Progress Update - Darktoz goes coding... (Patreon)

Ok, so...Ren'Py coding is easy they said. Turns out they were right. And wrong. Some things are, some things don't. 

Turns out this might take longer than expected. Well I kind of expected it but still. It's not coming out february, guys. March is realistic.

Inventory was too difficult for me so I have given up (for now) and worked on the Character Stats and Skill system. And that weirdly worked all out as planned. It is pretty cool.

(neat retro interface, I know, haven't made the skill buttons yet)

So, this is one of the 3, maybe 4 screens that I want to have in this game. These are inventory, Character Statistics (also displays the skills), the map and (Optional, not sure if we need/want it) a Questlog. 

Don't look at the stats like Body and perceiption, they are just here for testing. Now, what happens if you hover over the HoverMe or the Close button...or later the skills and stats?

Look at that. A text displayed in a small window when you hover over it. And wait, there is more. Unfortunetly you can't see it because windows screenshots weirdly don't show the cursor...but the cursor GLOWS when you hover over those things! Yes! Also the cursor is custom, not the standard windows one. It fits the rest of the GUI, so do not worry mouse cursor fetishists, I got you covered. :)

Now there is 3 ways to react to all of this:

You think this is good, you love how this is looking, you love the steady progress!

 - To those I say thank you for the trust! This game is going to be nothing short but amazing, trust me on this! It takes a long time, but compared to the Femdom City UI who feels clunky at times and gives people a hard time with saving, this is just so smooth. You will fall in love with this, I swear!

You say this is ridicoulus. I spent a whole week on 3 menus and the inventory is not even working!?

- I also had to implement the stats and skills and the level system, but yes, most of the time I had went down for this. To me this is good progress in an engine that I do not know. I usually don't see these kind of detail in other Ren'Py games...and this is why I want to do this right, to make it special. Which leads to the 3rd way...

You say this is wasted time. I should just use standard out of the box Ren'Py like all the other visual novels out there. This is bullshit! You are here for the pictures and animations, not for stats, skills and a quest log!

- Sorry, but no! This is not going to happen! I spent so much money the last months! On assets so that the characters and places look awesome, on fitting music, on new sounds, on the GUI (I bought so many Game Interface Asset Packs that I was not satisfied with afterwards I can open up my own store by now). Do not think that I like spending that much time on the code because I really don't and maybe I am not the fastest at picking it up, but...

I want to make this right. This is my baby. I know not all of you are hyped about the whole dark, witches, occult, vampire and demon setting but if you give this a chance I am sure it will suck you in. If you are a fan of the previous games I put out you will love it, I am sure! 

Don't think that because of the setting your favourite fetish will be neglected!

So give me a bit of time, let me work a bit on the questlog that you might find uneccessary and things will work out great.

I might do a short video preview next week so that guys see the main menu and the first minute of the game.

I can also show you the new video animations if you want to, but these would all be spoilers. Let me know if you do!

As always, thanks for the support and

Stay kinky!