day 8!
the days sure keep on coming, don't they.
today I opted for a change of pace; I started working on the dialogue system!
it was a bit of a slog; I watched and followed through some tutorials in a total daze lol. I made my own text for the text boxes, which took hours... and then I still had the entire actual CODING to do ToT.
So, then i coded... and coded... (with the tutorials). near the end I started to feel so overwhelmed with everything i had just done, so I decided to take a break to absorb it all, and basically stopped there.
I now have the basis for a text system, and an INTERACTIVE text system! yay! (it's looping in the gif so I'll have to find a way to stop that...).
After taking that break, I decided to work on character development more, made a sprite or two, and brainstormed and sketched the characters. I also thought about how much work it'll be drawing them and also drawing backgrounds for the intro, and also compiling the drink sequences.... omg ToT. hopefully I'll be able to do it all before the game jam deadline ((but if not that's okay too rip))-- it feels like with only a week left, there's no time! but also, i think it would be calming to remind myself how much I got done in this first week :)
The next step for tomorrow is to add in an image box for "you" during dialogue, which is just in another tutorial to watch :) and then draw chararacters.
grand scheme, I'll figure out adding and changing character sprites during conversations, and connecting rooms before and after dialogue-- oh and also fixing up the cafe delivery room... and making drink sequences... oof and also connecting the drink orders to the drinks made to the dialogue... yikes.
game dev is complicated lol and there's a lot of steps. but breaking it down like this really helps to understand how much is left to be done. I have the basics done for basically everything already!! what!! I just need to make some visual components and connect things together! that's not so bad!
good luck to everyone-- i know a week in, this is starting to be just like constant work, so let's just take it day by day with plenty of breaks!!