Took me over 2 days of almost nontop playing to finish this game and imo its the best VN ive read in an incredibly long time. Its so well written that i kind wish i played the "evil /slave/ routes first because I cant bring myself to hurt these girls in this game now. The characters are so well written and I became so attached. Even now I feel like a hole is in my chest now as if I've lost friends due to how well the story sucked me in emotionally... BRAVO!!! I WILL FOREVER BE A FAN OF YOURS!
What studios etc... do you use to make these games? Im curious becausenive been interested in making a vn game myself and have no idea where to start studying. Ive heard Daz and photoshop and im decent in python from when i studied web design but going into game design is uncharted territory and im at a loss honestly.
For the visuals, I use Honey Select 2. It’s a NSFW game developed by Illusion (a studio that, sadly, has since shut down). It comes with a tool called NeoStudio, which lets you create scenes featuring the characters you've made in the game. Daz is another solid option, though I’m personally less into its visual style.
If you go with the first option, I highly recommend downloading BetterRepack — it gives you a strong modded foundation to work with right out of the box.
In both cases, there are plenty of tutorials online to guide you through the process.
To edit my visuals, I use Gimp, a free alternative to Photoshop.
As for the code, I use Ren'Py, which is a great framework for building visual novels in a pretty intuitive way. It's built heavily on Python, so any knowledge you have of that language will be really useful if you want to create more advanced features.
Thank you so much for the quick response. I joined discord and plan to join yournpatreon once start my new job. I'll be studying more on honey select 2, and learning how to utilize gimp and renpy. Also would it be possible for upu to live stream your work flow on your discord for patron members one day in the future? I'd love to be able to watch you work occasionally.
I'm really glad to hear that my game inspired you and makes you want to create something of your own! As for streaming my work, it's not really something I have planned. I’m not sure there would be much patrons interest in that kind of content. Plus, I’m a pretty shy person by nature, so I’d find it difficult to comment on what I’m doing or interact with people live. Maybe one day I’ll make a sort of "behind-the-scenes" video if more people ask for it, we’ll see!