Despair Child

honestly, when i find the answer... I'll let you know. I still have a hard time keeping up sometimes... It can be hard when finances are involved, and as much as it hurts, the path that keeps your finances up should probably take priority.

Yes! This is not easy. Like, for real. Even me who is known for being Crazy... I have trouble finding motivation and energy to work on Rejuv. Honestly, with any project you're going to feel luls and intrusive thoughts, etc etc. It's important to keep going and to keep working on it even if you don't want to.

As for advice... Honestly, my advice is going to be really annoying and samey to everything else, but KEEP WORKING ON IT EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO!! Even if it's just one thing. You have, have, have, HAVE to keep the momentum. If you lose momentum it's extremely hard to get back into it. That was me during v13. There were entire months i did nothing and it was vehemently difficult to bring it back to where I am now. I'm not saying you can't take breaks. I'm saying you have to discipline yourself. Writing is very difficult. It's also a bit of a broad subject... Do you mean writing as in story? or dialogue? all the above? In that case, honestly? just consume more media. Listen to video game music. See how they do things. Find what you like, and try to emulate writing/dialogue styles. Then eventually you will gain your own footing. It's even difficult for me too, but you get used to it.

a little late, but sure!

That said, I do have a question: Is there a way that, sometime in the future, a script of the game could be released? Maybe after it's finished? The game is very big, and I want to do a novelization of my Interceptor at some point (assuming you're fine with that too) and that would be a huge help to me and possibly others.

I'm glad I kept up with it too.

thank you so much for the time and effort you put into it!

also what's your favorite moment in the game as of v13.5? personally i really like the "destiny is not set" scene because its funny that "i set destiny" variya shows up but i also like that one scene with amber and venam from the paragon karma files as it just feels. real.

I won't/can't answer if I plan on using Beth for anything else, but in general Beth is kind of just a minor NPC that sells stuff... for now.

Melia has Jenner, Erin, Alice and Allen have Vitus/Indriad as well as Anathea. The player has Nancy. Ren and Venam's parents aren't magic or involved in the dramatic conflict directly but they are important characters you went to the trouble of fleshing out. Ren's father who we never even see still manages to be important by unintentionally 'baton passing' his dream for Goldenleaf Town to Ren, Regina is going to be involved in V14 in an unforgettable fashion. Venam's mum threw her through the roof like Rejuv is a cartoon or something while her Dad is a sidequest NPC who I like. (I really appreciate how when Venam got petrified you showed both her parents visiting the hospitable and even Eizen tagged along. The fact that Venam/Ren have 'normal' families really contrasts them with the rest of the squad.) Aelita has Keta and kind of Taelia who both matter a lot. Keta in particular haunts the narrative a good bit. (I really need to play WhereLoveLies) You even made a point in .karmafiles of having Kanon state that in hindsight Nymiera probably viewed him as her son. That statement in particular feels like a conscious attempt to reinforce the thematic symmetry he has with the rest of the Xen Raid Squad.

So here's the actual ask:

Why did you decide to make parents so important?

I guess it wasn't so much a conscious decision to make their families so important, but the story and themes centered around family just made that even more apparent. I guess in general I am interested in writing family dynamics in general. My parents weren't perfect, and I don't really have a strong relationship with one of them so maybe that has something to do with my writing style? Who is to say... But I just think it's natural for these characters to have parents who care (or neglect) them.