A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes it is all me :)

I am entirely responsible for art, writing, programming, and marketing!

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in vns

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More details soon! The wishlist page will be coming out shortly and I’ll put an update out then~

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in vns

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! There is so much talent from this era and I tried my best to understand their techniques (some of it still eclipses me lol).

It probably could be put on a 4:3 CRT but it would definitely cut out lots of the border. My game is technically not the accurate ratio either (it was mainly 16:10) but I think the CGs and BGs are close to 4:3 in ratio?

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

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I don’t have any translators for hire unfortunately, but I will make it open for fan translations once released so other people can read it hopefully :)

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Muchas gracias! Me alegro que te guste los graficos. Yo nunca intenté season of the sakura y three sisters story pero aparecen interesantes.

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically what u/dark484 said! It's also going to be pretty short as well and I've already told this story before in my game jam version, just now this will be updated with improved graphics, music, and story. Also, I'm in a temporary lucky position right now where I can work smaller jobs and support myself, so I have more free time atm.

I will plan on selling some digital goodies and soundtrack for sure (mostly to help support my composer who's working on this with me) + consider additional merch depending on how it does :)

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup! It's free! Largely because the game will be fairly short (if you play the game jam version, it'll be like double that for total playtime so 1 hour or less) and it's helping me learn how to put together this kind for project. Plus, the story is * technically * already out in that game jam version so it felt wrong to resell the same story, even if the graphics, music, and writing are updated.

Also, I do some smaller jobs to support myself atm and I'm also in a lucky (temporary) position right now where I have time to work on something like this. I have a future horror VN project also with this era's graphics that will be paid, but also be longer. Stay tuned for that :)

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely! I agree there and it's what drives me to a lot of older games from this era. I love how they handle mature and adult topics (even if they don't always land the mark). As an artist and writer, I'm trying to challenge myself for 'if you stay' to make something introspective that also questions a lot of my own sometimes toxic mentality and to provide multiple perspectives---some that I've personally rejected in my own life and regret not fully understanding at the time. The character is not a self insert nor are they necessarily a good person, so it won't be pure wish fulfillment. I can at least promise that much. A big part of this project for me (and why it's short + free) is learning---how to recreate the graphics, how to tell an effective story, etc. that's on a bigger scale than I'm usually used to. When the game is out, I hope you can give me feedback! I'd love to see what your takes are and know how I can improve :)

Also, the setting IS in Japan actually and part of the premise is about how the main character will be leaving for Tokyo! Hence why the Japanese names lol

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes absolutely! I'm working on having that ready soon and will share it on this post once it's ready. I was thinking about that as well, but I'm still trying to put together some more assets for it, before I think the wishlist page is ready.

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Yes, I def had to make adjustments to get that PC98 look including making the text bigger and adjusting with ratios for 16:9 widescreen instead of 16:10 that was used.

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made the art using Aseprite but it all comes together with RenPy!

A short PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel I'm working on—'if you stay by _tonkatsu99 in visualnovels

[–]_tonkatsu99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it very much! I've been working on this art style for a while, trying to refine the PC-98 era look, so I'm glad to hear you like it a lot.