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Progress Report

DEVLOG #02: more character sketches + updates


10th of April 2022




Hello everybody and welcome to my 2nd blog post! (Who would have thought, I am still doing them? Haha. Not me!)
And I even uploaded earlier than I promised!

I hope all of you had a great GAMMAK week and you were able to get some progress done with your game-projects!

My week certainly was a .. ride.

I got myself a MacBook Air with the M1 chip + 16GB Ram and it arrived yesterday. Man, let me tell you! Everything I do is working so smoothly now! RPG Maker MZ (the engine I am using for this project) is running so great and the laptop didn't even get one bit hot! I don't regret the with from my old (stupid) mini windows computer, whose fan was about to fly off every time I opened RMMZ.
And everything is much more convenient, since I am drawing on my iPad Air. Though I am still in the testing and trying around phase.



This week I continued working on the character sketches. I drew A LOT, as those who saw my uploads on the Discord server certainly can tell. You see, the majority I drew this week were women, which doesn't mean the majority of characters in my game are women.
Just haven't drawn all the men yer,

So.. let's start with the usual procedure!


the character sketches drawn with Procreate




speedpaint video of the sketches
Note: The general poses were drawn with "base-stamp-brushes" purchased from Disyukov and Tattooeasy


Finished character sketches: 15/20



Since I got my MacBook, this week I'll..

  • set up the RMMZ project

  • maybe implement some systems from the 2020 version

  • set up a mock up

  • maybe make a game-dev stream on Twitch! (let me know if you are interested in joining!)


But also have to finish the last 5 character sketches (the missing male characters) and maybe start with the lineart. :')


I hope all of you have an enjoyable Sunday and a great start in the week!
Let the GAMMAK-Gods be in your favor!

Love,
Anna

Progress Report

DEVLOG #01: the beginning of a journey


3rd of April 2022



Hello everybody and welcome to my very first devlog here in this forum and for this game. In the future I want to upload weekly devlogs every Sunday at arount 2pm-4pm (UTC+1). And I'd be very happy if you check them out!

What do I hope to achieve by uploading regular devlogs?

  • I want to use this a form to keep track of my progress and what I need to do.

  • It may encourage others and/or myself to continue working.

  • It allows me to get constructive feedback.

  • This may help me get my ideas and stories to a wider audience and make people excited for what I am doing.


So let's get started with the actual blog post!


This week was actually pretty weird for me, since I just came back to the project after working on a Visual Novel. Moon Children is my passion project since 2015/2016 now, which is why I always come back to working on it again.
Over the week I came to the conclusion, to rework the character designs;



I started working on the full-body character sprites of each character and finished 5 character sketches in the span of 2 days.

(Since they are all still a WIP, I'll introduce them to you in another blog post!)


the character sketches drawn with Procreate




speedpaint video of the sketches
Note: The general poses were drawn with "base-stamp-brushes" purchased from Disyukov and Tattooeasy


That's all what I can present for now, but you can always ask me questions about the game, the progress and the characters! I'd be happy to answer them for you!



My goals and tasks for the coming week are to continue working on the character sketches in hope to finish them and start with the outlines!

Finished character sketches: 5/20

I hope all of you have an enjoyable Sunday and a great start in the week!
Let the GAMMAK-Gods be in your favor!

Love,
Anna
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