Law School - episode 1 Final progress update

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to give you an update as we approach the final days of development and the release of the first episode. Currently, I'm working on the last part of the game, which is the Facegram feature. I completed the roaming event over 10 days ago and have since been focusing almost exclusively on Facegram. It's been a challenging new coding experience for me, involving a lot of Photoshop work to create the necessary images for interactions, figuring out the design, and then making it all function. I'm currently about 50% done with Facegram.

In the first episode, you'll have four opportunities to pull out your phone and roam Facegram, browsing characters' profiles, sending messages, liking posts, commenting, etc. It might sound a bit strange, but imagine interacting on a social media platform with friends. It adds a lot of depth to the game, and I'm very proud of it.

So far, I've completed coding for the first instance of Facegram, which took about a week of trial and error. Now that I have the coding figured out, it's a matter of grinding through it: copying and pasting code blocks, changing paths, and creating new images. It's a lot of work, but knowing how it all works makes things much simpler.

On Friday, 48 hours from now, I will send the game for final testing. I may or may not have Facegram entirely finished, but I want to give testers a full week to play the game. Since this is the second testing phase, it should go more smoothly than the first, with fewer errors and a shorter testing period. This will also give me time to finish Facegram.

If the testers need more time and I have to postpone the release to the 25th or 26th, I will post a special update on Patreon to let you know. It will be my responsibility for sending such a large build for testing so late.

The stress and anxiety are starting to settle in on top of all the tasks and work I still have to do. I just woke up from a 6-hour nap after a 33-hour shift, one of my records since I started developing. That should show you how invested, excited, and eager I am to release the game on the 24th.

Here are some final numbers for the first episode:

• 2986 story statics

• 69 animations

• 43 scenes

• 1 freeroam (400 statics and 7 animations)

• Facegram, which allows for many interactions and has 29 images of characters.

This first episode is a huge, chunky project. Anyway, it's time for me to get back to photoshopping and coding. I'll see you all on the 24th for the release.

MisterMaya