06/03 Patreon Devlog (Patreon)

Hi everyone! Time for this week's patreon devlog.

This Week's Summary:

• Finished chapter 8
• Finished Chapter 9
• Finished most of the way through Chapter 10
• Finished BG

The Ramble:

Like last week, there isn't a huge amount to say this week because I did spend a lot of the week focusing on writing.

I finished up chapter 8, finished up chapter 9 and have gotten most of the way through chapter 10, the first chapter in a while with a major event that shakes up the peaceful flow of Lance's route. And, sadly, it only gets worse from here.

Poor Morgan - just as she was settling in, too. LoL

The romance flow in Lance's route is quite different from some of the other routes as well. Morgan and Lance start developing feelings for another early on but don't do anything about it for quite a while. But it's not due to doubts like in many of the other routes. It gives their romance a unique development that differentiates a bit from some of the other routes - particularly where Morgan specifically hesitates due to concerns about whether it's the right time or whether things are moving too fast.

Or routes where Morgan jumps into romance because the theme is that you never know what tomorrow brings so you need to take the opportunities that come and seize the day and all that.

Anyway, as I was telling someone on Discord - one of the things I've done is...create a new character. He's an android and his name is Finch. I think players will really love him. He's a sweet guy

And I almost immediately severely injured him in a terrible way. Mwa ha ha.

I've also been looking at an accessibility feature for Gilded Shadows - specifically adding captions for music and sound effects (basically when a sound effect plays a caption can also pop up saying "Door knock" or whatever.) There's a neat little tool that someone has made that does this so I'm looking into implementing it. 

OwO

Sneak Peeks and Previews:

Upcoming Week:

Did you guess my focus this week will be writing?

WELL...it will be. LoL

Chapter Ten just has one more major scene then it's moving to Chapter 11. Where everything crashes down and Morgan realises she is going to have to deal with the Esper situation she thought she left behind.

My writing speed has slowed down because the recent chapters have a lot more going on in them but I'm still hitting my daily goal (which is now under 1000 words per day! 8D).

My original completion date for finishing Lance's rough draft was mid-April but it's looking like it will be early April instead. So I'm happy about that.

I've also started compiling asset lists to see how many sprites and CGs each route needs (I've completed some CGs for some routes so there are a few that have a little head start). Of course, some routes have overlapping asset needs (For instance, the character "Veli" - his sprite is needed in both Jack and Caissa's routes.)

So as I get assets done for some routes, the lists for other routes will shrink as well.

I may start with Caleb's route when it comes to actually doing the artwork. So far it looks like I may need the fewest new assets for his route and it would kind of be nice to get one route I can officially say is 100% complete. I also have one of his CGs complete.  Anyway, working on art is still a few weeks away but my thoughts are turning in that direction for sure.

As soon as the writing is complete and we enter a different phase of development things will definitely get a bit more interesting since there will be more things happening in general. I'm looking forward to getting out of purgatory. LoL

Getting close now. SO CLOSE.

I will see you guys next week!