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For me, one of the key advantages of writing for a visual novel compared to a more traditional story is the more intimate connection to the main character's thoughts, as they flow seamlessly along with the narration and dialogue. I suppose that could also be said for writing from a first person perspective in general, of course, but I think it's important to use that to your advantage.

There's a fair balance to strike, too, as you don't want to get bogged down too much in a character's inner thoughts, but at the same time, if you just gloss over them and blaze through a scene it can often feel lacking. Since for me, the main character is a character in themselves and it's important to explore why they do what they do, and how they feel about any given situation, and aren't just a blank slate for the player to slot into.

That's my approach of course, and plenty of visual novels do things differently, with some not even being written in a first person perspective, or even having narration at all. (Being purely dialogue based instead) So there's no one 'right' way to approach it, of course, and it should come down to what you think your project will mesh with the best.

Also something to consider about a visual novel is the 'visual' component--which is one of the largest differences from say, a traditional novel. Because when you have visual aids for the likes of backgrounds, characters, etc. you can often plan your writing around this and avoid redundancy in the narration if what you're describing is already clearly in front of you.

Heya,

The claim got me curious so I decided to check things out and look up the game 'Toxic Terror', which uses the tileset 'Toxic Sewer' as per its credits.
This is a screenshot of it


This is a screenshot from the allegedly infringing asset pack, Epic RPG World - Sewers.


Outside of a very superficial 'pixel sewer' relation, the two tilesets couldn't be anymore different in terms of style, shading and overall design. Unless I've mistakenly looked up the wrong game or misunderstand something, can you point to what's being stolen here?

Apologies--I'm not sure I understand.

I'm just saying that a single tweet from either twitter advertising the itch.io account and verifying its legitimacy would go a long way in proving you are who you say you are. That could be used as evidence in proving your case if you contacted support and proved you were indeed legitimate. And if for some reason that's not possible, you can understand that people would remain suspicious.

Heya,

If you can tweet or add something to the twitter profiles you claim are yours, to show a connection and that you run both accounts--things could easily be dispelled and corrected. But as it stands, there's no mention of diselmine's itch.io presence on either their main twitter, or even their international English one, which makes things instantly suspicious, admittedly. I think that's where the doubt is setting in as to the legitimacy of things.

But again, if it is a misunderstanding, it'll be very simple to rectify!

Heya,

If you feel a game is being illegally distributed, you can report it via a link found at the bottom of the game page! This will get it to the relevant staff that can handle the matter far sooner.

Your entire game has been suspended from the looks of things. I believe you'll need to contact support directly via email for a resolution!

Hello!

Just thought I'd post a quick message to inform you that the installer you supply here seems to crash before it can install the game. It gets as far as making the 'Dark Gaia Studios' folder before crashing completely. This is confirmed by me, and at least two other people so far--and I'm Windows 10 if it helps to isolate the issue!

Hiya there!

Does the bundle show up here as a purchase?

https://itch.io/my-purchases/bundles

Since individual games won't show up in the library until you've downloaded them at least once.