Devlog #12: Holly's sprites, and a whole tavern

HEY FARMERS!

Like I said, I wanted to do at least one more devlog before the update shipped! As I work on it, I'm getting more and more confident in being able to confirm that
[THE NEW UPDATE WILL BE READY WITHIN THIS MONTH]

So, if September ends and the update still isn't ready, feel free to tape me to a rocket and shoot me at the moon or something.

In all seriousness, though, I think the update will finally be ready this month.

In order to ensure that there's no delays, I plan to rollout a couple features with the Stable release rather than the Unstable release. Primarily, Mocha's Relationship features. So you won't be able to build relationship with Mocha right when the update drops, however, everything else will be ready, and that should be added by the time the Stable update rolls around :)

Anyway, enough about that. Let's get to the fun little sneakpeeks.

HOLLY SIZE 3!

Already showed off Holly's size 2 animations in a separate post, but I've been working on her third size since and holy shit it's got so much sheer jiggle that I just needed to show it off. Obviously, skip past this if you don't wanna be spoiled what she looks like.

But without further ado, here's the big tavern mom:

Goodness gracious look at that woman wobble.

THE TAVERN!

The village is finally being implemented into this build, and I assure you, dear viewer, I am implementing it to the darn best of my ability.

Honestly though, I'm quite proud of how it's turning out. Almost every single part of the interior of every building is interactable in some way. Be it anywhere from inspecting pieces of furniture to full-on working pianos. (Yes, the piano is fully functional. No, I still don't know why I did that.)

Here's a few snippets from across the tavern:

CLUE HUNTING

Each girl will be given their own room, and inside, you'll be able to find objects that will give you a hint about something you might want to know about them.

This will usually help you to build relationship points with them. When the Relationship system is implemented, you'll want to know each of the girls' favourite foods, favourite gifts, and other small things they like about someone in order to most efficiently build relationship with them, assuming you choose to pursue them.

By snooping around their room, you can find hints to the sort of things they like! A healthy start to any relationship, obviously!

STORY CUTSCENES

It's only taken like a year, but we're finally getting a bit more story. Between a new cutscene, and Mocha's start to her relationship building, we'll finally get a little bit more of the valley's story.

Honestly, the narrative is taking so long to implement because I want an actual game underneath it that's fun to mess around in before I worry about tying it together with a nice bow for a story, so apologies to anyone who's aching for an actual narrative to the project. I promise, it's coming along, little by little :)

OKAY, THAT COVERS IT FOR NOW!

Maybe I'll do one more devlog, maybe not.

Probably not. I'm locking in to finish this update. I WANT THIS THING IN Y'ALL'S HANDS.

Hope you guys are as excited as I am :)

Thank you lot for the wait. Love you guys. ❤️