dialogue box, text and story (obvs)

So hey. I have been working on this consistently while starting at uni as a 'mature' student. (to make myself feel worse for something completely natural and awesome) This github screencap proves my attempts to at least refine my code.

I write, I fiddle with some art and I attempt some new coding things. Mostly, I've been writing, story is king. It is kinda hard to get into flow for long chunks of time, since I am dragged away by school worries, overall I am very proud for keeping this project up. 

I play more 'earthy' music when I need to get into writing zone. I sometimes am hit by inspiration when on the train, and write down chunks of text on my phones just of something a character says or does.  I start to get spicier, just in terms of emotionally hitting harder. 

I am a bit weirded out by local game devs, who value some concept of 'mechanics' being what 'makes the game.' Mine is a visual novel ,it is hardcore story work, the visuals just support that. I am not a fan of showing off how many words my document and project is (although I'm at 36 pages and thats not what I've coded)  because I have refined and refined and refined. Also, I jump all over the place, I wrote the most vile and intense parts when I needed to. I write the soft and innocent parts when I need to express nostalgia and kindness.  

Writing is a valid game focus. This is still a programmed thing, it is a game. It should be enjoyable to click around and just sit with the characters and hopefully feel something that I am trying to communicate.

Storytelling is emotion. I see some hecking bad writing everywhere in visual novel communities. Its hard to critique someone and let them know its 'bad'. Its not their ideas usually, its the way they communicate. There is no personality, no being shoved in a characters skin, no love or hate. I'm not making a dating game, it does branch off but it is more of a medium for me to express my story visually.

ANYHOOZLE , this is a long lonely journey and I knew it would be.  I am not afraid to share emotional screengrabs because I have nobody to spoil this too. I just cherish having an outlet for so many emotions pertaining to trauma, society and medical institutions. 

Try to be kinder to people, you don't know what shit they've been through.

Cya.