Campus Lyfe (Progress Update #4)

Greetings, it's been a while so it's time for another dev update regarding the development of Campus Lyfe. The past couple months have been hectic because I underwent dental surgery and I'm currently in my second month of recovery due to complications. The procedure kept me unable to effectively work for at least 3 weeks and I'm still not even able to get back in the gym until January. Oh and I also got laid off from my full time job last Wednesday. There is a silver lining though, while I am job hunting, I also have time to work on Campus Lyfe some more now. Here's a breakdown of what I have been able to achieve.

User Interface

This has been going great. I have still not added the parallax scrolling effect on the main menu but that is low priority. I have instead been focusing on the phone system and I am currently working on the chat system with the npcs. There are approximately 8 apps in the phone and about half of them are done. After the chat system is done, I'll begin building the social media app which is going to be easier.

Writing/Story

I still don't want the story to be bloated but the writing has been going well, albeit slow. The prologue is mostly done and I am mapping out the choices and consequences. This is still going to be a forced harem that is mostly linear but there will be choices that will mostly unlock bonus scenes and hidden dialogue.

Renders/Animations

Some of the prologue has been rendered and you can find the peeks below but no animations done so far beyond testing how I will approach different positions in different scenarios. There aren't a lot of renders right now. Only about 70 renders. This is the easiest part so I'm not too worried about progress here. I'd much rather finish the bigger portions of the project right now.

Patreon

Dude to the events of the past couple months, there is currently a backlog of rewards that I hope to get done this weekend, or by tomorrow. I briefly considered releasing a short comic as sort of a Christmas bonus but that might take away from render time.

Conclusion

In conclusion, things are moving along. Once the UI and writing are done, I will be able to pick up speed. I believe I can get one of those done this month (most likely the UI). Thank you for your patience and continued support.

p.s. This is the main character. You can change his name but the default name is Toby. This is all I can say about him for now. There are also some peeks at the renders so far.

Until next time,

Sumatra 3D