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Monthly update!!!
🕑 Added 2022-06-06 23:13:44 +0000 UTCFor this month, I added a music manager (denoted by one of FoiFoi's stickers in the air there) that can be configured with a track list that can simply be selected by walking over a volume somewhere in the level, allowing us to call the music manager in other blueprints and have an actual transition between music when we enter the boss fight!! It also was much better than having a sound spawn at the start of the level and we can start doing a lot more ~interesting~ things with that, but that will be a surprise for later.
We will be looking to get some characters finished/redesigned (looking at you Mimimel...) and get started on a conversation system, the shop system, boss fight cutscenes and transitions,and some actual style switching animations like that one game that features Dande from the Devil may Cry series
As for other news, I am going to restructure how the patreon works:
Because I haven't been able to really deliver on the benefits that I promised in how the current structure has been going, I have decided that it would be better to change it to a general support/PWYW setup so that things can be more streamlined! The general support tier will all be called Heroic Souls and all will be given the Discord role, name in the credits, first look at all the WIP stuff here and maybe access to the new builds as we release them/if we decide to release any before September. I'll also consider starting to do dev streams once I get more comfortable streaming, because I would really like to do that and would like to also show everyone any cool new moves we add or just sit down and chat while playtesting or making assets. However the streams may not be specific to patrons since I will be hosting them on Twitch, but we'll see what happens as they either pick up steam or get more comfortable. This is all simply so that my team and I can focus on the tasks that will get us closer to getting the public demo out instead of worrying about deliverables that we can't get to in time each month!!
Current patrons/past patrons will be refunded what they have pledged so far if they want, and I have sent a message to all concerned. We haven't touched the patreon pool of money because I haven't been able to deliver the benefits and therefore I didn't want to ruin anything in the event that like, hey, I really did need to restructure or refund you guys in the future because of how hectic things have been!
All in all, I want to thank our current patrons for their support and we also hope to receive more support from everyone for Duskwitch in the future!!
