Retelling planned

Roses and Thorns is a project that is very near and dear to my heart. I really loved working on this project and and it's one of the first visual novels that I'm very proud to say 'yeah I made that.' However a while ago I decided to play it on a whim and found myself feeling as though it was lacking in some way. Missing a sort of Je ne sais quoi. It's natural to want to improve on things you made in the past when you were just a baby visual novel developer that thought you were writing the most epic Shakespeare literature known to man. So I've made the decision to revamp (pun intended) the game and make it something I can be proud of once more. Tbh this isn't so much as a remastered version but rather a complete reboot. Here are my reasons for wanting to change the game's story and visuals:

1) I'm not very happy with the way Viktor was written. Sure he had a tragic backstory but that's not really enough to make a character interesting. I feel as though he didn't have enough interesting scenes with the MC and that was mostly because I cared more about having a variety of different endings instead of their quality. The beginning of the game is relatively the same with a few changed details but I want the middle of the game to feel a little different. I've also decided to reduce the number of endings to at least three so that I have more time to better pace everything out.

2) The visuals of the game are not where I want them to be. But I'm more experienced with image editing, finding good assets and customizing the visuals than I was when I first started. So overall the visuals will look a lot more appealing.

3) The general style of dialogue is also a little different. Instead of having a novel type format explaining everything, a lot of it will be told through the player's thoughts. Mostly because I cringe SO hard whenever I try reading my super fancy novel styled text because I thought I was Jane Austen or something. 

4) Lastly and this is the biggest change. I'm removing the whole Viktor thinking you're his dead wife reincarnated plotline. I'm probably going to remove any mention of a wife. PLEASE don't get your pitchforks. I know this is a big change! Viktor is still going to be a yandere for you and I have another plotline to explain and explore that in the new story.  Another reason why I decided to change it is that there is a visual novel that I've wanted to work on for quite some time now but it also explores the idea of a partner being reincarnated and I didn't want it to feel too similar to Viktor's story. Also I feel like I could tell a better reincarnation story with the current idea I have of my new potential game. I really love reincarnation stories  as you can probably tell.

I know it's a pretty crazy thing to want to rewrite your most popular game but I just wasn't as happy with the final product as I know I can be. And I know that I can do a better job with my new ideas. I still plan on having the old version downloadable because I'm sure there would be people who would prefer the older version. I hope everyone can understand and I look forward to trying my best to giving you a fun fresh retelling on a game that really does mean a lot to me.

Thank you so much for reading <3