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(Future Fragments) Music, Progress, Boss Fight Picture Preview, Polls on Patreon, Future Demo Release Timeline
🕑 Added 2017-01-14 19:20:21 +0000 UTC PROGRESS REPORTFrougeDev has finished the first phase of the Ice Boss fight, and is now moving onto phases 2 and 3!
Triangulate has been primarily working on GUI assets, with the new menu, as well as quality of life GUI stuff (showing what path/area you're on, the minimap, etc.)
I've been doing various odds and ends, mainly working with Fuyarinpa and the SFX guy to get stuff in order for them, as well as more cutscene prep stuff, dialogue, getting voice actors to record lines, etc.
Rtil is still moving, but they should be all finished soon, and able to finish off the CG as well! There's also another surprise regarding them, but it's not for this game...
Fuyarinpa has finished a track for FF, and is currently working on the Ice Boss music; you can check out the finished track below!
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THE FIRST SONG!
So Fuyarinpa has finished the first "base" song for the Ice Level; you can listen to it by clicking here! The song may sound somewhat minimalistic, but remember that this is intentional, as other instruments will be layered over this song depending on what's going on in the level. Fits pretty well though, IMO!
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BOSS FIGHT PICTURE
The picture above is in-game; it's not a mockup, we have the first phase of the boss fight playable and fully functional! (The background will be changed to a unique boss background, just like in the Fire Level, though, and of course the test information like the FPS and other markers will be removed, too.)
As for what those bubbles and that beam of light are for, I covered the bubbles during a previous stream (get in them and time gets reversed for you temporarily), but as for what the beam of light's for and why time reversal is important, well, you'll see :P
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POLLS ON PATREON
Now that polls are built into Patreon, I'll be doing polls from time to time asking all of your opinions on various things; this will be a way for all of you to let us know how you feel about the game, and yes, this not only helps us out with info/data on how we're doing with the game, it can (and has in the past) affected the game design, so definitely vote in them!
(For anyone afraid that we're going to have the game become a mishmash of Patron opinions about it, no worries; much like the last large poll we did, we're going to keep our vision of the game solid while picking and choosing what we feel are the best suggestions that only strengthen the game without weakening it.)
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FUTURE RELEASE TIMELINE FOR DEMOS
So as you all know, the next demo is out January 30th; it'll have the boss battle, as well as a number of other adjustments/additions (which will be in a changelog visible at the start of the demo as well). This is still coming out as planned.
Originally, we were going to get this demo out with all the additions we wanted for the engine besides parallax, the fully integrated menu, and cutscenes, and then spend 2 months integrating those things along with preparing and then releasing a Electric Level demo at the end of those 2 months.
However, after spending time on the game this month, we realized that we won't have time this month to integrate much besides the Ice Boss, and we didn't want to jump to the Electric Level without integrating these large features, so we'll be instead releasing ANOTHER Ice Level demo on February 28th, which will add almost all of the remaining engine features (sans the two mentioned above).
Probably the biggest missing feature from the January demo that will be in the February demo is the reworked powerups system; this means that this new demo will still be with the old powerups system.
To compensate for the lack of features, since this demo is centered around the boss fight, we'll either give you a button to insta-skip to the boss at any time in this next demo, OR we'll just open up the boss path in the hub map without having to complete all six paths.
So the tl;dr:
- January demo = Ice Boss, number of small quality of life fixes/additions to engine/gameplay
- February demo = Mainly integrated menu (holding off on cutscene review until cutscenes are integrated), new powerups system, addition of many fixes/additions to game engine/quality of life stuff, making the Ice Level about 95% finished (not counting cutscenes)
- March-April = Creating cutscene editor, finishing off menu, forming the base of the Electric Level code-wise, Triangulate and I working on assets for Earth Level and Electric Boss, continued production of music/SFX/etc.
- April 30th = Electric Level demo, back to monthly demos again
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And as usual, thanks so much for your support; we're aiming to give you nothing less than the best game we can do!
The new demo, v016, will be out January 30th, and will have the Ice Boss in it, along with a number of improvements :)
(As an extra note too, if you wanted to check out the other two games of mine (especially if you're a yuri or a futa fan, respectively, since we're not doing either of those in this game), they're at http://www.patreon.com/reclaimreality and http://www.patreon.com/hentaiwriter.)
Comments
The Future Fragments Team
Sent! Thanks for the support! :)
The Future Fragments Team
Huh, it should have been instantaneous; that's odd. Everyone else this month had theirs go through, as the only possible option is instant pay, etc.
Tonberry
Has mine cleared? :P wondering if its an instant clear or there is some sort of monthly system tick patreon has, first time patreon. edit: read the comment above
StahlPunk
looked at my payment settings, looks like the first charge won't be till Feb 1. We'll see if it goes through then, though a pay now button would be nice. XD
The Future Fragments Team
Ah, it hasn't went through because it says your pledge hasn't cleared yet; might be a problem with your bank or PayPal, either one, they might think it's a fraudulent charge (happens sometimes with Patreon and some banks/locations).
StahlPunk
Been watching my message inbox , it's still empty. Patreon must be borked. Would you mind sending it straight to my email?
The Future Fragments Team
You don't have to pledge now to get next month's, as the new system allows for instant charging :)
Lady of Blades
can i pledge in feberary and get the demo than or do i have to pledge now to get next months
The Future Fragments Team
I just sent it, thanks a lot for the support! :) (Sent to your Patreon inbox, that is.)
The Future Fragments Team
Sent! Thanks for the support!
StahlPunk
You are most welcome HW. FF and Kurovadis are two of the best H games I've seen, what with having such good game play that I actually forget about the H content. :P Though it seems I didn't receive the demo. I double checked my email with Patreon, would you mind trying to send it again?
Furious Finch
Pledged 10.
The Future Fragments Team
Yep! Sent you it now, thanks for the support!
StahlPunk
I've pledged $15, has it gone through yet?
The Future Fragments Team
Yep, it went through; sent you the game now, thanks for the support! :)
The Future Fragments Team
Yep, it went through; sent you the game now, thanks for the support! :)
The Future Fragments Team
Yep, it went through; sent you the game now, thanks for the support! :)
Did my pledge go through?
How do i get the latest demo? i pledged $10 towards this good game.
Finally made the choice to pledge $10, was wondering if you could send the demo?
Joe Shmoe
Hey I just pledged $5 was still hoping to try the demo. You guys are doing really great with this game btw! :)
The Future Fragments Team
Thanks for the support, you should have the demo now! :)
The Future Fragments Team
Yeah, I just sent it to you! Thanks for the support!
The Future Fragments Team
Yeah, I just sent it to you! Thanks for the support!
very much deserved pledge, can't wait for the full game.
if i pledged today is it possible to get the new demo ??
Lane J
I pledged a couple weeks back, could you please send me the demo? Thanks!
The Future Fragments Team
Just sent! Thanks for the support!
