Demons Within Update 13 devlog: A little more time, a lot more stuff!

Hey hey!

It's due time for another devlog so I can tell you all about how things are going in Update 13!

The development cycle is going a little differently this time. Usually, I finish writing everything first before even starting to code. However, since the update has different parts of content to cover and the development as a whole got a little messy with the collaboration in between, this time I haven't quite finished writing everything just yet (almost), yet I'm already working on coding gimmicks and visuals at the same time. It's a good flow!

In the previous devlog I said I aimed to maybe have something at the end of the month. Well, I'm sad to say that the end of the month is already upon us and things are not quite ready. BUT! There's a reason for that...

And the reason is... I always get new ideas and end up expanding things a little! I planned the second half of the update to be shorter, simpler. However, as I was working on it, I thought it was a little too short and too simple. Not enough content and meat to it. It was bothering me, so I thought about it and then... I had an idea.

However, it's a bit of an ambitious idea. I believe it's a good idea, though! And, well... though it was a little short-notice, it involves a CG! So, yeah. We're having a new CG in Update 13!

I'm telling you all now, but I figured it all out a few weeks ago. I had to talk to Blain, see if it was viable to get that and a few extra art assets to make it all work in time. Thankfully, Blain is awesome, so most of the art assets are done and the CG is sketched up and being worked on as we speak.

The new parts heavily involve a certain Captain people seem to be fond of, so I'm confident people will enjoy it. The writing is pretty much done, as I said, but I have a few branch possibilities from different infusion options that I have to write out, handle and connect. After that, it will be good!

What is it, though? I don't wanna spoil anything, but through testing the waters in a little bit of an unorthodox way... we'll be able to see some parts of the Captain that we hadn't seen yet! I hope that's enough. ;)

Because of the spoilery nature of this new part of the content, I won't be sharing the early drafts of the CG (that already exist!) even with the preview tier to avoid spoilers. Instead of that, I'll be sharing the drafts, variants, and making of the CG a little bit after the update has release so that everyone can experience things in-game first-hand! The CG is not the only thing, though. There are quite a few of never-seen-before art, sprites and sprite variations that we'll see in Update 13. A bunch of them are a little too spoilery to see beforehand, especially without the update's context, so I'll wait with those as well, but there's at least one very nice Captain Garret-related new variation that I feel like won't be harmful to share, so I'll be sharing these with the previews tier in the next few days.

All in all, I just wanted to update you all. I'm working as much as I can to release it soon as, when it's been too long since the last update, I myself start growing nervous and stressed. My skin is falling out from stress, kinda! Oh my dog! But it's coming! ASAP! In the meantime, I wanted to keep you all updated. I apologize for the extra little delay, but I really think it'll be worth it! And then, Update 14 and forward will also have very elaborate content we're already working on as well! I'm excited!

This is it for today! Garret enthusiasts can be extra excited about this new content as well! I'll write another devlog when I'm closer to releasing a beta and to keep you all updated on things as they go!

Cheers!