Bittersweet Candy Bowl

When do you need me to run lines? I just wanna know so i can have some time open

Trev - It won’t be for a while yet. I’ll let you know at least two weeks in advance, don’t worry

Toast- okay

Everyone else- NO! I refuse to let this drop below the readable marker! This post is imprtant

This is important. Your right Trev.

NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE! *le gasp*

Since the amount of college homework I’m getting is starting to mount up (I’ll admit most of my answers to Physics are now “nobody cares”, but still, lots to do), I’m opening up one or two more positions - namely, coders, and writers. See below for requirements.

CODERS:
- Must have a good knowledge of Python
- Must be able to work quickly
- Not afraid to get their hands metaphorically dirty
Work will be in modules for this section.

WRITERS:
- Self-desciptive, you’ll be helping me write the storyline and dialogue paths. E-mail for specifics.

Again, as usual, e-mail me with applications - ubertoast@hotmail.co.uk

There are still positions open for Voice Actors and artists. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you’re interested. (Note: I’ve had some people add me to MSN - While I’m not against this, please note that if you are’nt accepted straight away it’s because I’m using Trillian which tends to act like a 13-year old not getting it’s own way. I’ll add you as soon as I see you added me)

Im a badass in the writing department. I even have a friend who does editing. hit me up if you need me

I WILL NOT BE SILENCED! THIS THREAD MUST LIIIIIIIIVE!

YEEEEEES! IT LIVES!

YESSSSSS!

It won’t go down as long as Uber’s still working on it.
just chill, the guy needs some time to work on it…

The fact that you guys are so enthusiastic about this amazes me. I’m taking a short break from coding while my finger heals (got it stuck in a door, bloody hurts). However, I will be resuming tomorrow. In the meantime, the blag is fully functional!

Here y’go

NO! KEEP CODING MONKEY!

Just kidding, glad to see all our BCB game makers are getting toether now though, hope your finger heals well.

Quick question; does this have a name?

I volunteer as a beta tester if you need one. My lack of computer programming and writting skills renders me otherwise useless in the development of this.

Perfect lucy voice.
http://voiceacting.proboards.com/index.cgi? action=viewprofile&user=eveeelric
I demand to be able to beta test. >:U
You would of never got the link to this beautiful voice of lucy without me.

Bitches

So I made this; only problem is, as far as I know, this is just being called “The BCB Dating Sim”, so the layout suffers slightly. Otherwise I like it; once I get a name or a tag-line I’ll add it, re-do the layout accordingly and maybe upload to Candybooru.
BCB Game Poster

Gameking - Very nice… very nice indeed! I’m still deciding on a final name however.

In other news, I’d like to extend a big thankyou to Senpai, Susan, and Kaxbe - all of whom are taking the time to assist with the writing.

(Hold on, there are three there… does this mean an extra character will be available?!)

Forgot to mention - there is still positions available for artists.

Its comming along? Yay!

PROGRESS REPORT:

Engine Code: 100%
Dialogue Options: 5%
Background Art: 10%
Character Art: 2%
Voices: 10%
Music: 50%

Overall: 25%

I’m at the limit to what can be done myself now - as soon as the writers and art people get their stuff in, I can contact the VAs and it’ll be a mere matter of days before a beta version is available.

Whoa! 25% already! Your doing well!

I pray that the artists are keeping the style close to Taeshi’s?
Don’t get random, people xD

Lyucs - I havn’t sen what the (one) other artist has done yet, but the stuff I’m doing is close to Taeshi’s style, yes. If only I had $500 so I could get Taeshi to do the art to make it even better… oh well.

Uber, you said you were choosing the voice roles on the 30th? Is it alright to send in a longer audition? I’m finally replacing my crappy mic and wanted to do something around 2 minutes or so per character; is that too much? I’m just running on what I’ve done for other auditions, so I don’t know what you want.

GameKing - Sure, go ahead

So Ubertoast, I made some interface design for you.

You can also view this on my blog.

Title screen

Ubertoast practically told me to keep that background image, so I basically designed the title menu to match it. The BCB logo clashes a bit with the BG, but nevertheless, I think it looks good. Added CG as an option, so that the players can enter a gallery where they can see all the CG’s they have encountered.

Continue

That little heart thing is the cursor, assuming the game is controller by keyboard. The selected options are highlighted pink, and the spaces with data in them are green. If the game is controlled by mouse, we can just make the cursor select the option the mouse is on, or remove it altogether.

Preferences

Just put the important stuff there. If there is something else this menu needs, tell me. Note that this time, the ‘Back’ option at the top is highlighted, and the enabled options are green.

In-game

The left panel isn’t always there, don’t worry. I suggest that it should pop up when Esc key is pressed, and go away when it’s pressed again (or perhaps, right click). The ‘Hide interface’ option hides all windows and text on the screen, allowing the player to fully see the background image.

Zoe - I’m impressed! If you’re online tonight at the same time as me, remind me to send you the engine files so you can get to work on an actual prototype interface for me to integrate. But definitely, very nice!

In other, general news, I’m experimenting with a new format of “progress report” system that would take place after a certain amount of time. If anyone wants more information on this, please, contact me in the IRC as I’d like some opinions on whether it’d be a good idea or not.

Wow, they look awesome!
(I actually googled the Lorem ipsum thing.
http://www.lipsum.com/
Cool. You guys sound like professionals. Are you professionals? Nice.)

It looks really fantastic.

Lyucs - No, we’re not professionals At least, I’m not. No idea about the other guys. I intend to be though, one day… /dreamer

I’m not a pro either, but I intend to become one, so I am working hard. xD

I’m glad you liked it.

Fantastic! Although one small note; if the interface for the Save Screen and Options Menu are going to be keyboard operated, I highly recommend going with the entire area of the selection highlighting pink, rather then the text alone. Since there’s no cursor, it just makes it a little easier to manage for a player, especially on higher resolutions.
Or not. Either way it looks fantastic and very professional!
Also, Uber, Amazon’s shipping is apparently being an idiot, so no higher quality audition with vastly superiour mic. Sorry.

Why does it look like Amaya wants to kill?

LightOrDark - It’s not actual character art, just something Zoe whipped up to fill the space ^^

In other news, I’m slowly getting the cash together to commission artwork for the game. It’s a slow process, but should improve the quality greatly over what I could do.

There are voices? Hmmm When are you planning on releasing the game Uber?

Commie - I was hoping for the first part by Christmas. However, practically, a “when it’s done” approach with extra content patched in over time.

Have you found more girl voices yet? I wouldn’t mind helping out, but it would take a while for me to send an actual voice clip. (School is hectic and I don’t have a good mike so I have to scream and I really don’t want to freak my roommate out.)

I’ve actually had no female auditions whatsoever yet, so it would be very much appreciated ^^

And take your time with getting clips in (this goes to everyone) - due to the extra features I’m adding needing a ton more work (will be worth it though), I’m extending the deadline for VA auditions to 10th December. It’s unlikely to go on very longer (except in special circumstances).

Kay, I’ll attempt to change my voice so there can be more than one voice for the girls, but I would like to have a sample of the dialog to read. Please and thank you.

Yeeeess extended deadline!

Just so you know, I didn’t make that Amaya, I just got it from the Candybooru haha. But yeah, it was just to fill space, and actually, the cursor is that little heart thingy.

I like the idea of the whole thing highlighting on the save/load screen.

New feature has had it’s baseline coded in, now working on the script for it and the assets it calls up. Delicious~

http://www.concerned-ish.com/?p=33

Not the best explanation of a feature I’ve ever written, but feel free to comment nonetheless.

Leaving_a_Comment - Sorry for the delay, but I have your lines ready now. Give me a shout when you’re in the IRC, and I’ll send them to you

Trev the lurker here. YAY for progress!

Uber, I can’t wait for this! If you need more testers, I’d be well up for it.

(Or if you need an extra writer.)

Sushi - I could always use one or two more writers. I noticed you in the IRC over the last couple of days, feel free to PM me for info

Uber, I could do a bit of writing if necessary… this English degree isn’t taking me anywhere else ^_^

Sammy - Sure thing. I havn’t seen you in the IRC, so feel free to drop me an e-mail linking to some of your stuff and I’ll get back to you.

I tend to keep out of the IRC. Just too frantic. I’ll link you some of my stuff as soon as i remember my password to my fanfics.net account