Visual Novel Weekly Update: 8/13/2020 (Patreon)

Programming: 

.:Repaired conversation framework to make characters fade when not speaking, but not
 when narrator or player talks.

.:Rewrote dialog framework to include colors and italics.   

.:Narrator now speaks in italics.  

 .:Created basic screen for editing settings and turning off vore or NSFW themes.  

.:Wrote programs for playing music and sound effects.  

Art:  

.:Cleaned some character models and backgrounds.   

.:Created phone asset for the settings screen.   

Misc:  

.:Spoke with several music composers about original themes.   

.:Decided on Player Character design.  

.:Wrote alternate scripts for holding long functions.   

.:Wrote basic gameplay loop for alpha2 content.  

Goals for Next Week:     

I'm going on a trip next week for 5 days. I'll be using that time to study how to program the screens and various other effects I'll need for the sim, but other changes will be sparse.  

 .:Finish Autumn's date and add rendered reward picture.

Thanks so much for all the support I've gotten~! Between the Shrouded Peaks Alpha1 has been released for almost a week and I'm blown away with how much people have been helping me and showing interest in my project! It's so invigorating.