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Dev Update - 2023/09/08
🕑 Added 2023-09-08 19:06:56 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
It's Friday and it's time to say goodbye.
Goodbye to preview renders of Kaija since that one is the last until the release of CH4. ;-)
Of course, there will be preview renders in future dev updates, just not with Kaija.
Why am I telling you that? Because that means, I'm roughly at 50% done with the Chapter.
The development speed is as expected before starting the work, so you can say I'm on track.
The week in general has been pretty productive given that it's the start of the month (the busiest time on my full-time job including overtime) and I caught a bit of a cold (but nothing serious).
I got 88 renders done this week, which brings the total to 645
~170 more lines in the script file for a total of 1734 lines.
And I did my next internal testing build and ran a few tests through it.
The first half of this chapter takes place in Neverwhere for most of the time.
While working on the scenes and playing through them there was one thing I was unhappy about: the music.
While I did find some cool songs for the place, nothing really fits what I have in mind.
So I decided to reach out to the guy from whom most of the music in TNT is: Alexander Nakarada.
I'm really happy we came to an agreement and he's helping me out with a few new pieces specifically for Neverwhere.
It'll be quite a financial investment (because I have several pieces in mind) that'll eat up every single buck I made on Patreon to date and some more investment by me.
But I think it'll be worth it.
So a huge thanks to all actual and former patrons for supporting me. Without all of you that wouldn't have been possible.
More details on that topic later down the road when we got into work.
That's it for now.
Have a nice weekend, guys.
Cheers,
Ceolag
Comments
ceolag
Agreed. Music is an important part (at least for me). Mute Visual Novels always feel kinda off. Regarding the licenses, there's really just 2 ways: Creative Commons License or your own contracts with the artists themselves. Everything else is a grey area at best and likely to blow up in your face at some point
Eldon Freeman
It's great to hear that you have found a source of music for the game that seems to be working! I know many creators struggle to get permission to use the music they want to use. And getting the right music can be such an important thing for a good game!
