When planning a visual novel, one questions that rears its head is actually how much art do you need?\u00a0 What characters are important enough to get portraits?\u00a0 What poses should they have?\u00a0 How many pieces of background are needed, and for which areas?\u00a0 What about CGs?\u00a0 How many and for what scenes?<\/p>\n
The easiest way to go would be to finish writing the entire story first and go from there, using it as a reference.\u00a0 The only problem is that doing is that way would drastically delay the game\u2019s completion compared to working on everything at the same time.
\nThe other big concern is budget.\u00a0 Each piece of artwork costs money and every game has a budget.\u00a0 In the case of Aurora\u2019s Nightmare, a fairly small one.\u00a0 So I can\u2019t necessarily get artwork for everything I want.\u00a0 So I need to figure out exactly how many I can afford and then prioritize.\u00a0 So, while I may not have every piece of art I\u2019d like, I at least get all the most important ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When planning a visual novel, one questions that rears its head is actually how much art do you need?\u00a0 What characters are important enough to get portraits?\u00a0 What poses should they have?\u00a0 How many pieces of background are needed, and for which areas?\u00a0 What about CGs?\u00a0 How many and for what scenes? The easiest way … Continue reading How much?<\/span>