Mr Poltroon

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

That's what my younger sister wears for sciences at school. 
...She's taller than me.
 
Have you made a mistake? I'm the black-furred one.

I've been hit by a really random mood today and I've been doing lots of ridiculous stuff. So, I might as well make a thread to put it all in than to make 20 different ones.
 
January 30th
 
February 20th

Since people were somewhat confused as to who I was in the last photo.
http://imgur.com/a/R6Uvs#0

I've been hit by a really random mood today and I've been doing lots of ridiculous stuff. So, I might as well make a thread to put it all in than to make 20 different ones.
 
January 30th
 
February 20th

Since people were somewhat confused as to who I was in the last photo.
http://imgur.com/a/R6Uvs#0

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

I rather like this section of the forum. Needs more traffic I say.
 
So lets get down to it. Let this be a place where we can show others our creativity. Short stories, poems, scripts, you name it. I think it would be nice to have this as a place for all things creative writing. I don't get the opportunity to share my work with many people, and I think there may be other people out there who feel the same way.
 
Just a friendly place where we can show some of our work. So moving right along...
 
 
Some rules and guidelines:
 
Rules:
 
1. No attacking another member's work. Some of us are very sensitive to other people's thoughts, so please keep that in mind if you are to comment on someone's work. Someone can create a critique thread if that is what they want.
 
2. No double posting. That meaning that you should wait until someone else posts before you post another one of your works. Just to avoid flooding and such.
 
3. Please be respectful. As I said earlier, some of us are very sensitive and are very shy when it comes to our creative works. The last thing we want to do is cut the head off of a potential budding author!
 
Guidelines:
If you are posting an excerpt from your work, be sure to use spoiler tags if it is exceptionally long. If your work is hosted on an outside source, just drop the URL to whatever site (fiction press, fan fiction, google docs, etc.)  
That is really all there is to it. So I guess I should probably start:
 
Excerpt: 
 



 
An excerpt from the story I am currently writing. It hasn't even left the first draft stage, so it is pretty rough (emphasis on pretty). Also, you can kinda see where my name comes from if you pay attention. huehue.
 
Regardless, I open the floor with this. 

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.

Hello everyone! After nearly a month, I believed it would be good to give some news about the project^^
 
So :
- First, the main page was updated with the new character profiles (+ some extras). The presentation style is different than what we had before and more generally the rest of the thread, it kinda hints at what type of UI we are planning to have for the game (You won't likely find that in the next demo though).
 
- Second, project is still running well. I have to say plenty of assets have been created over winter break (I won't be putting everything on the thread though of course, because I don't want to spoil people! ). Writing word count so far is around 140k words which is quite an achievement in itself! The writing for the next demo is nearly ready (part of it still has to go through some editing), it is supposed to have around 80k words, but it might change depending on some factors. To compare, the current day 1 demo has ~7k words.
 
- Concerning art, most of the sprites are ready (except a few ones that are being worked on). All heroines have now 2 poses! (Yay! ). It is not very likely that we'll find the time to create more than one or two CG for the next demo. I really wanted to have one intro CG for each heroine, but I guess it will have to wait for later x)
Backgrounds are a tedious things to work on (especially since we decided to change BG style, we ended up having to redo all the previous backgrounds), but they are looking really awesome thanks to Yuuko, here, take a sneak peek
 

We are still looking for people to help with backgrounds by the way, you don't have to be an artist for that (even though some experience in drawing might help), we just need people with decent-good photoshop skills! (More info on this thread : https://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/topic/7998-recruiting-for-the-lucid9-project/)
 
- Music is ready as well, except for two tracks that are being worked on.
 
- Main menu, logo and GUI are being overhauled. Even though probably none of them will be final (=used for the final release), it should be more representing of the general theme of Lucid9, and (hopefully) prettier! 
 
 
So as you can see, we're getting close to a new demo release. However, I haven't announced anything yet, and there's a reason for that. It's mainly that Greg, our programmer has personal issues (life happens, it sometimes can't be helped), and it forced us to delay the release date of the 2nd demo since we believe the engine is still not good enough from a reader's perspective. (Basically, you'd play under the same conditions of the current demo, with very minimalist options, and since the duration of the 2nd demo will probably be much longer, it would be very uncomfortable to play the demo). I'm deeply sorry for those who might be awaiting the next demo impatiently, I will have to ask them to wait a little more! While we are waiting for our programmer's situation to improve enough so he can resume working with us, we are also working on alternatives for the worst case scenario (aka if he has to definitely leave the project), so rest assured, a second demo will be released eventually, that I can promise!
 
Finally, I have some questions for the people reading this post and interested in the project.
1. Do you believe the description of the synopsis is fine? Would you like it to be more detailed?
2. For those who might have visited the blog, or for those who frequent it regularly, what kind of blog posts would you like to see?
3. Do you want the Lucid9 project to be more "interactive" with the Fuwanovel community (AMA, polls, events, backstage secrets revealed...)? If you'd like to see a specific type of event created by us on Fuwanovel, don't hesitate to say so!
4. Besides update posts, what kind of posts would you like to read in this thread?
5. Would you be interested in having us trying to take Fuwanovel's people opinion concerning ideas we had, have, or might have considering the development of Lucid9? (Doesn't mean it will necessarily be about writing and plot) Keep in mind that even though I'm asking that, it doesn't mean that it will happen for sure in the future.
 
Thanks in advance for the people willing to take some time answering those questions! And thanks for all the people supporting us with messages in this thread! It really, really means a lot for us.

ill just drop this here
no longer we have to rely on staircase (who are probably dead by now) to do the hacking for us
 
one thing is that this method will not be using a custom EN exe file so in order to play this you will ahve to set FORMAT (not only locale) to japanee, since that's what all favorite games require if you play them in the original. (otherwise they crash)
 

Glad to know I'm loved by my coworkers. Wait, subordinate actually    
 
...
If she starts with the great stuff, she'll set her standards too high and it'll backfire. I assure you.
Next will probably be A Profile or something.
    Also, let it be known that since we use the same internet, only one of us can be logged in at a time, or we'll keep on kicking each other's accounts and other equally messed up shenanigans. So I have priority over her, while I'm online she needs to bite her lip and wait patiently. I hope not to be much of a bother. 

Sachi <3

 

Fufufu, but slaves deserve the whip. 
 
Well, I see your point, though I still think suggestions and attempts at helping are welcome, but who am I?
The people who are working themselves are the ones who decide for themselves.
 
PS: The derail is strong in this one. 

Because she likes the look of this project. So she approves it. (that means that I'll play/buy it when it comes out, though I'm not that into pledging)
 
That huge post would probably be one of those that starts discussion and derails threads. It's better I keep quiet since you're pretty understanding yourself and I'm sure noone got offended in that exchange.

*spends half an hour writing a huge post about my thoughts on a bunch of off-topic stuff to do with the two posts above*
*realizes this fact*
 
...Have a cat with my feelings on this project:

Zakamutt
Thank you for your opinion. We appreciate it and we have considered them except two
 
1. While we understand and respect you opinion please don't make a recommendation if you have not read/played the vn. You know what they say don't judge a book by its cover or in anime terms don't judge a anime by its opening and/or first episodes  example

So please try the vn first before making a recommendation i assure your the text in the game has been fully edited and you wont find errors or mistakes.
 
2. Sorry but we wont cancel this project as i previously said please check game first before saying anything and please dont say something is mediocre or worse when you haven't read it or know the whole story.
 
Thats all thank you for opinion and yes it had to be said but please refrain from asking to cancel the project or say you wont recommend it when you haven't actually played it.

Well, i guess that's pretty much it. At least some has any ideas in making this a little bit faster. If the slaves are not comfortable with those, then we'll just have to wait till it gets to be done.
 
Anyway, good luck and wish Azengar would come back for this.

Too many images 0/10
Not enough violet(a) 0/10
Can't use F3 0/10
My mobile (potato) phone can't handle it 0/10
 
Overall 9/10 OP post.
 
And yes. I've, in the meanwhile, finished the demo and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'll probably write up something more detailed later, maybe. Hopefully.

Too many images 0/10
Not enough violet(a) 0/10
Can't use F3 0/10
My mobile (potato) phone can't handle it 0/10
 
Overall 9/10 OP post.
 
And yes. I've, in the meanwhile, finished the demo and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'll probably write up something more detailed later, maybe. Hopefully.

Too many images 0/10
Not enough violet(a) 0/10
Can't use F3 0/10
My mobile (potato) phone can't handle it 0/10
 
Overall 9/10 OP post.
 
And yes. I've, in the meanwhile, finished the demo and enjoyed it thoroughly. I'll probably write up something more detailed later, maybe. Hopefully.