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3rd Anniversary News #3
🕑 Added 2025-01-22 01:15:13 +0000 UTCThird news about the Anniversary! This time about the new UI and some sneak peeks of some other stuff.
(The video may only watchable on YT, still unsure but opening it should solve it may that be the case! Watch it before reading the post!)
Little heads up, I won't be talking too much in detail about the QoL changes and such, I'm still unsure if I'll talk about those... mostly becuase I'd be hard to list and honestly 😅 I'm not really sure how to present.
PROGRESS
As you can see, the thing is still pretty unfinished, mostly needing some fine tuning and some rework/extra custom assets., but it's good enough to tell that is not that far of completition; I'd say the whole UI should be around 60% done, I wanted to get it completed this month but I'm unsure if that can be done.
The whole bases for the programming have been done, so most of the time that I'll spend will be for the assets since the fine tuning to the code should be pretty easy.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In the video shown, you can see some placeholder assets, the most obvious one being the tittle screen; something I want to do is give the option to have and choose multiple of those, which is completely doable! So you can expect that!
I'm still considering if I should do custom screen for the the new Item/Save/Load menus, since I think I could just leave them as semi-transparent windows and it'd be just fine, maybe I'll decide based on the time I have since it's not really necessary and it can be added later on without much trouble.
I may add some previews in the UI about upcoming main girls, not really sure though since I only have very rough sketches of them.
I'm not really sure what else to write here, I think everything you want to see is in the video; so, as always, let me know if you want to know about something in specific.
AXL'S COMMENTS
Honestly, I am really unsure of how to talk about this and some of the next posts. Since I want them to be surprising enough, I can't really go into detail, but I am unsure if they're self explanatory by themselves.
Anyways, next post should be about either the QoL or some of the new mechanics.
This month has been rather "slow" or at least it feels like it, I feel like I could've done way much more but I got sidetracked pretty hard. Even more now that I took some commissions for friends to get some extra budget for friends (I am acing them so I may open them to you guys, not sure if you're interested though).
I'll try to get this as done as I can in what's left of the month, I think there's not much else to do in terms of UI so hopefully I can start remaking stuff soon... I am scared though, Monster Hunter: Wilds is coming out next month and I don't think my productivity will like that.
Right now, it seems like I might need to delay the thing; if that's the case, I am seriously considering opening commission for patrons every month to make sure the income is enough to pay all the people I'm hiring for this thing. In hindsight, I should've get them way earlier but I was too stubborn to stop thinking that I could do everything by myself.
I hope you guys can wait until the big update is done, I seriously want it to be at least decently playabale before airing it. I have no problem leaving some assets and art unfinished if it doesn't affect the experience too much, so I'll cut corners and I'll finish those after the update is out.
I think that's everything I wanted to say, see you in a bit with more art, or next month with more news, sorry for the lack of posts and thank you for your support!
Comments
Axl
No problem!
Dynamite
I thought it was me at first but It’s not redirecting me lol, I appreciate the link though!
Axl
I thought the embed gave you the option to redirect to YT even if it's not watchable (?) Anyways, here it is: https://youtu.be/JigUx_-6jWg?si=oxNZj6u8Qog1C19D
Dynamite
Could you post a link to the YouTube video? I can’t load the video on Patreon and I cannot search your user on YouTube for some reason.
Axl
Thanks for your patience! 🙏
Siyu Wang
waiting for update
Axl
Ah, I'd say wait for the update to see them but in case you don't want to, it's given to you as a sidequest right after unlocking the facility. Also thanks!
Determined Dragon
This update looks amazing! Can’t wait to play! Also I never figured out how to get gadgets?
Axl
Thanks, I was a bit scared of showing the UI since I still feel it's pretty unfinished, I'm really glad you liked it!
Juno
This is turning out better and better with each update you put out. I’m very excited to see what else you have in store for us.
Axl
Oh, not sure if you noticed (or even if it shows lmao) but in the Options you can change the fonts for the game. Of course some custom assets will remain with the one I chose but it should help!
NutleR
My opinion on the new UI is positive for the most part. There's one thing that I don't really like is the fonts. It looks kinda like Arabic to me, it's hard to read and it is not really suit with the other part of the UI or the world setting.
Axl
Hey thanks! It is hard to work alone, but now that I've got budget to hire people, it's become way easier. Thanks for the support! I'll work hard to get this done as fast as I can!
Subjectz
I have been following you since 2022, can only say that it is always difficult to make a game by yourself, I can only offer you some small efforts in China, and hope Axl can make this game better
Axl
Thanks! Well, I did say there was a lot of placeholders, that fairy(?) screen in the quest menu is one of them, I was testing which opacity would be better for a background art lmao Also, thanks, it means a lot that I still get support despite not releasing as much as I would want. I am really happy you like the new UI and the game in general!
Mike
I am super impressed with what you have made so far. I love the new 2d graphics especially, it gives your game a unique style in a realm most games don't bother with (the Axolotl easter egg is super cute). The UI also makes the game look a lot more professional. Though if there is any piece of the UI I would want to change, it's the questing stuff, something about it just feels out of place. I have made a point of actively supporting your work, even if I receive nothing in rewards, and I am not at all disappointed. I see why you don't want to bother with updates to the old version, the improvements here are incredible.
