Ah shit, it's already been 4 months since the last "progress report" if I can call it like that

I don't update people a lot, did you know that?

Of course, the main reason is because I don't want to reveal a lot about the mod but at the same time, I guess I have to so nobody will think this mod is dead.
The other main reason is that the final exams are approching quickly and everything related to studing and finding a college for afterward kinda took my time and will to work on the mod.

But I guess it's now time to do some sort of big progress report or something like that

So here we go:

So the last devlog I made said I was working on the cutscene system. What about it, then?

Well, most of the cutscene of the main fight are finished! It only needs some polishment there and here. And maybe setting the text correctly in one cutscene.

Ah yes, did I say "main fight"?

Susie VS Noelle is of course the main fight, but it will also include bonus and maybe extra fights!

With that out of the table, now, I can go over all progress worth mentionning, limiting myself to the main parts and fight for now (in a nutshell version below):

• Create Your Kris: In case you didn't know, Create Your Kris is the engine used for Frozen Heart, which is an editable mod for Create Your Frisk.

  • CYK has a lot of bugs everywhere. As of now, a few ones has been fixed, such as the mod erroring if the text object used for the flavor text is deleted or the problem with the players' sprites' mask looping when the background darken during the ENEMYDIALOGUE state and probably others that I forgot about.

  • The engine has been altered a bit to work correctly with Frozen Heart's features. But that's no big deal so I'll skip that part

• Out-of-battle sections: All part of the fangame that are not battles are cutscenes. Which means no overworld to create for me. Good for me and for the time il'll take to finish this fangame-
  And to be honest, Frozen Heart's concept doesn't require any overworld anyway, no matter what I add to the game.

  • So what about the cutscenes: as said above, most of them are finished and just need some fix here and there.

• Menu: A menu is also in the works, using mostly assets from Deltarune because making sprites is still not my speciality-
  As of now, only the main, difficulty select and options parts of the menu are working, with the latter still not completly done. An extra option is also planned, but will be devlopped later. Extras are what they are... just extras.

• Difficulties: As mentionned above, 3 difficulties can be choosen for the fight, from Easy to Hard. However, I feel like they'll need a lot of playtesting, mostly for the Hard difficulty, to make sure it doesn't feel like the waves are random bullshit at high speed being thrown at the player.

  • Secret difficulty?

• Waves: Speaking of waves (the term for attacks in CYF), there are currently 5 waves ready for the main fight, with no plan for more at the moment. But it is subject to change if I have a random good idea for a wave and the motivation and the necessery knowledge to create it.

• Writing: I'm a bit unsure about that one. Mostly for Susie's lines. I think I'll rework them later on.

• Musics: The music used for the main fight is already allowed to use for fangames so I'm good right now. The same can't be say for the bonus fights for which I'll probably have to force my shy ass to ask for permission. Other musics are from Deltarune so it should be fine-

And now, the "in a nutshell" version:

• The engine used have multiple bugs that are being fixed slowly

• All cutscenes are completed and only need some tweaks

• A menu is being worked on too

• There will be 4 3 difficulties

• 5 out of probably 5 waves finished

• Dialogues will probably get reworked on later, mostly Susie's

• I'll ask for permission for the musics I plan to use one day. Just bear with my lack of confidence for now.

With all of that said, that's where I'll stop for now.

Maybe I'll give more info on the bonus fight one day. Maybe not. I don't know yet.
But anyway! I still got something for all of you: another teaser of Frozen Heart, which some part of the intro, the cutscsne comming after the scene I showed 4 month ago!

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTCmLJNJl2A

And with that said, I'm now going back into the darknesss. See you in 4 other months!