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I started exploring the game idea as well, it's probably not the sort of game you're going for but might interest you all the same: https://forum.scribblehub.com/threads/possible-to-turn-a-harem-fic-into-a-vn-or-dating-sim-game.4962/

Zero! :blob_evil_two:

I'm interested! :blob_hide:

Thanks! It's definitely gonna be Ren'py for our first release, the only thing that was in consideration was Unity. Ren'py's free to use so no worries about buying anything. The game is multiple protagonist but I'm assuming you mean Brian—that's how he's supposed to look from the webfic, I...

One of the dev teams I keep in touch with uses RPG maker, I'll have to ask them if RMMV is what they've been using. I was aiming to use Ren'py in the first place both for ease of use and also because Ren'py beta can just open in browser. I already have thousands of readers invested in my fic, I...

I'm definitely feeling the taxes atm. My 2020 federal tax ran up to $5k and my state was almost $1k. On top of that I now have to pay estimated taxes for 2021, which is $5k and almost $1k all over again. It's pretty oof. I was concerned that the game would feel low-budget if I went with...

This was just a random thought that popped into my head last year—my guesses were that it'd probably take a ton of time and money and be a big hassle. So, I set aside 40% of my Patreon income last April and decided to give a try, investing $1,000 every month into game development. For...

Explore what's going on in their heads rather than what's going on with their bodies. What about the situation is turning them on or creating sexual tension? What led them to this point, what possible consequences or change in their relationship will sex cause for them that they need to worry...

Cover art for AnimeCon Harem please! Two female characters, Stephanie and Kelly, posing together for a photo at an anime convention, with a background crowd of (much less detailed or not at all detailed or even just shadow shapes) convention attendees. Stephanie has shoulder-length fluffy...

I make a living through my writing income via Patreon (879 patrons, $1835/month atm). Generally, web fiction writers post to multiple free reading platforms (often every one they can) and then provide incentives to entice readers to become patrons. Different increments of chapters in advance of...

Ew, smut. Too trashy!

Most everyone's already givin' sound advice, so I'll just add that ya should use plenty of discourse markers throughout dialogue and watch yer cadence. When talkin', people often form tha habit of starting a sentence with like, well, so, yeah, or even okay, and also use them mid-speech as a...

Make an irrational decision in emotional response to tha trauma and then lean into it hard; double down if ya havta. Anyone refuting the logic of yer decision? Well, they jus' wouldn't understand, so don't listen to 'em. What would they know about it, right?

Ya generally can't relate what makes a good character with any static traits of any kind--awful ones have the greatest potential for adding depth and nuance. Not to wax poetic on you lads, but a character isn't any set point, each character is an emotional journey ya lay out before the readers...

Take all of yer requisite world-building exposition and compile it into the big ol' block of an exposition dump. Now, ya don't give it to readers like that--we've gotta cook it first. Yer gonna wanna submerge the whole block into a large cast-iron cooking pot we'll call "yer fiction" for the...