Since last update
After posting the last update I started drawing nonstop for like 20 days and drew around 100 ( roughly 45%) of the Character Sketches I needed.But after around 70-80 of the sketches the speed and quality definitely dropped and it was obvious that I need to take a break.
To not loose any time I started preparing for the first release/demo of the game instead, by designing the UI, implementing some scripts and making replacement grafics to use until I have the actual sketches later on.
This means there's at least a "playable" version of the first scene, right now that looks somewhat like this:
Sketch/Story Demo for reading
Unlike the sketch demo back then that I only used to test for myself, I'm planning on releasing the new "sketch demo" for you guys to read through it.This way I can collect feedback on what I have of the story right now while showing at least some of the stuff I did so far.
This also gives you guys the ability to proof read and/or translate it into your own language since I've got a few offers for that as well.
However, I want to make clear that the demo will not contain any of the backgrounds/CG's and H-Scenes yet and will only have placeholders for now. (Like the blurred out BG001 up there)
Most of the functions and mini games, as well as additional decisions wont be implemented yet either.
So it really is just a for reading and those of you that are interested in the art and animations will have to wait a little bit longer.
But for those interested in the story and general writing, I'm trying to hurry things and put the whole thing together asap.
Monthly future Demos and Updates
After releasing this Sketch/Story Demo, I will start to draw/sketch the missing art for the scenes and release them every month on my patreon.
So there's finally some stuff to see and actual benefit of beeing patron (beside knowing that you help me make this thing ofc xD)
This way you will see the game progress together with me, the work I put in it and be able to influence it by telling me what should be changed or added.
I have a lot of plans for the game in itself and I'm going to share all of them once the first demo is out, but for now I will need to transfer the raw story/dialogues into the game.
One last thing..
I'm sorry that you guys have to wait this long, but it's clear that the project in itself still too much for me to handle and I lack the experience, time and composure to work on it faster.
This just shows that I should stick to smaller/ short-story sized projects for now, or at least as long as I don't have a team to work together with.
But that's the future, so until then I'm going to concentrate on this and hope you stay around. :>
Have a great week everyone.
Thanks for the update, I’ve been eagerly checking here every few days to see the progress bars go up :)
ReplyDeleteI might actually make this the first Patreon I’ve ever subscribed to, the game looks to have a lot of potential and you seem to be making good progress on it.
Keep up the good work, I’m looking forward to the demo release.
I think this is a very good direction to go in, getting feedback will both help make a better product in the end and also hopefully help you feel a little better about where the project is at! This is a massive project and I'm frankly impressed at how far you've gotten, don't ever feel bad for the progress not being the quickest or for feeling a little burnt out.
ReplyDeleteNice to see steady progress. Keep up the great work! :)
ReplyDeleteIf I may ask about some general stuff for the game. Are you planning to focus on the "dream world" and "humanized" braixen, or do you plan to have some of the action/story in the "real world", too? Could be interesting to see some adventures and interactions with slightly questionable affair :>
I guess there will be still a lot going on in the "real world". I am just wondering how safe do you plan to keep it, while in there.
There's gonna be "real world" stuff as well but it's mostly going to be at the end of the game.
DeleteI'm also not that good with writing the "non-fantasy" parts (which I tried to have as "real world"-like as possible)
So they might fall rather short in comparisson to the fantasy/dream ones where I can pretty much make stuff and rules up.
I'm hoping that releasing what I have right now will get me enough opinions and help to improve quality of those scenes and expand them later on.
Long/Short:
There's going to be a questionable affair setting, probably just not as well written for the early versions xD
We’ve all said it before and I’ll say it again. The size of this project is MONSTEROUS. Which is why we cheer you on so much. I don’t think any of us expect it to be done anytime soon. But the fact alone that steady progress is being made is awesome. And don’t skip any meals over it.
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