[News] Dev's blog #20

Hey!

Don't forget about polls: All polls in one place

Only 3 days left! 

At the moment, the winners are: additional events in the basic version - Rachel, extra events - Natalie and Carol.

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What has been done since the previous news blog.

1) Events:

Added another small event with Carol. Slightly rewritten dialogues in events with Vlad/Marco, Ashley, Natalie and Rachel.

2) Renders and animations (in total):

About 420 renders and 3 animations are ready

3) Partially added basketball mechanics (more on this below)

4) Small things:

• Added buttons for loading "Auto" and "Quick" saves. 
• "Credits" tab has been added to the main menu ("Expert" and "True Dreamers" let me know if you want to add your nickname to the next release).
• Added emojis to PVU Chat and PVU Pics apps.
• Some bug fixes

Now a few important points about the further development of the game.

Point one (about basketball)

In the next update, you will be able to try out some of the basketball mechanics (the mechanics of throwing the ball). I tried for a long time to do something that, on the one hand, did not strain the players too much (grinding), but at the same time added some dynamics and interest to the visual novel. 

In short, I think that with the mechanics of the ball throw I did it. I took into account the results of a poll (https://www.patreon.com/posts/46981759) so the ball throw is the same simple and convenient for both the mouse and keyboard.

I decided to take my time with the introduction of further mechanics, since:

• It's a bit complicated and takes too much time
• I don't want to do extra work

So I decided to add this mechanic gradually. I will process the feedback after each update and make decisions about the further development of this mechanic.

Point two (major events in the girls' storylines)

I haven't come up with a name for these events yet, so I'll just call it "major" events.

So, in v0.3.5, the MC is waiting for a date with Carol. Well... Everyone has been waiting for this for a long time, so I decided to make this date not just an ordinary event, but something more. 

While I was developing this date, I decided that every main girl would have something similar (a date, a vacation, just a weekend spent together). In a word, a situation in which the MC and the girl will be able to get some privacy together for a while. These events will take the relationship between the MC and the girl to a new level and gradually lead you to the desired ending of the game.

That is, these events will become something like a reward for a long and tedious wait.

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I remind you that v0.3.5 will be released in early access at the end of March, the general release in late March / early April.

The second sneak peeks set is coming soon!