GMing and VN Writing (part 2)
For the past year,
I’ve been trying my hand at video game development, which is a
change after my 8 years of tabletop RPG development and publishing. I
decided to keep it as “simple” as I knew how, and started working
on a visual novel. Visual novels (VN’s) don’t usually involve
complex programming, intensive animation, or complex physics engines.
Instead, they focus on telling a text-based story told through
character “sprite” art over artistic backgrounds with
accompanying music. Though VN’s vary and some do involve animation,
most of the time this game genre is focused on storytelling. As an
experienced GM, the idea of writing a visual novel immediately
appealed to me, because I could focus on the story over almost
everything else. I began writing the Star Legation story in August of
2018, and I’m happy to say that I have finally finished writing the
script for the story! Looking back, I can now see how much my time as
a GM helped me put together this dialogue-driven tale that is full of
choices to make along the way.
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