Progress Update: May

Hey y'all, I just wanted to give a general update of development. 

Progress is being made every day, though there's a lot to balance. Princess 1 still has all the main content finished, and Princess 2 now has more than half of the main sequences done. Here's the word count of the sequence finished today:

In this sequence, you're working your way through the ruins of the Arch Cabal's empire to find the head of its last emperor. You're certain it should like, definitely, help you get married. The total word count is currently approaching 70k .

Final backgrounds have come in from @veni-vidi-acdc, and our lovely new Angelic characters are getting sprites from @olbeyblade_jpeg.

Main sequences left to go for Princess 2 is:

1. The Trials (Feat. sword fighting your parents)
2. The Thousand-Fold Caves (Feat. an assassin who just wants to be useful)

Princess 2 is really all about getting up antics in mysterious places. Once those sequences are down, all that remains is to implement all the planned side events, such as texts from your love asking for help even as you're up to your ears in hi-jinks.

There's also the great news that the engine is getting more and more user friendly! My secondary goal with this game is to have an engine other twine devs can freely use to make VN-style games without needing to know anything about JS-and now some of the visual glitches that persisted should be history. 

The phone system got a complete rewrite too, and it's now more functional than ever (though still in need of tweaks). The gif is too big to put here, but it's on my twitter:

So jazzed today because this twine phone system has finally reached the level of functionality I hoped for but never expected to achieve. Down the line, I think it could be usable by other twine devs without any need to know about JS #twine pic.twitter.com/Ir6c7nSdfs
— Leah Case (@leahthecase) May 2, 2020

My twitter is also the easiest place to see regular updates!

The current demo files are untouched, but they'll probably get an update once Princess 2 has all main sequences complete and there's been a chance for one or even two passes of edits. 

Until next time!