Now that a lot of you have had a chance to get a taste of Book 2 we'd like to talk a bit about where we want to go from here.
This has been our most productive month so far! It's hard to tell, I know, but trust me on this one. We considered waiting until farther in Book 2's development, but figured you should see the monthly development process.
Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai will all have multiple scenes, and they are only some of the girls that you'll be able to...
We've been very determined this month, trying to develop a story that makes sense and progressions that are appropriate for the characters. The artist has been neck-deep in developing backgrounds and idles for the characters, as well as creating all the interfaces and images for two of the three "engines" that will be in this game, and has even managed to finish a few happy scenes. The world has been primarily built, and what I mean by that is that the maps are finished, the...
After a few days of testing and tweaking, we'll send it out to early access patrons! It's very, very early in development, but when it's finished it's going to be larger than Book 1, and we've been non-stop about it. I spent 17 straight hours yesterday just smoothing out code!
We're really excited about it's bones (and boners, lol), and hope to get this extremely early version work in progress out to everyone soon!
Time is still moving at the speed of a laser bullet(don't laugh! they exist!) but I managed to do quite a bit since the last time. I forgot to actually keep track of what I've done so I'm shooting from the hip today.
This time's "done and doing"-list!
- Finished Ty Lee's idle stances... sorta I need to change one tiny thing.
- Improved Mai's idle stance.
- Finished the battle units! All of them! Woohooo! (Well u...
It's been a hot minute since my last dev post, but time is really flying on this end. We have expansive dreams that are coming true piece by piece. In addition to putting in lots of elements of both linearity and choice, I've coded two fairly complex and pretty fun little "engines" -- one of which will be important in progressing, and one that'll just be a fun distraction (with a naughty reward, of course!).
Both familiar and fresh faces will make appearances in this book...
Hey guys, I'll be sending out the10+ tier images through a link in a message to you from now on. Don't worry, I'll make sure to include everything that isn't already accessible in the patron posts to all current 10+ patrons and the patrons whom will pledge 10 or more in the future.
I'll simply add the new pics to an ever growing file or add the links of ...
Just like I promised the last time, today I'll start showing you some of the better stuff! I said I'd at the very least show you the psd files for Nami, Una and the messymuffin girls. I've included those in the attachment along with a very special katara psd. Btw, that one grey haired lady is one of the messymuffin girls so prepare yourself mentally ;)
I added a few notes on a different layer but if you want the most out of this update you'll have to use an image viewer which let's ...
Well that was a rough night, but we fixed those bugs! Thanks to everyone for pointing out funky stuff in a friendly way.
Future releases will have an added round of testing to ensure they go out with minimal chaos.
As a special treat for Halloween, and as our way of saying thank you, we've sent out a new update with a very small, but fun suprise. When prompted to enter your name, type in "jack". This version also includes a few minor fixes.
Version 0.3.4 has been sent out to early access patrons!
We wanted to say thank you, and emphasize how grateful we are for your faith in us, by sending out the newest version before the start of the month. We have a lot of work ahead, and with game development being the tricky thing it is, we wanted to once again use actions to say that we are always working, we are always developing our skills, and we are always committed to the people keeping this project alive.
Yeah, just like most of you have figured out, I've been working on Azula's girl friends.. allthough, can we really call them friends? I don't know and don't care as long as their clothes can come off and I made...
Ah, our lovely schoolteacher Una who loves her job so much. If you've read the shopkeeper update you'll already know a bit about Una's background. She was supposed to be the shopkeeper but with the way things turned out she got the noble job of making sure the kids understand the dangers of mooselions amongst other things.
I say Amongst other things because at night for example she has the responsibility of making sure the right people enter the school for the right reasons. By the way can I ...
We're blown away by your support. Yesterday, I finished a build that includes a bunch of good stuff, but our artist pointed out some tough bugs, so I'm fixing all of those right now. I just wanted to take a pause to tell you how grateful and amazed we are at your response and support. We've always been determined to make a game that stands out as something special, but with the amount of awareness and support we've received, I thought it appropriate to post a video that p...
If you've been reading our artist's posts, you've gotten hints of what's been going on behind the scenes, but I felt like it was time for another update all the same. However, I think that when it comes to stories, the joy is in the journey, and because of that, I'd like to keep specifics a pleasant surprise, but share with you the general development.
We've just finished testing a big wave of the love route stuff. WHEW. I'm in the process ...
I'll be shedding some light on our shopkeeper this time.
Looks aren't all
One big change was when I finished the first sketch for our shopkeeper. We decided she was nice looking, but not different enough from the other characters. She had a bit of a Katara vibe going. A different appearance, less "soft" was needed. After a suggestion from the coder she got the distinctive hairstyle she has now.
Just her hair wasn't enough so her outfit had to undergo...
The spirit like you've already seen her in the game(more or less).
I've included a couple of versions in the attachments. If you wonder how she'd look without her red tattoos, wonder no more! You can download the files individually or pick the rar file which contains all the files in this post.
The angel and devil version I showed earlier were made at the beginning. At that time such drawings mostly ended up in my recycling bin. Luckily I did find a couple of folders which i...
Thank you so much for supporting us! I can't believe how quickly we've grown. It wasn't very long ago that we decided the world needed a comprehensive adult Avatar game, and within a few days of posting our alpha, we've already gotten to our first goal!
We're moving quickly, working on the love route. I was just going to keep working and not post today, but when I saw we reached our first goal (HELL YEAH) and had a bunch of congratulatory comments (thank you guys!), I wanted to reach out w...
- Started working on background elements (ships and people)
I always feel I can do better with more time, but that thought remains even after putting in an extra five hours so at a certain point you need to make the decision to move on. After all, we still got a lot of work to do. We've barely scratched the surface of what we want to end up with and no desire to take any longer...
We're pushing right along, and are so grateful for the support we've received. Our first and most important goal was and is to always make a game that we're proud of. To make the game that we want to play. To that end, I think we've gotten a strong start, but we have a long way still to go!
Who's doing the updating?
Art updates handled by the artist, and development updates are handled by the writer/programmer.
Hello high tier patrons! If you've read the art updates you already know I'm still trying to figure out in what exact form and speed I will be trying to make you feel like your patronage is well spend. Of course first and foremost it will enable us to keep on working on the game, but you deserve something extra for you vote of confidence using some of your your hard earned money.
So this time I'll take you back to the beginning when we where still figuring out everything. We&nbs...
This is the first art update of what hopefully will become a nice diversion from playing the game itself.
I'll be telling you a bit about what I'm currently doing and what I want to do. Since this is the beginning I'm still figuring out whether more and small updates are better than fewer with more content and what to include and not so expect me to waver a bit as I find my way around.
Edit: Having said that, if there's a clear preference from patrons one w...