[EN]SHOWTIMExMONSTERS 2 Dev Letter [vol.45]

Hello, I'm Satoh.

The rainy season is over here and the heat has been on all cylinders lately.

Summer, the fourth summer since I started making this game, is beginning in earnest.

Thinking about it again, it has been a really long road, but the end of that road is finally in sight.

I will continue to work hard to keep up with the heat and continue my production.

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Recently, a small group of testers have been working hard to fix bugs and other problems through continuous test play.

I have played through the game many times myself to squash bugs, but I have found a number of bugs that I could not have found alone.

The game has a very large number of monsters, skills, and items,

so I again think it is important to make sure they are well prepared with the help of the testers.

In particular, this game is designed in such a way that you can only save in town, so I want to make sure that errors do not occur during exploration.

At the same time, I have been drawing images for mini-games, and I finally finished drawing pictures for Bouncing Slime (breakout) the other day.

I chose 10 monsters from the former game and drew them, so there are a total of 10 different stages to enjoy.

I also finished creating the images for the introduction to be used on the sales page.

I wanted to add a group picture of the characters like in the former game,

and although it is hard to draw a lot of characters, I tried my best to use the time to draw them.

There are still many other things that need to be created, but right now I am working on the illustrations that will be displayed on the game over screen.

I plan to add individual scenes when a player is defeated by a boss in an update as with the former game,

but in addition to that, I am thinking of preparing a small illustration of the main character and his partner that will be displayed at game over.

So, I am working on the parts I left out one at a time while they do the test play.

In this letter, I would like to introduce one new monster and the main artwork.

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This is one of the new monsters, Merman Captain.

He is the leader of the mermen I have been introducing to you for some time.

He is an unusual character in that he can wield both a sword and a gun.

This is the group picture I mentioned earlier.

In addition to the new characters, I also drew the characters from the former game.

(Although he is not in this illustration, the protagonist of the former game also appears in this game.)

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This time, with sincere gratitude for you, supporters,

I drew a "Exploding Heat Special"-themed special illustration for you.

From the ghost monsters, this is Pumpkin Lantern.

This monster is a symbol of Halloween, but I thought the fireworks-like explosion would also be appropriate for summer.

Pumpkin Lantern is a monster that is unique in its self-destruction.

Many players may have been hit by this monster in the former game, especially in the extra dungeon.

He loves to surprise everyone by exploding loudly, and is a particularly naughty image among the mischievous ghost monsters.

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That's all for this letter.

I'll post vol.46 on around 2023/8/20.

The game is roughly complete and I am in the process of refining it as much as possible.

I am focusing on balancing the game, fixing bugs, correcting typos, and enhancing the mini-game stages and images throughout the game as much as possible.

The finishing touches are important for everything, so I consider this to be the high point of the project, and I will work hard to make it a great piece of work.

The summer season is about to begin. I hope you all stay cool and healthy and take care of the heat.

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SHOWTIMExMONSTERS Discord Server has been made (currently for English speaker)

Please join there to communicate to other fans or for new infos.

https://discord.gg/bqvYdWA

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