'Not A Villain' Webcomic - Danni wants a Special that can beat Kleya.

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Losing is not a strong point of Kleya's...

*obligatory drum roll please* Someone found all of the easter eggs! She goes as Reigheena in the comments so congrats to her! She'll be getting a digital sketch of the Angus twins, per her request. 😀

In case anyone is curious and wants to hunt them down themselves, the five easter eggs are:

Hero Smiley

Kat V7

TENka emblem

No Hackers sign

And the Binary code's message

I hoped everyone who participated enjoyed the little game and the wallpaper will stay up for the whole month in case anyone else wants one as well.

And alas, I failed to come up with anything decent for the vote incentive. Humor is definitely not a strong point of mine. But if you like my comic, please feel free to vote!

40 Comments

@ Reigheena …you went to Sojourner didn’t you…?

No, what makes you think that? And Aneeka, thanks for hosting the contest!

No prob! Thanks for participating!

Just seemed like something that she would read and that contest also up her ally. Final piece of evidence though aside from the wing on your avatar the same drawing style, which in the 4ish years apart should have changed a bit. Sorry for the presumption, and congrats at being the first to find the hidden images!

Seems like one that could beat Kleya wouldn’t necessarily be useful at beating other folks… it isn’t like there is some straight-line beatdown scale. And, just as a matter of self-preservation, if nothing else, I’d file a request for a special that can beat your partner under “yeah, no” without further explanation. :/ Given that they don’t really know each other, I expect the explanation is going to involve a way to kluge up a basis of trust in the absence of information, but I’ll eagerly await the real answer.

Thanks for this webcomic… I have been enjoying it. 🙂

Thanks! I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

I found them on the day of the challenge.I just could not get my computer to work well.

Oh, sad. Well, I’ll be doing this again next month, so hopefully your computer will be working again by then 🙂

Couldn’t Kleya design a special normally?
How does a player design a special?
What kind of process does that take?

In a word: programming.

I’m pretty sure she’ll end up with a stronger special right before hero smiley get an update.

Will you ever make any merch? I’d defiantly buy a book or t-shirt. It’s pretty easy, just use cafepress.com . A t-shirt would be a good way to advertise the site.

I’ve been thinking about it and playing with different designs. I just have to gather the courage, I guess, that people would actually buy any of them.

Hi. I love your comic and thanks for making it. I just reread the archive because I wanted to revisit the Hero Smiley drop and then couldn’t stop reading. I can’t wait to see where the story goes.

Ah, thanks! I’m glad the story pulls you in. And I can’t wait until we get into the Game. Things will get really interesting then 😈

I think you already know, but can i say a thing? You should make a primal webpage, so that we just have to acess that adress to see the first page, but it’s cool not doing it too 🙂
And into the comic:
How many subscribers a person can have?
How is the GamePlay? like, you use more the keyboard, mouse or both? or is there an other device for gaming?

would you like if “someone” made a game like life?

I’m afraid I don’t understand your suggestion. What’s a ‘primal webpage’? Mind expanding on that?

Subscription wise, you can have has many as your bandwidth can handle. Those that live in the city have fiber optic internet so their limit is very high. Outsiders (those that don’t live in a City) usually have lower limits.

As for Gameplay, there are a bunch of different options to use, ranging from a keyboard to a full body pod that you lay in. It just depends on how much you can afford and if you can ship it to your place (for Outsiders, especially). This will be expanded upon as the story goes further along.

And I’d think it ‘d be awesome if someone made my L.i.F.e. into a real game.

L.i.F.e would be less than awesome as a real game. Your fictional game makes a good setting because it has features that would be bad in a real game.

Lol. And what features would those be?

Microtransactions. >:(

That and pain. Brings you back to reality. Anything too close to real life sucks as a game, because life isn’t fun most of the time.

Just started reading BTW. I like the writing, but the art could be better. If you want feedback, just let me know.

Oh, good points.

And thanks for liking my writing/story! As for my art, thanks for the offer, but I think the only thing I really need is just time and practice. I usually know what’s wrong, but don’t have the time or the skill to pull it off. But one day, that shall change! 😀

NPCs that drive away players and corrupt and abusive officials, for example.

Ha ha. But what if the game was designed to see who could become the corrupt and abusive official first? And collect all the bad NPCs?? 😉

i meant a home page, one with only like: navcomic.com, not with the rest of the adress, sorry for the trouble understanding, i’m an outsider 🙂

Sorry, I’m still confused. navcomic.com IS the homepage. What’s this ‘rest of the address’ that you’re mentioning? Is it the ‘archive/pg#’ If you need to find the homepage, click on the big banner with ‘Not A Villain’ stretched above the comic and it’ll take you there.

And I apologize for not understanding you as well. I’ve lived in several countries so I know how hard it is to get your point across when your grasp of the language isn’t perfect. Hopefully I’ve figured it out what you meant this time!

Somehow, I don’t think Kleya likes the idea of someone being able to beat her…

Wow. Kleya’s glare in the last panel really terrified me. That’s awesomely done! Good work, Aneeka. Story and graphics of your webcomic are the reason i keep coming back every day to check if there is a new update, even if i know fully well that you update only on tuesdays and fridays. It’s just… compulsive.

lol. At least you’re helping my advertising space become more valuable by raising my daily pageviews (unless of course you have ad blocker on 🙁 ).

Thanks for reading!!

If Kleya were comfortable with losing, this comic would not exist.

hear hear

Things are moving along nicely, but suddenly i don’t like this girl. Comeon Kleya go Villainous on her, i know you want to. I mean, with that sinister look and all… She’s asking for it!

Wow. Danni really knows how to say the wrong thing, doesn’t she?

Hello! I read through your archive and I must say this comic is pretty awesome so far. However some of the concepts for the longest time were very confusing.

From what I understand: “Life” is more or less alot like Second Life meets some Social Network (Such as Facebook) where you can create, and play with real cash. And for one reason or another its much easier to get cash in Life then Reality.

If the players seen so far have been in reality, I didn’t notice it yet.

I really enjoy the cyberpunk themes, the idea of being able to create special abilities to launch at eachother and personalize them within certain rulings, and in general all the good stuff put in there. Keep on keeping on!

You’re correct about your assessment of L.i.F.e. Sorry that was confusing for you; I’ll see if I can make that clearer. Did anyone else have this problem, out of curiosity?

Thanks for reading and commenting, though! And I hope you’ll continue to like the story!

Yes, it’s confusing. Actually this is an excellent time to state my greatest concern about your webcomic.
It is very obvious to me that you have put a lot of love into this comic and into the setting and for a beginner artist you present your panels surprisingly well; the movements are easy to understand, the dialogue seems to fit with the story well (it has a very fluid flow) and you seem unafraid to take risks as far as posing goes.

However, there is a fatal flaw in this whole comic. Being: You narrerate the story as if the reader already understands your setting. In the beginning of the story I was extremely put off by the fact that… I couldn’t understand what was going on and why it was going on. I was left with questions like: What is L.i.F.e? what is its non-abbreviated form? why can people only make a living on L.i.F.e? how does L.i.F.e differ from this strange arena type thing that Kleya is so fixated into getting into? Why do people die on L.i.F.e from overexertion? What is going on with the outsiders and the citizens thing? (<– citizens of what? a state? a country? a city? why/where are the outsiders? what is going on in the world outside of L.i.F.e?) What is TENka? what does it stand for? where is it? why is it in charge? who was in charge before Tenka threw its muscle around?

okay, I think you get my point. Notice that all of these questions are not about your characters, i'm not asking you to reveal any story or plot twists… I simply what to know how this world functions and why it functions that way.
You must teach your readers as if they were children, teach them the ways of your world while you tell a story.

My suggestion to you would be to go back and add some pages where appropriate about the setting. If you need help to recognize what exactly is so confusing, and where its confusing, I would be more than happy to oblige.
I understand that sometimes writers don't want to reveal some things… to keep the suspense or the mystery, but sometimes its simply because they didn't really think it out. However, if the secrets are to many and to much, it really puts a dent in what could potentially be a very interesting comic.

I apologize if this seems harsh; as a comic enthusiast and a fellow artist, I am somewhat picky about these things. I want to reiterate that your comic /is/ interesting, and you present it admirably well. But i ask you to please take this critique seriously, i believe it will help you grow to be a better story-teller.

I hope to hear your response soon
Puds

Oh, what a nice constructive critique and I can see where you’re coming from. Comments and questions help me to see how my readers are responding to the story, so thanks!

Ironically enough, a lot of the setting details ARE related to the story/plot twists so it gets tricky on how to relay all the info (I prefer stories where everything is interconnected). I’m aware that some things are confusing, but I hope most readers are willing to wait for the info to come. In fact, the next segment after this chat between Danni and Kleya will expound a lot more on the world outside of L.i.F.e. Other hints will continue to drop as the story progresses as well.

So, thank you for your critique and praise, and while I won’t take your suggestion to add more pages (and ruin the pacing) in the beginning of the story, I will make more of an effort to drop bigger setting hints from now on. 🙂

I gota say, while your artwork isn’t the most amazing out there. ( Lack of full shading and what not ) This is probably one of the best settings I’ve read on webcomics so far ^^ Of course that’s just the gamer inside me speaking. I’ve only just started reading but your story has got me hooked and lined and I’m now a dedicated reader of yours ^^ I can’t wait to read on!

Ah, that’s so awesome! Yay! I’m glad to hear you like my story and I hope you’ll continue to enjoy it.

And thanks so much for commenting!

I found it to be a little confusing but I figured it would make more sense as the story progressed. Over all though, based on the info you’ve given us so far, I think I’ve been getting it.

Yay! And yes, more info will come out 🙂

Not A Villain Webcomic

Webcomic of a semi- reformed hacker trying to redeem herself in a post- apocalyptic world she may have created.

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