Hey hey!
Whew! I've been meaning to write this devlog for the entirety of last week, but it was a busy week and I never sat down to do it. Well, no more! Time to ramble on and let you guys know my thoughts and progress, as I should!
I'm happy to say that the writing for Update 15, at this point, is like 99% done. I'm still adjusting some things at the very end so I can finish it in a good way, but it's mostly complete! There's a LOT to go through in this one! It's gonna be a long one...
This time, however, what will likely delay the update a bit more is just how VISUAL we ended up making it. Blain and I concepted the CG that would accompany it quite a while ago as I was preparing for these events. In the end, however, I realized that some very special parts of it really needed visual representation as well. And in the end... Well..
We'll probably end up covering almost the entirety of the update with the changes and variations that the CGs envelop. There's a lot of things to go through and, though we do our best to keep things contained, I think I ended up going a little bit overboard this time! It's my bad in that regard. There is so much work to do to make it all work and look nice. I think that, in hindsight, I could have used the sprites more and let some things be simpler. Well, it's gonna be more work and, unfortunately, take a little longer because of that, but at least... well... the end result will probably be very, very nice! Closer to what I would usually do if I had a bigger team of people working on this instead of just little old me. Well, me and Blain in this regard.
As for extras, I'm also working on music specifically for this update with the amazing Hughhh. Teo is hard at work on more backgrounds to be replaced and, if Update 15 takes a bit longer, maybe he'll get to finish those too, and I can include them in the update. All in all, the summary of it is that... it's gonna be a big one! But it has to be, I guess. These are big events that it envelops.
What I can say, however, is that after these events, we'll be heading straight towards the final events of what I call "Act 1" of Demons Within. Some BIG things are on the horizon and, though it will take a few updates to get through to all of them, still, of course, we are getting there! I'm very excited. There's a LOT that goes into all of it!
Alright, that was quite a ramble. All in all, what I can say is that progress is going alright. There's a lot to do, but I'm doing as much as I can!
Regarding the other small things I mentioned last time, things are moving slowly on those regards. It's tough to keep directing all the different things at the same time and keep it all in my head sometimes, heh. As a reminder of what they are:
Brigham's bad ending talks are going VERY well, and I might have a big announcement on that very, very soon. Just to be clear, it won't be in Update 15 yet, though! The bad ending will be big, it would never fit! It's in the works, though!
The merch prospect is going a bit slower. I need to work with Blain on it, and Blain is very busy with Update 15 stuff right now, so it's kind of on hold. I'll show you all previews and give you news as soon as we get to work on that, though! The prospect is at least moving forward because Raus, from Shelter, is looking into doing the same type of merch, and he's much further ahead than me in completing the work to make it happen. If it works out for Shelter, it will pretty much be guaranteed that we will have it too! Fingers crossed! More on that soon, too!
OKAY! This was a BIG ramble! I should make more of these more often so they are not so long... Sorry about that!
Last thing to mention is a bit on a personal level. I'm going to be visiting the U.S. in June. I'll visit some friends and see some things over there, it's gonna be fun! Through it all, I'll be taking my laptop and try to continue working (and definitely coordinating work) through my trip. It's bound to slow things down a little bit because of it, though. Apologies for that!
At the very least, one exciting thing comes from it. Since I'll be in the U.S., I'm happy to say that I'll be at Anthrocon this year! Anthrocon at the beginning of July is the last part of my trip, and after that, I'm coming back home. It's gonna be my first big furry con, though, and I'm very much looking forward to it! If any of you happen to be going as well, look for the tall guy with a Demons Within/Sleth badge, and it will be me! ;)
Alright, that's it for now. See you guys soon with more devlogs before I go!
Cheers!