This week was packed with CGs, sprites, animations, locations, and code cleanup!
On the art side, we worked on a lot of new CGs and sprites needed to complete the current story sections, alongside new locations as always. We also now have:
• A new animation for Niveli• A second new animation for Niveli• One animation for the class scene• New action focused visuals
You will understand what we mean once you see it in game!
On the code side, the coder went full abstraction mode and had to go back through the chapter to recode and reorganize a lot of systems so everything works properly. This also included learning the wonderful ways of cinematics.
I now hate cinematics.
For the joy of many, we also coded the Auto-Forward function back into the game, so that option will return in the next version! ❤️
Now we move into a very intense implementation phase!
We need to implement a lot of sprites for the start of Riko's scene, and the same goes for the start of Skye's scene. Alongside that, we will also implement the menus that allow players to avoid those scenes without making the flow feel abrupt!
We will also code the action CGs for the second training scene with Moonie, including all the choices tied to it!
As you may remember, during the first training you had to complete all three options correctly to unlock the ehem right scene. This time it will not be quite as exciting, but we wanted to include a third option that feels more like:
"You didn't exactly suck"
After that, we still need to:
• Write the intro for Swimming Bunny and make more art for it• Write and implement the actual scene• Create the VFX for the current animated action scenes• Make additional sprites for Miel's scenes• Keep connecting everything together• Make the new "Magic" scenesAnd keep in mind we aren't including in the devlogs the stuff we do for Chapter 1 and the Special T . T
There is a lot to do and not much time left, but we are working at maximum speed.
The sprint continues! ❤️