Development Blog - July 15th, 2020 (Patreon)
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Good day to y'all! I'm so happy to hear all the positive reception to Temptation's Ballad! It's a relief to hear people are interested in my new project. I was very nervous about it when starting development ngl, but it was super satisfying to see your thoughts on it upon release!
Speaking of development, let's talk about the progress of the next update so far:
Writing Progress:
So far, update 0.1.2 is about 22 pages long and exceeds the length of last month's update. And we're only halfway through the month, so we're very ahead of schedule! I'm currently aiming to hit 30 pages by the end of the month for the update, but that goal is quite tentative since I'm determining how much new art I need to add. I'll be sure to keep y'all posted and notified of any big changes!
Art Progress:
Some of you might have already seen this on Twitter, but I've completed a few spellcasting animations for Cole in the next update!
I'm currently experimenting more simple sprite animations for the other characters. At some point I gotta animate Cole playing his lute and I am very afraid ;;;w;;;
I've also completed about 16 new sprite variations for the characters shown below! Please note that not all of them may be introduced in the next update.
Some of you already know, but for Temptation's Ballad, I am 3D modeling all of the backgrounds so that I can create unique locations in a reasonable amount of time. Below are some new location arts that I have completed:
Game UI Progress:
I'm planning to give the game a unique UI for the buttons, textbox, and menu layout at some point. However, this is currently not a priority so I'm just doing some light experimenting while I focus on developing the story. I've made a few adjustments for the text and dialogue box to hopefully fix that text-overflow issue that some players are experiencing on Android versions of the game.
Aaaaand that's all I've got to show for now! Thank you all again for supporting me on my new project, words can't describe how much I appreciate y'all!! <3 <3 <3
Let me know if you guys have any questions about the development. I'll see you guys in the next update! :D