Mochi Moshi Dev Log #9

You all have waited quite a bit for this update, but I actually just considered the "mini update" last time to be a full one. If you're a bit disappointed by that then I hope this one makes it up to ya! Not that there's anything disappointed to be about, everything is going smoothly. In fact, you should probably read the previous logs if you haven't already. I try not to double up on information!!

Okay preamble ramble out of the way, lets begin this biweekly-esque update.

Mochi Moshi's co-writer and I have been rather busy! (Boo!!) I know I know, but that kinda has set an idea in motion for what we should try to expect in terms of progress of writing per month. My goal before the next week is to finish two more story paths, with the idea that I write 3 nodes for each path (total of 6 nodes) instead of writing a week 2 node completely (total of 5 nodes).

Let me slow down for a second. A node, if you don't remember, is what I consider a "Week" in the game in terms of writing. The game has 65 Main nodes not including the funded secret path. So far the amount of nodes worked on is around 10~ (Work in progress, and started writing included), meaning the game is 15% completed in terms of the writing section ONLY. This is to basically round out the idea that instead of saying one or two paths are done, the game is only 4-8% done, it shows an actually accurate percentage of finishing. We aren't working on every single path straight down considering some weeks have to be written before others, and some are doubled up. I have a chart about this but uh... even that would have to be explained because it was used in a meeting. If you want to see stuff like that comment below!

So ultimately has a lot of writing been done in the past 3 weeks? Yes and no. A lot of planning got finalized for the way we want to go about the story to make it easier for all of us, a lot of tightening of pathing and the actual start of full steam ahead writing happened. So even though there's not a lot of numbers I can pull out to make you guys safe with your math of how long it'll take this game to be finished, I can with all my confidence say that this is the fetish game I've wanted someone to make for a long time and I want to make sure it's worth all it can be.

Okay I know I said earlier I wasn't going to re-iterate previous weeks or repeat information but last time I updated I said the theme song for Mochi Moshi was finished! It's very cute and I'm STILL not ready to post it. BarchBoi, the musician behind it, has wrote songs for his own games, itemlabel (The fashion and plush company behind Peepy and Sucklet), and made the UI for Subserial Network. He's also going to be a consultant on the UI design and work for Mochi Moshi. This makes me incredibly happy, not only because a friend is helping me out, but because his work is fantastic. BarchBoi's music is also going to be heard through out the entire game, so if you have heard some of his work before, you'll find some familiar tunes.

Okay lets talk about what's going to happen between now and the next update.

I'm going back home. If you've been following me for the last three months you'll know I'm out of country. A lot of work I've been doing is not in the comfort of my own home, but the comfort of my girlfriend's wonderful Swedish abode. This hasn't made my work flow compromised (for the most part), so there shouldn't be any actual change in progress on my art. Progress on writing should ramp up though, considering it's a lot easier to write when I am completely isolated from most things. That being said! There's going to be about a 3-4 day period where I won't be working on anything but I'll be trying to make the transition back home smooth so I can get back on my feet. Covid testing, 27 hour no sleep day and carrying 40lbs of shit the entire time be damned. What does this mean for the patreon exclusive? Nothing, it'll be scheduled and posted on time like always, around 10~ AM CST on December 1st. What does this mean for Mochi Moshi? Nothing, a lot of my beginning of the month work doesn't go towards Mochi Moshi anyways, although my co-writer is already hammering wonderful ideas down!

Damn this ended up being a long one... If you want to know even more behind the scenes stuff including documents me and my co-worker pass between each other let me know! In the mean time I hope you all have a wonderful and safe start of Winter. It's been getting so fucking cold aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAA!!

Thanks again for supporting me, love you all so much and feel free to message me or comment below about the game. I love to be asked questions and my DMs are always open on every site! Cya in about two weeks!