Friday, January 17, 2020

Programming Choices in a VN (part 5)


Ultimately, I want The Star Legation visual novel to feel like your own experience based on the kind of person you think Trey is. He's not entirely open for interpretation, of course, because he is an active character in the game with a distinct personality, but you can decide how assertive he'll be, how sensitive, how reckless, and...how romantic. If you're not interested in flirting with either of the female human characters in the game, there is always a professional route you can take, though that doesn't mean the girls will completely stop showing their interest in you. And who knows, maybe you'll enjoy the game enough to play through it a few times and try out different options. There are skill choice options at the beginning of the game that are diametrically opposed, so your experience will differ on each playthrough. Chances are, you may miss a few routes that you'd like to try again, so if you want to unlock all of Aeghite's amazing CG art, that's even more incentive. Plus, considering there are 15 different endings, you may want to try for a better one (or see if you can really mess things up!) I have a very long way to go with programming the game—it took me 13 months to write the script, after all—but I'm really excited for you to go on this adventure with Trey and his alien crew!


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