0.12 Devlog #1

Hey, hey! You know what it is. Devlog time!

Alrighty folks, 0.11 update is in the bag! I hope you all enjoyed it. It was a fun one to make, especially the scenes that had more than two people to animate. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

But now that that's done, it's time to shift to the 0.12 update and show you all what I've been working on.

During the early access weeks, I usually try to take it easy and rest a bit, and I did do that a little, but I couldn't help but try to tackle an issue I've had with the game for quite a while, which is the dreadful daily loop we've got going on for the management side. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, and most people hate it, but I think that's only because it's shit right now. If I can improve it to a point where it actually brings value to the game, it'll be a cool feature to have. I took the opportunity to rebalance some numbers, give a facelift to some of the existing screens, as well as making a new 'Academy Event' screen, which previously were those random events that would show up from time to time.

These new 'Academy Events' are basically quick decisions you'll get throughout the day that'll give some 'flavor' to the Academy, students, and staff, making the place feel more alive. I've learned so much while working on them, and I think I landed on a system that's easy to work with. So much so that I've been able to add one of these 'quick events' every working day, so by the end of the update, there'll be plenty of variety in there.

(WIP)

I know what you might be asking: "Why no hot sex stuff? Management stuff is boring!"
I know, I know, and I agree. But the reason I decided to focus a little on this is because as the game progresses, the story will start to tie itself more and more with some of the Academy stats.

There's one new story beat that has been mentioned in the currently released update that does tell MC he needs to focus a little bit more on some of the academics. And to do so, I've got to give the guy some tools to work with.

Speaking of new story beats, last update, I had to cut some content due to shoe-eating concerns, which ended up making the update as a whole seem a little shorter than it was supposed to be. Those scenes will make their way into this upcoming update, and will be very important for the story progression. I'm excited to see how they'll turn out.

I'm still in the planning stages, but this is the 'outline' of what I want the 0.12 update to look like:

(Many things CAN and will change in this outline)

• IMPORTANT PLOT SCENE (Will tell the details in some sneak peek posts to come)

• Kiyomi scene. (Was supposed to make it in 0.11, but couldn't)

• Ms. Mikumo-related story scene.

• Copycat Haruka pt 2?

These are the priority events I have in my workspace right now, but there are a bunch of other scenes I want to add in as well, I just have to be more selective about those.

I still want to give Maiya some more of the spotlight she received this update, as I feel her story still needs some development, and I also want to expand on other story points, like Emiko and MC's relationship, the Ayumi/Natsuha/Soushi situation, and develop the Academy as a whole through other students as well.

Well, that's the first devlog, so there's much more to cover in future ones, so I guess I'll stop here for now.

Thank you all for the support and words of encouragement! Keep being awesome!