while i am not a quest runner i am looking forward to this very much!

oh, and to reiterate myself so you know which guy i was on irc:
i would totally go out with a cactus girl.

You can use Rojo if you want. Weeing as you can draw better than I can, I'll allow you to draw pics of her.

:D

Why not throw Ella in there?

and don't forget about adding a fuckload of bad ends. like sevi eats you and blood oozes down the screen and 'bad end' appears.

>>325231
Sevi vore end
Ruby mutation end
Robogirl explosion end
and so on

I'm happy to put Princess Nadia up for this project. She's blind and mute. XD Katawa Shoujo indeed. XD

>>325228
>>325229
>>325244

@_@ So many text quest characters.
I was hoping that the authors would draw their characters themselves but I guess that'd be unfair to text quest runners.
Okay, I'd need a full physical and mental description of the person. How they react to things, turn on and turn offs. How they look. All that good stuff.

>>325245
Just ignore the text quest authors. They crave attention and demand free arts.

There's no reason you should have to do it all. If they want their characters featured they should put the effort required into it themselves.

while i do like the text quests it does seem unfair to pile all that on you. and shot can draw, he just doesn't want to draw them because he is worried can't get them to look exactly how he wants.

...

Larro, could you make a demo or something, so that people know what's going to be involved and what kind of poses are needed?

Also, I agree that all authors should do their own art for their characters... unless multiple people demand it.

...maybe some text quest characters can be side ones but all main ones must be made by their author.

>>325249
I got no problem doing some art but those three are the only ones I can handle at the moment.

>>325251
Or harder to unlock

Also a demo with Sevi will be available soon!

>>325245
Princess Nadia is 23 years old. She is quite tall and possesses a willowy figure (Victorian flatchestedness). Skin is pale, as expected of a medieval princess. Hair is blonde and eyes are light blue. Since she's blind, she doesn't need any reflection in her eyes. She is most likely seen in medieval style gowns.

Mentally, she tends to act as if she is helpless, but actually possesses a sharp mind and a small spy network. She's refined and ladylike, so she would probably make a good "ice queen" for the game. She has a bit of a short temper, but shows dislike by ignoring people, rather than outright physical actions (unless physically assaulted, in which case all bets are off)

Turn ons: Nadia likes being touched and cuddled, she's blind, so tactile sensations mean a lot. She enjoys the classical music of her era and has a special soft spot for madrigals.
Turn offs: Princess Nadia dislikes being treated as if she were stupid. She's blind and mute, not deaf. She hates disorder and insults to her family.

Anything else you need to know, don't hesitate to ask me.

>>325247
I can't draw, but I can knit you a wicked pretty jumper.

giving the person who would need to draw her a bunch of stuff does sound like a way to make it up to them. so larro, how do you feel about being payed in knit-wear?

>>325245
No, you don't need mental descriptions.
The proper way to do things is scripting out the story first and letting the authors write their character interactions themselves.

Any other way and the project will never get off the ground.

>>325261
If it goes this route, I can throw someone in. I'll let the audience decide who, though, since I am far too indecisive. Options for who I would draw for this are:

Kav
Cultist of Xom
Coralina Madison
Mira Toadstool
Llena Riddel


I'll draw in side characters relevant to the world the selected character is from, as necessary. Really, we'll need some sort of basic plot outline before I commit to any of this, but consider me interested.

Aww man, the cultist! Cultist would be AWESOME!

I just found out about this today.

I'd be more than willing to do a character for this, though I'm not sure who. Adult Hatch would be pretty good, but the idea of making Fushio Falto into a character for this complete with classic silvermoon style dialog tickles my funny bone. Or hell, Preston Strifecloud himself.

Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and second the cultist of Xom.

So I've been writing this thing out for a while now and finally established the setting.

I don't know if many people remember this but the first Sevi Quest took place at a school. As cliched as it may be a 'at a boarding school' trope is a tried and true method. It works and it gives a reason for all these characters to be in the same place.

You can choose to be a boy or a girl from the start.
Being a girl means it's easier to get access to the girls dorms but certain character won't fall for you and it'll be tougher to sneak into the boys dorms.
Being a boy means it'll be tougher to get into the girls dorms and certain characters won't fall for you.

There will be x amount of days. In the beginning of each of those days you can spend time with any one of the characters. Once you spend x amount of days with a character they'll begin to fall for you. However with the set amount of days it'll be near impossible to have more then one person fall for you.

Near the end you will be given a chance to stay over at the character of your choices room for the night, that equals good end. there are numerous bad ends though. One such bad end is trying to force yourself on someone too early or spending that night i someones room without spending enough time with them before hand.

I'll try to post a screen shot of the tech demo I did earlier when I get a chance.

If this takes off I'd be willing to contribute a Cyral character, but only if people show an interest in one. It'd have to be some heretofore nonexistent character, since the ones that have appeared weren't into what they'd consider xenos.

Anonymous 2010/05/11(Tue)13:35 No. 15484 ID: cef587
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This 'Novelty' editor IS pretty sweet.

>>325284
Novelty looks pretty good and it'll probably get the job done faster but renpy has a few more bells and whistles. I'll download it and try it out later.

And that Ruby bit is adorable :3

>>325268
Mira would of course be cute, but Xom Cultist sounds wackyfun. Are you planning on only doing one ever? I'd say do Cultist now and work in Mira later, but if you're ever only going to do one I'd say Mira.

High School Stone Glenn: the Dating Sim.

it sounds wonderful. and horrifying.

>>325285
Well, I poked around it some, and I must say -- at the least, it would ease up boringest parts of making a visnovel.

I'm a little sad... I'd rather have a long story with multiple routes and storylines than a dating sim, but it's your programming work, Larro, so there you are.

I'd love to make a more specific and interesting Hatquest with that engine, if you wouldn't mind doing the art/programming while I do the writing.

>>325291
Okay I think we're all getting mixed up here.

By Dating SIM I'm talking like Katawa Shoujo not like sim girl. So more novel then that.

Also I'd love to help, just give me time to finish this thing

Well, when I say Dating Sim, I think of... True Love, which if I remember well, you have to decide a schedule of work and study, to get certain girls you need certain stats, etc.

>>325292
KS is a visual novel: There's specific paths you can reach by doing certain actions in the storyline.

Sim Girl is a Dating Sim: You choose a girl by visiting her more often, buying gifts, getting stats, etc.

they are pretty similar but different.

>Looks at site
>Linux support
>simple scripting

83

HATQUEST VISUAL NOVEL

ENGAGE

Shot!H508X.HbJ6 2010/05/12(Wed)00:35 No. 15518 ID: e31d52
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>>325316
this is harder than I thought having no programming experiance D:


Error message"
On line 43 of /home/thomas/Downloads/Ren'py/renpy-6.10.2/template/game/script.rpy: expected menuitem
label choice1_yes

And the image is of my current attempt at coding. Oh god it feels so messy

The problem is people who view "Dating Sim" as meaning "Stupid flash game with porno reward".
Don't be dense, everyone knows what they fucking mean when they say dating sim. They mean "stupid wordy 'game' you click through impatiently, with porno reward".

Don't split hairs over the nomenclature, we know what they're talking about, and any ambiguity was destroyed with the OP's image.

We can still have our nice, intricate, branching-path stories. No one's about to make you hit the digital gym so you can work up your strength stat so you can get money lifting boxes so you can buy stuff for a girl so she can maybe put out.

dammeth, it has been over 17 months i dont do any programming at all. ill go check this mess then ill post something.

>>325318
have you declared menu_flag in the beginning of the game? its possible you also declared it in a "inacessible" area to the command that alters it.

>>325323
it seems the menu statement requires a command anyway. try "pass" if the menu1_flag is right.

and take some time to read the tutorial, the only confusing thing on the language is the lack of brackets.

Larro 2010/05/12(Wed)08:12 No. 15526 ID: cf68aa
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Yeah. Renpy is a pain in the but to work with. But it looks great when it's done right.

Here's a small screen cap. The picture's not done, I really just needed a place holder for her.

>>325326
>Keep talking
>Tell her to eat something, I mean damn that's some serious dieting

This engine actually isn't that hard to use... or at least it doesn't seem that way to me...

I mean, with all the pre built UIs and functions, there's a lot less work.

And now, you've gotten me drawing a male protagonist... >_<

>>325328
i feel the lack of structured commands and objects would screw up any project that isnt small.

id need to make a new file if im willing to work with modules and thus facilitate a multi-person/author VN, wich is a pain in the ass to syncronize in the end.

still, its unlikely anyone would make a huge project with this.

>>325329
>still, its unlikely anyone would make a huge project with this.

:3

Anyway work is well underway for the game. Act 1 will more then likely be done by the end of the month. So far the paths for Zerlina, Elle and Nadia are the ones that I've been able to make progress in.

The main problems I'm having is that as it stands I'm doing this mostly on my own which means it'll take a lot more time then normal. I also only have a few characters confirmed to appear so I need to write out the script while making it open enough to allow more people to join.

So what do some of you mean by 'when this gets off the ground'? Do you need me to show you a tech demo or something? If so I can stream one later on.

I really want to do this and I'm hoping I'll get more help in terms of art and writing.

>>325381
you're hoping for help in drawing and writing...
On a website full of artists and writers... Hoping...

>>325385
Never happen.

Put up a tech demo for it with just Sevi and I assure you more people will try it out.

Gnome 2010/05/14(Fri)18:19 No. 15612 ID: 3441fa
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Most half-assed background ever.

>>325412
eeeeeeeeee she's adorable.

>>325412
my want lvl for this has risen by 47%. it is now at 147%

Larro: http://pastebin.com/Aragxs0M

>>325440
freaking princess and her ninjas.

>>325412
Gnome is in on this? I await the fruits of this project.

Anonymous 2010/05/22(Sat)02:01 No. 16011 ID: 3441fa
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A character bio! More will be coming shortly.

>>325811
EEEEEEEEEEE!!! she is so adorable!

>>325811
Right. Cultist appears to be the primary target.

>>325811
MORE HERETICAL! MORE ANNOYING!

Larro 2010/05/22(Sat)19:33 No. 16069 ID: cf68aa
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Work is still being done on this project.

Confirmed characters are Cultist, Sevi, Elle, Nadia and Zerlina.

Preview of the workstation.

More screencaps and bios coming soon.

>>325869
Elle? Do you mean Ella?

>>325871
Yes, Ella

Cecil 2010/05/22(Sat)23:20 No. 16085 ID: cf68aa
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Ella's Bio

Oh, I remember this. Someone by the name of ButtercupS***** (filtered to fool them silly search engines) used something similar for their Midna erotic fanfiction- WHAT THE FUCK AM I SAYING.

I'll see if I can quip something up with some characters. If no one specifically asks me to specifically draw a specific someone for them, I'll resort to my own characters.

Well if you can vyt it would help tremendously if you could draw one of the character already in here.

The art is what's really holding me back on this project.

Anonymous 2010/05/23(Sun)16:02 No. 16119 ID: 7f44e4
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>>325910
Comme ça?

I haven't actually read the quest, so I just based her off of the picture you provided... I wouldn't mind drawing some characters, but if we have a bunch of different artists then the styles will more than likely clash.

I was talking about Nadia cause I haven't drawn her yet but this is great

Anonymous 2010/05/23(Sun)19:15 No. 16130 ID: 7f44e4
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>>325921

>>325254
Gave a better mental description than physical, so I had to make up some things (e.g. hair length, gown look & colours).

Is this generally what she looks like, or what?

>>325930
We'll have to wait until Selphie sees this to know for sure, but your art is pretty wonderful. I'd be glad to have you on the team. If you want to shoot a message at Gnome or Larro on IRC, we can invite you into the project's discussion room.

It is mainly kept private so we don't spoil things for the people not making it.

>>325930
Yes please join us. Your art is amazing and we'd love to work with you.

Visual novels are fairly simple to draw for. Mostly just three or so poses with different expressions on the poses. A splash page for some of the events.

Anyway PM either myself or Gnome on Rizon.

>>325933
yes... 'special events' :3

P5 2010/05/25(Tue)23:59 No. 16244 ID: 96fb33
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Guess who!

Anonymous 2010/05/26(Wed)01:40 No. 16247 ID: bde1b8
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Protagonist.

Don't think any of my quest characters are suitable for this sort of thing, or if my art is good enough, but if you want I can do colored art based on someone else's linework or provide background art. Maybe even some writing work.

Oh and I just noticed, the engine you're using is made in Python, and apparently has full Python support in the scripts. I happen to know Python, so if you need help with doing trickier stuff with the scripts I'd be delighted to help.

>>326058
It's in python? I can totally be of use to this project if you guys need more python scripters.

>>326060
>>326058
I think Larro will be quite happy to hear that, whenever he is around next. PM him on the IRC sometime for details; he is the current (only) programmer.

P5 2010/05/26(Wed)14:42 No. 16267 ID: 96fb33
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Okayokay seriously this time.

>>326067
Wait, is Tom the gay option?

>implying there will be only one gay option

>>326069
>implying there won't be only gay options
>check under skirts
>every girl has a penis

>>326075
But does every penis have a girl? That's the important part.

erm... there could just be a female protagonist too....

>>326164
That would imply there were women on the internet, playing this game. And that's just silly.

>>326165
lesbians.

sweet, beautiful, same gendered, non-dicked, carpet licking lesbians.

>>326166
Non-dicked? Sorry, I don't quite follow you there. Where's the penis?

Anonymous 2010/06/02(Wed)22:22 No. 16814 ID: 4cfc69
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Here's Meic!

>>326173
It's right there below you :V

Karl 2010/06/21(Mon)22:21 No. 18155 ID: cf68aa
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Work is still being done everyday

>>327955
Is it? :V

Is this project still going?

If it is, Mordre is gonna ef everyones shit up... literally

>>331041
... what ???

It's going. Just veeeeeeery slowly. Most of the original members are m.i.a. so if anyone wants to join up and is motivated PM me in the irc

>>331041
He's going to literally fuck shit?

I doubt that ANY of these characters can take him at all much less in one hole at a time. I think he would end up doing it eventually.
>.>

>>331060
guh

what the fuck

what fuck the

Larro 2010/09/17(Fri)11:19 No. 23323 ID: cf68aa
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>>325885
Redone using a tablet