Chapter2 Gameplay preview (Patreon)
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I'd like to show a preview of chapter2 (not sure if it can play as an embed on patreon, if not, follow the link into youtube (click watch on youtube).
This contains a 2 min. preview of the first moments of chapter 2. Spoilers are almost non-existent so dont worry. It's mainly to showcase some stuff I've been working on that will shift the Visual Novel a bit into "game" category.
Most of the stuff here are still bound to change, especially the dialogue, transitions, and the icons. It also doesn't have sound yet which is crucial.
The reason I'm going this route is because it makes it easier to connect different scenes - especially side stories into the main story without them being a menu choice ("Go to the gym") and it being too obvious. With this, I can "hide" routes that are possible and have different ways of unlocking things other than selecting dialogue options. I've also found out, after playing a few more NSFW games(Mainly rafster's Grizzly Grove(see on itch) and Robin Morningwood, that they just stick with you and immerse you better than those that are strictly visual novels. The inventory also adds another way of interaction, and unlocking more of the story.
Finally, it's quite economical to do this, it gives a lot of involvement from the player while needing less time to render - which also means less CGs for more mundane dialogue and scenes. So I can allocate more space and time for the NSFW scenes and important cutscenes.....
Speaking of cutscenes. Here's another I've been testing out.
https://youtu.be/5Vh_Ilv9AL0
I've been testing out a lot of vfx in conjuction with animation and I'm very excited to reach a point in the story where it's all going to come out.