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Saturday Update!
🕑 Added 2023-05-13 15:01:00 +0000 UTCHello again! Time for another update!
Last week was very busy!
I had to spend a day and some followup hours getting my restock order organized with vograce- I got my proofs for 5 new hard enamel pins and I've approved them, so those should hopefully be available in a month or so?
After that, I did a bit of script writing for 2 days and got the intro of the game roughed out. [ That's the part where you're talking to Strade in a bar until he kidnaps you ]. I've made some pretty major changes to this phase, I'd say it's longer but more streamlined. Instead of changing how events go, I opted to subtly shift the conversation depending on the new personality system.
The purpose of the intro has changed quite a bit. In the original, it basically just acted to add a bit of story before the meat of the game. But now, its job is to let the player establish their personality a bit before the game really gets going.
[ Ignore the visuals, everything you see here is placeholders to help me work on the code LMAO ]
For the last bit of the work week, I drew up some extremely rough plans for the dialogue box and overlay UI. I also got into trying to code the heart meter- which turned out to be a pretty challenging undertaking.
Because the game is going to be a bit longer, I decided that I wanted to be able to add love points in smaller increments than 1-10, and because of that, I'd need a way to reflect it so that players wouldn't be in the dark about how many points they have.
I also decided that I want the game to have side-sprites, since I liked that approach in TPOF and Strade may be behind the player or off-screen more often in the new script.
Unfortunately, I had to get up to some new coding since the original game actually hijacked the space fo side-sprites with the heart meter.
It took pretty much an entire day of coding and researching, but I managed to create a new heart meter that only appears when Strade is speaking [ despite not being contained in his dialogue box ] and also uses 10 bars placed on top of each other to show the heart value changing in a fun animated way :D
All of those visuals will be tightened up and replaced of course, but the functionality is there which is what I really care about right now ^o^
I was hoping to get a bit further with the writing last week actually, but I got kinda distracted by a leak in my apartment. I thought it was just a small leak under my sink but it turned out to be a leak from the 4th floor of the building and a plumber cut a bunch of holes in my drywall and... well it was a mess. I still got holes everywhere LMAO And I have trouble writing when there's strangers in my apartment ;0;
But it's pretty much sorted. Someone will be around to fix the drywall later apparently.
Oh! One last thing, I forgot to post a bunch of sketches I did recently, so they're in a post on my pillowfort -> https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/3328776
Despite all the weird challenges, I still think I got a fair amount of work done last week! 💪 I have volunteer work with my old high school all day today though so I might be kinda tired next week ^^; but I will continue to do my best!
Thank you guys so much for your support! I hope you're enjoying the warmer weather <3 Stay safe and have a great weekend!
Comments
mmajee
I just keep on staring that image, thinking how Strade keeps looking at me with that expression, yes yes I'll do anything you want just keep the drinks coming!
Phoenix Astra
holy shit this is so cool, thank you for showing us this! I love seeing your wips
I absolutely love that sketch doodle of strade omg
your work is so inspiring gato! ^o^ great job this week ♥️
Loretti
Ooh that new heart meter is really neat! I can't wait to see it fully in action. I also love those sketches!! I love how Ren looks now, and Strade too!! Seriously can't wait to see two of my favorite fictional characters all new and improved!! 😍 You're making great progress already, I'm so impressed, and I'm enjoying getting to read how things are going. Good luck with that leak, that sucks!
