Here's the second weekly update as I try to make this a regular thing and I probably don't have too much to say this week. After the release of 0.1.2 I decided to take a couple days break since I don't want to burn out or anything.
Sylvie Fj Scene
I finished animating the Sylvie FJ Scene this week and since the poll results came back heavily in favour of her wearing a towel and having her hair down, that's what she has for the animation. The content isn't too dissimilar to the original animation but the lighting, shot composition and post processing effects should all be a lot higher quality.
Mage Class Quest
I've also been busy working on the first Mage class quest as well as an accompanying scene for Nyssa the Archmage. I've decided as well to add a small sidequest featuring a staff that can be repaired, much like the mythril sword quest "Rust and Renewal" which can be started during Ellie's Companion quest.
Plans
Going forward there are plans for archer knight and priest class quests, companion quests for doll qingyan and patrina and then also a new scene for Belle to accompany any new library book locations. I aim to get this mage quest and scene done as well as two other quests with their scenes finished by the end of the week. Additionally, there are plans to make a small guide for the game to accompany the download. This will include a short walkthrough, book and sidequest locations and also a small character glossary so people know who is who. For example a few people had problems knowing who Lyra was that they needed to speak to for the Adventure Guild quest, so hopefully a small character introduction file helps this.
Other
Just to say that with the release of the android version, there seems to be a bug where the fishing minigame doesn't work with touch screen controls. This is obviously a problem in the long run but at the moment there isn't much content behind finishing this quest or that good of a reward for it anyway. I'll try and figure out a solution for it for next patch but unless I can find a way to map the Z key onto android controls I might just have to make the minigame skippable for android ports.
Thanks everyone for supporting the Patreon and I hope you're all enjoying the latest patch. Also big shoutout to everyone who has joined the discord. I know a couple of you there are helping out people who come ask questions when I'm not there. I didn't expect the server to grow so quickly so I might have to look into getting some people to mod the server after a while. Also let me know what you think about this stream of consciousness type of update, I'm not sure if it's too much to read or if anyone really cares but I want to keep you all in the know.
-Z2HH Dev