OKAY OKAY! LET'S DO THIS!
Just a few notes before I begin, I am in hospital so my communication may come at odd or irregular hours, just bear with it there isn't much I can do. Also as we get further into development I would like to make skype calls, however it again isn't possible due to my illness and being on a respirator.
Without further ado...
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We have decided (more or less) on 4 arcs.
We have decided that the first arc is the same in every story and ends with a decision which chooses which girl/ship to go with.
We have decided on an art style that works (for now, the full limitations/advantages of it are yet to be fully explored)
We have decided on an engine.
What we need to work on now is the most crucial element to a Visual Novel. Characters and Story. (Yes they are one element because they are both so interwoven).
First of all we need to 100% decide what we want to do for our first arc. It has been suggested by Gilder that the first arc be a sort of 'neutral' story, maybe taking place in childhood (would be hard with our art options) with the final decision being to leave this neutral place with one of the girls and going to their birthplace/culture. I personally think this would be great as it allows each story to not only have different characters and plot elements but an entirely different cultural feel, bringing great diversity to our game. It might require more work to do so but I am keen to do it.
As for the neutral place, I believe we just stick the characters in some sort of neutral port (could even be made up I guess) and maybe make the first arc take 6 months to a few years storywise but have the characters allready largely adult (again due to our art limitations).
CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME OPINIONS ON THIS!!!!1!!!!!1!!!11!!!
Then we need the ideas for characters/plots. I think providing a little template for these ideas would help so I've whipped this up, if you could submit ideas using this format.
Ship:
Nationality:
Girl Description:
Narrative Summary:
Additional Notes:
Using this just submit any ideas you have for a rough story and if they are liked by the majority of the team we will select them and develop them further
I will be putting every useful suggestion into the google doc which is again locket here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A-FBVsh7XGX0bc7ThTWLiI56VdPw6MNlTq6GAUJIHcQ/edit?usp=sharingI will also submit a few of my ideas for the plots to that document so make sure to favorite it.
Apart from those two main elements maybe throw some ideas around about music. Is anyone any good with any music programs? if we did do different cultures we would likely need different music to back it up.
Of course mention anything else you can think off.
Again sorry for my absence.
Cheers,
Qwerty