I'm pleased to report that I have had a very productive  month. After a fairly productive December and a completely unproductive January, February and March's game development progress has been great.

CG Gallery; the value of reusable code

Slightly higher resolution of the above gif: https://twitter.com/romantisoft/status/1632582957255761922, and with ALT text.

This was a pretty major milestone. It's surprisingly complex, but I took some extra time to ensure it's coded for reuse. Ultimately I think this will have a huge payoff. Making it possible to select the player character independently of the NPC character will make it much easier to browse, and also the flexibility will simplify implementing future characters.

Updated Demo is planned for release somewhere between March 27 - April 11

 My plan is to release an updated demo with a complete first scene using all three new player character models.

Coding is pretty much done, renders are mostly done. I have not touched the sound, that may not get added.

I am targeting to do this before end of March. If I'm unable to get to the last 2 items, I will likely still release the demo, and work on those things later.

A Heartfelt Thank You

As I mentioned in my last Dev Log update, I am weighed down by depression. When I'm experiencing an acute episode of depression it's very difficult to work on this project. Depression can colour every aspect of one's life; causing one to lose sleep, energy, focus, motivation, joy--all of it. It even makes it harder to do the things that help treat it. I've been very fortunate and privileged in that I have a very strong support network.

A bunch of things contribute to it. Likewise, there's a bunch of things that help treat it. For instance, working on this game and getting to share it with all of you wonderful folks. And reading all the kind, supportive words from you--for the project and me personally--has been a great motivator!