Hello everyone!

Three weeks have passed, and as you all know:I write devlogs for a living, and sometimes work on the game!

Anyway, time for another devlog!

What's Been Done?

~670 renders (?) and 14 animations

More coding

Proofreading 3/30

GIVE ME THE DEETS PWEEEEASE!!!

+930 layered assets (static images + animated ones), 6 full renders

Got 7 more events into a "playable" state (24 total)

Lots of new things were learned this time!Though working faster wasn't one of them...

Made my first timeline animation. Nothing big, but it's a start.I just wish I'd tried this sooner.

Pics

A few more things to show today...Alas, the best renders will have to stay hidden until release!

Here you go! Enjoy your background!(The rain is actually animated in-game.)

I experimented a bit with backgrounds for this event and discovered that blurry, darkened backgrounds look great!

I also found out that adding a white, blurry, semi-transparent frame was some kind of cheat code that made everything look even better... (At least I think so)

First time putting a GIF in my devlogs!

Nothing much to comment on here. MC is just getting properly roasted.

Obligatory cute girl pic to keep your attention on the devlog.

...Ah...

I'm so dumb.

That one should have been the GIF!

...No comment.

Chapter 5 assessement

Time to assess where I'm currently at with Chapter 5 development!

Based on previous devlogs, we should have:

04/18: +180 layered assets (~140 renders and 1 animation)

05/09: +200 layered assets (~150 renders (?) and 13 animations)

05/30: +200 layered assets (~88 renders (?) and 8 animations)

06/20: +300 layered assets (~150 renders (?) and 12 animations)

07/11: +1300 layered assets (~650 renders (?) and 26 animations)

07/31: +160 layered assets (~115 renders (?) and 1 animation)

08/22: +170 layered assets (~108 renders (?) and 3 animations)

09/12: +810 layered assets (~600 renders (?) and 4 animations)

10/03: +850 layered assets (~550 renders (?) and 15 animations)

10/24: +930 layered assets (~670 renders (?) and 14 animations)

Total: ~5100 layered assets (~3221 renders, 97 animations)

Chapter 5 already has more renders than Chapters 3 and 4 combined...And in a few hundred more, you'll be able to add Chapter 2 too.

What's next

Still making renders and proofreading whenever I get the chance...

Then playtesting.

ETA?!!!

I still have 6 more events to render, so... Realistically, I'll need at least two more weeks, maybe three.It's gonna be really tight.

I'm going to miss the mid-November deadline... (Sowwy, UwU)

No new ETA either, because I'll probably get it wrong by a week or so. But I'm getting there!

And That's All for Today!

I probably won't do a Christmas event this year. The schedule is getting too tight for what I had planned...

Or perhaps I'll do an Orthodox Christmas event. Maybe that could work?

Thank you...

...for following and supporting RomCom:Divergence, and to everyone playing along!

I'll see you again in three weeks, on November 14, whether it's for the preview or one final devlog.

Thank you for your time.

-Haptales

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