Monday Milestones: Week of September 9th, 2024

Happy Monday Science Team! Hopefully you all got to enjoy the new build over the weekend, and are properly trained in the art of combat now~

Our programming team is hard at work on getting a hotfix ready, while others are laying the groundwork for further progression in the story.

Lets get into what we're up to this week:

• Weapon Rigging

  • SwordRifle

    • Rig Update

    • Shot

  • Sword2

    • Made full combo

    • added weapon trail

  • Shotgun

    • test shotgun

   This Week

  • Work on falling cinematic

  • Sword2

    • Heavy attack blockout

    • Equip animation test

  • SwordShotgun

    • Rapid Fire blockout

    • Equip animation test

  • SwordRifle

    • Equip animation test

  -Sword1

  • combo blockout (4 hit combo)

• fix ocd logic problems

• fix animation problems

• fix camera issues

• fix other bugs that get found

• Improve sandbox experience (Mostly UI)

• Modify Leader pose / copy pose logic after all the changes on the rig.

• Bug fixing.

• Debugging and cleaning up.

• Sub-Chapter 33 completion

• Finish VHS set-up outlines

• Intents

• Ending-related outlines

• Breakdown of additional audio needed for existing sub-chapters

• procuring said audio

• Implementing aforementioned audio

• Arena Announcer Session

• Sexy previews of the new physics in sandbox!

• Previews of the new story section!

• Aki extra Blendshapes / Texture check

• Melody Blendshapes fixes / mesh fix

• System Blendshapes fixes

• Brute quick fix on mat / Texture

• Starting character, it's been debated which one will be the next

• Optimization for modular character setup

• Split material slot for eyebrows to be visible through hair

• Leading the Charge on Hotfix 0.5.5.1!

• Further Optimization and Look Dev on VLT! If this works out around 80-90% of the city is going to be using three 128x128 textures for all its basic surface types! Its making me wet just thinking about this.

• Eyebrow Shading Characters so you can actually read their expressions properly

  

Thank you all, as always, for your support! Feel free to start dropping more fun questions/feedback/worship, as we start working on our next AMA for the end of the year~