First Build Ramblings

Wow, it's finally out. 

The first build is a culmination of months of work done by me and Swaggy Tamago. It's certainly been a ride! 

I came into the FVN scene back in May, with no knowledge of Ren'py and no experience leading a project like this. Fortunately, I did have some writing experience (albeit as a hobby). The idea for Super-Nova first came to me when I was watching Invincible. I thought it'd be neat to have a story where the protagonist join an existing team and gets to choose to hang out and potentially date one of these superheroes. After a long call with a friend, I already had ideas for the core characters forming in my head, and I soon sat down to write. 

Of course, I would've gotten nowhere if I hadn't had the fortune of Swaggy reaching out to me regarding the project. His art truly brought my ideas for life and kept giving me inspiration for more. 

Then there were those wonderful people from a couple discord servers who agreed to take a look at my demo (then consisting only of generic backgrounds and text). Their positive response and the feedback I received gave me the motivation I needed to bring the project to fruition. 

As for the writing process itself, as mentioned earlier, I had ideas for the Sentinels from the beginning, although it took a while to give them proper form. Figuring out everyone's personalities and backstories took a while. I initially planned on having four routes, one for each pre-existing member, but ultimately decided to limit the scope and make it more manageable. 

While I quickly thought of the overall shape of the story and the themes I wanted to work with in each route, coming up with a compelling cast of antagonists and villains was a big challenge. Still, I hope that the story develops in ways readers find interesting and that the cast is met with the same enthusiasm I had while writing them. 

Aaand I think I've rambled on enough for today. I'll have more to say as we release more builds, but for now, stay cool, and have a super fun time!