MARCHE100'S PROFILE

author=KenToryah
Can't wait to play it! just a question, can I still enjoy the game even if I have played only some of the characters original games (Persona 3-4, All ace attorney and danganronpa games)?

Absolutely. The only games that are one-hundred percent required reading are Danganronpa 1 and 2, as Forge:Re explicitly spoils them. With that, I like to recommend reading V3, but it sounds like you've already got that well in hand. Additionally, Forge:Re spoils Hanako's route from Katawa Shoujo, but reading it isn't necessary, as Forge:Re basically includes an abridged recap of it. While there are plenty of nods and references to other characters' properties, I did my best to avoid spoiling anything from them, and you should enjoy the game just fine.

author=LupusWild
still waiting for another progress report after he said "see you all in february"

I'm planning to post one right about in the middle of the month. Generally, I'm trying to make progress reports a monthly sort of thing. But mostly I'd just like to get a few more things squared away before the next report.

author=TerraQu
I wanna try this game. But say, I would be able to save at any time I want, right?
It's not like I suck at Ace attorney and danganronpa when it comes to trails...

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Save me!!!

You can't save during choices (due to a save corruption bug), but there are warnings when choices are coming up. But that's only if you're on the easier difficulties. On harder difficulties the warnings disappear. On the next-to-hardest difficulty saving is completely disabled during trials. And on the hardest difficulty saving is disabled period.

I'm undecided on whether or not I'll allow you to change difficulty settings after starting the game and choosing your difficulty. I might just make it so that if you choose a higher difficulty you're locked into it.

author: dawnbomb
Suggestions and Stuff

I'm making a conscious effort to make sure the trials aren't super short. I'm shooting to make them all at least long enough so there'll be 9-10 "cross-examinations", which is pretty average for Ace Attorney I think. Along with all the other things that trials will entail, I think trials will range between maybe an hour and a half to two hours apiece. That's just a rough estimate, though. I have no idea of how long they'll actually be until I start making them. I can't imagine any of them would be much shorter than an hour and a half, though. Of course, how long they are will depend on how quick on the take you are with contradictions and such as well as if you press statements during testimonies/arguments or if you go straight for the contradiction as soon as you see one.

Honestly though, making sure cases are long enough has certainly been one of the more challenging aspects of writing this. I'm currently working on case three and while I've had a general idea in my head for a while of what I want to do with it, it just wouldn't make for a decently sized case alone. So either I have to throw some more twists and turns in there to give it some meat or I have to rework the case from the ground up.

That said, I'm really trying not to pad cases out with unimportant things. Like I don't want you to get through some cross-examinations and go "Wow, those last few testimonies were totally meaningless. What a waste of time!" I want everything to try to bring you a step closer to the truth. And I want everything to work well with the case and not feel like it was added just for the sake of padding.

But enough about that. I'll probably blur the backgrounds once I finish writing and start making the game in earnest.

I'll fool around with the text once I start making the game, too. Not sure about the text box. Might make it float above the bottom when all's said and done. Maybe not. I'm pretty happy with it the way it is now (it's similar to Danganronpa 2's text box). But I might experiment with it a bit while I'm fooling around with the text.

Charles's image is one thing I'm not going to change. There's a good reason for that, although I'm not at liberty to say what that reason is. It may be plot related. Plus the stark contrast between his image and the drawn images of the other characters lends itself pretty well to the absurdity of the game in general.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

P.S: I'm not gonna make a blog about this or anything at the moment, but for anyone reading the comments, I'm going on a pretty long car trip next week to visit some family. On the ride, I'm going to knock out the details of every other case. All in one fell swoop. So expect a blog post towards the end of next week saying I've finished writing everything.

I'm using a PS3 controller with XInput Wrapper and Xbox 360 Controller for Windows software from Microsoft's website. So, my PS3 controller basically acts as an Xbox 360 one. I don't believe that there's really a difference.