I am developing a detective visual novel with quest elements about furries set in the early 20th century, involving the investigation of a triple murder on a train. The atmosphere is reminiscent of a military fairy tale from anime (characters with slight quirks, teasing each other, and despite the cheerful and sometimes joking tone, terrible things occasionally happen). A huge outline (script) of the plot and events is already ready, totaling 300k characters, detailing the main plot points from beginning to end (with some gaps), as well as sprites of all the main participants in the story.

The game itself involves the player conducting an investigation for three characters on one train, where they examine clues and interview passengers.

Considering the gameplay focus of the dialogues, it is necessary to correct speech errors, restructure the dialogues to make them more artistic, and add liveliness and chemistry between the characters where needed. Additionally, taking into account the non-linear order of questioning and clue searching, there should be different reactions depending on the information obtained in other places.

Besides the artistic adjustment of dialogues between characters, it is also necessary to help consolidate all the branching clue exploration into a cohesive whole and structure it for both me and the player, as well as understand what emotions to use and depict.

Everything needs to be done in the articy draft x program, as the novel itself was outlined in it. The program is quite simple to learn and allows for branching choices or storing information for checks. Below is a screenshot from the novel project, showing how it currently looks.

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Alina M.

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Good day. I have experience in writing detective stories, so I can help with your project. I understand the structure of storytelling and improving dialogues.
I am ready to work according to your requirements and wishes.

Ievgen M.

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Good day. I have experience in writing detective stories, so I can help with your project. I understand the structure of storytelling and improving dialogues. Feel free to reach out!)

Yelyzaveta Tsushko

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Hello, Oleg!
Your idea for the visual novel is very exciting. I have experience as a beta reader, meaning I proofread authors' manuscripts to help find mistakes, inaccuracies in the plot, and understand how it is perceived by the reader. This usually happens through commenting on the main text. I have an example of a part of the final comment on one manuscript in my portfolio.
As far as I understand, the task requires even greater involvement in the text, which is a more responsible task. Therefore, I can create a test fragment to understand if our visions of the text and the work align.
I am very interested in this task and I am confident that my experience as a beta reader and copywriter will help to work well with the text and achieve a great result. I also think it won't be a problem to master a new program.
The work period can be quite long, at least a month.
Write to me, I will be happy to collaborate.

Alla M.

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Good day!
I am ready to work.
I am interested in the topic.
I have over ten years of experience.
I have been working in translation and editing for over 20 years.
I have a higher philological education, creativity, attention to detail, and responsibility.
I am looking for a permanent remote job.

Nataliya S.

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Very interesting idea, I am ready to process your script in a short time, I have experience, I write books myself, message me privately to discuss the details.

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Olena Lenska

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Hello, Oleg. I am a literary editor with 15 years of experience working with fiction, including detective stories. Artistic editing is a process that is quite complex and energy-consuming in itself. If you feel that the logic of the investigation conducted by your characters is disrupted and needs to be brought to a common denominator - then in this genre, this task is a priority, and the "chemistry," liveliness, and brightness of the dialogues, despite their importance, are secondary, because what and how each character speaks fully depends on the editor's clear vision of "who is who." In this regard - first work on the logic, and only then its "tasty" artistic design. Doing such work in the form of a fun and engaging quest with pictures is approximately like playing the violin while simultaneously rowing in a boat going upstream. Do you understand? The editor's job is to look at how the words are composed and selected, how they fit together, and what constructions they form, and how interesting all this splendor will be to someone who spends their time reading this captivating story. In other words - if you need an editor - do not complicate his already difficult job, consolidate all the material into one text file. As for me, I can help you, for example, if you give me your work in Word format.

Oleg Sheyn
Odessa, Ukraine
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