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Some stuff I worked on before surgery.

A WIP of the title menu. I’m not 100% happy with it yet, I think I might try to  make it look more like a ransom note on a table.

Also changed the cursor to be more simple and elegant, and did some little icons.

I haven’t been able to do a lot since my surgery, but progress is progress.

SHandALiCB Weekly Dev Update #3

Saw a post on tumblr and went “Hey my blorbos would say that” and decided to make a goofy dialogue test with it.

I probably shouldn’t have made a custom text box because I need all the free common events I can get, but...like...pretty.

It’s pretty much set up and done, unless I decide to add a text log to the game. I’m debating if it’ll be necessary because there’s already an encyclopedia menu that does effectively the same thing, but summarized. Seems like extra work for no reason, yeah? We’ll see.

Dialogue based on this post!

I got stuff to do tomorrow, so early weekly post.

Created the game’s title! I made the font for The Copycat Burglar part, it’s based on the one used on the 1907 cover of Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar) with some added wear and substitutes for the letters I didn’t have.

This week I finished up another menu image!

Also made another mouse icon. I’ve gotten all the mouse icons for the initial tools done now.

I’m hoping to show something big soon!

Finished the last background image for the menus! (Content Warning Mode text subject to change).

Really wish I could have figured out how to put a space between commands, but with the way this engine works it’s difficult for me to just change some numbers for that. Sometimes you just have to work with what you’ve got, but I’ll live with it.

I need the button images for the tutorial graphics as well, so two birds with one stone by making this image.

Added some new little window assets!

In the game you can present clues to people or compare them to other things you can investigate in a scene. You can select which clue with this popup menu.

You can equip tools too. There are a few prompts, depending on if you have one already equipped.

Did a little work to make it that when you have a tool equipped, it will tell you in the menu description too. Outside of the menu, the cursor changes to indicate what tool you have equipped. :)

Lastly I made this little window for save popups.

I decided no drawing til my hand is completely better. I did do some color drafting though (cause I could do it left handed).

Encyclopedia menu. Summarizes the game in small sections as you get to certain story points, for those who put down the game and need a refresher when they come back. Keeps track of characters too, and updates their entries with more info as you learn more about them.

Changed the System (Save/Load/Delete) menu. The Help window got lost as I changed the Inventory menu, but it wasn’t really necessary for this screen anyway.

Inventory menu. You can present Clues to people, equip Tools, and Memories are a collectible you can find in the game while investigating.

Memories aren’t super important, they spark non-plot relevant conversations between Sherlock and Arsène.

Hoping that next week my hand will be good enough to finish at least half the big thing I was working on. 🤞🤞

My wrist still hurts and I didn’t get a lot of drawing done this week, so here’s a snippet of some (optional, not plot relevant) dialogue I wrote instead.