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Amazing_Grace:
Alright, story events!
Story events are just events that take place between the All-Stars and their families/friends/rivals throughout the book. Producer usually isn't involved, so story events are written in the third person, unlike communications/auditions/lessons which are written in first person from Producer's POV.
Story events don't really have any effect on the idol's idol life, but they help the reader kinda see how their idol of choice interacts with others when she's just being herself and isn't busy trying to impress Producer (or in Kenchi's case, trying to become a top idol so he can make money). They usually have something to do with the idol's personal dreams (Chiharu wants to have a skateboarding-shark-jumping-bull-racing-skeeboarding contest with Hibiki, Uane wants to please her mother, Soumin wants to show the world she can be a great idol, etc.), but sometimes are just random moments of funny because I got bored and needed to do something to get my mind back on track.
So yeah. Pretty easy to understand. Next I'll explain that special thing I mentioned earlier.
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: liza94 on March 02, 2014, 07:41:40 pm ---Why don't you make lessons a part of the story? It's a fanfiction, after all!
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Ah, just noticed this~
Well, technically, they ARE part of the story, I just don't know how to let people choose whether to have a good or bad lesson.
I could go through and write them out every time there was a possibility to do one, but as it is I already have to write out six different lessons two times for twenty different idols (OK, technically nineteen since Nami and Natsu count as one). That's 228 lessons to write. Yikes. You can see why I'd want to limit this as much as possible.
So yes. Lessons are part of the story. XD
I'm so sorry, I'm so bad at explaining stuff. I have it in my head, I just can't translate it into words.
Amazing_Grace:
I spam the "recent posts" way too much with this thread.
Special Thing Time!
This special thing is the All-Stars' interactions with other idols.
After every audition, whether pass or fail, your idol of choice will spot someone she(/he) knows who competed against them. Producer/Reader can choose to either make his idol ignore this person or allow them to go speak to the other.
This has a HUGE effect (affect? I always mix those up~) on your idol and whether or not her True Ending can be reached (I keep saying "her" because Kenchi doesn't even count anymore, you all know he's a dude), depending on which idol you choose and who you choose to let them talk to.
Some idols don't care about interacting with others. Some of the others don't have any effect on your idol of choice. But some combinations of All-Star and other idol will cause big changes in the way the idol behaves.
For instance, say you're producing Nami and Natsu, and you've just gone up against Jupiter in an audition. Nami is going nuts because, hey, Jupiter's hot and she's Nami. Natsu is feeling a little bit down for reasons Producer doesn't know. Natsu asks if she can take Nami to go talk to Jupiter.
Producer decides to let them.
Nami squeals in excitement and charges over to the trio, then eagerly begins telling them how obsessed she is and how much she adores them. Natsu follows her, and Producer watches.
When the twins are done, they return to Producer. Turns out Natsu was feeling upset because all the boys at her school treated her like one of them, and she wanted to be recognized as a girl. A chance to chat with the Idol Prince, Hokuto, was just what she needed--after all, a dose of Hokuto can work wonders on a wounded girl's soul.
Nami is thrilled too--she's always loved Jupiter and is ecstatic that she got a chance to say hello. Maybe next time she can chat with them too.
Congratulations! Both girls are satisfied, Jupiter seems OK with them, and everyone's happy.
Now, say your idol of choice is Benima. You've just finished going up against 876 in an audition and have lost. Benima spots the winning 876 idol and asks if it's alright to go speak with them for a moment. You decide to say no. Benima accepts this easily and agrees to go home with you. No change is made.
Conversely, let's say you're using Byakura, and you've just finished going against 331's Izuni, Byakura's best friend. Byakura won the audition, but for some reason she's feeling really down in the dumps. She asks if she can visit with Izuni for a bit. You say no.
Byakura is a bit surprised, but she's alright with it. Still, she seems really upset.
Say you go against Izuni again a few more times--sometimes you win, sometimes you lose--but every time, you refuse to allow Byakura to talk to Izuni.
Izuni seems upset. Byakura seems upset. In fact, Byakura is so upset that she barely has time to see Izuni, that her True Ending is negated completely, and she suffers from a mental breakdown from all the pressure of being an idol and the negative things that happened throughout.
Eventually, I plan to post profiles of the nine extra girls (six from 331, three from DP) that appear as friends/rivals in auditions for the All-Stars to talk to. After that's up I'll post a quick layout of the best way to achieve each All-Star's True Ending as according to their interactions with others.
As you see, for some of the girls, regardless of how great you treated her throughout the story, her True Ending can be negated just by the amount of times you do or do not let her speak with others.
liza94:
--- Quote from: Amazing_Grace on March 02, 2014, 08:00:16 pm ---Ah, just noticed this~
Well, technically, they ARE part of the story, I just don't know how to let people choose whether to have a good or bad lesson.
I could go through and write them out every time there was a possibility to do one, but as it is I already have to write out six different lessons two times for twenty different idols (OK, technically nineteen since Nami and Natsu count as one). That's 228 lessons to write. Yikes. You can see why I'd want to limit this as much as possible.
So yes. Lessons are part of the story. XD
I'm so sorry, I'm so bad at explaining stuff. I have it in my head, I just can't translate it into words.
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Just describe lessons when you mention them for the first time, so does for auditions. I thought this project would be more like actual book rather than describtion of the game...
--- Quote from: Amazing_Grace on March 02, 2014, 08:19:16 pm ---I spam the "recent posts" way too much with this thread.
Special Thing Time!
This special thing is the All-Stars' interactions with other idols.
After every audition, whether pass or fail, your idol of choice will spot someone she(/he) knows who competed against them. Producer/Reader can choose to either make his idol ignore this person or allow them to go speak to the other.
This has a HUGE effect (affect? I always mix those up~) on your idol and whether or not her True Ending can be reached (I keep saying "her" because Kenchi doesn't even count anymore, you all know he's a dude), depending on which idol you choose and who you choose to let them talk to.
Some idols don't care about interacting with others. Some of the others don't have any effect on your idol of choice. But some combinations of All-Star and other idol will cause big changes in the way the idol behaves.
For instance, say you're producing Nami and Natsu, and you've just gone up against Jupiter in an audition. Nami is going nuts because, hey, Jupiter's hot and she's Nami. Natsu is feeling a little bit down for reasons Producer doesn't know. Natsu asks if she can take Nami to go talk to Jupiter.
Producer decides to let them.
Nami squeals in excitement and charges over to the trio, then eagerly begins telling them how obsessed she is and how much she adores them. Natsu follows her, and Producer watches.
When the twins are done, they return to Producer. Turns out Natsu was feeling upset because all the boys at her school treated her like one of them, and she wanted to be recognized as a girl. A chance to chat with the Idol Prince, Hokuto, was just what she needed--after all, a dose of Hokuto can work wonders on a wounded girl's soul.
Nami is thrilled too--she's always loved Jupiter and is ecstatic that she got a chance to say hello. Maybe next time she can chat with them too.
Congratulations! Both girls are satisfied, Jupiter seems OK with them, and everyone's happy.
Now, say your idol of choice is Benima. You've just finished going up against 876 in an audition and have lost. Benima spots the winning 876 idol and asks if it's alright to go speak with them for a moment. You decide to say no. Benima accepts this easily and agrees to go home with you. No change is made.
Conversely, let's say you're using Byakura, and you've just finished going against 331's Izuni, Byakura's best friend. Byakura won the audition, but for some reason she's feeling really down in the dumps. She asks if she can visit with Izuni for a bit. You say no.
Byakura is a bit surprised, but she's alright with it. Still, she seems really upset.
Say you go against Izuni again a few more times--sometimes you win, sometimes you lose--but every time, you refuse to allow Byakura to talk to Izuni.
Izuni seems upset. Byakura seems upset. In fact, Byakura is so upset that she barely has time to see Izuni, that her True Ending is negated completely, and she suffers from a mental breakdown from all the pressure of being an idol and the negative things that happened throughout.
Eventually, I plan to post profiles of the nine extra girls (six from 331, three from DP) that appear as friends/rivals in auditions for the All-Stars to talk to. After that's up I'll post a quick layout of the best way to achieve each All-Star's True Ending as according to their interactions with others.
As you see, for some of the girls, regardless of how great you treated her throughout the story, her True Ending can be negated just by the amount of times you do or do not let her speak with others.
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That's a good idea! ;)
Amazing_Grace:
--- Quote from: liza94 on March 02, 2014, 08:33:01 pm ---Just describe lessons when you mention them for the first time, so does for auditions. I thought this project would be more like actual book rather than description of the game...
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I definitely will, don't worry. :3 Everything will be described at least once. Each audition will be written out in it's entirety.
It's kinda like what would happen if you wrote out iDOLM@STER as a book with OCs and then added in various extra story events and...
Yeah.
I'm sorry if I disappointed you, aha...I think I mentioned somewhere near the beginning that it was going to be very much like iM@S: The Fanfiction. Did I...?
--- Quote from: liza94 on March 02, 2014, 08:33:01 pm ---That's a good idea! ;)
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I'm glad you think so, because I'm actually quite proud of it. XD Helps distinguish this from other iM@S games so it's not like I'm just copying iM@S.
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