Hello everyone. After the Kickstarter failed I had a lot of doubts and sort of gave up on the game for a while. I was in a rough spot in life and I actually did not have money for food for some time. Thankfully, friends were there to feed me and my Patreon supporters got me through. I went through several emotional breakdowns and really wanted to give up on a lot of things. The Kickstarter money was not only going to help keep me alive, but also to support and help to finish the game I was so passionate about. But when that failed, that passion died.
It's been a few months now and I've managed to get myself stable again. I have a good job where I can get meals, my family is back in town after being gone for a half year and feed me home cooked meals. I have a large amount of money put away, and the Corona stimulus also went in there too.
With my life in a stable state, and without any games to distract me, I've decided to resume work on MITY and things have already been going very smoothly. I've made lots of progress and I'm happy to show it here. Some would complain that MITY development over the course of this Itch.io page has been terribly slow, but life has thrown me many curve balls. Not only that, but I've learned everything from the ground up as far as all the coding, and I'm still learning new stuff. MITY hasn't been just a game for me to work on, but it's also been a constant in my life that I've always been able to come back to no matter how hard things got. It's a testament to everything I've been through and all the people who have helped me along the way.
Anyways, now that I'm done ranting, I'll show 2 short snippets of the work I've done.
Cassandra's quest for documents continues. In this screenshot, I was testing her systems in the dev test room. She will have a document fetch quest on almost every floor, and the reward is a good character arc with development, and inside lore and information straight from someone who used to work in Rutledge during its days of operation. There may be further rewards for completing every encounter...
Plus, she's pretty wacky and fun to talk to.
Next is Matryoshka. She is a humanoid slime-type creature that is extremely volatile and will kill the player is her questions are not answered properly. She will approach the player quickly and cannot be escaped when she is encountered. She is searching for a water source that will allow her to clean herself up. Will you help her, or will you let her dry up and die?
Thanks for checking in to the MITY dev log here on Itch.io. It may not be interesting, but this is a good record of where I've come from and the progress I've made on this, and in life. It may be boring to some, but I'm glad I'm able to put these here! Stay tuned for more updates.
Mirichan