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Entropic Float Biweekly Update #14

    






Here in update fourteen, we've got some lovely chibis of the protagonists by Cabbage Roll on skeb! You might even be able to look forward to seeing these cuties on some merchandise someday.

Merch? For a game that has no following yet? Well, sure! Because I'm going to be representing Starfield Gaming at Connecticon 2022! Semi-Exclusive merch for both Entropic Float and Heart Fragment will be available there, with any leftovers becoming available for sale online post-con. I'll share more details about this exciting event as it draws nearer!

With that aside, you're not here to hear about far-off conventions. You're here to hear about the progress I've made on the game! And oh boy, it's a big one.

Writing:




54/54 segments!! That's right, I've finished the normal routes! I'm still not even entirely sure how I'll structure tracking my progress through the Miracle Route, but I'm making that outline later today, so I should be able to share next update! It's not that I'm unprepared with the content of the true ending, just that I haven't put it down to 'segments' that are trackable as easily as the normal routes have been.

The normal routes worked out to be 174,599 words total. The nine routes and eighteen endings that lead you to the truth... To that final Miracle Route, and the True Ending... Oh boy! To put that in context, that's about 19,000 words per route, and the single longest episode of Umineko was 179,000 words... It's hard to believe that after all of that, there's still so much story left to tell! One huge piece of development done, and a brand new journey of creation ahead!

Talksprites:



No change since last time.

Voice Acting:




No change since last time

Background Music:

I added three new Royalty-Free tracks by Kevin Macleod, all for use in one particular puzzle. Overcast, Presenterator, and Disco Medusae have joined the list!



My goal progress from last time:
- Write 5 segments of the Rashmi Night Route Totally done!! I've written all the normal routes!!
- Develop an outline to track progress of the True End Totally not done! I'm going to do this later today!
- Implement fixes to the Kanatsun Routes as found by my beta testers Totally done, and I packaged the Rashmi Routes for beta too!

My goals for next time:
- Develop an outline to track progress of the True End
- Create first batch of new assets for the Miracle Route
- Create a new BGM track for use in the Miracle Route

Along with finishing writing the Rashmi Routes, I of course had to implement the last few things that went in this portion of the game. A few CGs that were missing, some looping videos for a certain puzzle, and the summaries for the Rashmi Route Endings on the Endings Recap Screen. I also deleted my persistent data and skipped through everything again, in order to make sure that all profile notes and endings unlock properly. And they do!

At this point, all I'll need to go back to the regular Routes for will be...
- Implementing True's voicelines
- Fixing any issues my beta testers find this round
- Adding 'achievement badges' for each ending of the game, to be shown upon ending completion and stored on the summaries page. These will also double as being great to make merch out of!
- Implementing all sound effects while the Miracle Route is being tested.

Until next time!













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