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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · 14d

New message box for texts! Currently there's no menu to reread texts...but texts are now being worked on to help with making sure certain quests move along more naturally.

I may rework "Mail" to hold emails and texts together later on.

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · 17d

Note this feature is VERY glitchy, and makes the game crash in the Mail menu and certain room descriptions. I'm still trying to figure out why. Warnings will be placed in the setting toggle.

I do not recommend turning on the switch unless you have saved your game beforehand!

Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · 17d

An optional, experimental feature will be added to the game involving gradient text for base text! It will be disabled by default, but players who wish to try it can find it in the settings menu.

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · 18d

Hello darkness, my old friend.

(Also hello everyone! I'm back, sorry it has taken so long! We should be moving forward swimmingly from here on.)

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you so much! It definitely took a long time to get here but I'm so glad I've made improvements over the years. First I switched from the old "Item Obtained" textbox message to the popup you see there, then made different chests to visually show the item type you're obtaining, and now this! 😁

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Aug 10

Experimenting with an animation for treasure chests, instead of just using the basic RPG Maker animation.

Left: Old
Right: New

What do you think? And for other RPG Maker devs, how do you make your own treasure chests?

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 30

New dessert truck has shown up in Otnemarcas!

Bonus: the rough sketch I drew at work to plan out the truck. I try to sketch out most assets before making them on the computer.

Expect a new shop soon!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 27

Every shop has a different menu theme. You heard that right, EVERY shop!

Which of these do you like the most?
(everything's still WIP)

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 23

I absolutely LOVE the shattered glass. The slight offset of the image to reflect the fractures is SUCH a good attention to detail!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

I think that's the one I'm going for, thanks to everyone's suggestions, yours kind of solidifies that :) one person liked the blue-green bits so I'll probably have a separate menu that focuses on that color so it's not lost.

Warm chocolate bar colors it shall be!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

That seems to be the way it's looking it'll go :P and yeah, come to think of it, I've seen more brown/red-themed restaraunt menus than blue :P

Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

Speaking of studies, reds and oranges were found to make people hungrier, right? So that makes sense!

Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

I'm an absolute sucker for blues and greens, I have to admit!

Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

Got it, thanks for the feedback! I've been stuck on this for ages ><

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

That would probably help, huh? :P

Here's in-game with various information bits filled out for context.

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 20

Alright, need your help, gamers and game devs! I just can't decide which one looks better overall for the cooking menu. Which one do y'all prefer?

Better yet, do you have a different suggestion entirely?

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Item Menu within the battle scene now has switchable categories! Instead of regular healing items and food being all in one menu, now you can have a bit more organization.

The help window text has more color, too!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 9

Rememeber in the old demo, you could find tea bags? Now they have a use! While each tea has different effects, they will all remove the Panic state.

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Goldewin Twins, aka "F" and "G" from the Wheeze Shop, are finally updated after years since their introduction! What do you think of the new look?

(also, new somethings coming soon!)

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · Jun 15

Introducing Card Customization! NPC friends can give you an equippable card to lend you their strength, but why don't YOU have a card too?

Even better...you can share it with OTHER PLAYERS with an import/export menu!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · May 16

Lighting and shading is just about done with J Street!

J Street development has been a LONG process...now that it's just about done, I can take a break and focus on story content! Woohoo!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · May 11

I had to make a quick fix so that it doesn't crash when the notes "run out", but I'll eventally do a song-by-song end padding.

Next steps:
- replace the arrow text with arrow images
- make Victoria "dance" instead of just step in place
- create a background for the scene
- high score saving

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · May 11

No work on the status icons tonight, but I've been experimenting on something secret for a while...

The coding is a mess, it isn't optimized and VERY barebones, buuuut...proof of concept?

And yes, Friday Night but on a Saturday XD

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you! Nowhere close to being done just yet, though...not including passive abilities, I've got just over 60 states in total...I'm gonna be BUSY.

Keep an eye out for em!

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Sullivan Miranda @thebowtieartist.bsky.social · May 9

Major update to battles, states now have image popups instead of just string text! Also numbers are getting an update too. While I didn't include them, HP, MP, Units, and EXP numbers got updates too!

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