Message from the guardian of Entertainment :

" HAPPY VALENTINE TO ALL MY #$@&-!!! "

NEVERMIND, Anyway !
Welcome to Connected second status update !

so what happened for the last 10 months ?

1 - Story : Writing completed 100% !!

• All the story elements about the plot and message of the game has been finished.

• The characters are narratively finished

(some characters may get minor changes, and when I say minor I mean like instead of liking hot coco the character likes chocolate milk)

• This completion also means the endings are finished AND YES ! Endings ! with an "S" !
  - I won't spoil how many, just expect more then one :)

• The story had been much more refined from the previous develog, I said that the writing was 75%, but to be honest while writing in my book I didn't feel satisfied with the way how the story progressed, so I redid the story, scrapping some plot points and focusing in other plots to give the story a smother progress without needing the player to look for every corner to understand the story, as now I will focus in telling the story using the environment and your surroundings as you progress!

• The dialogue between still need minor adjustments to fit the tone and timeline of the game. and yes there is a timeline to this all, when I say I got this story on a chokehold i mean that.

  => BUT !!!

  I also wanna say that doesn't mean I don't want anyone interested to keep a close mind and not make their own theories about this whole project. i would love too see people try and make their own interpretations of what it will be about as i would be dropping some sneak peaks and stuff so i keep you guys satisfied and rewarded for sticking to my slow pace.
  it will really feel an honour to have strangers looking at my dump project hehe !

2 - Art : 🎨10%🎨

• Sketches about each location in the game have been fully sketched, even the objects and stuff in the area have been sketched. only thing left is to give these locations life and turn them into real art and design the path the player will take across each area.

• Only the main characters have been sketched but minor characters are still in progress.

• As i said in the writing section, the story will be told using both the environment and dialogue, so it's kinda important to keep the art parallel and consistent with the dialogue so players won't feel like they are seen as dump being told obvious things in the dialogue.

• i probably will keep sketching until summer comes around since that's the time i become free to focus back in the project, but for now expect that between this develog and the next develog there will only be minor progress with the art since i don't consider finishing a sketch a big thing, a sketch is the skeleton and the colours and scenes are just adding muscles to it.

• Items are the only thing drawn fully cause one Sunday i wake up extremely hungry and made a lot of abominations in the kitchen and i just though they were so outlandish that they fit the food of the game....nice !!!!!

3 - Music : 🎵 2%🎵

• I studied music in school so i know basic stuff like how notes work and all, but we aren't in 1800, music is made digitally now, so I'm trying to learn how to use FL studio i hope i can start making the game music there.

• I have an idea what kind of music each location should have, and what each major character's theme should sound like, and while writting I also made a web for the relationships between the characters that hopefully you can feel in their own respective theme.

4 - Programming : 0%

• Sadly, with the stuff I'm taking care of IRL i really don't have a lot of time to learn programming, right now I'm mostly focusing on how to do enemies and player controls and stuff, but they don't count since the game still wasn't insert in GameMaker yet to be worked on ! but as i said in the art section, hopefully all this gets fixed once summer comes around so I can make best progress before summer ends, and no that doesn't mean I will make more frequent develog in the summer, I will only post develogs when there is stuff to talk about without spoiling the game.

=> Conclusion :

So as a summary, any release date or trailer is still far to be made, but the project won't die, no matter what, only thing is that the progress will be slow and gradual since I'm doing it all on my own.

I'm happy I'm doing this project, it's a really good challenge for me since I'm the type of person who just listens without expressing himself much. So a game this ambitious is the perfect way for me to express myself for once.

But i still need advices, so feel free to give me some if you can !

Progress is smooth in my opinion, i certainly don't wanna rush or burn out myself from the project which will ruin it, the project needs care and love so everyone can feel like they had a good experience with it once it is finished.
this project deserve to be out there for anyone to see, because everyone deserve a little fun and a reminder of what makes you the perfect you!
oops..i revealed one of the messages..
WELP !
i guess i will just put the main location you will play in then !

Sneak peak !

Thanks for Reading ! and have a wonderful year!
See You Next Time !