Development Update #23

Hey there guys. Before I start, I want to say thank you for all your help.

If you're a new patron, don't worry, every time before I finish a new alpha and close a new build I check all the new patron's names and add them to the credits, and once a month I check if some name maybe is missing.

If your name is missing from current build credits, please warn me and I'll fix it right away!

Now let's talk the next alpha, shall we?

The build 0.14A will come with the following new content:

* Changes on the game UI like the Name Box that's not rotated anymore to keep a cleaner look.

* Given the nature of the new portraits, the Dialog Box is translucid again. The buttons, however, will keep without any transparency.

* Added new portraits for Wagner's Character!

* Fixed a TON of dialogs and calls on the previous Days so every day will work with Wagner's new portrait. 

* More than 580 lines of dialog were fixed to call the new portraits.

And of course:

New Day 3 Added to the game. All the locations will be available for you to go when it's released, but two of them will display the message 'Route under development". Given the nature of the game though, you'll be sent to the main screen. So when you need to choose an area to go, save the game first.

The new Day 3 is longer than the previous two days combined. With such a huge day I decided to make some changes on the way this day will work. Instead of having an ACT where you run until you come to a Set of Questions, choose one, is redirected to another route and then you're redirected to the last route but to the next Dialog, given the problems with Indexation of those dialogs when I need to add a new dialog or split a dialog into two parts, now an ACT is divided between SETS, each set represent a part of the act. For you guys, this won't mean anything, but for me, it means an ACT can be divided in four or five parts if necessary, and every answer you make will take you to the next part instead do the last part on a new dialog. This means every time you change a route, the index the game will read is the first one. 

I can't change day 2 so if I ever need to edit the second day I will need to be careful with it but with these changes I will be able to edit any other day without a problem.

Now, I finished day 3 today. Yeah, I spent all of my free time the last week writing and writing...

Sometimes deleting everything... But well, here's the result:

Thank god I have Scrivener. Or I would never be able to make so many files and organize them in an easy way like this. Anyways, now I'll start correcting each of these documents. I will do it until this Sunday. By then every single one of those routes should be at least good enough to go inside the game.

Then, after that, I'll spend every single free time adding every line of text inside the JSON file. Every expression, every background, every song who must be played, every information goes inside the JSON file, so it is a complex process and I'll do it very slowly just to be sure everything's working.

So, when the next alpha will be ready for everyone?

I guess if I can work normally on the game at this peace, by day 15 of this month. I want to release this alpha as soon as possible because I have so many wonderful people helping me here. The more content I can give you guys, the happier I'll be.

But for now, please, wait a little longer. And thanks for your patience, as always!