Iamabrawler

Bad news, everyone. I am putting the project on indefinite hiatus. There are two reasons. Simplest reason: I'm out of time. I am juggling a personal blog and a night shift job, and I sleep during the day with very little time to work on the game. As a result, it never progresses, and while it's seen the addition of a lot of sprites lately, unfortunately my plans for it won't come to fruition. Second reason: Fallout with the creator of the comic. Behind-the-scenes stuff has been revealed that made me no longer want to associate with the comic's creator, which is a shame because I still like the story that is being told in it. It's an issue I was well-aware could happen at some point, but wished it would never happen. I'll spare you the details, you want none of it and I have no intention to drag around drama like a weight to shove onto other people. Long story short, I still like the comic, but I don't see a reason to continue the project as it would be free work for a community I no longer associate with. The project is pretty much dead. Which, again, doesn't make much of a difference as I've barely done anything on it since I started working night shifts in March. My sincere apologies to anyone who wanted to see this project continue. I had great ideas for it, but even if I didn't have that second reason, I would still be out of time to do anything. I might still toy around with RPG Maker, but nothing to the magnitude of that project I had great hopes for.

I looked around on the pages to edit info on the pictures posted to the Gallery and couldn't find a way to remove the two small sprite sets I posted there. Turns out, the artist wants to add a watermark first, so I need to take down both pictures at the moment. Is there a way to competely remove one's own pictures from the gallery?

Speaking of progress, I have actually found in the Foxy Flavored Cookie fandom someone who has experience making RPG Maker sprites, and who has agreed to help me with this project. As you can see below, the result looks pretty good so far - and that spriter is tenacious enough to make different sprite sets for every set of clothes Pucho wears in the comic. Hm, wonder if that'll also happen for every other character... Below is an in-game test turned into a .gif image.

The only update I've had time to do lately was some minor aesthetic things, correcting small mistakes in spelling mostly. I am still juggling with the possibility of changing the HUD a bit. Last but not least, I've decided to start looking around for sprite artists. If I could get at least the main character's sprites done, that would already be nice.

How much would it cost to make a full page of sprites of various characters for my game? There would be 8 different sets of sprites, 4 rows of 3 sprites for each direction as per RPG Maker standards. The sprites would be 32X32 pixels, also the software standard. I might actually check the price and then see how many sprites I can request. Only issue being that you will need to make sprites based on existing characters, using some images of these characters. Would you be up to the task, and how much would it be?

Quick announcement: I found a job about three weeks ago and have been pretty busy with it, I work night shifts at a gas station. I'm saying this because, as a result, I have less free time to work on my game (the messed-up sleep schedule that results from those shifts also doesn't help). But don't worry, I will try to continue my work on it whenever I have free time. The project is certainly not buried, although I am going to need some help in devising various possible side-quests.

Another quick update, only 4 days since the last post; I have made a new version available. Version 1.08 adds about 15 minutes of gameplay, includes more characters, features a Creator Cameo of Baker, contains the cooking mechanic that I had so many issues adding previously, and ends with some freedom to visit the still relatively empty Paws' Den. As for the art, it features more Faces and pictures to make it feel closer to the comic... including a new Title image! Version 1.09 will likely see the inclusion of a whole lot more people to talk to, more maps, and probably some side-quests. I'm aiming for 10 side-quests at the moment. After which, Version 1.10 should be the inclusion of Pages 60 to 88 of the comic, which will be a LOT of work... but nothing insurmountable. Just a lot of maps to design, a lot of places to create, a lot of new characters to take into consideration. As usual, comments, advice and bug reports will be greatly appreciated. And if you decide to try the game... thank you. Thank you very much. As the first big RPG project I'm really invested in, that means a lot to hear that many people are playing it.