Little 7/23/21

Hey, everyone!  Baby brain's starting to improve a bit, it's been a tremendous help having others around to watch him too. Gives me time to finally get some work done, which I'll show bits of here!

First up: I've been adding a lot more dialogue to the opening scenes. Originally I wanted to try making the script super lean, but you end up flying through the story that way and dialogue doesn't come off as natural. This pass will hopefully improve that for the first demo!

Second: I've included a screenshot of how our world map currently operates. Thanks to our programmer, it's far more than a simple imagemap with hotspots to click on, it's a dynamic area where new options can automatically be generated and placed depending on player actions. That's going to save a TON of time, and should essentially "just work" for players and not feel like just clicking on an image.

Last: Toro's still concepting away on new characters! This one won't be seen in the first demo, but does currently play a role in Neone's story. Come on, you knew Imp Girl was coming :p

Last-lastly: Our composer, Ars, has been incredibly busy lately, and he's unsure when or if he'll be able to make new music for Team Spoon. This potentially means no new tracks in Forks, but also starting from scratch for Aria's music. I'm certain we'll find a new composer, but it's not a priority while I finish the first demo's content and the demo may not initially have much music. Alternatively, I could plug in some ambient music, like I did for the very first Forks demo.

Thankfully, Toro, e, and I are still very much around, so the temporary loss of a composer is no serious blow. I'll keep you all updated as we go along! Hope you're all doing well, and I'll see you all again soon!

Sure would be nice to squeeze in another post this month, wouldn't it?