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Solanaceae: The Visual Novel: UPDATE 5 π±
🕑 Added 2021-05-02 03:04:42 +0000 UTC(NO DOWNLOADS DUE TO WORKING ON EARLY ACCESS)
*REMINDER TO NOT LOAD ANY OLD SAVES AS IT WILL BREAK THE GAME! I thought the last update was gonna be the last time folks needed to restart, BUT, turns out we needed to revamp some stuff in game, sorry about that! I can no longer promise this won't happen every time, aha.
It's been a hell of a ride, and maybe this release is a bit premature, but it's HERE, update 5 is here!
Here's what this update includes:
- The very first version of the gathering, crafting, and buying/selling system. This took us a hot second to get done, but now that it's there, it's there!
- The WIP version of Chapter 2. This means you can play the chapter, but none of the art is done, it's just most of the dialogue. Play this part at your own discretion, if you don't like looking at WIPs, then just avoid it.
- The game generally has more tiny scenes here and there, a lot of new songs, and quests and such. It's shaping up!
- Roughly 24k words~ (That's 9k more than last update.)
- Slightly optimized menus and other GUI. Different font now from last time I believe too.
As I'm writing this, I feel totally out of it and in a brain fog, so hopefully there's no critical errors in the game, but IF THERE IS, I'll release a new version ASAP.
Right now, I'm trying to focus on finishing out a few projects so I can dedicate more time each week to this game. Like Lee's game, this game has just dragged on in production more than I would like, but that's just how being a game dev on the side seems to be. I'm trying not to beat myself up about it!
Regardless, I feel like I know where the game needs to go, I've got outlines for all of the chapters, and I just wanna sit down and GO HOG on the story at least, while my buddy Grue helps do the more serious programming aspects. (We're focusing on getting the other half of the game done for the next build, which is the coven menu with the buildings and coven members and all that!)
Thanks for your patience everyone.
Please leave me any comments/questions/bugs/spelling errors/etc down below and I'll respond to you and update the game accordingly!
Comments
DCS
LOL! All I can say is, you may feel a little guilty saying that when more parts of the story come out XP
Percirayz
Yeah
DCS
Oh, haha! I'll assume you mean NΓ£m?
Percirayz
The new coven member! Sorry I was trying to avoid spoilers for others π
DCS
Aw, awesome! Thank you! I'm not sure which character you're referring to as sus though cuz I can't remember who is in this build, haha.
Percirayz
I just spent the last 2 hours playing ahh, the newest character is still sus to me though lol. Also loving Satines development qwq.
DCS
Is that commonly a place where the button to close apps is, by chance? Sorry, I'm very new to mobile design so I have a lot of questions. I wouldn't think a button for closing the entire app would be good to place where since it would be easy for the player to accidentally press it... hmm...
Quadrant
Ah I'm just used to it closing the apps all XD
DCS
The back button is for dialogue, yes! That's how visual novel style games work in general. There will be a "hide textbox" function in the future, so the type of button you're asking for is coming, for sure. Is there an alternate you'd suggest? The button at current is a little arrow, which I'd like to make more clear in the future, but if you think there's a better alternate than that, let me know! Thanks!
Quadrant
I don't know if this is how the game engine runs but I've noticed if I hit the back button on Android, it 'rewinds' the game through previous actions and dialogue or acts as an undo function. I was expecting it to act as a close button
DCS
the cabbage drawing is one im like, way WAY proud of hehe
Simon Beck
Oh that beautiful vegetables
DCS
she's a sweetheart! she wouldn't suplex you unless you asked hehe! she's gonna have some very fun plot stuff later so i hope you'll look forward to it :)
Solaneceae
oh my gosh i love kale. must protecc. i don't care that she could surplex me into oblivion. protecc.
Russ Long
Hell yeah
DCS
it's still a little wonky but like, the fact that it's even in the game and functioning makes my brain go BRRRRR HELL YEAH
Russ Long
Ready to gather
Russ Long
Fucking fuck yeh
