Thank you everyone for the early support you are showing! I'm happy to announce that Hidden Lives first official patch will be released on July 5th 2024!
The game is still very much WIP, but it is a start to showcase the story and gameplay. I hope to receive your continuous support as we begin our journey of a new story!
-Kyen
Repeat had a great story and amazing characters which is what made it one of my favs.
I alr like every one of your characters and the humor in the story already gives me high hopes for the game (I hope I'm not putting any pressure TwT)
Anyone can make a visual novel and call it a day, but what matters is the effort and the love placed into the story and characters.
Based on how this visual novel is coming along, I'd say it's gonna sit at my top 5 soon enough :3 (Again, I'm sorry if I'm putting pressure on you or giving some sort of expectations. I promise that is not what I want, I'm just really into this vn.)
No pressure at all! I do love the game I am making and I have a high expectation of the end result of the game. I hope the official patch will impress you further and land a spot in your top 3.
But since this is my first time writing a story for a visual novel, sometimes it might not come out as impactful. Which is why I hope that the audience will give genuine feedback and advice to improve the story so that the final version will be as refined as possible.
Please continue to show your support and thank you for your interest in hidden lives!
i think everyones biggest fear is not coming off impactfull in the pieces we create, rather that be something physical like art. or something more musical and more memorable at times like music. but in the end what truly matters is that your happy with how its going. Keep up the good work, and of course we'll give you feedback. We want to see this game in its best state possible too. :3
Some advice I can offer for the story maybe (if u want) is that you don't lean into too much character development, add some comedy and awkwardness, and vice versa. Make sure the story is balanced so the audience loves the small moments of humor but that they also yearn for some evenly paced character arcs or intimate situations which gives them a bit of time to decide how they want to frame the characters in their minds as.
As for patreon and advertisement...no fawkin clue TwT
