Status Update

Alright, going to keep things shorter this time! Ran into a few issues while testing out animations but I've more or less got them taken care of. Good thing too because I figured out some things that will improve my renders in general. I'm going between rendering out backgrounds and, at the time, test animations for Blaze but the video that I linked will be the animation that makes it into the game. I've also decided on how I'll put the animations in game, I'll just do it manually (treat the animation like an image sequence... which is basically what animation are anyway) and add the images one by one. It shouldn't be that bad if I preload the images before having them play in MZ. We'll see. If that turns out to be bad I'll add the backgrounds in photoshop and have multiple versions of the same animation on different bgs. Currently rendering out more backgrounds but tonight before I sleep I'll setup Fire's tease animation before lastly getting Mj's done.

RPG Maker wise, like I said, the update is actually done and I could release it but I want to get the first few animations in the game before I do. I've added all the new bust images for Dope, Blaze, Fire, Mj, and Laura. I guess I need to add Jessica too because she'll briefly be able to appear in the party. With that, I'm also working on the social system and adding images to that. Blaze is setup, working on Fire now, then I'll do Laura and Jessica. I do need to add the gab (visual text) to show relationship gains/losses though. Once I get their basic stuff added, I'll work on the romance stuff too (hugging, kissing, and a clothed version of the tease animation). Oh! the S.P.E.R.M stuff is setup for everybody relevant and all currently accessible items change the stats as they should. If you cheat and add items you're not supposed to have yet then you might run into trouble. For example, in order to jump across gaps the game will check to make sure the "Reflex" of all party members will allow for it. Cheat some armor and it won't work because that armor might not be setup to handle the stats yet. Yes, all party members have to pass the check. Originally I was only going to do it for Dope/the party leader but I figured out an easy way to get it to check all party members. Damn, I said I was going to keep this short...

So, to wrap it up, renders are coming along as is MZ work. When all of the renders for the first portion of the first quest (everything up to leaving Dope's house) are done, I'll release the update. By then, hopefully, the basic party chat stuff for Blaze, Fire, Jessica, and Laura will be done. The romance stuff should/might be done as well but only Blaze will have images (old ones) to show.  I said I wanted the foundation to be as solid as I could get it and I've gotta say, I like how it's looking. The latter half of the year should see steady continuous releases. Hopefully. Stay tuned!

On a side note, while it's not perfect, I really like how the animation turned out. Feedback is appreciated!

Edit: Actually, I might use webm videos instead of manually adding the images. It's fairly easy to add the bg in photoshop and the video is also pretty small. There might also be instances when I do animated backgrounds like this. We'll see.
Video with BG (Blaze)

Edit 2: Fire's tease animation is done. Working on Mj's intro now. There will be a few full scene renders and a similar tease animation. Should be finished sometime tomorrow or the day after.

Video with BG (Fire)