DevLog #100: August 2024

Hi everyone! We've hit our 100th monthly DevLog 🙀

Throwback

Well, sort of. The first "monthly" DevLog was #7, back in November 2016, right after the "failed" Kickstarted campaign for Light Fairytale Episode 1.

Since then, I've been posting new DevLogs every month for almost 8 years 🙀

It's been a long journey - thank you for sticking with me 😊

Super Night Riders S1

Lately, I've been focusing on the UI for customizing characters and vehicles.

Now, you can change colors either from a selection of presets or by entering RGB values...

... as well as adjust material parameters like smoothness, metallic and emission.

Here, I increased the smoothness of Alice's eyes so you can see the clouds reflected in them.

And here's cat girl Kuroko with glowing eyes in the dark.

Increasing the metallic parameter can mimic certain metals, like gold.

One more custom character.

All these settings can be saved as presets and easily loaded later.

I've also improved the day-night cycle. Here's a GIF with fast time progression.

There are now multiple lighting profiles, including real local lighting with semi-accurate moon phase, which is used for some special time-limited events 🌕

Night Riders Remastered

The game have been out for just over a month and currently have around 2.5k installs. Thanks for playing 😁

I've released a new version of the trailer. The original had a few issues, including a copyright strike on the music.

I used a loop pack purchased from a music producer store, but someone must have registered the music on YouTube despite it being a non-exclusive license 😅

youtube.com/watch?v=7Vm9eDnd39s

Bonus

Here are the final versions of the badges featuring Alice, illustrated by character designer Kakuriko.

This is this month's 4K wallpaper, available to download below.

What's Next

Next month, I'll be working on the race customization UI, featuring some new game modes that haven't been seen in the series yet 🙀

That's all for this month!

As always, thank you so much for your continuous support. See you all soon 😊

baka-neko / neko.works