Hello all! This was a bit of a slower week. Amid various administrative to-dos here’s what I accomplished:

• Newline behavior finalized (yay!) Textboxes automatically break strings of text.
• Save system update. I noticed an issue with saving across different slots and took a day to deconstruct, update, and rewire the system. It’s more efficient, and most importantly, saves correctly.
• Playtesting. I’m addressing minor fixes in the Overture. The state of the game right now is playable through both episodes, but in need of polish. 
• I’m working on [REDACTED] animations as we speak. Ideally I will be halfway through their idles tonight. 

Some more exciting developments:

• LIFELIKE has an Instagram! If you’ve been around for a while, you may have already known this… I’ve rebooted it to hopefully reach new players. If you’re here from Instagram, hello! Thank you! Twitter will continue programming as usual. 
• Leo’s birthday is soon...

This week will be the same as last week’s workload, with the exception that I’m going to plan daily goals instead of weekly. 

• Continue playtesting. Focus more on Track 1.
  • Implement system to manage player health values across episodes (keen players may have noticed Leo’s HP scaling across tracks) 
• Animate: Set time limits and get last week’s cycles done! 

There will be no devlog next Monday, I have an unfortunately time-consuming appointment over the weekend and into next week. During the next two weeks, I’ll give daily goal-setting a shot while trying to be mindful of my raging perfectionism burning me out. It’s about time for me to wrap things up and move onto Track 2. It won’t be perfect, but it’s a lot better than what it was! 

See you in two weeks! 

Mantis