Game Development

Monday, August 26. 2019

Demo Release Date Announced!

Summary: In which the demo release date is announced; plans for promotion during this week are given; some bugs are yet to be fixed during this week; the game sees various tweaks and fixes; promotional items are worked on and pages are updated; and the "Wandering VN" character-editor continues to progress.

Greetings and salutations!

To start with, as the title says: I have a release date for the demo! Specifically:

I currently intend to upload the demo to my IndieDB page.

The exact time hasn't yet been determined--I may announce that via Twitter in the coming week--but is likely to be in the afternoon or early evening, GMT/UTC.

As to more detail on my release plans for this week, and the things that were done in the week just past:

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Monday, August 19. 2019

Press kits and Screenshots

Summary: In which a new version of Panda3D is released; this means that a demo-release announcement may come soon; screenshots and other promotional elements are updated; the IndieDB page gains a press kit; a new game-icon is painted; the new "main trailer" makes progress; the "Wandering VN" character editor is coming along; and another Night River Let's play is uploaded.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot once again shows a trailer-still, this time from the work-in-progress "main trailer":

The week just past was primarily given to trailer-making and promotional-material preparation. However, there's also some news regarding the demo!

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Tuesday, August 13. 2019

A Week of Videos

Summary: In which several videos for A Door to the Mists are made or worked on; all of these have a (largely) common end-screen; the approach to autosaves is reconsidered; quitting-saves are split from autosaves; a number of bug-fixes and touch-ups are made; the "Wandering Visual Novel" project gets an "environment building" tile-editor-and-gameplay video; and Night River gets some Let's Plays!

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot is a still from another new trailer that I've been working on:

The week just past was largely focussed on the making of videos, although some other things got done, too:

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Monday, August 5. 2019

Trailing Ahead

Summary: In which a trailer is made; said trailer has a mist-like transition for text; said transition uses Perlin noise generated by Panda; level two sees some minor fixes; and the side-project continues, and may have a video soon.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a still from a new trailer: