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Yggdrasil

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So i have been working on this for a few months now. Since were closed to ending our alpha phase i thought i should post this build and get your opinions on it.

We begin with the main character, Kusangi being held in a prison. An authoritative elven figure comes to collect him for his trial and refers to it as his execution.
The story goes back in time to his friendship with Sachi, a childhood friend. She holds a deep affection for Kusangi which will stop at nothing.
Kusangi must get to the Yggdrasil, the tree of life to fulfil his destiny.
Travel with Kusangi through many challenges that find him involved in a conspiracy and leaves him fighting for his life.

What im looking for so far is feedback critic preferably honest cruel and honest opinions with arguments why you think that
if possible im also looking for an artist to do the art as you will notice the art right now its temporary and kind of crappy
also would like to hear if you think the passing is to slow to fast if you notice plot holes or things that dont add up etc



First here is Kusanagi our male lead


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Here's our lovely Sachi also


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Casual homework talk...or maybe not?
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Choice you will have to make during the game leading to one of the endings
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Did the spell actually worked or was a huge mistake? only one way to find out. :)
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Visual novels are extremely niche. In the West or otherwise, I'd imagine the commercial viability of a non-porn VN or whatever is practically nonexistent, but that's me talking out of my non-weeb butt so take it with a grain of salt. But since you're not doing this commercially...

So if you're doing this pro-bono, I'd consider how large your audience is and what the value of completing this project is going to be for you and them. If 500 people play your game for 20 minutes and then at best put it down satisfied and never come back to it, and at worst go "wow, I wish I had 20 minutes of my life back to read an actual book," are you getting what you need in exchange for your time and effort, and maybe your cash if you hire an artist? If yes, a VN might be the way to go.

But if you're not a writer or an artist trying to develop their skills in some way, I would seriously consider whether this is a strong use of your time. VNs aren't games; you don't interact with the world in any meaningful way, you just explore a small set of decision trees within a defined storyline, and gamers hate that poop. Not to mention, using a framework to make a VN teaches you approximately 0 skills other than how to make more VNs, which I suppose is worth what it's worth. Which means the deciding factor in how successful other people see the game being is going to be the writing and immersion factor of the visual novel part. And for the most part, VNs are Ducking cartoon characters on static backgrounds, so there goes immersion. Now, if you're a good writer, a non-porn VN isn't impossible to pull off, but again, there's not a huge market. If you're just trying to develop your writing, there are much better ways to do that than a visual novel, which seems like it would hamper the creative process. And if you're neither practicing writing nor drawing, then I encourage you to ask yourself, "why am I doing this?" But don't let me stop you from following your dreams.

tl;dr: if you're serious, focus on writing a compelling story with believable dialogue and well-developed characters and adapting that to your game.
 
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ty for the reply

yes i know its a niche market it could turn out to be improving my writing style yes but right now im doing this cuz i want to and cuz im serious about about the non-porn section not sure if your referring to the echi/fan service part (if so it will have some but only sprinkled here and there) or you mean actual porn/hentai. I haven't really thought if will go to that degree maybe if it suits and doesn't conflict with the story yes i will.

Example Ducking your servant to unlock your full magic circuit to be able to defeat other servant.

if you know to what part of what visual novel I'm referring to :) if not look lower








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