Hi!! I'm so excited! For the past couple of days, I've been working on my game, well I haven't even started coding, but I'm creating the story!
I've always had struggles with OCs, I wanted to be the cliché artist with tons of traumatized OCs, but the only characters I could think of were the basic highschoolers, in a boring peaceful life, but now I have ideas!
I knew I really wanted to create a game; if you know me you know I'm in college right now, learning science computer, and learning a new engine inspired so much!
Unfortunately, I didn't have any ideas, other than what time of game I wanted to have. I want to make a cozy, farm game like Stardew Vally of Field of Mistra, but without the combat aspect (even if it'd fit pretty well in my universe), I always found it irritading. I mean it's fun, but I don't always want to fight, and I'd like my farming games to be farming games, I'd prefer play Deltarune for combat (no hate to the games I love them).
I also wanted to have a full, dedicated lore and focus way more on the social aspect. I'm a sucker for visual novels, even if it's been a long time playing them, I just feel like cozy games' dialogue parts are boring.
Don't get me wrong, I love my dear hubby Sebastian , but I wish I could have more event with him, and TALK WITH NPCs. I mean, in this kind of game, when you go to talk, they talk, you stay silent. I'd want the player to be able to have opinions, to participate in conversations.

That lead me to my lore. After I got a few ideas and feature in the gameplay, I thought about the universe, but I suck at creating one. I had the idea of videogames for months now, and even if I got serious with it only a few days ago, it sucked!
I was stuck, I watched a youtube video about a guy explaining how to write a visual novel but I felt numb, my mind was elsewhere, until I had the random idea "Oh! I wanna draw a knight for the game!" and with that, I started sketching a few ideas before it started to make sens.
I went on my Google Doc and started writing, with that I was in fire, I scribbled a whole lore our MC, some backstory ideas,...

Here we are now. For the past three days, I sketches some characters I had ideas, explained their backstory, designed them... I'm super excited!
Here begins my journey of a game developper and an artist full of ideas.
Though, I already see some problems, like I made a lore for our MC, named them and designed them, I'm scared players won't be able to feel like playing themselves, I don't want my game to be one where you incarnate another character and discover their story, even if I love this genre. But I'm sure I'll figure it out soon.
For now, I just have to make characters, learn about the fishes and plants (as I want the game to be detailed and educative on those parts, but it's fun to read wikis on fishes), and have fun!
I don't have all the characters I want for now, like not all datable, not all shop keepers, but I have ideas of how my world works, how the village, the politics, the commerce itself acts, my ideas are beyond what the game is about.
I think those NPCs will be my beloved OCs, and I sure hope they grow out with me.

For now, I made this start of this page that I'll use as a diary for devlog, but I don't promise to be consistant, I may forget things or be too stressed to write. I don't intend to work on the game day and night, I want to have fun, to not overwork myself, and my school and personal life stay priotities. Even like that, nobody knows me, I'm not even sure people other than my friends will test the game.

But if you are reading this and are interested in my journey, thank you, and let's enjoy it together!!