#DU Friendsim

[drimareuniverse]

Looking for a creative writer/storyteller

Hello! I'm Jay, I'm a non-binary artist and I'm looking for a creative writer that can help me write stories for my pet project Drimare Universe! Particularly my Webcomic and Visual Novel.

More details below, all help and sharing is appreciated!

The Drimare Universe is a world located within the dreams of humans, and the Drimare are its main inhabitants spread through various different regions.

It's composed of smaller stories focused on specific groups of characters (Like how Marvel has Spider-man stories, Iron-man stories, etc.) The general tone is a fun modern fantasy slice of life type.

I've been working on the project on my own for the past 10 years, and although I have a lot of lore and character info written down, when it comes to writing stories themselves, my skills are lacklustre. I finally accepted that I need someone that could help me with that, so here I am!

I keep most of the character info and lore archived on its wiki here if you're curious to learn more about it.

My current two projects that I'm looking for help on are a Webcomic and a Visual Novel, both of which are on hiatus because of my difficulty and general dissatisfaction with my own writing :(

I basically have loose plot points, certain scenarios, conversations and ideas, and I need someone that can tie those things together in a satisfying narrative way.

You don't have to work on the comic AND visual novel, but I am looking for help in at least one of those projects.

General requirements

Be over 18 years old. I'm 23 and not comfortable working with minors.

Be LGBTQ+ friendly! A LOT of the cast is LGBTQ in some way and certain characters focus a lot on topics of gender and sexuality so the more you know about the topic, the better :)

Have the patience to learn about my characters and world's quirks and lore lol! I'll try to explain things as best as I can! Bonus points if you have weird ideas yourself.

Basically, you write, I give my input, and then we use the finished script for the comic and/or visual novel.

You will be credited!

As for rates, my budget is small so let me know how much you charge! I'm somewhat of a writer myself and I don't feel comfortable having someone work for free, but I also have no idea what people usually charge for stuff like this. I can also offer my art in exchange if the person is interested/comfortable with that! Examples are on my DeviantArt as well as other links found on my profile.

I'm looking for someone I can work with for the long term so expect me to be a returning client if I enjoy your work! :) Ideally, I'd like to make a team eventually, but a writer is the priority atm.

I don't really have a set deadline so don't worry about having to finish things by specific dates.

It's my first time trying to commission someone for writing so I apologize if my etiquette is off, I'm only experienced in art commissions. I have no idea how I'm supposed to commission writing so I'll just describe what I'm looking to get below.

For the webcomic

Drimare Universe is the first official webcomic series based around the world of Drimare Universe, focusing on the origin story of the two siblings Zelly and Blade, as well as other characters they meet throughout their journey. It's set roughly around 10 years before the current timeline.

Available to read on Tapas here

It's an origin story for two siblings, followed by episodic stories of them meeting other characters from the cast and learning about the world around them. It's sort of built like a cartoon show, with more serious episodes, others more light-hearted, some important one, etc.

There are only 13 pages in the first episode so far, but I'm unhappy with the current script for the rest of the story and need help with it.

I'd like for someone who is actually good at writing and having better ideas to give it a look and either suggest things that could work better or straight-up rewrite it from scratch but better

The other episodes only have the general main plot points written down, with further episodes still being in a draft phase (I got so caught up with my writer's block with trying to figure the first two episodes, that I haven't been able to focus on the following ones)

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For the visual novel

Drimare Universe Friendsim, is an ongoing Visual Novel project that will feature various characters from the Drimare Universe series, it is currently being developed on Ren'Py and free to download on the DU Friendsim itch.io page.

It is heavily inspired by games like Hiveswap Friendship Simulator as it follows a similar concept of a Human protagonist meeting various cast characters in order to form friendships with them.

The series will be released in various volumes, each one focusing on a specific character, with the events changing depending on the player's choices.

Available to download for free on Itch.io

It's about a human dreamer character who wakes up in the dream world and meets respective Drimare characters.

If you've played Hiveswap Friendsim or Pesterquest, it's the exact same concept. YCH protag meets characters in a very Isekai inspired scenario. It's like a dating sim, but friendship focused instead.

Unlike the webcomic, which takes place in the past, this visual novel takes place in the current timeline. Also unlike the comic, the visual novel is not canon.

Each volume is focused on MC (Who is referred to as "Dreamer") meeting a specific character, with other secondary characters making appearances as well.

There are two volumes available so far, each composed of one short story.

The tone is playful and comedic, I guess "quirky" could be a word to describe it. But still capable of having its serious moments,

Each volume has three endings. A short bad ending, a neutral ending, and a good/true ending. (The length and amount of endings can be flexible)

You don't have to know how to program visual novels or anything like that, I just need help with the stories. I'll be in charge of adding the writing to the game, animating the sprites accordingly, etc etc.

Apologies for the long text, I just want to be sure people understand exactly what I'm looking for! Ideally, I'd love to find someone that could share my passion for creating content for this project, but for now, I'll just settle for just finding someone at all lol

You can contact me through PMs here, though I also accept messages through Twitter DMs or Discord!

Twitter - https://twitter.com/NE0Nbandit

Discord - Jay 🌸🌊#9625

Thank you for taking the time to read this! <3

[marsti]

J'ai pris le temps de refaire ma miniature... Ah et aussi, j'étais censé enregistrer aujourd'hui mais mon script partait en couilles en plein milieu donc je dois tout ré-écrire >>

Désolé de pas avoir fait d’updates ahah, en vrai parler de Hiveswap c’est un peu compliqué... Surtout que mon audience est principalement brony donc j’avais pas envie d’aliéner tous les gens qui me regardent d’un coup lmao

Mais bon au final j’ai décidé que, quitte à faire quelque chose de complètement différent, autant y aller à fond et complètement enfoncer dans la tête des gens le fait que si vous avez pas lu Homestuck ou joué à Hiveswap/Friendsim, vous allez pas comprendre un seul mot de ce que je dis !

Du coup normalement je devrais avoir fini la réécriture totale d’ici ce soir, et enregistrer quand j’aurais le temps (généralement je fais ça quand ma mère est pas là doooooooonc probablement mardi ?). Ensuite ce sera juste une question de monter le truc, ce qui me prend un temps pas possible parce que honnêtement c’est pas mon point fort lmao, puis à poster ça.

Du coup c’est le plan* pour le moment !

tl;dr : attendez vous à une vidéo vers 18h, qui parlera principalement de Friendsim, à un moment durant les deux prochaines semaines.

*note du traducteur : plan veut dire keikaku

[foundherselfs]

SO HEY LET’S BE FRIENDSIM DUING TO SEE HOW THIS ONE ENDS

[miomediator]

Yo I’m finding french Homestuck mutuals on Twitter :D Nothing on Tumblr yet, otherwise anything I find is outdated/abandoned on the internet (like, 2015-2017‘ish).  It’s up to me… I have to find them and reignite the fire of this community *determined* So if you can speak french and you love Homestuck in 2020 (or later) hit me up, follow me, message me~ :)

Je suis une personne francophone non-binaire, amical et passionné. Je suis autiste (TDAH) et hypersensible. J’écris mes pensées, théories sur Tumblr, poste des fanarts sur Devianart, et a commencé à écrire ma première fic sur Ao3 (chapitre 1 pas encore terminé). Je suis (quasi) bilingue, parle français, anglais et japonais (Niveau 4 pour ce dernier) et adore traduire du contenu :) J’ai fais un let’s play/read sur Pesterquest (qui est en hiatus pour l’instant mais plusieurs routes sont déjà postées), et mes analyses les plus récentes sont sur les aspects de Sburb. J’ai joué à Hiveswap Friendsim (pas de let’s play) et Hiveswap Act 1. Je compte poster mon expérience sur l’Acte 2 quand il sortira. J’ai joué et fini en vrai pacifique Undertale, et j’ai regardé Steven Universe (mais pas Future).

J’ai lu les épilogues et un peu HS^2, mais ne souhaite pas en discuter ouvertement sur mon blog car j’ai détesté l’expérience (bien qu’il y a des moments géniaux et drôles).

Vous pouvez me suivre et me trouver sur:

Tumblr bien sûr: https://mio-chan125.tumblr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MioMediator (pensez à lire ma page Caard avant)

Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/mio-chan125

Instagram (j’y vais peu souvent): https://www.instagram.com/mio_chan125/

Ma page art sur Facebook, j’y poste des aperçus de mes dessins : https://www.facebook.com/MiosWaterWorld (je dois la mettre à jour, la bannière est désuète)

Discord (demandez-moi avant de m’ajouter en ami): Mio#1806