LAYERSI have literally not had a single day off work since the last post and I'm not gonna have one until Thursday, SO HEADS UP... it's gonna be a bit of a short one.
BUT! THE GOOD NEWS!
My giant work project that I have been putting all my time into since the beginning of the year is finally over, thank goodness. This means I should be able to spend more time getting back to drawing, developing and maybe even reading and studying.
I didn't get too many maps done this week on account of my job, but I did get a few! I'm working on the Chapter 8 areas now and they're not quite halfway done, but these maps are considerably larger than the rest so each one takes a bit more time to create.
More layers and such.
LAYERS
Rooftop TerraceIMO, this is probably one of the more difficult areas to draw, too...
It's like... in an office building, if you walk 50 feet down the hall, you're basically in an area that looks the same, right? If you walk 50 feet down the block in a big city... well, you're in a different universe now! New buildings, new constructions... the works!
So, I gotta draw a LOT of unique things to make it feel real and city-like.
At least the alleys get to have more homogenous walls and such....Even though I only got a few maps done... we're at least making progress! BEHOLD:
Getting close to 40%!!!One last reminder that THIS WEEKEND is Porchfest!
What is there to say at this point besides:
Five bands
It's FREE
There is a guy who walks around and sells jello out of a big bin
Show up, let's hang!
I also started working on a musical sketch I started a WHILE ago, but finally have some ideas for. If I give it a few hours every few days, I think I'll probably have a new ZAKU song written in like.... idk 2 or 3 weeks. How exciting.
I'm probably the worst in the world about starting a new video game, playing a few hours into it, and then dropping it and starting another. I played a few more hours of Corpse Party and I still love it, BUT I had the idea yesterday to start playing the entire Sakura Wars series...
We'll see how far I get into it (I am playing it in Japanese and it's a bit above my level), but I'm having a good time, thus far. That game has STYLE hoowee. Sauced up.
Which, clearly, is why I made pixel art of Sakura Shinguji....
Posting it again, because my Patreon backup script doesn't save the header image for some reason, idk.OK, SO!!!
Cross your fingers.... hopefully, past this week I'll have more time for game dev now that my crazy work situation has died down. Gonna try to have a more ROBUST Patreon post next week, but who can say what the future may hold....
I'm also going to be moving house in the Fall, so I'm not sure how that's gonna affect Negative Reverie, but I assume there will be a week or two where I don't get a lot done in August/September, so just be ready for that.
I appreciate your continued support! Have a good week this week! Don't hesitate to hmu here or on Discord about anything (maybe I should start a Sakura Wars playthough club on Discord....) and I'll see y'all next Sunday!!!