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Dev Diary #23 - 0.2.1 is now available!
🕑 Added 2021-08-09 06:56:44 +0000 UTCScarlet Law 0.2.1 is now available ---> DOWNLOAD HERE
New content for this update will be discussed below:
- 3 New Scenes
- Jobs/Missions (Not too useful ATM)
- The ability to track girls (WIP, there is a known bug where girls aren't available while on a quest)
- Gifting (Not too useful ATM)
Scenes:
Thank you all for your patience and support. There are three scenes in this update. Since Estelle won the poll, she was given two of the three scenes. In hindsight, it might be have been a bad idea to focus on one individual character. Working on Estelle's scene took a majority of my time. Her first scene actually took me two weeks to complete. I'm still on the fence on how much detail I want into each scene in the future, but overall, I'm proud of the scenes that I was able to do.
The other scene was given to Azula, primarily because she needs scenes in order for us to progress with the story. In the future, I might try to avoid focusing on one girl, even if she wins a poll.
Jobs/Missions:
Something explained in the previous Dev Diary are jobs that you can assign your girls to do. At the moment, this feature is not too impressive since there isn't really anything to spend your money on except Estelle's contract and magical flowers. I think once you start accumulating more Scarlet Contracts and set the girls on jobs, you'll be making decent money. I still need to monitor this in the future to see if the income is a good amount or not.
Tracking Girls:
A girl's location will now be displayed on the map to show you where she is. Believe it or not, this feature was a lot more confusing to code than I thought. There is currently a bug that shows a girl's incorrect location while a quest is active. This will probably be fixed in the future. Also, I'm aware that Ferry is not currently available on the map. Once she has some assets ready, I'll be sure to add her.
Gifting:
Gifting magical flowers is available, but not very useful atm. Not only are they expensive, I also don't think they are useful for increasing affection. I think as more scenes come out, the need for a gift will become more significant since I plan on increasing the amount of affection needed in the future. This is still something that is a WIP.
Final Thoughts:
I really thought that I could pump out 4 scenes this update, but it just wasn't possible. It may have been a mistake to only focus on Estelle this month. One of her scenes actually took me almost two weeks to finish. Regardless, I'm happy with how all of the scenes turned out (even if there is no XXX yet)
This will be the only update for the month. The scenes are becoming much more intricate and longer than before. The problem, however, is that the time it takes to make some of them is becoming longer and longer. Sometimes I'm worried that I won't be able to at least have 3 scenes for the month. I do feel stressed out that I haven't taken a vacation in the last 10(?) months of working on SL. It's hard to take a break when I'm obsessed with something. And yeah, I'm definitely obsessed with SL. I've been trying to take more "alone time" where I don't work on SL, but I honestly don't have any desire to do anything (play games/go out). Maybe when my living situation is a lot better, my mental health will become a lot more stable and I can find passion in doing other things besides working again.
Some other stuff to look forward to this month are new SFW/NSFW images that I'll probably start next month (along with the next update of SL) and a poll (or two) that will decide future content for SL.
Anyway, I really hope you can see the effort that was put into this update. Thank you again for all your generous support.
Comments
jay
Ty sir. I really do appreciate your concern. It's a nice change of pace from the usual messages I get... (e.g. "I like your game but can you add feet?" "When is the public version coming out?" "This game is great but the updates are too long") Again, thank you for your kind words man. It really means a lot to me.
It might be really important to try and focus on more alone time! Working exclusively on one thing is an easy way to burn out. Great content as always though and I appreciate your work!
William Berk
Personally, I've had enough of Estelle to last a while. She really came off as a vapid little brat with this update.
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