The romantic and much more interesting answer to that is unfortumately not the one I'd give. I never really felt like any character I wrote had any sort of independence outside of specifically what I thought for them. No surprises, nor mental dialogues with them. That said, this isn't true of every developer. During a discussion between A22 and I, we discovered that we had very different ways of approaching dialogue: I would think about what information needed to be conveyed, possible subjects for banter, and character aspects that should be brought through in any given conversation. A22 on the other hand wrote much more organically, describing his dialogue writing process as being somewhat akin to dictating what the characters were saying to each other in his head.Aerius wrote:To the character writers: Did you ever have the feeling your characters developed in a way that you did not intend to? Like, 'developing a life on their own'? It's what happens to me frequently when I develop a character over time and imagine more and more scenarios involving him. Occasionally the character ends up extremely different than I intended to (or even would want him to be, to a certain extend), but that's just how the character is, for that matter.
I guess though, the process of iterating the writing over and over again and discussing it in such a big group over and over again makes something like this not as likely, hence the 'I guess I know the answer'.
I thought up Akira's personality. She was probably the easiest character for me to write in the game, actually. Being an adult, she was easier for me to empathise with, and she acted both as a voice of reason and as an agent provocateur, making her pretty enjoyable to deal with.Caesius wrote:Who came up with Akira's personality? Did Suriko have any trouble adapting to it?
And for that matter, did any of the writers find it difficult to write for Kenji?
Kenji on the other hand was much harder. I'm pretty sure every instance of him in L and H paths I did ended up passed to A22 for perusal, to check for characterisation and to make the most of his appearances.
It's deliberate.Guest wrote:Same question, but also by extension, did Lilly return to Hisao on her own before finding out about his latest episode or did she return because of it? I've played through the ending a few times now and still can't quite figure it out. I understand the vagueness might be deliberate, but Suriko did also say that many things were cut/cropped over the years.
1. It was deliberate, we knew, and no subpaths were cut.Japan wrote:Hi there!
First off I would like to say that you guys at 4LS have done an amazing job in producing a story that captures the realism and emotion associated with living with a potentially life-changing disability and the path of living life with it.
My first question would have to be...
1. Why were there (or rather why did it seem like there were) a lack of choices during Shizune's path (Excluding the first half of Act 1) compared to the others? Was it just something that slipped by without notice? or were there possible sub-paths cut from the final product?
2. It was never explained, but Why was it that Jigoro and Lilly's father were feuding against each-other? (My guess would be that Jigoro being the conservative type he seems to be, was against Lilly's father marrying a scot, other than that the only other idea would be the corporation that her (lilly) father controls).
3. I'm sorry if the following has been asked multiple times, but How did Rin lose her arms? Was it through an accident storyline like Emi's legs or was it due to something like disease or something at birth?
4. Would there ever be a possibility that Hisao in a last ditch effort to have Lilly stay instead of giving up their relationship and moving, that he could have asked her to marry him? or would that have been to stupid? (Better yet is something like that to even be considered?)
5. What ever happened to the menu music from the Act1 standalone?
I know that this is probably a hefty list of questions, but some of these are so addictive to try and figure out! With possibly more to come.
Thank-you in advance
And just for fun: Was there ever consideration that there would be a choice option Where Hisao heavily questions or offends Jigoro to the point where he pulls out his sword and kills Hisao?
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3. The last.
4. They'd known each other for way too short a time to pop the question then.
5. It just got switched out.
Extra: No.