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Not Gonna Give Up & Game Updates
7 months ago
We are in some scary times.
I don't even know if adult content will still be allowed where I live, but even if it does get banned, which I do still kind of doubt, I'm still going to work on my game. I have this 'artistic itch' to do my game development, I'm going to work on my game as long as I'm able, and I'll wait to post updates if I have to.
I'm trying to get into a schedule to work on my game proper. I learned working earlier in the day and drinking energy drinks can be very useful! Sometimes there is drama with my parent, who has severe anger issues, which gets in the way of game development or spriting, and causes issues for my own sanity. My memory has also been getting worse over the years I feel. I'm not even old yet! Hopefully the doctor I'm supposed to see about that helps with that.
One other thing I'm not going to give up on is my transition. Yeah, I'm trans, and again, we're in some scary times. I identify as a andromorph/c-boy and am in the transitioning process. Hopefully politics don't get in the way; I'm just trying to survive ...
As for updates for my game, I have been working on the kitsune monster. I've been working mostly (pretty much just) on the spriting for the kitsune. There is the base sprite, idle animation, and most of the 'fun' animations done. Animating this monster is the most work I've done on a single enemy so far! I don't know how much I can say about the kitsune in a journal though. It would be nice if FA allowed for adult journals. I originally meant for the kitsune to be a 'tough' monster like the werewoof monster, but I might make them start out as a boss, and maybe a 'tough' monster later on. Speaking of the werewoof, I will probably have to move most/all the werewoofs to a forest area dedicated to them, once I get that far into development. Also sorry about the werewoof 'boss' in the randomized dungeon. That was always meant to be temporary, and will be replaced in the next update.
I have also done most of the work for another monster, the ghost, who cannot be harmed by physical attacks, inspired by certain older rpg's. I still have to work on the ghost's scene, which isn't animation intensive, but only happens when you're in soul form. (I am not a fan of that kind of stuff, but I don't want to miss out on such a mechanically interesting 'vorechanic.')
In the latest public build the 'snack index' from which the game relies on for snack items was limited to 40 snacks. This meant I could only create up to 40 snack items for the player to cook and eat. However, in the upcoming build this limit has been doubled to 80. I plan to create more cooking recipes, as the more recipes are the more intuitive cooking should be, right? I also replaced 2 of the ingredients with better ingredients. Fur has been replaced with bones, and stuffing with bananas. The way you get these ingredients will be a bit different as well, of course. Bananas are a interesting ingredient, since you can create a new unique snack, the Banana Cream Pie, which if you bring out while you're alone you can eat it, but if a enemy is nearby you'll throw it at them, dealing Food damage! I'm not really a fan of feederism, but food damage is already in the game and is used to sate hungry monsters. I also want to create more snacks with buffs. There's only a few currently in the game that actually give a buff.
In this next build the tier 2 staffs and the tier 2 gem, the Blood Ruby, should be available in the game. Almost all the tier 2 staffs are done already. They feature stronger abilities and have more charge. You'll be able to enchant them to tier 2 by using these rubies, but you can fail to enchant them, which is a chance scaled by your Intelligence stat.
I also worked on a few spells, including a 'conjure meat' spell, which converts your satiation into a meat item. I'm thinking that the upgrade will make it so that it attracts hungry monsters and they can feed on it, but right now it already does that. This spell will be a reward for the 'prey guild' down the line, but that's far away. I may include it in the Black Market for players to toy with for now.
I feel really close to releasing a 'proper' demo. It may not be this next update, but I really want to start adding dialogue and the first pieces of story for the game. I have a lot of plans for this game storywise.
I also need to create some 'decor' tilesets and update those ugly generic walls everywhere. I didn't expect to get this many views on my game and I'm thankful for it. I also want to create some showcase videos of my game and eventually some sort of trailer if I can. I still have to figure out the specifics of that.
I still don't know if I'm going to eventually sell my game when it's ready. It's going to be years before it is, thus years before I make that decision, most likely.
The internet is getting upgraded today. I might actually be able to live test my game with the upgrade! But I was told by my mom that it would be "compliant", whatever that means. Compliant with her job as she works at home? She believes that me looking at adult content will get her fired after all, which doesn't make sense. And she's all about these weird 'logics.' I am worried about what she might be up to.
Update: I still have access to FA and similar sites for now.
I don't even know if adult content will still be allowed where I live, but even if it does get banned, which I do still kind of doubt, I'm still going to work on my game. I have this 'artistic itch' to do my game development, I'm going to work on my game as long as I'm able, and I'll wait to post updates if I have to.
I'm trying to get into a schedule to work on my game proper. I learned working earlier in the day and drinking energy drinks can be very useful! Sometimes there is drama with my parent, who has severe anger issues, which gets in the way of game development or spriting, and causes issues for my own sanity. My memory has also been getting worse over the years I feel. I'm not even old yet! Hopefully the doctor I'm supposed to see about that helps with that.
One other thing I'm not going to give up on is my transition. Yeah, I'm trans, and again, we're in some scary times. I identify as a andromorph/c-boy and am in the transitioning process. Hopefully politics don't get in the way; I'm just trying to survive ...
As for updates for my game, I have been working on the kitsune monster. I've been working mostly (pretty much just) on the spriting for the kitsune. There is the base sprite, idle animation, and most of the 'fun' animations done. Animating this monster is the most work I've done on a single enemy so far! I don't know how much I can say about the kitsune in a journal though. It would be nice if FA allowed for adult journals. I originally meant for the kitsune to be a 'tough' monster like the werewoof monster, but I might make them start out as a boss, and maybe a 'tough' monster later on. Speaking of the werewoof, I will probably have to move most/all the werewoofs to a forest area dedicated to them, once I get that far into development. Also sorry about the werewoof 'boss' in the randomized dungeon. That was always meant to be temporary, and will be replaced in the next update.
I have also done most of the work for another monster, the ghost, who cannot be harmed by physical attacks, inspired by certain older rpg's. I still have to work on the ghost's scene, which isn't animation intensive, but only happens when you're in soul form. (I am not a fan of that kind of stuff, but I don't want to miss out on such a mechanically interesting 'vorechanic.')
In the latest public build the 'snack index' from which the game relies on for snack items was limited to 40 snacks. This meant I could only create up to 40 snack items for the player to cook and eat. However, in the upcoming build this limit has been doubled to 80. I plan to create more cooking recipes, as the more recipes are the more intuitive cooking should be, right? I also replaced 2 of the ingredients with better ingredients. Fur has been replaced with bones, and stuffing with bananas. The way you get these ingredients will be a bit different as well, of course. Bananas are a interesting ingredient, since you can create a new unique snack, the Banana Cream Pie, which if you bring out while you're alone you can eat it, but if a enemy is nearby you'll throw it at them, dealing Food damage! I'm not really a fan of feederism, but food damage is already in the game and is used to sate hungry monsters. I also want to create more snacks with buffs. There's only a few currently in the game that actually give a buff.
In this next build the tier 2 staffs and the tier 2 gem, the Blood Ruby, should be available in the game. Almost all the tier 2 staffs are done already. They feature stronger abilities and have more charge. You'll be able to enchant them to tier 2 by using these rubies, but you can fail to enchant them, which is a chance scaled by your Intelligence stat.
I also worked on a few spells, including a 'conjure meat' spell, which converts your satiation into a meat item. I'm thinking that the upgrade will make it so that it attracts hungry monsters and they can feed on it, but right now it already does that. This spell will be a reward for the 'prey guild' down the line, but that's far away. I may include it in the Black Market for players to toy with for now.
I feel really close to releasing a 'proper' demo. It may not be this next update, but I really want to start adding dialogue and the first pieces of story for the game. I have a lot of plans for this game storywise.
I also need to create some 'decor' tilesets and update those ugly generic walls everywhere. I didn't expect to get this many views on my game and I'm thankful for it. I also want to create some showcase videos of my game and eventually some sort of trailer if I can. I still have to figure out the specifics of that.
I still don't know if I'm going to eventually sell my game when it's ready. It's going to be years before it is, thus years before I make that decision, most likely.
The internet is getting upgraded today. I might actually be able to live test my game with the upgrade! But I was told by my mom that it would be "compliant", whatever that means. Compliant with her job as she works at home? She believes that me looking at adult content will get her fired after all, which doesn't make sense. And she's all about these weird 'logics.' I am worried about what she might be up to.
Update: I still have access to FA and similar sites for now.
