Chapter 23 On-site display(1/2)
Higashino Hirosawa thinks that making a galgame is not difficult, but of course it is not.
Abe Taka knew from the beginning that it would not be easy to create a galgame. He never planned to do it alone, but wanted to find like-minded people to work together.
He has been recruiting companions since he was a freshman in high school.
Initially, some people were indeed interested and joined the production team, but various things happened in the middle, and now he is the only one who is still persisting.
Higashino Hirosawa is someone who is interested in making galgames after a long absence.
"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have come to see you, senior."
Higashino Hirosawa nodded affirmatively.
"Really? That's great. What's your name?"
"My name is Higashino Hirosawa, senior Abe Taka."
"Oh, Higashino-kun. Do you know how to make galgame? Is there anything you are good at?"
"Understood, I'm good at both screenwriting and painting."
"Really?"
Abe Gao thought that it would be great if this junior could help him a little bit, but he really couldn't do it alone.
Seeing that there was only more than a month left until the Tokyo Comic Con in June, no matter how hard he tried, he could barely catch up. If something unexpected happened midway, he would have to give up.
After missing the Tokyo Comic Con in June, he can only wait four more months to attend the Tokyo Comic Con in October.
They are both fan comics exhibitions, but there are quite a few differences between the two comics exhibitions.
At the June Comic Exhibition, most of the participants were the works of fandom enthusiasts from high school and university clubs. The scale is relatively small, but it is easier to apply for a place at the Comic Exhibition and is more suitable for newcomers.
The Comic Expo in October is the largest fan comic expo of the year, with an unprecedented scale. There are many people applying for sales positions, and there are many very powerful production teams and even some official production staff who will participate.
If you want to apply for entry sales, you must submit corresponding information. The organizer will only give you a sales position if your work is of a certain quality.
As a galgame, the so-called certain quality mainly depends on the vertical illustrations.
However, this aspect is currently his disadvantage. Even if he is given another four months, unless he can change all the illustrations that he finally got together, it will be difficult to make a big difference.
The difficulty in changing illustrations was not the time, but the fact that he simply couldn't find a better replacement.
For Abe Taka, the quality of his works will not differ much whether it is June or October. If he delays participating until October, he will be out of luck and may be rejected during the review.
So if he can participate in the exhibition in June, he doesn't want to delay it until October.
"Are you good at drawing?"
At this time, Abe Taka felt a huge surprise when he heard that Higashino Hirosawa was good at painting.
So far in the production of the entire game, the things that have been slowing down the most are the illustrations and vertical paintings.
If someone who is good at painting joins the game, it is very likely that the game will be ready for the Comic Con in June.
There are a few illustrations that are not of very good quality and can be replaced to make the game of higher quality.
"Of course, I'm very good at it. No one in Sakura City High School is better at it than me!"
LV7's painting ability is so powerful in all aspects that he has no problem defeating the art teachers of Yingcheng High School.
"Is this...really? Do you have any drawings for me to take a look at?"
But after hearing Higashino Hirosawa's words, Abe Gao hesitated.
It is true that Higashino Hirosawa is too immodest. This is not the attitude that a junior should have when speaking to a senior.
Abegao wondered if he was invited by someone to tease him and watch his jokes.
"No, but I can show it on the spot."
Higashino Hirosawa said.
Live demonstration?
Abe was stunned.
How to show this? The total lunch break is only 40 minutes, and now there is only a little more than ten minutes before the next class starts.
Does this Higashino-kun want to imitate him and skip classes?
"Borrow senior's pen and paper."
Abe Gao had a pencil and manuscript paper beside him.
When writing scripts and making games, he would conceive some necessary character scenes at the same time, draw a rough sketch of the idea on the manuscript paper, and then find someone to help draw it.
"please."
Abe Taka wanted to know how Higashino Hirosawa would show it.
Higashino Hirosawa picked up the pencil and paper and sat down aside.
He closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them a few seconds later, the pencil started moving quickly.
What is this doing?
Abe Gao couldn't understand.
The speed at which the pencil moves makes me feel like I am writing at a rapid pace.
He couldn't help but walk behind Higashino Hiroyuki to see clearly what he was doing.
Is this really painting?
Walking behind Higashino Hirosawa, Abe Gao couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Higashino Hirosawa is not writing, but drawing at an extremely fast speed.
The more he looked, the more shocked Abe Gao was.
too fast!
In just over a minute, the entire painting already had a rough outline.
And the painting was not something else. Abe Taka could tell at a glance that Higashino Hirosawa was painting the scene of him typing on the keyboard alone in the gaming department.
ten minutes later.
Abegao was completely silent.
Higashino Hirosawa's painting is fully completed.
The lines of the painting look a bit rough, but despite the roughness, it gives people a sense of boldness.
Taking into account the time it takes, this is not a disadvantage at all.
This black-and-white drawing, drawn in just ten minutes, contains a sense of tranquility and loneliness in the game department room and the person typing with his head down.
This feeling is all too familiar to Abe Taka.
Did this really take only ten minutes to draw?
Unless he saw it with his own eyes, Abe Gao couldn't believe it at all.
"Abe-senpai, what do you think?"
Higashino Hirosawa asked with a smile.
In fact, he was afraid of scaring Abe Taka, so he adopted a more normal painting method. He finished the painting without even one stroke, and the speed was much slower.
Otherwise, the whole painting can be completed in less than three minutes.
"Awesome! That's awesome! Higashikata-kun! Please join me in making a galgame! With your paintings, I think we will be able to make a very popular galgame!"
Abegao came to his senses after hearing this.
He couldn't help shouting excitedly.
With Higashino Hirosawa's painting speed, it won't be a problem to replace all the illustrations in the game before the Comic Con in June!
"Of course there is no problem in joining, but senior Abe, can I take a look at the script of the game first? If the script doesn't satisfy me, I won't waste time on drawing it."
It’s not that Hirosawa Higashino doesn’t believe in Taka Abe, it’s just that it’s too difficult to write a good script.
Before time travel, there were dozens or hundreds of galgames released in Japan every year, but after a year, not even one of them might be remembered.
That's it, it's still produced by those game companies.
The quality of fan games is even more worrying.
"No problem, I'll have one right here."
Abe Gao didn't think there was anything wrong with Higashino Hirosawa's words. Higashino Hirosawa asked to read the script, which just shows that Higashino Hirosawa is not an amateur and really wants to make games.
Abe Gao took out a copy of the script from his schoolbag, a thick stack.
"Thank you, senior. Are you still in the clubroom after school? I'll come back then."
Higashino Hirosawa took it over.
It was almost afternoon class time, and he was going to take it back to the classroom to read.
"Yes, I will wait for you here, Mr. Dongye."
To be continued...