Hey ya'll!

Happy early Halloween!

[gif id: A Gif from Tenor. a generic jack o lantern seen at night, where only it's face is visible. It has a mildly pulsing orange glow. id end]

I hope everyone stays safe and has a spooky fun holiday! Lil known fact -Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year!

In the future, devlogs will be double posted -Once by me in English, than in Spanish by @OwO07Official. I'll repost the banner and link to the finished Spanish devlog. Massive thank you for the huge undertaking this is every month!

Firstly, a bit of news: I got a job! Idk my schedule or hours yet but I hope it won't cut into my game dev time too much! As far as I'm aware, the current schedule and release will continue as planned.

Alright, now onto the game's progress!

[img id; a 4 month calendar from September to December. September is covered with a semi-transparent black bar. Text reads: (Above September) (October) Battle System, Fully playable Build (rough). (November) Refining, playtesting, translations, extra content, (December) Planned Release Month]

[Img id: A test battle, using a Moldsmol as an enemy for a placeholder. It is dancing along the bottom of the screen with squash and stretch. The battle interface is similar to Deltarune, though rearranged to have the party members be alongside a vertical bar. There's also the narration at the top of the screen that reads: "This is a test dialogue." id end.]

Well, the Battle System hasn't gotten fully finished yet. But it's getting close! We've got the full term system, enemy and bullets and collisions set up!

[img id: The same fight, with Moldsmol shooting bullets towards the player's SOUL which is darkened while grazing up TP points. id end]

We're in the middle of coding the death state (thus the HP is so low). Next up: all the button functionality and the win state. I'd imagine at least 2 more calls -so by the end of the month.

In addition to the battle, several coding systems need some refinement or are out right being redone. We are switching from JujuAdam's "Scribble" to a full new text system made by Lasers. (Thank you!) and Eternal is rewriting the character state machine. (Also thank you!)

With the start of the new text system, i've imported the intro and have finished timing it. It's a process of converting the script into readable strings (text ingame) and importing old code and fixing it up with the new systems.

[img id: a background of the surface hill, originally seen in the game's trailer. We see it in the Gamemaker room editor with collision blocks alongside the sprites. id end]

Here's hoping I can still finish the fully playable build this month! Things are progressing steadily. Next devlog (outside the Spanish translation) will likely be asking for playtesters, so keep an eye out for that B)

A lot is going on behind the scenes these last two months but sadly I can't show those results without ruining the magic of the demo release. Likely as we continue closer to the finish line, I'll have less and less to show... so hold on tight!