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This page is for discussion of the artistic side of content creation, such as writing and characterization, as well as for the posting of incomplete content for the purpose of receiving feedback from each other.
Feel free to discuss characters and stories you are working on.
The old Custom Content thread can be found here. The first archived artistic discussion thread can be found here.
Feel free to discuss characters and stories you are working on.
The old Custom Content thread can be found here. The first archived artistic discussion thread can be found here.
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Another preview of a character I made...
...using assets created by an incredibly helpful friend of mine. ^_^
...using assets created by an incredibly helpful friend of mine. ^_^
EgyLynx
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author=Zakariya
Another preview of a character I made...
...using assets created by an incredibly helpful friend of mine. ^_^
Cute!! Or... it looks cute...
Wait, how many characters does that make it, now? Like, all I can remember off the top of my head is Seher (by name alone), Lia (by her reputation), and the (nekomata?) Alya-clone.
*Edit: Maybe I'm just confusing those characters with the roster of your VN-game-idea that we've sometimes talked about on Discord, or over PM.
*Edit: Maybe I'm just confusing those characters with the roster of your VN-game-idea that we've sometimes talked about on Discord, or over PM.
EgyLynx
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author=Zakariya
Another work in progress...
G r e a t! Oh no... what is misssing? C an i help? Whaaat? I too old??
author=Marrend
Wait, how many characters does that make it, now? Like, all I can remember off the top of my head is Seher (by name alone), Lia (by her reputation), and the (nekomata?) Alya-clone.
A necessary amount of characters, I would say. :P
*Edit: Maybe I'm just confusing those characters with the roster of your VN-game-idea that we've sometimes talked about on Discord, or over PM.
Those characters (as well as the ones I've shown in the last few or more months) will be included in the said VN.
author=Zakariya
Those characters (as well as the ones I've shown in the last few or more months) will be included in the said VN.
Then... why are you talking that VN here? How many people actually know about this game? Why is there no gamepage on RMN (or elsewhere) to generate it's own hype, talk about how it's developing, or what-have-you?
*is probably not the one to talk about how to advertising one's own game, but, there it is*
Because I might eventually make HTC content featuring modified versions of these characters, Marrend-sama. :P
No promises, though.
No promises, though.
Okay then, lemme just "show-off" bits of my NEP custom contents here. So I can relief some of this pent-up inside me.
So, I recall someone was surprised by a creator that went and reserved 12 IDs. fufufufu~
well, take a look at this guy who's planning on 20+ characters.
three things I wanna say about it.
1) I originally planned on using built-in characters as support NPC on my story. For that, I studied heartache 101 for days and engrave the characteristics of each built-in character so I can reproduce story without them being out of character. But after feeling unworthy and fear of ruining other people's characters, I ended up creating my own NPCs so I can write events without being pressured of ruining other people characters. Thus, these massive casts. In case that I'll still use built-in characters to make small appearances, I created clone-profiles and their introduce story so player won't randomly bump into them.
2) This is not yet my end-goal model with them, but this is how they're gonna look like, more or less. I'll add some accessories/ body features/ differences and polish the model after I finish their story. And man, do I not playing when it comes to details
3) This is just a personal sharing,
Aaanywaay~
Here's another show-off of myon-going NEP contents
Non-spoiler character teaser profiles:
Non-spoiler character teaser scenes:
Fuh.. *swept forehead* all these previews sure made it look like the content progress is going well huh.
Psst.. Lemme tell you some good stuff..
Aaaaaaah~
Now I'm relieved and has less regrets, back to wishing I have more live motivation or active friends.
So, I recall someone was surprised by a creator that went and reserved 12 IDs. fufufufu~
well, take a look at this guy who's planning on 20+ characters.
"All Characters" (please use right-click "View Image" to see them better)
Also, the names in list are randomly arranged to avoid spoiling whose is who
Also, the names in list are randomly arranged to avoid spoiling whose is who
three things I wanna say about it.
1) I originally planned on using built-in characters as support NPC on my story. For that, I studied heartache 101 for days and engrave the characteristics of each built-in character so I can reproduce story without them being out of character. But after feeling unworthy and fear of ruining other people's characters, I ended up creating my own NPCs so I can write events without being pressured of ruining other people characters. Thus, these massive casts. In case that I'll still use built-in characters to make small appearances, I created clone-profiles and their introduce story so player won't randomly bump into them.
2) This is not yet my end-goal model with them, but this is how they're gonna look like, more or less. I'll add some accessories/ body features/ differences and polish the model after I finish their story. And man, do I not playing when it comes to details
(please use right-click "View Image" to see it better)
3) This is just a personal sharing,
there's actually one more character I planned to create when I first start this project. Caroline Olivander. A foreign transfer student heroine. My style of story is sad story, so I planned to write sad story about this character & her quirk of being a foreigner. But theeeeen.. I played Robin Clark and my gosh Semaphore - In a While. That melody is divine to me. Ehm, sorry, I got off-track. Robin's very similar story idea and that love music is enough for me to cancel my Caroline Olivander. Good thing I didn't go to deep with Caroline yet. I hope I won't get crushed inside and cancel any more of these characters that I've bonded deeply with for years. But if someone published any better character than mine with similar idea, that just mean they're being more productive than this lazy creator and deserve more praise. So don't worry, go ahead please, I won't blame anyone but my stupid personality complex here.
Aaanywaay~
Here's another show-off of my
Non-spoiler character teaser profiles:
Non-spoiler character teaser scenes:
Fuh.. *swept forehead* all these previews sure made it look like the content progress is going well huh.
Psst.. Lemme tell you some good stuff..
There are no story, not a single one. And not even a single character's profile.txt written yet. These scenes you see here, is just specifically created for this advertisement show-off. Ahahahahahaha #slapped
Sorry,
Of course, it doesn't mean I'm doing nothing for the past 7 years on this project. I actually wrote/ decided a lot about their data first, personality, background story: childhood-current, family, connection with each others, in-game roles, the way they're displayed in your face, plots, twists, how each character have different ways to be saved/ engaged, and stuffs. Go ahead, take a sneak peek of the on-going works~
Of course, it doesn't mean I'm doing nothing for the past 7 years on this project. I actually wrote/ decided a lot about their data first, personality, background story: childhood-current, family, connection with each others, in-game roles, the way they're displayed in your face, plots, twists, how each character have different ways to be saved/ engaged, and stuffs. Go ahead, take a sneak peek of the on-going works~
Aaaaaaah~
Now I'm relieved and has less regrets, back to wishing I have more live motivation or active friends.
This does look fine, but I will say that there's a male tachie palette available now that better fits the art style of the game and doesn't conflict so heavily with the art format used for the girls' tachies.
A link to the referring post; https://rpgmaker.net/games/3229/artistic/?post=896019#post896019
A link to the referring post; https://rpgmaker.net/games/3229/artistic/?post=896019#post896019
Garage
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author=HarryFantasia
Okay then, lemme just "show-off" bits of my NEP custom contents here. So I can relief some of this pent-up inside me.
You seemed to be spending a real lot of time on developing all those characters.
It would be a shame if you decided to not share your work just because it doesn't quite meet up with your own view of perfection.
author=Zakariya
This does look fine, but I will say that there's a male tachie palette available now that better fits the art style of the game and doesn't conflict so heavily with the art format used for the girls' tachies.
A link to the referring post; https://rpgmaker.net/games/3229/artistic/?post=896019#post896019
For those interested, here's a little program I wrote for helping in using these tachie templates (both the male and the female ones).
author=Garage
You seemed to be spending a real lot of time on developing all those characters.
It would be a shame if you decided to not share your work
Yeah.
Don't worry, if I think I won't be able to continue my projects anymore, I'll just let it all out, all the ideas & data I have. Hopefully, it'll be useful to someone.
Mute
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Hey what is up guys, it's been a couple minutes
How many separate events should a character's story have?
Also, how long can any single event be before it's too long to enjoy?
How many separate events should a character's story have?
Also, how long can any single event be before it's too long to enjoy?
Garage
2374
author=Mute
Hey what is up guys, it's been a couple minutes
How many separate events should a character's story have?
Also, how long can any single event be before it's too long to enjoy?
Good questions, these.
I thought about that several times over; but I'm still not sure to have an answer.
Mute
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author=Garageauthor=MuteGood questions, these.
Hey what is up guys, it's been a couple minutes
How many separate events should a character's story have?
Also, how long can any single event be before it's too long to enjoy?
I thought about that several times over; but I'm still not sure to have an answer.
I just hope you're not the standard because Nadeshiko is nearly 14 thousand lines long ;-;
That's a complement, Nadeshiko is great
Garage
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author=MuteThank you. ;) I really enjoyed writing it.
I just hope you're not the standard because Nadeshiko is nearly 14 thousand lines long ;-;
That's a complement, Nadeshiko is great
I guess the best answer I can give you is that a story should be as long as it has to be. If you, as the writer, feel that there's more you should tell about your characters, than you should write more. If it's starts to get boring - you should probably stop ...
And maybe sometimes it's best to stop just a few lines early. Leave some things unexplained, some part of the story untold ... let the readers try to figure out some bits for themselves.
I don't think there's a fixed sweet spot that's satisfying to you as well as to your audience.
