Development Blog - January 31st, 2021

Hello everyone! Hope your first month of the new year has been going smoothly! I'm here to give you a quick update on the development of the next Temptation's Ballad update. Currently all the artwork and new backgrounds are done, but the writing and coding is a little behind schedule. I'll need a few more days in order to get it ready for release. I'm sorry for the inconvenience! I've been doing a lot of catch-up in terms of my schedule ever since all the stuff that happened last month, so development is still slightly rocky. Things should smooth out soon and be back on schedule soon though! QWQ/

Artwork:

There are 10 illustrations completed for the next update of Temptation's Ballad, 9 of which are purely for the upcoming Cole x Sidd scene. I'm sure most of you will enjoy it ;3

Here's a sneak preview of what you can expect:

For the sprite aspect of things, Knight Commander Grank has received an entire visual overhaul. I didn't like the look of his previous sprites, so I redesigned him from the ground up. The new sprites are more in-character with what I want Grank to be: big, friendly, but somewhat intimidating. He also gets a new cape! 

Clyde also gets new sprites and outfits in this update, along with a new job. You know, cuz his old job got buried under a pile of rubble.

I also plan to take some extra time this week to add a few more expression sprites to Grank, Artemi, and Cole if I get the chance. 

There's also two new 3D backgrounds coming up. One of them includes the Bonebreaker Guild Library:

Writing:

Most of the writing is complete for the next update. However, there's some polishing issues I'd like to address before moving forward, which could take some time. I predict that this update will be around the same size as the previous one, at around 30 to 40 pages. I'm doing something new with this update, where the writing is less linear. The player will get to choose locations throughout the city of Axia to explore and check out. I think this will give the VN a more interactive feel, but it's taking some time to figure out all the coding for it ;w;

And that concludes this round's development blog. Thank you everyone who's stuck with me so far! I promise to get back on schedule as soon as possible. Hopefully this update will be available no later than next week. Thank you for your patience! ;;w;;/