Eternals-Eiliya

Thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I should leave the stuff in the spoiler open then, since that's where most of the art is?

The crowdfunder was just approved, so you can find it at Kimochi (https://www.kimochi.co/campaign/134/hellscape) if you're interested! It's scheduled to go live at 5.20 PM EST on the 7'th of February and will stay open for 30 days. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The original post has been updated. Hopefully it is not so much of a wall of text anymore.

I was going to add more pictures to the post, since the whole thing really is nothing more than just a big wall of text right now, but I don't really know what pictures I can put where in the text. Except for the screencapture of the main menu, I don't really have any images that go well with the text, and I didn't want to put random images there just for the sake of having images. But maybe I should do that... I could maybe make something like a montage of the characters and backgrounds, and splice in between the various segments of the text. I'll see what I can do about it. We are using RenPy as the base engine, and supplementing it with a lot of specialised python scripts to make up for what the basic RenPy engine can't handle. I'm not a programmer, so I don't know the full details, sadly. As for where we are planning on releasing it, I haven't really thought about that yet. The only thing I know for certain is that I'll try to have it available through the patreon once it is updated. I've also made plans to make hardware copies (complete with a box and some extra stuff in it) for the rare occation that someone actually wants to buy a hardware copy. As for selling it online, well, I've heard DLSite is a good choice, but I haven't checked it myself yet. I've also been told that Nutaku can be a bit difficult to deal with, and I've not heard anything at all about MangaGamer. I will look into both of them further, of course. Thank you for taking the time to read and give your opinions and feedback.

I'm Eiliya, the founding member of Eternals Developing, a small studio of indie developers that mainly focuses on erotic games (we do have other projects in the air as well, but I will refrain from mentioning them here). Since one of our games is fairly close to reaching the point where we can release a demo, our programmer suggested that we start trying to spread the word of our game. Fuwanovel was among the sites that he suggested, so here I am. Let me introduce the game. Hellscape - The Scelus Empire is what I like to call a patchwork game. It's intended to feature aspects from various types of games, such as the narration system of visual novels, the turn-based combat of old-school rpgs and the city building/governing of many simulation games, mixed in what I hope will be a fun and engaging experience for any player. The main focus of the game is obviously going to be the story told and when the game starts, only the visual novel narration and the rpg system will be available to the player but as the story moves on and future episodes are released, new features will be added to the previous version. Warning: From here on is the details of the game. While there will be no actual such images on display, the game is erotic in nature. If this bothers you, this read is not for you. Also, if you do not really care for what the game is about and only wishes to know what you can do to help, there are links at the bottom of the post. Story: You play as Taranoir, a demigod that once ruled over Hellscape, the mightiest empire in the Abyss. Due to the goddess that created you having been captured by enemy dieties, you have now lost your divine powers and the mighty empire is crumbling into chaos. In order to survive, you escape to the mundane world with the intention of gathering enough followers and worshippers to elevate yourself into goodhood, thus regaining the power you need to rescue your divine parent and retake your lost homeland. And what is the best way to go about doing this? Conquring the world, of course! Seeing as how walls of text are usually frowned upon by the community, I put the biggest chunk of text into a spoiler. It contains details about the various systems we plan on using, so if you are interested, please do read it. For those of you who want something that is a bit less heavy to handle, here's a video demo of the first few minutes of the game (note that only the visual novel aspect of the game is being shown): Since I do not know if I am allowed to post links to crowdfunders, I'll refrain from doing so. If you are interested in helping me out, drop me a private message and we can solve the issue in private. Thank you a lot for having taken the time to read thus far. It means a lot to us.

I had written a long and interesting (and fairly in-depth) introduction of myself and the studio of indie developers that I founded, but when I tried to post it, I got an error. The site wouldn't let me backtrack to where the text was written and I had not been smart enough to copy it before clicking to submit the topic. So all of that is now lost and I am sad. Too sad to type it all out again. So instead, you will get a short version. I am Eiliya, of Eternals Developing. We are a small studio who focus mainly on producing erotic games. I am 32 years old, currently studying game planning and development in Tokyo and I have a fairly long history with visual novels that start with the early Rance games from Alicesoft, back in the early 1990s. I have played too many games for me to keep track of them, but some of the big titles include Fate Stay Night and Tsukihime, Higurashi and Umineko, the Muv-Luv series, almost all games from Alicesoft, Eushully and Softhouse Chara, as well as all the nostalgic games from the Asenheim Project. That's it for now, nice to meet you all and hope to get a splendid experience here in the community. If you have any questions, feel free to ask either here in the thread or in a private message and I will do my best to get back to you. If you have any questions regarding Eternals Developing and the projects we are working on, I would ask that you visit the thread I plan to make in the original VN section of the forum in the near future. Thank you for your time, and have a good day. //Eiliya