Dev Update #14
Added 2021-04-28 00:37:12 +0000 UTCHello Patrons! 🙂
I hope everyone is doing well. I'm doing alright myself. I got my first covid shot and get my next one on Thursday. I hope it doesn't make me feel too terrible because the first one made me feel terrible for three days and I heard the 2nd one is even worst. I'm not looking forward to it, but I'll live.
I ended getting all my PC upgrades and going to put them in my computer soon. I still haven't found a 3080/3090 GPU for a decent price but that's not important, the 3070 should work fine for now. The other things I got besides the 3070 are; 5900x CPU, AIO CPU cooler, new keycaps(broke my CTRL keycap), and a couple of other small things.
Ripples developments have been going great, but the update is taking longer than I thought it would. I thought I would be further along right now but the update is a lot more work than prior updates. There are more h-scenes than the last update and those scenes take a lot more time to create. Not to mention I created some new maps and ported them into HS myself. All these customizations take time to do, but I feel that is one of the things that makes Ripples unique. You will see lots of items, maps, and animations you won't see in any other HS game. As I personally mod them into HS myself. With that being said, this update will take a few more weeks than originally planned. I know no one wants to hear that, but this will be a great update. As I said earlier, there are more h-scenes, more animations, more camera angles, and I am trying to add more interactivity to those scenes. And these scenes are hot!!! You guys will love them, I promise.
For example, the last update had 44 animations, and right now I am already at 56 and I still have a bunch more to do. I suspect I will at least hit 70 animations! 😮 Now, I know animations don't make a great visual novel but that is one of the many reasons this update is taking long and I am just trying to put things into perspective for you guys. Also, the image count is around 670. so we are about to start coming down the home stretch. I can't give an exact release date but it should still be in May. I can't wait for everyone to check it out!
Have a good one!
-Jestur
Comments
Same here: first shot was a day of bleh, second shot was nothing.
SYH
2021-04-28 17:15:42 +0000 UTCHappy to wait for quality content. Hope your second shot goes well. I have heard that people that had issues with the first shot have it easier for the second. My first barely bothered me and the second laid me out for 3 days. Hopefully you will fall in the first category, but plan to take it easy for a few days.
Ixalon
2021-04-28 00:50:49 +0000 UTCI''m good with it coming out when it comes out! Lot to look forward to in May anyways! Bring on the good stuff my good Dev! The wait will be worth it, which you have proven twice already! Third times the charm!
Scott Wulf
2021-04-28 00:44:42 +0000 UTC
