So... Here's a new build!
And with it a lot of new... Features/Issues.
So let's be real here: I ended up finishing the Save system, way earlier than I thought I would thanks to a breakthrough I had. However, with the new system, a lot of new issues will arrive for you guys. But wait a second, let me explain:
The idea of reworking the save system came after a new patron a few months ago came to me with a very particular crash. The game was crashing...
2023-04-25 18:26:25 +0000 UTC
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In the next two to three days I will release the game's current build. These past two weeks I spent doing a lot of tests, but the truth is: There's no way for me to fetch all bugs by myself. So far I can guarantee the new save system works, so here's what I need you all to understand:
1 - Saves from two builds below the current one will trigger a message asking you to load your save in the PREVIOUS BUILD and save it there, then open that same save in the newest build.
2...
2023-04-24 05:38:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'm just here to tell you guys that yeah, making the Save System will take a while but not AS LONG as I thought. I am having a lot of bugs and yeah, the system breaks Saving and Deleting for now, it'll take a while for me to figure out how to make sure everything works, but in the worst-case scenario, all I need to do is to make the current code comment and restore the old one.
I'll have to redo most of the work so the game can make sure you won't load older s...
2023-04-11 19:20:22 +0000 UTC
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This month we have a tie.
I have two options, starting updating the Save System or adding KArnal's new route.
What I will do is this:
I will dedicate the next seven days into trying to update the Save System, if I notice it's too big of a task for me to finish this month, I will start on Karnal's route instead.
However if I see it's possible to finish it this month or the next without breaking the gam...
2023-04-05 15:38:56 +0000 UTC
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From this month onward I changed the layout of the Monthly Thanks Message. It's bigger, has more space and it's adaptable for the number of patrons of the month. It's also easier to edit and less heavy in the editor.
Finally, this image will also be posted on Twitter and the Telegram Channel, If any patron for some reason doesn't want to be publicly aknowledged, please ...
2023-03-31 21:39:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'll be brief today, if you want to see all the changes you can always check the changelog in the game!
Build 0.46.0.0 includes:
- Bug fixes that related to text in-game.
- A new Title Screen more suitable for the addition of a third character.
- Wagner's new route with around 5.000 words in total and 180+ dialogues.
The new Title S...
2023-03-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Just a heads-up for you all!
I'm working on Wagner's route now and it's about 60% done, I need to check the text, and finish a few routes before I start putting on the game, so far at this pacing I can finish everything by day 25 of this month!
Remember: If you're a patron and you're reading this after day 25 your name will be in the next build, I will only add the current new patron's names on the game up to day 24. Remember that.
Aft...
2023-03-16 22:46:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello there guys, I took a little time off today to re-arrange the Monthly Thanks Message. I changed it to be a little more streamlined and I can even change the backgrounds of it with some of the game backgrounds with some blur, I'll keep cycling between them from now on to give it a difference now and then.
This new design is meant to fit more patrons' names in case we have a surge and to fit fewer names if needed. The idea here is to put Higher Tier names in a bigger font ...
2023-03-06 22:03:17 +0000 UTC
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The poll for this month's workload ended today, and here are the results:
Enhancing the Save System is still a priority however, just like the skip dialog animation bug situation, it's something I will keep pushing on polls. After a while, if more patrons start calling out the save issue I will do it. Sometimes if I find it necessary I can just not add a poll for the month...
2023-03-05 08:21:42 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'll be brief with you all today.
As always, I want to say thank you for supporting this game up to this month. I really hope every single one of you can be here with me for the next month.
In a few days from now, the poll for the next month's workload will be done and I'll be announcing what will be the next Build's content. If you want to vote, remember you need to be a Tier 3+ patron!
Tier 4 patrons have the advantage of having all of the patreon content (...
2023-02-28 05:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, today I bring you all the Build 0.45.0.0 one day earlier.
There are a few notes I want to tell you guys before you download this build:
Given an error a Patron related in the previous build, an error I was unable to reproduce here, I came to the conclusion my Save System is starting to get outdated. This means a new Roadmap feature was added for Tier ...
2023-02-24 15:51:47 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, today I already posted the Wagner Plot Route Part 2 for Tier 4 patrons on their Telegram group a day or two ago, so if you're a tier 4 and didn't get the epub, go there to fetch it and read the original script.
I'll be putting the script inside the game now, while I'm also trying to fetch some issues a patron found yesterday. Sadly I wasn't able to reproduce it on my PC, but I believe a faulty old save data may be the issue.
So a heads up to any ol...
2023-02-21 20:18:12 +0000 UTC
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Twitter is a mess!
Given that every single sign Twitter is giving the last few days and months indicate that its new CEO wants to make that a paywall of a website, and I am NOT making that much money to throw away, and given the fact that I need to have somewhere to publish stuff publicly to anyone who's outside Patreon, I decided to do the following:
- I'll keep using Twitter for as long as it's possible, but I will probably make sure to show my publications to fewer and fewe...
2023-02-09 02:30:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello there guys. I'm here just to give you all a heads up on the next update for the game.
The pool ended today, and what tier 3 and 4 patrons decided this month is: Write the second plot route for Wagner!
Plot routes are pretty massive, they usually have the same amount of words as all 8 routes combined on a segment.
As always, I appreciate it if you guys test the game and send any suggestions/corrections in-game, even reporting...
2023-02-07 02:17:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, this is a special message for my current patrons of this month.
Another month is over, and I was able to write so much more for the game, I'm glad I could do it. It is thanks to your support that I can make this game all alone.
So for this, I want to thank you all, my Tier 4 Patrons who so kindly give me extra assistance and support, and my Tier 3 Patrons who also make a good contribution to support the project by voting together with Ti...
2023-01-31 12:52:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'll be quick today because I'm super tired.
I just finished this build and I wanna rest.
Here's the changelog:
About Karnal's new route: I will check it better later, but if any of you find inconsistencies with the text, for example: If during Day 4 to 6 in-game, Aiden or Karnal say something that contradicts what they talked about during Day 3 on the PLO...
2023-01-28 15:52:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys. I finally finished checking the filter system's last day and the script for Karnal's first PLOT route.
I do need to check the days because I think I may have written in the game something about Aiden's work that would be conflicting with the current text, but that's just a feeling. I remember always keeping the main routes vague regarding what kind of work Aiden does. Which is one of the plot points for this first plot route.
Karnal's route will focus more o...
2023-01-22 16:47:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys. After two days of trying to find out why I couldn't access Patreon, I finally found it was the DNS screwing with me! I'm here now though, and I'll tell you what I will be doing for the next build.
My tier 3 and 4 patrons voted for:
43% on a good sweep on the last day to finally add the daytime events for all routes on that day.
29% asked f...
2023-01-05 18:45:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, this is the 35th time I come here at the end of the month to thank you all for your support. It's been more than three years working here on Patreon, and almost five years making this project a reality.
I work alone, and there's so much to do, and so much to be done yet. However, it's thanks to you all that I'm able to sit at my desk and just work calmly on my project, be it the code or the script for the game (which I am very much focused on creating the best stor...
2022-12-31 23:24:10 +0000 UTC
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Just Friends Build 0.43.0.0 is now released. This build doesn't have a lot of changes like the last one, but that was to be expected considering how the last build fixed a lot of lingering issues with the filter system for the game.
I still have some issues to fix with the filter system (mostly related to the usage of a timer for the animations, I think it's possible to do this in code with interpolation and I took some notes here. I will try to mess with it next month).
<...
2022-12-25 19:45:56 +0000 UTC
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The next build will be released between the 25 and 28 of December. I'm having a little trouble writing Karnal's route (Yes that's what I decided to do), because I love to read what I did and think it was sh**, so I keep re-working on it and I decided to restart half of it to make it better. Still, that's just the process I always go through every month, I spent half of the time re-writing something I don't like to deliver the best story telling I can possibly give you guys.
F...
2022-12-18 05:41:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'm just here to deliver a quick update. December's Build content was decided by my Tier 3 patrons.
And by decided I mean, they decided to give me a choice this month!
The pool this month was a tie between adding Wagner or Karnal's route (33% each) or adding Wagner's PLOT route (Five remaining with 33% of votes). I can only think you guys really enjoyed the first PLOT route with Wagner, since the PLOT routes are the routes where they talk about fee...
2022-12-04 02:05:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, are you all right? I hope the current build for you all is good and a pleasant one to play with the new filter system. I was about to manually apply a filter to each background and put the different variations to the game but that would take the size of the game and shoot it to the sky. That was the last resort, and I'm glad my time studying tweens helped (and yes, tween is the name of the system I used on Godot to create the animations, think of it as an animation made via co...
2022-11-30 14:42:13 +0000 UTC
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Hoo boy if there's a thing or two I want to talk with you all here today! So, first, lemme give you guys the changelog for this build:
- Added 8 new routes for Karnal, as per requested from Tier 3 and 4 patrons in the last pool.
- >> One main route, four answer routes, and three locked-by affinity routes.
- Changed a few sentences on Day 3.JSON for ...
2022-11-26 02:02:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, are you all right?
So I already finished the script for the game, yesterday actually. However, I need some time to put it into the game. Not only that I'm trying to do a quick sweep on Karnal's Day3.JSON to check if we spend the entire day with him at the bar because when we're inside the hotel or the bar, the filter is always Day Time. But I need to check the passage of time to make sure everything works out. The only place where the filter changes inside the hotel are ...
2022-11-23 14:07:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I'm just here to tell you all that the tier 3+ pool ended and it's a tie between KArnal's next Route and Wagner's next PLOT route. I'll be considering the next few days what would be the better thing to do right now.
So, I will probably choose between one of them, I'm more inclined to Karnal's next route. But since it's been a while I will read what I have saved here before starting the next segment.
Remember that Just Friends has this name because...
2022-11-01 21:18:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, are you all right? Today I have a few things to say.
First of all, I'm so sorry to all of my patrons from the previous month. I inversed the color for Tier 2 and 3 patrons. The position of the patrons in the new scheme is the same, Tier 3 is always on the side or below Tier 4, Tier 2 is always below those two, and Tier 1 is always below or at the side of Tier 2 patrons in the list.
It's fixed now though. I'm sorry for the issue last time. So the Monthly ...
2022-10-31 18:19:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys! I'm here to give you all the current build for the game. Version 0.41.0.0 have one new feature I was, somehow, able to add to the game (sort of). It's working but it has some... Issues. Mostly with the Skip button, but I still need to run actual tests on the game days instead of a test document.
But lemme give you the whole Changelog, witho...
2022-10-25 00:17:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, are you allright?
I'm here to tell you all about the previous pool for this month's development. Tier 3 and 4 patrons, decided to vote for: Create a Filter System for the game.
Since this topic is a little more complex than just writing the text for the game, I decided it was worth creating a new Development Update for you all.
What this would imply? Let's go for the list and explanation shall we?
You know how in the story, sometimes it's evening, or morning,...
2022-10-04 02:21:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey there guys, I decided to so some changes to the image of current patrons for this month's onward, since sometimes it takes hours for me to do everything in the old layout.
First I removed the New Patron label, and now I'll be only showing in the picture below the current patron and their tiers.
I also changed how I can arrange them, essentially I changed the system so I can give higher tier patrons a little more space, but not only that, if we ever come t...
2022-09-30 15:39:10 +0000 UTC
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