[Progress Report]: 12th of January
Added 2025-01-12 23:58:48 +0000 UTCHello everyone,
What a crazy week, and the release is next week!? My goodness...
I'll cut right to current events. I'm safe and my neighborhood has not burned down. There was a bit of scare last week and I did have to evacuate for a little while, but it only cost a day or so. Things seem to be getting better around where I live and the work on the game is continuing.
Speaking of work, the developer in me knows that it's unwise to add more to the scope of the release a week before it's supposed to come, but the producer in me is pushing for results! I have accomplished what I set out to do for this update: the chat bubbles are in the game as is the new story panel menu. The story panel isn't 100% done in terms of new features, but that's okay. I just needed it to do everything the old relationship panel could and one more thing. One of the reasons I held off so long on remaking it was I didn't want it to just look better, it had to do more. It does one more thing now and that justifies it for me.
With just one week left, I should start the wiki creation process, but I want to try and add the new floor indicators. This will be the best time to put into practice the new way to navigate the Academy and test out how the removal of the minimap will feel toward main story progression and sandbox discovery. It's going to come down to the wire, but the good news is that there shouldn't be a massive crunch day. It's just steady coding from here until the finish line.
I don't think there will be any new events with this update, but a total overhaul on how events are found and experienced should make up for it. I hope it does, anyway.
That's it for me today! I need to put some things away and get back to coding.
Thank you for all of your support,
~Solace
