The clubhouse welcomes back Lane Davis and new guest Gloria Kim to discuss developing and releasing a visual novel in 2018. We talk through the process of creating their visual novel, Ruler by Default, as well as hear their insights about being successful in the genre.

Visual NovelsGame DesignMarketingNarrativeTake a look at "Ruler by Default'"'s funded Kickstarter campaign.Buy "Ruler by Default" on Steam now - SteamGloria KimGuest

Project lead, character design. Gloria is currently a student, soon to graduate from the University of Minnesota. From an early age she grew up playing visual novels and life simulators like the one we hope to create. Her past experiences include taking commissions from a local game store, numerous web comic entries, hosting artist booths at multiple anime conventions

Gloria Kim is a video game designer, artist and a visual novel enthusiast. She is a web comic writer, a anime artist and her biggest project to date was "Ruler by Default" a sucessfully funded kickstarter campaign from her comapny, Pistachi Studios

External linkRuler by Defualt on Steam@studiopistachio on twitterPistashi Studios on FacebookLane DavisGuest

Lane Davis is Game designer/developer and friend of the show. He develops Fingance with Stephen McGregor and his brother Charles McGregor, and is one of the favorite fans of the club.

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