Dev Log #86 - Smoothing things over! (Patreon)

Hi all! Welcome to another weekly dev log! I hope everyone is doing well! Let's get into it!

Progress update
As we near the end of July, I'm still in the process of adding in story elements and renders for the free-roam, switching between smoothing out gameplay elements as well as adding plot elements into the story; a few of which are from the added plot points mentioned last week!

Overall, I finalized the character's role within this free roam early this week and am in the process of getting the remaining scene renders done and ready!

The main idea from now until the test release in late August is to tie up some loose ends within the plot and to ensure that all paths intersect smoothly and don't cause anything funky to happen!

I will also be concurrently developing Fathiyah's side story, keeping the scope slightly smaller than Suyin's side story as I feel like I got slightly carried away with its development and have more than likely spent more time on it than I should realistically have spent (i.e. as compared to the main episode development)!

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Story: 100% done. The character's story arc development moved to the free roam and has had its details finalized. Up 5% from last week.

Renders: 85% done. With the adjustment to the story finalized earlier this week, renders have resumed and will be continuing to ramp up this week. The render count is now at 1,561 for the test release. Up 5% from last week.

Dialogue: 80% done. Initial dialogue work for newly added scenes is underway! Up 10% from last week.

Game Playability: 60% done. No change from last week.

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I will get back to work in the meantime and I hope to share more in the coming weeks!

Stay safe and healthy!