I'm currently working on a visual novel inspired from Ongezellig. I'll post progress reports in this thread weekly on Sunday from now on as well as on my YouTube channel (
https://www.youtube.com/@KudzuMedia)
10/20 Progress:
Began background art for protagonist's room and Vera's classroom (both unfinished) (pictured)
~230 added lines of character dialogue
Minimal progress on animation script
Character art, music, translations, and GUI customization not yet started
Notes:
I'd like to do as much of this as I can on my own since I find it to be a good opportunity to gain experience for professional projects in the future. However, I also don't want it to take several years, nor do I want to burn myself out on something I'm making for free. I'm confident I can do the background art and script on my own, but I am considering reaching out to others for character art and music, and I will definitely have to do so for translations. I still need to figure out how I want to approach it (basically my options are to commission people, collaborate with others who aren't strongly incentivized to follow through like commissioned people, or be super resourceful with how I'm spending my own time and energy). If you're interested in participating, though, let me know and I'll keep you in the back of my mind (even if its something I said I could probably do alone). I still intend on finding a way to do direct communication.
Also, the frame from the original thread was basically just a concept that won't actually be in the game.