Status update (November)!

Here's the status update for this past month!

Art:

• Biker bar bull-riding room location done.
• Biker bar washroom further improvements.
• Missy's home backyard done.
• Prototype of a new phone UI in progress (most of it conceptualized and assets for are done but not ready for the Tech Update as it touches too many parts for now).
• Assets for future content in Rhonda's story created ( 2 scenes used as a wallpapers as well).
• New cutscene to improve Josephine's story (used as a wallpaper also).
• Continued assisting the Code/Posing devs with optimizing art and fixing inconsistencies. Such as unused art assets , missing shadows, missing character button variants and so on.
• Orc Bork minigame improvement.
• Assets adjustments, optimization and improvements on multiple minigames (pizza delivery, pizza making, fights,  pushup, strength, donut, Jenny camera, garden, scuffle, altar, cocktail).
• New Glenn (janitor) faces.
• New Erik arm assets.
• Library desk button asset for when checking out books.
• French classroom fixes and improvements to the evening and night variants.
• New TV channel (Monster Trucks).
• Fixed reflection in cafeteria floor tiles and crowd variants in the door buttons.

Code:

• Rebuilt more mini games in the new codebase: Cocktail mixing, stone alter puzzle, safe-cracking, gardening, gun struggle, Sluttygram photo shoot, doughnut choice, push-up contest, weight training, combat and Muay Thai training, pizza prep and delivery.
• Briefly revisited mini games completed in October to use a new helper system.
• Produced a dynamic ambient animation for the forest set using shaders.
• Recreated combat intro transitions for widescreen using shaders.
• Assembled the Rusty Angus bar as a visitable location.
• Wired new book pile button into the library as part of the new shop mechanic.
• Made mini game timers look and feel consistent between games.
• Created various new vector assets required by mini games.
• Improved how some assets are dynamically resized to prevent smudges.
• Prevented early termination of some visually important transitions.
• Added support for assets aliases to reduce the need for duplicate files.
• Continued to add location-based game logic, this time for the mall.

Posing:

• Added the Liu changed angle h-scene.
• Fixed some asset problems in Diane's route.
• Started adding the Dynamic shots for Diane.
• Continued creating and testing lock check labels.
• Reposed some minor scenes that were previously missed.
• Made lists of remaining h-scenes worked on that need completion.
• Identified buttons needing additional posing work in existing sets.
• Revised and expanded the task list for posing, including button support.
• Update posing with enhanced art (in progress): Erik and Tammy, Mia, Jenny, Debbie, etc.
• Minigame implementation to posed scenes.
• Posing ongoing for all remaining hscenes and animations.

Writing:

• Assisted code with wiring up story routes.
• Added dialogue lines to all new improved scenes for Erik, Tammy, Mia, Jenny, Debbie, etc.

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Thanks for all your support and feedback!

-DC