Mudmood Studio

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Post originally on Itch.io

I got some good news and some bad news.

Good news:

The 2.1 update is here with more characters than before! Tensions ramp up along the way. Some of these faces will be very familiar to the ones who remember the first version, but there's at least one new one to the roster. Huzzah! You can either play online or download the demo to play offline, which is a new thing. 

Bad news: There are some bugs I'm aware of, like profile info not saving after a load. This is because the code I borrowed from keeps initializing data every time the game starts. If you're wondering, story saves will still work,  just not the Bios. I'll get back to fixing them after my break a few months from now. Per Blankmarks's suggestion, Day 3 is different from the draft from March, which means I got ahead of myself... again.

Well, I'm heading off. I'll still be on social media during the hiatus though. Hope you all enjoy demo 2.1!

To put those images into words, first, I draw a sketch on paper then go ink it, preferably with a cheap gel pen.

Next, I scan the paper using a photo scanner. (Mine is the CanoScan LiDE 300 like the picture above.) Then, I use Krita for digital color.

Notice I didn't include a drawing tablet because I know my ass wouldn't use it once I buy it. And if you're wondering, I do color with my mouse. The filling tool helps but for some reason, it leaves a small but noticeable uncolored border between the lines and the main body.

A screenshot of the bios in the project. Bios are a function to a new phone tab (below).

So this month, I got down to extensive editing from outside help. It's a whole 'nother beast to tame, I tell you what. Especially adding more stuff that's lacking, just like my intellect. Speaking of editing, here are some editorial peeps joining in on this project:

Tenshideve as developmental editor

White Serenity as proofreader

Give 'em appreciation!

Here's a preview from a scene that was previously locked behind a chance encounter but is now more accessible to the story. Yay! Content!

(originally posted in Itch.io on October 3)

I am alive, not to worry. The reasons I hesitated to post a devlog last month were that I kept changing my mind on a bunch of things, including the proposed gimmicky mechanics, and didn't have much to show in terms of visible progress. I also got writer's block and coped by playing games but shhhhh that's not important. Still, I can assure my few fans that an expanded demo is in the works, that would come on December. I won't reveal too much since every other prediction of mine went wrong, but I'll give a couple of new sprites to whet your anticipation.

Anyway, time to slither back into my hole.

- Slackey

A new character and oh yeah, Otto in a different pose

Work on the visual novel has slowed down, but I haven’t stopped yet. I mentioned in my devlog thread in Itch that I was planning a number war mechanic. Devising it is one thing, but trying to code it is another. I couldn’t fiddle around with that forever, so I put a pause to that for now to work on the expanded demo story instead.

When will that come out? I can’t definitively tell yet but at the latest, I’m aiming for December.