"Size Difference World" Game Development Story

Hi!

It's the weekend, which means it's time for the new post from the Size Difference World game development story.

As I mentioned before, we are preparing to release another game called Final Exam. It will be a simplified version of the original game, which will be published on Japanese platforms. Right now, my trusty friend Sam Smith and I are creating the necessary images for the game's cutscenes, which is taking up most of our time, as we need to release the game as soon as possible. Details can be found in the series of posts about Final Exam.

But the development of Size Difference World is by no means stopping. I apologize for not being able to devote more time to Size Difference World at this time. I know that most of my followers came here because of this game. Please be patient. Once Final Exam is finished, I will be able to devote much more time to Size Difference World.

Now, at the end of the working build, the main character faces an important choice that will affect the further course of the game.

In previous posts, I asked everyone who is having access to the working build to play through it up to this choice (the events in Ayumi and Harumi's house) and give me feedback on which direction you would like the story to go in.

Unfortunately, I haven't received any feedback yet... and that's a little sad. I kindly ask those who have access to the working build: please let me know if you have finished it completely. If not, what problems did you have while playing?

The best way to provide feedback is via email helengiantesspost@gmail.com. Please don't forget to include your Patreon nickname in the subject line of your message.

Well, during my breaks from creating images for Final Exam, I continue to develop storylines for the main character and his new friends. At the same time, I am making changes to the game world. For example, I decided that the art gallery location will play an important role in one of the story branches. So today I reconstructed this location. Previously, this location was hidden because it was unnecessary, but from today, the main character can enter the art gallery... but only after successfully spending time with Laraya in the bathhouse!

At the moment, you can just walk around the gallery and look at the pictures on the walls. The art gallery will play its role later.

The images are my old artworks (those who have been following me for a long time know this). Previously, these images were placed in different locations. But I decided it would be better to collect all the images in one place. It is quite possible that the art gallery may be expanded and supplemented with new images... but that is in the future.

For now, this location is just for decoration.

As I thought through the storylines, I also realized that I needed to change the global location of the world outside of towns. Access to this map was also available in early builds, but then it was removed because it wasn't needed.

Currently, there are no major changes to the global location, so I decided not to open access to it. I will open it a little later.

What I dislike the most is how the standard images from RPG Maker are poorly aligned on the global map. In principle, I could leave the standard version as it is, because it is just a map after all. Maps, as we know, are made schematically. However, I will still make some edits to the map tiles. Let's improve the schematics of the RPG Maker elements a little so that the map looks nicer.

Unfortunately, I didn't have time this weekend to make new images for Size Difference World. All my time was spent creating images for another game, which I mentioned at the beginning of the post. Therefore, in order to keep my followers interested, I added the image unrelated to the game to the private gallery. It has been ready for a long time, but was not originally intended for publication. The new image can be found in the folder for June 2025.

The working build of the game has been updated.

Read the pinned post for patrons at the very top of the feed to find a link to download the working build.

Who is interested in the progress of game development, please keep an eye on the posts.