Art update - sweet refractor (Patreon)

Well, a lot of you guys should have had a chance to play around with the new build! Hope you're liking the direction we're taking so far. We'll probably start becoming more mean towards Korra over the next couple of builds... so consider this a little warning if you're a love route lover playing the current route and are thinking things aren't too bad so far. 

Muahahaha..hah.ha..!  Yes there will be more slapping >:D

So you've hopefully finally been able to try out that walk-around thingy I've been talking about for awhile.

As you've noticed we've kept it very local and in essence we're not doing anything with it which we couldn't have done the old way. It just felt like a nice change of pace to include . We made sure to have some simple but worthwhile shortcuts for anyone who didn't like the addition. That means keyboard arrows and double clicking functionality so you can get through it blazingly fast. It's very convenient when we test stuff. You certainly don't want to manually go everywhere the slow way when you just need to bugtest a little thing.

So is it something you'd like to see more of or do you consider it a boring, filler thing? We're not going to remove what we have but adding some is a possibility. We'll never turn it into a full blown world thing, because... well it's too late for that anyway.. but some fun additions might be possible.

It has changed quite a lot over time. For example, in one version Zhu Li and Ginger had a very different role to play. We had a system where you could fight mecha tanks, equalizers and street thugs. Also a system where you could switch between people to fight with. You could switch to play as Korra for example. Zhuli was handing out training and experience points and Ginger was selling you drugs and other stuff which could be used during the fights.

Now don't let your imagination go wild. It was still using very veeeery simple temp-art and systems, but it sorta worked(when it didn't break down).  In the end we decided to cut it out entirely. Just a matter of us not being good enough to add it in a meaningful matter which is a source of joy instead of frustration. Both on the player's and our part!  Still, it's like a siren calling to us but we're trying to stay strong and smart about this. It's a lot of wasted time, but aaah fuck it. I think shoving shit in just because you already spent the time on it is the worst possible reason in existence. 

Speaking of which!! I've trashed most of a scene I did over the last few days and started work on it again. The difference is I actually like where it's going THIS TIME.  We're still trying to keep these builds going at a good pace so whenever I lose time because of a decision like this I beat myself up over it, but the result is what matters. I'm still a slow drawer and that only becomes worse when I don't like a scene I'm working on so it's better to nip that shit right in the butt.

Again speaking of which!! I finished a butt scene recently and am working on another one. NO the  next build isn't going to be filled with nothing but butts (although I like those a lot). It's a scene for the next next build.

You might say..  wait... isn't there one too many "next" in that sentence!? Didn't you say just a minute ago you're  a slow drawer?! And now you're frog-leaping builds?  This is madness!! 

Yes... sort of! A lot of the art is done for the  next build. I'm going to go over it some more and god knows there's temp-art  which needs more time and attention, but we have a neat little thing planned and I'll need all the time I can get to work on it and make sure it's possible in the first place which is why I've been working on it alongside my usual stuff.

Also I had a really nice idea for something last night..and I didn't write it down and now I have no idea what it was anymore..  : (    I normally write shit down because my memory is pretty much like the punchline of a joke,  but I was lying in bed,  the lights were out and I was already starting to see the first hypnagogic images, sooo I chanced it and now I'm sad.

As much work as we still have to do, I've been trying to get the coder to take a break lately. Unfortunately I already sent him a lot of the stuff he needs for a new build so my negotiation/blackmail position is weak atm. He usually views breaks/vacations as something you cram in sideways without actually assigning a special time frame to have it in, which I don't think is a solid foundation for the future.. Sooo please shout at him a bit in the comments if you agree.

Well, still shitloads of work to do once more so talk to'yall later! Peace&butts forever and everyone!

(ps. title of the post is just a song i've been listening to while writing this  because I'm feeling fruity)