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A compilation post of all the survey results posted so far.
We are taking a short break from posting these results. They take quite a bit of time and we have quite a bit of work to get done this month. We should be back to posting them in a fortnight [or so] on Wednesdays as usual.
Let us know your thoughts on these results. Are you shocked or is it pretty much what you expected? Did you perhaps decide to do something different with your project after seeing them?
We’d love to know~
AOGTSR Update #11
NaNoRenO
We would just like to start this update by mentioning NaNoRenO. As some of you know, we started AOGTSR as an entry for NanoRenO2017 and that means it’s been a year that this game has been in production. Which is wow, “Where did the time go?”. We doubt we would have had the motivation to start this project and get a demo out in such a short amount of time if it hadn’t been for the NaNoRenO.
This is why we would like to offer a shout out to everyone involved in organising it and also to those currently taking part in NaNoRenO18. The team can’t wait to play all the entries for this year and we’ve already picked out a few we have our eye on. So, to all the devs in the final push for NaNoRenO18
BEST OF LUCK from all of us at Anomalis.
If you have ZERO idea what we are talking about then check out the game jam page on itch here. Also, check the entries once the jam is over~
Alright... Back to business!
General Update
Well... to be honest, there’s nothing particularly exciting to announce. But here we go!
❄ Art - We have yet to find a colorist and so the amount of CGs will probably have to be cut to the BARE minimum of maybe one per route. Unless we can find some more help between now and release this is the unfortunate position we find ourselves.
If you are able to help with art then contact us.
❄ Route Scripts - Slow month for some and a super amazing month for others. As you can see Dancer and Blitzen’s route are back on track. Thankfully, Dancer’s writer is recovering nicely and is working hard on her route. We welcomed a new co-writer which is why Blitzen’s wordcount has increased so much since last month. Well done to them all for their amazing work this month and hopefully, we can keep this momentum going.
❄ Music - We will continue our previews of the OST this month so keep a look out for those on our tumblr. Thank you to those who commented on the first preview track. The composer, Avium, really found it helpful and loves hearing some outside opinions.
❄ Voice Acting - It’s been a long time since we mentioned this subject so we thought we’d throw a little light to where we are at. Our Voice director has been having computer troubles (isn’t everyone T-T). We had hoped to get out some voice previews by now but that is again going to have to be put off a little longer. We apologise for the delay in that regard.
However, we have recently posted about a project that both Maddy, the voice director, wrote and one of our lovely reindeer VAs has performed in. So be sure to check it out if you want to hear the VA in action.
Email: [email protected]
Survey Results #3
We’ve made it to results post #3 and we still have so much to get through. Give us strength this is going to be a herculean task.
This time we are going to be talking a bit more about features and miscellaneous things that are so easy to overlook but can really enhance players’ experience.
Separately adjustable sound channels was a big one. Most of the ‘other’ comments noted that adjusting the SFX, music, voice acting, and other sounds separately is very important.
An auto function was also highly requested but, silly us, forgot to make it an option in the survey. Guess it just goes to show how it is easy to forget about the basics.
Even though font choice and size option didn’t rank very highly, dyslexia friendly font and larger font size options would be a great thing to see trending more in the VN community.
Time for the pie chart!
Pretty self-explanatory here. We haven’t got much to say here and overall other comments expressed a fondness for GUIs that matched the theme of the VN.
It would be interesting to know what are some of the most interesting/innovative GUIs you have come across in VNs specifically? We wonder what category they would fall under.
Now for a bit on social media
With ich’s devlog feature it is a great way to keep followers up to date on your progress. If you are looking for help from other VN devs, especially if you are using ren’py, then Lemmasoft is an amazing place to connect with other OELVN devs and discover new and exciting projects.
Discord and patron are probably best for established studios with a game or two under their belt and looking to do a little more community interaction.
Whatever you choose to use make sure you optimise their unique features to get your game out there. It can a bit of a time sink keeping up with all these different social media accounts so abuse every feature that lets you maintain an active presence with very little babysitting needed.
Survey Results #8
Had some computer problems last week and was unable to post the results as normal. Apologies.
NOTE: “Other” has a large section because there was a lot of results that had their own boundaries. Due to this, categories like 30+ actually, have a lot more votes in the protagonist poll. Variations of 18-30+ was a popular custom category.
As for love interests, mixed ages was very popular. A lot of other comments here expressed a dislike for age gaps especially ones that are not addressed in the VN or simply brushed off.
For the next question, seeing as a large majority of the replies can be seen below we won’t say much except... Bearded, white-haired, and wearing glasses came up a lot in different variations.
As a reminder, we post these results on our Discord so you are able to view them at a higher resolution and discuss anything you found interesting about said results. Or just... you know, to chat to the team.
Survey Results #1
We have finally gotten round to posting the survey results. We will start small and possibly increase the amounts of questions as we go along. There are a lot of questions to get through. We will endeavour to post a survey results every Wednesday.
We’ll start by revealing preferred pairings and subgenres.
Since we do focus on games that are aimed at a female demographic, the fact BxG votes are low makes sense. Chances are, the people who voted reflect those who follow our social media pages. We are curious to see if this would change, should we release a BxG title in the future.
As developers who love GxG games, we are super happy it scored so high, along with mixed [female protag] pairings. You can be sure we will be releasing plenty more of those in the future!
We weren’t sure how much there was a desire for non-binary and poly routes, but quite a few of the “other” comments were regarding this. So we will definitely plan on adding more of these into our games.
As for no romance, to be an otome game, some romance is necessary, but we do wish to add more platonic routes (or games with entirely optional romance) in the future.
Here are some honorable mentions from the other section.
Tragedy, Historical, Steampunk, Dark, Yuri, Gay
Let us know what you think of these results and whether you think the current OELVN community reflects these findings or not?
Next result post: April 18th 2018
Who will you crown as your Villian?
Voting is still going on for the character designs in our free otome game!
We have received the three Villian designs for our upcoming free otome game, and the polls are open! Vote for your favourite hairstyle and outfit on Reine Works’ Patreon page. It’s available for all $1 or higher pledges!
Voting for Heroine, MC and Wizardess are now closed. We will be posting the results soon. If you would like to see the full designs for Villian check out RanqiLi’s DA. To vote for your favourite design visit Reine Works’ Patreon page.
If you missed the announcement post, you can find it here.
Character designs by RanqiLi!
That concludes #SSWKTAKEOVER
Again, we would like to thank you all for your patience and immense amounts of co-operation with all these changes going on. Reine Works will be dedicated to making sure it is all worth your while in the long-run.
We will post a quick update to inform you when to expect the next Tumblr update however we do post updates on the Indiegogo every month.
Also, if there’s anything from #SSWKTAKEOVER that you would like to see more of in the updates let us know.
Until next time friends,
Reine Works
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Survey Results #7
We’re back with more results. This time around we will be looking at characters. We are splitting this category into four sections in the following order; misc, protagonists, love interests and representation. This means we will have four survey result posts and one compilation post before our two-week hiatus.
This week we are looking at some of the general questions which will make a nice introduction to the character results.
First, we wanted to know OVERALL what are your favorite personality types. The ‘complex’ category is pretty ambiguous but it highlights the importance of execution over choosing “popular archetypes”.
Note: Japanese ‘dere’ terms were changed for those who are not familiar with them. e.g. Standoffish = Tsundere. If you would like to know what each dere type is equivalent to in this chart you can contact the team on our public discord.
A really big job we have here is finding artists whose style merge with the story we want to tell. Players spend a very long time looking at character sprites so it is something we try to invest in.
Part of our decision to hire a resident artist is to ensure that character designs are interesting and cohesive. We have been very fortunate to have resident artists with an amazing sense of design and their own unique styles that have inspired us.
