Dev Report #8 - Easter development update

Hello everyone !

First of all, I want to thank everyone for being so invested in the project ( No, it's not being cancelled. I'm still working on it). Even though I haven't been checking the comments on the project all that often, I have seen the comments you left on this project's page and I was really surprised to see all the positive attention this project has gotten.

 In all honesty, I didn't expect to get any after I moved the project over to itch.io and switched the associated social media platform from twitter to bluesky. I thought this project would not garner as much interest as before,  especially with how long this project is taking as of now. Sadly, I can't say this aspect will be resolved soon, since I'm not only working on my masters application at the moment, but I'm also dealing with some personal stuff that left me rather shaken emotionally (it's nothing major.  I believe I will be able to recover in a few months anyway). I will still try to do some stuff about the dating sim in the meantime, but for now I can't guarrantee I'll offer an update anytime soon.

As for what it's in the works at the moment, I have some things in the works that I should do  on the project before I continue any further. First of all, I need to finish the design of the design of the pizzeria . I'm currently trudging through drawing the main room of the pizzeria, the chairs being the main nuisance here. I think I'll try to make some sort of 3d render and use that instead to save up time and effort because drawing perspectives for the chairs here took everything from a snail's pace to a rock's pace real quick.

Secondly, I'm planning to re-do Foxy's sprites one last time. Now, this is mainly because of the direction I want to take the story in, where the mood of Foxy's current sprites doesn't match. Besides, I just have a feeling that they don't look right, so I might as well change them.  So far, I only got a very uncanny-looking, far from finished sketch of what he's going to look like because of the previously mentioned chairs, but I feel like it's starting to go into the direction I want the character's looks to go to.

 I am also taking into consideration some storyline ideas that could add to a certain character's personality and his dynamics with the rest of the cast. Not saying anything to avoid spoilers .

Anyways, that was all that I could say atm . Thanks for reading and see y'all next time, whenever that will be !