Sam

The Morgans

Added 2025-02-21 03:12:00 +0000 UTC

In the previous demo, we only had one default Morgan... but for the updated demo, I wanted at least two. And let me tell you... they did not want to cooperate. I did give layered images one final this-is-the-last-time (for now) go... it should make everything so much easier!!! And yet, no. Still no. So I attempted some condition switches. I spent four days trying to get this goddamn thing to work. I'm honestly not entirely sure how I finally did get it to work. I swear I typed the exact same thing I tried to type all week. I checked my coma placements 20 times. But I was getting exceptions left and right. "Couldn't find file 'xyx.png' " will haunt my dreams. I am treating this code with kid gloves at the moment. But it works! You can choose! They show up! Change expressions! And outfits!

Right now, I need to finish adding the music in. It just takes foreverrrrrrr. It's a lot of trial and error to find the best track that fits the scene. And sometimes you need to hunt down a new track with the perfect vibe because nothing in your library works well enough. Shoutout to Kevin McLeod. I also like adding in SFX. It just adds an extra layer of immersion.

Anyway.

The new demo is around 33k words, so over twice as long as the old demo. It also has 6 CGs. And you can die! So that's fun.

And the majority of people seemed to like seeing Morgan/MC during close-up convos too, so I'll stick with what I have. Less work for me! I won't have to remove them during those scenes lol.

Thank you all again for your patience. I wanted to release this LAST MONTH... but my coding skills are rusty... and sometimes you spend a couple hours "coding"... and it's just hunting down the perfect royalty-free floor board creak. And sometimes you try to make something work... spend days on it... and it just doesn't. So you have to try something else. But it does feel great when it all comes together.

That's the update for now. I need to get some more caffeine.

-Sam