- Jun 25, 2019
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Hi guys and galls !
I am back from my one week vacation.
V0.76 was a pretty good update, according to you guys
Now that it's out, I can move on to the next big thing for my game. A lot of you have trouble seeing certain scenes and end up asking me or others on Discord how to find the ones you missed. Plus, you're not sure if there are other non-erotic scenes in the game (There are !).FLOW CHART
To resolve all of those issues with the 0.80 update, I will be introducing a "Flow Chart" feature accessible from the main menu. During my vacations, in my spare time, I already did some work on that feature as you can see in the video.
Keep in mind that the current graphics are still work in progress and look pretty rough the final flow chart will be much nicer. When developing technical features, one should use minimal graphics and just focus on making sure everything works.
So let me explain what's happening in the video. As you play through the game, each new event in the story will unlock a square tile on the flow chart. If you go back to the main menu and click on the flow chart, you'll see it filled with what you've done (or haven't done):
white box - you haven't seen this event
orange box - you have seen this event
green point - a choice in the game
Additionally, the flow chart will show all game pathways, helping you identify missed events and providing hints on how to access certain scenes. For example, hovering over an unseen event tile will display a description box with requirements to see that event, like "Don't cheat on Sylvia in event E034" etc.
And finally, if you have seen an event and the tile is unlocked, you will be able to click on the tile and replay the entire event with dialogs, CGI, music, etc., just as if you were playing the game.
ALTERNATE POINTS OF VIEW
As you can see, below the story part of the flow chart, there's space for Sylvia's POV (and others). With 0.8, I plan to add some key events from alternate POVs like Sylvia's, mistresses', Irises', etc., to show what happened when Jack wasn't aware. For 0.8, only two such events are planned, but more will be added in future updates.
PROGRESS STATUS
So what is the status of the 0.8 update and progress towards it ?
FLOW CHART:
✅ design
⏰ working on features
❌ implementation
❌ graphics polish
❌ testing, debugging and review
EVENTS:
⏰ E094 - (first event of 0.8x arc)
❌ E0XXV - alternate sylvia pov scene (NTR)
❌ E0XXV - alternate sylvia pov scene (NTR)
As you can see, there’s a lot of work ahead. Luckily, the event side is fairly straightforward since I plan to create three shorter events, and having some work already done from Jack's POV makes implementing other POVs easier.
The real challenge is with the flow chart. Generally, you don’t add new features to an ongoing production because it’s like changing wheels on a moving car. For example, if I had designed this feature at the start when I was working on the game's technical side, I could have integrated the flow chart directly into the story structure. Unfortunately, that’s not possible now.
Either way, as I mentioned in the v0.76 update, there's a lot of technical work with some unknowns, so I can't give you an exact release date for the 0.80 update. If the flow chart development goes smoothly, it should be about a week and a half. If I run into problems, it might be the end of the month. With a ton of issues, it could take even longer.
So that's all from me for today. I will be posting a progress update every 2-3 days for you guys. I have some features in mind that I would like to implement, but I'm not sure if the Ren'Py engine I am using will allow me to do that.
