Branded Progress Update - 20/06/2025

Hey all,

I've decided to split up the updates going forward and tag them appropriately so people only interested in one of the games don't have to read through a whole bunch about one they're not interested in to get to the bit they care about.

Branded has had some big progress with the writing and implementing of the first events for several of the side routes being complete or on the way there. These events still need the sprite work adding (the more time consuming tedious part) but I'm very happy with how everything is shaping up.

With these routes I want to make sure the characters corruption, and what the characters have done with others already, are reflected in the scenes, so it doesn't feel disjointed and like they're suddenly completely uncorrupted going through the ringer again at the start of a new side route. As such I'll be re going through these scenes and ensuring alternate routes and dialogue are implemented to match the PC's corruption (or at the very least a decision on how to act or respond). But given there is no way to have a high corruption yet, these implementations will come later.

The new version will also see many new maps introduced (a lot of which are already finished) with lots of fun hidden secrets inside them as well. These areas will include side quests and items that can be used or sold to help in the main story, and maybe even some spicy content down the line as well. Map making still takes a good amount of time, but I want to make sure each area is uniquely made and fits how it should in the world (also works for some of the future scene ideas I have XD).

Alongside all the new fun content, I've also got the quest system implemented and tested to allow for a quest tracker in the menu and descriptions of what has happened last in the quest and what you should be doing next to progress it. Hopefully this will make switching characters and going through different routes a lot easier to manager and follow. The quests wont trigger until you've started them though, so it's certainly going to be worth exploring around town to see just what is available.

That's all for now. Thank you all for your continued support, and I hope you have a great weekend!

-BaconSoap