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Hero A-idios': Worthwhile Wound Down » Devlog

16 days ago by Nir4

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I have to say firstly this isn’t about updates anything, more for what-ifs, and my past mind behind progressing this for the past months.

Also, thank you for anyone checking this one out, giving it a try, keeping it your mind for even a moment in the sea of many lingering and lurking projects of others’. Still a small fry that I am among many more seasoned fishes, my appreciation does exist with my dreams and hopes and prayers.

Well now, I apologize for the late 1month+ post and if I worded any of my points not that smooth, I didn’t (still don’t) really have the energy to feed into putting my thoughts (yapping) on this project out here. Certainly not coming from an experienced professional and (trying to) not make this seem too personal but thought maybe like yeah it could be inspirational, for my future self mostly.

Development Process

It took me the grueling efforts to grind, writing away and adding features in. What gave me most headache was the customisable pronoun system, kept not implemented correctly at all, and I still can't figure out how to make some templates work... there's the audio problem following the next passage too. And possible other advanced features I couldn't get to them yet, since honestly I'm just learning (copy-paste-adjust) as I went from tutorials and already available code without formal knowledge. Couldn't afford to yet what with my time and money for the life things on my mind, I'm aware that whatever side skills I take, it's still half-hearted and not utilised at its best or smart way. Plus, I'm still not recovering from bad case of burnout as is. So, as roundabout and complicated as it is, at least I did succeed in the few fundamentals to get this up and running here, (hopefully) minor bugs coughed aside. Have I mentioned I wouldn't be bothered to try making something in twine because I couldn't have any clue on starting it? I forgot, but if it weren't for stumbling on a chance, the tiniest spark to set my interest off, randomly reaching around for the simple methods... and eventually founding those ready-made people with their help, template and how-to answers from the community which were a big part in support. I put them in credits too so feel free to check any of them out. Anyway, it was literally midnight here so trying to keep it short for the rest.

There were still more programs I want to try, like renpy, wolf rpg, and so on, featuring my blorbos of characters and/or complicated existential crisis lore if I’m up for it and at least someone here would stick around as well and bear with me as I fumble.

Recommendations

These were some shoutout that reminded me of my own project's theme, setting, or characters.

Houndwife ; VN, this one was gutwrenching and emotional, had that not quite human trope dynamic.
Hero’s Hero DX ; fast-paced puzzle, fun and GB-nostalgic.
Beast ; Twine short story, um, dreary relatable with hopeful callout to mental health.
Phytocidal ; VN, your own customisable devoted knight.
Trail of Stars ; VN, cinematic fairytale-like story about bittersweet yearning between two childhood friends.
Bound by Fate - Cursed Soulmates ; VN, soulmate trope as you might have guessed, except twist it into corrupted insane love broken under pressure. Thankfully, Azriul is spared from this fate (not much) of living up till the modern age after those loops like Yasha, unless, well there’s always AU i can make myself.
Speared by Heart ; VN, a knightly yan character (im guessing on the knight part lol, sorry havent played but def has my eyes on it lol) also medieval setting too!
Stand by Me ; RPG, isekai fantasy otome with multiple charming love interests!
Cinderella Phenomenon ; VN, the classic og with one character might be one of the main inspirations for Azriul, can you guess who? I’ve always digged in that type of character..