Devlog 11 - May 9, 2021

Developer's Log - Entry 11

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entry 11 - may 9, 2021

Hey y'all. Here's what I've been up to for the past two weeks:

1) VISUALS -

I figured out how to prevent the sprites from jumping around from pose to pose. Since I worked on each sprite in separate files and saved them as separate sprites, each one had a different width. To solve this, I created one designated file with a designated width and placing each sprite in that file. Then, I lined up the heads of the sprites. As I went through a few dialogue boxes in the game, the poses and expressions became more uniform instead of the original jumping sprite problem.

Weirdly, it looks awkward to have them so stiff now so I'm going to put that aside and continue to shop for sound effects and music.

I also finally added that one accessory to that one side character in one of the events.

Also, I finished creating all the sprites for the final big event and implementing them into the code. So now they're used instead of the placeholder sprites.

I made the actual version of the window charm/icon instead of the sketchy-scratchy placeholder version I made a long time ago.

2) CREDITS -

I'm now sorting through all of my bookmarks to find the photos that I'm actually using in the game. I sorted them into folders based on where they first appeared in the story. Then I created a table and listed the name of the background, the credit/link, the name of the original work, and the edited photo used in the game. I know attribution isn't required for a lot of the photos but I like putting them anyways in case someone's really interested in seeing the original or knowing who took the original photo.

TO-DO LIST:

1) Create poses/expressions for sprites
     - Main character, probably
     - One of Character 2's events - Minor character - Maybe poses/expressions?
3) Implement the dancing sprite solution?
4) Sound effects
      - Find, bookmark, choose, download (see physical notes and charts)
      - Edit if needed
      - Add/test
5) Music
      - Find, bookmark, choose, download (see physical notes and charts)
      - Edit if needed
      - Add/test
7) Credits
      - Determine which sites I used assets from
      - Then finish making official credit screens
      - Include a document with credits for all assets
8) Test build (somehow)
10) Check for continuity (see list of conditions I might need to add)

See you soon!

- M.