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Aura wrote:

Guest wrote:A question for Aura (not strictly related to KS though): how did you get to the point where you can write a story that is thousands of words long in a foreign language, and write it better than a lot of native speakers could do?

In addition to formal education and osmosis through using English every day, I read a lot in English and try to pay attention to how the language is used in literature. I did, and still do, struggle a lot with getting my English to sound good in prose, which is a lot harder than fluency is casual everyday speech.

Nicol Armarfi wrote:

HeavenCS wrote:Nicol, I absolutely love your work. Are you up for taking commissions?

I won't accept money. If there's something you'd like me to do I'll gladly do it for free..

Guest wrote:Hi, and thanks for the wonderful VN. I hope you will consider doing more in the future! Here's a question- how does it feel seeing your free title more popular than most current multi-million dollar releases?

http://nowplaying.gamedifferences.com/

Thanks!

uwa wrote:

Aura wrote:I did, and still do, struggle a lot with getting my English to sound good in prose, which is a lot harder than fluency is casual everyday speech.

I think that's true for a lot of native speakers, too. What sound okay out loud looks like crap when you can sit there and stare at in on a page.

Does that problem not exist for you when you write prose in Finnish? Or is it just less of a problem?

Shockproof Jamo wrote:Did the other devs, who are native speakers, at any time help you with wording and vocabulary and such?

Guest wrote:Hi, and thanks for the wonderful VN. I hope you will consider doing more in the future! Here's a question- how does it feel seeing your free title more popular than most current multi-million dollar releases?

http://nowplaying.gamedifferences.com/

Thanks! :)

asakayosapro wrote:I daresay, you put together a project that well matches commercially made ones, and has impressed people who have played it all the world over. Hats off to you guys.

That being said, i wonder exactly what resources you utilized to make this envisioning into a reality masterpiece.

RenPy is obvious, but i ask if knowledge of Python / C++ i.e. having general knowledge in programming beforehand is needed to utilize RenPy well.

Image manipulation: Photoshop = GIMP? or any decent image manipulation program recommendable; opinions on them also welcome.

CG: Hand-drawn or tablet(?)-drawn, and general process of 'touching 'em up' from roughsketch to final. All methodologies with good final results welcome. No, not asking for KS samples, but you are welcome to provide related examples if you want.

Audio: ??? or more like: what program/s did you use, output encoding /format /file.ext , etc. (also, how do i loops sound?)

Animation: I humbly ask the great Mike Inel for recommendations and tips (recommended hardware/equipment, software and techniques) to get started in making good animations.

Thank you all very much for any and all responses.

Mahorfeus wrote:I hate asking questions like this, but a minor detail from Hanako's route jumps out at me for no apparent reason. I suppose this is down cpl_crud's alley.
Right before the H-scene, Hisao retrieves a condom from his pants pocket, preparedness which he seems to lack in some other routes (I know, different writers). Perfectly normal for a lot of teenagers of course, but I was wondering, was any particular rationale was used as to when/why he got them?

Suriko wrote:

Suriko wrote:

Mahorfeus wrote:I hate asking questions like this, but a minor detail from Hanako's route jumps out at me for no apparent reason. I suppose this is down cpl_crud's alley.
Right before the H-scene, Hisao retrieves a condom from his pants pocket, preparedness which he seems to lack in some other routes (I know, different writers). Perfectly normal for a lot of teenagers of course, but I was wondering, was any particular rationale was used as to when/why he got them?

Mahorfeus wrote:I hate asking questions like this, but a minor detail from Hanako's route jumps out at me for no apparent reason. I suppose this is down cpl_crud's alley.
Right before the H-scene, Hisao retrieves a condom from his pants pocket, preparedness which he seems to lack in some other routes (I know, different writers). Perfectly normal for a lot of teenagers of course, but I was wondering, was any particular rationale was used as to when/why he got them?

Act1 - Nobody's Room wrote:"Each of these minor halls seems to have a toilet and shower, as well as four rooms."
...
"The name plates on the rooms adjacent to mine are blank. I guess there are just two of us here."

Guest wrote:I get it! It's funny because he didn't love her at all in that scene! Oh man, that's a knee-slapper.