Public wip-news №111

~Hey, here I am!^^

There was an update recently, and I want to tell you about what I'm working on now. First of all, I'm making content for update 0.6.0. What can we expect from it?

▻Development of the main quest and Walker's story. In terms of mood, it will be "the calm before the storm". New challenges and the revelation of some old secrets.

▻You won't be alone in this, and Merilla may join us. It may take a little longer than before, but I'll try to do it as quickly as possible.

Also, let's talk about something important. I am aware of the existing problem on Android devices (and other problems too) and am putting a lot of effort into fixing bugs and optimizing the game. However, the Ren'py engine is struggling to cope with the volume of material and is constantly resisting the changes made. The only possible way to solve the technical issues is to remove some of the content or change the engine. The first option is terrible, and I will not go for it. The second option is possible, but it will take long time, and I will not be able to physically keep up with the pace of developing the new and transferring the old. Therefore, I plan to transfer the game to Unity with a programmer closer to version 0.9.

What are the pluses of this? There are quite a few.

▻Black screens, game crashes, and other nasty bugs related to Ren'py will be fixed.

▻Graphics. All scenes are currently compressed and not displayed in full resolution. If they were converted to jpeg, the game would weigh about 5 GB. (Wow. The itch limit is only 1GB, and after that, developers start having problems there.)

▻Animations - new ones will be added, and the old ones will be loaded in the full version.

▻Branching. Some of the content for old events is waiting for its moment due to Ren'py troubles.

▻Multiple languages - based on the results of the vote, I will try to add new languages. But I frankly don't know languages very well, so I use AI to help with new languages. If someone from the community shows enthusiasm and edits this, that would be great.

Minuses? ...yes.

▻It will take extra time. But I plan to start preparing in advance and make the transition seamless.

▻This engine is new to me, and I hope you will be interested in testing the game on it and giving feedback for improvement.

▻The game's size. I hope this won't be a problem, but the game will definitely be larger than before. (Olivia's animation alone is about 0.5 GB in webm format!).

▻Other bugs. I'm sure there will be new problems that I don't even suspect yet.

Uh, that's it. I hope I haven't scared you and that I've answered some of your questions. I'll try to answer other questions as best I can^^

Thank you all for your support. It's only thanks to you that the game is growing and developing.

~Once again, take care, and see you in the next news update!^^
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