(Way Past The) Weekend Update #24

Happy Holidays, dear Patrons!

It's that most wonderful time of the year! I'm talking about my Finals ending. Christmas too! It was a very hellish week. I already had prepared a late November update after coming back from Thanksgiving but my schedule needed to shift earlier because our scheduled defense got moved a week before because the professors didn't want to spend more time here then they already need especially during Holiday season with COVID and all. Needless to say, most of us went into panic mode. So, sorry about the lack of a secondary update last month. Anyways...

The development. Late January. That's the probable schedule of the 0.04 release. I'll be going back home this coming holidays and I'll bring my PC setup with me to finish the final touches to the game. That includes, the SFX, music, the graphic design, coding, and especially the editing of the script. The last update took, like, 6-8 iterations to get a 'natural' flow to it. Re-renders are also a possibility. Which means I do a lot of 'crunch' days for most of these parts. So, I'll take a rest for these couple of days then get back on the grind. 

In other news...

Reincarnotica Ads. This all came about because of the 'General Store' asset I bought. The problem I had with it was that most of the products have these MS Paint designs that I'm not really a fan of especially I curate a lot of the stuff I render. So, I started with the small products, then to chips and bottles, and finally came to the store ads. I didn't want any generic stuff so I created this in-game products that exist in the world to feel more lived-in. The mockups turned out greatly.

Parekh and Singh. See, I don't know anything much about foreign bands unless it's Japanese but that's mostly because of Anime OSTs or City Pop. Then came this band from India. The Youtube Algorithm wormhole spits out stuff you didn't know you needed. Stuff that intersects based from your watch history. In my case, Wes Anderson and Dream Pop/Indie Pop music. Their music video for 'I Love You Baby, I Love You Doll' is both visually and auditorily pleasing. Check them out.

Cyberpunk 2077. Ah, how could I forget the biggest game launch this year. The hype train for this one was almost impossible to miss. I've been a big fan of CDPR since Witcher 2 and that just exploded with Witcher 3. I was also one of those who was anticipating the reviews after the embargo was lifted and... well, you've heard the news by now. Performance and bugs were a bit problematic. "Undercooked" as one reviewer said. I was planning to play it during holiday season but my PC would be crying running it (I'm still laughing at that 1060 recommended spec). I'll probably just wait for a few months for the newer updates, even DLC, to play it. Or till I get a new GPU.

Anyways, I hope all of you have an amazing holiday this coming December. I'll work my ass off to finish the game in time for next month. That's for this week's update. I'll post Weekend Update #25 on December 25. I'll also release another set of Patron rewards! Stay tuned!

Cheers,

Polyrotix