Yu and the Haunted Hallways. v0.9 plans, and v0.10 polls begin!

I hope everyone enjoyed Mei, and all her content last update! It feels great to get it out, but there is little time to celebrate, as it's time to sink our teeth into the Yu update.

Shortly after this post, I will also be posting next month's character polls
https://www.patreon.com/posts/57006317 

To take part in the spook festivities, I thought I would try and make a little section to go along with Yu. As with most of these sections at this stage. It is very experimental, but I have some interesting plans for rewards, and gameplay that I want to try and test out.

Here is an extremely barebones look at the "Haunted Hallways". This will be a mini-game put together by Yu.

Current ideas/plans:
There will be a monster on the hunt. Your goal is to make it through the halls without getting caught. There may be various other obstacles to stand in your way as well depending on how development goes. Completing the hall will give you a form of currency unique to Yu. (There may be small amounts of this currency sprinkled throughout the level, or other ways of attaining it as well). I don't want the people who really just want to focus on the core of the game (the fact that this is a rhythm game), to feel like it's being neglected on these updates, so I would like to find ways to have this currency accessible through normal means as well.

With this currency you will be able to purchase certain things from Yu. These things are not like things you would purchase from Mei however. What can you get then? Well... it's the time of year for everyone to dress up so.... Cosmetics.

It could be something simple like a tonic that turns you to a frog, or maybe something to make you embrace another side of you ;). Maybe you even get to steal Yu's hat.

These are just 2 examples of things I was just having fun with. Any cosmetic changes would likely be purely cosmetic, and have no actual impact on the game itself (just to keep it simple for now).

Let me know of anything you guys would be interested in walking around the campsite as. Keep in mind depending on what it is, these sprites can sometimes take a little while to make(like the genderswap), but they may also not take much time at all (like the frog). I'm open to ideas, and think variety could be fun.

These cosmetics will come second to finishing the core content of this update of course. Then how is the core content going? Well.. it's only been a few days since Mei launch, so there is a lot of work still, but for now I have just finished breaking up Yu's conversation art, and getting it ready for rigging. (Core content means: Yu's base interactions, Hscene/animations, modifiers, and Endurance.)

That should cover what is going on through my head for the next version! Let me know what you guys think, as this is mostly concept at the moment.

Thanks everyone for the support! SpunkStock is a ton of fun to make, and I hope you enjoy playing it just as much :). Catch you all next week with hopefully some juicy progress.

-Regulus