Just wanted to make a quick blog to let everyone know that after several months, the final dungeon is done! Here's our good friend the Progress Nautilus:



The final dungeon took so long because I decided each little area needed its own tileset. That was a bit overboard of me, but now it's done and I couldn't be happier!

This brings us to the final boss, which will be another multi-part extravaganza with several forms to battle.

Not gonna get into any details now, but if you want a small sneak peak, I'll put a silhouette of one of the forms I'm working on under this hide tag.



Thanks everyone! :DDD

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! I wish I had something cute planned like the Evocations sending you cards asking to be their Valentine, but I wasn't that well prepared XD;  

Instead, here are some sneak peeks at my tileset work for the final dungeon (which I posted on twitter a couple of days ago).



It's been well over a month since I started work on the final dungeon and I'm about 30%-40% done with it. It's kinda big, but I'm trying to make each area of it look distinct and memorable, so that's taking a bit of extra time. 
I'm really excited to hear what people think of it when it's finished (and I'm really really hoping it won't be too big for most people's tastes, I'm trying to keep enemy encounters to a reasonable level as well).

There's also something else I wanted to talk about. A minigame opens up before the final dungeon where you can explore an underground mine which may or may not be illusory and you can collect tickets to turn in for goodies. I wanted the mine to look very different as you explore different parts, but I'm a bit tapped just doing the final dungeon.

To keep the project releasing in a timely manner and keep me from experiencing burnout, I was considering opening it up to volunteers if anyone wanted to help contribute. I'd need a floor tile, walls & ceiling, a door, and a couple of doodads for each area, kinda like this image below, but in a different style, different colors, etc.



So, what do you all think? Should I open this up to volunteers? Or just keep my nose to the grindstone and finish it myself? Please tell me what you think ^_^

In the meantime, I'll keep at it. I've still got to finish the final dungeon, do the final boss fight, polish up the script and send it to Sooz for final editing, put the endings in, and do the bonus hell dungeon. It sounds like a lot but I'm hoping I can finish it in the coming months.

We're in the home stretch and just getting closer and closer! I'm super excited, everyone! And have a wonderful Valentine's day filled with love and fun and game dev!

Thanks to insomnia, I'm really out of it today, so I'll just post a quick update and then be on my way. Vedim Fun Zone finished, now it's on to the Expanse Temple. Take it away, Progress Nautilus!



After the Expanse Temple, there is a short area that I didn't put on the chart because it doesn't have any enemies or anything. After that, it's final dungeon time and then postgame bonus dungeon!

I'm feeling both jazzed and motivated by how close we are to the end but still feeling that "so close but yet so far" sensation when I look at the list of stuff I still need to make and do. Ah well, one step at a time!

BONUS: Here's a sketch of the bonus boss that Sgt M suggested, the Nautilus, brought to life to battle the player!

Not a huge update today. Just a little progress report.

So, it's been about two and a half months since the last blog. I thought I've been working pretty slowly (and I have, for the most part), but I was surprised at how far I've gotten, probably due to consistency (I've been able to work on it almost every day, give or take). Here's where we are on the progress meter, with the new progress marked in green (and accounts for everything except eventing some of the scenes):



So, looks like I'm doing better than I thought ^_^ A lot of stuff for me is still up in the air right now, so I don't know if I'll be able to continue to work so consistently (and I keep getting tempted to do a side project to let off some steam) but who knows, if I can continue at this rate maybe I can finish everything before the end of the year?

Thanks for following the project, everyone, and I'll keep at it :DDDDDD

Hello everyone! ^_^

Got a new version of the 60% Release uploaded. The biggest fix is that I've overhauled the encounter rate for the school, which is the biggest area and wore out its welcome for a lot of players due to the size and amount of encounters. Now you'll encounter about half as many battles and the enemies give more EXP (and the bosses more obols) to compensate.

If you're still playing the initial 60% release and haven't gotten to the school yet, you may want to download version 1.11 and move your saves over for a smoother school experience.