Posted August 04, 2021 by Aquapaulo!
Hey there once again! Oh dear, we're getting near the finish line!
I've acquired the project management software ClickUp which has let me organize all of my remaining tasks in a concise manner. As of right now I have 18 tasks left to do, but most of them are simply "finish this drawing" or "fix this icon's placement". Speaking of, the character selection feature and its corresponding code has been finished!
All that's left is the artworks. But although there's technically very little left compared to the amount of work put into this visual novel, what's left may take a while to finish still. So next week there may not be a big update. Besides, physical therapy starts again tomorrow so I can get myself in proper shape to handle the rest of the art! Things are looking on the up and up.
The sprites for Makoto's son, Daichi, have been finished! Daichi is a supporting character who will encourage the protagonist to make a move, as supports the relationship between our protagonist and Makoto.
Finishing Daichi's sprite first as opposed to Makoto's allowed me to shake some rust off of my usual character sprite workflow, which will be useful for when completing Makoto's 2 poses and their corresponding face expressions.
And speaking of the relationship with Makoto, the "relationship" scene's artworks are advancing as well, although I'm taking extra care to give them a good polish.
Here's a sneak peek of one:
Just a peek! No more.
And as I've said before, we're slowly but surely reaching the end of this first chapter's production. Most of what's left to complete is the artworks, so next devlog may just be an update on that, along with some more information on the visual novel's future. I also intend to animate a trailer once all the artwork I need for it is done!
And if you've liked what you've seen, please share the itch.io page around! If engagement is high enough during the project's launch, I'll consider opening a Patreon page in the future. So any hype that we can build together would be an amazing help later on!
Thank you for reading until the end. I'll get back to work bringing you a story I hope you'll enjoy!