Post by Mara-Vertin in A tiny bit of voice acting, the map, and another branch completed comments

Hello Jay!

It's summer already. I hope you are well, inspired and motivated!

New questions added to the list: Who is Ada - and who killed her? (Um, is she even dead?)
Why does this one particular scene deserves voice acting? What happens there? (Seriously, to have voice acting in your game, even if it's just for one scene, is pretty cool).
And: Is a release before autumn still on the cards?

In any case, keep having fun doing what you do. Just don't forget to take a break now and then. ☕

~ Mara

JayzonBH161 days ago

Hi Mara! Nice to hear from you again. Hope you're having a great summer!

Sorry for the radio silence! I did take a little break earlier to completely immerse myself into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which I thought was just magnificent—for once the story telling wasn't an afterthought or didn't solely exist because every game is expected to have a story nowadays. And currently I'm on summer vacation—something unbelievable is happening in Finland now—it's warm. It's really warm, and we are expecting it to get even warmer for the next two weeks. We're talking close to 30c temperatures. Madness!

So I need to stack up some vitamin D for the winter. You know, the other 11 months. 😁

I've still been thinking about the story, even during the break, coming up with new ideas. I have a cabin trip planned IRL for the next weekend, so who knows what inspiration strikes there. 😁 I'll post an update once I have something meaningful to announce. Hopefully a release? I'm not terribly off course, but there's still a good bit to do. Also, I've told myself I can't upgrade my PC until SoB is released. So, no pressure, right? 😉

Take care, and don't forget your own summer breaks! ☕

- Jason

Mara-Vertin160 days ago

Clair Obscur? Noice!
Haven't played it yet, but I've only heard good things about it. The game is definitely on my list. I bought Lies of P. during the Steam summer sale. I've been wanting to try it out for a while, so I figured why not. It's quite difficult as far as I know, so we'll see how far I get.

30°C in Finland? I don't believe you! 😆
Nah, we had some pretty hot days here too, then it got colder again and it rained a lot. It's supposed to get warmer again next week, which can only mean one thing ... Barbecues! Barbecues everywhere! I can almost smell my neighbour's charcoal grill already.

Regular breaks can be really helpful to come up with new ideas. And a trip to a cabin? That does indeed sound like a golden opportunity to find extra inspiration.

Have a great time and keep going out there and get those vitamin D's! 💪

~ Mara

JayzonBH124 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

A friend told me good things about Lies of P, but I haven't picked it up yet. So many games, so little time... 🙂

I stopped slacking and got properly back into finishing SoB, and I have made very good progress on the game. Of the three possible main branches, two are now finished. Completely. You even get the "FIN." screen and everything. That leaves only the true ending path, which will be the longest one. However, I'm hoping I can soon make a post telling people that the first draft of the game is complete and that I've set a release date.

Edit: By completely finished, I mean that I've added scenes on day 5 and the ending timeline of events is also now complete for those branches. I had previously written the branches themselves, not the somewhat shared culmination of events on day 5.

The current build has about the same word count as Dreamwalker, so I can also check off my goal of making this game slightly longer.

- Jason

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