Developer Update #7 (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

It's time for another Developer Update! When it comes to my progress on the new version, I'm still working in RPG Maker creating scenes and battle mechanics for the new enemies, occasionally returing to DAZ to make some re-renders or make some additional ones. This part of the development can be a bit tricky, as this is the part when all of the created scenes for an enemy are tied together. I also have designed and rendered some additional scenes for Leilah and Ceren. I will be doing some shrunk scenes for Suzanna, however I had some lighting issues with this scene so it's still WIP. Apart from that I have re-designed two upcoming enemies: Shadow and Night Fairy and worked on a new one: Centaur Huntress. More info on these ladies below. Additionally I did some work on the weapon/armor system and a feature that will enable the player to salvage items to get a new more powerful piece of equipment, however I have still yet to decide whether this feature will make it to the next update or the one after that.

Generally, the work on the update is coming up slower than expected. Sadly, I had some issues both creative and technical ones. Creative issues are basically a part of the development process, as it's normal to have doubts or the need to correct some things, the technical issue I had is something that concerns me. I had multiple of cases of sudden random hardware crashes that caused me to lose a few hours of work in total. While I have done some troubleshooting, I have yet to confirm that I have managed to resolve the issue at the time I'm writing this post. Given current circumstances, I won't be providing you even a rough estimate when the update will be coming up as I'm simply unable to do so at the current time.

It's also worth mentioning that I'll be going on a business trip next week starting on Monday 17th and won't be able to work on the game for almost the entire week. My activity on discord will also be limited, so don't worry if you don't see me for a few days.

Ok, enough rambling and let's get to the business. First of all let's talk about the redesigns. First redesign that affected the Shadow enemy was focused on the conceptual and appearance changes. When I was brainstorming potential abilities for the Shadow I felt that it's design was quite limiting to what it possibly could do and additionally I have realized that the abilities of the Shadow enemy would be very similiar to ones I had envisioned for another enemy I had in mind. Because of that I have decided to merge the concepts together resulting in the Jailer Ghost. 

The Jailer Ghost will have two forms: Ethereal and Materialized. At the beginning the ghost will be in its spectral form, however after draining some precious energy she'll materialize and gain access to a different set of the abilities. It's worth stating that this change won't affect the h-content I have reserved for this enemy and will only contribute to enlarging this character's "arsenal"

The second redesign that affected the Night Fairy from the poll #1 was caused by the different approach I wanted to take on this enemy. While my initial concept was a take on a fairy affected by demonic powers, I felt she wasn't corrupted enough. Apart from that her designed felt quite outdated and I knew I could do much it much better. I have decided to make the Night Fairy, a more powerful spellcaster tainted by the succubi influence instead of a seduction focused weaker enemy I initially had in mind. As is the case with Shadow/Jailer Ghost, the content planned for the Night Fairy remains basically the same if not greater. Here's how her redesign reflected on her appearance:

Be sure to let me know what do you think of these redesigns, as I'm curious to see what are your thoughts on the changes that were made for these enemies.

Now onto the newcomer enemy: Centaur Huntress. This enemy will be a mini-boss enemy that will be stalking the areas near the player home. I'm still uncertain when it comes to the content I want to make for this particular enemy, however I wanted to show it to you regardless.

This is of course still a WIP design, but if you have some scene/appearance ideas for this enemy be sure to let me know.

Now let me treat you with some renders coming up in the new update.

Hope you have enjoyed the developer update :)