[The Hive] Weekly Report #11 (Patreon)

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Latest batch of work on the Hive !

I started working on June's first day in the Hive. It begins with a familiar and recurring dream.

This was an opportunity to learn more about how Renpy works. Since it's a game engine without an user interface (it's only code), I've been searching for a while how to organize the game into "chapters" or "days".

The simplest solution was to create a new file containing the code for this new day and force the game to jump to a new label specified in this new file.

Sometimes these kinds of little problems take me an hour or more to solve. It's quite frustrating since Renpy's documentation, while extensive, often lacks answers.

June wakes up and is welcome by her new "sister", Lola.

I made a serie of expressions for Lola and Maddie, resized them and integrated them into the game. 

I use the same method as for the other characters. This method also allow me to control extra objects like pacifiers or diapers.

Lola was the most complicated character to integrate yet due to her many poses, expressions and outfits. 

To easily control the pose or expressions of a character, I need to create a "layered image" that create different groups. Then it's easy to change the attribute of a group just by typing text. For example, "sad", "angry" "mouth close" or "mouth smile".

And finally, I ended up integrating another background into the game. This is the second floor and it's connected to the bedrooms and the living room.

Navigating from one background to another will be done with the arrows for the most part. Sometimes by clicking on a door. 

There were a few problems at first. Some elements of a background remained in the screen after changing location but I was able to locate the problem and solve it.

Next week I plan to work on a background again (the least exciting part, booo). There are only three backgrounds left to do for Sato's house, so that's good news!