Spawning npcs and daily events part 2

Feb 26, 2024

Got covid for the second time and wasn't able to work on anything for a week straight. I got a small thing done today though

I can now add npcs to the current map with a new function I wrote. I can use this to have some random events result in new characters showing up, or to have route specific npc locations

Spawning npcs and daily events

Feb 19, 2024

Doesn't look very impressive, but it took a while to get everything working well enough to not crash every 2 mins. The game will run this function every time it detects you entering a new map, and will populate the list with the event buttons that are stored for that map, date, and time slot.

Here's how I ended up storing all of these values. I'm sure there's a better way to go about this, but I'm not a good enough programmer to know how to optimize everything. I'll go back and improve alot of my coding when I get better down the line

The last part of this npc spawning system I need to finish is managing when to disallow npcs to spawn under certain conditions. Mostly needing to check if the character is accompanying you, dead, or otherwise occupied for some story reason

Layered images

Feb 9, 2024

I was honestly easier than I thought it would be to set up the layered images for customization. There were some weird things to get used to, like the layer order needing to be in opposite order from the art files, and not being able to just 'remove' a layer

Layer fixing

Feb 5, 2024

Going back through my sprite files to begin rearranging the layers in preparation for character customization

Gonna end up with hundreds of editing layers before I can flatten everything into their individual pieces

I've been trying to work out an animal crossing style voice acting function, but it hasn't been working properly. Will be putting this on the back burner until later

I've done some work on the route selection screen as well. More of these route buttons will be added once more love interests get unlocked. You'll start the game off with only two routes avalible, and you can unlock more as you proceed through their storylines. I have alot of really cool surprises planned for these routes and can't wait to get the demo out!

Some sprite work for a new character

Feb 1, 2024

Some character sprites

Dec 30, 2023

These are some unlockable clothing pieces for the player character and Dahlia