VN Ren'Py The Mansion of Whispering Desires [Development Thread]

[Omniel]

the detail from the hyper realistic background seems a bit out of place and detracks from your characters amazing art style

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Hmm, I don't know... the suggestion you gave makes the picture a little hard to look at or kind of distracting to me. I don't mind the original one to be honest.

Perhaps something like the image they previously uploaded, where the focus is on the character and the surrounding area is slightly blurred, or a soft blur could be used? This is just my personal opinion.
What do you think?

 

[Discrepancy]

Hmm, I don't know... the suggestion you gave makes the picture a little hard to look at or kind of distracting to me.
Perhaps something like the image they previously uploaded, where the focus is on the character and the surrounding area is slightly blurred, or a soft blur could be used? This is just my personal opinion.
What do you think?

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Yeah, using blur or depth of field would work better I think, this one you posted looks great

 

[Sentinel Sparrow]

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Expectation of v0.1.


Also, merry Christmas everyone!

Hmm, I don't know... the suggestion you gave makes the picture a little hard to look at or kind of distracting to me. I don't mind the original one to be honest.

Perhaps something like the image they previously uploaded, where the focus is on the character and the surrounding area is slightly blurred, or a soft blur could be used? This is just my personal opinion.
What do you think?

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hell yeah much better . its a minute thing, but i thought i'd mention it bc when working on projects some things pass under the rader and its nice to get a fresh pair of eyes on it. my blur was more to demonstrate the difference more so then to be the right solution. what ever he decides will be 10x better then my attempts

 

[mibc9394]

hell yeah much better . its a minute thing, but i thought i'd mention it bc when working on projects some things pass under the rader and its nice to get a fresh pair of eyes on it. my blur was more to demonstrate the difference more so then to be the right solution. what ever he decides will be 10x better then my attempts

Yeah, using blur or depth of field would work better I think, this one you posted looks great

Hmm, I don't know... the suggestion you gave makes the picture a little hard to look at or kind of distracting to me. I don't mind the original one to be honest.

Perhaps something like the image they previously uploaded, where the focus is on the character and the surrounding area is slightly blurred, or a soft blur could be used? This is just my personal opinion.
What do you think?

Oh man you all got keen eyes. That pushes me to work harder.

That train station background indeed looks a bit different from the others because that background is completely based on a photo instead of 3D render. I will revise it for sure, but have to wait until I have more contents done, as that image is just a small part of the whole game.

 

[Arnav Dasari]

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The character design evolution of Sayuri.
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The first is the best though. The head is tad too small and the neck is tad too thin, but I like the overall style best. (I just prefer old-school anime to modern styles.)

What do you guys think if I make the title menu of the game to be like this? Gore warning
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Me personally, I can tolerate the guro, but I feel the image spoils too much. May be it would be better used as a New Game Plus main menu, or something like that. Something like the mansion's entrance hall would fit well for the initial main menu, I think. May be an entrance hall with all the romanceable characters standing there (or their portraits hanging on the walls there).

 

[Finuee]

Oh my, I've just discovered this, and it looks amazing! The art is astounding, background images are breathtaking, and the whole atmosphere is amazing! Congratulations mibc9394 , you're creating something that's already more polished than 90% of what's out there! And the whole theme is right down my alley! I can't wait to play it!!

 

[mibc9394]

The first is the best though. The head is tad too small and the neck is tad too thin, but I like the overall style best. (I just prefer old-school anime to modern styles.)



Me personally, I can tolerate the guro, but I feel the image spoils too much. May be it would be better used as a New Game Plus main menu, or something like that. Something like the mansion's entrance hall would fit well for the initial main menu, I think. May be an entrance hall with all the romanceable characters standing there (or their portraits hanging on the walls there).

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The first design of Sayuri has its merits, but her proportion is lacking some authority, and there are a few other problems down the line with that design, so I tried to fix them in the later passes.

My current plan for the gore title screen is to show it after finishing the v0.1, or saving it for later. I haven't made the new title screen design yet, but I have a rough idea of how it's gonna be

 

[mibc9394]

Oh my, I've just discovered this, and it looks amazing! The art is astounding, background images are breathtaking, and the whole atmosphere is amazing! Congratulations mibc9394 , you're creating something that's already more polished than 90% of what's out there! And the whole theme is right down my alley! I can't wait to play it!!

Thank you for your kind words! v0.1 should be available in January! I think the contents can reach 20k words and over 100 CGs.

The amount of content should be around 20% of the total length of the first chapter of The Mansion of Whispering Desires (4 chapters are planned)

 

[Finuee]

Thank you for your kind words! v0.1 should be available in January! I think the contents can reach 20k words and over 100 CGs.

The amount of content should be around 20% of the total length of the first chapter of The Mansion of Whispering Desires (4 chapters are planned)

Woah, so 400k words and 2k CGs in total, that's ambitious!

 

[Sentinel Sparrow]

Woah, so 400k words and 2k CGs in total, that's ambitious!

i think the math is 20k x 4 since 20% will be done. (1 - 0.2 = 0.8 divided by 0.2 is 4 times) which equals 80k words remaining after the first launch (assuming the rest of the game is the same length). which comes up to a total of 100k words and 500 images total. ^ ^;;

if he did 400k words and 2k CG's that would be 4 games worth and potentially 4 years work of development! xD time goes by too quickly

Thank you for your kind words! v0.1 should be available in January! I think the contents can reach 20k words and over 100 CGs.

The amount of content should be around 20% of the total length of the first chapter of The Mansion of Whispering Desires (4 chapters are planned)

guess i wont be donating that 10 usd to vote for you ill just have to buy your game instead

 

[mibc9394]

Woah, so 400k words and 2k CGs in total, that's ambitious!

i think the math is 20k x 4 since 20% will be done. (1 - 0.2 = 0.8 divided by 0.2 is 4 times) which equals 80k words remaining after the first launch (assuming the rest of the game is the same length). which comes up to a total of 100k words and 500 images total. ^ ^;;

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guess i wont be donating that 10 usd to vote for you ill just have to buy your game instead

The current image count includes background assets that will be reused, so I guess the final image count won't be 2k, maybe ~1300. Other visual novels of the same type have around the same amount of content. 400k words is a good estimation tho.

I think 2-3 years of the total dev time might be a better estimation (including the time I've spent already), as a lot of the assets would be reused in the later games. My goal is to have this game done by the end of 2026, or in early 2027. We'll see how things go.

I'll start a Patreon when v0.1 is out to get some support for the development. My idea is to have monthly extra contents, such as wallpaper, short stories, or a really small linear eroge, to be published there, so that while I'm working on the main game, you guys can have some rewards while waiting

 

[Sentinel Sparrow]

My goal is to have this game done by the end of 2026, or in early 2027. We'll see how things go.

o.o with that amount of time this game is gonna be epic! the hardest part for you is over i think (getting to the start line). like having planned out the games genre / theme, characters, story arcs, lore, game systems, art style and workflow, coding it, and you're close to your first demo release, so cheers! best of luck in 2026

 

[Finuee]

Thank you for your kind words! v0.1 should be available in January! I think the contents can reach 20k words and over 100 CGs.

The amount of content should be around 20% of the total length of the first chapter of The Mansion of Whispering Desires (4 chapters are planned)

i think the math is 20k x 4 since 20% will be done. (1 - 0.2 = 0.8 divided by 0.2 is 4 times) which equals 80k words remaining after the first launch (assuming the rest of the game is the same length). which comes up to a total of 100k words and 500 images total. ^ ^;;

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If 20k is 20% of the chapter, the chapter will then be 100k. If there'll be 4 chapters, that's 400k for the full game. I might have missed something, if so please correct me. But I think that's what he said, that 20k works is 20% of the first of four chapters. Did I get it wrong? (asking sincerely)

 

[Sentinel Sparrow]

If 20k is 20% of the chapter, the chapter will then be 100k. If there'll be 4 chapters, that's 400k for the full game. I might have missed something, if so please correct me. But I think that's what he said, that 20k works is 20% of the first of four chapters. Did I get it wrong? (asking sincerely)

"20% of the first chapter " yep missed that detail

 

[Finuee]

"20% of the first chapter " yep missed that detail

Was double checking because I often miss details too, so I could have easily been confidently incorrect.

It's going to be huge then, with those many words, I'm in awe at the scope.

 

[mibc9394]

January already?