Deslog #6: Slow but Steady

02/28/21 Angel W.

Due to some outside issues, such as extracurriculars, family, etc., progress has been a bit slow for both Jill and I, but we're trying our best to get as much done as possible.

- Story draft 1.0

- Boss animations

- Working on

- Backgrounds for entire House Set

- NEW Design for model and attacks of "Mother's Note" (due to concept rework)

- GUI finalized design

Deslog #6: A Little Bit of Everything

02/1/21 Angel W.

- Story rework tentative draft

- Bathroom Set progress

- Boss fight GUI concept

- Working on

- Backgrounds for entire House Set

- NEW Design for model and attacks of "Mother's Note" (due to concept rework)

- Progression design

- Finalized storyline

Deslog #7: A Step in a New Direction

02/28/21 Angel W.

Some ring the bells, because Jill and I have finally settled on a plan. We're completely shifting the boss fighting the mechanic from an open battle style, to a semi open turn based style (a little bit inspired by Undertale). This will not only make both Jill's coding life easier, but my designing life easier as well. A few major changes resulting from this decision, outside the obvious, will be me reworking the story. Since we're switching to a turn based combat, the writing has to reflect the new type of progression we'll be doing. So once again the schedule is going to have to be pushed back. However! In the long run, the work will actually be easier and faster. So in this case, we are playing the long game.

Deslog #6: Timeline Update

02/1/21 Angel W.

So last post at the end of January had me and my partner reevaluating our timeline for this project, and now for the early February post, we've figured out exactly what the new timeline will be.
February: Finish 1st boss graphics and attack abilities
March: Finish background of 2nd floor of house
April: Start background of 1st floor of house
May: Finish background of 1st floor of house
June: Revaluate how much work Jill and I have to do over the summer
Hopefully, with this far more open timeline, we can get as much done as possible before we begin planning for the 2nd year of or signature project.

Deslog #5: Status Update

01/28/21 Angel W.

This post is less of a material update and more of a status update. It's recently set in just how large scale this video game project is turning out to be, and it's kind of mind boggling. So, my partner Jill and I had to do some replanning. We lengthened our schedule but also put in more definite plans that should be possible with the time we have. Instead of even trying to have a finished game by the end of the year, we will instead be creating a demo. This demo will include the first level, "the house," and the first boss level, "mother's note." Once we get the first chunk done, it shall serve as a precedent for all future sections for the game.

- Working on
- Finish designing "mother's note"
- Use designs to create stage, attack sprites, etc.

Deslog #3: 1st Step to Interactivity

Deslog #4: Set Design House P1

01/01/21 Angel W.

- House Hallway Set created

- Bathroom Set sketched out

- Layout of House Set created

- Working on

- Backgrounds for entire House Set

- Design for model and attacks of "Mother's Note"

- Progression design

12/17/21 Angel W.

- Created floor graphic for Bedroom Set

- Internal dialogue for Bedroom Set created

- Plans for 1st boss "Mother's Note"

- Trigger

- Appearance

- Visual Sequence

- Reward

Working on

- Set for entire house

- Design for model and attacks of "Mother's Note"

- Progression design

Deslog #2: Graphic Testing

11/15/21 Angel W.

- Art style created for visual novel aspect of the game

- V1 concept art of Mika Chance

- V1 concept art of Bryce Finn

- Bedroom set background created

- Began internal dialogue lines

Working on

- Internal dialogue lines

- Text boxes & text triggers

- Progression design

Deslog #1: The Start

10/14/25 Angel W.

- Story has been written

- Characters have been determined

- Bosses have been designed

- Game mechanics created

- V1 Pixel art for MC and Mother's Note boss created (reference left)

Working on

- Pixel designs for all characters

- Visual novel concept art

- Progression design

PROJECT TIMELINE: Angel

October

Finish the overall storylines, plan bosses, and create encounters

Februrary

Dialogue for characters and finish character animations

November

Establish game mechanics and begin character designs

March

Music design and inserting items into code

December

Finish art design for characters and start character animations

April

Polish details with Jill :)

January

Art design for backgrounds and continue animations