Weekly report 168
Added 2023-07-28 22:48:03 +0000 UTCHi everybody.
I want to start this report by thanking all of you who commented on our last report or messaged us. Every feedback we received was encouraging, and I honestly don't know what to say other than promising you that we will give it all we have and try to take care of ourselves while working as many hours as possible to finish this update.
Now the report:
Last week, Chestnut worked on cutscenes during the weekend, but then for three days she took over the house responsibilities we usually share so that I could work extra hours on a challenging section of the game that I had difficulty with. She got back to drawing yesterday and continued doing images from cutscenes.
I finished the dialogues I was working on and started a new event from Gomira's second quest. This part was linked to the ending of the first quest, and upon playing that again, I saw that some things didn't add up. I had already worked a lot on that ending to get the feel of it right, so thinking that I had to go back and work on it again was very demoralizing. I always need to feel like things are moving forward -- even though sometimes going back and fixing things is indeed the moving forward you need (but don't like). Chestnut came to my rescue to help me get it done quickly, and after three longish days, I identified the problems, replanned some parts, rewrote the necessary lines, posed them, and mostly fixed the issue. By the end of this weekend, I should be done with this and move to the next dialogue.
Next week's plan:
Chestnut wants to change things a little, and after finishing the current cutscenes she's working on, draw hands and facial features for our new sprites (I've created many new placeholder images).
I expect I will spend most of the week editing and posing dialogues.
That's all.
Have a great weekend!
Cheers
Comments
thank you so much for these words. we'll get there!
MagicNuts
2023-08-04 23:55:49 +0000 UTCaccepting that what you thought is mostly 'finished' needs more work is hard, but way better than pretending that something that you know needs more work is finished.
MagicNuts
2023-08-04 23:50:56 +0000 UTCThank you! I saw those comments and really appreciate your support.
MagicNuts
2023-08-04 23:46:38 +0000 UTCReally love the game and appreciate your regular updates. I admire your dedication and appreciate knowing progress is being made. There is a gamer in me that would love to see the game as soon as possible but don’t want you getting burned out, so glad to hear you’re trying to pace yourself and take some breaks. Given how polished and detailed the game is, you two make amazing progress for just two people. Hope it isn’t too taxing on you, although I’m looking forward to the update, your health should come first. Cheers!
GeorgeoftheJungle
2023-08-01 00:00:46 +0000 UTCI've told y'all how I really feel several times by this point, so I refrained from remarking last week due to fear of getting nasty towards anyone trying to drag you. I already came close with one commenter on Zan's crosspost suggesting caution when it came to pledging. The number of people who don't understand that this is a platform for supporting creators and not pre-ordering content is absolutely baffling.
Sh0tgun_Jacks0n
2023-07-29 01:02:05 +0000 UTCYeah, sometimes progress feels like taking 2 steps forward and then one step back, but what matters is getting things right and to your standards at the end of the day. Nothing to beat yourself up about. 😊
spectacularstyx
2023-07-28 22:51:52 +0000 UTC
