Dev blog 10 | Jel's Cafe | Cleaning up

Hello everyone! I've been busy working on the new game, and I can happily say its all coming along very well!

With this weeks blog post I have another build available, Version 0.02a which can be found at the bottom of this blog post! A lot has changed from this version to the last, so I please ask that you check it out!!

One last thing, I'm going to be taking a vacation next week, so there will be no blog post or futher development for the duration of my vacation.

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JEL'S CAFE PROGRESS

UI improvements:

This week I did some work on the UI elements of the game. I've added a new basic cursor icon that appears when using any of the various select screens, for example the prop shop.

The log book has also had some basic little icons added of certain characters. These appear unlocked once you interact with the character at least once.

The Cafe:

The Cafe playspace has been greatly expanded, it now features multiple rooms in the building, including Bliss's office, the Kitchen, a hallway, and a front enterance area. You now have to explore around the building to interact with the staff members, Jel-e can be found in the Kitchen, Phoebe can be found at the counter and Bliss can be found in her office.

Some new basic art assets were also added to these areas too, so it no longer just looks like a red and green mess anymore.

To progress the day you for now interact with a placeholder Nat found in the hallway, this will be replaced with a clocking in and out machine eventually.

Jel-e and Phoebe:

Jel-e and Phoebe now have a UI system similar to the log book and prop shop when choosing food or gifts. This decision was made so I can easily add more food or gift options in the future. Purchasing food or a gift now has a little UI animation too showing the items getting added to your inventory.

Start of game features:

I added some new QOL features that can be interacted with at the start of a new game. You now have an option to skip viewing every characters gift items, and there is now a new option to disable or enable fast skipping the text. By default in RPGMAKER if you hold shift the game will rapidly skip through all of the text, this system has been added to prevent you from accidentally doing it if it becomes a regular issue. You can also toggle this on or off whilst at home!

Bug Fixes:

Lastly some small bug fixes have been added:

- Fixed the game crashing when using the redecorate option from Bliss.

- Fixed the inventory sticking to the screen if spamming the button and interacting with a character.

Thats everything for now! Please check out this new build and let me know what you all think, and if you stumble across any issues! The games update should be available now! Thank you so much!

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Save files from 0.00a or 0.01a transfered over to this new build will cause issues, please create a new save file.

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