Modern game Devlog: Story Timelines

Hey everyone, development on the next game is still coming along at a decent pace. I've been working on getting the lighting and materials looking better the past two months which is finally starting to get to a point I'm happy with. There will still be improvements I can make to it but it's close enough that I can work on other aspects of the game and not have to worry about things completely changing and needing to be redone. While I get that finished I thought I would instead give a preview for a different part of the game, the story timelines

Unlike Last Hope this game is broken up into smaller stories which each have their own timelines. Initially only the first segment will be unlocked and by playing through the story you will unlock each segment as you go though it. The path you take through the story will depend on your actions and choices made but you can go back to the timeline at any point and try out the other options if you went down a path you didn't want to. This means that some options may not take you to the end of the story but they may still lead to some interesting outcomes

This isn't how the final version of the UI will look but It should give you a good Idea of where it's heading. Each segment will have a picture of what happens during that part of the story so you can easily return to any point that you want to. This means that It works as both the save system for the game but at the same time a gallery mode for all the more exciting moments

I know that some of you will be sad to see that this isn't as open of a system as Last Hope had but with this more structured format It'll mean that the story can be more complex as you won't just be doing any event in any order. It will also mean that the relationships between the characters can develop more naturally

Thank you all for the support and I'll talk to you again soon