Fun fact

I spent a while trying to get my drawing tablet working on my new computer. As it turns out, the problem wasn't with the computer.

The connector for the pen charger was nearly detached and had its wires exposed.

Chapter 2 True Route Summary Done

The required true route summary for chapter 2 is complete. There are still 4 more route summaries that need to be completed, but they are shorter than the true route, so they should be done soon. Here are some more BGM tracks composed while the summary was being written:

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song2

♫ ~O.o~ ♫

Attached are some music tracks I composed for BFD. The first one was completed a few months ago. As for the second one...I definitely didn't stay up from 4 AM to 9 AM working on it :p

song1

song2

was bfd a lie??

I regret to inform the 2 people who read this blog that I have made very little progress on BFD in during the past few months.

However, I want to make something absolutely clear: BFD is not cancelled or even on hiatus. I'm making progress whenever I can, but given my current circumstances, I don't have a lot of time to be working on the game. I am a student, and I have to deal with things like classwork and extracurriculars on a daily basis. I want to work on BFD, and I even get frequent BFD cravings, but I have to take care of a lot of other stuff. I want BFD to be real, but I also want my academic success to be real.

Visual novels are easier to develop than other games, but they still require a huge time commitment. Given the scope of the project and that I'm going 100% solo, it's safe to say that this is going to be a long ride.

I remember back in 2018 around this time when I decided to actually commit to developing this game. I remember how much passion I had, and I can still feel that passion at this very moment. And goddamn do I still think about how wrong I was when I predicted that chapter 2's summary wouldn't take as long as chapter 1's. Merry Christmas.

Breaking news: i cant shade

this is just in: i cant shade for shit. i might as well just use flat colors for the bg characters, but i have to make the main cast look pretty. i need digital art lessons since i dont understand how the artists im following are pulling it off.

in other news: im making daily progress on chap 2's summary ;)

Change of Plans

In consideration of the newly planned art style, the current red poses will have to be discarded. The poses are going to be kept, but all the art I completed by tracing off of them will be deleted. The final sprites will be drawn from scratch. To be honest, the red poses were ugly and were impossible to work with due to how poorly drawn (>"drawn") they were. Hopefully I'll make something that doesn't look like shit next time.

What's the holdup?

Why is chapter 2's summary not done yet? Why are updates taking so long? Am I still working on the game, or am I just fucking around?????

I assure you that progress is still being made. I've been busier than expected, and it's only getting worse from here on out. BFD's still happening, but it's just going to be a while.

I've been allotting most of the development time to asset creation. Specifically, I've been working on improving my art skills so I can give BFD some quality sprites and backgrounds. I've even decided on an art style, which will make the practice sessions a lot smoother. I've even been getting more familiar with Autodesk Sketchbook and the feel of digital art in general.

I completely forgot to write about it since I finished it at a time where I was getting really busy with irl stuff, but I completed the voicebank for the second utau. I have a video showcasing its voice on my Instagram.

The summary progress is by far the weakest point. I'm just going to have to admit that chapter 2 isn't a very easy summary to write due to the fact that it's more slice of life-oriented and that I'm still fleshing out the protagonist and his relationships. I feel like shit knowing how little work I've completed with the summary over the past few months, and I can only hope that a burst of creative energy and insight will come to my aid. Maybe I should pray for a muse.