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September Dev Report
🕑 Added 2020-09-27 17:55:31 +0000 UTC
Hello again everyone, hope you are all doing well! I want to thank you all for your amazing support. The Monster Souls fan base continues to grow and brings with it the possibility of bigger and more exciting things for the future!
Patreon Anniversary
October 23rd will be the first anniversary of the launch of Monster Souls on Patreon! To mark the occasion I would like to release a public version of the dungeon prototype. I talked about doing this for a while and I think October is the right time for it. The plan for the first demo release is to feature the dungeon portion of the game and then a future release will include the full beginning of the game. Patrons will continue to get early access to the new builds and the Animation Viewer will remain a patron exclusive for the duration of the game’s development. Hopefully this will give a chance for new people to try it out and get a taste for what the game is like.
October Development Plan
In preparation for the dungeon prototype demo release I will likely focus on polishing and bug-fixing any glaring issues within the dungeon itself. However I also want to put aside some time to work on Patreon exclusive content as well. I’ll probably split the time evenly between these two tasks for the coming month.
Future Development Roadmap
In terms of content there’s two major scenes that need to be finished; The tavern scene and the optional first buddy sleepover scene. Then there’s a few minor scenes to bridge the storyline and finalize the first chapter of the game.
After that is wrapped up I want to focus my attention on finishing up the core systems of the game. There’s a few things in particular I want to look into, for example the way future scenes and quests will be handled. I also want to look into having scenes wait during looping animations and prompt the player before advancing. I think that would be more enjoyable to view them at your own pace. I'd also like to do a pass on monster and battle scripts, they could use a little clean up just to make things a little bit more orderly for the future.
I want to avoid long periods of development where I’m unable to release new content so I’ll try to work this into my plans to hopefully continue the monthly builds. Once that stuff is taken care of I should be free to focus a greater amount of my time adding new content to the game and begin working on the second chapter.
I had a lot more I was going to say here but it was getting very long and rambling. So I’m going to try to keep the final points brief.
I’m still looking for artists that I can commission for environment artwork for the new dungeons and environments.
I would also be interested in someone who can do animated effects for monsters and character abilities.
It needs to be professional quality and match the existing art in the game. I realize it could be difficult to find someone but I’m not going to rush anything and we will make do in the meantime.
Voice acting, I’m going to look into this more soon.
Thank you all for your amazing support, new and exciting things are on the horizon, I just need to finish up a few crucial things so we have a good foundation to build upon. As always let me know if you have any questions or feedback!
I hope you all have a great day, you guys are the best!
Comments
Kaleem McIntyre
If you want help with the story let me know, I'd be happy to help you out!
Monster Souls
There's a rough outline for the world and locations I want to hit and some of the general story arc and characters that will be involved.
Kaleem McIntyre
Out of curiosity, have you planned out the various areas and the other smaller aspects of the game, like the towns, weapons, and story plotline, cause I'm curious to see where this goes.
Monster Souls
That's awesome, thank you so much for the kind comment and making the leap and putting your faith in this project. Your support goes a long way towards making this game a reality and means so much to me!
Kashell Blight
So there I was, perusing my Reddit feed just seeing what was new, when I got a recommendation for something called Monster Souls. I thought the thumbnail looked pretty cool so I thought, yeah let's give it a look. Boy, was i surprised. After reading through everything I thought, man this is going to be pretty cool. Wonder if there's some way I can help. A few short minutes later, your project became the first thing I was a patron of. To see how much progress you've made in the few months I've been aware of the game is nothing short of astonishing. I, for one, cannot wait to see all that you have in store for us. Keep up the good work 😁
Monster Souls
Ok thanks, I'll keep an eye out for it.
Tanooki64
In the prototype version
Tanooki64
I think was the King Slime used a water ball attack with and without holding the player and partner.
Monster Souls
That's very odd, any idea what sequence of actions caused that to happen?
Tanooki64
I found a Glitch/Bug when the King Slime Boss used a Water Burst Attack, but the Water Orb was stuck as a going back and forth to the player and king slime like playing volleyball 🏐.
