I got my first donation for The Dive!
Second ship section is coming along. I'm having an internal debate over a scene which I really like but you'll only see if you made a particular choice much earlier in the game and I really want people to see it so should I loosen the requirements?? But I think I need to just let it be what it is or else the paths will feel homogenous, and it won't feel special when you stumble upon a meaty scene that feels tailored just for your Jessica.
In the next big section there is a scene coming up which I decided might be uncomfortable for victims of sexual assault (or just anyone who doesn't want to experience that kind of content). I don't think the scene as currently planned is particularly gruesome--it shouldn't be any worse than anything in the later Alien films--but I had a discussion about it with some other devs and that reinforced my decision that I should have an option to detour to a toned-down version of the scene. What I'm trying to decide now is whether I should put the warning at the beginning of the game or the start of the section preceding the scene. It's a delicate balance between not wanting to blow the tension of the sequence by warning ahead "SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE", but also not wanting to keep any sensitive players on tenterhooks from the very start. 🤔Advice would be appreciated! Hit me here or on my twitter.
I put out one more update to the demo, with the backgrounds I've put in so far and some things cleaned up--I didn't want to but there was some outdated code that I think was accidentally blocking off some paths on the ship. So it's looking and sounding nice! Check it out if you haven't already or take it for another spin. I'll be focusing on the full game now and probably not updating the demo again unless there's a really bad bug i fucked up. I'll keep updating this thread with previews of any improvements to the interface and new music.
Stay inside, stay entertained!