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Immortal Sins
9 years ago

Weekly Update #24


Hello there! Time for an update!

Northbridge Changes and open sourcing:

While the following new features are not groundbreaking, are at least welcome. These are Multi-file import, selective export and auto-skipping the launcher.

Selective export and multi-file import allows to export and import some files, instead of exporting all the save files and importing one file respectively. Skipping the launcher automatically is useful if you just want to play the game by double-clicking the shortcut. Of course, since the launcher doubles as the control panel for the game (for some things), I’ve also added a small routine to reset that setting.

In addition, I will open source the entire launcher and make it available to developers. With the launcher, I wanted to address some things that pissed me off when I was playing games, which they offered nothing to manage the save files good enough (such as backing up the save files). I have open-sourced the Save Manager (can be downloaded on itch.io (https://aceofaces.itch.io/northbridge-save-manager-sdk) and Gumroad (https://gumroad.com/l/NorthbridgeSMSDK), free or pay what you want), since I think that it would be really useful for both developers and players alike. Open sourcing the launcher will provide the developers the foundation to build that with useful user-friendly features. Hopefully it will be appreciated.

Disc 1 update release is imminent (almost):

I have almost completed the story part of the Disc 1 update, and after that (along with a few changes), it will be released to the public this spring (if everything goes well). Not all features I talked about will make it fully realized, but I’m getting there. This was quite hard, since I had the college stuff, I had to slow down the development due to exams, etc. I (for the most part) have to develop the entire game by myself, and developing the game is hard. It can be a pain, but I don’t mind it. I have a limited budget for it, but I work with what I can get. I hope you guys and gals enjoy the game, from the demo, up until the final version of the game.

Oh, and I will include a save file patcher to convert your save files and transfer it to the Disc 1 update. I’ll provide more info about it when the time comes.

That is all for now. See you in the next post.

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