Making a Homestuck Dating Sim!

[sickPuppeteer]

Hello everyone!
I just got Swish max and decided I want to make a Homestuck Dating Sim with it since I haven't seen any floating around.
I'm really new with Swish so it can't be all that complicated or it would be really buggy, but I was just wondering what the fandom would like to see in a Homestuck Dating Sim.
Any ideas you guys can give me would be great.
Also I was going to do this on my own, but if you'd like to help that would be great too! This is a big project.
So post away and thanks in advance for all your help!

Edit: I made a lot of artwork and etc already and I got RPG maker VX ace because it's better and easier than Swishmax.
Also, any advice on anything you want added into the game or want to see in the game would be great!

Another thing: Okay, it looks like some people might've thought this would be porn.
That's a reasonable expectation considering most sims have a lot of porn, but I'm just making it like a pg 13 dating sim and when
you pail people it shows a flashing bucket and says "Congrats! You pailed _____" or something. No porn xD
I don't think my drawing style would be right to draw porn anyways, they'd all look so young it would be horrible.
So yeah. No porn. Thanks for reading!

[galaxyCreator]

Did you have an idea of who you're going to feature as the main character? Or will there be multiple?

[King Applebutter]

All of my yeses.

I'm wondering how this would work though. Who is the player character? Is it a canon character, an OC, or just a faceless generic which is oft found in dating sims?

[Neuro]

Got any basic rough ideas at the moment? Can you give us anymore info?

Also I don't know if you would want AB style sprites or what for this but I might be able to help with that, along with some dialogue writing maybe??? And I know a bit of flash coding... what program are you planning on creating this in?

[sickPuppeteer]

Did you have an idea of who you're going to feature as the main character? Or will there be multiple?

I'm really not sure who to make the main character, there are really a lot of choices. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear!

[sickPuppeteer]

All of my yeses.

I'm wondering how this would work though. Who is the player character? Is it a canon character, an OC, or just a faceless generic which is oft found in dating sims?

I want to use a cannon character in this, the problem is I don't know which one to go with since there's so many.
I always thought the faceless generic character was a bit weird anyways.

[Graminoid]

Karkat, Dave or John. Take your pick, as this will be what people are asking for anyway.

MAYBE ERIDAN I DONT KNOW.

[sickPuppeteer]

Got any basic rough ideas at the moment? Can you give us anymore info?

Also I don't know if you would want AB style sprites or what for this but I might be able to help with that, along with some dialogue writing maybe??? And I know a bit of flash coding... what program are you planning on creating this in?

I know I want the character the player plays as to be a cannon character, I just don't know who to go with.
Also, I was thinking of making it look like Alterniabound, I thought Alterniabound looked like a dating sim anyways xD
And any help you could give would be great, I need to be sure the chats sound realistic and it's a lot of art to draw.
Lastly, I'm using Swishmax4 to create this. I heard it's a lot more difficult to use than Flash, but it's all I could afford and can to the same things. xD

[sickPuppeteer]

Karkat, Dave or John. Take your pick, as this will be what people are asking for anyway.

MAYBE ERIDAN I DONT KNOW.

I predicted as much, I'll probably put up a poll at some point to see who people want most xD
Also, I will definitely use Eridan in a bonus game! I always thought that would be awesome to see him in something like this.

[ShittyArtistKota]

BETTER IDEA! Create 4 different paths, each with one of the beta kids. Also, if you want custom sprites and such, I can help with that.

[Drillgorg]

Eridan is CHALLENGE MODE or hard mode.

[sickPuppeteer]

BETTER IDEA! Create 4 different paths, each with one of the beta kids. Also, if you want custom sprites and such, I can help with that.

4 paths? What do you mean?
And okay thanks! I'm glad people are willing to help me with this xD

[Woe Kitten]

Each kid gets their own plot and dating options - John could pick Vriska, Rose, or Karkat, maybe.

I think that's what they meant.

[sickPuppeteer]

Each kid gets their own plot and dating options - John could pick Vriska, Rose, or Karkat, maybe.

I think that's what they meant.

Wouldn't that file end up being really big and difficult to link around though?

[Woe Kitten]

Wouldn't that file end up being really big and difficult to link around though?

Yeah, probably. Sounds like a lot of work too. If you want to just pick one character, Eridan is probably the only one who'd realistically date anybody. You could have Nepeta be the main and have it focus on matchmaking along with maintaining your moirallegiance with Equius and trying to date Karkat.

[sickPuppeteer]

Yeah, probably. Sounds like a lot of work too. If you want to just pick one character, Eridan is probably the only one who'd realistically date anybody. You could have Nepeta be the main and have it focus on matchmaking along with maintaining your moirallegiance with Equius and trying to date Karkat.

I'm definitely making a game with Eridan in it. xD
And the Nepeta idea does sound pretty cool, but I'll probably have to do that when I have more experience. The reason being with all that stuff you described to do,
some parts probably would need intricate coding for meters and such that I don't know how to do being such a noob at this and it sounds more difficult to make than a normal dating sim so
I should wait until I've made a game or 2 to start a project like that. Thanks for the idea!

[King Applebutter]

BETTER IDEA! Create 4 different paths, each with one of the beta kids. Also, if you want custom sprites and such, I can help with that.

I agree with this fellow!

I feel like while it may be difficult, a larger cast would make it more fun for the players, allowing us them to indulge in their favorite crack ships.

Of course, if you were to do all of them, that would be like, ~256 combinations to code. That's a shitload. I wouldn't even want to do that, even if I knew how to. Up to you.

BTW Eridan kinda creeps me out... soo, just throwing that out there.

[galaxyCreator]

I think you should probably go with Karkat or Eridan, although the beta kids idea has some merit. Are you gonna do quadrants? And what setting are you thinking of going with?

[cageyAxiom]

You're focusing on human romance or troll romance notions?
If the latter the whole project will end up more intricate and a harder game (since you have 4 possible types of 'romance') whilst it might be hard to code
The former will be easier though

I'm up for the latter (troll romance) though ...

[Dentrala]

"ERIDAN THE GAME:: Prom Night Panic".
You are Eridan. It is two hours before prom night and you pretended you had a date this whole time. WHO DO YOU HIT ON

[AmberIce]

I'd have to say either Eridan or Karkat would be your best bet when it comes to trolls. Nepeta is more of a passive observer when it comes to ships, so she'd be better as an NPC, I think. But both Eridan and Karkat are...more than familiar with romance, so...yeah. XD

As for the humans, maybe John or Roxy? I dunno lol.

[galaxyCreator]

"ERIDAN THE GAME:: Prom Night Panic".
You are Eridan. It is two hours before prom night and you pretended you had a date this whole time. WHO DO YOU HIT ON

This is hilarious. Seconded.

[Varkarrus]

Eridan. Also, make all the characters viable options.

[sickPuppeteer]

I think you should probably go with Karkat or Eridan, although the beta kids idea has some merit. Are you gonna do quadrants? And what setting are you thinking of going with?

I think I'll end up making a poll for the fandom to vote Karkat John or Dave as the player's character. And I'll probably go ahead and do troll romance.
Also, what do you mean by setting?

[sickPuppeteer]

"ERIDAN THE GAME:: Prom Night Panic".
You are Eridan. It is two hours before prom night and you pretended you had a date this whole time. WHO DO YOU HIT ON

That sounds awesome! xD
I'm going to make an Eridan game after the first one and this idea would be perfect.