#hyadesrpg

Phew... it's good to finally be back!

Hi! It's been a bit of a hot minute, right? Thank you for your patience with me! After taking a break after releasing ​Meri's Cafe (which you can check out for free at https://majimjam.itch.io/meris-cafe​), getting a new job with more hours, and university starting up again, I've been preoccupied with a lot! Thankfully though, my life's stable enough again where I'd like to try and begin posting again!

Right now, we're filling in the back half of Chapter 1! During my break I realized there were parts of the game that weren't super satisfying both in terms of the narrative and gameplay, so I took some time to rework things! Now that the reworks are set on, I'm working with the team to make them! I wanna make the best game I can, so that DOES mean sometimes you need to take a step back and rehash something out to help it shine!

That means working on the environments! This little statue's set in the plaza of West Hyades, and is meant to commemorate the workers that hail from there... West Hyades is the most populated part of the city, and there's a lot of people from there doing lots of different jobs all over the city... So even if a lot of it is thankless work, at least they've got this nice statue! Right?

In case you want to refresh your memory on HYADES though, try the demo! It's free, playable for download and browser, has some cute wolf boys in it.. What more do you need? Check it out at:

GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095 Itch: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg​

art fight dump of several pt 3

Hi, and happy Screenshot Saturday! Now that I've got your attention, let's mellow out a bit... 

We're still working hard on applying clean up to areas, really putting the strawberries on the milkshake! This book animation's been in the oven for a while now, but thanks to the hard work of neitheror (whom you can find his work at @neitheror​), we've got it in!

Why is there a book floating like that? Why is it so huge? WILL it force you into the summer reading program? I don't know... but one way to find out, right?

By... playing the game once it's out! Or by ACTUALLY joining the summer reading program! (You should do both, honestly!)

After you settle into a good book, why not check out our demo and read that too? There's a LOT of words in it, I PROMISE. (...I wonder how many?)

Check them out at:

GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095

Itch: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg

Hello, thanks for your patience! Happy Screenshot Sunday! This time around, let's take a closer look into one of the bread and butter moves for Graham's moveset: Harmonic Howl!

Graham with his grooves is normally only able to buff himself... This can turn him into quite the speedster, tank, full-force attacker... Whatever you need him to be! However, about about spreading that love a little bit more? Well, that's what Harmonic Howl is for!

When shifted to the Moon sign, Graham's able to utilize Harmonic Howl, a move that specializes in copying over whatever buffs Graham currently has to any party member! It's an EXACT copy, so both the specific kinds of buffs AND duration on them carry over... But with the right timing, you'll be able to make sure everyone on your team's fully loaded with stat boosts!

This move's gone through a lot of reworks over time, but I think I'm finally happy with how it turned out! I hope it's as fun to use in battle as it was to think up!

Of course, even if Graham's not available in the demo to play as, you certainly have a plethora of other characters and moves to play around with in the demo! Check it out TODAY for FREE at:

GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095 Itch: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg

Hello! Happy Screenshot Saturday! This week I am getting EXCEPTIONALLY SILLY!

Here's a little first pass at an animation I'm working on for a cutscene! It's a little rough, but the most important part is blocking in how things are going to move, and the emotions! There's more work that needs to be done, sure... But at the very least, I'm pretty happy with how things are already coming along! It's been a little while since I've gotten the chance to do an animation, so it was a nice breath of fresh air for me to work on! :)

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH", the humble hyena says. She is fed up with life, so she must scream. If you knew what she was going through... Wouldn't you?

We've got lots of fun stuff cooking up to shout about! If you're interested in yelling about what we've made so far, there's a demo you can check out right now!

Check it out TODAY for FREE at:

GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095

Itch: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg

Happy Screenshot Saturday! This time, check out how the sunset shades the world in a whole new view!

As you return home and settle into the evening,, remember to take it easy, okay? Get a good meal, enjoy the moment with friends... Finish the day well! There's a whole new day to experience tomorrow, after all.

I've been mainly working on story progress, and as it turns out, this segment of gameplay calls for a sunset! Saving the city won't just happen in a single day after all, these kinds of things take time! As the story progresses, so will the passage of time. It's important then to savor the moment if you see a time of day that you haven't seen yet in game, it may be a bit before you'll see it again!

Finally... I actually really love sunsets? I love how they adorn the world with bright oranges and pinks before night takes over... Not only did I want to feature them in this game, they're an important part of Hyadian culture! In particular, the gradients in a Hyadian's eyes are known as "sunsets", and each person's got a unique one like a fingerprint!

Of course, if you need something to unwind down WITH... why not check out the HYADES demo? It's only an hour long or so, but it'll be on your mind for far longer!

GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095

Itch: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg

Hello, and happy Screenshot Saturday! This time, we've been working hard on cutscenes! And yes, getting his ass is the fruits of my labor.

So! How do we make cutscenes in HYADES? Well, the first step is to have the right tools! Usually this means setting up a couple of dummy "characters" in the scene which are easier to manipulate than the party members themselves, and making an environment from the tiles we've made already!

From here, it's writing dialogue, moving people around, setting up expressions and posing, little emotion bubbles... It takes a surprising amount of work to put everything in motion! It's an RPG, so it's important to me to take time to really get this little stuff for the story right.

Of course, if you're interested in seeing the final results of these cutscenes... Check out the demo we've made that's chock full of them!

Itch.io: https://majimjam.itch.io/hyadesrpg

Gamejolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/HYADESRPG/415095