Progress Report
Added 2020-06-30 10:11:16 +0000 UTCAh, real progress at last. It sometimes can feel like I'm spinning the wheels when I'm preparing the groundwork for an update like this, and that can be frustrating. It also makes it doubly satisfying to move on to more substantial development, which I have definitely done this past week.
The groundwork, in this case, consists of the big map I posted in an earlier update, as well as all the various dialogues that get you started in this version before reaching the big scenes that it's all about. I have now posed and rendered all the images for one of the two central scenes in 0.32. It's one I've been building towards for nearly three years now, so it's incredibly satisfying to see everything come together.
Some of the images I created this week are only used for one of the bad endings, and boy, it's going to be rough for those who are unlucky enough to hit it. On the other hand, doing so requires a particular set of circumstances that most players will never encounter, so this is mostly going to be one of those things players will find only through achievement hunting later. This scene also features a partial bad ending, though, which is much easier to hit. In fact, I suspect several of you reading this will encounter it entirely by accident. You will be able to push on to the real ending despite coming across this event. However, the consequences for one of the more popular characters in the game will be... permanent. Let's hope you don't have to deal with that, eh?
For the upcoming week, my first priority is to write and implement this scene with its variations. I suspect this will pose no real problems since I spent so much time mapping everything out beforehand. Once this is done, I'll start working on the sex scenes. After writing and rendering so much misery, lightening things up with a little sex will be a relief. Even if the circumstances are bleak.
Are you worried yet? This is going to be the darkest update this game will ever see, so you should be. But I promise you that things will get better before the credits roll at last. I'm merely raising the stakes first.
Until next time!
