Game Development

Summary: In which the preceding week was... not pleasant, and due to which work was not done.

Just before the start of the week just past, certain issues of mine reached a crushing point.

I don't want to go into the details here; suffice it to say that amongst other things the week just past held anxiety, and fear, and pain, and exhaustion.

And so, feeling drained and tired, as well as desiring to focus on that trouble, to prioritise recovery, I alas ended up doing no work during the week just past.

I don't know what sort of week lies ahead for me. As I write this today I'm not yet recovered, I fear. Will I become well enough this week to return to work? We'll see, I suppose.

That, then, is all for this week--stay well, and thank you for reading. ^_^

Summary: In which a scene backdrop is completed; figures are painted for use with that scene; a little bit of narration is written for the same; the cutscene in question begins to be constructed; and elements for another scene in the same cutscene are begun.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a still from the second scene of the level-five cutscene:



Due to some personal issues, the week just past was a very short one for me, I fear. Still, some things did get done:

Continue reading "A Short Week of Cutscening" »

Summary: In which music is found for the level-four cutscene; sound-effects are added to that same cutscene; said cutscene is completed; and a new cutscene is begun.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows a very work-in-progress excerpt from a new cutscene:



The week just past was a bit of a slow one, I fear--still, some things did get done:

Continue reading "A New Cutscene" »

Summary: In which the painting of cutscene elements continues; an extant backdrop is extended; work on constructing the level-four cutscene likewise continues; cutscenes can now have changes at a scene-level without affecting overlaid text; the cutscene editor gains the ability to toggle sound and music; and work begins on finding music for the level-four cutscene.

Greetings and salutations!

This week's screenshot shows an edit to a previously-shown part of the level-four cutscene:



The week just past was once again given to the painting and construction of that cutscene:

Continue reading "Zooming-In on a City Street" »