Por(n)tals [0.2] - Devlog #4

Welcome!

I hope you're all doing great!

October and first week of November have been really fruitful. I can finally see the end of 0.2 development, even though there is still a lot left to do. Overall, everything is going well. Unfortunately, though, I have one bad news this time, but I'll leave it for the end. For, now let's take a look at what's been accomplished so far.

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Script - Finished. I can finally start thinking about version 0.3 before sleeping.

Renders - There are about 1900 images right now, which means I made almost 700 over the past month.

Code - Approximately 6000 lines of code.

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What's left to be done?

There are only 3 scenes left until completion One of them is actually quite short, so in reality, it's more like 2 scenes. It should be finished before the next devlog in December, which, incidentally, will be the final one.

After that, I'll have to prepare a new menu that will include info about all girls. Then, I'll focus on polishing the code, adding sounds, music, and transitions. At the end, I’ll test everything thoroughly.

With all this in mind, the release will most likely be in January. I apologize for making you wait so long.

Bad news

Due to changes in the code, you'll have to play 0.2 from the beginning. While saves from 0.1 will still technically work, they may cause some issues, so it's best not to use them.

I didn't include some variables in 0.1, so, for example, the game doesn't remember if you decided to go on party with Kate, which won't be good in the future. I also didn't make a function for side stories so now it's as if you hadn't done them at all. A pretty stupid mistake, but it's already fixed.

This is one time thing ,and I'll make sure that future versions will be better. Even though game is still in early development and I'm just a rookie, I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience.

On the bright side, skipping 0.1 only takes about 2 minutes (I measured it), so it's not too bad, right?

Aaaand that's all I have to say. I hope I didn't forget anything...

As always thank you for following and supporting my game! I can't wait for you to play the next version - it makes me so excited! Take care!

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