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That face....it's so cute...

OKAY SO I PLAYED IT AND I TOTALLY DIED?

Some suggestions!!!

I play a lot of these types of games, they're huge in Japan, and when I was younger I modified my playstation so i could play Japanese games that were uber cool but didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

And no, they weren't all dating sims! But I've played those too on newgrounds to kill time. Needless to say, I have some experience.

Love the premise of 'A day in Ohtori', but I don't know if the character should actually... be a physical main character, of it it should be done in First-Person-View to create the illusion like the actual PLAYER of the game is talking and navigating through the story.

Also, you can never have enough options! Reading is fun, but for every interaction totally have some different options to reply. They could all lead back to the same thing, with no points system, but its much more interactive to get the player involved by contributing replies.

Usually, if asked anything directly or something that has to do with an opinion, the player has the option to respond (usually anywhere from 2-4 options, depending on the question.) The main character speaks very minimally and vaguely, so that the player themselves can feel like they're part of the game.

Which might be a cool tactic! I recommend playing... .. er.. I'll send you the link later. it's nothing crazy, and there's a lot of blahblah in the beginning, but you'll get the idea. It's a flash game on newgrounds, and it's a dating sim, but I dont think I can link it through Gaia and dont want to try.

Either way, it's not the best, but play it for a while to get a feel for the options and flow of the story to see what I mean.

I can't find a video of Rival Schools Project Justice 2, which was about students in a school up against rival schools in the area... it was a cross between an RPG and a figher game. In Japan you create a student and attended one of the schools, interacting with the characters, taking tests, hanging out, falling in love, etc, and then when they would fight others you would fight with them in a capcom fighter-style match. But in Japan the emphasis of the game was 50/50 split between the "in school" mode (the story), and the fights outside of class (gameplay).

I'm digressing slightly, but the "school mode" was really well done and reminds me of your game, and something you might like to explore. I wish I had an example, but all the videos I found on youtube are of the NTSC version, where they cut that storymode out.

A mad Sofie appears! *Giggles* I think the game is coming along nicely. Maybe let people pick from a male or female student at the start. That way you have two paths to work on with lots of opinions.

I was on a really old computer while at my sister's. My computer is a brand new custom build running Windows XP (until Windows 7 is offiically released XD).

And.. it worked today! I tried "Save link as", got the option to save the redirection link. No thanks. So, tried clicking on it another tab.. and got the option to save the game. Which I did.

I haven't installed it yet, but I will. It sounds like a lot of fun! I've played Thousand Arms a bit (billed in its guidebook as the only dating game officially translated for the US) and really liked it. (OMG the minigames! Will this 4DiOA have mini games?) Dating and getting in good with the girls (male main characted) to level up spells and weapons was a definite departure from the other PS games I've played.

LMAO YAM THIS IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER XD

YES I DID LOLOLOL