Hi all, it's been yet another month since the last devlog, which means that it is yet again time for another one. Guess monthly devlogs have just become ‘my thing.’

This devlog was originally going to go up on the 1st, but due to some issues it had to be delayed a bit. So I hope you can forgive me for that.

Anyways, got a fair bit to talk about today, so let's get to it.

Writing wise, there Isn't much to comment on, it *has* started, but not much and nothing concrete. Most of this month was spent revising my plans and cleaning up so as to not have major overcomplication issues as before. And I am trying not to rush through development this time to focus on keeping things better thought out and high quality and that.

I'm also waiting to get art assets done first before I reaally begin to start getting down with writing. Some of the main characters have been going through redesigns and I've been heavily experimenting with my art style lately which has led to *a lot* of revisions. So it's taking a bit even with the reduced scope. Again, I'm trying not to rush through development this time and it turns out making constant revisions to art is A LOT less stressful when you aren't working on a timer nor looking at shitty early grade art. (Who would've thought!)

I will share what I've been working on, as always. Though note that everything here is WIP and might or might not be adjusted in the future. Also itch doesn’t let you upload raw exported pngs, so keep that in mind.

(All of these have flat colouring for now, I am revising the way I do shading as the way I did so before was outdated.)

Let's start with Eric. Eric's design has always been tricky to work with, as noted by the fact nearly every build has had some degree of revision to his sprite. 

I feel I am getting somewhere finally with this one, though. A lot of his general elements were kept but he was made a lot less goofy looking and had more detail added to his clothes. This definitely won't be the last revision I make to him, but it is a start. 

Orlando is next, I decided to redo his design from the ground up for the most part while still keeping some of the dumb looking jock vibes he had before. I decided to make him look like a biker for no real reason other than that it'd look funny.

Darren is next, there Isn't really much to say about him other than that he needed a new sprite because it was simply dated. His design hasn't changed so there isn't anything to comment on.

Raphael, Chase and Archie received some revisions since I last showed them. Their core designs are the same, I just improved a lot of the lineart and proportions to be better, nothing big here. Chase I have spent a lot of time working on due to it being particularly difficult to nail how he should look down. (And probably won't be the last revision.)

Now, onto a semi-new character. Meet Jörgen! I say semi new, because he already existed in the game before. I've ultimately decided to take a whole new direction for his character that hopefully feels more Involved in the core plot. This also means a new design to reflect that, and I think I did a fantastic job here. (Jörgen's old art and design was also really old, as of v4 his was the oldest, glad that is gone yikes.)

He will be standing in a bit for Theodore, too, in a way. At least design wise. 

The remaining characters are (slowly) being worked on. Can’t give any concrete information on that due to the highly volatile state of development the game is in atm.

I do have more to share but as to keep this devlog a reasonable length and as they aren't fully ready yet, I'll save talking about them for later. 

Otherwise, message me @final_bear on discord or join the server which is still up if you want to chat and say farewell!