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Development Blog - July 15th, 2020 (Patreon)

Published:
2020-07-15 20:55:43
Imported:
2020-11

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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

Comments

Anonymous

I've been waiting to get into this until it's a little more developed, but it looks fun and it's extra good to see you're having fun making it!

Anonymous

Apparently need to rewrite this long comment cause it didn't post last dang time. And now I have a copy-paste clipboard working...so yay! Thrilled to see you start this new project mate, and am impressed he route you're going with production. Bear with me on this comment for it being a long one. Narrative I'm liking the change of scenery and the characters so far. You did good work separating the leading trio of Cole, Sidd, &amp; Artemi from that of Repeat's Phillip, Owen, and Sissel. Credit it is still only the beginning, but it's nice to see that they seem to be different from the get-go. I am getting the D&amp;D vibe from the trio, and will be fun seeing what chaotic good events they will get up to when they meet up. Cole certainly strikes me as someone to lead the story of the three, but having followed your writing he certainly won't be the only star. I'm looking forward to seeing the animations of him casting and rolling a natural, or failing cause its always fun to see either. Neat idea going with the magic fearmongering approach from the dad, also that he has also a same-sex romance too. I'll admit that while I don't have anything against the idea, I do hope you plan on mentioning mom cause I don't see many stories where parents get involved in the VN. And a same-sex parental romance is a first I have seen so...your breaking down walls woo woo! On that note, swore that Hammish was Cole's brother or blood-family based off appearance. :[ Sidd is gonna certainly be fun to read, the hopeful one always is. I like his confidence animation too, you did good work on that and it speaks of his mentality. Looking forward to seeing him get his axe and give fighting a go, even more if Cole is gonna be on the sides coaching or pestering him. I like that you have an owl for Ilia, since I personally haven't seen many avians in VN's. Course I got questions on the parentage, but have no doubts your gonna make it great to read, Their dialogue with the frog I found hysterical too, and the simple sprite of it made it even better. Artemi is gonna be interesting the most to me. The fact she knows her importance but lives in an oppressed environment is not an uncommon trope, but the inclusion of even outside people affecting her was a nice touch. I of course mean the kids, little b******d. I'm just gonna take a gander that she may train the other two cause of her background, but hey you surprise quite well. Also, Grank seriously gives me this guy vibes; https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/aca33cfc-0ca5-4c81-a09c-5d3aed218cdb/dd8h6uy-cf89a1d2-eb07-4ed8-92e6-ebea219bbc59.png/v1/fill/w_894,h_894,q_70,strp/master_with_eyes_of_blue__artwork__by_mztower_dd8h6uy-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0xMDI0IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYWNhMzNjZmMtMGNhNS00YzgxLWEwOWMtNWQzYWVkMjE4Y2RiXC9kZDhoNnV5LWNmODlhMWQyLWViMDctNGVkOC05MmU2LWViZWEyMTliYmM1OS5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.rfoUUJRYPEvge8NGtLVSKNTmxn0fTTS7zmFVtwNrV84 Regarding the world, I read you didn't consider yourself the Creator as they talked about. Gotta say, it's suiting among everything. The royal family interests me, I love a good power play so the fact some stuff went down and we don't know is gonna be quite interesting. Taking a gander at the new sprites, I'd say you already got plans to flesh out the Guild too so looking forward to that. Development Well no sugarcoating it, the backdrops, animations, sprites, and sounds are all above the majority of novels one can find. Seriously, pat yourself on the back, with protection of course cause Corona. I'll admit, hearing the workload made me worry, since you have spoken before about stress with Repeat. Now, I can relate switching projects to ease the mind, so its awesome to see your drive evident in the updates and in the work. Well first things first, the sprites are fantastic and truly your own. You know while they may be flat, you really do outshine a lot of other works because of their detail and how they are used. I love it when you shrink them down or move them across the screens. It's a simple feature, but its one that gives them so much more personality and investment when the react like a real person would. The animations are splendid mate, seriously you've done a great job taking on a new and rare trait in the VN world. I really like the map ones, because while I know from experience that making sprites and doing transitions between them is not the easiest, the living map is a standout. To be honest, the only other VN I can think of that uses a map in such a way is Morenatsu, which is easily one of the best out there so to be compared is no small matter. Sidd's tough pose looked seamless in its usage too, and Cole's so far ae looking nice as well. I do hope you don't plan on overusing them, because animations are always great when used at the right timings. Now the 3D modelling approach worried me. We've spoken in the past about working on 3D, so hearing you were going the blockout then overlay route screamed time-sink in my mind. Man, I love being proven wrong. They look, fantastic dude, seriously in the ones you got easily again a standout feature. I'm gonna assume your utilized strip texturing in the few pieces, cause hand texturing all that I'm thinking is a b****. Curse, you can mix it up, but I got private messaging if I want to ask about your techniques. Has it been mentioned you do really good sound design? Like, hallmark VN quality? Cause you do. You got a serious advantage compared to other stories because you animated too, and the addition of your sound to it is phenomenal. Anytime I hear an effect when the sprite moves or text demands an action, can't tell you how much its a delight as a fellow developer. Your music is fitting in them as well, heck I didn't notice it but I was bobbing to a couple of tunes. Closing So...yeah that's a shortened version of the original comment from your first release. Normally, I keep these things "short", but with you felt you deserved more then a simple "good job". Your gonna nail this out of the park Shiro (or Shiroki whatever ye prefer), so never think you don't do subpar work.

shirokoi
>>40423513

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it! It's been great to finally work on something new. More fuel to the passion! :D

shirokoi
>>40442239

AAAAAAHHH thank you so much for taking the time to write out your thoughts! I always look forward to reading what people think of my work! QWQ I'm glad you enjoyed the little intro of the 3 main characters! I wrote Hamish and Marrow as a same sex couple because I really wanted to see more dads being dumby sweet to each other in stories haha. As for a mom... well this is a magical D&amp;D fantasy land, who says one is necessary? 🤔 A fair few people thought Hamish was waaay younger too haha, I probably should have made him look more gruff ;w; Sidd's gonna be real fun to animate once he gets his hands on a weapon! I've been looking up a lot of axe and halberd twirling videos for reference and it's gotten me super excited haha~ His mom, Ilia is a shrike actually! I guess it's a little difficult to tell. Birds are kinda hard to draw from a front-facing view whoops~ I look forward to developing Artemi the most out of the 3 tbh. It's nice to have a main character who I don't have to worry about making romantically appealing in a gay furry VN lol. Lets me have a lot more time to focus on her as a character :3 3D modeling the backgrounds have been somewhat time-consuming, but I imagine it'll get easier once I develop a big asset library that I can reuse in the future. It definitely takes less time than if I had hand-painted these fantasy backgrounds though! It's kinda fun stretching my artist muscles in 3D too! I'm glad you're enjoying them so far! :D Again, thank you so much for writing out your thoughts for me! It's always something I look forward to when I post updates &lt;3

Anonymous
>>40442239

Apologies for the delay mate, I just graduated college this week so its been a hassle to prepare. Fair point on the mom. What matters is the dads and if the story fleshes them out which having followed you it will, f-it. Definitely recommend roughing about Hamish some more! Its fun animating weapon stances huh? I've just got done doing a sword and shield 3D animation set and it was hella fun researching then implementing. Looking forward to seeing them, like I said to my knowledge no one I have ead is taking this same leap in quality. You'll hit it out of the park. I get the bird drawing, and looking at her again eah that makes mroe sense. Trying to draw a golden eagle myself and that's difficult. Artemi is gonna be the most interesting hands down. Only other VN I can think of with a female side character is Echo, but they started allowing you to romance her. Its still gonna be nice though just having someone your not gonna be able to get down and dirty with as a lead, so kudos! That being said, maybe a perspective of Sidd giving a female a shot from a gay background could be an interesting writing piece. Usually, we hear of it the reverse, so having it be a gay character who wants to try straight could be fun. You've had experience with 3D before right? We've spoken in the past about rigging ad animations, and from what I see you're going the right route of not crazy detailed just what's needed for a paint over.