I was kinda hoping to start putting out ads at the start of February, but... eh... I really dropped the ball on searching for background and CG artists in time. Stupid, stupid Sparkleaf! Do you want to make a game or not?! In my last post, I mentioned that one thing I'm struggling with is marketing. I was referring to my brand at the time, but the real issue will be how to market my game. I'm not even sure what genre Call to Me fits into. The setting isn't "fantastic" enough to be fantasy, there's not enough mystery to be called a mystery novel, and it's not really slice-of-life either. And even though it's a dating sim, I'm not sure if there's enough fluff to market it on the romance. There's also just marketing it as an otome game, but I'm not sure if it's the kind of game that the otome audience will enjoy. Will Inato's tsundere and Higa's kindness be attractive enough? Or will they come off as cliched and uninteresting? Will Ayumi be an unwelcome appearance? Or will she be so beloved that people will be upset that they can't romance her? I've lived a sheltered life and have no firsthand experience with organized crime. Can I still write a compelling story with yakuza in it? Will people be upset that they can't romance the fox...? On a side note, there's currently no plan to include R-18 content, because I'm not confident in my ability to write decent smut, and I also don't want Steam to ban me. I mean, sure, I might do better than Nasu's mollusks, but that's a pretty low bar. Haha, I suppose it's an adventure game. In the end, all visual novels are adventure games.
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SparkleafSparkleaf has been writing fanfiction since 2009. He also enjoys anime, manga, and visual novels. CategoriesArchives
April 2021
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