Post by TheJackalope in Devlog - July 2021 comments

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Oh hey July devlog is here😃! Ok then gotta order down my thoughts.

The additions of being able to add pictures is interesting 🤔I wonder what that will bring to the table.
Personally about the choice menu UI I don't mind either the old or new one but I do find the newer fits in better with the style (as this Visual novel is trying to emulate the style of the game) and hey it looks really cool.
The conversation cut-ins....oh boy I love this addition (Its also a cool way to highlight certain moments in the story)
So I just realized I am a giant dum-dum because I completely missed the status menu when I played and I only now just realized that 😅. Ok so after going back to check the status menu I do like the affection points addition because it is quite hard to tell if you are making any progress when just looking at the star symbols. Also Akira/Ren status menu symbols are hearts when they were stars before (Does that indicate something?) and also Akechi's status menu face has a different expression as well 🤔
Another to mention is the status menu descriptions hinting at the storylines in the future heheheh (I think I know how the angst in Akira/Ren's moon route is gonna happen~) and in Akechi's moon route we get to meet Sae pretty neat.

Ahh thank you for dropping by ♡

I'm hoping that the texts will feel less monotonous with some pictures exchanged here and there :D
saldjfls I'm so happy to know that you like the new UI, it needed a lot of tweaking to make it look like how it is now!!
Yesss I really hope that the conversation cut-ins can make certain moments feel more engaging in-game. I loved seeing it in the original game and I'm very satisfied at what we've got so far heheh
Ahhh no no I can't blame you since it's not that apparent in the first place and the original game calls it differently (it's just a little weird to call it 'confidants' hence I renamed it to 'status' lol). Hehe yes, so I believe the original game changes the stars to hearts when Akira/Ren decides to go out with the character? So in here basically past 60 affection points (which is about 6 stars), the UI will automatically change to the hearts icon to indicate that the MC is getting pretty close with the love interest :)
Mwahaha you noticed huh? I thought all fluff might get boring after some time so I threw in some angst there 🙃Dw tho, there will be more fluff in compensation to that lol And yes! Sae will be around for Akechi's Moon route! I just can't resist, she's so pretty and is kinda fun to write!