a little prototype...
Added 2023-08-16 02:01:32 +0000 UTCtrying something out for a pet shop after dark!
imagining what it would look like if the game were on console... i don't have any concrete plans to port it but i have been working on the 1st anni update for pet shop so i made a little prototype just to see how it could potentially work. (what i have found out is the controller support for the watering/feeding is terrible so it would not work on consoles.)
i like the way the effect turned out though so sharing a gif of the build! don't expect it to ever see the light of day though haha.
Comments
i love the idea of using savestate apis but the problem is while it's possible consoles won't allow it (generally a lot of system-side stuff is locked down for security reasons!) so this is more of a 'hey it'd be cool if i could do this' rather than an actual 'let's do this' kind of thing at this point hehe... but it's fun to try stuff out (:
npckc
2023-08-16 10:05:13 +0000 UTCYeah, adapting point-n-click for controller is one thing, but file managers are either non-existent on consoles or not common knowledge. I think it might be possible to use savestates API instead as workaround? It doesn't translate 1-to-1 to files though. Maybe that's just another concept for another game ^^
Krzesimir Samborski
2023-08-16 07:19:45 +0000 UTCOooh. Certainly played another game with this sorta situation going on, thanks to the power of there needing to be desktop/file management for a console game, and I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER COOL. This is super cool, too, even if it's just a lil glimpse into a potential future!!! Alas that the watering/feeding is incongruent to the controller setup, but... I mean....... Neat to see a prototype either way, even if it probably won't evolve into a full thing!!! An attempt was made and that's freakin' cool!!!! The curse of making a very non-traditional VN that's practically a point-and-click adventure game is certainly something limiting at times, I suppose, though...
Blackberry Mochi
2023-08-16 04:23:51 +0000 UTC
