A whole year has passed since the start of this game yet it feels like it's only been a few months...
As you can see, the game has its very own website now! It doesn't have much content right now but it'll definitely be used more in the future.
For the people who have no clue what this is since I've only just started to share it more, SUNGATE is a Japanese-style RPG inspired by games such as Deltarune, so if you're into those kind of games I guess this is for you? I can't really talk about what the game is about as of now so pretend like it's some sort of surprise (I can't 100% promise it will be a good one though as this is my first full game...).
Now, this introduction has been going on for too long so why don't we talk about progress more?
In terms of development, most of it was focused on design, specifically story-writing, for the past year. Some parts of the beginning were implemented including a dialogue system however I decided to restart all of it as they were very messy and the systems didn't work properly. So only the chapter select screen has been fully completed so far.
In terms of the story, most of it is complete. Main characters/bosses are all known, general progression is known, main locations are know and so on. If I get the time, I might finish it all completely by the end of this year!
So while not much actual implementation was done, why not show some unused (and some that may be used) content?
MAY BE USED? - "cave_firstpart"
First part of the cave theme in Chapter 1.
MAY BE USED? - "cotton2"
Was meant to be for a small location in Chapter 2 but now I'm not sure if I should use it for something else.
MAY BE USED? - "error2"
Error song.
UNUSED - "snowyforest"
First attempt at making a theme for the forest in Chapter 1.
UNUSED - "snowforestbattle"
First attempt at making a battle theme for Chapter 1.
UNUSED - "presecretboss (1-5)"
Secret bosses' pre-battle themes.
The idea was that if you put them together...
CONCEPT - "fp"
Piano sketch. Might use the first melody.
CONCEPT - "last piano"
Another piano sketch. Might use the first melody here too.
??? - "last f"
Uhhhh... I have no idea what that's doing here...
So yeah, mostly design stuff, and if I'm lucky hopefully writing will be finished by the end of this year.
In terms of people helping me with the game, I have some who I'm going to be talking to about how we'll be approaching the design and implementation of the game together. However, we're still looking for a pixel artist and a music composer, so if you're interested or know someone who is please contact me at "abidano#0567" on Discord.
Other than that, that's it for now! Thank you!