Johto crew will be there ;)*Comes into thread and sees Kris is going to be in the game*
That sounds pretty impressive. I like that it's your brother doing all of the art - it's a cool family project, and it's nice that the art style will be consistent.Right now it's just me writing everything and coding everything, though I occasionally do get some volunteers who pitch in some ideas. My kid brother is doing all the character art and I have a couple of artists currently working on backgrounds. The vast majority of the current backgrounds used are placeholders.
I admit that I don't know the legality of these things, but it sounds like you've done your research. That said, seriously be careful about using copyrighted material, since TPCI did go after that PAX party (supposedly) just for using artwork. That said, I think it would still be worth telling Skotein "hey, we love your music and want to use it in our game," so you can get his blessing and make sure everything's kosher.The Reorchestrated tracks are fan content themselves and are licensed under the CC (NC/ND) for reuse without sale/modification. I've paid for the music myself because I fully support the creators.
As for any official-sounding music in general, it's under Copyright Disclaimer Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, under "fair use."
Biggest caveat is that this project is not for profit and "fair use" leans heavily in favor of non-profit endeavors. Same applies for most fan content, despite some occasionally getting C&Ds. It just happens. Considering this isn't bringing any profit, does not charge, does not put TPCi or Nintendo in any negative light, I personally don't see too much risk in pursuing this. But as always, no one ever really knows.
Fair enough, I'm sure making more romanceable characters is very time-consuming. If it's a time constraint thing, maybe consider sacrificing one female character as a potential love interest so as to include just one guy who can be romanced?For the former, I fully intend for the player character to befriend without romance involved. For the latter, the farthest I'm going with it is bromance for now. If I have time toward the end of this project, I can always squeeze in more scenarios, but it's not in the works at this time. I have a few ending scenario ideas that don't involve romance at all and are based on friendship, camaraderie, and all-around "warm feelings."
It's a topic that has come up quite a few times already, though, so it's something that I will keep in mind as the project develops. And if—big if—the project turns out to be popular enough in the future after completion, if there are any programmers who wish to continue the work, I will be more than happy to help create an option to play as a female character, which would more or less turn this into an otome game (or yuri-jam, however you want it). But that's definitely not in the works at the present time.
Those sound like neat ideas for activities. But hm, maybe instead of having to have Pokemon of the same species (which might be difficult for players to pull off and is a bit limiting), maybe it has to be of the same evolutionary tree, or just the same element or egg group? That gives players a bit more leeway, especially if they want to increase affection that way with multiple other characters.Currently planned are a series of general activities you can participate in during your "free time." Most involve personal stat boosting through events and challenges, relationship building with characters, and exploration. I'm certain I can fit interactions with Pokemon anywhere on that list. For example, one way to increase affection points with other characters is for both members to own a Pokemon of the same species. That's a good excuse to place the Pokemon up front and center.
That's a good idea in general, though, so thanks for that.
I'm currently wrapping up the prologue, so once I get into the meat of the game, it should be interesting just how much I content I can stuff in during the initial development phase.
Again, thanks for the feedback and for asking.
Thanks!This is great Man I love visual novels and I am glad yo're bringing this out. Best of luck to you. I know who i am pairing Red with first leaf/Green.
They look great! And to hear Green/leaf route is going to be great is a plus and Misty seem great in this but my number 1 for red is always green.Thanks!
I think Leaf's route should be interesting. Not much to share at the moment, but it should be pretty epic.
Updated Whitney art:
Also having fun moving sprites around. Excuse the lossy .gif.
I don't want to go too in depth for spoiler reasons, but yes, some characters are together or implied to be together. Plot-related, also it's somewhat more realistic to be in an environment where there are already characters with pre-established chemistry.Good screenshots of the characters.I have a question are some of the characters together like Brendan and May are or they implied they are together.
I don't want to go too in depth for spoiler reasons, but yes, some characters are together or implied to be together. Plot-related, also it's somewhat more realistic to be in an environment where there are already characters with pre-established chemistry.
Added more screenshots with updated backgrounds, also included in the original post:
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