With the 0.11 release we're about 75% of the way through to the end. Rough estimate is On Distant Shores will be wrapped up around summer of next year. I'll take a short break to prevent burnout. Then I'll begin working on my next visual novel (if there's enough people interested out there).
If anyone likes stats: With the release of 0.11 I have hit the 240,000 word mark. So, length-wise it's well passed Fellowship of the Ring (177,000 words). By the time I'm done I should pass the word count of Game of Thrones or Eye of the World (around 300,000 words). In size I mean. Not in quality of course. So, for those of you who've thought, "This is one seriously wordy MFer". You would be correct.
The story so far for On Distant Shores:
~240,000 words
~5800 rendered images
~120 animations
I've been working on this game since June 2019 (over 3 years).
Considering I put in about 30 hours a week, I've hit around 5000 hours of total development/writing time.
I was finally brave (stupid?) enough to release it to the world in August of 2021.
Yes, I agree. I love this game and think you've done a great job. Given that you mentioned burnout (which obviously can come regardless), maybe changing the tone of the next game would give you a welcome break in addition to the actual break you'll be taking. I'd like to think you'll keep going for a long time yet and hopefully pick up steam in supporters as well.OK sounds good, so what will the next game be about, something um, more cheerful maybe?.
How is Tolkien? "Ask the elves for advice - in return you will receive YES and NO" (sorry, I read Tolkien in Russian translation, perhaps the original phrase was different)I was finally brave (stupid?) enough to release it to the world in August of 2021.
in the game, the creator of the universe first created, and when he realized what he had done, he fled from his creation. he did not change anything - his hand did not rise to change what he gave birth to - he could completely ruin everything.I would still give your next game ago, but some of the MC's shit hits home a little too hard if you know what I mean.
Your reading of Tolkien has the gist of it. I believe in English (if I recall correctly) it is "and they will say both yes and no." BTW I like the tag line in your posts. It accurately captures the psychological meaning of "projection."How is Tolkien? "Ask the elves for advice - in return you will receive YES and NO" (sorry, I read Tolkien in Russian translation, perhaps the original phrase was different)
In other words, you never know what's around the corner. do what you must and come what may.
Well so far, I'm enjoying this current VN you're developing. I like the scope but yeah, I can see your point. Looking forward to your future projects.I haven't decided on the next VN I'll do yet. I have four different rough story arcs drawn out.
I will say that whichever way I go it will be far less "big" in scope. ODS deals with a lot of heavy religious/philosophical themes, a ridiculous number of love interests, some very depressing psychological issues and the story scope is dealing with things on the cosmological scale. I have no idea what I was thinking by trying to stuff all that into a single story. Especially my first one.
The next one will be a smaller story setting, with fewer but far more developed characters. And will definitely be less depressing then ODS. Each of the four storylines still dig into some interesting themes. I'm not suddenly going to stop exploring concepts that interest me. They'll just be more concise and hopefully a lot of fun to play.
Hi ramvivat. Can you tell me two things. One which version you are playing (Windows, Android, MAC or Linux)? And two, can you tell me which link you used to download the game? I will check and make sure the link has the proper 0.11 version of the game.I don't understand anything! downloaded. installed. loaded a save on the stage where Estri is talking to Ubel. - everything is the same as in version 0.10... but where is the content from 0.11? a new day has NOT come - I was thrown into the main menu ...
yes, all this would not matter if the decompile.rpy script ran normally - but no! the author, the cunning one, was wise and this script does not start! Or is it the way it was intended, the save does not work and you need to go through the game again?
system win7pro64 mega link from 1-st pageHi ramvivat. Can you tell me two things. One which version you are playing (Windows, Android, MAC or Linux)? And two, can you tell me which link you used to download the game? I will check and make sure the link has the proper 0.11 version of the game.
well maybe sandbox - is a for new apartament where all harem girls is live.What's the structure of this game? The OP describes it as a VN and mentions content for specific days, but it's tagged as a sandbox.
Yeah, when you are at home, you basically have free roam, you can pick in which order you work on your PC, make calls, and text messages, so far that is all there is, there is NO grind at all, no mindless clicking around trying to find shit, no missing out on something because you didn't do X at Y point in time.What's the structure of this game? The OP describes it as a VN and mentions content for specific days, but it's tagged as a sandbox.