Late Update
It’s been a pretty busy time for the game. I’ve gotten Chapter 1 about 90% done and chucked it into a build. Spent all the last few days patching it to it’s rather stable state.
There’s still a whole other chapter to get done — but getting a playable build has been really important. I’ll share it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yNgt7Cl0qlu1DzZ91Jq9w-lM1p96hI_h/view?usp=sharing
NOTE: It’s like half of what to expect next month or two. Not the official public demo, yet.
Aside from that, I’ve been in business and playing Triangle Strategy design mode.
If I could go back in time and tell myself to “chill the fuck out” before posting to Steam and KS, I’d do that shit. We were waaay to early for that. It’s sort of biting me in the ass now with these publishers – but we’re definitely getting somewhere.
Gamedev Life Pro-Tip: Don’t launch it til it’s ready. “it’s never too early for a Steam page” – yes the fuck it is lol
They want to control all that jazz to make a “splash” – doing it too early just makes things hard to them.
I get asked for a design doc by publishers and I’m like: “…my brain is the design doc?”
Which is a bad answer.
It’s not a bad thing to not have a GDD, but it leads to a more organized development progress and makes sure everyone on the team knows what’s expected in the final cut.
Granted, not everything in there is going to make it – but it’s definitely better than it living in just my brain.
I’ll share it when it’s done.
One way you can help: give me romhack recommendations that have interesting skills/mechanics.
I’m told combat is pretty basic/barebones in terms of tactics right now – and that’s by design because making that shit work first and foremost was my biggest priority.
It’s pretty stable for the most part now, so it’s definitely time that I design the new mechanics I want to explore with it.
Sprites
Really, it’s actually been mostly battle sprites. Between @L95 and the other artist, lots of stuff to share:
Pitchfork Bandit is complete:
Garwain – a new playable character
@L95 is doing Teagan’s battle animations since she’s out of portraits.
Lil preview
But yep – VA is still going for Chapter 2, more battle sprites being done, more character animations incoming.
As for myself — I’m getting my ducks in a row before I get back into any development and sitting through meetings
Srsly tho, give me romhacks with cool skills to possibly steal
