Development Update #23 - Chapter 3

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New devlog, and probably one of the last ones before Chapter 3 is completed. I have some good news and some "bad" news.

Let's start with the good news. Everything has been going according to plan so far. On Monday, I finished the coding. On Tuesday, I did a general check of everything, and I also created the ending/recap screen that shows the choices you made throughout the chapter. I also did some fixes on Chapter 2, specifically on some screen text that could sometimes be a little difficult to click, so I changed the font to a thicker one that's easier to click.

On Wednesday, I was supposed to start working on the SFX/music part of development, but work didn't allow me to since I had to do extra hours that day, and I felt too tired afterward. So I started on Thursday instead, and I've been working on the SFX and music since then. Everything is going well so far!

Now, onto the "bad" news.

On Friday, I sat down to go through the chapter again, especially one particular scene. After looking at it more carefully, I decided to remove that scene from the game because it was in a bit of a gray area and could potentially cause issues with Patreon guidelines.

So, to keep Falling Apart safe and respect the platform's guidelines, I decided to remove it completely.

The scene was around 139 renders, so yeeeah... 🙃 But it was an optional scene and wasn't part of the main story, so its removal doesn't affect the main story, choices, or anything else in the chapter. There aren't any weird cuts or anything like that because of it.

Losing 139 renders hurts, but I'd rather remove them than risk running into any problems with the guidelines later.

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For the next 2 weeks, I'm probably not going to be very active outside of the Sunday devlogs. (No 4K wallpapers unfortunately. Those things can take a freaking entire day to create, or multiple nights😑😅)

I really want to focus completely on the SFX/music part of development because, for me, that's probably the most difficult part of making a chapter. I want to give it my full attention and time so I can get Chapter 3 ready for release as soon as I possibly can.

My established development window for this chapter was around 6 months, and those 6 months are coming to an end this August, so it's time to go into full focus mode and get this thing finished.

Hope you all have a great week!

— pixelend 🧟