Chapter 24 The Script
"White Album II" mainly tells the high school love story of the male protagonist Kitahara Haruki, the female protagonists Touma Kazusa, and Ogiso Yukina.
As far as the story is concerned, it's a common love triangle.
But Fumiaki Maruto's script is a very good story. The three protagonists, especially the heroines Kazuma Touma and Yukina Ogiso, have successfully created their characters. Most of the players who have played the game have stayed with them.
It has created a deep memory, and even this game has been praised by many players as "the masterpiece for stomach ache", "the masterpiece for getting out of the house", etc.
Many people who have never played the game have heard of the name "White Album II".
Terms and jokes such as "Baixue", "Baixue", "Obviously I came here first", "Why are you so skilled" are still widely circulated on the Internet ten years after the game was released.
This shows how outstanding the lines and script of "White Album II" are.
"White Album II" is a rare galgame that Hirosawa Higashino played seriously from beginning to end. It took him several days to finish it, and then he had a stomachache for several days before he recovered.
In fact, there are not many galgames that Higashino Hirosawa can copy.
Because in most gal games, he doesn't have the patience to read all the lines. If the beginning doesn't attract him, he will Ctrl and jump past.
There are also some that are equally famous, but because he watched the animation first, he didn’t play the game.
For example, the script of the equally famous "AIR" is also very excellent.
But Higashino Hirosawa has never played it, so he can’t copy it even if he wants to.
The full version of "White Album II" is very powerful.
But the full version of "White Album II" contains three major chapters: the prologue, the epilogue and the final chapter, with surprisingly much content.
If I wanted to make a complete version of "White Album II" in one go, even if I were to work at Hirosawa Higasawa's speed and come up with the script and illustrations without doing anything else, it would still take half a month.
Of course this is impossible, he has a lot of things to do.
And even if he could figure it out, the game program would still have a big problem.
Abe is the only game programmer, so God knows when it will be until the game is produced.
Moreover, the full version of the game takes too long to play and is really not suitable for sale at a fan comic convention.
So Higashino Hirosawa just planned to copy the prologue.
The prologue game time only takes 6 to 8 hours if you play it seriously, and you can finish it in 4 or 5 hours if you play it quickly.
The Fan Comic Exhibition lasts for three days, which is just the right time for word-of-mouth fermentation.
Of course, three days is only a safe insurance.
At that time, Higashino Hirosawa drew a portrait of Fuyuma Kazusa and Ogiso Yukina from their school concert and placed them on both sides of the stall.
On one side is the long and straight black color of the cold wind, and on the other side is the white and rich beauty of the gentle wind.
Higashino Hirosawa tried his best to come up with the game theme song "Unexpressible Love".
Place the audio player in the center to ensure it is eye-catching.
As for dubbing, Higashino Hirosawa will not pursue it. There is no need to be so exaggerated in the fan comics exhibition.
When the theme song came out, Higashino Hirosawa felt that it was already explosive.
Higashino Hirosawa did a quick calculation and felt that there was basically no problem.
The prologue of "White Album II" doesn't have much text, and the game program is even simpler, because the prologue game basically doesn't require players to choose a route, they just watch the plot and that's it.
The hardest part is finding someone to sing the theme song.
But if you think about it carefully, this is not a problem.
It's difficult to find someone who can sing perfectly, but after all, it's a fan work, so it doesn't need to be perfect, as long as it can convey the emotion of the song, it's enough.
All that's left is how to convince Abe.
Will Abe Taka agree to change the script?
Higashino Hirosawa really can't say for sure.
This is a ruthless person who insists on making games even if he doesn't have a girlfriend.
Higashino Hirosawa didn't know why Abe Taka was insisting or what he was insisting on.
The script can be said to be the soul of a galgame. If he insists on making only games based on his own script, Higashino Hirosawa may not be able to convince him to give up.
But no matter what, preparation still needs to be done.
He was not in a hurry to write the script. During the second English class, he carefully drew the vertical drawings of Touma Kazusa and Ogiso Yukina.
"Dongyo, what are you drawing? Wow! Who is this? It's so beautiful!"
The English conversation practice session started, and Kinoshita Hideki turned back to Higashino Hirosawa.
Higashino Hirosawa was making some detailed modifications to Touma Kazusa. When Kinoshita Hideki saw it, even if it looked upside down in his eyes, he couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.
With the bonus of LV7's painting ability, the Touma Kazusa painted by Higashino Hirosawa at this time is a bit more realistic than the vertical painting in the game.
"Oh, a heroine of a galgame game."
Higashino Hirosawa said calmly.
"Which game is it? Tell me quickly!"
Kinoshita Hideki asked immediately.
Apart from anything else, it is very necessary to play with this heroine.
"Eh? Here's another one? This one is so beautiful, is she also a heroine?"
Kinoshita Hideki then saw the little Kiso Yukina lying aside.
"Yes, they are the two heroines of the game."
"Awesome! Now I just want to know which game they are from, give me their names!"
Kinoshita Hideki said a little impatiently.
Both heroines are very attractive.
"Sorry, the game hasn't started yet."
Higashino Hirosawa replied with a smile.
"No? Are you lying to me, Dongye? The game hasn't been finished yet, so how do you know about them?"
When Kinoshita Hideki heard this, he couldn't help but want to vomit blood, and strongly suspected that Higashino was teasing him.
"It's really not finished yet, but you can look forward to it. It won't be long before you can play it."
Higashino Hirosawa took advantage of the opportunity.
Judging from Kinoshita Hideki's reaction, he could use a dozen advertisements before attending the comic expo.
Although it may not be possible to get many people to attend art exhibitions and buy it, if you can sell one more copy, it will be an extra point of insurance.
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"Higashino-kun, you are here!"
In the game department room, Abe is waiting eagerly.
He had never felt that the two classes in the afternoon would pass so slowly.
He was worried that Higashino Hirosawa would never return, and he was relieved until he saw Higashino Hirosawa's figure appearing in the corridor.
"Abe-senpai, I've finished reading the script."
"Really? What do you think of the script?"
Abe Taka asked hopefully.
"Senior, do you mind if I tell the truth?"
Higashino Hirosawa looked at Abe Taka.
The script was Takashi Abe's hard work. He revised it countless times and worked hard to get it right.
I bluntly pointed out the shortcomings of the script, but I don’t know if he would accept it.
Many people are immersed in their own world and cannot tolerate the criticism of others.
"Higashino-kun...if you have any opinion, please just say it directly!"
Abegao remained silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said.
"Then I'll tell you the truth, senior, please don't take offense."
"First of all, as far as the plot is concerned, the whole story is too simple and straightforward, and there are almost no twists and turns in the process of the story. The childhood sweetheart's family encounters a crisis, and the male protagonist tries to find a way to help and finally overcomes the crisis. It is deliberately too straightforward and has no twists and turns."
"And because of the shortcomings of the story, the character creation naturally seems rigid and stereotyped, which cannot leave any impression on people. It feels like the character image of another game has been transferred over. The creation of the male protagonist especially failed, as soon as he was promoted in the story
The tool of the plot.”
"In general, this script is not bad, but it is too ordinary and difficult to leave an impression on people."
Higashino Hirosawa talks about it one by one.
He didn't add any extra fuel to get Taka Abe to abandon his script. This is the actual look and feel of the script.
The entire script, Higashino Hirosawa felt that it was written after imitating the script of a certain game.
In order to make the script look different from the one being imitated, Taka Abe made many changes.
And Taka Abe himself probably didn't even realize that what he gave up in order to make his script look different was the deepest part of his consciousness.
And this part is precisely the most essential part of the entire game.
The result is a script that looks okay but is actually very blank and difficult to impress.
Of course, this was just his guess, and he didn't know whether it was actually true.
Abe Gao listened on the sidelines, and his face became paler the more he listened.
"Higashino-kun, is this script really so terrible?"
Chapter completed!