Backgrounds, Plans, Whatever else I'm thinking - 10/20/20 (Patreon)

Just a handful of days until Jehu's day 7. Two weeks after that, Paul's day 7. And after that? The beginning of the real grind. Up until now, I was mostly working with content I've already written up. Granted, I had to go back and edit... a lot... and add in stuff and what have you, but the framework was already there. Generally. Starting with Alan's day 7, I'll be making days from scratch again. (Well, Jorge's and Shen's day 7s are actually written out already, too. But still!)

I'm hoping I'll be up for the challenge, and I'll try to remain as Open and Transparent about these sorts of things as I can. Well, then again, maybe I should dial down the open-ness about some aspects of this game... I'm a bit too eager to discuss with people about aspects of the plot that won't be relevant for a good, long while.

No matter.

So! What, exactly, does that funky title there mean? I think it's time for me to Come Clean (so to speak) about what I'm planning. First off, let's talk about Backgrounds.

I might have said this before, here or on discord, but my memory is actually remarkably terrible, so forgive me if I'm repeating myself. In Some Update in the future (hopefully the big global update I'd like to do for Paul's day 7), I am going to be adding in specially-made backgrounds and establishing shots for use in the game. I don't have any such backgrounds made yet, and it's likely that they'll probably take a while to get produced.

But, quality-wise, they're incredible! Take a look.

Welcome to Sihai Industries! Directly ahead, you'll find the lobby, attached to the Administrative building. On the right, beside the parking garage, is the Science building. Shen works in the left, while Jehu works in the right! Isn't it real pretty?

Note that this isn't a background- this is an establishing shot. I hope you all will be suitably impressed with both these and the backgrounds as they are added over the course of this game's development! When these are added, I will of course be updating the dialogue to reflect it. No longer will Shen act in day 1 as if he and Jehu reside in the same building!

(eventually)

Next, you might be able to tell it from my icon now, but Paul is getting some more changes~ My goal is to make him look scruffier, have the eyes look more worn, and thus have him give off an "older" appearance. Which would be fitting, since he's actually the oldest guy you can date! I hope you all will be able to see the fruits of this soon enough.

Now, let's talk a bit about the android build. It's frustrating! Extremely so, actually. I know there's a high demand for it, and I really want to do it, but I need JDK 8 or whatever... but I can't actually download that for some reason. Cause it's not the most recent or whatever, but I couldn't download the most recent version anyways? I dunno. I'm trying to figure it out but it's giving me a headache. Also, I legit don't have an android device and I don't know if emulation will even work for this. So! I'll try and make a build, but I really can't even promise that it'll be remotely playable.

Fiiiinally, I'm going to go ahead and delete some of the larger tiers. Not because they're outrageous or that they were mostly there as jokes, but actually because even if someone wanted to do the higher, cameo tiers, I'm really just not ready to handle that. (Also, if you're still part of an OLD tier, please switch to the NEW version of said tier! There's still like 3 of you and I need you to swap, please.

In any case, I hope you all are looking forward to Jehu's day 7 on Friday! It has some dad content, too... if you play your cards right.