Happy April Fool's Day
Added 2023-04-01 07:58:40 +0000 UTCHey folks: Time is passing fast and April is already here. Already? Yes, we find a million ways to 'kill' time and then we complain how fast time goes by.
DEV NEWS about v0.5: All is going well. Nothing else to report without spoiling anything.
It's been many years now since I started developing visual novels and maybe today is the perfect day I write a little bit about myself.
It might come as a shock to you but Basilicata isn't my real name and English isn't my native language lol.
I've always wanted to draw comics but I was afraid to do it professionally. Instead I studied Medicine and finally I became an orthopaedic surgeon. During my studies I played rugby and after my military service in 2005, my team won the national championship. I got married and my comic/artistic dream was vanishing. I chose the private practice in a small town. Been self employed gave me less money and security but more freedom and more spare time.
I know that in some countries, being a surgeon means being wealthy but not in my case. Here is just a job like many. Also, my rugby experience is useless since few people here know this sport.
Fast forward in 2015, I've got divorced and I wanted a distraction, something to 'kill' time. I went to a comic convention and I met a lot of creators. I found out that only few were still drawing on paper. So, I decided to buy a drawing tablet. I bought a used WACOM tablet (Which I still use) and I started drawing.
At the same time, I discovered adult visual novels and Ren'Py. Needless to say that if my artistic ability was meh, my coding skills were non existent!
Fast forward again to this day, between surgeries twice a week, patient visits and weekly drives of 450 km I found time to slowly realise my teenage dream. I know I'm not 'succesful', I guess my creations are not for everyone but I couldn't be happier.
Thank you too for making all this possible. Your patronage gives me the boost to become faster and better to what I do.
In conclusion: Don't give up on your dreams! Maybe you can't make them true today, but if you're lucky enough, after 20-30 years you will (lol)
PS: Today is the day we b.s. each other, right? Well, I didn't. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Comments
Self taught although with all these tutorials on the internet, that term can be misleading. Ren'py has a good hand on tutorial. I started simple with those few tools that tutorial provided. Then, slowly I learned other effects and put them in my project. Sources to find these were YouTube and Lemmasoft forums. For example, animated images were unknown to me during Goss_IP. When I found them, I used them on TTBS. The hardest thing imho is finding the time to learn, experiment and work on what you learn.
Basilicata
2023-04-01 17:37:15 +0000 UTCI have an "off-topic" question - how did you learn coding? I know everyone has different tools/materials/how-tos. Thanks for sharing, by the way :] It was a great read. I think many of us are now struggling mentally or are in doubt about work&family life. So that was a great share indeed. Happy that you found something you love to do and got "invested".
crotch69
2023-04-01 16:04:44 +0000 UTCImpressively close. I live in Greece. The beach house of the world, where everything is great in summer and nothing works the rest of the year.
Basilicata
2023-04-01 09:24:33 +0000 UTCThat was very interesting. From the clues, I was trying to guess your country. Since rugby is played but isn't well-known, I'm guessing Romania or perhaps Georgia.
John Hall
2023-04-01 09:03:29 +0000 UTC
