05/04 Patreon Devlog (Patreon)

Hi Everyone!

Things are continuing to be really crazy and it's been a huge struggle to continue to write through it all. But we are persevering.

So let's jump into our update!

Writing:

Caissa's route is edited into "rough draft" state and is complete.

(With the understanding all routes will get a final revision before coding).

Currently we are at 286,000 words. I'm still tracking according to my initial word count goal for the original six routes since I intend to release the other three as an update to the game. So that puts us at 44% of the way to our goal.

I've started organising Caleb's route. He has a full synopsis but I'll be going through it to check the flow of events and make any possible changes before I start it.

It's been a while since I wrote the synopsis so I do want to make sure I don't have any weirdness going on in there - and that it seems like it will flow well. And then I shall get started on his route! 

Caleb's route definitely has some bigger plot points to cover and while I did have to ditch one of my initial concepts, I'm still really looking forward to his route because it deals with Morgan's speciality. And, in some ways, I think she adapts to life in Endgame much faster in his route than in others.

I think that'll make this route fun to write.

Ari's route took about 2 months to complete. Caissa's route took three months (though, to be fair….there was also a Kickstarter *and* an apocalypse thrown into the mix) so at least one month was spent just on two chapters because I got completely stuck. @___@ 

I'm really hoping Caleb's is more like two months than three, but we'll see.

Art:

This week in art, I finished the expressions for Wynter's sprite so he could be coded into the game, and I also finished the sprite for Bad Guy #1 so he could go in the game. It wasn't really much as far as art goes…

We did also get some new BG sketches and a new completed background! 

Lance's house!

It's a little more spacious and bright than it was in my head, but I really like it. I love all the plants everywhere and I think it suits him. I really can't wait to see the rest of the background art! OWO

There is also....a hallway. Hallways aren't *terribly* exciting but....there you have it.

I also can't recall if I showed off the "night" version of this BG.

Coding: 

This week in coding...I mostly just got the new sprites coded in and got the sound effects coded in for chapter four.

I did some unexpected (attempted) bug squashing today when beta testers identified an exception error that occurs somewhat inconsistently while attempting to rollback the text.

Which is why it's now midnight and not only has this not gone up but I'm not even finished with it.

This has been the glitch that ate my entire afternoon. =w= 

Music:

We've received some new tracks from Tobi and I'm so excited about them. Unfortunately, Patreon lets me upload...ONE per post. One. >=C

I added another as an attachment for you, though! 

Upcoming Weeks:

In upcoming days and weeks, we will be continuing to test the new version of the demo before making it publicly available.

I will also be properly starting to write Caleb's route as well. So you guys will probably start getting updates on that next week! 

I hope to have it planned out a little better now that I have two routes under my belt. It would be nice if it didn't take as long to write. OWO...

I hope. ;A;

See you next time!

~Esh