Behind The Script : Crescent Moon

Hey, welcome to the 'Behind The Script'. I made this to place any facts, funny or not, about my projects which is not revealed anywhere except here.

Okay, so this is about Crescent Moon. And there are a few facts revealed below:

1. My Birthday

Okay, to begin with, the first fact that related with this project is my birthday. My birthday is in 2nd of July. And Anne gave the short story at the same day! Okay, the fact is, she doesn't know that that day was my birthday, and she gave it to me because I asked, so, I considered this as a birthday present (Thank You!), and I made the VN as the reply.

2. The 'Illegal' Version

When Anne gave me the story (still, she doesn't know my birthday, until now), she also attached a few songs from some anime. She wanted me to put those songs to the VN. Actually I didn't want to, since these songs wouldn't be legal if I used them in a free VN. Then. finally I decided to made a special version of the VN, which is different from the release version (as you can download them in my earlier post).

So, long story short, I finished the special version. Instead, this was the first version that launched, since I made it before the release version. And after finishing it, I wanted to send it to her. Then the problems came. The filesize is more than 10mb, -this was because of those songs- and the e-mail provider only allowed 10mb of file attachment. I came up with my own idea, which is to separate the songs files from the main files. This worked, actually, when I sent them. But another problem came, she could receive and download it, but she couldn't open it, I didn't really know the problem, so I sent her the release final version, which is smaller than 10mb. She finally able to open it, and said that it was okay. Geez, after all of this, the 'illegal' version really couldn't be launched. I didn't continue checking what was wrong and kept the release version. I guess I really shouldn't work with something illegal, then...

Crescent Moon : The Truth of Feelings

Yup, this is my first (published) project on Visual Novel. This came after a good friend of mine, Anne (Himeka-sama), gave me a short story. And to be honest, actually she didn't know what I was going to make with her story. She knew it after I sent her a copy of the finished VN.

So, first, about the story:

In the end of the world, a girl is kidnapped for a power that she doesn't know by herself. In the meantime, this girl feels something about the man who kidnapped her. Will she know the truth of her own feeling?

Okay, that's the synopsis of the story. I think that's enough, because this VN is only about 10-15 minutes long and contains about 2800 words. And there are some screenshots:

Those are some screenshots of the VN, as you see I didn't draw well, cause I'm not good at drawing CGs, and I only used Paint in making them, except the earth picture, came from Celestia.

I guess the only right thing about this is the music. I took them from several websites, and put it in. I tried to do this as good as I can, because, with bad CG, I think the other 'power' that a VN has is music. And that's the result. The other friend of mine liked it. I don't know how about you, but I hope it's okay.

Oh, almost forget. Actually I should call this a Kinetic Novel, not a Visual Novel, since this don't have any choice to choose. And I didn't use much programming for this, just standard stuff, and maybe some custom transitions. I think I'm gonna learn some other stuff next time.

And you can download this, too. Just click on your OS choice: Windows, Linux, Mac. Feel free to comment about this thing here. I also posted this on the Lemmasoft Forums here.

Finally, a huge thank to Anne, to give me a short story (I'm waiting for your other stories, too). And you, to read this blog (more thanks if you played my VN!)

About This Place...

Yo! I'm Icho standing right here! Just let me tell you a little about this little place. 

Yeah, this blog -probably- is the place where I will talk about my projects. It's mostly about Visual Novel actually. I'm not going to tell you about what a VN is, cause it'll take longer to say it (Just search it in Google or something, will you?).

I'm trying to make one all this time, but usually ended up in a half finished story (and not trying to continue it). And then a good friend of mine gave me a short story, and finally I made my first VN with it. I'll talk more about it in my next post.

Well... I guess that's enough. Oh, and don't forget, feel free to comment on anything in this place, except the design, cuz I only use templates and stuff.

Last but not least, Welcome to my Project Zone, guys!