/vn/ - Visual Novels

I am working on a (Visual Novel Game), for mature audiences. I refuse to say "adults" or "not for minors", because that is not what it is for.

The game/novel, starts by asking you what the legal age of consent is, in your country/area, followed by asking you your age. This covers other locations where limits are less restricted. While, at the same time, if desired, it allows some self-inflicted mature perversion.

Other than that, it will ask you to name the protagonist male character, who is the main character, obviously.

Now, with that out of the way… I will attempt to describe the game/novel. (Please comment or pry my brain, if desired.)

As the subject above reads, "Big Sails, Tiny Jibs" is the current working title. It is a bit of a play on words, in many ways. Literally, the story takes place, for the majority of events, on a cruise-ship. However, for reasons later explained, it has the appearance of an older pirate-ship or frigate. To be more specific, it has the form of a similar ship, given to the U.S. Government, titled "The U.S.S. Constitution". This too, has an internal meaning within the game. There is a lot of those hidden meanings scattered throughout the game, actually. Pic related, that is the ship I am building.

While aboard this ship, under the premise that you have "won a trip, to be a judge, on a private island"… But no insight about what you are judging, or where the island is, and being told not to inquire about it… You are left to your own vices, and the vices of the ships other occupants.

The story, depending how it is played, can unfold into a full-fledged, "no-holds-barred" sexual orgy of sorts, or you could turn the protagonist into a full "White-knight", choir-boy.

There are many taboos that are only perceptual taboos, and some that you may accidentally participate in, not realizing they are taboo, until the deeds have been completed. Such as, thinking you are sleeping with a minor, but later finding-out they are not, or vice-versa, sleeping with someone you think is of-age, but they turn-out not being of age. (Then there are ones where you are just left wondering, because it never does more than imply, "who did what".)

Pure family entertainment for all ages, I am sure. JK

However, I am now reaching a point of "saturation" of duties which is interfering with production of the game/novel. The game was originally going to have everyone fully dynamic, to adjust for those selected ages, mentioned above. However, that was really becoming more than I could handle. I have since just made specific components of the game/novel, take those into consideration, in the dialogue.

Then, the next wall I hit, was in the 3D component. I can puke-out detailed 3D worlds without any problem, but even this small ship has a lot of detail. However, the 3D models of people, which I have access to, is detracting from the environment, the story and the game/novel as a whole. They just look derpy, all because of shitty hair in DAZ3D Studio. (Originally I was going to attempt the dynamic stuff with loli-style art and something more like flash-style vector art, over the 3D environment.)

This hurdle has left me with two production choices.

1: Don't draw any people. Use creative shadows on the environment to "imply" what is being done, as described in the text.

2: Use "shadow cut-outs", blurred silhouettes of people, as shadows or actually rendered, but devoid of all details. This, allowing your brain to fill-in the details or beauty or actions.

3: Just use faces with the text, and associated expressions to match the text dialogue. Keeping the background of just the 3D scenery, for deeper visualization. Still allowing the reader to use imagination to visualize the actual interactions.

The wording should be more than adequate, the way I write, for your mind to easily fill the voids.

Any thoughts, suggestions, considerations, or volunteers to possibly assist me with the creation of this? I do still need a lot of individual "scenes" written-out, which are non-detrimental fill-in, for the main story. (The game aspect of the novel.)