Progress Report - October (Patreon)

Salutations!

Here's our progress report for October.

With the 1.39 update released we've now begun planning and working on 1.40 and beyond.

Our main focus for the next update will be Luna Lovegood. Her character is currently being updated to make use of the new wardrobe system and we'll be going through her events to improve their general structure for what we have planned for her in the future. So far we've written a new introduction for her so that she can be introduced earlier in the story. Her model is also being finalized so we'll have a preview out soon.

Other things we're working on:

The re-introduction of potions. Our main goal with the initial release will be adding more event variations that aligns with Hermione's current corruption level. So instead of one single linear event you'll be able to replay it many times during Hermione's corruption for even more options, reactions and outcomes.

We’re currently testing the upcoming 7.4 update for Ren’py and we expect to be using a stable version by the time 1.40 is done. This update to the game engine is one of the biggest in a long time and it comes with a major modernisation of graphics rendering, as well as other technical improvements. We expect it will improve performance across the board, fix certain graphics bugs and open new possibilities for the game, such as the use of OpenGL shaders for various graphical effects.

The game will not only be modernised behind the scenes, we’re also working on a new GUI for the title and menu screens. It will have a more consistent and arguably better design, and include new screens such as dialogue history and help screens. A new layout for preferences will provide space for more options, a few of which have already been implemented.

And last but not least, we finally have our own official website! Here you’ll be able to find download links for the mod and links to our social media, Patreon, and so on. The time of our pastebin is coming to an end, so update your bookmarks.

And that concludes this progress report. Teasers and further non spoilery details will be posted periodically as usual.

Team Silver