Plans for the end of Phase 1 (Patreon)

Hello everyone! I wanted to make a special update to outline my plans to finish up with Phase 1, so we can enter into Phase 2 and be more productive.

I've been thinking about what I want the first Alpha test copy of the game to include, and besides the rest of the writing/programming, there's a few other things for me to tackle.

THINGS TO FINISH TO COMPLETE PHASE 1

• The writing/programming of course

• An ending collection screen [ not started, I want to make something more polished than BTD ]

• A CG collection screen with separate section for NSFW CGs

• A working bar meter that fills as you collect screens AND CGs, with 3 notches for rewards [ this may take time to figure out how to program ]

• Rewards screen with 3 sections- Music room, Concept art room, and toggle for Memelord mode [ memelord mode itself will not be functional yet, thats for after phase 2, nor will there be any music or concept art put in yet ]

• stand-in versions of sprites and CGs. This will take a fair while, but I've been thinking about it and I believe it will save me a lot of time and headache in the long run. This means I'm going to have to make sketch stand in sprites for all 14 characters. I'm also going to have to go through the game and decide where I want CGs- while also drawing rough thumbnail versions of them. They don't have to be good at all, just enough to stand in and generally express what I'm going for.

The stand in versions of the CGs will be time consuming, but it'll give me three big benefits:

   - I'll know how many CGs I plan to make in the drawing phase

   - I'll have rough thumbs to help me remember the general idea behind each art piece once I get to drawing them for real

   - Alpha testers will have a better idea of how the game will look while they're playing

So, what's the timeline look like for all this?

Ideally, I'd like to be able to finish all of this by the end of Hunt Month 6. That's a really ambitious schedule though. I really WANT to be able to be done by then but I'm not sure how fast I can go. I think it will take me partway through Month 6 just to be able to finish the writing/programming. The screens should take me... maybe a week? Those tend to go by fairly fast and I already know how to do most of the programming [ except for that bar ]. The big unknown is the stand-in CGs thing. I've never done that before and I don't know how efficient I'll be. 

But I suppose there's only one way to find out!

Anyway, thank you guys as always so much for your support! I'll be doing my regular check-in on Saturday to talk about what I accomplished, so I'll see ya then! <3