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Interview with gotoki, the creator of the visual novel game <After School Special Guidance>
*This is an indie game developer interview series. The photos and interview content used in the interviews were provided by the creators through Discord, etc. Game developers who are interested in participating in the interview can contact me through various methods (email, Discord, SNS address, post comments, etc.) and I can conduct interviews regardless of the platform.
Interview: Q (hashiruka48) / A (gotoki)
Game Title: <After School Special Instruction>
Genre: Visual novel, adventure, casual
Creator: gotoki
Q. What is the meaning behind the title “After School Special Guidance”?
A. <After School Special Tutoring> is a romance story between Min Seo-hee, who calls herself a dating expert but has poor grades, the main character (player) who receives dating help to fulfill her unrequited love, and the teacher Chae Ji-ae, who has been the object of the main character's long-time unrequited love. The name <After School Special Tutoring> was used to express the ambiguous situation of the main character learning about dating from Seo-hee and Seo-hee learning about studying from the main character.
Q. Please introduce the team that created the special after-school guidance program.
A. We are not a regular development team, but a project-based collaborative team formed with people with experience in each field as needed, centered around me (gotoki), who is in charge of the overall project. I am in charge of drafting the scenario and overall operations, and the programming, scenarios, illustrations, music, etc. are produced through collaboration with freelancers who are participating as team members.
Q. I would like to know the release date of the full version and the platform where I can purchase the special after-school map.
A. The official version is scheduled to be released on June 26th (Thursday), and we are aiming for a simultaneous release on Steam and Stove! If there are no major issues, you will be able to meet <After School Special Guide> on both platforms starting on the 26th.
Q. I am curious to know whether the bug has been fixed for the Tumblbug users and visual novel fans who have been waiting for a long time due to the bug.
A. First of all, we sincerely apologize for delaying the launch by about a month from the date we announced in the Tumblbug funding due to our inexperience. We are currently working hard to identify and resolve the cause of the bug that has occurred, and we are working hard to prevent any further delays no matter what happens. We will do our best to present a more stable and pleasant game to compensate for the delay.
Q. What game engine was this game made with?
A. <After School Special Tutoring> was developed using the Ren'Py engine. Since it is a genuine visual novel focused on scenarios, Ren'Py was used as it faithfully implements the basic functions of visual novels.
Q. I wonder if it is dubbed.
A. This is a full dubbing game with the main heroine. From cute and charming lines to passionate moments where emotions explode, all lines are dubbed. We ask for your great anticipation.
Q. Please introduce the characters Chae Ji-ae and Min Seo-hee.
A. The mentee 'Min Seo-hee' that the protagonist meets at the alternative school is a suspicious beauty who approaches the protagonist, saying she will help him based on her own theory of love. She seems to have a bright personality, but she has a unique personality with unique values and speech that are different from others. It would be fun to read while imagining whether Seo-hee's theory of love that you will see in the game is really credible. The protagonist's first love 'Chae Ji-ae' is a teacher at the alternative school and seems like a stable and affectionate 'adult'. She is a caring teacher who really cares for the protagonist, but she is also a character with many secrets and weaknesses that she does not want to reveal.
Q. Are there individual routes for each heroine?
A. There are individual routes. Both heroines have happy endings, so play with confidence.
Q. Is the ending a multi-ending?
A. There are three official endings available. You can see two endings in Seohee’s route and one ending in Ji-ae’s route.
Q. I'm curious about the play time of the official version.
A. The expected play time for the full version is approximately 6 to 7 hours, based on viewing all the official endings.
Q. Could you please give us a bragging answer as to why visual novel fans should purchase After School Special Guidance?
A. As a visual novel fan myself, and as a player who likes romance novels, I consider 'a natural and convincing emotional line', 'a unique and attractive heroine', and 'a plot that is not boring' to be important. I can confidently say that <After School Special Guidance> has these three elements. If you want to have fun, make memories, and feel exciting with a three-dimensional heroine, then definitely play it.
Q. What kind of atmosphere were the background music and sound effects composed to express?
A. Except for the music for the title screen, all of the music for <After School Special Tutoring> was composed by Miguel Angel. It is based on a cute atmosphere overall, taking advantage of the characteristics of a 'young poet'. However, since the music was composed to match the emotional line of each scene, it is not always expressed in a cute atmosphere, and I think it would be good to think of it as being composed to change according to the flow of the story.
Q. Please tell us about the game production, including the illustrations (sd).
A. I think the biggest advantage is the sound production through carefully placed sound effects. Rather than simply playing sounds, we worked hard to place vivid sounds according to the situation so that you can immerse yourself more deeply into the scene. Also, the amount of illustrations is quite large compared to the playing time, and even for the standing illustrations, we prepared various facial expression changes so that the heroines’ emotions can be delicately conveyed.
Q. What prompted you to produce this work as a visual novel?
A. We had a multi-ending structure in mind from the beginning of development, and more than anything, we thought that this work's story was about scenarios and emotional lines, so we decided that a visual novel was the genre that could best express those two things. Also, we decided that players would have to change the flow of the story themselves in terms of the scenario to be more immersed in the outcome. I think anyone who has seen the official ending since the game was released will agree with this.
Q. How do player choices affect the story progression? (Any tips for the affinity system and ending route?)
A. In the case of <After School Special Guidance>, it is not a game with a large number of choices. It only appears when there is a difference in the development after the choice. Depending on the choice, you can change the heroine's favorability, such as which heroine you will spend more time with or how you will treat the heroine. There are many cases where this is clearly expressed through the main character's monologue in the game, so you don't have to worry. As a small tip, if you focus on the one person you like the most rather than looking at various possibilities, I think you will be able to easily see the ending you want.
Q. What did you focus on when designing the character relationships?
A. From the beginning, when designing the relationships, I worked on the project while considering not only the relationships between the protagonist and Seo-hee, and the protagonist and Ji-ae, but also the relationships between Seo-hee and Ji-ae. I wanted to create a structure where the heroine, who was influenced by the protagonist, did not end up changing on her own, but that change in turn affected other heroines.
Q. Is there a special reason why you chose the ‘after school’ time slot for storytelling?
A. I thought 'after school' had a meaning beyond just a time period. It's a time period where the main character, who goes to a prestigious high school, and Seo-hee, who goes to an alternative school, can meet through mentoring, and it's also a time when Ji-ae, a teacher, can return to being human after work. In that sense, I thought that after school, the time after work, is the time when we can break down the walls in our hearts and get to know each other. That's why I chose 'after school' as the setting where the story and emotional line of this work can unfold most naturally.
Q. Lastly, please give a word to the visual novel fans who have been waiting for the special after-school guidance and the gamers who have supported Tumblbug.
A. First of all, thank you for your interest in the game <After School Special Guidance>. Especially, thanks to the sponsors who supported this project through Tumblbug, we were able to successfully launch the game. It may be an excessive dream, but I made it with the hope that Seohee and Jiae will remain in your hearts even after the game is over. Thank you very much.
When cutting something with a knife, have you ever felt that it cuts much better if you push or pull rather than just press down? This isn't just a feeling. It's a feeling that actually has scientific basis .
▷ Pressing vs. Pushing/Pulling — The Difference in Cutting Force When you simply press down on the blade, the object experiences a ' compressive force ' that tears or breaks. This requires a lot of force and often does not cut cleanly.
However, when you push or pull the knife , shear force is added to the compressive force, which dramatically improves cutting efficiency .
This shear force is a force that twists an object sideways and is particularly effective on textured structures such as fibers or tissues .
Also, from a microscopic point of view , the blade is not completely smooth, but has microscopic serrations and protrusions.
These protrusions act like saws to cut through the grain of the object during the 'push/pull' motion.
If you cut the cake by pressing down on it, the cross-section will look like the cake is clumped together, but if you push or pull the knife long enough, the cross-section will look clean.
So, even when cutting cake or soft ingredients, if you move the knife in a long motion , you can see that the cross-section is cut smoothly and cleanly . The reason that cake cutters are particularly long compared to other knives is because they are intended to be cut by moving them in a long motion. However, as the distance the knife moves increases, there is a greater risk of accidentally cutting another part of the body (your hand), so always be careful .
▷ Shear force from curvature — making it easy for beginners to cut So why are the kitchen knives we commonly use slightly curved?
The curvature of the blade naturally induces a “push/pull effect” (pushing the knife or food) even when the user simply presses down from top to bottom to cut.
Thanks to this , even beginners can easily cut by applying natural shear force without any special skills. = It cuts well.
Curved farming tools, represented by the sickle > All weapons based on this,
It was born from the wisdom of “easily inducing shear force” even for beginners.
The subtle curvature of the sickle and cleaver is the result of a design that allows even beginners to easily achieve the shearing effect.
▷ Wait, isn't the Chinese food straight? On the other hand, the Chinese kitchen knife (a large Chinese kitchen knife) takes a completely different approach.
This knife works like an axe, with the blade creating a slit in the material and the thick body cutting through the slit .
So even if the blade is slightly dull, the cutting power is still maintained. This is because the cutting method is centered on 'compression force' . (More precisely, the expression 'center of inertia' is correct.)
For this reason, Chinese knives are designed to be heavy , and are often used in a way that feels close to pressing down with some force to cut.
The unique “tang tang tang” sound of chopping boards on Chinese food is also a unique characteristic of Chinese food that was born from this different approach. ㅎㅎㅎ
Of course, there are experts who sharpen their Chinese knives to cut the radish thinly. There are many experts who quietly cut their swords while viewing the tang tang tang sound as “too much force”, so be careful not to make hasty generalizations!
Although the thickness of Chinese knives varies depending on their intended use, they are usually two to three times thicker than regular kitchen knives.
Among them, there are knives that have a curved blade, thus incorporating the advantages of a regular kitchen knife.
▷ Curvature of weapons - The emergence of cavalry and the curve The main force on ancient battlefields was mostly infantry .
Spartan, Athenian, and even Roman heavy infantry, these infantry mostly used short straight swords such as the gladius .
At that time, it was closer to a secondary weapon that supported the spear and shield rather than a primary weapon. Therefore, it was a secondary tool that was taken out and used only when it was close enough to engage in a fight with a spear.
It is clear why a straight sword was chosen here.
Because it was easy to mass-produce, easy to store and use in group combat, and advantageous for straight-line stabbing and suppression.
Technically, the straight sword was a “comfortable and reliable” choice in many ways.
The standard weapon of the Roman infantry. You can see the gladius, a close-range 'straight sword' focused on stabbing.
Meanwhile, in cavalry-centered societies such as Central Asia and Mongolia, the story is different.
The swords most commonly used in this area were mostly curved swords .
Cavalry must charge quickly on horseback and cut down their opponents.
At this time, with a straight sword, the sword would absorb the shock and the energy would be directly transmitted to the hand, or the cutting force would easily be dispersed. It would have been easy for the attack to rely on compressive force rather than the shear force mentioned above. (So the cavalry lance, a “weapon that concentrates momentum into one point,” can also be seen as a type of division.)
On the other hand, the curved sword naturally forms a 'push or pull' trajectory as the sword makes contact with the target . As a result, shear forces are generated literally “by a passing slash”, resulting in highly effective cutting .
The representative light cavalry unit, the Hussars, holding up their swords
This type of curve naturally spread across Europe as the mainstream shifted from infantry to cavalry.
In Poland and Hungary, it was called Szabla, in France and England, it was called Sabre, and in English, it was called Saber.
These are words that literally mean 'cavalry' .
In some creative works, it appears as the name of a knight class, but to be exact, it is a word that means “cavalry sword.”
The actual weapon isn't even a cavalry sword ㄷㄷㄷ
Since the Asian region had a "cutting-centered" sword culture from the beginning, infantry also developed using swords, so straight swords were rare.
Even in modern times, the shear efficiency of the curve is still valid. A representative example is the jungle machete, especially the famous Nepalese curved sword 'Kukri'.When cutting through tough jungle vines or tree branches, a simple swing of the blade or branch will push the curved blade or branch, naturally applying shear force to cut the object .
Especially when cutting the fibers of tough jungle plants, compression alone is not effective, so a curvature that seems particularly exaggerated has developed.
On the other hand , weapons with short blades, such as daggers, are difficult to push or pull sufficiently , so they are made with little or no curvature or with curvature only at the tip. They often evolved into a stabbing-focused design . There are also curved knives (karambits) that resemble animal claws, but they are often used for fighting demonstrations, collections, and decoration rather than actual combat.
In creative works, you can often see scenes where daggers or pocket knives are swinging around in a big way, but this does not accurately reflect the characteristics of daggers. If you are trying to show off the amateurism of your opponent, it may be an accurate scene, but if you consider realistic weapon use, you need to keep in mind that daggers are weapons specialized for stabbing .
I'm not saying you shouldn't swing a dagger at all, but it's not very effective at cutting, and even if it does, it leaves a very shallow wound.
If you just hit hard, it will slide along the curved blade and “features a jungle where shear force is maximized”
▷ 'Beki', practiced countless times in Kendo — Why draw a curve?
Beginners who are new to kendo tend to think that if they just strike hard with the sword, they will be cut.
But in reality, if you just press like that, the blade will often get caught on the target or stop mid-sword. Even if it's a famous sword.
So in kendo, you practice repeatedly striking along a trajectory that draws an 'arc', that is, a curve .
This is not simply for show or formality, but to ensure that the sword's trajectory naturally includes 'pushing' and 'pulling' movements .
That is, the shear force is maximized through curved motion rather than straight motion, and it is made to cut properly.
In actual kendo training, the depth and trajectory of the cut are controlled.
Focus on learning the balance so that the knife doesn't cut too shallow or too deep.
For example, in 'cutting rice stalks', if the knife does not draw an ideal arc, the cut is stopped, If you pull too hard, the knife may slip and the cut may appear to curve up or down instead of going straight.
Straw Exhaust — If the sword isn't pushed hard enough, it will stop, and if it's pushed too hard, it won't cut all the way through or will have a weird trajectory.
▷ Bonus: The Sharpest Blade, Single Molecule Cutter - Obsidian Today, a variety of knives are emerging that maximize cutting power through nano-processes and advanced materials.
But theoretically, the sharpest blade is made from a natural material: obsidian .
Obsidian is a natural glass formed by volcanic activity that, when split in a specific way, forms extremely thin, almost single-molecule level, sharp edges .
These blades are only a few tens of nanometers thick, and can cut sharper than modern razor blades or even surgical scalpels. They have even been used in some surgeries. It's glass-based so it doesn't cause any inflammatory reactions.
(Left) Electron microscope comparison of an obsidian blade and (right) a modern metal mass
Of course, its practicality is poor because its durability is too weak (it can be broken by hand), but it is interesting that even natural materials have reached the level of maximum cutting power.
So, the Aztec obsidian weapons were not symbols of an old era, but in some ways, they could be seen as cutting-edge technology comparable to modern sharpness.
▷ The sword is curved not just because it looks cool
The curved swords we often see in games, such as the curve of a Japanese sword or a Joseon sword, a Middle Eastern-style curved blade, or a saber-like weapon…
This curvature wasn't created just because it 'looked cool'.
It contains the logic of battle accumulated to survive in an actual battlefield.
And it contains a scientifically proven structural solution to improve cutting power.
Of course, there are swords that are strangely curved for aesthetic reasons… but basically, swords that are “for cutting” naturally acquire curvature over the course of evolution .
Some say that the final evolution of the sword is the "Dao", a short but more curvatured Joseon Hwando compared to the Japanese sword.
By the way, did you know that in games (especially 3D), these curved swords are harder to find than you might think ? LOL
Straight weapons are relatively easy to 3D model, texture, rig, and animate.
Curved weapons make sword trajectory and collision detection calculations more complex, and rotational trajectory animations also become more difficult .
Especially in older game engines, the direction of the cut and motion sync are important, but the problem of collision range or hit effects being out of sync with distance occurred more frequently with curved lines. In the beginning, there was even a time when it was “an object of avoidance” !
Even in recent games, it is common to see swords like Japanese swords being modeled as curves, but when actually handling collisions internally, they are processed “just like straight swords.”
The circumstances of adults are really... ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Hwang Seong-gyeong, who appears in SolKal6, also appeared in the past with a straight sword instead of a straight sword. (Screenshot by Sophitia)
Even in the latest version, the effect contained in the curved sword can be seen as a compromise, expressed as a “straight line”.
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