Sin Spire – Dev Log 01

Hello everyone! So, it’s now been about three weeks since work started on Sin Spire properly. Some of you who read about the development of HotPW will know that, that game took around three weeks to make. As Sin Spire is a larger project, I wanted to give myself more time and also not stay glued to my workstation like I did with HotPW. This is what’s done so far:

• Savina and her shop

• Dungeon generation with environmental hazards and loot

• Branching Dialogue, Inventory and other RPG-esque mechanics

• Notes system and Sanity mechanic

• Started the environmental design for the hub area (Seen above - still heavily WIP)

• Basic melee weapons with a parry system

• Basic AI enemies that can attack the player, be defeated and get back up.

On the note of the enemies, the intention is that most enemies have to be 'purified' or else they'll keep getting back up after a period of time. How this will be gamefied is still being worked out but as there's a levelling system with perks, that will likely come into play.

My current goal is to keep working on the AI and combat systems, including getting the AI to spawn in the dungeon at randomly selected locations and having that play nicely. Once the AI and combat system has been done, it will be time to work on the spicier elements of the game.

I wanted to get the base mechanics working before jumping into H-Scenes and so on, so I could get everything interacting well. Once I've reached the milestone of at least one enemy, one stalker and animated scenes for the both of them, I can begin focusing mostly on creating art content.

So, not a lot to show this week but that should be expected at this point in time. Next time I should have more to show such as enemy designs, animations and so on. A lot of that will be put behind the Supporter tier but I will still make public posts every now and then. I'm still getting used to having a Patreon, even now, so I thank you for your patience.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!