Devlog Updates for April 2018

April 26th, 2018

• Arranged one new music track, sequenced by YASKAWA Moclin.
• Began writing dialogue for “The Case of the Royal Flush”.

April 25th, 2018

• Arranged three new music tracks, sequenced by R. J. Stratton and someone who didn’t credit themselves.

April 24th, 2018

• Added MobiusXVI’s More Scroll Speeds script, to make scrolling text slower (but also fast enough to be skipped if desired).
• Made the upstairs hallway of Elliot’s House four tile blocks shorter.

April 23rd, 2018

• Playtest Copy 01 put out.
• General dialogue fixes.
  • Color code error when getting kissed on the cheek by Emilie.
  • Emilie’s name not fitting in the “Call …” list.
  • Maci no longer answers Elliot’s questions after he’s asked Bellamy about the suspect.
• “The Case of the Disappearing Act” can now be (more-or-less) completed!
• Added a 1/100 chance of the front desk clerk in the Suite Complex saying something different when asked for the key.
• Moved the smoke alarm in the Peaches & Cream, because where it was originally meant it would always be going off.

April 22nd, 2018

• Addressed elevator calling bug.
• Added to “Fantome d’Or Casino”.

April 21st, 2018

• Added to “Fantome d’Or Casino”.
• After Emilie’s death, her hospital bed becomes unoccupied (sheets folded instead of strewn about).
• Flipped “Elliot’s Room” back over (facing down) to make it easier spriting-wise.
  • Replaced the beds in “Elliot’s Room” and “Simon’s Room” with beds by Ayene as events instead of editor-friendly tiles.

April 20th, 2018

• Began writing “The Case of the Royal Flush”.
• Began adding “Fantome d’Or Casino”.

April 19th, 2018

• Began adding “Chapel”.
• General bug fixes.

April 17th, 2018

• General bug fixes.
• Began writing/polishing dialogue for “The Case of the Disappearing Act”.

April 16th, 2018

• Began writing/polishing dialogue for “The Case of the Poisoned Diner”.
• General bug fixes.

April 15th, 2018

• Started writing “The Case of the Garden of Angels” (Case 4).
• Added item pickup sounds.
• Found Hime’s updated Choice Options script, which fixed the issue of skippable non-skippable choices. (Also fixed the issues of location names scrolling out of the choice window and, apparently, the issue of choice windows being too long after a choice is hidden.)
  • Frankenstein’d scroll choices back into the Choice Options script, because why was it even removed in the first place?
• Added a banner for “The Disappearing Act”.
• Added a banner for “The Garden of Angels”.
• Added a banner for “The Poisoned Diner”.
• Renamed “Mortensen’s House” to “Elliot’s House”.
  • Renamed “Callahan’s House” to “Simon’s House”.
• Renamed “Mortensen’s Notes” to “Elliot’s Notes”.
• Began adding “Cheshire Estate”.
• Applied NeonBlack’s Star Tile Passability fix, correcting that issue at last.
• Added new tilesets. See Credits for authors.
• Swapped out some doors to ones by Ayene.

April 14th, 2018

• Maximum save files cut down from 60 to 20 to reduce a) lag b) confusion.
  • Tweaked the delete sound a little in the hopes that it won’t be so startlingly loud.
• Added a custom car dashboard tileset so the car interior map looks a little less strange.
• Threw in a bunch of generic NPCs.
• Added playtime to gold window by snagging some code from a script by Shadowmaster.
  • Removed updating method from Shadowmaster due to massive frame rate drop in regular gameplay (60fps to 30fps, mmm, delicious).
  • Re-added updating method by adding an additional check to only update if the window is visible (not sure why I needed to define this… It seems obvious to do that. Good engine is good).
• Added quip/queue notifications for updates to the Case Journal and Mortensen’s Notes.
• Added to “Callahan’s House”.
• Player can now log out of GameJolt once logged in.

April 13th, 2018

• Added “Mattieu’s Suite”.
• Removed “Equip” and “Skills” options from the menu.
• Added to “Le Jardin des Anges”.
• Began adding “Rillieux Warehouse”.
• Connected all phones to same common event tree.
• Began adding custom text color codes.
• Removed “General” and “Parameters” sections in “Status”.
  • Renamed “Status” to “Info”.
• Removed “Weapon” and “Armor” sections in inventory.
• Removed most mentions of currency (essentially removed Gold window).

April 12th, 2018

• Began adding “Callahan’s House”.
• Added three new attract maps based on game progress.
• Added to “Luis’ House”.
• “The Case of the Poisoned Diner” can now be (more-or-less) completed!
• Began adding “Le Jardin des Anges”.

April 11th, 2018

• Began adding “Luis’ House”.
• Redid Event Footstep scripting again.
• Added attract map.
• Redid title screen image and game icon.
• Added the ability for one actor to be in the party, but not be visible in the menu.

April 10th, 2018

• Switched all message boxes to Normal/Down.
• Started writing “The Case of the Disappearing Act” (Case 2).
• Added the “Parking Garage” and “Forensics Lab”.
• Added script methods to Game_Party to check if actor is/isn’t in party using code from Marrend.
• Mortensen’s Notes can now be opened by pressing “W” as well as from the menu. Also, opens to latest page instead of first.
• Added Day/Night/Evening outdoor lighting setups.
• Redid Event Footstep scripting in Game_Map, now utilizing the setup_events method.

April 9th, 2018

• Began adding “Police Nationale HQ”.
• Began adding “Peaches & Cream Cafe”.
• Started writing “The Case of the Poisoned Diner” (Case 1).
• Switched to black feathered windowskin.
• Added “Sample Checker” item.
• Polished the Case Journal scene.
• Started adding to Mortensen’s Notes.

April 8th, 2018

• Added more sprite sets.
• Went through relevent bugs for Crimson Cove and began fixing.
• Began adding “Point Hydrangea”.
• Added to “Mortensen’s House”.

April 7th, 2018

• Officially switched to RMXP sprites (edits of sets by Sithjester).
  • Added a bunch of sprite sets.
• Switched back to custom art portraits instead of MMD renders.
• Updated maps in Crimson Cove to suit taller sprites.
• Did general polishings. (ex. Removing pauses in dialogue so it can actually be skipped in a timely manner)
• Created elevator system.
• Added diagonal movement.