[ Weekly Recap ] + Dev Note

Dev Note:

Hey guys!

We’ve decided to start doing weekly posts called “Weekly Recap.” In these posts we’ll share what we’ve been working on sketches, ideas, and the kind of stuff we usually talk about on Discord.

We’re doing this because the gap from Friday to Wednesday can feel pretty long without updates, and not everyone is on Discord. We chat there almost daily, but we totally understand that from here it can look like we’ve gone quiet.

So with these recaps you’ll get a clear update every week, even if you don’t use Discord.

It’s also true that we’d love to see more comments on each update, because your feedback helps us understand what matters most to you, what you’d rather see first, and what you’re okay with coming a bit later.

Weekly Recap:

Camera angles:

This week we’ve mainly been working on making the game’s scenes feel more dynamicespecially by adding opacity effects for movement and visual transitions.

We feel like this makes things less abrupt and a lot nicer to look at overall. We’ve also been adding more wide shots in some scenes so you can step back and get a better view of what’s happening.

New main menu:

We’re also giving the main menu a fresher look. The old one felt pretty outdated and made the game look a bit rough, so we’ve been upgrading it.

It’s already implemented, but we’re still tweaking a few things to make it look cleaner and more polished. We’ll share more info in Wednesday’s WIP post we should have it fully ready before the update.

New Art Hall:

We’re also redesigning things alongside the dialogue work for this update. While Summerset pushes the update forward, Winterset is going back in and reworking a few maps again.

This time we’ve got a sketch of the art hall. It’s not finished yet, but if we pick up the pace I think we’ll have it ready by Wednesday and we’ll be able to implement it in this update.

More visuals:

There’s more in here than just the big headline features: little visual polish, flow improvements, and adjustments that make scenes look and play better.

Thanks for the support I’ll be sharing more updates going forward.

Best regards,
Summerset