Thank you so much for your reply, it really helps me.
I'll go investigate the narrative archetypes right away.
And with that, all I have to do now is start, this is the best way to improve you right. Lets do it !
It's after more than 100h on the game that I've decide to comment and rate this game. What an adventure !
I used to search for porngames in steam avoiding at all cost AVNs because I was just considering it as literally image with textes, with no soul, no interest.
One day, I don't remember really well how while I was searching for porngames on internet, I came accross Harem Hotel.
I watched the pics, seemed pretty nice but, fuck, it looks like an AVN... Anyway the graphics does not looks like the steam's. Alright, let's give it a try.
After I launched the game for the first time, I was a little rough with the game, when the first "click and point" moment came, I was like "really ..? this game seems really bad" (although now I complain when AVNs don't have such features) but after the first event, (I think it was with Kali) I let a chance to the game, more to AVNs actually, and, BOY. I don't regret this choice at all !
I still remember this moment of my life when I started Harem Hotel as a really good period that I'm so nostalgic of just thanks to this game. But dude, it was only 1-2 years ago !! How is it possible to become nostalic that fast, only Cyberpunk 2077 create the same effect within me ! I remember playing 5h straight, 10 days straight, been happy all days long just because I knew I would play HH the evening. The characters are just too endearing, each one in their way, and with the global story alongside of each characters story... this game is just so good.
So good that I wanted to translate it in french for a friend who was playing after I told him about this game, so I pm you on discord, told you that I would love to translate the game, you told me something like "why not, but just let you know that this game is longer to translate than all the Harry Potters books combined" I told you I will start when my gamethrough was finished, then no news, my Discord account got hacked (long story, sorry for the spam in the HH server by the way...) and here I am telling you, sorry, I won't be able to translate the game in french. Because you made me want to create my own AVN.
It has been around 8 months I started to create my characters in hs2, started to watch tutos in "how to .... in hs2/StudioNeoV2" (thank you Lavalamp), "how to .... in RenPy", asking a little everywhere for lighting tips (what a struggle), creating a main story, and I've came to the moment where I think, well it's time to start creating it.
It's frightning and exciting at the same time, finally I'll start to create the story I wanted for so long but am I ready, do I know all the basics required yet in both hs2 and RenPy.
I'm willing to start this week but I would love to ask you something, I wonder how do you do. Writing looks so natural for you. Did you learn it or did it come 'naturally' while you started to create your game ? I think I'm so bad for writing "small talks" or even at giving a personality to the characters just by writing and it looks like something you can't learn...
I also wonder how do you proceed with events : do you first write all the single dialogues, then making the renders then translate to RenPy or maybe you do otherwise ? I really wonder this and would love to have your answer before I start creating.
Thank you for your time and also for your game, it truly is inspiring.