weekly dev log #14, september 11th 2023

What a weird, wonderful week it has been for me- I've felt a little like Alice in Wonderland about it all. The week was spent getting back into painting for the different splash screens I want to have for ouro(which mostly consisted of trying different art-styles and crying about the resulting look) and the portraits of the RO's (as you have seen), but also some sprite backgrounds for different sections of the game. That started a weekend-long trek into Unity's asset store, which in turn sent me into discovering more about Unity as a game engine and then Unreal, Godot, Inkle, and then, and then... It's so exciting seeing all the tools at my disposal!

I have been experimenting a lot with ouro's look and feel a lot! There is so much to change, like the character creator which is  much simplified and not woven into the story anymore, for example. Rewrites are happening, but mostly in the -waking up with a start(looking like I put a fork in the electrical outlet) and legging it to the nearest notebook to jot down ideas, small snippets, or code- I feel a bit like I'm back in pre-production, and that is just. So exciting. Ouro is slowly morphing back into my dream game-book.  

Otherwise, I still haven't really formulated my Big Thoughts since the dev-log with the spoiler poll; it has spurred some intense inspection about ouro and my mental health. Still don't have anything coherent to say, yet, but there is something. Brewing. In the back of my mind. I'm unraveling it with my therapist, bless her and her patience for my thousand yard stares.

This week I'm keeping at it, but with less art and more coding. My goal is to finalize the UI and maybe mock up some stat/codex/character pages to show you, and whatever else life throws my way. I also won't be posting this wednesday, unless something really cool comes up!
I will see you on friday(or on discord), and I hope you have a lovely week, I really do. Thank you for being here. Take care of yourself<3