Or at least I'd like to think.
Generally, there are going to be less updates until I make significant progress on anything. School also takes up quite a bit of time which leaves me without much meaningful to say.
I can either continue blogging my thoughts on game development in the meantime or just wait it out until I have progress to show.
That said, Ozaki, Rudolf, and I have been brainstorming some ideas for another VN alongside Butler EP2. Before I begin writing EP2 ...
Yeah, that's right... School's started, so productivity will be quite low for a while. But before discussing that, I have to say thanks to all 320+ people who downloaded, played, and reviewed Detective Butler EP1! It seems as though everyone has the same general reaction, which makes me happy.
Now, then. Where to go from here? I've been brainstorming the second episode with Ozaki and Rudolf. We're gonna do this the right way -- in short, the story and characters will be entirely plann ...
Yes, I can't believe we made the deadline either! Happy Comiket 84, everyone!
I'm kind of at a loss for words right now. There's really too much to say. Two years of intense work has boiled down to this day. I was hoping to get the game out a year ago, but compared to that older version, this one is just so much better. I really hope everyone enjoys playing it!
As I've stated in many blog posts before, a lot of revisions have been made. For those who played the old demos, you ...
First, the opening movie is finished. I could put it on YouTube and spoil the fun right now but I kinda want to tidy it up (which I will probably do at the last minute, as usual). Second, if you check the actual Detective Butler website, I have (once again) changed the logo and added a plethora of screenshots for your eyes to gaze upon. Third, I still have some scenes to write; that's nothing new.
Fourth, and actually most importantly, I've been having some issues with a long-discover ...
During my beta testing session, my amazing beta testers found more glitches and typos than I had hoped. But, more importantly, they had found some plot inconsistencies and had difficulty putting some pieces together. I saw this as a major problem with the mystery aspect, and began to wonder to myself what exactly I was doing wrong.
The main problem was that I hadn't done a "proper" mystery before. In Umineko, the mystery is left unsolved at the end of each gameboard, but conventional ...
One year ago today, I released the first demo of Detective Butler to the world. And one month from now you'll be playing the final version. (ironic how I said the same thing a year ago...)
Anyway, it's times like these that make me feel a bit nostalgic. I've compiled a small variety of screenshots to demonstrate just how far the game has come.
Those are just the visual aspects, of course. The story's taken quite a lot of changing and so has the internal code and various inte ...
Writing's almost done. However, I've stumbled into one final roadblock of sorts.
The story has taken a direction I didn't really anticipate. I've heard that most writers experience this situation, where the characters lead the story places they didn't think were possible. I have been changing things quite drastically in order to accommodate for the characters, but I wonder how far I should go.
Part of me feels like the omission of certain things seen in the demo would be far t ...
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