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[ChevyRay]

This isn't a democracy! No voting!

Suggestions and ideas are encouraged, though

EDIT: PS: thx, glad you like 'em. My favorite stuff to see in devlogs is "evolving" designs like this, which is why I shared these.

[ANtY]

So if I stop posting stuff here, just assume I died and move along

Don't write things like that    It makes me sad

I'd suggest speech bubbles to be kept simple and readable. 4th is completely wrong for me, not readable and sucks IMO
3rd is too fancy, for me the best choice would be the first concept, but second also would be good.

[Eraser]

I like the first, although if you go with it you'll probably have to shadow the text.

[twobitart]

Two bit as in cheap, worthless, etc.

Or like...whores. I think I came up with it when I thought of Christopher Lloyd singing "shave and a haircut" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

I love how the guy repeats it twice, vote for the last one!

I was showing how the type looked in all caps and in regular, lol. I made all of these in like 5 minutes so there!

The 4th one is my favorite because no one likes it.

That's how I roll, biz-natches.

[ChevyRay]

Added visible selection list, highlighting, and instance naming to the editor:



So now I can "label" instances by name, and reference them in scripts. I also added a script interface, but the scripts aren't actually being parsed and activated yet. That comes next!

Here's some more art bits as well:

[CK]

Oh the KUKERI HORROR
Those are very nice, and very ominous.

[twobitart]

Oh the KUKERI HORROR

Someone knows what Kukeri are?! 

One step closer to preventing people from calling it Celtic!

[ChevyRay]

YAY

Also, made good progress last night and today with scripting Got scripts added to editor and can now place/edit them, and scripts are now getting parsed. Haven't mapped all the actions yet, but that's the next step. Exciting for me anyways.

[twobitart]

Who needs writers?! I think our dialog is going swimmingly. 

[mokesmoe]

It really fits the mood created by the fancy artwork.

[wademcgillis]

Great dialog. When it's done I hope it wins best writing.

[ChevyRay]

I heard you like concept stuff!

Here, have some of Twobit's concept sketches (8 different thumbs, click 'em for full size!)











Today I got more event stuff working, wiring in events and testing out cutscene stuff. I added more parameters to room portals, so I can do fancy stuff (attach specialized scripts to them, or make them one-way portals). Also wrote down a ton of notes for thematic/story things that will occur, and secrets to be hidden away in the game, but these need to be reviewed and some of them prototyped before I decide to actually put them in.

Making this game is way too much fun.

[ChevyRay]

Just wrote a massive blog post as well! Huge reveal (well, sorta) I tell a lot more about the game, the themes, and show off a bunch of yet-unseen artwork!

What Is Hollow's Deep?

Also, have a wallpaper (click for full):

[Ashkin]

Awesome blog post- it's amazing the amount of work that you guys are putting into this! Keep up the great work

[davidp]

Oh my, those sketches... they're so beautiful 

[ChevyRay]

Good progress today as well, I added a bunch more function calls to scripts! Also re-working how scene transitions work, now that I realize scripts made the old system totally redundant 0_o I didn't realize how powerful these were going to be! Omg excited.



I can place slice-scripts (the left) or radial-scripts (the right). Slice scripts are triggered when the player crosses the line, and radial scripts are placed when the player enters the radius (which I can adjust in the editor).

So I can now do things like, place a radial script on the ground, tell it to spawn a bunch of particles when the player hits that spot (eg. stepping on a patch of moths). And with slice scripts, say I want to trigger some kind of event or something once the player gets into the middle of a room, I can script it.

Now to finish reworking scene transitions...

[Theophilus]

You're lucky you have an art slave.

[ChevyRay]

I don't have an art slave.

[ANtY]

I don't have an art slave.

Why so serious

[ChevyRay]

What makes you think I didn't say it in my Goof Troop voice? You'll never know