Lots going on! The postgame is still my primary ongoing concern, obviously, but this week I've been able to spend a little time tackling other things.
One of these is the TLS trailer, which is another important part of getting the game ready for the Steam release. A new version is attached, but perhaps I'd better say more about my goals and intentions with this trailer.
Many Steam users don't watch trailers at all, but the first trailer generally autoplays when you arrive on a page. I asked for this one to begin with clips showing the battle bust system in order to communicate a basic "Look, this game has art and non-standard features". For some people it will just affect them subconsciously, while others might have their attention hooked long enough to keep watching.
The second section of the trailer is meant to communicate that choices and decisions exist/matter. I know for certain people will disagree on how long this should be, because some want to read all the text easily and for others that's too slow. This includes areas that transform based on your decisions - I don't know if this will communicate to players with no knowledge of the game, but I think the idea is solid.
Then the final third is just implying sex happens.
After that, we potentially have another trailer (not attached). One thing I didn't communicate clearly last time is that most Steam pages have more than one trailer. The first autoplaying one is meant to be brief and get attention, the second is for people who already watched that and want to see more. For that reason, the second trailer can be slower and more story-focused.
While working on that, another idea came up from the person making the trailers: having one focused on the characters. By which I mean introductions and clips showing their personality, in the hopes that one might snag a player's attention and motivate them to look further. Do you guys have opinions about that? Any ideas about the ideal number of characters or who should be featured?
Anyway, that's just one matter among many. I'll only mention one other, which is that there's actually one more "future game preview" yet to come. The assets for it have been done for a while, I've just been too busy with postgame stuff to post it. Before too long, hopefully.