a question about game lenght

[YASS4FAKE]

hey iam making a visual novel the story of the project is 80 percent ready but iam not good at coding or making art so i wanted to release a game protoype as an intro version do you think thats a good idea or it will hurt the game reputation.

 

[Myuhinny]

Depends on how much content there is in the prototype and how long it'll take you to put out the next version. Many avoid first updates if they don't have a lot of content in them.

 

[Windchill]

For me, 5+ hours of content, an introduction to the main characters and a scene or two to get a flavor of the scenes. Plus the option, setup of the game should be flushed out well.

 

[leproso04]

It depends on the content, but in my opinion, the longer it lasts, the better, if the game is completely worth it.

 

[FoamBottle25]

it should be long enough so we get a general idea of the plot, the MC to see if we like it. maybe for you to finetune as well?

 

[FrozenCustard]

You can get away with it being relatively short if the art is really good. If the art isn't high quality, and there is no content, I don't see the point of having a short demo.

 

[FoamBottle25]

You can get away with it being relatively short if the art is really good. If the art isn't high quality, and there is no content, I don't see the point of having a short demo.

second this. If the art blows you away and story quality is good you can get away with it being shorter.

 

[kenny86]

Are you confident you can make demo that will have the content to hook people and present what you are going to produce? If yes, go ahead.