Progress Update
Added 2019-10-11 10:46:53 +0000 UTCHello Crew! ๐ The last time I had a go at a Progress Chart, there was some concern that it gave away too many spoilers - a bit too much detail on the forthcoming scenes and too many pics. A standard way to do these things is the old 'Artwork: 90%, Writing: 50%, etc.' mode... but unfortunately my way of working is way too disorganised for that! ๐
Basically, I write and render and code in tandem as I go - meaning that the only way to express progress to the next update is by ticking completed scenes off the list. Of course, scenes vary in length - one might be 50 images, another 200 images - but I figure it more or less evens itself out. ๐คช
Anyway, this is a progress chart prototype for the Overview page - and I'd really like to hear your thoughts on it (market research time, baby! ๐). Is it clear? Is it helpful? Do you think it gives away too much/too little? Anything really! ๐
EDIT: Altered image. To reflect reality. ๐
Comments
Cheers Cap - glad to see I created a bit of mystery! ๐
RanliLabz
2019-10-13 14:50:22 +0000 UTCI'm a bit late but I'm also quite happy with this format. It doesn't give anything away really, and the names of the different scenes add intrigue and anticipation. Like many others, I'm very curious about bunkmates! And I like the roadmap to Phase 2, it's nice to know where we stand at the moment. Thanks as always for the effort you put in!
rogueremy
2019-10-12 13:48:24 +0000 UTC๐ Cheers Sarge!
RanliLabz
2019-10-12 10:46:57 +0000 UTClol - so tempted to give a spoiler here. Control RanliLabz! Control!
RanliLabz
2019-10-12 10:46:42 +0000 UTCSome hits, some misses - but I won't spoil anything for you by saying which ones ๐ (except to say that I think the thing you think is in Laundry is in Bunkmates. I think ๐)
RanliLabz
2019-10-12 10:45:56 +0000 UTCThanks Pilgrim! ๐ I did actually try just numbered scenes - but I kept forgetting which one was which ๐ Glad to know you're in for the long haul - cos this game is gonna be huge! ๐คช
RanliLabz
2019-10-12 10:38:53 +0000 UTCThanks guys! ๐ I had to change it a little to account for something I left out, but I'm pleased with the response and I'm adding it to the overview! ๐
RanliLabz
2019-10-12 10:35:44 +0000 UTCI like it, it lets me know what you are up to without actually spoiling anything. great job!
Matthew Prim
2019-10-11 22:36:33 +0000 UTCHi, Ranli, for me is very fine, and I would be happy even with less info, like very neutral descriptions e. g. "Act II, scene 23 = 10%, scene 24 = 64%, scene 25 = 78%.... scene 87 = 1%". I. e. only to know, how many scenes contains the next update, the next big chapter, the next phase, the next year... , and if I have to take another job to be able to contribute to the development until 2031, when the whole saga will probably(??) end :-)) Oh, please, I love it and you know it already, so the longer (and eventful) the saga the better :-)
Pilgrim
2019-10-11 21:51:52 +0000 UTCI feel like this one is vague enough that it teases without giving away exactly what's going to happen, but I can see how some people still thing it's too much. Bunkmates sounds very intriguing though. Based on an old popularity poll, I'm probably one of the few people hoping it's Cole (also hoping he's a grower), but I would also be very happy with Sam or Chad. I love this game.
Goobly
2019-10-11 19:06:13 +0000 UTCYes! It gives away that there will definitely be 2 scenes of a morally questionable nature (at least) and that you have been saving those for later at 10% completion. It is possible by the shorthand you use they could have something to do with Operation 'Daytrippin'...but...I could be reading too much into it. No seriously apart from m/f m/m nothing really is revealed other than what someone might be able to guess based on the title, Day Trippin may be the actual first mission out-of-doors as it were. Bunkmates may or may not have something to do with starting to establish a more perfect union with one of your crewmates (Cole or Sam maybe...hmm definitely Cole all that tension...although one might get jealous with Sam...decisions), Night Terrors the return of the demons...or HanZi visits you while you sleep (wait...does Lance watch you sleep? Hmm that's creepy) ServiCorps/Laundy, I have a suspicion and while I hope I'm not correct I think it might be good for the narrative. Other than that nothing is really revealed I don't think and all of what I said is purely speculation, or is it? Mwahahaha...ahem if I am right about any of my shots in the dark based on titles, maybe steal from Ron Howard and the Kasdans with "Solo" or at least the shot outline...how was I supposed to know "Chicken in the Pot" referenced us going aboard Voss' ship for a party because the chick who was singing in Hutteese as part of the night's entertainment was actually singing literally about chickens in pots if you translate from Hutteese to Basic (English)? I focused on more Earthbound languages!
Ryan Fox
2019-10-11 11:19:46 +0000 UTC
