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September 8, 2024

SeptembER: There's a new game in the works?! Spooktober edition! 😁🫢

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Hey! Last month was probably the month in which I got sick twice (coughing non-stop and then, a severe tummy ache) šŸ˜·šŸ˜µā€šŸ’« so, no wonder the progress on my games slowed down this past month. 🫔

But now I’m much better! And!! I’ve decided to join Spooktober this year too!!


1. About ā€œLove, I’m not good for youā€

(A calico cat smiling and waving its paw- it resembles the ā€œmeltingā€ emote)

I haven’t done much art-related (due to me being sick 😷) but here’s a happy cat waving its paw! It’s gonna be a sticker used for EP1. I’m also working on this secret file for this-one-app I mentioned last time. It’s the last app I need to finish before moving on to EP2 (finally!).

This past month has been mostly about programming— everything behind the scenes, so there’s not much I can show you. But! Remember when I said I was worried about a certain mechanic behind this-one-app? Well, I was able to do it! 😁 There was a GOOD renpy tutorial about it and it helped me A LOT!

Now, I just need to finish this-one-art asset I’ve been showing progress on my YouTube Shorts! Here’s the last one!

Soon, there’ll be a full speedpainting video about it but for now, these Shorts will do! ^^

The writing has also been going through some interesting changes! šŸ‘€ Not so much a change of the plot (nope! that’s already settled!) but like, giving you more room to know these characters (the protagonists!).

You’ll see when you play it, hehe! 🄰😁


2. A new BIG update to ā€œDon’t touch the cat!ā€

(A siamese cat laying on a table(?) showing her belly to the player. There’s a speech bubble above the cat, saying: ā€œThis place now looks brand new!ā€)

There are no new endings this time! Sorry! 😁

(I was tempted to add a new ending but! after thinking about it, I ended up deciding that, with only these 4 endings, you can understand the whole story!)

One of the changes you notice right away when you play the game is, ofc, about the backgrounds. These have improved A LOT. I had to, basically, edit the photos from almost zero again. These two backgrounds (there are just two!) are not just stock photos with filters, I had to edit them to change it into what I needed it.

In fact, in the image above, the gray background is not even a photo! I made it myself from scratch (I couldn’t find a stock photo that would fit with the other BG— see below), so it took me A WHILE to change the BGs. 😁🫔

(Original photo from Unsplash. A room with gray walls, with a hall leading to other rooms. There’s one desk with a telephone on it.)
(The previous photo has been edited. There’s no hall anymore and there’s now two desks in the room!)

But!

The most important change, out of everything, is that NOW the comments you get from our MC Adrian are no longer small timed notify boxes!

NOW, they are speech bubbles!

Before, these comments appeared at the top-right corner of the screen and for a limited time. Which limited my way to show how our MC sees everything. šŸ¤” I wanted to add more about his thoughts but I didn’t have the knowledge to code it back then…

But now I can! ✨

(Here’s the complete list of changes in this update btw!)

So now there’s more than just one comment when you touch ANYTHING you see on the screen with the hand! ^^

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, maybe you should check the game by yourself! ✨🫔

"Don't touch the cat!" is a mystery, psychological horror game about, well, cats! And a guy on his first day at work! It's a really short game, it takes around 20-30 mins to get all endings. It has 4 endings! And, well, try not touching the cat?*

Play it here!

(It’s available to play in browser too!)

If you didn’t know, this was actually my entry for Spooktober 2023 but, sadly, I didn’t make it in time :C But! I decided to finish it anyways!

AND THIS YEAR!

I’m joining Spooktober VN jam too!


3. A new game?! Spooktober edition!!

I wish I could show an image or anything but nope! I have nothing yet!!!!! 🫔

The reason for this is because I was debating about what game idea to work on for this jam. I actually had this-one-idea that began with the O2A2 jam of this year BUT, in the end, I didn’t enter that jam bc the idea wouldn’t fit the 1k script criteria :c (when you read the outline, you’ll know WHY it wouldn’t fit hahaha;;;;)

And later, when the Spooktober jam started, I thought only completed games were allowed, which is why I gave myself 3-4 days to think of another game idea to work with or try my best to finish the previous idea. Later, I had to give up on that old idea bc it was simply TOO much for one person to finish it in one month. šŸ˜”šŸ˜”

BUT!

It turns out you can actually submit imcomplete works! You can publish just an Episode or Demos of your game!

SO!

I said ā€œyessssss!!!!!!!!!!ā€

Game idea: It's gonna be BoysLove Murder Mystery! It’s gonna feature a married gay couple trying to find out who killed someone! Also, a family reunion gone wrong?! 🫨🫢

If you want to know more about this game,

the general outline can be read here!


Thanks for reading!Ā šŸ’Œ

If you want to know more aboutĀ this gameĀ or more about my games in the making and receive exclusive monthly updatesĀ about itsĀ progress,Ā you can always join as a member on my ko-fi!**Ā šŸ“¢šŸ˜¤

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