Posted December 26, 2020 by M.
Developer's Log -
Entry 2
friends with dogs
log
entry 2 - december
25, 2020
I just
A) can't wait to be
king
B) had sex
C) don't know now
D) don't know what
to do with myself
E) can't even
F) wanna break you down so badly
So... hey! What's
up! I hope you've been doing well.
Updating from the
last entry...
1) WRTING - I think
at this point, I'm finished with all of the writing and distributing the
sentences throughout the text boxes (so the reader doesn't get overwhelmed with
paragraphs of text).
2) VISUALS -
A few characters
still need some poses and expressions. Some characters (one major, one minor)
also need me to add a few accessories for a fun event in the story. I spent too
long choosing the right backgrounds and effects for that event, but I hope it goes
well in production!
I'm halfway through
the story in adding the proper backgrounds and sprite poses/expressions. That
includes resizing and cropping the sprites to fit the screen. The problem I
have now is when I switch from one pose to the other, the sprite shifts
slightly around to find its new 'center' on the screen, which was distracting
as I tested. The heights, though, are fine.
3) AUDIO - The list
of sound effects to search for is growing longer. I haven't started searching
for these, since I want to make sure the visuals are intact before getting
distracted with lots of sounds and music. I've bookmarked a few audio tracks
and sound effects, but they won't be applied until after I'm done adding the
visuals.
4) PROGRAMMING - As
a B-list feature, I may look more into ATL (Animation and Transformation
Language) that Ren'Py provides. This would be to add drama to the
aforementioned fun event, but it's not absolutely necessary.
5) LOGO - The logo
is done. I'm just going to leave it and worry about other things. I know the
logo really advertises your product's identity, but having a large audience is
not quite my priority right now. I just want to finish this before the next disaster
happens. ^_^
6) TITLE SCREEN -
For now, it's fine. I can see the choices.
Proof of concept
screenshots are attached! Woo!! And as you can see, there are, in fact, dogs in
this story :)
Things to do:
1) Finish adding
backgrounds and sprites
2) Fix the dancing
sprite problem
3) Shop for sound
effects and music
4) Apply sound
effects and music
5) Finish 1 CG edit,
and 1 CG color/lighting
6) Make more lists
7) Submit consistent
dev logs
Happy holidays
everyone!
'Til next time!
-M.