Dev Update - April 11th, 2018 (Patreon)

Hello all you beautiful people! Vilsa here with another development update for the week. We've been getting back into the swing of production and we're excited to show what we've got cooking for you guys for 0.3.0, so let's get right into it!

Android 0.2.0 Release

We've released the Android version of 0.2.0 to be downloaded on the $5 patron itch.io page. So if you got the keys, just head on over to the page from the 0.2.0 release post and it'll be right there for you to enjoy for all your on-the-go lore needs! Feel free to give us feedback on how the Android version works, but keep in mind that we haven't fixed any of the issues with older Android OS versions not being able to play.

Jewel Scene

Gear has been hard at work on finishing the images for Jewel's intro scene and he's in the coloring phase on one of the variants (the one in this post's header). Meanwhile we've got the scene in question in a basic implementation state ingame to make sure it flows how we want before we polish up the cutscene and dialogue. Here's an extra long gif to show part of it in action.

We're going to aim for fleshing out Jewel in 0.3.0 with conversations and a couple scenes involving her in addition to the main story additions that will come with the update.

Punk Outfit

This is the outfit that you guys voted for in the great costume contest of 2018. We've got the items created and using placeholder dialogue sprites while we wait for art resources to free up from more important things like scenes. When we're ready we'll have sets of colors for you all to vote on, and then we'll have the completed sprites ingame. From there it's just a matter of implementing the way you get the outfit, and then making sure it plays nice with things like scenes that have Jenna's original outfit in it, and other implementation issues that come from actually having multiple outfits to choose from now. Here's another nice little gif showing the placeholder outfit in action (and also shows one of the problems that arises from having multiple outfits)!

That's all we have for this week's Dev Update! We'll see you next week for another Dev Update, and we'll have a Sketch Vault on Friday for these lovely images that Gear has been hard at work on for Jewel's intro scene.