Happy End-of-July, Mythies!!!

Things are going well! Really well! The testing has been quite productive – we’re even still unearthing stuff that needed fixing in Chapters One and Two that existed before I revised the code to remove all the “love” and “stat” points. There’s been some very in-depth proofreading going on, so I’ve corrected a ton of issues there. I also have a “Cockney Consultant” of sorts to make sure I get Monica’s accent somewhat correct, which is necessary due to her much bigger role in Chapter Three. I mean… considering all she’s done in Chapter One and Two is appear at the end to point a gun at you, anything would be a promotion for her.

I’ve converted more of the scenes from Word documents into Ren’Py code, and as soon as I get all the scenes written and coded I’ll send out the next beta build while I start doing the renders for them. I’ll also be taking in a few more beta testers for that – if you’re on the Nine of Swords Discord, you could be considered for testing! 

That sounded ominous.

Good.

Another thing I managed to do is this neat little screen you can access from the main menu:

I thought back to a few months ago where someone complained about the “extra crap” I was doing outside of the game (yes, that still kinda haunts me). I just thought to myself “the Tales from Mythos stories are part of the game!” So why not put them… in the game? That way, people won’t have to dig through the website to find the stories. Also, if some digital archaeologist finds my game years from now, they’ll get to read about Kylie and Tara getting stuck in traffic. 

Next month is August, and that means my 43rd birthday is quickly approaching. I still don’t feel like I’m a person in my 40s. When I was younger, I had a pretty set idea of what people in their 40s were like, and this ain’t it. I’m putting together Legos and making video games. I think that’s a result of all the older people in my life I’d ever been exposed to didn’t really have hobbies. When they weren’t working, they were watching sports or drinking. Those aren’t activities to me. This isn’t just family members; my older coworkers were like this. And now that I’m that age, I notice the coworkers my age are like this! So it’s not a generational thing, I guess? 

Speaking of my birthday, I got a wonderful semi-surprise package yesterday! Some of the Mythies on my Discord got together and got me a Nintendo Switch as a gift! It was absolutely wonderful to feel so loved, though I promise not to play with it too much during “working on Mythos” time. I’ve just been playing it during my mortal job hours. My coworkers don’t need to know that I’m collecting Gym Badges during Microsoft Teams meetings…

Chapter Three General Progress:

• Side Image Re-Revamp 163 images – COMPLETE!
• Story Flow Chart – COMPLETE!
• UI Improvements – COMPLETE!
• New Music Tracks
  • As Above, So Below – COMPLETE!
  • Geraldine – COMPLETE!
  • Seventy-Five Year Trauma – COMPLETE!
  • Modred’s Legacy – COMPLETE!
  • Codito Ergo Sum – COMPLETE (again)!
  • The Dark Depths of Despair in my Blackened Soul (I’m Dead) – COMPLETE!
  • Herja’s Elegy
  • ???
• Learning After Effects – COMPLETE!
• Introduction Scene by Nine – COMPLETE!
• Creation of New Characters – COMPLETE!
• New Mythos Logo (commissioned) – COMPLETE!
• Sex Animations – Ehhhh…
• Chapter Three Title Screen
• Organization of Daz Assets – COMPLETE!
• Achievements (4/4)
  • No Takesbacks! – COMPLETE!
  • Trust No One – COMPLETE! 
  • Friendship is Magic – COMPLETE!
  • The Stinger – COMPLETE!
• New Opening Title Sequence – COMPLETE!
• Integration of “Tales from Mythos” – COMPLETE!

Chapter Three Scene Progress:

• Scene: Apologies to the Serling Estate – COMPLETE!
• Scene: A Little Help from my Friends – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Yeah, About That… – COMPLETE!
• Scene: It Goes to 11 – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Shantay, You Stay – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Your Call is Very Important to Us – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Reach Out and Touch Someone – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Fancy – COMPLETE!
• Scene: The Lyin’ Bitch and her Wardrobe – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Fuck the Police
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – In Progress
• Scene: Ah, My Goddess!
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – COMPLETE!
  • Renders – In Progress
• Scene: Touched by an Angel
  • Writing – In Progress
  • Renders – In Progress
• Scene: Magic, the Gathering
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Renders – In Progress
• Scene: Grumpy Old Men
  • Writing – In Progress
  • Renders – In Progress
• Scene: Werther’s Original
  • Writing – In Progress
  • Renders – In Progress
• Scene: Ventrilo Harassment
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – COMPLETE!
• Scene: It’s Been Revoked
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Who Ya Gonna Call?
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
• Scene: Cry Little Sister
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – COMPLETE!
• Scene: My Immortal
  • Writing – COMPLETE!
  • Coding – COMPLETE!
• Measure of a Year – 525,600 Minutes

Keep the Legends Alive.

– Nine