Late June Progress Report (New Horizons for BGP!)

We've got a HEAP of info to get off our chests in the new Devlog video!

Here's a rundown of everything we've been up to since the start of the year:

As for what big ticket items we've been up to since the last report:

• New pipeline & video style for getting Devlogs out faster.
• Deep & detailed organization of remaining tasks to complete the project.
• Saying goodbye to musician Euleom and onboarding new musician BizarreSong.
• Gave ponies maladies in the overworld that can be walked off.
• Came up with fun mechanics that give reason to catch the same wild pony species several times.
• Started sharing BGP images across Derpibooru and Manebooru.
• More detailed plans for the beginning parts of the Story Mode.
• New UI for gaining EXP & leveling up in the overworld.
• New Music for Leveling Up and Exploring Underwater.
• Completely revamped the structure for configuring and animating Moves, Abilities, Items, and everything else in Battle.

Here's some more info on a bullet point that might've caught your eye...

We've got a new team musician: Bizarre Song!

You might also recognize him as the beloved partner of Sugar Morning who drew the animated header of the last Progress Report. Bizarre is a passionate audiomancer hailing all the way from Spain. Here helping Yotes Games on the quest to make the best pony-themed video game in existence!

Bizarre arrived just in time, because one of the game's main composers Euleom was just on the way out. Euleom's currently wrapping up one last song (the Stretch Goal dungeon music) before putting music stuff on the backburner for a while to focus on engineering work. He will be missed, but is welcome to jump back onto the Yotes Games team whenever he wishes. His overworld tracks heard in the demo and compositions for the Battle music will be appreciated forever.

You can look forward to playing the new Ultra Demo build before the end of July. Something nice & juicy that'll make the whole Pinto map feel brand new.
All the while, we're still aiming to get something out for the public to play by the time we fly out to Everfree Northwest in Late August.

- Thanks for following the development of Battle Gem Ponies!