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Hello! Happy August!

Like I said at the end of last update, this month doesn't have anything big to announce. I was very busy with ArtFight and other things this month, so my time to work on the game was lesser.  The updates and plans this month are as follows:

Finished: 

• Rough Draft 2 is 38 pages in!
• Started a spreadsheet of assets I need to better keep track of what has been done
• Quick layout guide to help me when I program the game

To do…:

• Rough draft 2, possibly get into Skeleton draft 3
• Refine the look of the game, namely custom menus
• Work on the music?
• Add more to the asset spreadsheet
• Maybe start making assets, or at least mocking them up?
• A character profile or two?

An in depth look at progress:

As you can probably guess from above, the main thing that was done this month was a lot of writing. I like to compare and contrast the original draft to the 2nd, and roughly 11 pages have been added. The reason I say roughly is because some plot points have been moved around, but either way, it's definitely gotten longer! This is a good thing, because comparing the drafts, I felt like there was some strange pacing that needed to be edited, and I think I'm accomplishing that. However, I know I'll still probably need to edit more, hence why I do overall 4 re-writes (3 drafts, 1 final). I'd like to imagine I can get the 2nd rough draft done this month, but only time will tell.

The spreadsheet I mentioned as well I think is going to be a big help. For previous games, I wrote it down on a doc file, which could get very hectic, so this time I wanted to try and do it in a color-coded spreadsheet. Already it looks more inviting to work on for me, so let's hope that stays the case!

The layout guide is something just to help me later on when programming certain scenes. It's not a big thing, but I figured it will help me visually for coding later.

As for plans this month-- I still want to refine the custom menus! I think visually that's my big goal. The music is hit or miss, but I'll get around to it. I've been trying to listen to video game OSTs for inspiration (Notably, Tokimeki Memorial's OST). The assests to the spreadsheet will come naturally as I work on the rough draft. The assets I might just start sketching out, I doubt I'll actually fully complete any of them this month. I don't know if it's too early or not for character profiles, but I think it'd be fun to make some!

That’s about it for updates! Thank you so much for reading! Have a lovely month! (=^･ω･^=)9999