Weekly Status Report
Good afternoon,
another week has passed, so it's time to report on what I've achieved and how things will continue next week.
I started the week by finishing the map I worked on last week. After it was done I directly integrated it into the game. I also added the revised character sprites for the cultists everywhere they were used.
To immerse myself in the story again, I reread the last sections of Arianna's story so that I could pick up seamlessly where I left off. I've then continued working on the infiltration quest which was already started during Arianna's last update. After I got into the flow a bit, I was able to take it a good bit further.
However, there were still a few things I needed to clarify for myself. The biggest point was to find a task that the MC would take on for the cultists in order to gain their trust. For that I want to use the new map of course, and my current plan is to turn it into some kind of outpost for the cult which the MC will help to build. At the same time, the whole thing shouldn't get too far out of hand, I don't want to create another mercenary camp or similar here. So there are still a few things I have to make my mind on. I will think about this a bit over the weekend before deciding how to proceed next week.
What also has to happen is of course the work on new scenes for Arianna and then later Verena. I already have precise plans, at least for Arianna, but I haven't started working on the scene yet. I want to make animations for it next week.
For Verena I'm not 100% sure yet there were a few ideas for content with her that I had thought about in the past (such as making use of the MC's cellar) but there were also other ideas that never made it through the bonus scene prevote... So I still have to decide on what I want to implement for her.
And then it's time to start thinking about release dates. Next week is unfortunately a bit unrealistic, but the following week it could at least work with the 0.6.0.5 update. The aim would then be to complete the part of the quest to acceptance and gain the trust of the cult. What would then come in the 2nd part is the admission to the inner circle. But for now it's time to finish the first part before I think about it in detail.
I'm going to spend the rest of this afternoon working on pictures for Arianna's scene and see how far I can get.
That is all for now, I wish you all a nice weekend!