Very unfinished but the backdrop image, as it is in this video, is already leagues better than what I had last weekend! I'm going to work on it incrementally over the coming weeks as I work on implementing the stages idea I talked about before!

I've worked out a process for drawing bushes that I'm using for the backdrop! First I draw the branches, then "paint" where the bush texture will be, copy it's alpha to a new layer in white, then draw it's shadows in a layer over the bush layer.

I've been working on the backdrop today! Among other things I've done, I made a bush! I know, SOOOO impressive lol.

Doki Doki Literature Club is celebrating Monika's birthday and the 8th anniversary of DDLC with exclusive stickers, avatar frames and backgrounds on Game Jolt! 

Head over to the shop to collect yours 👉 https://gamejolt.com/#shop

This is just about the only situation in which I'll ever do this. I almost never put multiple calls to methods on the same line but here I've logged a warning to remind furure me to do something I didn't have time to do today in a glaringly obvious way.

Play @pm-studios ' Bandit Trap Open Beta!

Grab your rocket chairs, vacuums, and toilet tornadoes! Report one more time for our final beta! Live through March 23rd 6 am CET.

Complete quests based on the game!

Play the beta: https://bit.ly/BanditTrapBeta

Close-up of the re-shaded Hensen!

I did get a lot more done on the backdrop yesterday, by the way! It's not finished by any means, in fact, it's quite empty and even ugly in some places, but it's beginning to come together!

BIG NEWS: Your Bandit can wear a Game Jolt hat and shirt in Bandit Trap!

Defend your home or steal treasure in the open beta: https://bit.ly/BanditTrapBeta

It ends on March 23rd at 6 am CET!

Okay, so the stages and score saving are both more or less working. Your score and high score will be saved throughout the lifetime of the application. Currently nothing saves when the game is closed, though, I'll be working on that next weekend.