{"id":4608,"date":"2024-04-05T08:37:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T06:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T12:31:38","slug":"change-of-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/2024\/04\/change-of-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Change of plans!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the saying goes, &#8220;The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, it was a sort of forced change. I won&#8217;t go in details (I posted on social media) but because of recent events, I&#8217;ll need to help my parents more than usual, and this of course will take away time. But it&#8217;s not just that, I feel also stressed because of it, and so embarking on a big journey like making a new gameplay (town sim) it&#8217;s really too much. Lastly, my dog Skipper passed away early past month, which didn&#8217;t help either to make me feel better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was hoping to announce the final release of House of Chavez, but it&#8217;s still <a href=\"https:\/\/winter-wolves.itch.io\/house-of-chavez\">in beta on itchio<\/a>, albeit at very good point. You can already buy\/play it if you want, the only thing left is a placeholder CG in Dolores&#8217; path (there&#8217;s the WIP image below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dolores_hotel.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">even if it&#8217;s only a WIP, looks already cute and hot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This of course also delayed\/changed my plans for the next games. In short: Thieves of Dingirra Kickstarter, which was supposed to be my next game, will be postponed later this year. Meanwhile, I&#8217;ll do another Kickstarter for TFTU: Lilith, the third and last game in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/winterwolves\/tales-from-the-under-realm-lilith\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mainmenu.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/winterwolves\/tales-from-the-under-realm-lilith\">Tales From The Under-realm: Lilith<\/a> is a simple visual novel, albeit much longer than previous two, but as you can imagine it&#8217;s much less stressful to make. I have also written a good amount of the draft, and done the base characters, choices, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think for me this is the best decision, this way I can keep doing experiments with ToD gameplay and when I do the KS later this year I&#8217;ll have a clearer idea of what I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, because doing a game like that has two main elements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>deciding the gameplay type, design, code and test it several times to make sure it works and it&#8217;s fun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>once that&#8217;s done, fill all the game content (which requires less mental efforts but more time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a game like ToA: An Elven Marriage, I had to do the second part, design the classes, skills, etc but the first part (the core game framework) was already 90%  done &#8211; I added a few things here and there, but most of it was ready and well tested already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a completely new gameplay genre? A town sim, which I have never attempted before (and which I think no one has done before in Ren&#8217;Py, but I might be wrong)? And the plan is also to have a sort of simplified RPG combat as well&#8230; so as you can see this is definitely a BIG game, one I can&#8217;t tackle right now with my mind too busy and with so much stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TFTU: Lilith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.winterwolves.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/odetteprison.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably make another post about the game later, but for those curious about this story, I can tell you a few things about it to pique your interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>it will take place a few years after the events of TFTU: Hazel. So, there&#8217;ll still be the witch hunt on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Odette, the other love interest, is a fallen paladin, and she&#8217;s Hazel and romance adoptive daughter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>it will feature Evelyn as love interest, and so there&#8217;ll be references to that game as well. But you don&#8217;t need to have played the two previous games to enjoy the story<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>it will assume two canon endings from both games. I won&#8217;t say which ones to not spoil things<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you&#8217;ll be finally able to see the evil wizards, also called &#8220;The Seven&#8221;. In particular, two of them will be some of the most bastard characters I wrote in my games!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>it will be very dark, with many deaths and horrible things happening. But of course, with romance and potential happy endings as well<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the first scene of the game will probably leave you with open mouth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evelyn&#8217;s personality will be &#8230; a bit of a psychopath, but one you can learn to love (sorry ahah) and maybe &#8220;fix her&#8221;!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there&#8217;ll be a cameo of Amber from Amber&#8217;s Magic Shop, and Rowinda&#8217;s niece, who&#8217;s called Rowinda herself (but she&#8217;s not crazy as her mother)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a planned scene involves a masked dance and maid costumes!!! \/nosebleed mode on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If all those things aren&#8217;t enough to pique your interest, I don&#8217;t know what else to add to the game! haha. Ah wait, maybe a potential threesome ending&#8230; that could be a good stretch goal for the Kickstarter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you later this month, hopefully with House of Chavez full release !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, &#8220;The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.&#8221; In this case, it was a sort of forced change. 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