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[Status Report #3] Sicae - Episode 6
🕑 Added 2024-09-10 10:29:20 +0000 UTC
Hello, hello, everyone!
We have finally reached and finished more or less the 2nd half of the update! Now is an excellent time to talk about the content further.
But so far, here are our current numbers:
Lines of codes: 2665
Renders: 292
Animations: 10
Music & SFX: 46
The update may be a little shorter than usual, but it has a lot in store. Two lewd scenes and three fight scenes are planned, not to mention the amount of lore we will be dropping.
Two of the fight scenes are already done and polished, with one waiting to be staged. Staging these fight scenes requires a time investment to make them as coherent as I can and not to pull off a "one-hit delete/finish" type of scenario, even though none of them are that realistic. So it definitely will take some time.
Speaking of fight scenes, I didn't initially plan it, but I couldn't help but pull off another hand-to-hand combat animation as it fits the scenario. Fortunately, it only took me less than a couple of weeks to finish while also trying to do renders half the time, or else I could have lost a significant amount of time for content progress.
Some may say it's unnecessary, and I agree. But can you blame me? It looks cool AF! 😅
One of the lewd scenes is already written and waiting to be animated, but I think I'll hold off until I finish 70% of the renders or come back to it much later when I don't have a lot of workload pressure to bring the best out of it. The same goes for the second one, which isn't written yet but will be there.
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Game content aside, we've also made some improvements to the UI and added smooth transitions to them.
A massive credit to "pax" for doing a bang-up job.
In-game Menu: (The image choices are totally not biased, trust me)
The new in-game menu is now on block setup. We've removed some tabs, especially the "Patrons" tab, to make it less crowded. Subscriber names from $10 upwards will now be placed on the "About" option in the main menu.
Character Menu: (ft. Princess......?)
"She’s stressed out, totally disappointed in herself. So, what do you say? Willing to sacrifice some of your future legacy just to bring a smile to her face?" ------ FUCK YESSSSSSS!
Our eight core love interests are now placed on each side of the screen. Hover at each of their buttons to highlight and show their character portrait. To show their points and routes, you'll have to click on them.
Niiii! Where are the others??!!
I've been thinking about it for some time now: what I should do with the characters who aren't even involved or have barely any part in the main story. And honestly, I'm still trying to figure it out. So here's the thing:
Scenes Replay Menu: (ft. Handler)
"She looks very gullible, isn't she?" - One thing is for sure. There's something sinister that lies beneath that innocent outer persona. A fiery anger towards something.
As you can see, there are still just eight tabs featuring the core love interests, but if you look at the rightmost part, there's a "?" tab. That's where we'll place the scene replays of the side characters in case we get to feature them in the future. If I decide to totally abandon them, then I'll leave it as it is.
Those are all of the significant UI improvements. The rest remains the same, although it has been incorporated with transitions now.
The update still has a long way to go, but this will be it for now.
If you have any feedback about what has been discussed, feel free to share it in the comments.
As always, take care, and have a nice day!
NiiChan
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Comments
sokach
love form college
William McCoy
Looking forward to it. Just finished another replay of Sicae, and halfway through a new replay of MBiML.
stephenQ30
Hopehul to update Sicae
Chaos2426
The menu looks so good!
vityan
Aww. The new menu looks like a huge step forward and seems well organized. New combat animation? I'm all in - Those are cute. I wish they would be full GL/D3D fighting with some player control, like Tekken/MK/Souls(Claire Staggering... FINISH HER! xD), but heh... each EP would take 10y then :(. However something simpler like BaDIKs Brawler would be good as well. Just not the QTE's... :)))
The Greggen
I really like the changes and can't wait for more. Thank you for the update and have a great day. :)
NiiChan
13, yeah! It was too much. And yeah, we'll also make some improvements to MBML's important UI. It might even be a total overhaul since I now have a guy who knows what he's doing.
Tarkasion
This new menu looks goooood ! 🤩
CJAM2002
Yeah I think the menu cleanup was needed. The current Sicae menu has like 13 LI’s or something. It’s a lot, and I think streamlining it to the core LI’s is a good idea. I’m assuming that MBIML is going to get a similar menu glow-up as well?
Messè
Amazing changes!!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on the latest Sicae update!
