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Oh So Hero! Dev Preview #32 (Patreon)

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2024-07-31 23:07:32

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2024-08

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This development preview will give you a look into new features coming to Oh So Hero!

The game's two developers, Ket & Red, comprise the programming and art/animation sides, respectively.

Here are their updates!

Ket's Update:

Hi everyone! We hope you are doing well~

Red really wanted to have an update ready for you, but he had a family emergency that pulled him away from work for several days (he’s still out now, but all is well~). So that will have to wait a bit longer. It’s OK though because progress is good! Actually, I’m working three jobs this month:

[THE THREE HATS]

Ket the Sound Designer - Sound Design completion. I finally finished all my sound design work! You can hear this in version 0.20.500 which we’ll be providing later today. I enjoyed creating all the interesting sounds for Bates’s attacks, and I was grateful to have the help of a friend and some sound libraries that I could build upon with extra editing and mixing. I use Logic Pro X and FMOD, and this time I used EQ for sound design more than I ever have before, with great results. But aside from Bates, I was also happy to finally add sound to many places in the game that have gone years in silence. I’m not done by the way; I plan to do more in 2025! In the meantime, I’m interested to hear your feedback. What do you think of the new sounds?

Ket the Programmer - Enemy AI overhaul. Having to rewrite thousands of lines of C# code was tough, but it was code I was never satisfied with, and I think the new code is fire. It has transformed from a spaghetti of derived class coroutines into a single main loop in the base class. It’s better performant, more stable, and allows faster development of enemies and bosses to come. I also added a new visual debugging tool to show exactly what the enemy is thinking, which routine/subroutine they are in, and which attack they are using (see included image). The new enemy AI, including Bates, should be ready in the August build!

Ket the Director - Game development planning. It’s been a long time since we’ve offered a development roadmap and I’m ready to get things organized for the future of Oh So Hero! This will be coming directly after our next public release which is when all work on Bates has wrapped and we’ve ironed out a few other kinks. This release, titled “Oh So Hero! Act 1” is expected to be v0.21. We don’t have a date for this yet. We will resume developing new features such as the quest system after the road has been mapped! And we look forward to hearing more ideas from you as well~

[COMIC & SUBSCRIBESTAR ANNOUNCEMENT]

We are happy to have ThatPuggy working on an official Oh So Hero! Comic for us! For this side project, we are opening a new SubscribeStar which will help fund him so he can keep releasing updates each month! Stay tuned for another post with a preview. We hope you enjoy it~

[Oh So Hero! DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS]

Recently Completed:

Audio Implementation (Sound Effects Update)

Upcoming Priorities:

Bates AI & Battle Revisions (50% Done)
Android Improvements (Touch Controls & Framerate)
Bates Cutscenes & Game Over Implementation
New Public Release & New Development Roadmap
Quest System

That’s all for now. Thanks and see you next time~ =}

Red's Update:

Hey everyone. Apologies for the lack of updates on my end. I have had to deal with an unfortunate bit of family emergency that has been consuming almost all of my time and have ended up spending most of my time at the hospital. I don't have an ETA ATM due to this, but will get back to you guys as soon as things clear up. Please bear with me a bit longer.

Take care of yourselves, everyone.

Cheers, Ribbit~

Oh So Hero! Dev Preview #32 (Patreon)

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