Development 0.4 - #9


Hey guys!

Sorry for the rather late dev log! I didn't want to overwhelm you with more posts than necessary yesterday. I already published the Render Commission post (which you can buy to get a custom commission without switching memberships) without sending a notification - I hope that worked? Since it's not really something everyone needs to be pinged about, it's available in the shop anyway. I also posted the first commission from July and will share one from August later this week, too!

Anyway, back to the main topic! The game got de-indexed again over the past two weeks, buuuut it's already back up (though it was gone for almost a week). Views and downloads on itch have been a total roller coaster this past month. :D Development itself is going smoothly though! I'm on unpaid vacation right now, which means I can really put in some work into the rendering. I just finished the scene I'd been working on for the last two weeks and I'm already focusing on the next one.

It's turning out to be a bit more work than I expected, mostly because I've to redo the lighting in all of my existing maps. I basically need to remove the old light sources and replace them, since the new shader and graphics mod (which improve the characters and scenes a lot) work better with different setups - sometimes fewer lights, sometimes more. I'm still experimenting, but I don't want to spoil too much. You'll see the results in 0.4! I might also put together some comparison shots for a sneak peek once I start posting them.

Looking forward to the next dev log, and I hope I'll have plenty of renders ready by then! Until that time, have a great week ahead and stay focused!

Much love <3

-Panda

Get Between Humanity

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What program is used to create the characters and backgrounds of games like this? This would be very helpful to me as an artist. I draw comics. Can someone explain this to me?

Hey there, the renders are made using Studio Neo v2, a mod for HS2.

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Really excited for this one just with itch and everything thats going on well just wasn't happening but cant wait for the release

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Yes the entire situation is still quite off, I hope everything gets fixed until I'm done with 0.4. Thank you, working on it!

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❤️

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From what I have heard from other developers, is that if you change ANYTHING on your Itch game site, you get de-indexed again, until Itch can do yet another review 🙄.  This does not include things like dev log notifications (I think).  I am sure this will be a pain in the a... for the foreseeable future.

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Yes, exactly what I noticed as well. Uploading images seems to be working, but changing anything else... well de-indexed for a week at least. Devlogs are fine, image upload are fine, everything else - don't touch! :D Unsure how I'll add 0.4 to itch without getting de-indexed. Might just have to keep everything the same and only update the files in the background then.

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Patiently waiting for it fam and as always don't overwork yourself now and stay hydrated!!! 🫡🫡🫡

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Will do Yami, thank you, likewise!!! :)

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Sounds super cool!

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Thank you very much!