Proof of Life #132: Back to the basics

Hello friends and foes, it's N_Taii, your friendly neighborhood dev, back again with a long awaited PoL Monday post!

So, the first version of HC3 has been out for about a week, and the feedback for it has been mostly positive, so I'm pretty happy about it : )

I haven't done much progress on the story this week. I rested on Monday, and the rest of the week has been spent either drafting up commissions, listening and answering to feedback, and mainly working on the "basics" of the game.

The basics mainly consist in repetitive menial work to set up the base on which I will work for every future updates. It doesn't translate into new content, but it is essential for me as a dev. For example, I am now copy-pasting every single one of the main outside and interior maps 6 times. Why? Because I have an individual copy of each map for every time frame, so Wedath to Soldath, day and night, makes 6 timeframes(I already have Lundath morning and evening). It takes time, and it makes the game's file size slightly bigger, but by having one separate map for each timeframe, it's a thousand times easier to develop the game and avoid potential bugs, duplicates, etc...

"Why should copy-pasting take so much time?", you may ask. Well, with every new map, I need to rework every single trigger and automatic movements on every individual map so that, for example, someone exiting the MC's apartment on Fridath morning doesn't end up on the Wedath morning map because of a faulty trigger. Then, I need to retest everything and, since I will be done with that today, I need to set up new NPCs on the maps and give new lines to the guards. There's also the need to properly organize every sex animation (now that there are different breasts sizes, smaller bodies for Lily, bigger bodies for men, etc..., this takes a bit of time too), and all the sound files that I have.

Anyway, I won't bore you with more details, you get the idea : ) I am also writing a list of everything that needs to be added to the first version, be it new features or adding new events. Hopefully, I can get the new update out by next month, but we'll see, because it's pretty hard to grasp the amount of work still left at this point.

Btw, I have decided to release the first version to $1 Patrons probably around the 10th of next month, maybe a bit earlier.

That's it for this PoL!

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful week!

N_Taii