Dev Update 08/29/23
Added 2023-08-29 15:18:41 +0000 UTCHey, y'all!
This week didn't have much actual rendering, mostly filling up the queue as I'm going to be gone for most of next week.
I've been considering tweaking this coming update to feature fewer branching scenes compared to the previous chapters due to the high amount of complaints regarding playtime. If you're against or for the idea of more linear chapters here and there, let me know as I'd like to hear you guys thoughts on it.
On to the numbers, we're currently sitting on 166 images, and a bunch piled up in the queue, with 0 total animations (bum Dev).
That's about it for this week. Stay safe.
Ily<3
Comments
Ye, I kinda shot myself in the foot by making such big branching point early on. I’m probably gonna add more “common path” scenes like most of Ch1 or the party in Ch2 where you get the same scene with minor changes in dialogue and such to reflect the path you’re on. It’s a bit hard to balance pathing vs overall playtime since I do get both points of view, but I’ve been going a bit too hard on pathing way too soon and it’s time I work on making each play through feel longer since, like you mentioned, most players only do a single path.
Tako Yuh
2023-09-03 17:27:04 +0000 UTCI am all for reeling it back in, because branching so early can get out of control fast. Maybe in the full game the big career path between sports and music will feel good, but right now there is still no believable narrative explanation why he can't do both. And that is just the major branching, add to that choices to pursue certain girls, or not, mutually exclusive scenes with the girls you do choose to pursue, like Jordan vs Brooke last update and I think its too much, too soon and its unsustainable. Growing your game forward will always feel better for the players than growing it sideways and I say that as a completionist nutcase with 20 pages of saves. Most players play a VN once, on a single path and never look back, until next update where they continue that same save. Its important to keep that in mind.
Nebulous Shooter
2023-09-03 02:01:15 +0000 UTCJust played your game, not bad. Like the branching, keep it up.
Flover
2023-09-02 02:02:15 +0000 UTC
