Proof of Life #128: progress report #16. Introduction is done (mostly).

Hello folks, how have you been doing? I'm here to bring you another progress report, shorter as we're getting closer to the first release. To think it's been over 4 months since I started development on the game. Time really does fly by!

As I mentioned in the title, the introduction with the characters as children is mostly over. I need to test a few things here and there and add other stuff I commissioned and just received. I'm quite happy with it, although there are a lot of mechanics that are yet to be introduced, and no card game quite yet either, because those will appear later in the game. Still, before releasing anything, I want to add a bit of "present day" gameplay as well, even if just a few minutes. Currently, I'm scratching my head as to how I could transition from childhood to adulthood properly, and especially how to start the main, adulthood part of the game. I've got a few ideas, but I still need to give it some more thoughts.

A flaw I find in a lot of games, TV shows, or movies, and one I have perpetuated myself as well in previous games, is that although a wide range of character personalities is introduced, most of the time these personalities aren't given a proper background. There's a tsundere in an anime? Sure, why not, but why is she that way? Those questions are often ignored, although just a few lines of dialogue would have mostly sufficed. I did try to avoid those flaws in the introduction, although I didn't go full psychoanalyst and try to explain every single quirk of every character either. I hope it'll help the characters grow on the players at least a little bit! : )

Anyway, I don't have much else to say in this PoL. The release date for the "Proof of Work" release is still planned for early June, no changes there.

Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful week!

N_Taii