VN Devlog #1: Lo, it begins!
Hi there, y’all! Did you have a good March? If you’re reading this thinking “WHOA, a post to the Odd Nauseam tumblr?! I thought that webcomic was dead!” then you probably missed the longer post I made about six weeks ago about the future of the comic and world of Odd Nauseam. Click on over to the front page of this Tumblr to read that post, if you missed it.
For the rest of you: hi! I’m back after doing NaNoRenO! I made a demo/proof of concept for a future VN called “Saucy Suitors.” If/when I finish making it, it’ll be a dating sim where you get to romance anime bishonen personifications of table condiments. It’s fun and silly so far and I had a blast working on it last month. You should definitely check it out if you’re interested! You can find it on itch.io here. I know the people who read this blog want Odd Nauseam content, but I honestly learned so much about VN development by doing NaNoRenO. That experience will definitely help me out when it comes to making the Odd Nauseam VN!!
As for that project, here’s an update on my progress so far.
I’ve got talk sprites finished for both Greyjaw and Joy. Greyjaw looks pretty much the same as she did in the comic, but Joy got a slight redesign! What do you think? Like it? Hate it? Let me know!
While I’m working on all the art assets for the VN (mainly talk sprites and backgrounds), I’ll be working on the script for it, too. That basically means all of the text in the dialogue boxes - both narration and the character dialogue. A few weeks ago, I went through the entire comic and basically transcribed everything that happened and all of the dialogue into one big Google doc. From that, I’m going to clean up the dialogue, tweak the story and add plenty of narration. I also want to add the extra story elements and dialogue options that I mentioned in my last post. I don’t know how long that will take, but it shouldn’t be too long - especially if I hunker down one weekend and just get it all done. That’s what I did for my script during NaNoRenO and it worked pretty well. Maybe I’ll do that this weekend!
One of the things I’m most looking forward to when working on the Odd Nauseam VN is learning how to add sound effects and animations. It wasn’t something I had the time to master during NaNoRenO, so the Saucy Suitors demo doesn’t have much sound and has no animations. For Odd Nauseam, the comic has very lively character art, and I’m not willing to sacrifice on that element of the visuals for the VN. So this project will force me to learn how to do that kind of stuff in the engine I’m using!
Anyway, is there anything in particular you guys would want out of a VN adaptation of the comic? I can’t say I can promise too much, as I don’t want this project to take a bajillion years for me to complete, but if you have modest requests I can definitely consider them!
Next time I post, I hope to have a background and/or some more talksprites to show off, plus an update on how the script is coming along. I hope you look forward to it!
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