But what if half your ocs are softys and not made for fighting?
dating sim
this post changed the game
Hey btw if you don’t know how to program, you should check out [novelty], which is a free Visual Novel creation software. Absolutely no programming required, and it’s super easy to use, I played with it some when I was a teen but the only reason I didn’t do much with it is cuz I made my story complicated and had like 5000 different branching routes that kept spawning new routes and made myself confused LMAO
But yeah, it’s a WYSIWYG with a really straight-forward GUI, if I remember correctly.
It even comes with some free backgrounds and characters and stuff, and this is what it looks like:
Did I mention it’s super duper free? It hasn’t been updated since 2010, but it has basically all you’d need to make a simple visual novel.
Just make sure your DirectX runtime is updated, cuz it can act buggy if it’s outdated, but this program is so old that I doubt it’d even be an issue lol
holy shit
This is so cool? Can you imagine fanfic in this format?
YO
@becausedragonage@ashidoodle can I recommend Choice Script? It’s like a choose your own adventure coding program. The finished product looks like this, where every option sends you down a different path:
They are literally books you can play. You can even insert your own character’s name and pronouns and that would make writing reader inserts so much easier And as a writer who can not art, writing and making dating sims and games is more convenient.
The coding is also super simple and easy to learn and all it requires other than the program files is a text editor. And just like that you can start typing up like you would your own fanfics or stories. Plus it’s very versatile so you can make your game/book as simple or as complicated as you want, and even implement stats and inventory systems.
AND CHOICE SCRIPT IS ALSO SUPER DUPER FREE. THE COMPANY EVEN PUBLISHES YOUR FINISHED GAME FOR YOU AND GIVES YOU ROYALTIES IF YOU CHOOSE TO SELL IT. THE PROGRAM STILL GETS UPDATED AND THE COMPANY PUBLISHES BOOKS EVERY MONTH INCLUDING THE FANMADE ONES. THERE’S ALSO A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO POST WIPS AND TALK ABOUT CHOICE SCRIPT AND GET HELP.
Y’all know who Matt Mercer is, he voices the protagonist! Infact, this game is full of really amazingly talented people, such as Jennifer Hale, Liam O’Brien, Courtenay Taylor, Rick D. Wasserman, Michelle Lukes, Cat Taber, Crispin Freeman, Felicia Day, Ashly Burch, Robbie Daymond, Peter Jessop, Fryda Wolff, Yuri Lowenthal, Stephanie Sheh, Gideon Emery, AND THEN SOME…
The VO is phenomenal, but the game itself is a masterpiece! Please! I’ve been begging people to give this game a chance for years, and even giving it away on multiple occasions…now it’s cheaper than it has ever been!! go!! do yourself a favor and play this game!! aahshbdjsfsg
(also, because posts w external links are broken, please rb! signal boost, I beg!)
no joke, I was going to use that as the caption and then remembered I have family members who follow me on Instagram
(the obvious solution would have been to make a separate Tumblr post with its own caption but I also liked my dumb family-friendly caption, so…what are you gonna do)
Grab your whiskey or water if you’re a designated driver like me and take a shot when
something knocks you off your horse
you do something stupid to get knocked off your horse
Arthur has a coughing jag
someone tells Arthur he’s a good man…
…and then Arthur tells them he isn’t a good man
“SONS OF BITCHES”
“BASTARDS”
you accidentally SLAM open a door
Uncle is drunk in camp
Reverend Swanson is drunk in camp
a robbery fails or turns out to be a trap
the law catches you looting
your horse poops
Dutch reminds everyone that hE hAs A pLaN
…or that the gang just needs ONE. MORE. SCORE.
Mary says, “Oh, Arthur…”
Micah starts some unnecessary and/or divisive shit in the gang
Sadie’s voice cracks
Arthur sketches some sort of critter in his journal
“O’DRISCOLLS”
some weird-ass Stranger asks Arthur to do something strange
Arthur insists he’s fine when he is clearly Not Fine
I scrolled through this too quick and definitely read “the law catches you pooping,” which would probably be a very different game
I need to actually do things tonight but when it looks like this outside, it would be straight-up illegal to NOT play at least a little Silent Hill, right?
Can we romanticize video games the way we do books?
Like you hear all these things about how you can curl up with a book on a rainy day and drink tea and smother yourself in blankets but anytime you hear things about video games it’s always about how you’re wasting your life away yelling into a headset as you play Call of Duty in a basement?
Imagine bundling yourself up on the couch, the sound of rain hitting the roof, and putting on Fable for a few hours. Or getting home after a long day of work. You make yourself a cup of cocoa, put on fuzzy pjs, and play Viva Piñata for hours not giving a second thought to the outside world. Semester just got out? Throw on some Fallout and just take a night to breathe and enjoy.
You aren’t wasting your life away, you’re enjoying it. Games can be just as much an escape as books, except you get to be part of the story.
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