April 2022 - Tonight, the Role of Becky Conner will be Played By...
April Fools' Day is over and I can share news without it being disregarded now, right? Right?
Anyway, it's been about a month since the release of v 0.6.0! I hope you've all had a chance to play and enjoy. If you haven't, what are you waiting for?
It's been a busy but productive month. I would say the script for 0.7.0 is about 40-50% finished. Only a few key scenes remain, but they're all big ones. I've also done a lot of graphical work, designing new outfits and a few new environments too! Honestly, I'm probably understating the environmental work, but I want it to be a nice little surprise when we get there. I think this update may be close to v0.6.0 in terms of content, but I can easily say development has been moving more quickly this time out - something I'm both proud of and thankful for.
I've also been paying attention to feedback here and on other channels. While it's not thrilling to get a 1 star review, maybe it's a little humbling and certainly a reminder that there's content in the game that could use some updating - especially early on. And that I can always do better moving forward.
So while, my primary focus will still be on writing and developing Day 4, I've decided I'm going to do some remastering as time allows. I've gone through Chrissy's introductory couch scene and made it a little prettier (one still below), but the biggest consequence of this decision was the ultimate choice to re-design Alysa. I think she looks better in the new redesigned form and she's in enough key scenes that it'll be obvious, but not
so many scenes overall that it'll be a complete overhaul of the game. Let me know what you think! Hopefully you like her too!
I'm in another busy period at work, so it's been difficult to find time to dedicate to writing without getting pulled back to a work task or meeting and losing my train of thought. So, this gives me something I can do to increase the quality of the game in some of the little breaks I get. I'm sure it'll still be a little while before 0.7.0 is ready, so I'm hoping to put out a version 0.6.1 with Alysa's new model and some other remastered content in the meantime.
I
am hopeful that one day I'll be done remastering things, but I also hope I keep finding ways to improve. I'll be happy if I find I've just been an idiot and let only
one goofy face through the rendering sieve one day.
Anyway, thanks for hanging in there with me. I hope you're looking forward to the next chapter as much as I am!
-IM6
