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Just make sure you don't go overboard with the QTEs alright? This was a huge trend for video games back in 2008 (at least in North America) which saw an overabundance of games using QTEs as a method to "enhance" cutscenes. It ended up being overused to the point that QTEs in-general got backlash by gamers who were upset about cheap deaths triggered by unsuspected QTEs they didn't even see coming. Just limit them to boss fights, and you should be fine.

Looks really cool and unique, I'll definitely keep an eye on this one. Good luck with the development. ^^

Hi, I'm posting on the behalf of team Amaranthine. We are a small indie team of game design students from Scandinavia and we are making a VN/game, Ever End. The game is about two sisters born with psychic powers trying to escape a militarized research organization. Our goal is to make Ever End exciting, stylish and, to some degree, thought-provoking -- exploring existential themes of meaning and purpose.
 
Gameplay
The gameplay in Ever End is separated into two types: story and battles sections. The game alternates between the two as the story progresses. Although the two are separate, they function in symbiosis and are dependent on each other. 
Story sections let the player enjoy the story through the “edgelord” protagonist, End’s eyes. Now and then you’ll get to affect the story by choosing End’s words or actions. 
Critical confrontations in the story play out as action combat encounters. Here, timing and reacting appropriately with your attacks and dodges is the key to victory.
Throughout both systems, End must balance her psyche between her orderly human side and chaotic psychic side to avoid losing herself. Every battle and every choice will drift her towards one side or the other. The state of End’s psyche will then affect both her abilities in battles as well as critical moments in the story. 
Note: The early alpha is a bare-bones version of these systems and doesn’t include stuff related to the psyche management among other things.
 
Progress
Last summer we released our early alpha on itch.io, so you can check that out here if you are interested.

The MC defeating one of the bosses with a flashy finisher move.
We are currently working on the first chapter of Ever End and have all in all 8 chapters planned. They will each be around the same length as the alpha and are going to be added for free to the base game as they release. We are aiming to release the base game, including chapter 1, sometime early spring (if everything goes as planned).
 
Support Us
In order for us to make Ever End happen, we need money . So if you can and want to support us, you can find us on Patreon here, or you can donate to us on itch. If you want to engage with the community or chat with the developers, you can join our Discord server here. If you just want to stay up to date, follow us on whatever social media or PM me an email and I'll add you to our mailing list.
But that's all for this post, so thanks for the read. We appreciate all the support we get and really hope that you will enjoy Ever End as much as we do!


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Very nice art style. Reminds me a lot of Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill.
Judging by the gif, I'm guessing the "boss fights" will be a series of quick-time events right?
Either way, this project got me hooked. There hasn't been a single western VN that caught my interest in a long time, so I look forward to seeing your finished project in the future.

Whether or not a crowd of people in the background helps increase immersion depends on the game, I think. Brains tend to fill in gaps, so even without the visual indicator, if something is implied through other means (text, sound etc.), that something can still appear to make sense, even if it isn't visually present. This is why the lack of crowds in VNs rarely is a problem.
On the other hand, the presence of information that doesn't makes sense can decrease immersion, like in ittaku's example.
The presence of information that does make sense (eg. a crowd of people on a crowded street) does probably make something feel more real. But then again, I'd argue that not everything benefits from being super realistic. 
Sorry not sorry for the gibberish.

Hello, I'm a college student studying computer science, and here in a sort place I don't usually frequent anymore: A forum. However, I have always enjoyed Japanese games all my life, especially visual novels; the people I look up to most are actually translators. I love the work they do, have always supported them, and continue to try to do so whenever I can. I love the whole community that is here where people work together for the passions they have. So I joined fuwanovel to be closer to my favorite passion and possibly dream profession ( I think it runs in the family, nearly every relative is bilingual, most trilingual, and my grandmother penta-lingual ). And so I as well study, and have been studying Japanese. I hope to contribute to the community me and others have benefited from for so long. 
    A pleasure to meet you all!

I like physical, it's nice to have a collection to look at. Physical also feels more intimate, if that makes sense (not in the lewd way lol). Digital is usually more convenient and cheap though, which tends to be a priority for me. Kinda depends on how much I want something on my shelf.

Short answer, Steins;Gate. Slightly longer answer, what I wrote in my own intro that I posted like a day ago 

Kochira koso yoroshiku (that's about the extent of my Japanese knowledge)

Welcome to Fuwa 
Hajimemashite  (Nice to meet you)

Well, I saw some videos on youtube about Katawa shoujo, after I played that VN  I really liked it, after that I started to play other VNs and I thought I could join a community to receive recommendations and talk about this, What got you into this?

Welcome to Fuwanovel, and as for VNs recommendations I think both of Chaos Child and Shibuya Scramble with the former was from the same series as Steins Gate (Sci Fi ADV). Of course while I'm at it you may try Chaos Head as well, considering that it's the first Sci Fi ADV that was came from Steins Gate. I hope that you'll have fun here, and if you need some more recommendations feel free to ask us.

Hi, I'm new here too! Is your Vita soft modded? If it is may I recommend Remember 11 and Ever17? They both have fan translated PSP versions and as you probably know Vita does a wonderful job playing PSP games. I actually started Remember 11 on my PSP and finished it on my Vita and I'm currently working my way through Ever17. They're very science fictiony and probably some of the closest things you'll get to Steins;Gate.

I like physical, it's nice to have a collection to look at. Physical also feels more intimate, if that makes sense (not in the lewd way lol). Digital is usually more convenient and cheap though, which tends to be a priority for me. Kinda depends on how much I want something on my shelf.