Thank you for the comments so far here and on the Discord. The last few episodes have been made in the “post-Discord” age where I’ve been getting a crazy amount of feedback as the amount of people interested has grown larger it feels like. Episode 4 was like the transition point as I was working on that one when the Discord was made last year.
I think I will do a smaller update like I always do, except I don’t have any ideas for a fanmail segment (besides show more fanart, which there has been a lot of!) and I don’t feel like it would fit the tone so I think instead I will work on the beginning of Episode 8 which should give a proper resolution to Ep7 so it’s not as bad of a cliffhanger. I could have had this as part of Ep7, but I didn’t want to work too long on it and I felt the episode was getting too long for me. There are also a few errors I need to correct or clarify in Ep7 which have been pointed out in the Discord.
So I think that’s what I’ll focus on next when I can. The intro for Ep8 which should hopefully be a resolution for Ep7 and everything up to the planned free roam section of Ep8. I’ve been getting some help on how to do the map designs as well.
Amazing game, I’ve only played up until Ep5 but I love everything I’ve seen so far. I really like how there’s a good balance between humor, drama, progression, and content. I feel like every episode I play only gets better so keep it up! (Also the pixel art is really impressive, I really like how it adds to the game considering it’s made in RPGMaker). I’d like to ask though, do you have any plans for more “bad end” style content, maybe either in that realm or having things like that as like side quests in upcoming episodes? I’d also really like to ask if you have any more plans for blueberry inflation like with the Ep4 bad end? Not demanding though, just really curious as it’s a favorite of mine.
Thanks. Yeah the whole idea is to have a non-repetitive structure so that each scene adds something NEW the player hasn’t seen before. I want each episode to be like the episode of a serial TV show. I take a lot of influence from shows I’ve seen and VN games I’ve read while trying to translate that to something visually and auditorily exciting in RPGMaker which I feel is uniquely interesting.
All of the humanlike characters are edits of Phantasy Star sprites because I like how they look and they are simple enough for me to create many characters with, however I have been adding my own touches more over time and also have been making certain sprites in-game from the ground up completely.
Yes I would like to do more bad ending style content but it’s a lot of work for an optional scene. I do plan on having more berry inflation in the main story as it is also a favorite of mine and I want to do something longer and more indepth with it…
