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Moving inside house and girl's interaction

In ver. 0.4 player now moves inside house using minimap and to interact with girl you need to click on her icon above .

So the question is this comfortable for you?

Previously you have to click on objects (like doors) directly to go another room, or click on girl herself to interact with her. Current state gives me more flexibility in case if I should move girl or remove her at all.

(Consider that icons are 50x50 px right now and may feel smaller than they should be. M...

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Plans - 10/13/23

Update 0.4 is already available for download. It brings a lot of UI changes. So I would like to know what you think about them. After this post I will make some polls about the usability of some features.


Next update. Right now I'm ready to fully focus on the story. A few characters will get a lot of content, and the rest in the form of repeatable scenes.


Repeatable scenes. In the next update, I will add more scenes for Hina, Aoi, and Yui with an eye on the f...

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Back to the Roots 0.4 - Public release

Download:
Win/Linux
Android
Mac

If you want to report bug/make suggestion - write in comments.

Changelog:
- Added ...

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Dev-blog #6

Development of the 0.4 update is in full swing.

Readiness:
Mia - 100%
UI Changes - 50%
New interns event + models - 0%
New PC event - 65%

A new update is very likely to be released by the end of next week.

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Message from an unknown sender #1

Who's the unknown sender? And isn't that who Mia sent this photo to?

Part of update 0.4.

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Dev-blog #5

Public version 0.3 was released this week.


Development: I finished the gallery, minigame, PC at work and at home. Now in the process of creating a normal schedule to see where character is right now. In the future will probably be either icons on the map or a separate window, but for now it is only for me to not keep everything in my head. Next week I will take on renders.

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Back to the Roots 0.3 - Public release

A major update is already available for public download.

Changelog:
- Added 450+ images
- Added 30 animations
- New character - Jane

- Lots of minor tweaks to all scenes.
- Slightly reworked all characters.
- Audio changes. A lot of music and sounds have been added and changed.
- Interface changes. Many small changes. The scene with love/lust points change is now in the form of a pop-up notification.

In case of any bug/grammatica...

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Plans - 09/24/23

Update 0.3 has already been released, so it's time to talk a bit about the upcoming updates.


The next update will include a number of usability related changes: 

- the gallery will be added and filled with existing scenes.

- a mini-game for work(at work/online from home) will be added.

- additional buttons and sliders will be added to control the volume of new channels such as: cps amount/sex scenes voice/ambience.

- a working computer will appear in mc'...

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Mia's house and 0.3 release

Just finished work on Mia's house. This is the first building where proper window lighting works.

Now a little bit about the next update. Yesterday I counted and so far over 250 images and 19 animations have been added. Mia's event and the "Returning" event are two very large events that include about 20-25 more animations. So there is still work to be done. It's quite possible that the work will be finished by Saturday, but not likely. Plus, that's not including the day for testing. I ...

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Dev-blog #4

Here it's been almost a month since the official release.

There were a lot of work this week. The plan to release the update by the end of the next week is still on track, but delays are possible, albeit with a small chance.

Readiness:

Yui - 100%

Sina - 100%

Lina - 100%. She had almost nothing, so a lot of new events.

Hina - 90%

Mia - 10%

Aoi - 0%

Event Returning - 10%

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Dev-blog #3

Version 0.3 WIP. I will try to finish the work in 2-3 weeks, and I can tell you right away that there will be a lot of content.

Development:

- Added 3 new events and 5 new animations

- Created Lina's and Sina's apartment

- Finished script for 0.3 version

- Continue work with planning

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Dev-blog #2

Version 0.2-0.2a was released this week. It brought several new events and various gameplay changes.


Development:

- Redone character models, their height, lighting and some other stuff.

- 70% finished scripting version 0.3

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Back to the Roots 0.2a - Public release

Change log:
- Reduced game size. 65% less
- Minor bug fixes

Download:
Win/Linux:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/VFCZPj4M
Android:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/cpswtyY9
Mac:
2023-08-30 20:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post

New character - Jane

Here comes the first new character, Jane.


Brief history: Jane is Mia's mom, you had a great relationship before you left. Jane has missed you very much and now you will have the opportunity to repay all 5 years of waiting.

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Plans - 08/29/23. Regarding version 0.3

Version 0.2 is already in the public, so it's time for version 0.3 development.

The current version was released quite quickly, this is due to the fact that it focuses on fixing bugs, changing the code structure for further development and adding various small features.

Version 0.3 will be focused on the story and there will be as much content as there was for the first two versions together.

4 new characters. I'll be sharin...

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Back to the Roots 0.2 - Public release

Change log:
+8 new events
+9 new animations

- Home arriving and First talk with Aoi events were completely rewritten
- UI changes. Reworked map, scroll and stats. New areas on map.
- A lots of dialogues have been redone and corrected. (But the work isn't over yet)
- Audio. A lot of different music has been added, which changes depending on the environment.
- A lot of minor improvements and bugs fixed. Also fixed relationships with Aoi, Hina, and Yui.<...

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Dev-blog #1

  • Finished planning events for a couple of versions ahead and I don't think I'll sit down again until version 0.3-0.4.
  • Made two events for Hina, hot events. I also plan to make events related to Mia and Sina.
  • A lot of minor dialog edits, two events have been reworked: the hall event and the first conversation with Aoi.
  • Reworked: map, scroll, stats.
  • Added a lot of sounds and redesigned events background music.
  • Added a job where MC can earn money...

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Which character would you develop first?

All characters will be developed in one way or another, but gradually. Perhaps there are your favorites that you would like to see in the next updates?

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Plans - 08/20/2023

Hi, this is my first post about plans. I'll try to summarize what's coming in the near future, what to expect, etc.

Currently I'm on a planning stage. I'm trying to organize the events and everything about each character so their storylines are connected and make more sense, and so that I don't have to do it on the fly. Hope to finish until Friday and publish some new scenes in Dev-blog.

I should also mention that I plan to develop several characters in one upda...

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Back to the Roots. 0.1.0 - Public release

Here is my first game, first release and first post. I hope everyone who will download my game will like it and want to play the next versions.

Download:
[Win/Linux] - BacktotheRoots-0.1.0-pc.zip ~ pixeldrain
[Mac] - BacktotheRoots-0.1.0-mac.zip ~ pixeldrain

2023-08-17 16:26:27 +0000 UTC View Post