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So u made a novel in like one week? o.O awesome!

I'm actually pretty interested in making one those days bahaha

The government (culture department and the like) is even making a VN with our folklore and they're making videos about it, showing how to make a VN haha it's pretty interesting.

Oficina Lúdica - YouTube

I also found some videos about Ren'py... never knew there's so much content on how to make a VN bahaha

Maybe this one heps ya :P VimislikArt - YouTube

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Well, I'm playing the game now and DUDE, WTF BAHAHA it's pretty WTFFF the theme... like, as far as I'm seeing - haven't payed it all yet - it seems ike Hell is depicted as a good place to be and the Devil is an awesome friend... hope u hide well before the Church can set u on fire BAHAHA xP

That theme is a bit, uh, I don't even have words for it LOL it's like, all sort of alarms are blasting red, but I'm also kinda curious... enough to continue playing ;D

Also, found one typo:

"He hums at the this." is kinda weird to say something like that haha.

(I'm not being able to paste prints here... itch.io says there's some sort of server error '-')

Klauss2 years ago (9 edits)

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Found something weird... ever since Devil appeared his name was visible, but he just introduced himself now so, shouldn't his name be like "???" or "Unknow" or wathever like that UNTIL he introduces himself? haha

Edit: dunno if it was meant to be sarcastic/funny or something like that - the CG doesn't seems so -, but Devil already said my name and then he asks again at a later time, wanting an introduction... it weirded me out bahaha

Also, when other people besides me or Devil talk - so far -, there's no indication of who's taking... I mean the name that shows above the text, even if it's just like Guard 1 or Guard 2, there's no such indication :P

Oh, besides, when I use the back function, if there's any music playing, it stops - even if it was playing on the previous text - and when I get back to where I used the back function, there's still no music... it doesn't starts again.

Another edit: so, Devil said they do use magic in Hell and HE (the MC) ASKED NOTHING ABOUT IT MAN!? wtf

"You get one role, and it makes sense-at least, as far as I've seen." a space is missing here, as "sense-at" isn't a word :P

And when the MC thinks about his house, he thinks "It's a traditional shape and make."... the fck is that? bahaha

my English isn't very good and Google didn't helped understand it LOL

Missing space again on those - yeah, now itch.io is letting me paste images LOL

DeclanJax2 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

The first one is a change that will be going live tonight. I figured out how to do that today xD actually, most of this feedback is helpful bc of the changes I'm making tonight!!

I need to make clear the voice at the beginning doesn't actually belong to Devil. Good point.

I'm adding guard sprites and nametags tonight as well! More sketch than sprite but I thought it would be helpful there too!

Yeah, there's a discussion of magic that I haven't implemented yet. Bc i can't decide if the reaction is WTF MAN or like... *panic* or... anyways, it's a character moment I need to make sure I get right. That is most definitely going to be in an update!

"sense-at" should've had an em dash--thanks for the catch!

*edit* also!!! The stops on the audio is intentional, as I have heard very mixed things about long audios in VNs... originally the sounds played through most of the scene it started in. Is that more chill than I assumed? Did you wish it played for the entire scene?

Klauss2 years ago

oh, glad to hear it helped

hmmm yeah, u should implement the magic dialogue in a way that really fits the story... I mean, it's smooth at the moment, really makes u feel it, so better keep that - for me, it's more like a "WTF, MAGIC! How? Show me!", considering magic isn't really a ordinary stuff for us bahaha dunno what u plan tho

about the music, I mean like, on text 2 started a music, but on text 1 I clicked before reading, then I used the "back" and the music stoped, as expected, but when back to text 2 - where the music was supposed to start - it was still silence...

hope I made mysef clear LOL

And maybe there's a bug on audio more than this one I tried explaining, considering most of my playtime there was no music - even with it turned on

I do like a bit of silence on some scenes, but only when it mixes well with the story - like, for suspense purposes, on a romance scene or a very high adrenaline scene (those parts that it seems like time stop and stuff similar), but overall I do prefer a bg noise...moreso if the music is good haha

it felt really weird to play the demo with almost only silence '-'

DeclanJax2 years ago(+1)

so i have discovered ren'py has trouble differentiating "-" and "—", so I found some more of those errors and fixed em! i was like... now wait a minute

DeclanJax2 years ago(+1)

I made the demo in about a week--but this is my second time figuring out Ren'Py. I have an earlier project that needs more time in the cooker, so to speak. My goal is to constantly improve the game itself as it grows, especially by learning more about Ren'Py and pushing its limits in creative directions.

That VN thing is seriously so cool!! What a way to connect to digital audiences!

You totally can!! It can be a lot of info up front, but I just google problems I run into and learn new things that way too xD

The setting is totally (and should feel like) a WTF thing up front. Assumptions can really get you into trouble in Hell (at least, this one LOL). There's far more to be learned about Hell and its occupants. Time will tell >:D

I wanna have fun and play around with Christian/protestant ideas of Hell, while also redefining it in an interesting (and not totally awful) way. The demo is setup (and a test of the OC sprite).

Thanks for catching the typo! When I throw in some additional sketches and stuff, that change will go with it!

Klauss2 years ago(+1)

That was pretty fast :D any news on that other project? There's nothing on your profile...

And yeah, it's super cool... it spreads our culture and helps people learn how to make a VN xP and shows a bit of backstage for those that like this sort of stuff - a very detailed one

I'm stil thinking about it baha more because well, I don't know how to draw nor programming, only write, and no idea of what to write for a VN at the moment haha still thinking that tho

Well, u have an interesting idea :D there's really lots of conceptions that sound outdated in lots of beliefs - religious or simply philosophy