Interview with the Dev: Ryuo!
Today I will be sitting down with Ryuo, the developer of the visual novel Soulcreek!
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00:00:00 - Introductions
00:01:21 - How'd you sit down and write for so long?
00:03:18 - How many times did you have to go back and redo scenes or entire updates?
00:06:02 - Is the ending what you had originally envisioned?
00:07:38 - Any prior writing experience?
00:09:52 - How hard was it to put the music in renpy?
00:12:48 - Atoms is your friend
00:17:29 - How hard was it to find all those sounds?
00:19:20 - Do you think you will ever go back and expand on the lore?
00:23:49 - Where did the idea of Soulcreek come from?
00:26:15 - Comparisons
00:29:22 - Is Loken kinda... neuro spicy?
00:32:01 - The horror's of Illayla
00:39:24 - The various demons of the world
00:41:47 - Automonks and Exotech?
00:45:17 - Metallurgy in Illayla?
00:47:15 - Illayla's Language
00:49:19 - Glitch Controling the Infant
00:53:20 - What is the extent of the Glyphs power?
00:56:32 - Why is everyone so hot?
00:58:54 - Any characters based on real people?
01:01:34 - Which was the most difficult to write?
01:04:31 - Glitch and Kaius
01:06:52 - Blackrunners and the Four
01:09:19 - Human DNA in Bipeds?
01:11:46 - Biped accended Demons?
01:13:32 - Hushed Land Blackrunners?
01:16:06 - Origin of the name Epiklesis
01:17:46 - Did Mylo and Alex find anything?
01:19:35 - Tahki and Nitro
01:21:41 - What is their job?
01:23:24 - How much more dangerous are the Hushed Lands?
01:28:42 - Is Dravonia up to the Challenge
01:30:29 - What would have happened had Kaius won the war
01:32:23 - What if they opened Soulcreek?
01:36:17 - Did Glitch really know Alex's father?
01:38:19 - Is Glitch really gone?
01:40:33 - Would the story have ended the same if it was someone else other than Alex
01:42:16 - That ending
01:48:25 - Different Point of View
01:49:28 - What are YOUR plans now?
01:50:54 - Loken and Rhoun
01:51:46 - Soulcreek Merch?
01:52:45 - Parting words
Soulcreek is an adult visual novel by Ryuo.
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