called draw.io until yesterday 
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So, when do you expect to publish? Iām looking forward to playing it 
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Iām thinking aloud
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finish the backgroundsā¦ doing 2 bgs a week. You do the math
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draw missing portraits , finalize existing ones, draw the body poses for all the characters - 2 months
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do the cutscene illustrations ā¦ (3 months - very uncertain about how mnay illustrations Iāll make ā I might even discover that the game is funnier without the illustration, with the cutscenes that are only narrated)
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write the missing greetings (such as the one above, where Olivia tells Van Helsing she defeated dracula ) - 1 month
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translate - 1 week
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hire someone for finalizing English translation and possibly German - 1 months?
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hire someone for the title music (there will only be music in the title) - 1 month?
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sound effects from freesound.org + implement them - 3 weeks?
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finalize the engine (cordova? paypal integration?) - 1-2 months
every number above is probably too optimistic and coudl take twice the timeā¦
after point 5 you guys can start testing the gameā¦
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- come up with a title for the game - 2 weeks
Hereās my suggestion - you were not seriously thinking of calling it Segusoās Adventure, were you?-
Olivia in āChop that Wood!ā
(In case you have plans for a series)
otherwise simply āChop that Woodā
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āChop that woodā is a great name, more original than āLittle Girl in Monsterlandā which is how I am advertising it on twitter. But Iām afraid it could suggest a short gameā¦ it looks like you just need to chop the woodā¦ I donāt knowā¦ we can discuss in a few monthsā¦
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Serious question: how much do you think Michael Land could charge for a title theme like Monkey Islandās?
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You could try some place like Fiverr.
interestingā¦ what Iād like to do is a kind of ābidā. I donāt want to commit to a musician before listening to the themeā¦ I want to contact 5-6 musicians and say āyou all send me the raw theme and the price, then Iāll choose one of youāā¦ do you think this is a disrespectful thing to say? (of course I wouldnāt tell that to Michael Land :)) And could be done on Fiverr?
I donāt know, sorry. 
That video is literally the only thing I know about it, but judging by it the process seems to work.
Generally speaking Iād say thatās disrespectful. Unless youāre paying everyone for an hour or two to come up with something rough and if you decide to proceed you pay them for a whole day to finish it up. But who knows, some people might be willing to go for it for ācredā or something. (Although Iād be inclined to call that exploitative.)
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Also, I want the first joke (the intro scene with the line āgo chop the wood thenā) to be unexpected by the readerā¦ this is important. that joke works because you are not expecting it.
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For Kill Yourself, I composed the music myself 
if you like the style, I can come up with something for you for free.
Otherwise, I have a colleague whoās a conservatory laureate whoās willing to enter the VG music market 
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wow! thatās very generous of you!! 
it almost feels like you remember that I recorded the Ransome lines four times 
Iāll check out the music from Kill Yourself and let you know! But be warned Iām the kind of person that would tell John Williams āwhatās this shit? Redo it from scratch! No, forget that. Iāll just do it myselfā 
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A bit too bright?
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too bright? I donāt see thatā¦ why?
also, itās funny that the IRS employee has light behind him, like a god
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As for the title- I see you want too keep it spoilerfree, but since it is almost the first thing you are told to do, it isnāt very spoilery either. Unlike Oliviaās quest for her missing father
How about:
-Chop Quest
-The Unbelievably Fantastic Adventures of a Girl That Unexpectedly Befriends a Actual Real Princess (2FAG2BARP)
?
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The sunlight and the candles. I donāt know. It seems like you would not see the candles as brightly (or even lit) when there is so much sunlight entering the room.
Also the stone wall is too uniformly lit
Mhhh. Ok. Iāll try to decrease the brightness overall, (which will make the room creepy and not bright , but in this case it could be better). and then if thereās still too much contrast Iāll decrease the light source on the leftā¦
