Devlog - August 2021
Development Team Updates
We are still recruiting writers, although currently we're only accepting writers who are able to code their own scripts into RenPy!
You can find our recruitment post here!
Game Progress Updates
- UI/UX updates and improvements
- Added volume bar for "Ambient Noise Volume" (rain sounds, crowd sounds, windy sounds - things that plays in the background that aren't music and sfx)
- Improved UX on the name input screen
- Improved UI on Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren name selection screen
- Amended arcana selection and route selection with graphics
- Status icon! Since it seems like most people missed that screen completely (which is understandable!), I added a special icon for this. The heart will actually reflect the affection points and the more you fill it up, the faster it'll "beat", so I'm hoping it could also serve as the players' guide in tracking the affection points at one glance. And, once you click on it, the familiar confidant screen from the game will give you a more detailed information and become your hint in progressing the game!
- Gallery page!!
- I've been working on custom screens on the side, but I haven't had the time to fully record it so you'll have to bear with some simple screenshots now! I am by all means not an artist or a UI/UX Designer, and I did all these mockups based on the original P5 UI... But it was really fun nonetheless!! They probably look ugly for yall but it's my personal project sooo Imma do what I want lol
- Words scripted in so far: around 80k+ words.
- Writing & Scripting process:
- ☀︎ | Sun
- 👓Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren
- Scene 1-3 writing & amendments done
- Scene 4 writing in process
- Scene 1-3 amendments & scripting done
- 🔎Akechi Goro
- Scene 1 amendments done
- Scene 2 writing in process
- Scene 1 amendments & scripting done
- Scene 1 amendments done
- 👟Sakamoto Ryuji
- Scene 1 writing in progress
- 🖌Kitagawa Yusuke
- Scene 2 writing in process
- Scene 1 scripting in progress
- 🐱Takamaki Ann
- Scene 1 writing in process
- 👓Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren
- ☾ | Moon
- 👓Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren
- Restructuring and re-planning some scenes
- Scene 9-10 + bad end 1 scripting done
- Planning for epilogue scenes in progress
- 🔎Akechi Goro
- Scene 14-16 writing done
- Scene 17 + good end 1 writing in progress
- Scene 8-14 scripting done
- Scene 15 scripting in progress
- 👟Sakamoto Ryuji
- Scene 2 writing in progress
- 🖌Kitagawa Yusuke
- Scene 3 writing done
- Scene 4 writing in progress
- Scene 3 scripting done
- 🐱Takamaki Ann
- Outlining & Scene 1 writing in progress
- 👓Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren
- ☒ | ???
- Planning in progress
- ☀︎ | Sun
- Sprites processing:
- Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren: sprites redrawing in progress
- Akechi Goro: additional outfits coded in
- Kitagawa Yusuke: additional outfits coded in, sprites enhancement coding in progress
- Sakamoto Ryuji: additional outfits coded in
- Takamaki Ann: additional outfits coded in
- Nijima Makoto: additional outfits coded in
- Sakura Futaba: additional outfits coded in
- Okumura Haru: additional outfits coded in
- CGs:
- ☾ | Kitagawa Yusuke - Scene 3 - done
- ☾ | Kurusu Akira / Amamiya Ren - Scene 9 - in progress
PS. As always, do let us know of your thoughts and if you have any ideas/suggestions for us! Our team runs on your support and encouragements; they're our food and what keeps us going besides our love with the whole P5 universe & characters c:
PPS. Sorry for the minimum updates this time, but I've been doing job hunting and it's been taking up a lot of my free time ;w;
- catherine
Comments
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I want this project to succeed so bad it's unreal. So hyped!
Alpha 3 can't come soon enough! (But don't feel too pressured about the updates, we'll all wait however long it takes <3 )
The feeling's mutual!! I want to release the completed version in the future so bad :D
Thank you for reassuring the team! We'll continue to work on the game while keeping you guys in mind 💗
...Well here I am to comment again😅 *ahem*
PS. Ah don't worry about the minimum updates and good luck Job hunting (also Best wishes to you and everyone working on this VN!)
Hello hello!!! So excited to see you again :D
PS. Thank you for the best wishes! <3
1. Ah I see if the ambient noise is a bother for others then yeah makes sense to be able to lower its volume. And yessssss the all out attacks are very stylish! Personal favorite one is Haru as I like how she just pulled out a chair, table and a cup of tea out of thin air.
2. Oh so the color of the "heart" depends on the route? Ok I was off the mark there on my guess but regardless its still a cool detail.(Ah the amount of "heartbreaks" in Akechi's routes will be abundant lol)
3. Yeah I personally don't know a single thing about design (so haha take my thoughts on it with a grain of salt) but really I do genuinely think the gallery looks alright and to be honest I feel the most important thing is that it was enjoyable to work on (as you put it its your personal project so its good to have fun with it!) Oh I was correct about the 3rd arcana then hmmmm Ok then I'll continue to monthly watch (and comment) this vn's progress in interest.
4. Ok gotcha then those 2 routes will be interesting to see as well as the difference in dynamics with mc depending on arcana.
5. 🚶♀️Don't mind me just getting confetti when that happens.
OMG IT LOOKS SOOO GOOD! Take care guys!!! :))) I CANT WAIT <3 <3 <3
I'm so glad you think so!!! You take care too 💜