Devlog #052 (Patreon)

Hi!

I was able to do everything I wanted to, and more!

First, here is the new BE Witches logo. Since I was making the title screen, it was a good opportunity to update it. I'm very happy with it! I didn't make the letters myself though, the font is called "Longdon Decorative", by Roger White. I suck at designing fonts, and since I don't find it very interesting either, so i just tend to use public domain fonts.

I wasn't too sure what the title screen was going to look like initially. I had considered showing the last room you saved in with the logo plastered on top, but it felt a bit lame. After giving some more thought however, I ended up with something pretty amazing, even if it did take me longer to program than I planned.
I think it would be a cool surprise, so I'll keep the result a secret for now :) 

I then tackled on the room editor. It's more of a utility tool for me and won't be available in the final game, but as I said in a previous update, It will make designing rooms infinitely faster. I had actually dreaded that part for a while, even after coming to a realisation a few months back that halved my 1 month development time estimation to 2 weeks. Turns out I was able to do it in 4 days, no problem. I still can't believe how much I overestimated this part. I might still update it at some point if needed, but right now it works exactly as intended, meaning all that's left in the list is various smaller fixes and changes.

I don't know how long these will take right now, but if I'm not done by next time, I'll make them into their own list, just so you can know what's happening.

And here is the list, pretty much done:

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶m̶e̶n̶u̶s̶ ̶(̶ ̶̶̶p̶̶̶r̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶̶̶b̶̶̶a̶̶̶t̶̶̶t̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶a̶̶̶l̶̶̶m̶̶̶a̶̶̶n̶̶̶a̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶a̶̶̶r̶̶̶a̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶e̶̶̶r̶̶̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶e̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶̶̶t̶̶̶i̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶e̶̶̶l̶̶̶e̶̶̶c̶̶̶t̶̶̶,̶̶̶ ̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶t̶̶̶o̶̶̶r̶̶̶a̶̶̶g̶̶̶e̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶s̶̶̶h̶̶̶o̶̶̶p̶̶̶,̶ ̶ ̶̶̶a̶̶̶l̶̶̶c̶̶̶h̶̶̶e̶̶̶m̶̶̶y̶̶̶,̶ ̶r̶a̶n̶k̶ ̶u̶p̶,̶ ̶ ̶ ̶ ̶̶̶m̶̶̶a̶̶̶p̶̶̶)̶

 ̶-̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶(̶e̶.̶g̶.̶ ̶b̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶-̶>̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶)̶

 ̶-̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶s̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶o̶v̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶

 ̶-̶ ̶a̶l̶c̶h̶e̶m̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶d̶e̶

 ̶-̶ ̶s̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶s̶y̶s̶t̶e̶m̶

 ̶-̶ ̶t̶i̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶e̶e̶n̶

 ̶-̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ ̶e̶d̶i̶t̶o̶r̶

- a bunch of smaller fixes

Finally, I was thinking of removing the 100$ goal. It was a good idea at the time, but now that I'm this close to the drawing part, I feel like concentrating all of my efforts on the game is the better choice. It might be something that some of you were looking forward to however, so I'll leave it up to you guys to decide whether I should keep it or remove it. Just tell me what you think in the comments or by mail.

And there you go, A bit of a shorter update, but as I said before this is just what's going to happen as I shift from coding to drawing. More pictures, less text.

I hope you enjoyed it anyway, see you next time! :D