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It's fine to ask! I like stories where you can pick who you care most about/want to spend your time with. That's fun. I originally started out with no romance, "romance" played for comedy, or had games where romance existed but there were minimal romantic scenes. Ultimately, the focus was always on getting to know the characters in general and, in some cases, a focus on the story. Our Life: Beginnings & Always was the first game I made where I decided to take a swing at writing a romantic way of playing that was sincere and significant. I did it because OL1 was meant to let players have the type of relationship they wanted and I didn't want the romance path to be almost identical to the friendship version.

i don't have a contract yet so i don't know!

aside from having to think about getting my BA first, i really don't know how that is going to work. i do hope it will be, so it can reach wider audiences, but again – i don't know yet.

i can only say that if i don't manage to get hired by a publishing house (and i really hope it doesn't happen) i would turn it into a webcomic, and that will of course be in english.

Thank you for being such a light for me in these dark times ❤️

I don't have a type of person I'd actually be interested in. I'm aromantic, never dated and never will.

But when it comes to which type of fictional character I tend to like reading about most, it's usually the quiet, somewhat/fully stoic, and often mysterious, type. If you've heard of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, my favorite girl is Pilika and my favorite guy is Cuilang.

That's a character trope I almost never make myself. There's Pran from XOXO Droplets, but his attitude is for comical purposes and in a super immature way. He's funny but doesn't truly count as the type of thing I'm talking about.

There's The Guide from Lake of Voices, and I do like him a lot. But, spoilers for a several years old game, he isn't a true love interest despite having a route and the fact that the MC of that game can fall for him. It's not a good time, ahah. Very interesting character, not a possible partner for anybody.

Cove has his moments where he skirts that vibe, but overall he's highly emotional and not mysterious.

Kinda interesting.

Yes and no. I'm not planning for our next VN to be way shorter or less customizable, however there were two big things with OL2 that I won't repeat. Hopefully not doing those things will avoid many of the issues OL2's production has had.

The first is that I'm going back to limited prose for future projects. I like that OL2 has detailed descriptions that can really draw you into the story, but it takes way longer for me to write than dialog/straightforward thoughts. For games as long as these, it makes the script and the hours required to finish them exponentially longer. Going forward, the character expressions/poses will carry the deeper nuance of emotion instead of text descriptions. More like a comic than a novel again. Just that one change should have a major impact on the development process.