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This one wishes to join. I'm not on very often, But I have three of my own stories started in a notebook. 
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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@ All: Alright, I made the thread. Please address any responses about the VN aside from the story contest, there. The thread has department organizations, and a redone timeline, that doesn't have real time constraints. Rather, more like "phases" so that all the departments are on par with one another. Please read over what's been posted there. It's open to suggestion for the sake of the project. There is also, a myriad of questions I want to ask related to the VN. I'll wait till proper time to ask them. @ Mokona: Well I was assuming the story would be just a prolouge. Assuming the story would be modeled of a generic visual novel, it'll basically introduce your main 'Guy' and the main heroine. Then, it is the objective of the contest atendees to make a short story ending based on what you've submitted. After judging, the winner's story will be considered the "main arc" of the main heroine of the visual novel. Then, it is up to the runners up to make separate arcs for the other heroines. I agree, that there should be a first 'intro arc' of the story. Choices within the intro arc will determine which kind of 'endings' the player can achieve. In my personal opinion, at the least, the art department should have a contest so that, after judging, the winner and head of the department will have an idea of his staff's skill level. I want to be sure all the finished character sprites have uniform (finishes) and don't look like they where completely done by several different people. Your story can be what as long as you desire. If you want me to, I'll check it for grammatical things, and clearing up. (though, that gives me an unfair advantage). As long as we know the setting and characters we can continue the story off, we are good. @ Basil: Right, I agree with the department thing. The new thread has the departments divided into several departments: Game Coding Story Board Art Music These departments have all the staff related to their general department. Other departments, like proofreading, are called sub-departments. This is so that we can generalize work into the branches, and since some departments appear and dissolve as work related to the department is completed. (Ex. The proofreading sub-department wont be active until the first pieces of text are submitted, and is dissolved once all proofreading is complete). Other minor departments exist. Generally, the sub-department is work most any person in the main department can do. There are also a couple (TBD) departments. We'll discuss them in the thread. I have also stated the responsibilities of the head of each department. The heads are responsible for the coordination of staff within the department. As well as coordinating with other departments for tasks that need department collaboration (such as the creation of an opening movie). Heads are also responsible for reporting status of work to the supervisors, and okaying material for submission for final coding into the game. I have also requested people to volunteer as supervisors. While they can also belong to a department, supervisors are in charge of overseeing other departments when they have collaboration meetings. Generally, supervisors are there to, well oversee the progress, and help resolve issues that may arise. I'm hoping for maybe 2 or 3? Finally, to avoid stagnating progress, each department requires to have a second and even a third in charge. This goes for all departments and for the head of supervision. The Heads and Seconds will have to contact one another so that in the event the heads must take a leave of absence or must drop, the seconds can lead coordination in their place. On final note, I would also like to address that, could the visual novel possibly have minigames coded in? If you have the time to allow and knowledge. I think it could make the game a lot more fun. (We can also have a "Skip" button for people who get tired of them). Could pop up the game's appeal... (thinks of the little busters! batting practice...) But as I said, only what your abilities allow... ^^' Ugh, I have yet to get started with replay's next parts... -_- @ Darky: Well, go ahead and post your vonunteering on the next thread... I still feel like discussing a VN is kinda spamming doomlight's thread. @ C.Knight: Well, I guess we'll need to wait for doomlight's contest to kick off then. The competition isnt limited to WC members, (to all) is right?   |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-13 02:30:41 |
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- Appears in Trademarked Puff of Smoke! - Haha, sign me up ASAP! Shuyin's here to show off his skills! >:D |
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on 2009-05-13 07:10:53 |
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@Mokona- about the prologue... will you post it or you will PM it? Hmm... bit it is good if there was multiple arc like clannad or tsukihime oh yeah one thing... what genre you want i can help you on the prologue thing if you want to anyway.... @Ugo- Good idea... but i prefer more in side arcs but Mokona challenged me so I will take it @ALL_ I prefer to give mt contact details via PM  --> |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-13 07:11:01 |
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*cough**cough....* hey careful! -_- I have an asthma.... anywayXD ~throw the handkerchief and then pose with some flashlight and fan turned on behind~ IRASSHAIMASE! ("WELCOME!") but you'll have to wait for doomlight to add your name on the list... ~suddenly the flashlight and the fan turned off~ hehe... oh welcome too for Ematth~san! and yeah everyone let's wish the best for our project!~ 
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on 2009-05-13 11:17:35 (edited 2009-05-13 11:43:15)
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Ugo: I've seen the other thread, and it looks great!! Lol- i like the list for the heads of the departments, you made mines sound so cool! :3 "Mokona (Head of Story Board - Head Judge of Story Submission Contest)" Anyways- garrgh, i need to get going on the prologue!! >< so far i'm keeping things to a minimum... :P don't worry, if necessary, i'll develop it, but i was thinking something quite simple, maybe a slightly longer plot, but not very many characters... Darky: it does't matter! Hey, try your best- even if you're not that confident, you can always help with the separate arcs later if you want ^^ C.Knight: welcome! Shuyin: Welcome!! *waves* K.M.R: I'll have to post it- it's public and i dunno exactly who's gonna join, so i'll put it up here, but if you want, i don't mind PM-ing it to you as well.. ^^ sorry, if you're in the competition, i can't let you help with the prologue, thanks for offering help with it though! I've got the story mostly, it's just my style of writing is so... rubbish -_- it's okay though- thanks again! Look forward to your entry! Faiz: lmao xDD that was funny!   |
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on 2009-05-14 00:09:37 |
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Rofl, Thanks for the welcome ^_^ I even got Doom to add my to the list today, Hahahaha. Great to be here — And I can start submitting my work sometime soon :D |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-14 08:02:31 |
To join do you just ask here? If so, Can I join?  |
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on 2009-05-14 08:05:56 |
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Sure Weezze- and you mean the competition too, right? If i can sort myself out- i will post the prologue tomorrow, but you know, i'm on the point of improvising here... |
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on 2009-05-14 08:20:39 |
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Yea, but it might take me a while to get anything up. |
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on 2009-05-14 10:02:51 |
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I welcome thee, newcomers Shuyin and Weezze. I look forward to reading thy works. Dammit, I gotta stop taking too much caffeine. Anyway, chapter three is currently in hiatus due to unfortunate circumstances. |
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on 2009-05-14 10:08:40 |
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Weezze: No problem, there is quite a few weeks for the competition! Basil: I'm starved of caffeine right now!! ==' wanted some at lunch time coz i nearly fell asleep in class.. but couldn't find any! Dammit you gotta stop taking too much caffeine- you're scaring the newcomers away!! *angry look* lolz |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-14 22:11:53 |
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@ Suuyin: Uh- well a belated welcome to you! @ Wheeze: Yahoo~! More people for the club(?). *Enthusiastic fist* Membership is indeed doing well *looks up to the sky* Thank you gods! @ Basil: Waha- I dont even know what it is like to be dependent on caffine. Amazingly enough, I manage to push myself up each morning and through the day on will alone. ^^ @ Mokona: C affine educed madness!? *Gasp!* Huaaa... I have yet to get started on my continuations... my procrastination is going at full force... *Sob, Sob* ToT |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-14 22:45:06 |
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@Mokona and Ugo The caffeine helps me with my asthma, as caffeine is a natural bronchodilator. Or something. By the way, chapter three is halfway done; it should've been done, but it's on hiatus for the past few days. Expect it next week. |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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on 2009-05-15 07:48:53 (edited 2009-05-15 14:53:48)
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Basil: Cool! Ohh, i didn't know coffee/caffeine was good for that! Ugo: lol- yeah that's me alright! It's finally here >< !! March 6th, Yay! I'm feeling ecstatic today! Remember the "thing" I had to do? We went to the park today to celebrate my birthday.. it was such a romantic day, well, for me it was- first, he made a huge fry-up for breakfast, it wasn't exactly perfect, but to me it tasted great, because "he" had especially done it, for me! Then, Uncle Sam took me out to buy a birthday present for me, I chose an anime DVD set, complete with the whole series of manga! And by the time we got back, "he" had set up a huge party for me, everyone was there and it was so brilliant and cool- we even had a dance together, and we all know "he" doesn't dance, "he" kept stepping on my foot, but I thought that was amazingly cute! Everyone else, like Sarah had bought me a cute lolita type waitress outfit, Anson bought me a ring and pretended to propose, but under the box in this little compartment was a pair of tickets to: zomg! You won't believe this: A Naitomea concert!! That's the reason i love all my friends, the rest of the presents were all teddies (i mean everyone knows about my obsession with them) and/or cute diaries and drawing books. As a joke,"he" had bought me a p*rn mag for my present, but that wasn't the real present, "he" had brought me a beautiful necklace, the same one I've been longing for for ages! I don't know how the hell he knew, I mean I haven't told anyone I liked that necklace! (well by like, i mean fainting everytime I have to walk past the shop when it is sitting there at the window) But the party was great- it was anime-themed and I don't know how Corey managed it, but he got "him" to put on a cute pair of kitty ears! Anyway, I'm gonna write up details of my birthday party in diary 4. Right now my head is spinning!! And all I want to talk about is me and "him". After the party, we went for a moonlight walk (>< kyaa~ my heart was beating soo fast!) All I can remember was my face absolutely burning, I was just kinda walking behind him and he was silent for most of the way.. and then we got to the beach and he just slumped onto the sand and I sat next to him, he had his eyes closed and was lying down with his arms at the back of his head and I watched him for ages! He was so peaceful. And suddenly he sat up and looked right at me. I think he wanted to ask if I wanted to go back... It was amazing I didn't faint, but I don't know why I blurted out something like: "Do you love me?" or something dumb, gosh, I wanted to die! But he leaned forward and kissed me... *savouring the moment* I don't know what to say now.. I guess we're officially dating or something.... I'm so happy though... March 18th, What does he mean "nothing"? You don't just kiss anyone b*tch on the street and tell me it was nothing!! Aren't people meant to tell a person beforehand that they have a girlfriend??? I am so angry right now, I can't even face him, he just let me believe that everything was genuine, all those good times.. I think I have to do this, I need to get away. I read through each entry carefully, totally gripped by the story of this person. Me. Is this why I am here now? I decided to write an entry too. April 3rd, Hi. My name is Aya and I am 16 years old, I think. I can't remember anything about myself, I've read every single one of these diaries, but I don't remember anything. After this car accident, Lax, my cousin, and Uncle Sam had brought me home. The doctors said it might take a while for me to gradually remember anything, but even though I have finally finished all 5 of the diaries kept by myself, I find it frustrating not to even know who I really am... I think the story might go a little something like: This "he" had cheated on me or something and I decided to run away, and got hit by a car. Uncle Sam and Lax seem slightly reluctant to tell me what exactly happened and are avoiding telling me more about it. But I am optimistic that I will soon remember. Right now everyone is focusing on keeping me happy and trying their hardest to help me remember. But I am wondering if I want to right now. I didn't know what more to write, so I stopped there. This is the third night I have been here. I am not unhappy, just a little confused. My room really reflected me, the old me: billions of teddies arranged in a neat order around the room, they even took up more space on my bed than myself, lots of posters of anime and different bands. The cupboard was full of dresses and outfits of all sorts- mostly for comicons and anime festivals. That is exactly how it sounded like it should be, from the diaries. I laid on the bed, remembering the diary entries- I really wondered who "he" was- I read that the reason sh- I mean I wrote "he" was because I used to be too shy to put his name down and I was worried that "he" might read it. It sounded like I must've really liked this guy. (I'm gonna jump forward here- the rest could be inputted for the sake of the V-N, but not really important in a competition sense.) I wonder if Tyson is the one? He's been acting real strange and by all the descriptions, I really wonder if Tyson could be the mystery "he" of my diaries... Lax doesn't seem to like him much- he was really touchy about hearing that Tyson was coming over. Maybe because he caused my amnesia? He knows a lot about me too- and can recall the experiences of my diaries with "him"- which must mean that he is the one! I wanted to confront him about it.. I took Tyson to the roof. He was quiet today. He finally started to speak, but I shook my head. I took a deep breath and said: "Was you the one who cheated on me? And put me in this coma?" He looked taken aback. To be honest, I didn't hold a grudge against him, of course I can't remember anything he has done to me, but I reckon I just wanted to know the truth, I'm tired of just thinking and wondering, I wanted answers. "Yes." he said. "NO!" I turned around. It was Lax. "He isn't." "What do you mean?" said Tyson. "I lied. I'm not your cousin." "Wh- I don't understand." I spluttered. "I was too afraid to admit that it was all my fault, I got Uncle Sam to lie, so that I could watch over you after you woke from your coma. I'm the "he" of your diary." How does he know? I thought. "But, it can't be! Why would you lie? Or you?" I turned beseechingly to Tyson and then to Lax. "Look, I know you've always liked Aya, but you can't lie like this! I'm her real boyfriend." "Hey! Don't get this twisted! You're the one who likes her and I know you've been stealing her diary to read so that you can act like me so that Aya will think that it's you." Who- who should I believe? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uhh, i dunno, seems kinda crap- still, everyone do their best and GOOD LUCK!! If there ARE any problems, please PM me, and I know it's a bit confusing too, so if it doesn't seem to work, I'm happy to change it! |
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Re: Writers Club/Guild
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yo i wanna join ^_^ I was told by mokona4 to post my other writen thing her <.< idk :D Yeah I am try to write a mini book. I will be posting some of it on here ^_^ __________________________________________________ This fist preview mini chapter is from *Diary of The Crazy Kid* Dear journal, This is my 4th entry. This time, I will be writing about my past two dreams. This is my first dream. I was in a house, that I knew that was not mine. I looked out a near by window, and I saw a Happy family. I told my self, "that kid is lucky," I got angry and made a fist. I don’t know why, but seeing there so called "happy family", it just pisses me off! I feel like a part of me was set on fire and was left for dead. I looked around the house for something to eat. I found nothing but a key. I opened the door and it leads to the streets. I walked around a bit and found a crowd. I went to the middle to see what had happened. I could not believe what I saw. I saw my little brother's body covered in blood. I got scared and ran away. Not to far from there, I found another crime scene. There, I found my sister. My sister was shot in the head. I could not believe what’s going on! I heard some screams close by, so I ran as fast as I can. I arrived at the place where I heard the screams. I was in an alley. I looked around for signs of a person. I found a blood trail, but I also saw drag marks. The cement was white. Someone was dragging a metal object on the ground. I fallowed the trail, but I heard another scream. I ran to find a male trying to kill my mother. My mom saw me and said, "Ricky, RUN!!!" The man swung his axe and killed my mother. I looked carefully at the man, and saw that he was wearing a mask with I sign on it. It was strange but I recognized it. The man came at me and I started to run. I spotted some people and saw another "happy family". I slowly cried and stopped. The man also had stopped running. I asked the man "Why can't they see you?" The man replied "Because, I came from your imagination,†The man swung his axe and sliced my arm off. I stood there, and I looked at the sky, and said, "I am coming home, mom". The man swung his axe and butchered off my head. For some reason I can still see him, and he spoke, "The person who killed you, your family, and everyone you know..." The man slowly took off his mask and continued, "Was you..." I looked at the man one more time and said, "I knew it," I woke up that morning scared and very uncomfortable. Is that really how I feel? I don’t know, but I shall wait and see. ___________________________________________________ Well I hope you liked one of the entries in my little book ^_^ I will post a link to it when the book is finished. If there are enough requests, I shall post another preview ^_^ well wish me good luck :D and there it is! XD  |
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on 2009-05-15 08:19:15 |
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@Red Flare- that was too scary... a journal type... a hidden personality within a person... true enough... --> |
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on 2009-05-15 10:22:34 |
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Lolz- welcome RedFlare!! |
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on 2009-05-15 10:46:24 |
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@red wow psycho theme??? @mokona ummm still don't understand about the competition... so basically we (contestant) continue from that story?? using lax and tyson and aya?? could you be more detail about the competition hehehehe, the entry time, the deadline and technical stuff??? 
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on 2009-05-15 12:55:08 (edited 2009-05-15 14:58:47)
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Sowwy! Umm.. I think Ugo said deadline by June 1st? So, yeah, continue the story with those 3 characters ^^ I was thinking basically you guys could write about who Aya believes in the end, I mean that would be the biggest diversion for the V-N... yeah... Oh! right, so: Everyone PM me their entries exactly ON June 1st, so there's no conferring or whatever.. Remember to keep it short! Sorry guys, i know i did a freakishly bad job on detailing the characters and being more insightful on the plot, but I was just gonna develop that later- right now it's about finishing off the plot first. RedFlare: omg! Scaryy! I didn't realise all that stuff. and then it was like " .. was you." and i was like "no way!" Good piece dude. |