Using her magic rod, she chases away a band of creatures attacking an old lady. As the woman explains the situation, one of Krull's minions steals the wand.

Now she must to embark in a journey to recover her rod, collect the orbs to stop Lord Krull and save the people of Nayru.

The story in my game is more like an excuse for the gameplay. I hope you visit the game page when it's available and see more clearly how the story works inside the game.
I'll submit with that description.
Thank you.
halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
16948
Better! Just a couple of things...

from dwart
Fragments that have spread throughout the kingdom, forcing Kruul to send his creatures to collect the orbs.

This sentence doesn't quite work. Maybe try "However, the fragments have spread". You also spelled 'Krull' wrong.

from dwart
Now she must to embark in a journey

Most people embark ON journeys, not IN them.

Looks good otherwise.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
author=halibabica
I hope this doesn't offend you. It just came off rather sloppy to me.



orz
author=halibabica
Just a couple of things...

Thanks!
GAME DESCRIPTIONS :

When Shirou and Yurika were kids , they were childhood friend . Shirou enjoys the sound from Yurika's piano every day . Yurika is a little girl who played piano and also composed her own songs when she was 9 years old , but one day she left him because of her family . Her family wants to take her come to Hiroshi Academy , a school founded for children who with ability play piano and compose their own songs . All students need to play piano by their own songs every week , it's kind of like a test . Shirou promised he will try learn piano to come in Hiroshi Academy by somehow and meets her there again
Shirou is a 15 years old and at least he's able play piano now but he can't compose a song . Finally he came to Hiroshi Academy by cheating with the power in his left eye to see the past another person , albeit only for 7 seconds when directly looking at someone in the past when they're writing a note of song so he can remember all note of song and things else . In case he has problem with someone who knows his acts as copy their song and make his own song by somehow , they're want to warn him but with the power in his right eye to see the future in 6 seconds to foresight their act . After all , he used too much power for own acts . He started feeling terrible headache and he had an accident then he need to be hospitalized . When he wake up , a terrible thing is happening to him that he saw everyone completely is black . He couldn't realize who is who and he need to find a solution how to cure his eyes .
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Hrm. Maybe...

Shirou and Yurika were childhood friends. Yurika had a gift for playing the piano, and even at the age of 9, she was making her own compositions. As much as Shirou enjoyed listening to Yurika, she left one day because of her family. They sent her to Hiroshi Academy, a school for the musically inclined. Shirou promised her that he would learn to play the piano, and that they would meet again one day at Hiroshi.

Shirou is 15 now, and he has certainly learned to play the piano. However, he has yet to compose his own song. The only way he could enter Hiroshi was to use the power in his left eye to see a person's past, though he can only see the past 7 seconds of that person's past. He also has a power in his right eye to see a person's future, though only 6 seconds into that person's future.

It was the overuse of those powers that caused him to have terrible headaches, and eventually hospitalized. The prognosis was grim: the people that he sees are as black shadows. Thus, he can no longer differentiate between one person and another. Is there a cure to this blindness, or will he have to live the rest of his days like this? Can he keep his promise to Yurika if he cannot identify her?

...this? I must admit, there might be a few points I'm not 100% certain about.
halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
16948
author=vishi221
GAME DESCRIPTIONS :

When Shirou and Yurika were kids , they were childhood friend . Shirou enjoys the sound from Yurika's piano every day . Yurika is a little girl who played piano and also composed her own songs when she was 9 years old , but one day she left him because of her family . Her family wants to take her come to Hiroshi Academy , a school founded for children who with ability play piano and compose their own songs . All students need to play piano by their own songs every week , it's kind of like a test . Shirou promised he will try learn piano to come in Hiroshi Academy by somehow and meets her there again
Shirou is a 15 years old and at least he's able play piano now but he can't compose a song . Finally he came to Hiroshi Academy by cheating with the power in his left eye to see the past another person , albeit only for 7 seconds when directly looking at someone in the past when they're writing a note of song so he can remember all note of song and things else . In case he has problem with someone who knows his acts as copy their song and make his own song by somehow , they're want to warn him but with the power in his right eye to see the future in 6 seconds to foresight their act . After all , he used too much power for own acts . He started feeling terrible headache and he had an accident then he need to be hospitalized . When he wake up , a terrible thing is happening to him that he saw everyone completely is black . He couldn't realize who is who and he need to find a solution how to cure his eyes .

Okay...I was able to follow the first paragraph, but things really fell apart in the second. I think I got the gist of your plot, but I honestly have no idea what kind of game this is supposed to be. If this is a story-focused game, you may be in trouble if this is the best you can write.

So, we have a pair of childhood friends who are separated when the girl's family sends her to an exclusive piano school. The boy swears to learn piano so he can join her there, but can only play and can't actually write music. He uses mystical powers in his eyes to steal others' music and get away with it, abuses the power too much and is hospitalized, and can now only see others as black silhouettes?

Even this story description poses some very odd questions. How is it that the boy has this power? Are things like that common in this world? Is he so focused on rejoining his friend that he won't use the powers for anything else?

And what is the game like? Is it an RPG? An action game? Are the boy's powers a gameplay gimmick as well? You need to organize your thoughts better and present a clearer picture of the kind of game you're making.
Original
When Shirou and Yurika were kids , they were childhood friend . Shirou enjoys the sound from Yurika's piano every day . Yurika is a little girl who played piano and also composed her own songs when she was 9 years old , but one day she left him because of her family . Her family wants to take her come to Hiroshi Academy , a school founded for children who with ability play piano and compose their own songs . All students need to play piano by their own songs every week , it's kind of like a test . Shirou promised he will try learn piano to come in Hiroshi Academy by somehow and meets her there again
Shirou is a 15 years old and at least he's able play piano now but he can't compose a song . Finally he came to Hiroshi Academy by cheating with the power in his left eye to see the past another person , albeit only for 7 seconds when directly looking at someone in the past when they're writing a note of song so he can remember all note of song and things else . In case he has problem with someone who knows his acts as copy their song and make his own song by somehow , they're want to warn him but with the power in his right eye to see the future in 6 seconds to foresight their act . After all , he used too much power for own acts . He started feeling terrible headache and he had an accident then he need to be hospitalized . When he wake up , a terrible thing is happening to him that he saw everyone completely is black . He couldn't realize who is who and he need to find a solution how to cure his eyes.

It helps to put this, in point form notes.

-Shirou and Yurika are childhood friends.
-Yurika is gifted at playing the piano
-Shirou enjoys listening to Yurika play.
-Yurika's Family sends Yurika off to Hiroshi Academy a school for children with the ability to play their own songs.
-Shirou can't play the piano, but promises to meet Yurika again one day at Hiroshi Academy.
- Shirou 15 years old, can now play the piano but can't compose his own songs.
-Shirou gets into Hiroshi Academy by cheating:
-he uses his left eye to look into the past and plagiarize other students songs.
-he uses his right eye to see into the future and avoid detection and confrontation by fellow students.

(*you don't need to explain in detail, how Shirou's powers work in this description - you just need to explain enough so it sounds enticing to the reader - you explain how Shirou power's work through the story itself.)

-this power to see through time catches up with Shirou.
-Now he can no longer make out who he sees, because everyone is dark.
-Will he ever be able to see Yurika again?


Revised: (you may want to revise this further)
Shirou and Yurika were childhood friends. Yurika had a gift for playing the piano which Shirou enjoyed listening to every day. But one day, Yurika is sent off to Hiroshi Academy, a school for children with the ability to play piano and compose their own songs. Shirou can't play the piano, but he promises Yurika, that they will meet again one day, at Hiroshi Academy.

6 years later, Shirou now 15, can play the piano, but has yet to compose his own songs. But, over night, he has suddenly gained the unique ability to see through time.

With this new unexplained gift, Shirou can now enter Hiroshi Academy by cheating. He uses his left eye, to look into the past to plagiarize other students work, while using his right eye, to see into the future in order to avoid detection and confrontation by his fellow students. But this power to see through time eventually catches up with Shirou. Now he can no longer make out who he sees, because everyone is dark. all he can make out are shadows.

Will he ever be able to see Yurika again?

Again, you'll want to sit down and revise this further so it sounds more natural.

But this actually sounds like it could make, a really cool adventure game/visual novel.
It has this Deathnote vibe to it; using supernatural powers with real life consequences.

Left Mouse Button, see 7 minutes into the past.
Right Mouse Button, see 7 minutes into the future.

Maybe, the player is sitting infront of a piano, (you can use the mouse to play piano keys)
and out of the corner of his eye is another student working hard on a composition

Like, every level, is a scenario where Shiro has to figure out a way to copy students musical compositions without
being detected and as a reward for completing the level, the player gets to hear the song that Shiro stole
as he progresses through Hiroshi Academy - it's like the potato chip thing!!

Figuring out how to not get caught - This is a really cool idea.
author=LordBlueRouge
Original
When Shirou and Yurika were kids , they were childhood friend . Shirou enjoys the sound from Yurika's piano every day . Yurika is a little girl who played piano and also composed her own songs when she was 9 years old , but one day she left him because of her family . Her family wants to take her come to Hiroshi Academy , a school founded for children who with ability play piano and compose their own songs . All students need to play piano by their own songs every week , it's kind of like a test . Shirou promised he will try learn piano to come in Hiroshi Academy by somehow and meets her there again
Shirou is a 15 years old and at least he's able play piano now but he can't compose a song . Finally he came to Hiroshi Academy by cheating with the power in his left eye to see the past another person , albeit only for 7 seconds when directly looking at someone in the past when they're writing a note of song so he can remember all note of song and things else . In case he has problem with someone who knows his acts as copy their song and make his own song by somehow , they're want to warn him but with the power in his right eye to see the future in 6 seconds to foresight their act . After all , he used too much power for own acts . He started feeling terrible headache and he had an accident then he need to be hospitalized . When he wake up , a terrible thing is happening to him that he saw everyone completely is black . He couldn't realize who is who and he need to find a solution how to cure his eyes.

It helps to put this, in point form notes.

-Shirou and Yurika are childhood friends.
-Yurika is gifted at playing the piano
-Shirou enjoys listening to Yurika play.
-Yurika's Family sends Yurika off to Hiroshi Academy a school for children with the ability to play their own songs.
-Shirou can't play the piano, but promises to meet Yurika again one day at Hiroshi Academy.
- Shirou 15 years old, can now play the piano but can't compose his own songs.
-Shirou gets into Hiroshi Academy by cheating:
-he uses his left eye to look into the past and plagiarize other students songs.
-he uses his right eye to see into the future and avoid detection and confrontation by fellow students.

(*you don't need to explain in detail, how Shirou's powers work in this description - you just need to explain enough so it sounds enticing to the reader - you explain how Shirou power's work through the story itself.)

-this power to see through time catches up with Shirou.
-Now he can no longer make out who he sees, because everyone is dark.
-Will he ever be able to see Yurika again?


Revised: (you may want to revise this further)
Shirou and Yurika were childhood friends. Yurika had a gift for playing the piano which Shirou enjoyed listening to every day. But one day, Yurika is sent off to Hiroshi Academy, a school for children with the ability to play piano and compose their own songs. Shirou can't play the piano, but he promises Yurika, that they will meet again one day, at Hiroshi Academy.

6 years later, Shirou now 15, can play the piano, but has yet to compose his own songs. But, over night, he has suddenly gained the unique ability to see through time.

With this new unexplained gift, Shirou can now enter Hiroshi Academy by cheating. He uses his left eye, to look into the past to plagiarize other students work, while using his right eye, to see into the future in order to avoid detection and confrontation by his fellow students. But this power to see through time eventually catches up with Shirou. Now he can no longer make out who he sees, because everyone is dark. all he can make out are shadows.

Will he ever be able to see Yurika again?

Again, you'll want to sit down and revise this further so it sounds more natural.

But this actually sounds like it could make, a really cool adventure game/visual novel.
It has this Deathnote vibe to it; using supernatural powers with real life consequences.

Left Mouse Button, see 7 minutes into the past.
Right Mouse Button, see 7 minutes into the future.

Maybe, the player is sitting infront of a piano, (you can use the mouse to play piano keys)
and out of the corner of his eye is another student working hard on a composition

Like, every level, is a scenario where Shiro has to figure out a way to copy students musical compositions without
being detected and as a reward for completing the level, the player gets to hear the song that Shiro stole
as he progresses through Hiroshi Academy - it's like the potato chip thing!!

Figuring out how to not get caught - This is a really cool idea.
I don't know how to set up play piano as mouse but I'll try and thank for helping me
author=halibabica
author=vishi221
GAME DESCRIPTIONS :

When Shirou and Yurika were kids , they were childhood friend . Shirou enjoys the sound from Yurika's piano every day . Yurika is a little girl who played piano and also composed her own songs when she was 9 years old , but one day she left him because of her family . Her family wants to take her come to Hiroshi Academy , a school founded for children who with ability play piano and compose their own songs . All students need to play piano by their own songs every week , it's kind of like a test . Shirou promised he will try learn piano to come in Hiroshi Academy by somehow and meets her there again
Shirou is a 15 years old and at least he's able play piano now but he can't compose a song . Finally he came to Hiroshi Academy by cheating with the power in his left eye to see the past another person , albeit only for 7 seconds when directly looking at someone in the past when they're writing a note of song so he can remember all note of song and things else . In case he has problem with someone who knows his acts as copy their song and make his own song by somehow , they're want to warn him but with the power in his right eye to see the future in 6 seconds to foresight their act . After all , he used too much power for own acts . He started feeling terrible headache and he had an accident then he need to be hospitalized . When he wake up , a terrible thing is happening to him that he saw everyone completely is black . He couldn't realize who is who and he need to find a solution how to cure his eyes .
Okay...I was able to follow the first paragraph, but things really fell apart in the second. I think I got the gist of your plot, but I honestly have no idea what kind of game this is supposed to be. If this is a story-focused game, you may be in trouble if this is the best you can write.

So, we have a pair of childhood friends who are separated when the girl's family sends her to an exclusive piano school. The boy swears to learn piano so he can join her there, but can only play and can't actually write music. He uses mystical powers in his eyes to steal others' music and get away with it, abuses the power too much and is hospitalized, and can now only see others as black silhouettes?

Even this story description poses some very odd questions. How is it that the boy has this power? Are things like that common in this world? Is he so focused on rejoining his friend that he won't use the powers for anything else?

And what is the game like? Is it an RPG? An action game? Are the boy's powers a gameplay gimmick as well? You need to organize your thoughts better and present a clearer picture of the kind of game you're making.
Yeah , I know this is so bad my descriptions and sorry, my english isn't good as I just make a story not good about writing . That's why I need my friend help me for rewrite chat box in game . Thank for helping me
I wish someone could test demo as good english as you and fix for me
halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
16948
I had a feeling English wasn't your first language. If you have a friend that can help you with it, maybe ask them to write the description for you. Include details about how the game plays. A story outline is good, but it needs more to appeal to players!
author=halibabica
I had a feeling English wasn't your first language. If you have a friend that can help you with it, maybe ask them to write the description for you. Include details about how the game plays. A story outline is good, but it needs more to appeal to players!

Yeah but my friend is too busy , not enough time for writing
Guys i need help..
my game was denied

Reason was: "Description needs work when it comes to grammar
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Would you mind copy-pasting your description here, then?
Hi, I'm new here and my game was denied for the description too, I'm a spanish native, I can understand english but haven't use it for a long time x.x (I hope can practice receiving feed back from all of you hehe), here is my game description:

Game Description : - Neon Lightning Force -
Is the year 2044, after the third world war, the countries of the north have been devastated by they powerful nuclear arsenal. United states and the European Union no longer exist, giving born a new association of countries the Pacific Union and Neopolis as the main capital in South America.

In an apparent peaceful world, the neopolis police was concerned to fight the crime of they streets, which by unknown causes becomes more and more violent.

Isolda shinawara is a special agent who investigates this case finding the drako a drug that makes the criminals more skilful, strong and aggressive, what she does not imagine is that to follow the track of this case will lead to a much more dangerous and corrupt path that it seems...

Spanish description here:
Año 2044, tras la tercera guerra mundial los países del norte han quedado devastados por su potente arsenal nuclear. estados unidos y la unión europea no existen más cediendo ante una nueva potencia la unión del pacífico y su capital neópolis en sudamérica.

Ante la aparente paz mundial, la policía de neópolis se ocupa de combatir la delincuencia de sus calles, que por causas desconocidas se hace cada día más violenta.

Isolda Shinawara es una agente especial que investiga este caso hallando al drako una droga que hace a los criminales más hábiles, fuertes y agresivos, lo que no imagina es que seguir la pista de este caso la conducirá a un sendero mucho más peligroso y corrupto de lo que parece...


Thanks :)
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
@Crimsondeath: Hrm. Maybe something like...

The year is 2044. After the events of World War III, the United States and European Union are no more, so utterly devastated they were by the nuclear fallout. The power vacuum in Northern America gave rise to the nation of the Pacific Union, with Neopolis as it's capital in South America.

While the world is now at peace, that does not mean that crime has ceased. The Neopolis police concern themselves with these crimes, of course, but the crimes are getting more violent by the day.

They send a special agent, Isolda Shinwara, to investigate these crimes. She finds traces of Drako, a drug that makes a person stronger and aggressive, yet still cunning enough to evade the police. As follows the case, she will find it leads to a much more dangerous, and corrupt, path that was originally thought.


...this?
author=Marrend
@Crimsondeath: Hrm. Maybe something like...
...this?


Wow thanks :D, they're not the exact words but I think the descripcion reads better I'm going to post it in the official website of the game too, the problem is that has very few space for text because of the font style (the font is Press start, an Arcade font), so I have do some changes to make it fits in my site:

The year is 2044. After the events of World War III, the United States and European Union are no more, so utterly devastated they were by the nuclear fallout. The power vacuum in Northern America gave rise to the "Pacific Union", with Neopolis as it's capital in South America.

While the world is now at peace, the Neopolis police is busy fightning the crime in Neopolis, which is getting more violent by the day.

They send a special agent, Isolda Shinwara, to investigate those cases finding traces of Drako, a drug that makes a person stronger and aggressive. As follows the case, she will find it leads to a much more dangerous, and corrupt, path that was originally thought...


Just tell me if it's right or not, anyways I could use your version to post the game in the forum, thanks again :D .
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Happy to help!

As for your query, I don't think it's entirely necessary to mention Neopolis twice in the second paragraph. Maybe more like...

While the world is still at peace, the Neopolis police still fights the crimes in it's city, even as they are getting more violent by the day.


...that. Also-also, if the game has an official website, it may behoove you to direct people to it via the gamepage, and for people who visit that site to be directed to the gamepage here (once it gets approved). What you could do is insert a small blurb about the way the game plays, or what kinds of things players can expect from it (a feature list?), then insert a link to that website.

Or some-such.
author=Marrend
Happy to help!

As for your query, I don't think it's entirely necessary to mention Neopolis twice in the second paragraph. Maybe more like...
...that. Also-also, if the game has an official website, it may behoove you to direct people to it via the gamepage, and for people who visit that site to be directed to the gamepage here (once it gets approved). What you could do is insert a small blurb about the way the game plays, or what kinds of things players can expect from it (a feature list?), then insert a link to that website.

Or some-such.


Yeah thanks :D, The game was completed the last year. I hope to get approve now, I have very few time to edit a post x.x, so I only added some videos and images, but if the game likes to users I will add more information soon.