Progress Update June (Patreon)
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Hey guys hope you are all doing well! I have a few things I wanted to talk about regarding the state of the project and the patreon campaign.
I started out the month by continuing to work on the character models and rigging for the 3 buddies. Currently buddy 1 and buddy 3 are finished and buddy 2 is in the process of rigging.
I created animations with Buddy 1 and Buddy 3 having fun with the hero primarily as a way to promote the project on twitter and as a break from doing some of the more boring work. These animations will be used in future events in the game. Buddy 2 will also get his turn soon.
After considering options for commissioning background art for some of the locations in the game I decided it would be best to tackle it myself for the time being. I managed to create a preliminary version of the tavern and the start of the lower city street zone where the player will access the Tavern, the shop and possibly other locations and services in the future.
Combined with the hero's bedroom and home zone this covers the major areas for the demo release. There's other areas that I would like to include later but I think that will come after the first release.
Although the town isn't ready for playing yet, I can release a build with an updated Animation Viewer including the new buddy animations for you guys as soon as I update them for all the skin variations.
Plans for July
For July I would like to finish off the buddy character models and animations and focus some time on some of the writing in preparation for creating the events that take place in the town. I could also start to link together all the different zones in the game.
I know everyone has been very eager for sound and possibly voice acting for the game and it's something that I'm very excited to have as well. Originally I wanted to reach a goal of $3000 per month and it would take up a chunk of development time but perhaps looking into this sooner rather than later would help create some additional enthusiasm around the project. Let me know your thoughts on this.
Additional Reward Tiers
I've added a new reward tier, for $25 it includes getting your name or alias in the credits and on an in-game monument on top of the other rewards. This is a persistent reward, you only need to sign up for one month to get it. Maybe in the future I can look into upgrading you to fancier monuments the longer you stay on.
Let me know your thoughts on this as well or if there's anything else you think I could add as rewards.
Thanks again for your support and I hope you have a good weekend!