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[Vector]

. . . That's actually a really good idea.  Maybe that's what happens if you choose a "stay in that night" option.

[Xantalos]

. . . That's actually a really good idea.  Maybe that's what happens if you choose a "stay in that night" option.

Hot date with the radiator. Uh oh, the microwave's getting jealous!

[Tiruin]

. . . That's actually a really good idea.  Maybe that's what happens if you choose a "stay in that night" option.

...The imagery made my day xD Though I don't have any radiators despite the ~13C atmosphere here.

...Yeah, I've a thing with text, reading and the imagination..it's always too clear.

[LordSlowpoke]

hold on

the bay gets a dating sim?
a math dating sim...?
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vector pm me your bank details i want this so much i am willing to pay for it

[Bauglir]

I've been throwing money at the screen for hours, but it isn't doing anything.

[Tellemurius]

*Looks at my toaster in a satisfying way*
*The toast comes flying out in a spectacular way with both sides evenly cooked, my mouth is watering*

This is a horrible presence please stop
I might as well go buy a floppy drive for my computer again.

[Vector]

Actually, if I could get strong enough art, animation, and music support, I was strongly considering selling it.  I would obviously be paying someone up-front for the labor in that event, then probably giving them a percentage of the proceeds with that initial bite taken out of it.  (So, 10% to a charity funding access to STEM fields, 30% writing/programming team, 20% music/SFX team [-bankroll], 20% art team [-bankroll], 20% animation team [-bankroll], or something like that--this assumes that each "team" comprises one person, we have no Kickstarter, and that we're going to make no money, LOL; obviously, everyone except for me will be making minimum wage or better for their time, since I, as the person who is building this thing, shall take all the glory [. . . kidding])

With what I envision just now, I expect it to be a 2-year project or so, with the expectation that I'll be working slowly (I'll have grad courses, job/job search, other writing projects, my translation career to get off the ground, bad movies to watch, etc.).  My goal is to have a concept I'm ready to run with fleshed out by the end of September.

[LordSlowpoke]

Two years, huh...

I'll chalk that up as yet another reason to not bail this plane of existence like it's freedom and I'm invading Czechoslovakia.

[RedWarrior0]

I know for a fact that we have some pretty talented folks here.

Not me, though.

[Vector]

Well, I'm trying to be realistic and reasonable.  I know myself and the likelihood of taking two months off in the middle of the project before the final push/period of working with other people begins is extraordinarily high.  I also want the other folks to be able to spread their work over a couple months rather than entering "LOL YOU'VE BEEN COMMISSIONED" hell.

[SalmonGod]

Wow.  That turned serious pretty quickly.

[Vector]

. . . No, don't worry, it's just that INT* thing.  Every time I have an idea I automatically develop a timeframe, figure out what I'll need in terms of outside support and additional knowledge base, and then run feasibility before I go back to ignoring deadlines and never getting anything done.  Also, I've had an idea like this one in the back of my head for a long time, so the sudden interest lanced the boil.

This will probably come to nothing, but thinking about creating something beautiful and expansive that other people will enjoy makes me happy, so I'm doing it.

[/is embarrassed]

Also, it gives me a reason to save my money.

EDIT: Okay, bye guys, I'm going to go crawl in a hole and die.  Forever.  Please forget everything I've said in the past hour or so, and possibly also my entire existence if that would make you feel any better.  I'm pretty sure it's inherently embarrassing, like, some sort of aura that makes awkward things happen.

[LordSlowpoke]

no

fuck

why do all the artists i consider promising decide it's too embarassing to work with material before they produce anything i were about to post "why yes such daydreaming always put me in a better mood" but nope we holes now
i'm not going to say that you're silly for thinking it's shameful (hell, think as you will, i won't go on this debate for personal reasons) but please with a tilde on top don't abandon this project? you don't even have to publish it, i'd just like to prod you towards making one because it'd open up a ~new world~ to you in terms of experiences

[SalmonGod]

No way.  Why be embarrassed?  Everybody does stuff like that.  I've generated interest for a project among a group of people and then quietly dropped it like half a dozen times.  It just happens.  We get all excited about an idea and really motivated and then life... or just the next idea... Sharing the enthusiasm for a little while is fun enough.  I think people who get too upset when fancies like this don't pan out have a problem with calibrating their expectations.

If you ever get around to looking for artist(s), I may be of help.

[Bauglir]

Every time I have an idea I automatically develop a timeframe, figure out what I'll need in terms of outside support and additional knowledge base, and then run feasibility before I go back to ignoring deadlines and never getting anything done. 

Story of all my hobby projects. All of them. I choose not to forget that I'm not the only one who does this >_______>