Phew, another long day on the books! Today, I finished writing of one of the routes, including all three endings associated with it. It's really nice seeing it all written out like that! Since I'm happy with the way the writing is going, here's a little blurb for the story:

"I always said my food was magical, but I didn't mean it literally!!!"

Dahlia was fine living her quiet life running her bakery, but now a witch has whisked her off, saying she has to join a witch coven! Can Dahlia's sweet creations fool these witches long enough to convince them she's a witch too, or will these dysfunctional spellcasters be the end of her? With the power of good food, help bring the witches together and solve their problems, or let poor Dahlia get turned into a toad!"

I also worked on the GUI today. Here are some screenshots!

Here's the main menu:Still needs a background image.

Look at all those settings!

Always nice to have save slots that work!

And the textbox/quick menu! I tried to make them look like a recipe card! (The BG is a placeholder, not my art)

That's all for today, excited to get more done tomorrow!

Yesterday, I started drawing backgrounds. This was a mistake. I quickly realized I don't have the patience to do all the backgrounds to the standard I want in the time period provided, so I opted to go on the hunt for free materials. After gathering the ones I had license for, I tweaked them to my liking, so all backgrounds are done! Yay!

Today, I focused on recipes and drawing food. Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed the "Recipes" button on my main menu. Because a lot of my game revolves around the power of food, I decided pretty early on that I wanted real recipes players could make themselves! I fancy myself quite the home chef, and now using my own recipes, all the food featured in the game is now totally doable for players to make as well! Once you see the finished product in game, the recipe for that dish will unlock! I also drew about 75% of the food, so enjoy some eye candy (harr harr). 

Rest of the week will be dedicated to writing, so I might not have much to show! But don't worry, I'm working my little fingers as fast as they'll go! Until next time!

I've been a busy little worker bee doing some behind-the-scene stuff. Ironing out programming bugs, fixing errors, programing the recipe menu which was... Surprisingly finicky. I also finished drawing all the food! All's left is to finish writing the second and third paths and drawing/animating the characters! That's right, these witches are gonna be animated babyyyy (assuming everything goes to plan, of course). More on that later though, for now, have some pretty pictures!

Next time, I'll get into what software I've been using, including my attempts at learning Live2D! Until then!