Welcome to my Dev Diary!

 Hello everyone!

I decided to make a Dev Diary (Developers Diary) about the Visual Novel I am creating. I am figuring things out, I am no Developer by any means, but you can follow me on my journey. 

Who am I?

I am Kitty Ocean (web name) and I am an illustrator and author. I am self-taught when it comes to art and now I'm teaching myself how to create a Visual Novel with Ren'py. 

What will I do?

I want to create a Visual Novel (VN). I plan to make almost everything myself:

- The story

- The art

- The coding

- Possibly narration

I may need help with:

- Music (may look for free music)

- Possibly voice acting

- Testing (I will call for testers on my  twitter and this blog when the time is there)

What kind of story?

I plan to create a VN of the first episode of my first novel. This means the VN I am creating will be a linear story with some interaction. You can not influence the story. I will make a separate blog post about my novels.

Will the VN be for sale?

Nopes. It will be free! I want this story to be available for everyone, even those who have not yet read my novel. 

This will mean I can not hire (other) artists for help; it will be my own passion project. 


I will be posting more soon, so check back later!

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