OriginalRen Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Recording times for the following episodes are now set: Welcome to the Fuwacast! Episode 13 - Lucid9 Project Welcome to the Fuwacast! Episode 14 - Violet Hill Project Get to Know Your Community! Episode 8 - Feat. InvertMouse In addition, I will be announcing the 12th episode of the podcast this weekend. If all goes according to plan, everything should be uploaded and updated by this Monday (10/20), so look forward to it! Darklord Rooke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Looking forward to these interviews, especially the one with Invert. Nice work Ren :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockmandash12 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I finally got the time to listen to episode 11, and I was disappointed with it. I expected more discussion about story structure, art quality, different styles, and technical fidelity, but that wasn't really talked about. I'm glad you guys talked about how interactiveness with mini-games have changed, but so much has been ignored. VN's in the past had a lot more choices, some of them feeling very arbitrary. Choices now feel more impactful and less arbitrary, and there's a lot of kinetic novels nowadays, or just long stretches without choices. Compare something like IO to something like Zero Escape and you'll really see that difference. Art Quality has improved quite a bit. Compare Tsukihime -> Mahoyo, and Kanon -> Rewrite, and the quality in art and style has improved quite a bit as these companies got bigger and VN's got more mainstream. Styles have really changed. Compare something like Ever 17 to it's remake, or old 90's vn's like never 7 and yu-no to stuff like ef and chaos head and you'll see the huge stylistic difference. Also, VN art has gotten a lot more experimental in art, with things like Saya no Uta having it's art being a core part of the game with tons of gore, danganronpa with it's picturebook style art and steins;gate with its watercolor pixely look. VN's nowadays have a lot more movement before, and some are even complete FMV (School Days)! To me, the big difference is in resolution and aspect ratio: we live in a world with 16:9 monitors, and newer games are higher resolution and 16:9, which is something I really appreciate and enjoy. No more black bars! I was really surprised to hear nobody talk about that. Well, that's my thoughts about the episode, sorry about the rambling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks for the feedback! When we were discussing the topic, we missed a few of those questions. I will try to incorporate these ideas into a future podcast if the topic fits it. Sorry it didn't work out, but thanks for listening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Fuwacast Updates! 2 new episodes of the Fuwanovel podcast. Hope you enjoy them both! 1. Welcome to the Fuwacast! - New Episode! Welcome to the Fuwacast! Episode 13 - Lucid9 1. Get to Know Your Community! - New Episode! Get to Know Your Community! Episode 8 - InvertMouse babiker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babiker Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Freaking awesome episode! Good research Ren, can't wait to play Bermuda. And I would like to ask Invertmouse another question: What engine do you use to make your Visual Novels? I'm also interested in making visual novels, but Ren'Py seems kinda meh to me, so I wanted to know what engine you used . And good luck with all of your projects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhurai Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Freaking awesome episode! Good research Ren, can't wait to play Bermuda. And I would like to ask Invertmouse another question: What engine do you use to make your Visual Novels? I'm also interested in making visual novels, but Ren'Py seems kinda meh to me, so I wanted to know what engine you used . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvertMouse Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks babiker! Yeah, zhurai is right about Dying Words and Unhack. Bermuda was made in Flash wrapped in Node JS. I am tinkering with Renpy at the moment. Please look forward to it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklord Rooke Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 @Invert: Totally looking forward to it. Awesome interviews Ren, you're always improving. And I love seeing Indie Western developers getting more airtime :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks to all the groups that helped me in the podcast recently. I still have the Violet Hill project to take care of, as well as episode 12 of the podcast. For those of you wondering what the topic of that episode will be, feel free to read on! Episode 12 - Visual Novel Exposure: Newcomers vs. Veterans Volunteers: solidbatman (none yet) For this episode, I plan to discuss what being a newcomer to visual novels is like, while at the same time comparing their experiences with that of a veteran who has played a lot of VNs. Guests for this episode will be selective, as I am in need of a newcomer and veteran who has had a lot of exposure to both translated and untranslated works. If you are interested in volunteering for this podcast, please let me know. If by the end of the week I am limited in the number of volunteers, I plan to PM certain individuals in hopes they will join me on the cast. Finally, in addition to the new Fuwacast episodes coming soon, I also have another "Get to Know Your Community" episode on the horizon, so look forward to that! Thanks again guys, and as always, thanks for listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm not sure if batman has the role of newcomer or veteran here. Are you trying to make us believe that he actually does play VNs !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm not sure if batman has the role of newcomer or veteran here. Are you trying to make us believe that he actually does play VNs !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nayleen Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 He's too meta to be either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 New Episode! http://www.mixcloud.com/OriginalRen/get-to-know-your-community-episode-9-binaryfail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvertMouse Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thanks for the new episode ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 The opening post has been updated with a list of new episodes I want to get started as soon as possible! Here is a list of what I am planning for the podcast's return in 2015: A "Man Behind the Curtain" episode featuring another discussion with Tay about the website and its changes 2 new episode ideas for the podcast, in addition to the episode which already has solidbatman as a volunteer Additional "Get to Know Your Community" episodes While most of the episode titles for the Fuwacast are pretty self-explanatory, there is 1 I will clarify a little more. In episode 14, the roundtable discussion will be a mixture of many random questions regarding your likes and dislikes about visual novels from the 2014 year. What are some translations you are looking forward to in 2015? What were some achievements that were accomplished this year for visual novels? What were some disappointments? These questions (along with more once I finalize a list of volunteers) are just some of the examples for what to expect on this episode. Maybe you want to rant about Sekai Project, or maybe you want people to be familiar with a VN that nobody knows about. This is the place to do it. With that, see you in 2015, and start volunteering in this thread if you are interested! B0X0R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I am unfortunately not familiar with untranslated VNs so I can't volunteer, but I'll be waiting for the newcomer vs veteran podcast, as it seems to be really interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I'm not sure if I understand well what that episode 14 is about then. Is is a retrospective on 2014 or a perspective on 2015? If that's the latter I might be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I'm not sure if I understand well what that episode 14 is about then. Is is a retrospective on 2014 or a perspective on 2015? If that's the latter I might be interested. About 90% of it will be the latter, but we may pull a little bit of the former if we need some extra discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyrt Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 How many people you have for the veterans vs newcomers episode? On that topic what is the criteria for being a newcomer or being a veteran? Is it based your experience with visual novels or your experience on the website or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalRen Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 How many people you have for the veterans vs newcomers episode? On that topic what is the criteria for being a newcomer or being a veteran? Is it based your experience with visual novels or your experience on the website or something else? VN experience. I wanted to feature someone who was familiar with translated and untranslated works, someone who plays translated games on a pretty often, and someone who is completely new to visual novels. Lots of questions can be formed around each "theme." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
傍観者 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 VN experience. I wanted to feature someone who was familiar with translated and untranslated works, someone who plays translated games on a pretty often, and someone who is completely new to visual novels. Lots of questions can be formed around each "theme." Is one who's been playing VNs for a half of year considered new to them? I'd like to volunteer, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyrt Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I wouldn't mind volunteering been playing visual novels since Ever 17 (found it and Dragonia in 2007) don't really play untranslated works...doesn't mean there aren't any I want to play though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryechu Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 General reminder that I'm always available if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockmandash12 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I'd like to be on the VN experience podcast. 日本語は悪いです。I know a bit but not enough to play untranslated VNs, but I do play a lot of translated ones so I'd say I'm pretty middle of the road in the community. I guess I've been playing them for about 2 years, is that enough to get on? Would love to be on the podcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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