Beyond Tomorrow - Chapter 2 #DevLog 3

Hey! How are you doing? I hope everyone is well...

The development of the second chapter is still ongoing. Some scenes have already entered the "render queue," and I had the opportunity to see the first results. Compared to Chapter 1, I see an improvement there at least a little in terms of visuals, but the more I improve, the higher the load on my GPU, so I shouldn't overdo it. The scenes that I managed to make and render so far were still in the evening. There were a few more scenes that followed after Chapter 1 ended, so it probably doesn't make much sense to give you some "sneek peeks" here; it didn't change much there. But over the weekend or early next week, I'll get around to rendering scenes that are different from this one, so then I'll add some SP, and you'll probably enjoy it a lot more.

Anyway, the reason for this devlog is because I have some important information I'd like to share with you...

First, a phone has been added to the game. Don't be alarmed; this is not a classic phone that most of us know from "sandbox" games. The game will occasionally have scenes where the characters communicate with each other using the phone. I found it boring and cheap to create scenes where the MC holds the phone to his ear and their conversation seems like they are still next to each other. That's why I decided to do these short scenes a little differently, and the communication (in which the phone is used) will be via SMS. The phone appears automatically; you click to read the messages; then the phone hides and the game continues. I don't know if, in the future, the game will include a phone that has more functions than maybe some apps. I am not against it, but it is beyond my knowledge of what I am able to do at the moment.

Second, in addition to the phone, I also added a "Gallery" to the game. My plan is to split it into two parts. The first would contain images, the second would contain animations that the game will contain in the future, and you would have the opportunity to look at content from scenes from the past. Unfortunately, I'm not entirely sure if the gallery will be added with the arrival of Chapter 2, but I'm trying to make it so. I've run into a lot of issues, and if they can't be resolved by the release, I'll delay adding them.

That's all for now, and I'll be back next week, hopefully with sneak peeks. I apologize to those who have been waiting for them, but at the moment there is not much to show. I was expecting a bit more content that I might be able to create since the last devlog.