dev diary: treat status update (Patreon)
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i've officially started working on treat again!!!!!!!
my current goal is to combine all of the games into one, with a chapter select at the beginning so you can jump right in to any part. i've been planning on doing this from the beginning, but i was only going to combine them after all the games were finished... at this point though, it's been like 3 years since the last game came out, and people might want to replay them all anyway before jumping into part 7. this way will make it super easy! plus i can add all sorts of extra things that i wasn't able to before, since your actions in previous games will affect later parts...! how exciting!!
i also wanted to update some of the spritework and music since the first game came out in 2016 and i've gotten a lot better since then... i'm gonna leave the original versions up, but this "complete" version will be the definitive one.
sprite update preview gif:
(double manjuu since she needed running and walking alts...)
on top of this, i've decided to replace all the guest characters with original ones, so there will be a few new designs. i'm leaving the dialogue alone for the most part, so those characters will serve the same purpose, but with a new face.
introducing... LEMONNE!!
she will be replacing clementine. also she's trans! i love her.
on the coding side of things, the reason i can combine all the games together pretty easily is because each time i made a new part, i just made a copy of the previous game and left all the old stuff alone. so all the flags and images still correspond to the correct things!
the one unfortunate thing that i didn't forsee, was when i deleted the old maps for newer games, it reset the file numbering... so i had to re-hook every single door and path, otherwise it will be ALL WRONG-WARPS!!! damn!!!!!!!! i thought i was so clever, but i still left a mess for myself. oh well, it's much easier than re-coding every single flag or sprite.
treat has been a bit daunting to try to jump back into (it's such a big project now!!) so i think focusing on it for a while, even just updating the older stuff, will give me the momentum i need to finally release the next update. and when the story is finished, i can release it as a paid game on steam... wow...!
sorry for taking so long! hoping this will all be for the best!!!
i'll leave u with a peri face...
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