01/07/2023 Patreon Devlog (GS)

01/07/2023

Hallo~oo! Time for the GS devlog!

This Week's Summary:

• Set up and coded New BGs
  • That I had but weren't coded
• Finished coding in all the BG changes/switches
• More or less did a speed run while checking the BGs
• Did a slower "David run"
  • Made toooons of corrections
  • Coded all sprite appearances/disappearances

The Ramble:

So for this week's ramble on Gilded Shadows. My big focus this week was my "David run." It basically took all week due to stopping a lot of edits, corrections, and sprite staging.

I did manage to finally figure out how to speed David up a little so it wasn't as bad as it's been in the past.

I made a lot of corrections and also a surprising amount of edits to just fix things I felt didn't come across the way I wanted. LoL (It's impossible to not keep editing forever, I swear.)

I managed to get finished with the David run yesterday after a gruelling week of listening to Yuu's story read in the most monotone, robotic, yet occasionally sassy way. Thank you for your contributions, David.

I got all the sprite staging done which just means that I have all the sprites appearing and disappearing when they need to and positioned where they need to be. I can even code in the sprites I don't have art for yet because renpy just inserts a weird place holder for the non-existent art. Later, once I have the sprites actually completed and in the game, the place holders will update automatically. 💪

So yeah! That is kind of my first round of alpha testing out of the way as well as getting a few other things done at the same time.

Sneak Peeks:

Here. Have some weird flirting. LoL

Upcoming Week:

I have a really long to-do list of things to get out of the way before I settle into doing the sprite art, CG art and coding sprite expressions.

I think this next week I'll probably start with coding in the music and SFX. And then most likely move into working on the flowcharts so I can get those set up. And maybe getting the glossary links set up.

I think I need a couple of new glossary entries written so I may do that too.

Once those major things are out of the way, the art assets will be the remaining thing. And then we will be in testing purgatory for a while.

Anyway, that is all for now. I will see you all next week!