/evn/ - English Visual Novels

How vulgar.

Yeah, there is something weird with the third pic. Like the butt cheeks are too close and not enough GAP or something.

On the Steam forum for pic related, someone pointed out that a few of the voice acting lines don't match the text. Instead of changing the text, the dev wants the voice actresses to rerecord the lines that don't match. Changing the text would be so much simpler.

>tfw about to break 200k words and the new ren'py has rollback built in

>Yumi
Goddamn it what is with these token Japanese girls with the most stereotypical names getting thrown into these types of games? If you have to make one girl with a Japanese name to appease rabid weebs at least pick a better one than Yumi. There are so many great names and people use the same five over and over.

I used Heiko for my token Jap and it turned out that name is also a masculine German name.

You mean that history screen?

It would. Unless there are some abysmal mistakes or something, I don't see any reason to go throught the pain of rerecording.

It's pronounced differently and in Japanese it is written in entirely different characters, so it is not actually the same name at all. Thanks for not making a Yumi, Rin, Sakura, or Aiko at least.

I used Iori as my token jap and it turned out that name is also of Welsh origin.

I suggest Hinata, Haruka, Mika, Yayoi, Kana, Aki, and Mio.

tfw lowkey hate japan

Those are only a little better.

Well, my fat NEET MC's name is Matama Futo.
Is it too evident?

Just look up Japanese baby names and pick a few that strike your fancy.

I am a gigantic nerd about names and have an extensive list of Japanese names (and all other kinds of names) already. That's why these lazy boring names bother me so much. I guess their better than names weebs make up because they think they can slam a few sounds together and make a new Japanese name out of nowhere.

After its bugs get worked out I think that Just Deserts is a serious contender for evn of the year.
>Nice art
>Gameplay
>Several heroine routes
>Fully voiced
>Hours of replayability
>Decent story
>Only $10

Hi Just Deserts dev.

Can you share some?

How many do you want?

yeah it was impressive as fuck. if i had to nitpick the CG are sparse and the story in uninspired, but it really has a lot to learn from. it's in renpy, too, so there's no excuse why your game can't look and run that well.

A dozen or so

Can you give me names starting with E, D, Y, or R?

ok you guys just convinced me to get it.

"Rate my game's protagonist" when?

On what? Looks? Personality? Ability to actually be a protagonist and carry the story?

Ageha
Airi
Akako
Akane
Akari
Akemi
Aki
Akiha
Akiko
Akira
Akiyo

I was too lazy to handpick so I just gave you my first 12 or so girl names.

Sure.
D: (boys)
Daichi, Daisuke. There are no girl names that start with D because Japs don't think it's feminine, and it's not that popular for guys either.. Other than this I'm not that great with guy names and too lazy to get my list, so you get just girl names for the rest.

E (girls)
Ebiko
Eimi
Eiko
Emiri
Eriko

There aren't that many E names either, and most of them start with Eri, Emi, or Ei.

R
Rei
Reiko
Rie
Rikka
Riko
Ruiko
Rumi
Ruri
Ryouko

Y
Yomi
Yoshie
Yoshimi
Youko
Yukari
Yukie
Yukino
Yurika
Yuuko
Yuzuki

lets just start with looks

Just plain looks. No tidbits about personality or plot either.

People are still porn begging on the Just Deserts discussion forum. These people think that if they bug the devs enough that they'll add porn eventually.

Thanks. I might use Yukie and Ruri.

Alright, I'm game.

But the devs aren't western?

What genre

18+ yuri

10/10 I need more

as for the setting, its entirely fantasy
humans/males don't exist
the world is composed entirely of animal girls

Would be perfect if you removed the thing above her nose. I get it's trying to show face shape and shit but it looks awkward and ugly as it is here. at least it would need to be more subtle.

You'll have to wait until Alpha's Adventures is finished.

It'd rate her 8/10.

>names a five year old would give their stuffed animals
>Clarissa/Cecily
For what purpose?

a d o r a b l e

I'm a sucker for "one of these things is not like the others".

Since I want to upgrade to being an AAA dev, I'm torn between naming it "Adorably/Alluringly amorous animals".

Please don't bully her too much.

That outfit is so cute.

Kind of uncanny

So I've got a character who's revealing something important that she's been keeping quiet up till this point. However, her story is very difficult to believe and the protagonist has a hard time accepting it as the truth.
She's desperate for his help, and while he cares a lot about her, he's not convinced that she hasn't just gone crazy.

This is supposed to lead up to him leaving her in the room alone, giving the killer an opportunity to bump her off. But I'm not sure how to avoid having it turn out in a way that doesn't get the reader frustrated with him for leaving her alone, even before she dies.
It's not like I can have them stay with each other since the narrative isn't going to progress if she doesn't wind up dead. I was considering maybe having him asking her to stay put while he goes and gets help but I'm not sure.
(At this point, the immediate danger isn't apparent to the protagonist, but it is to the girl)

I guess I just want to know what other people think.

Maybe she could, in frustration/desperation, say something very cruel to the MC which would cause him to want to stop listening and leave.

9/11

>check lemma recruit forum
>"professional writer for hire"
>typo in first five words

EVERY time

Is there a program that helps with route planning?

One that makes bubble charts

Yeah I guess that would work. In the outline I had it written down that he'd leave because her story sounded bonkers, but the way the scene came out when I wrote it, he ended up a lot more sympathetic towards her than I'd imagined.
Having her be the one to lash out would solve that pretty nicely though. Thanks!

> twitter.com/Lupiesoft/status/757983359423225856

were the robots always so doofy looking?

giffy

Third-worlder gonna end his bumping shift in 30 minutes. It's been a great 9 hours, /evn/.

I'd rather fuck those robots than those girls

what do you expect, user? they're not a professional EDITOR

holy shit the voices in just deserts are terrible

why would you even bother if it is going to be so awful?

turn off cornhole its a bit better.

Only a few more hours until morning.

Decided to change the paint job for the motorcycle I'm modeling. Probably overdid the leather a bit though. Gonna work on it more tonight D:

Technically 4 here, though more like 12 until dawn.

HAREM PROTAGONIST IS IN THE TOP #100 OF STEAM GREENLIIIIGHHHTT

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/728605880/1469567565

i saw you shilling on /d/

Well, it has worked in at least one case

Never look in the LSF recruitment forum for writers. I don't know why, but real writers don't post there, ever.

Real writers don't write for evns.

In a no true scotsman sense, sure.

There are EVNs with authors who have been published elsewhere (which doesn't make them good), by proper professional freelancers, and by people who actually know how to English. But these things are harder to see up front than the art.

it's really the only place to find visual novel recruitment stuff in the west

No, it isn't. You could try any actual recruitment site anywhere. Sure, you wouldn't immediately find twelve kids who love anime and volunteer to work for free and then quit after a week when they realise you're not going to let them write about Naruto or whatever the kids are into these days, but is that actually a bad thing?

...

>not going to let them write about Naruto or whatever the kids are into these days
Hi Grandma!

Hi sweetie. Don't forget to close the door when you go out to play in the backyard.

They're Indonesian if I'm remembering correctly.

I think the side characters are better looking than the main cast.

This is why I don't know why people insist on voice acting. Most evn devs can't afford professional VAs or recording equipment.

Sakura games?

>I don't know why people insist
Voice acting is still super-rare in EVNs though, and even in our threads here we've seen people be impressed by its addition and want to buy the game because of it.

So it's not like everyone is cramming in voice acting, and it's not like it can't ever have a positive effect.

I personally don't do it because I don't want to think about the ulcers waiting for voices to be finished would cause. Dealing with artists is bad enough.

Yeah, but in most cases at least one or more of the VAs will be seen as terrible by the userbase. People are just as quick to mute voice acting when they don't like it and complain about your choice of VA. It getting muted means it was a waste of money, and it can mean less sales if you had to increase the game's cost to cover for it.

you don't deserve this bump

Where can i download it? Cant find any torrents.

There's an English version of a Korean made BL game called Beyond Eden on Steam Greenlight.

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=725789351

It's only $9 on Steam right now.

And this thread is mostly devs, so they're unlikely to tell you how to pirate a game.

user he needs that 9 bucks for bread while he writes his vn, don't be mean.

Makes me think, how do you feel about the possibility of future players pirating your game?

Personally I don't want that of course, but I'd be a huge hypocrite if I got upset about it. So I'd never encourage it but be lowkey okay with it.

The Highway Blossoms thread on /u/ devolved into people repeatedly posting a link to a torrent for it awhile back. I can understand that not everyone can afford games, but there are many people who can that know they can just get it for free if they wait awhile. What I hate are the whiny bitches that can't stand it when they don't get a day 1 torrent.

NewWestGames, the creators of A Wild Catgirl Appears and Impulse, have a new game in the works.

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722210428

>Sweet Volley High - A Yuri / Otome Visual Novel from NewWestGames
>Sweet Volley High is the story of Aya Mizuki in her senior year at high school, as she pursues a dream of becoming a professional volleyball player. Will she find romance and success, or rejection and heartbreak? Your choices will affect the outcome in one of 5 endings.

I don't really think it matters truth be told. I would say YouTube might be more of an issue if your vn gets the attention, a let's play of a story means there isn't really much incentive to buy it, at least if the gameplay looks fun or there's a lot of choices and the YouTuber skipped them (but that's still a low incentive) they might think about buying.

Hello shill-chan.

There's nothing you can do about it (besides make a game nobody wants, I guess). So you can see it as proof your game has had some success.

I wouldn't necessarily think so. I find watching someone play a VN incredibly dull for a number of reasons, and the people who are likely to do that are likely to be people who wouldn't have ever played (or even heard of) your VN in the first place. Sure some people will choose to watch the shitty videos instead but overall it's more exposure for you.