Dev Notes - 2025-02-17 - Bugs and Stomach Bugs

So, an anooying issue popped up with the game where, at least when I am running it on my end in developer mode, there is a really long white screen at the start. I thought I fixed it with some help but it is persisting. The issue seems fixed for builds, but it is slowing the development process.

Also, trying to fix the MC name persistence issue. I basically stripped more code and just hard coded the MC name instead of trying to put the input name into the character person objects, which seems to not be handled well.

I also have been playing through the entire game looking for these bugs and noting visual things I don't like for in the far future work. I am really starting to do the work so that when a game is saved, it will pick up just fine. One thing I really don't like is how I over complicated the transition between days. If you have seen my code, I have this rpy file that handles all of the in-between scenes called '0-commute.rpy'. I thought this would simplify things, but the problem is debugging is a nightmatre.

One of the big things I think I have realized this weekend about renpy development versus the other apps I construct is that renpy cannot be approached the same way. You cannot debug it in the compiler, and its mish-mosh of syntax makes it really hard to use the same approaches that I use for typical app development. Anyways, i want to fix the things that people noticed in v0.1.6.1 and anything that is currently breaking the game, and move on with the story.

I am feeling a lot better, with a bit of nauseau. My whole family is dealing with varying degrees of stomach bug, which is why I am at home and not on a boat.

I really liked making the Vday images and I hope you enjoyed them as well.