Hi everybody.
Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week and are looking forward to an enjoyable weekend.
Pistachio:
I spent most of the last week editing the writing and the posing, replacing the placeholder art with the final assets, and preparing the test build for Chestnut. Once I was done with that, I began work on the sex scene animations, creating the mesh and placing different skeletal elements. I still have plenty to do, but it's great to start work on the sex animations finally.
0.8's lenght:
Right before finalizing the first test build (there will be more later), I did a word count and can confirm that 0.8's main Ren'py file contains roughly 53k words. That number is for the new content added in 0.8. If we count Holly's content in its entirety, the word count jumps to 63k. For comparison, Gomira's story had 61k, and Rose's had 44k words.
I should add that estimating content length based on word count is not exactly accurate, but it's the only quantifiable element we have right now, and I think it's a useful enough figure to show that 0.8 won't be too thin on the content side.
Lastly, that number is bound to change (i.e., be reduced) as I continue editing the text, something I'm bound to do until the very moment we hit the release button.
Avatars
If you are or you have ever been a Best Friend or a Close Friend supporter, please send us a message here on Patreon or to me directly on Discord (pistachio_wal), and I'll add your avatar in the 0.8. If you haven't yet, you can make your avatar here.
Those of you who have your avatar in the game but want to change it should message me, too, because, although it's a bit early, in 0.9 we'll be unlocking the Cursed Mansion's living room, and if we can, we want to incorporate people's avatars somewhere in the design.
Chestnut
While I did all the pre-test debugging and editing, Chestnut created hands and faces. She's going to start testing the game tomorrow. For the first round, we might do it together, since it's very useful to watch her play and get immediate feedback. She will test for various elements: the overall feel of the story, character development, plot holes, if the dialogues are too long or too boring, if the added placeholder art is necessary and effective, as well as if the completed artworks have been added correctly and meet her vision. She will give feedback on all these and make suggestions for improvements when they occur to her. Fingers crossed, nothing major will need to be redone.
Next week's plan:
Chestnut's testing will likely take two to three days. Then she will continue her tasks of finishing sprites and cutscenes. Add to it the new art.
I will spend the whole week animating sex scenes and coding them in.
That's all.
Have a wonderful weekend!Cheers!
P.S. It's been 300 weeks!