0.4 Development Update 32
Added 2020-08-14 19:26:46 +0000 UTCHey, folks!
v0.4.10 went to Beta today, and the work on v0.4.11 continues. Jess is going hard on the writing, there are multiple events and mini-events done already, more on the way, the artist is posing girls for the visuals, and I’m trying to keep up with everything.
Not much to report, everything’s in progress, so have some target renders. No final visuals as of yet, the way the updates get prepared sure changed a lot, but it’s for the best, I think.
Lyriel’s going to get a new repeatable activity:
(and she just can’t keep her shirt dry)
This is from the pizza event:
And another thing that is pretty minor, but still kinda important. I finally got around to making a new sprite system. The sprites will now be separated by the time of day, both the girls and all the backgrounds will be shot with the same FOV, camera positions and as similar lighting setup as possible, so it should all look much nicer:
It’s still not perfect, of course, and it’ll never be, but it is a stark improvement, I think. With the game getting dangerously large even when compressed, I'm looking forward to offloading the less important talks to the sprite-based sequences.
The only downside is that the new sprites take quite a lot more work than the old ones. I do multiple shots in-environment to get the reflections right, and then cut out and refine the sprites partly by hand. So I’ll probably only add Lyriel’s sprites for the next release, and then will update others. And I’m going to have another go at evening lighting for her sprites, too.
See you soon!
Comments
I'd think of it as a target date, if it has to be adjusted from time to time, so be it. At least there would be something that's easy to refer to.
David D
2020-08-21 21:26:44 +0000 UTCI will try to do that for v0.4.11, but I do sometimes move the days a bit to either get in some additional fixed or get a new version out for patrons before the month ends.
Zanith
2020-08-21 21:23:29 +0000 UTCI understand that it's very difficult to control leaks, it's also very frustrating. The worst part though is trying to figure out when we will get our rewards. I'm pasting below this a schedule that one of the other dev's I support uses, would it be possible for you to post something like this? Release for $10+ patrons - Tomorrow Release for $5 patrons - 24.08 Release for $2 patrons - 26.08 I want to continue to support this game, I think your story and animations are some of the best that I've seen.
David D
2020-08-21 13:17:28 +0000 UTCThe early access release will be out later today, a week after the beta, I just need to port some fixes to its branch. Leaks are an unfortunate reality, but I understand your frustration. If you are unhappy with your patronage, please PM me and we will try to work something out.
Zanith
2020-08-21 10:47:45 +0000 UTCWhen will $5.00 patrons finally get this update. I hope it's not like last update, I found it online before it was available here.
David D
2020-08-20 23:36:23 +0000 UTC
