Development Update #18

Hello there how's everyone's doing?

I'm here today to talk a little about the next Alpha. 

Alpha 0.12 will come with a new day, the third day. The third day originally was the last day for this game, since this game was planned to be a small commercial for this Patreon. The project got so big that now it will be a full game instead of a small one, and there's much to do. So let's talk about it.

The Gallery:

The gallery system is a thing I'm working on, it's kinda complicated for me now, but I'll start working on the design for the gallery and the base code to show images, even if I work on that aspect of the game however you guys won't be able to access it probably, because it will be just a prototype with blank images. Do you know when you press a button and a window show up? Yeah, I need to code every single animation, so I thought: I need first to have a layout, a design for the Gallery. Since that's a thing that involves me working on an image editor for hours just to have the correct layouts, and then coding just the basic animated stuff, then I should do that first.

The second step would be to edit the JSON Editor to add the Gallery Variable to the day.json. This way every time you get a new background on a game for the first time, this background should be displayed on the gallery for now on. Of course, I need to add this information on the save file of the game too, and that's another ordeal. I don't know if you guys know but, the Save/Load/Delete aspect of the game is what I hate most on it, haha.

Anyway, so in a resume, I need: 

• Create all the UI elements for the Gallery.
• Add them to the game properly as its own scene.
• Create all the animations, coding (especially the "resize thing").
• Edit the Json creator to add a Gallery Variable so I can send the data of what can be shown on the gallery at the exact time you see it on the game.
• Create a special code to save the gallery information on the save file or another file.
• Add the Gallery to the game.

The gallery won't be added so soon on the game, I'll work on it little by little, but I NEED To work on it, and it's not a week or two to make it work properly, I can't just spend the entire time on it, but I can't just let it for later, so I'll be working on it while I work on the text for the third day. That means from the Alpha 0.12 onward, even if you guys don't see the gallery on the releases, the gallery will be in the game little by little, piece by piece. That also means the alphas can get a little more time to be done, so please be patient. 

Now, about the text for the next day:

I was just ready to work on it, when a power pole was destroyed by a crazy man in a car some streets away, I had power but no internet. I could interact with some of your comments here because I have 3G on my phone, but I got nearly no connection on the last week. I try not to complain too much to my friends though, but since I worked so hard on the new UI for the game on the last alpha I forgot to add Scrivener to my PC, and when I was ready to start Wagner's new route, I just noticed I couldn't!  Scrivener is the soul of the project, without it, I can't make the text in an organized way. I'm pretty sure you guys saw the last Diagram I did try to explain how the day works, right? For every single part, I have to have separate documents. Scrivener lets me do that inside the editor, so I don't have to get lots of text files outside in a folder. It's really easier to work with it, so yeah, I couldn't work the entire week on the game (not that I have time, I also have to work to pay my bills outside the Patreon for now so the end result was: I couldn't work on two weekends on the game),  because I was waiting for the internet to come back. So I'll be starting the new day today. 

And with the text, comes a new problem! Not a problem, but a thing I need to add on the game BEFORE I start the new day: Music.

The next day for both  Wagner AND Karnal will happen on new locations, Spoiler Alert: The Pool and the Bar. First I need to add new buttons to these locations, the buttons don't exist yet, that's a thing I need to fix before the next day can happen. But I also need to find two new pieces of music.

So if you're here reading this and you know a good place to get free music to put in projects, a place that also gives me all the info I need to put on the credits, with a free license, please say the word. I'm still not earning enough to pay to a musician to create music for my game, so I rely only on free to use music. It's better than letting you guys play without any sound after all. 

So this week and next week challenge for me will be: Find new music for the game, add the third day for Wagner at least the B part, and work on the gallery on the side time. 

You guys can rest assured that I'll spend my entire time working on the game for now on, and I'm pretty sure the next alpha will come for you guys by the end of this month. I'm sorry for that, but as the project advances I start getting new things to do, and new areas to add.

Ah! About the ArtWork for the game:

So we are in a crisis here: I NEED wagner to make his new design. Simply. If he can't finish his new design I can't add the new day either. Because a LOT of things have changed and I still need to fix the calls for his characters on day 1-2. And day 3 will be bigger than the previous, I won't create a new day just to spend double the time later reworking the calls for his characters, SO: The new day will depend on his work too! But I'm sure he can do it.

And there's another thing: I NEED the new map. The current one is a pretty good example WHY Wagner's is the lead artist for the game (at least on drawings stuff, the UI was all edited and done by me), and not me. The current map was created on Paint. My drawing skills are amazing, aren't they? Ha Ha.

But his character is a thing we need for yesterday, so: There's a probability that an alpha 0.11.1 would be added and on this alpha, only day 1 and 2 will be changed to call for his new sprite, not the old ones. As soon as he finishes his new design I'll be posting here and then an updated alpha! But the 0.12 will take more time as I said. 

But don't worry guys, I'll keep everyone here informed! 

Thanks for your patience, and please: If you like this project, consider continuing to support it next month too, and send the Patreon Link to friends! Soon, a new Demo will be released, and then everyone will be able to play a fully official released Demo here. The demo will be released to the public too! So, even those who don't have access to the game right now will have to send to their friends! 

So if you guys can show the Patreon Page to more friends who would be interested in helping, I would be grateful. After all the more visibility the game gets, the more I'll be able to spend time and money on it to make it better!

So... That's it. This is an update without too many images, because like I said, I was unable to work on the game. But now my machine has every tool I need, and I'm going to search for music now! Please have a great day guys! And thank you for being a patron as always. Your help means the world to me!