Hello world and happy-late thanksgiving!
As of the 7th of this month, i’ve began development of the next version of ARANA. Which will feature overhaul upon overhaul.
I’ve also encoutered many bugs.
As well as details in my object-oriented structure that needed changing. One bug even required me to roll back to a previous version of Game Maker Studio… (a bug requarding drawing stretched sprites,)
Also, ive been planning ahead for 0.8, 0.9,
and lastly 1.0. I’ve been tossing ideas in my head, and I think I have a few that stick. Primarily in the story department. Yes, this next version will feature story fragments. Or, at least an intro to it. I’m still not entirely sure how I plan to structure the story, but let me get the actual story sorted first :P
A few other features include enemy changes,
to both arenas. A new menu (proper new menu this time) and the usual neew character and arena. (as per every 3 updates) I even intend on looking
into music for this update. Though, this most likely won’t be a thing this update.
So finally, I would like to touch upon an
idea i’ve been kicking about since new years of last year. ARANA has been grown A TON since it’s early days of a prototype. While i’ve been considering selling it at points, I still am not confident enough in it’s current state, and probably wont even when it’s finished. With this in mind i’ve been looking into Itch.io for giving this project any monetary value. The idea, is that I could set a base price, (from $0 to whatever) and the user could pay more, or in this case, none! It”s fair to those who might think, “Yeah, this is cool! I want to see more and/or support it’s developer!” or those who think, “Yeah, interesting but not my thing.” Honestly, I think it’s a really
neat system! But the idea is in the planning stages only, so don’t expect anything yet.
It’s going to be an insane next few months
with both life, christmas, and development taking up my time! Also, as of right now, the update probably wont be released by the end of the year. But that is still prone to change.
Thanks for reading! -Cpaz