Posted April 01, 2020 by IcyValet
My submission to this year's NaNoRenO is released! Leave your thoughts and report any bugs you encounter in the comments here or on the main project page!
The following will be my final thoughts about this year's project.
Some of my worries now that Protea is released:
I put a lot of thought into the science fiction portion of the visual novel, but it's possible that I'm targeting two different demographics that only care about one of either sci-fi or ero. In my next project, I'll probably drop one and focus entirely on the other.
The main story is 100% complete, and in line with my original project plan. No main story content was cut due to shortage of time! In the past, I had to cut sprites / CGs due to time, which really bothered me.
Borrowing the UI from my past projects of course saved time, but I added / coded many new features this time. I am particularly proud of my CG Gallery, which I coded from scratch, without using Ren'Py's built in gallery system.
As I stated on Twitter, having an original OST is very important to me as a dev, so I'm glad I managed to compose three original tracks for this project, despite them, I'm sure, probably sounding very amateur. ๐
While I'm happy with the state of the project, there are some things I wish could have been done / added.
Not sure what my next project will be, but possible timeframes for it are Halloween 2020 and NaNoRenO 2021. My next goal as a visual novel dev is to learn animations for animated title screens and OP movies. We'll see how that turns out. ๐
Protea could be best thing I've ever written or the worst. Thank you to everyone who tries it or followed my development journey for this project on Twitter! Until my next project, stay cool!