#OS Dating Sim: Heart Strikers!

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pseudo girder
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i've got renpy experience too so if you need some help with the script transfer i'm available

wheat river
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sick

pseudo girder
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i could probably write the octavia/vyce route, since this is postseason their relationship is healing so it'd be more fluff (and hcs about their childhood together) than anything

wheat river
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hell yeah

pseudo girder
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also the menu could have tags for the routes like the game does for abilities. ROMANTIC / PLATONIC / FAMILIAL / RIVALRY

wheat river
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acutllay estelle/octavia sounds so interesting cuz in my head they are the same personality

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so it would be neat to find those differences

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:o

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tags would be awesome

vast jackal
wheat river
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does rasmus hate kazan

pseudo girder
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to rasmus kazan is a pawn like any other.

vast jackal
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I don't think Rasmus hates Kazan but you couldn't get me to write healthy Rasmus/Kazan romance if you PAID me

pseudo girder
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have a rasmus exclusive set of tags like PAWN / POTENTIAL SUBJECT / ESTELLE

vast jackal
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the Rasmus tags lmaooo

viscid helm
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Rasmus atlas sounds funny

vast jackal
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Rasmus exclusive tag of
"Tax time."

vast jackal
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The demons they speak to me

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I wanna talk about Lab Rats I wanna talk about it NOW

fathom oriole
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Obi you have activated Crow's trap card

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You will now receive a dose of Lab Rats

fathom skiff
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Oh god

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Crow actovation

wheat river
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obi be like "haha imagine something like x and atlas and rasmus"

viscid helm
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wtf

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is lab rats

vast jackal
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Does anyone on hand have the "Hop on Omega Strikers" image

viscid helm
vast jackal
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Or do I have to go find it

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Relaaax theyre not kissing

fathom oriole
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Yet

viscid helm
vast jackal
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Only gartic phone gets Traffic Lights kiss images

wheat river
vast jackal
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And it's never Rasmus anyway

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It's always Alaska

fathom oriole
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Poor Rasy

pseudo girder
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rasmus too busy fishing

vast jackal
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They never let me draw Rasmus kissing his boyfriends

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I got to draw Alaska the other night tho
Very fun

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Lemme just

viscid helm
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what is alaska

versed eagle
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Atlas and X ship

viscid helm
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Why is it called that

dawn vault
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the bash appear

wheat river
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hi bash

versed eagle
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Cuz why not

dawn vault
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i caught up with most of what was said so far

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lemme type up me thoughts

wheat river
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thots

fathom oriole
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Pants FiniiBonk

viscid helm
fathom oriole
fathom skiff
vast jackal
wheat river
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why am i bonked

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sometimes you have to thot

pseudo girder
fathom oriole
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Obi, the lab rats

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It's them

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Look

viscid helm
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Why is it called lab rats

small nexus
viscid helm
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So many questions

wheat river
fathom oriole
vast jackal
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The trio
Xperiments (X/Rasmus)
Lab Rats (Rasmus/Atlas)
Alaska (Atlas/X)

The forbidden answer
Traffic Lights (X/Atlas/Rasmus)

fathom oriole
viscid helm
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Traffic lights?

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Who comes up with these names

vast jackal
viscid helm
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Wdym

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ratlas is amazing

vast jackal
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Ratlas refers to him taking super surge!!!!

viscid helm
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Ratlas the amerats atlas forward special

obtuse sapphire
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poly ships my beloved SoniiPray

small nexus
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Y’all being like ‘these two are toxic’ and then I’m like ‘they say by the fire and talked out their differences and loved eachother for who they were’

vast jackal
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Atmus also didn't sound good

small nexus
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Im very fluffy

fathom oriole
viscid helm
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oh

versed eagle
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It's pretty creative actually

vast jackal
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Yaya

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It's how I referred to the comp in game

fathom skiff
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Obi a knower now

wheat river
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fluff best

fathom oriole
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Love da fluff

vast jackal
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I'm still proud Dylan Surplus recognizes Traffic Lights

obtuse sapphire
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big fluff fan

versed eagle
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I love it when
Traffic lights
GlitchWitch
And SlitheryShadow

fathom oriole
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Ooo Obi you know Naga?

vast jackal
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Kazan: You have quite the grip on him, Estelle

Crow, drawing Traffic Lights: I do not see it

versed eagle
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You think obi knows who TF Naga is

viscid helm
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I do

fathom oriole
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He does.

viscid helm
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You think I don't read the channels bigba?

vast jackal
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Yes

fathom skiff
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Obi has cctv for all the chats

viscid helm
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I make sure to know about things 😎

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Because knowledge is cool

fathom skiff
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Knowledge is good is power is character in chainsaw man

dawn vault
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here goes

viscid helm
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👀

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bash is about to cook

dawn vault
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  1. i do think that having different povs on the same scene would be more technically complex and more work yes. and in some instances it might be boring as hell. but i really do love seeing the different thought processes behind each character, and some scenes can change in length depending on who you're viewing it from, with added thoughts and narration. for example, someone like juliette might have a lot of spoken dialogue and has generally the same length of screentime no matter the pov, but someone like rune would probably have less spoken dialogue (making the other pov seem shorter) but a lot of thoughts and narrative observations from his pov. something to consider. different povs is complex, but can have really cool impact. pros and cons to both

  2. honestly? i think it is 100% possible to write rune interactions even when he is still dealing with obscura. in fact by all means i think it's more interesting to get him to forge new bonds whilst also dealing with his own problems, to get him to rely on others instead of pushing them away, to find comfort and support in the present so he can have strength for the future. also you can do so much delicious creativity with writing obscura speaking to him? i know i'm going on about this but trust me ok i write rune you have to trust me it can be done 😭

  3. i would really like it if we did have some folks working on kazan bc i think even though he literally just came out i think i have a pretty strong grasp on his character already and there are already a ton of interesting dynamics he can have

  4. this is kind of a half joke bc i know it'd be extra work but i think it'd be funny if specific routes had just a comedic level of game over screens. like absolutely ridiculous shit. specifically thinking rasmus (mr. experiments) and rune (demon haver) for these

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Sorry For My Massive Wall. I Have Lots Of Thoughts Always

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oh right one more thing

viscid helm
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Might I interest you in the dynamic between kayn and rhaast from league of legends

dawn vault
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  1. i think it's completely reasonable to have the kid characters appear, just as like. background guys. cameos. dudes that exist in a scene but aren't the focus. just so they're not like completely absent from the world
fathom oriole
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Ty for the second point;; I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it can be done

dawn vault
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you Understand me.

dawn vault
fathom oriole
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I think it's very unhealthy for him and even Obscura, with the Headpat anim, knows he can't abuse that side of Rune if he actually wants to get to the trophy

viscid helm
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I don't understand point 2, was there a discussion about this?

dawn vault
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there was

viscid helm
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I imagine if you write rune, his demon would be present too

dawn vault
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i think like

viscid helm
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I don't see that problematic at all

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ok well you might enjoy the dynamic between the character from league, I could find a video with the interactions it's cool

fathom oriole
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Oh yeah; the consensus was that Obscura would make it impossible for Rune to be able to have any interactions at all

viscid helm
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oh

dawn vault
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by all means. i don't see an issue with like. adding the naga route in as like a bonus thing? but i also don't think we should sacrifice his existing character for the sake of that

viscid helm
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Yeah I don't know enough about the lore to comment on that

dawn vault
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rune can have really cool dynamics with the others while he is being tortured by the horrors

obtuse sapphire
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i think a lot of the appeal of rune is actually the whole
struggling with obscura thing LunaEhhh

wheat river
dawn vault
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in fact i think there is strong appeal to it in the sense of finding the light through the bonds you can forge with others

viscid helm
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So make it a struggle, a power struggle, he goes back and forth

dawn vault
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power of friendship always sounds cheesy when being put simply but having someone there for you can do so much for you as a person

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and i think. personally. we should not deprive him of that

wheat river
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i like the idea of rune being not harassed by obscura but i can really see it both ways. but bigba is kinda one of the only rune writers besides bash so that's like a big point on either side of the discussion

vast jackal
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Hiveswap Friendsim has a lot of game over screens for routes and its one of my favorite parts for that vn

wheat river
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i think every character should have at least one game over situation where the other person just fucking dies

dawn vault
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well the thing about obscura is that it doesn't have to be constantly antagonizing

wheat river
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like out of all their pairings, at least one of them someone dies

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but it has to be funny and not tragic

versed eagle
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Unpopular opinion; i don't want obscura in vn

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It just makes me uneasy

viscid helm
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Can't you make a route where obscura wins and a route where obscura loses pepeEvil

dawn vault
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obscura can be funny. obscura can push him to be more social if it benefits The Plan™️. if this fuckin thing can make shadow clones pat rune on the head when he doesn't score the funny hockey puck then it can do fuckin whatever

versed eagle
vast jackal
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Im not writing Rune stuff atm so I don't really have a stake here

viscid helm
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This is a fan thing so it doesn't have to be fully canon if you care enough about that

wheat river
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i think these are very big valid points but i dont want anyone to be uneasy so

vast jackal
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In fact when doodling up ui concepts I literally have Rune and Rasmus paired up here labeled as "WHAT?!"

versed eagle
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I'm uneasy because lets be fair,obscura is still a demon who manipulated rune and wants his body

dawn vault
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lmao

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well. his lifeforce mainly. but yeah

wheat river
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mmmm life force

dawn vault
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delicious

versed eagle
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So I am
Not
Comfortable with something like that even if it's in a joking way

dawn vault
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well

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how do i put this

viscid helm
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https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Kayn/LoL/Audio bash this is just the audio quotes between a character similar to rune, except it's a demon fighting for his body that possesses the weapon he uses. And their dynamic is funny, while it's a serious battle between them they have funny quips between each other aswell, thought maybe you'd enjoy looking into this character.

League of Legends Wiki

Pick ▶️   Sound Effect ▶️   "Will you prove worthy?" "Probably not." Ban ▶️   "The weak fear the shadows." "Fear controls them." Kayn, the Shadow Reaper & Rhaast, the Darkin Scythe ▶️  "Zed's dead...

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Oh warning the audio might be loud when you click play

versed eagle
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I just don't like obscura

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I hate him

dawn vault
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i guess my issue with eliminating it entirely is like. his entire character and story revolves around this central point. the dynamics he has almost entirely revolve around this central point. even if obscura isn't a "character" per se then it would still be kinda strange i think if suddenly this wasn't a problem anymore (in context of the game's "main timeline") when everyone else still has their own struggles? and the goal at the end is still rune triumphing over all so. idk thats my thoughts on it

vast jackal
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Rune textbox

dawn vault
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and again im. not saying we shouldnt have just like. a happy route. just somethin nice

versed eagle
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We can do runes strugglers without obscura

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Like healing

dawn vault
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but thats my thoughts from a writing perspective

wheat river
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rune can still be dealing with the aftermath of it yes?

versed eagle
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Helping him move on

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Exactly

dawn vault
versed eagle
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It would make more sense helping him overcome trauma
Than dealing with it

wheat river
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tru

fathom skiff
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Yea dealing with obscuras aftermath trauma would still be alot for him
Having obscura still around plus a ship thing would be alot to focus on anyway for the story
Ur basically handling 3 characters

wheat river
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"though my bestie is back i am still messed up pls help me"
"do you wanna get crepes at the festival"
"blobboplead"

dawn vault
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hmm

viscid helm
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Why don't we approach the problem from a different angle? Is the tone of the vn going to be the same for every character? Is it a serious tone?

versed eagle
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Having obscura around will add more stress and overwhelming situation
Without obscura you're basically helping a friend overcome something

wheat river
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it's a valid concern bash but the power of imagination and creativity and being able to adapt to things is part of what makes writers so powerful and awesome

dawn vault
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nods

wheat river
viscid helm
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hmm

wheat river
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that's my MO when it comes to writing most things at least

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and i think with a concept that's as wacky as this the tone has to match

vast jackal
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I mean I guess it really depends on who's writing what

fathom skiff
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If the vn is gonna have possibly a dark tone i can see obscura fitting
But unless obscura is just treated as a joke character(which kinda doesnt fit for me since hes an actual threat to rune) i dont see him working into a fluff?

wheat river
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it does depend on the writer yes

versed eagle
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Obscura being butt of a joke would be
Kinda stupid

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Not gonna lie/lh

fathom oriole
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Yeah no idt that should be the plan

dawn vault
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well yeah

viscid helm
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I suggested that there can be the outcome that obscura gets defeated during the route

dawn vault
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honestly i get pretty sick of crackhead obscura jokes too lol

viscid helm
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halfway through for instance

versed eagle
fathom oriole
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But I think the problem isn't what would be okay for the story rn; it's what would be okay for the writers to be writing, yeah?

fathom skiff
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Whoever writing rune if one hates obscura but one wants obscura in
Yall would really need to figure out some middleground
Especially since bigba seems actually uncomfortable with the idea

viscid helm
wheat river
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lol

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suddenly rpgmaker

vast jackal
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Might I make a suggestion

dawn vault
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we're not actually including the 164 GB jrpg dlc for rune's route ? smfh /lh

wheat river
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always!!

viscid helm
dawn vault
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SAD

versed eagle
viscid helm
# versed eagle This is visual novel not boss battke

Ok but i'll elaborate, seeing as what i'm understanding is if obscura is around then rune cannot be happy and in a healthy relationship yes? So if that's the case why doesn't rune somehow beat his ass halfway through the story and then that leads up to a happy ending DubuCool

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That way you uh compromise

versed eagle
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That
No

viscid helm
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What's wrong with that

versed eagle
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Obi I overanalyzed runes lore 1000 times

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That's not happening

dawn vault
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i do think that would lead to like a huge story diversion admittedly

viscid helm
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Listen man it's your story anything can happen

versed eagle
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It will lead to more confusion

dawn vault
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if the point of the game is focused on 1 on 1 character dynamics

fathom oriole
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Yeah idt it's a single day thing to get rid of Obscura

viscid helm
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hmm

vast jackal
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It seems like for what we have as a base (a visual novel centered on short one shots with a focus on exploring character dynamics), it would be best to steer away from dealing with characters acting as overarching antagonists (like Obscura altogether, or characters like Kazan and Rasmus to a much lesser degree) to focus more on exploring dynamics in a short time period.

dawn vault
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then like. big plot point in the middle like that seems kinda Important

viscid helm
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Well that was my only suggestion

wheat river
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tru

dawn vault
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i can agree with that notion

wheat river
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we dont want one pairing to blow others out of the water and unbalance things

fathom skiff
vast jackal
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If we're not dealing with a time period long enough to work with big conflict
We should prevent introducing in characters or situations that cause it

versed eagle
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We don't need antagonist or something that will add more trouble to the plot

viscid helm
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Question, can I be a cameo in the background?

versed eagle
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Since it's me on one character conversation

dawn vault
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i should probably clarify

fathom skiff
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At most we can have "obscura cameos" in some type of rune flashback way

wheat river
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the most i can see happening is getting kai to text his dad "fuk u pops" r something

vast jackal
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Yeah like small conflict = small resolution

wheat river
versed eagle
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Yea basically

vast jackal
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An allusion to something bigger or the first step in something is fine

viscid helm
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I've been infected by net RuneNotLikeThis

versed eagle
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Net kekw

wheat river
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thats something to bring up ith bg artist(s)

fathom oriole
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One HC that could help here is that Obscura doesn't interfere that much outside of the Corestrike field

dawn vault
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in all the times before where i've said obscura can still be involved i don't really mean in a significant way. like it's not gonna speak ancient tongues to try and keep rune from going to mcdonalds with x or whatever lol. just wanted to make that abundantly clear

versed eagle
fathom skiff
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I think best way if yall want obscura pushing the ship further is rune getting traumatic flashbacks of him but he actually reaches out for help instead of dealing it on his own
Since he trusts someone now

wheat river
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lets just drop the obscura convo :p

vast jackal
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Fine by me!

versed eagle
fathom oriole
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Understandable

vast jackal
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I dunno much about the guy anyway

fathom skiff
dawn vault
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i think it is something that'll need to be worked out eventually but. im okay with that =w=

viscid helm
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Wow nice weather outside!

fathom skiff
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We'll cross that bridge when we get there

wheat river
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obi what pairings on the grid sound interesting to you

dawn vault
viscid helm
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the what now

vast jackal
versed eagle
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What ships do you find interesting

obtuse sapphire
viscid helm
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Lmao

vast jackal
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disagree it's Florida

fathom oriole
wheat river
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obi look at the spreadsheet

fathom oriole
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Smh obi

viscid helm
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Thank you for this entertainment, you are all fun to talk to

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where is the spreadsheet

versed eagle
viscid helm
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pinned

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oh

versed eagle
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You're so cool obi

fathom oriole
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Ty for hanging with us Obi JulietteHeart

vernal solar
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It's pretty nice out at this time on a certain undisclosed section of the East Coast

versed eagle
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Ty for hanging out w us

viscid helm
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ok i'm looking at the sheet

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Wow that is a LOT

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You guys cooked

fathom oriole
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Haha Yeah™

fathom skiff
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It do be alotkekw

viscid helm
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I did not realise the scope of this

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Ok well

fathom oriole
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Oh the initial will prolly be a couple of pairs but if it sails, we'll try to do em all

wheat river
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the scope is bigger due to the yet to be added kazan

fathom skiff
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Im just sittin here to help random shit

vernal solar
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I'm just observing

fathom oriole
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I'm nameless

vast jackal
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Tiny itty bitty question

wheat river
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give

viscid helm
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ok i'm seeing a pattern here

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I am not biased at all

wheat river
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noted

viscid helm
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What does that mean, I hope you're not making me write anything

fathom oriole
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Hmmmmmge lots of Vyce ahaha

fathom skiff
wheat river
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no i just was curious

viscid helm
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oh

vast jackal
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I have been banished to the no Internet zone for the foreseeable future and cannot add comments to claim pairings to write for
What should I do RasmusComfy

fathom oriole
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Kai Vyce hhmmmmge

viscid helm
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lmao

fathom skiff
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Im here to make the sillies
N help write whatever(i dont write ill just add fart jokes)

viscid helm
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oh

fathom oriole
gentle tinsel
versed eagle
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I would love to help out with
Era/rune
Ai mi/era
And
Other rune stuff

fathom oriole
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You could let us know which ones you wanna claim and we'll note you down for now if the latter is the case

fathom skiff
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I already put my name in for everything atlas but tbh im down to help every chara if anybody starts hittin a wall on writing

dawn vault
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i haven't gotten on pc so i haven't gotten around to being specific on what i wanna help out with OTL

wheat river
vast jackal
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Y'all already know the undertaking I wish to give myself

vernal solar
vast jackal
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Oh Yaya I can still write! I just wanna let y'all know I wanna write for that British fuck

fathom oriole
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Rasmus full or the specific 4 ships :0

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So Rasmus full lmfao

vast jackal
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Nah I love the challenge of writing for all the rasmus pairings lmao

wheat river
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based

vast jackal
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Why do y'all think Kaimus content exists

wheat river
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tru

vast jackal
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I don't ACTUALLY ship them

fathom oriole
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Obi you know Kaimus

viscid helm
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Now I know nothing about the lore of most of the characters but, I hear that rasmus is a psychopath or something?

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What is kaimus

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oh wait

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Kai rasmus

gentle tinsel
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i spent like half the day trying to come up with a ship name between Kazan/Rune

(going so far as to find a couples name generator💀 and that didn't help at all)

fathom oriole
vast jackal
fathom oriole
fathom oriole
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See xD

vast jackal
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He has done nothing wrong.

fathom oriole
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Crow your bias is showing

vast jackal
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I have no idea what you're talking about.

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I have done nothing wrong ever either.

gentle tinsel
fathom oriole
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Crow

viscid helm
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Well anyway maybe I can provide insight in his psychopathic tendencies or behaviour things, I have experience in that area

vast jackal
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:)

viscid helm
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Don't worry about it

vast jackal
gentle tinsel
vast jackal
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But I feel as if I have a good grasp of this little losers brain.

viscid helm
fathom oriole
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Ohhh I get it

fathom skiff
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Also i might be getting kazan brainrot so when he gets added i can help a lil on that

fathom oriole
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You're a professional listener

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Big fan

viscid helm
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Hell yeah

fathom oriole
viscid helm
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That's a 1st

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Haven't heard it described like that before lmao

fathom skiff
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Professional ears

fathom oriole
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Lmao Junomegaflushed

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You've heard of hired eyes get ready for professional ears

dawn vault
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pov you look like this 🐘

viscid helm
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Now I just need to rent a nose

fathom oriole
wheat river
viscid helm
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I don't actually know what this image means

fathom oriole
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It's business Gato dw about it

vast jackal
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Lemme see if I can go find homophobic aimi

fathom skiff
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WHAT AIMI

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Oh

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That aimi

fathom oriole
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Y'all made it in gartic?

fathom skiff
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Yep

fathom oriole
small nexus
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Honestly maybe it’s better if I just watch, It’s making me too nervous 😰

fathom oriole
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Aw, what's up?

wheat river
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one step at a time friend

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but do what makes you comfy

small nexus
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I just hope what I do is up to par with everyone else

fathom skiff
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We workin tgether, we helpin each others stuff

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Nobodys gonna be good at everythin they write or help with dw

wheat river
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you're perfectly fine and we are always available for help

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nobody is doing any part of this alone

small nexus
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I’ll do me best

vernal solar
wheat river
small nexus
fathom skiff
fathom oriole
versed eagle
vast jackal
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Good reaction images from gartic

fathom skiff
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Homophobic peepoblush

fathom oriole
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Homophobic AiMi real

vast jackal
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The whole image has X and Atlas smooching that's why

viscid helm
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lol

vast jackal
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Leaked cg of the Alaska routes

fathom oriole
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AiMi cameo

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If Obi wants a cameo, we can give him one along the same vein lmao

obtuse sapphire
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hater ai.mi so real

wheat river
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so how do we feel about a pre season autumnal festival

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(with a dance)

versed eagle
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Help my discord is on life support it's barely working

wheat river
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i give cpr

obtuse sapphire
vast jackal
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Mm festival

wheat river
fathom oriole
wheat river
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genuinely tho i need to properly outline this route before drafting it cuz i have no fucking idea what to do with these two

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other than festival business

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why do i feel like 90% of era routes are gonna be her like "should i go out with this person or ask kai???"

vast jackal
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Alrighty heading home see y'all again soon!

wheat river
vernal solar
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I'm just vibing at an unspecified location

fathom oriole
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Take care Crow

fathom oriole
wheat river
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what are your exact coordinates

fathom oriole
vernal solar
wheat river
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im coming like a dust nado

vernal solar
#

Tbh I'd help with ideas and stuff for routes but I don't really ship many characters so

wheat river
#

ideas are very appreciated for anything

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you can even put down ideas in the pair sheets for any pairings you have an idea about

meager frigate
#

So uh

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I tried to read through everything but it was a lot

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Like lots of talking going on

meager frigate
wheat river
#

that's the general format im using for the text conversations at least

meager frigate
#

I also tried to re-enter my name under Juliette but I’m
Uh (I can’t I’m struggling on my iPad Junowhy)

wheat river
#

whats wrong

meager frigate
#

Well I accidentally deleted people’s names twice

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They should be there still cause I pressed undo

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But yeah idk- this didn’t happen last time AimiCry

wheat river
#

hmmm

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what are you doing that makes it delete

meager frigate
#

Lemme see if I can try it again and see if it does the same thing

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Hhh yep same thing
I’m not sure how to explain the issue sorry

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Are you able to re enter my name under her?

wheat river
#

ye tomorrow tho im falling asleep

meager frigate
wheat river
velvet sundial
#

when are we starting everything?

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also I started to think something for the music themes

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I already made something for Juliette

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but it’s just a prototype

quasi raft
#

Music??

velvet sundial
#

yup

velvet sundial
#

guys I was thinking that maybe u can have a “level” with every striker based on how much time you spent with them, and the music changes according to that level

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also can we put some easter eggs in the game?

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and I read that to choose the character you want to talk to you use a phone: I was thinking that the phone’s cover could change according to the striker

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what do you think?

velvet sundial
viscid helm
#

Hmm

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I didn't even think of if the cover of the phone is visible

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But yeah that would make sense

fathom skiff
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I think thatd b fun thing to note down but after we handle the base of everything first

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N then we can think of those extra details

viscid helm
#

Is there a board where you mindmap ideas?

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May aswell have that somewhere

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So these things aren't lost in time

wheat river
#

these are all amazing ideas

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and yeah maybe should put a sheet for ideas

leaden heath
#

It is a passion project after all

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If you get the urge to write/otherwise contribute something, probably go for it JulietteThumbsup

wheat river
#

yus

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I think a good idea for writing the routes is to just do a normal writing outline and write in like a script style

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then focus on like the paths?

leaden heath
#

Probably yeah

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I was thinking of just writing some scenarios with the characters, then try to figure out if they fit, and how they could work, in regards to paths

wheat river
#

interesting

leaden heath
#

Like a random example, writing a scenario where the MC hangs out with Atlas, I think it could be fun to write about them playing chess together, so then I'd just figure out what kind of script/dialogue n paths that would involve

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(Obviously simplified, not gonna make every dialogue option a specific chess move, that's impossibly difficult and boring LOL)

storm gust
#

No obviously we have to program tetris into the game and play with him AtlasThumbsUp

vernal solar
#

Create a whole chess bot to actually play chess in the vn

leaden heath
#

Honestly playing chess with Drekar would also be a fun VN scenario

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It'd be really funny if he gets all giddy and excited when he sees a move that he can tactically own you at the game with

storm gust
#

Omg yes

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Please make that a thing xD

leaden heath
pseudo girder
#

drek'ar uses the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile variant of the Tennison Gambit

wheat river
#

pls have atlas teach drek chess

storm gust
tiny bolt
#

hello

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i see you

gentle tinsel
river wave
viscid helm
#

If we want chess we'd have to put python in there

storm gust
#

Hello lunchboy wiwiblush

vernal solar
#

Lunchboy has found the dating sim chat

viscid helm
#

He's a knower

versed eagle
#

He's a knower holy

fathom skiff
#

O shit LUNCHBOOOOOOY

versed eagle
#

LUNCHBOOOOOY

storm gust
#

I hope lunchboy enjoys our cookin

versed eagle
#

we are doing our best

storm gust
vast jackal
#

Lunchboy watching as everything I write for Rasmus directly goes against his canon: KaiThisIsFine

leaden heath
fathom skiff
#

Lunchboy this lunchboy that wheres Dinnergirl

quasi raft
#

Oh it’s the man with the answers

tiny bolt
#

the vn in game was just a taste

#

you need to make the whole dinner

#

did you enjoy it?

gentle tinsel
storm gust
#

Anything that gives characters more lines, shows more dynamics with each other and tells us more about the world around us I love

#

I eat up the VN AtlasPrayge AtlasPrayge AtlasPrayge

river wave
fathom oriole
#

Auhming the VN so fast I just need to git gud to do the missions faster EraBocchi

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Ty for the quality meal Ody

quasi raft
#

the art was very nice to see

storm gust
#

Oh yeah shoutout to the artists for real, knocked it out the park

quasi raft
#

I didn’t know how they’d do it with that hair, but boy, they did it

storm gust
quasi raft
#

honestly made me like Juliette a lot more too

#

i am not falling to the meta

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…I swear

river wave
fathom skiff
#

The art style for the vn so fun

#

I love that its like so clean but also expressive

river wave
#

TRUE

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also the backgrounds are stunning

versed eagle
#

the artstyle is super cute!

fathom skiff
#

The backgrounds r so nice im always impressed at any bg artist
But these vn bg was extra yum

fathom oriole
#

Just. Lovely all around
Sometimes I wished I could turn off the text box to check the full render lmfao

fathom skiff
#

Frfr its so pretty

wheat river
#

I sadly haven't done much of the vn it's a lot of work

#

they really said get MVP

#

I haven't finished Juliette's yet and she's the first one I picked so it's gonna be really hard to do the rest of it

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I'm sad how grindy it is but it is no biggie I think, so long as it doesn't go away super fast

versed eagle
#

lunchboy help us write characters ot make it as canon as possible

wheat river
#

yus

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tell us how to write post obscura rune

leaden heath
#

If Lunchboy can just answer questions for whether or not something is canon, that would be cool

wheat river
#

I see

tiny bolt
#

i'm down to help answer questions or give feedback on characters

quasi raft
#

@wheat river !

meager frigate
#

Ooo Lunchboy is here

#

Now this is gonna be extra good

storm gust
fathom skiff
storm gust
fathom skiff
#

The 2 types of ppl

storm gust
#

2 atlases AtlasThumbsUp

fathom skiff
#

The polite one
And the SourPls

versed eagle
#

i do have lots of rune quetsions

young vine
#

Read through most of the stuff you all talked about, and I'm exicted to see what you will cook AimiNom

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But I have a question

#

How will we divide the art?

fathom skiff
#

Depends how many artists participate

young vine
#

We have a huge range of art styles and I think it will be awesome to see the contrast

fathom skiff
#

I dont think we can divide now since theres no set number yet

young vine
#

Fair enough, I'm asking because I probably wont write, im not very confident at it

storm gust
#

We should also keep a checklist of that

fathom skiff
#

Yuppers

brittle rapids
storm gust
#

I also have lots of drek'ar's species questions AtlasPrayge

fathom skiff
#

We need plenty drek species info

#

Idk if itd help the vn but
Just curious

brittle rapids
#

Also locations would be helpful

#

Like a lot ">>

storm gust
fathom skiff
#

Yupper

versed eagle
#

i would love to also ask lunchboy if they have some stuff written about runes friend but thats for some other time

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i need all da striker for vn

fathom skiff
#

Im bad at thinking of questions but ill be here to ask the stupid shit

leaden heath
river wave
#

is Kai's dad's name Ron /j

leaden heath
#

Swanson???

wheat river
#

lunchboy assistance for heart strikers you say

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also yeah it would be good to get official headcount for artists since we have that for writers already

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ive added an idea board so people can track their ideas and if it relates to a pairing or not

fathom skiff
river wave
#

I can do some art too hehe

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the one thing we need to consider tho is how to combine different artists' art styles, we want to be as cohesive as possible for a VN

#

ALTERNATIVELY if there's enough interest, another option is to assign different striker teams to each artist, that way the work isn't overwhelming and the general team a player is interested in still feels pretty cohesive

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it isn't a perfect outcome but there's numerous ways to handle this

onyx sonnet
#

Wait new phone who dis

wheat river
#

hmmm

#

hewwo friend

river wave
wheat river
#

idk how feasible it is to try to make everyone's art styles be cohesive

onyx sonnet
#

Os and cheesy romance literally a project after my own heart

wheat river
#

other than like using the same color palettes and brush settings or whatnot

#

are you a writer or artist or musician or programmer? :D

onyx sonnet
#

Writer but if there’s already enough cooks in the kitchen I can just be a bystander

river wave
#

what strikers do you think you would be best at writing? :0

wheat river
#

there's so many paths

river wave
fathom skiff
onyx sonnet
#

I’m fairly positive I could write for all of them pretty solidly because I think I’ve got a good understanding of each character but I have special interest in Drek’ar/Octavia/Vyce/X and maybe Kazan if he’s going to be here

viscid helm
storm gust
#

Ill draw atlas ofcourse but the style cohesion we need to put together

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I dont mind drawing maelstrom either but I imagine bigba wants to draw rune is the thing

onyx sonnet
#

But if there’s any characters that have like a lack of writers I don’t mind being saddled with them because I love all my children equally

river wave
storm gust
#

👀

#

Well if we're keeping style cohesion we're gonna have to

river wave
#

for example someone takes over lineart and another takes colour/shading

#

that way the character models for the team have one style and the shading style is the same throughout the team too!

fathom skiff
#

We have sorta collabed before n it looked like
Almost cohesive

#

Tbh

#

It was still way different styles but put tgether it looked not bad

river wave
#

I might have seen it before but could you send an example here too for reference? 👀

#

it would be very useful, it's been a while

fathom skiff
#

Like i think we can def work on a more cohesive style but on its own in this pic it looked p aight imo

river wave
#

omg it's even beach themed that's so cute blobboplead

#

but yeah I think it's definitely manageable

#

especially if there's a ground rule like no excessive or hyper realistic shading for example, keep it one colour shading for shadow vs highlights like your example

#

it's doable!

fathom skiff
#

Simple also help keep the artists that dont do rendering like uh

storm gust
#

Yeye

fathom skiff
#

I immediately forgot the word in english

#

But like

#

Theyll exist

#

INVOLVED

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Thats the word

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Jesus

leaden heath
storm gust
onyx sonnet
storm gust
#

Maelstrom beloved blobboplead

versed eagle
#

maelstrom :>

onyx sonnet
#

Me and two of my friends actually play maelstrom whenever we mess around

storm gust
#

Me Im your 2 friend

onyx sonnet
#

I play drekar because he’s so creature coded

velvet sundial
#

who are the artists working in here?

storm gust
#

Me

versed eagle
#

meee

wheat river
fathom skiff
#

Meeeee

wheat river
#

okay update

#

on the pathway sheet there's places to write names for other jobs

#

instead of just programmer and music

#

so put yalls name down for whatever you wanna do like sfx, character art, bg art, ui art

fathom skiff
#

AtlasThumbsUp willl do when my brains functioning

storm gust
#

Still cant see the page right JulietteSad

wheat river
#

do you have an accessible desktop or laptop

#

to be able to ever use the sheet

#

otherwise i can put your name down for stuff

#

just lemme know what art you are up for

storm gust
#

I do at home I just am not home

#

I will eventually dw

#

I just want to make sure no one takes it first xD

onyx sonnet
#

Is there’s an upper limit on how many characters a writer can sign for

fathom skiff
#

Its me the art thief or smthn

wheat river
#

no you can sign up for all of them just dont expect to write that much cuz it can be bad for you

onyx sonnet
#

Thumbs up emoji

#

For now I’ll go w 3

wheat river
#

also cuz other people are also writing

onyx sonnet
#

So this isn’t like

#

Protag is a nebulous self insert of the player

#

They’re romancing each other?

wheat river
#

yes

onyx sonnet
#

Thank you

#

Okay

#

I think I’ve done all the claiming correctly

#

Vyce/X
Drek’ar/Vyce
X/Drek’ar

wheat river
#

also dont worry kazan will be added

#

eventually tm

wheat river
#

xtra special

river wave
#

yeeeeeee

wheat river
#

oh i see so drek rasmus and kai all have 4

#

not who i would have expected to get 4 but here we are

velvet sundial
#

what are UI artists?

wheat river
#

people who design what the ui will look like

#

so like text boxes, buttons, dialogue, etc

velvet sundial
#

ooh oki

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also, I’m on mobile so I’m just commenting my name, is that ok?

#

also if I have an idea, can I put it in the ideas board?

wheat river
#

commenting is fine but i'd prefer to write it, i understand if it's too hard tho

#

and yeah idea board is for ideas

dawn vault
#

i'm also down for character art stuff =w= it'll be much easier if we're dividing up the phases of art between artists for consistency anyway

#

i'm not very good at graphic design or drawing background yet though so character art is about all i can actually offer in the visuals department

wheat river
#

oki make sure to put your name for it on the sheet :D

dawn vault
#

i had completely forgotten about the sheet until i reopened this chat so i will do this as soon as i return to my pc gshdgsisjsks

wheat river
#

lol

#

fair

fathom oriole
#

I'll grab a lil art roles when I'm on da PC

storm gust
woeful void
#

i just found this thread i swear this community is so amazing and just so impressive i wish you luck everyone

runic sage
#

Will be following this thread SoniiPray

fathom skiff
viscid helm
versed eagle
fathom skiff
wheat river
#

AAAA thank you friends for being interested in thisss

topaz panther
#

How did i not see this thread Junomegaflushed

fathom oriole
#

True; your arrival is long overdue Tiny

versed eagle
#

Kayaaa wiwiblush wiwiblush wiwiblush

storm gust
#

The whole gang

topaz panther
#

It me

#

Certified lesbian expert (do not ask me for romantic advice under any circumstances)

storm gust
#

AtlasThumbsUp Perfect candidate to help write

topaz panther
#

If nothing else i can at least make the characters i write realistic AtlasThumbsUp

fathom oriole
#

Make em dumb like real people SoniiSalute

topaz panther
#

Oh absolutely

#

Era would overthink like a nervous wreck (bc she is)

storm gust
#

Make sure to put your name under the characters (or ship) you wanna write for in the doc

topaz panther
#

I did (i think)

storm gust
#

Aight

fathom skiff
#

kaya arrival

viscid helm
wheat river
#

KAYAAA

gusty isle
#

This reminds me to continue on that thing

long olive
#

I expressed a bit of interest in writing for this and I saw the thread earlier this week why haven't I followed it yet lol

fathom oriole
#

Better late than never AtlasPrayge

wheat river
#

tru

gusty isle
#

should i drop current Black Metal (rune/vyce) thing in fanfic channel or this

wheat river
#

depends what it was made for

gusty isle
#

somewhat both

#

ill just

fathom oriole
#

He's a shy boy

wheat river
#

very cute

wheat river
#

yes donsyn you claim by commenting on a ship

gusty isle
wheat river
#

but also remember just cuz one is claimed doesn't mean you can't put your name on it

gusty isle
#

i dont really have anything else i want to focus on right now

wheat river
#

fair

velvet sundial
gusty isle
young vine
#

I think I'll stick wit the UI since we are looking for some consistency thats the easiest way to mix pixel art with normal digital art SoniiSalutePixel

young vine
wheat river
#

:o

#

pixel art?

#

also I think crow mentioned something about ui mockups so I'd message or ping him if you are interested in that stuff

young vine
#

oki

gusty isle
#

Do we include Kazan?

wheat river
#

later

#

unless someone wants to do it in my stead

#

I have no energy or any life in my body

leaden heath
dawn vault
#

i've been toying with writing kazan lately so if/when we do add him later. i raise my hand. he's not on the sheet but you know my ass is 🔛 🔝 💯

#

wow the on and top emoji sure do not show up at all in dark mode

leaden heath
#

Theres no short comic for Kazan yet is there?

young vine
#

Is there a short comic for every character?

wheat river
#

yes except new ones

#

like i think last comic was rasmus

young vine
#

oh ok I though i was missing out on vyce and octavia

wheat river
#

also anyone is free to add kazan to the grid

#

dont be afraid to try

dawn vault
young vine
#

sadge

velvet sundial
#

guys I was thinking something

#

if the player can ship a character with everyone this means that they can ship Octavia and Vyce as well kekw

fathom oriole
#

N-nuh uh EraShocked

wheat river
#

not all ships are romantic

velvet sundial
#

Oh okkk

fathom skiff
#

I think best to avoid that option at all even if its platonic
Just to avoid any implications yknow

#

Especially in a dating sim lol

wheat river
#

well if we put the tag system in it should help that

#

like what kind of relationship will come out of your choice so you know

fathom skiff
#

? Idk abt tags in vn i never heard of that

wheat river
#

since not every path is romantic crow suggested it

#

like romantic, platonic, familial, rivalry

#

etc

#

I think it's great idea cuz it helps people know what they can expect in tone

fathom skiff
#

Mm okok

dawn vault
#

i've kind of been thinking on this for a while now but. if we're including a variety of non-romantic routes then wouldn't it be better to just call it a visual novel at this point

#

it can still be both but like. just to prevent any misconceptions going into it maybe

fathom skiff
#

Tru
Just a different name since its dating sim
Even with tags it might still throw ppl off

fathom oriole
#

Yeah I think the same ngl;;

meager frigate
#

Since when did we add rivalries to the dating sim

#

Like Kai and Estelle fighting???

fathom skiff
#

Idk if rivals equals fighting

#

More like just trying to best each other right

fathom oriole
#

Actually so intimidating to start adding stuff to this lmao

#

empty ideas board so scary

wheat river
#

friendly rivalry

#

also you are right about the name

#

it's subject to change

#

I'm not exactly in love with heart strikers

onyx sonnet
#

We’re in the early stages

#

A lot is subject to change so the most important part is that we have fun w it

wheat river
#

trueee

balmy siren
#

I can wait

#

Its going to be good no matter what JulietteHeart

wheat river
gusty isle
#

when the uhm uhh

gusty isle
#

ill probably make like an act 2 and act 3

#

act 2 will be the actual date

#

and act 3 will be after

wheat river
#

👀

#

CUUUUTE

#

I like that vyce has a business card ebjejfjf

viscid helm
#

Business cards hell yeah

gusty isle
wheat river
#

so true

#

though I imagine she hand makes all her business cards and takes any excuse to give them out

gusty isle
#

if someone doesnt have something for her to sign, she just gives one of those which already has a signature on them

#

or something

#

my social insecurity says i scared you away and will proceed to tell myself to lowtiergod

wheat river
#

noooo

#

just a busy time

#

I was on the way home

gusty isle
young vine
#

I think it makes a lot of sense, she's an artist after all

wheat river
#

probably she could write her number down

#

for the purposes of the vn here everyone just has everyone in their phone

gusty isle
wheat river
gusty isle
#

I will def write Vyce as the big mean girlfriend for Rune's shy personality, like
VyceAkanbe "How DARE you not get his order right!"

#

Or something

#

Wait

#

How shy even is Rune

wheat river
#

she would

#

good question for professional rune writers

topaz panther
#

Aimi's name for finii as a contact is "the damn rabbit" or smth

#

and x's is just everyone in all caps with small blurbs of their personality

wheat river
#

too much good potential to not do that imo

topaz panther
#

Vyce and octavia's contacts for each other are just "Her"

wheat river
#

era's contact name for Kai is just heart emojis

#

LOL

topaz panther
#

or the fuckin

#

Do u know the post abt the one person on the train with the contact named "absolutely not"

#

Yeah smth like that

balmy siren
#

Yes

#

I do

wheat river
#

YEAH

vernal solar
#

Kai has his dad in his phone as "he's mad at you"

wheat river
#

that's rasmus' name in Estelle's phone

topaz panther
#

TRUE

wheat river
#

or Estelle deleted his number

balmy siren
#

And we have zentaro contact on aimis phone as zenny and like zentaro owns like a nokia

topaz panther
#

yeah, like all the characters are listed there and the ones that dont have routes still occasionally show up for plot or etc

vernal solar
#

Ai.Mi has finii in her phone as "prankster"

topaz panther
#

I still like my idea

balmy siren
#

Or like the newest phone release and whenever aimi trys to facetime zentrao hes just like an old relative

topaz panther
#

The fuckin face way too close to the phone like

balmy siren
#

Yes

topaz panther
balmy siren
#

And junos phone can be water proof or in a ziplock bag

topaz panther
#

I mean juno seems to be able to stay relatively solid

#

But i also dont imagine she would really use a phone or own one herself

balmy siren
#

Then would she use her home worlds technology?

gusty isle
fathom skiff
#

I dont think her home world had technology honestly

balmy siren
#

Ah

topaz panther
balmy siren
#

Yeah

fathom skiff
#

I think shes one of the more primitive alien

balmy siren
#

Or she could use her blobbos as a form as contact

topaz panther
#

like, she doesnt exactly make executive decisions in the way that you'd contact someone with a phone to do

gusty isle
fathom skiff
#

Yea i dont think she would leave the house alone unless its somewhere close

balmy siren
#

Yes

dawn vault
# gusty isle How shy even is Rune

personally i don't think he's as kyaaaa >w< shy as some people make him out to be but i do think he's #AWKWARD because he's pointedly avoided talking to people for maybe a little too long and now he's kinda forgotten how to be normal. which can lead to a bit of embarrassment at times

#

that's just my take though

gusty isle
versed eagle
#

hes emberrased,awkward and anxious shy

#

hes all 3 in one

gusty isle
#

I'm supposed to be more of a Vyce specialist anyways or something

versed eagle
#

rune specialist here,i put too much time into studying rune

gusty isle
gusty isle
#

Also, the exact path will probably change when it's actually being developed anyways

#

I'm just doing a rough starting point story which can be edited later since I think I'm the only one actively trying to work on rune/vyce

dawn vault
#

would you be open to a bit of critique even if it isn't finished right now :0

gusty isle
#

ok

#

You're still typing EraThisIsFine

dawn vault
#

sorry i'm just checking over everything im about to say to make sure i'm not lying LOL

gusty isle
dawn vault
#

i was thinking that as it stands right now, the dialogue feels a bit stilted? i understand that some of these interactions are meant to read as awkward (see: everything rune says), but with all the lones being as short as they are, i think it feels a little unnatural in a way. i think it feels very point A to point B, and i think you might want to consider adding a bit of fluff in between, perhaps a bit more chattiness from vyce or some extra narration on what the characters are thinking? i think that would help the flow a lot :0

#

thas all =w= i wanted to make sure what i was saying was easy to understand also

gusty isle
dawn vault
gusty isle
#

I guess I can try

gusty isle
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Along with me not being natively english

dawn vault
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oh yeah no for sure

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that was just my immediate thoughts when i read it

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your english is fine though dw about it JulietteThumbsup

wheat river
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teamwork

merry sail
# versed eagle hes emberrased,awkward and anxious shy

not to say you're wrong or anything but i'm genuinely curious as to how you reached this conclusion from his dialogue considering it's all awkward and confrontational at best. i don't rly get any amount of embarrassment or anxiety from his characterisation. it's more warning people away from him because he is cursed by the horrors. he doesn't seem to have any compunctions about this, he's very straightforward about it. the impression i get is much more someone who's very... reserved and reluctant to involve other people in his issues in contrast to the like, shy introvert who gets all embarrassed about opening up to people.

if there's other characterisation i'm not seeing then that's fair and i'd like to see it if it's out there, but as it is i just wanted to throw my 2 cents on the scenario in

versed eagle
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One word
Hyperfixation

merry sail
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what

fathom skiff
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Bigba has hyperfixation on rune
Not rune having hyperfixation on smthn, other than his friend i think is what bigba meant

versed eagle
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I have hyperfixation

merry sail
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right

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im just a little confused as to how that answers what your read is based on

river wave
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it's their personal interpretation of his character

versed eagle
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Yea
No need to deep think about it

wheat river
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imo hyperfixation views on a character are pretty trustworthy because they really understand the character on a deeper level that can't really be described, like sometimes more than what the original writers might know if that makes sense

river wave
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maybe I should start writing Kai's lines then LOL

wheat river
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true

river wave
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tbh character writing is very flexible, a lot also depends on the scenarios you put them in

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not just the personality

merry sail
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i mean on a certain level it's like. a person who focuses in only on one character will read into their individual nuances far more than a writer for a whole cast often will. but at the same time it's the original writer who dictates the entirety of that character so it's hard for me to say that a person could know that character better

gusty isle
versed eagle
merry sail
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it comes down to like... the ability 2 read into specific events and say "how did this impact the character" or "where did this character quirk come from".. stuff like that

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am i not making sense here

river wave
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I get most of what you mean!

gusty isle
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I don't

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I should go sleep

versed eagle
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I don't at all

merry sail
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i had like a long day at the long day factory today so forgive me if i'm not saying things as straightforwardly as i could

river wave
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but remember this is very early on in the project so any lines you see right now may not be what actually is published, we're a whole team here so we're here to help each other out if someone feels like it's OOC

wheat river
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you're alright and i kinda get where you're coming from

merry sail
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i think the writer usually knows a character as they are in the text best. but being able to read into a character and have reads on them that go beyond the focus of one writer with a much broader perspective has its own benefits

fathom skiff
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I dont think a fan project would need to worry abt canon so much as long as its following the base of the original story
Plus each character in here im p sure will be a team effort on how to write the characterNodders

wheat river
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i think people who focus a lot on one character have a way to write that character really really well, and expand on them in ways perhaps even the original writer didn't think of

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also what hb said

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i trust bigba's image of rune a lot

versed eagle
river wave
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also tbh we don't have too much to work with we have a few paragraphs of lore, numerous quotes and some trivia published here so people's interpretations may be a bit different from each other

wheat river
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yeah the most writing we have actually gotten for any characters is the beach vn and most characters arent even in that

merry sail
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i don't think that's wrong. i just think it's important to properly analyse the fundamentals of what you're making fan content of

river wave
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your concerns are definitely valid though

wheat river
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that's valid and i think we have done that for the most part

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especially with characters we fixate on

merry sail
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makes sense to me

fathom skiff
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Also if we get stuck or confused we can just ask lunchboyAtlasThumbsUp

merry sail
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sorry im also like a nobody coming out of nowhere LMAO

fathom skiff
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When hes available

merry sail
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i think this is a cool project =w= and i would like to help out here and there if i can

fathom skiff
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Its fine its valid thing to bring up
We're also just being p chill abt this i think

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So dont gotta sweat the fundamentals that hard

merry sail
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i need to come to an understand ing of the emotes here

wheat river
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ye its a one step at a time thing

merry sail
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i keep going to use my personal emotes and they've been robbed from me

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it's messed up man

dawn vault
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i will say as a late note

merry sail
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what i was gonna say is like... my personal perspective is to write in a way where i'd hope the writers of the thing would look in and go "damn... this guy gets it." and the fact that the writers are around to poke their head in makes me feel even more like holy SHit. but that's just my personal perspective. going with the flow is one of my many skills on this earth

dawn vault
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i have seen a bit of indecisiveness. on how "canon" we want this thing to be. bc at the beginning i was under the impression we wanted it to be "as canon as possible" in terms of character portrayal and existing lore and etc etc. and i do think it's fine to be a little bit lax about it? but i also think it'll be far more worthwhile and enjoyable to anyone who plays it if we make that extra effort for it to be in character and believable as possible wherever we can. because the And then cookie bug said basically what i was gonna say ok But I Also Personally gain more enjoyment from fan content when i feel the writers are really in tune with the devs intentions and whatnot. so thats my thoughts

river wave
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I will say that we should probably figure out the base plot first. Recently, I had the idea that it would be on like between s2-s3 and the "finale" would be like right before s3 starts and there's usually this big gala event right before (or after?) a season and that's when the precise moment is in the VN to either confess or reconfirm your friendship with your chosen LI striker

wheat river
river wave
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this is like bare bare bones though so I didn't think too much about smaller details yet

velvet sundial
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btw I made a loop music audio for the game

dawn vault
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i don't intend to like. constantly hound people for their portrayals or their writing or anything. and if it seems like i'm doing that then i definitely apologize. but i also think that if this is a group writing project then there is a careful balance that should be struck between quality and like. balancing each other's Visions you feel me

wheat river
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i'd also like to be close to canon as we can get but we are creatives so liberties can and will be taken, if you think it's too much tho you can always ask others

velvet sundial
river wave
dawn vault
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alas... i cannot listen on mobile

velvet sundial
dawn vault
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its ok =w= i'll check it out later

river wave
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very VN like, good for upbeat moments

wheat river
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i think it matches with the os vibes pretty well, also having a kinda heartbeat effect? maybe? or thats just me imagining things

river wave
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no I hear it too

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thump thump

dawn vault
river wave
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precisely!

velvet sundial
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btw I was thinking about smth that I will probably regret while working on, but for Vyce I was thinking to make rock music, but making it a little bit softer

wheat river
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music for each striker????

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thats a tall order

velvet sundial
river wave
velvet sundial
# wheat river music for each striker????

if that would make things harder then no, but I think that at least 3 different soundtracks (one for the start, the other for the menu and another for striker interaction) are needed