My plan is to release a demo for Aurora\u2019s Nightmare later this year.\u00a0 While it\u2019s still a ways off (I\u2019m hoping for some time this summer), I do have some planning beforehand.\u00a0 A low quality demo can really hurt a game\u2019s reputation.\u00a0 So naturally, I don\u2019t want to release the demo before the necessary art, music and sound, and writing are done.\u00a0 As for how all those things are progressing, I\u2019ll do another status report post sometime soon.<\/p>\n
What I need to decide though, is what portion of the story the demo is going to cover.\u00a0 If the demo is too short, players\u2019 won\u2019t be able to get a good feel for the story, which is very important for a visual novel, where the story is the main draw.\u00a0 However, you also want to grab player\u2019s attention quickly.\u00a0 Of course, you want to do that in the game as well, but after people pay for something they\u2019re usually willing to give it a bit more play time than a demo before deciding whether or not to keep going.\u00a0 And then there\u2019s the fact that, if you include too much in the demo, you\u2019ll be giving away a more of the story than you should.<\/p>\n
Right now, I\u2019ve got an idea of what section of the game I\u2019m going to use for the demo, though I\u2019ll likely have some of my friends give it a test run to get some early opinions before releasing it to the public.\u00a0 As I said back at the beginning though, the demo is still a ways off.\u00a0 In fact, by the time the demo is finished, it\u2019ll likely mean that the game as a whole isn\u2019t much further behind (unless I do that crowd funding campaign and pick up enough money to add some extra content).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My plan is to release a demo for Aurora\u2019s Nightmare later this year.\u00a0 While it\u2019s still a ways off (I\u2019m hoping for some time this summer), I do have some planning beforehand.\u00a0 A low quality demo can really hurt a game\u2019s reputation.\u00a0 So naturally, I don\u2019t want to release the demo before the necessary art, … Continue reading Planning for a Demo<\/span>