Quality Improvements - Backgrounds and Gallery
Early Access is a few weeks away. This is crazy! I am thrilled to thank each and every one of you who has supported this game and all of the new people wishlisting it. I think we're actually now visible on STEAM's
Popular Upcoming list, which is a huge feat for me.
Anyhow, onto the nitty-gritty of the post.
Been working on polishing up systems and figuring out the essential list for Early Access. For any who don't know, the story will not be completed upon Early Access, but the story will take you to the final island of the game, essentially the third act. The story and where it goes are all plotted out; it's just a matter of forging it and making sure the conclusion and endings have the punch I want it to have.
Taking the time with the ending has allowed me to spend some time cleaning up earlier parts of the game, like Island 1. My style of production / scripting and just everything has changed a lot so Island 1 definitely has many areas to fix up. One of those points has been the background art. With such a small team and limited resources, I just made basic art for the backgrounds when we started. You can see an example above.
Thankfully, now with grit and support, we have some really amazing hand-drawn backgrounds for players to enjoy and make the world of Sunwave Hotel pop with much more vibrancy. I'll always enjoy the old basic ones, but when SH is complete, all the backgrounds will have a much more polished state.
Gallery
For anyone who has already played one of the free versions, you know that the gallery is in a not-so-secret place just off the main town. Obviously, that is not going to be a permanent thing going forward. I have just sent word to the coder to set to work on making the Gallery part of the Main Menu. At some point during Early Access, the gallery will also work like a normal game gallery, with the content unlocking as you unlock scenes in game.
For the moment, all the scenes will be available for people to check out and enjoy all the scenes. I made this call early on so that in case there is a bug/broken path, players can still always see the juicy scenes if they want.
And I think that's all I have for today. Thanks for reading.
TLDR
Old Background Art is being vastly improved upon and work has started on turning the not-so-secret Gallery into a proper H-Game Gallery.
Enjoy the rest of your week.
Popular Upcoming list, which is a huge feat for me.
Anyhow, onto the nitty-gritty of the post.
Been working on polishing up systems and figuring out the essential list for Early Access. For any who don't know, the story will not be completed upon Early Access, but the story will take you to the final island of the game, essentially the third act. The story and where it goes are all plotted out; it's just a matter of forging it and making sure the conclusion and endings have the punch I want it to have.
Taking the time with the ending has allowed me to spend some time cleaning up earlier parts of the game, like Island 1. My style of production / scripting and just everything has changed a lot so Island 1 definitely has many areas to fix up. One of those points has been the background art. With such a small team and limited resources, I just made basic art for the backgrounds when we started. You can see an example above.
Thankfully, now with grit and support, we have some really amazing hand-drawn backgrounds for players to enjoy and make the world of Sunwave Hotel pop with much more vibrancy. I'll always enjoy the old basic ones, but when SH is complete, all the backgrounds will have a much more polished state.
Gallery
For anyone who has already played one of the free versions, you know that the gallery is in a not-so-secret place just off the main town. Obviously, that is not going to be a permanent thing going forward. I have just sent word to the coder to set to work on making the Gallery part of the Main Menu. At some point during Early Access, the gallery will also work like a normal game gallery, with the content unlocking as you unlock scenes in game.
For the moment, all the scenes will be available for people to check out and enjoy all the scenes. I made this call early on so that in case there is a bug/broken path, players can still always see the juicy scenes if they want.
And I think that's all I have for today. Thanks for reading.
TLDR
Old Background Art is being vastly improved upon and work has started on turning the not-so-secret Gallery into a proper H-Game Gallery.
Enjoy the rest of your week.