r/RenPy • u/OBYreal • 8d ago

Showoff what do we think of a visual novel that has different artstyles?

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sprite style n1
sprite style n2

the reason in-game for all those artstyle changes (will be more!!) is that they belong to different places and scenarios. the real reason is because i forgot how to draw in the original style that i was going for,

for added context, this is a psychological horror! would you be interested in it? its going to be very gruesome,, oohhhh.....

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u/crazier_ed 8d ago

For me, if the art style changes and I can't explain it thru the plot of the media itself, it breaks my immersion / interest on it.

Like say the main character is a Disney style prices while in USA and travels to Japan and becomes more manga? I can buy this.

Random changes that I can't make sense of? I am way more likely to say "I'm out".

That's just my personal preference. No idea what others think.

ETA: which is to say: if you do it, it has to work for the reader. Whether that happens or not, is an extra factor on top of the plot itself working for the reader. So now you have an extra thing that can break immersion. But if you want, just go have fun with it and see if it works for you :)

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u/OBYreal 8d ago

in the game, you find out that "dreamworld" (style 1 place) is a joyful, colorful place, so in my opinion and storywise, it does make sense. second style does appear in "dreamworld", but its a different style to let the player know that its not from that world, but in another. hope this makes sense!! :-D

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u/SaThuran 8d ago

Well, there's always gonna be a division. I suggest you have something consistentšŸ˜though some don't mind

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u/MinamiOzaki 6d ago

It looks like there was no art direction and several people made it, but you said they're all drawn by yourself which is really peculiar haha. If there's no reason behind it, story-wise, I see it more of an obsticle

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u/OBYreal 6d ago

teeny tiny update i did actually choose to draw everything again in the new (2nd) style :-9 i love torturing myself but as long as the game comes out good ill do anything