#devlog

[theleondude]

I don't have anything else but *waves hand* a beta will do fine: https://theleondude.itch.io/task-force-mad-redacted

May the 4th be with you. ;)

[truthscrapper]

Devlog #10 📚 Milestone

Hi. I’m back <3

In case you just stumbled upon this devlog, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I am the creator of timeloop RPG In Stars and Time, and now am working on my next game, memory visual novel Truth Scrapper. It’s gonna be a good one.

In the last two months, I finished implementing Day 6 and Day 7 for Betz’s path!

📚 “WHY DIDN’T YOU GIVE US A DEVLOG LAST MONTH I NEEDED MY DOSE :(“

I was just a tiny bit burnt out (winks cutely.) who knew self imposed deadlines could stress you out so much. so to remove stuff from my plate, I skipped the devlog. Sorry. But this also means: BIGGER DEVLOG NOW!!! (and also im on break now so im ok <3)

📚 “YIPPEE!!! OK PLEASE CONTINUE”

Thanks! Alright what did I do in February and March

I finished implementing Day 6 and Day 7 for Betz’s end! Fully! Art and all! It’s all there!!! I’m free now. I can now take a break for a bit before I start on Amour’s end!

I already made a devlog about implementing, so I won’t repeat myself. Just know Betz’s end is very very very good ok

(betz seeing a spider or something)

We are also preparing for the demo release! Sorry but it won’t be for a couple of months still. My god I first mentioned the demo back in August. I’m so sorry you have to wait still. Which means it’s time for a learning moment for why you have to wait because I didn’t know that stuff either before making games!

📚 WHY YOU GOTTA WAIT A BIT LONGER FOR THE DEMO EVEN THOUGH IT’S 95% DONE

Ok so. Obviously, releasing a demo for a game is a Big Deal. It’s one of those things we call a Big Marketing Beat, kind of on the same level as “announcing a game”, “announcing a release date”, “showing a real cool trailer”, or “releasing the game”. Stuff you want to make sure people know about.

So to make sure people know about those Big Marketing Beats, they should be part of a Marketing Push, which can be “emailing 100 journalists”, “emailing 50000000 streamers”, “be part of an IRL convention”, or “be part of an online showcase”. Hopefully it can be all of those!

So, yes, the demo is pretty much done and has been for a while. But if we release it just like that, out of nowhere, the chances of it taking off and being shared are gonna be pretty low. But, if we release it as part of an online showcase, for example, that means we can also email journalists about it, let streamers know, and make sure the whole world knows about The Truth Scrapper Lesbians…!!!

So what I mean is we’re applying to online showcases and the demo will be out in the next couple months hopefully. Hopefully… Hopefully…!!!!! Thank you for waiting.

📚 OPTIONS MENU LOOKS COOL NOW

In other news, with the help of Truth Scrapper’s additional programmer Feniks, I finally fixed up the Options menu…!!!! I am so happy. This looks so good. I have been wanting to do this for months. (Old one first, new one second!)

Since I added tabs, it means I can add a lot more options, so you can really fine tune your gaming experience. Like skipping pauses if you don’t like dramatic pauses. But who doesn’t like them tbh

📚 PLAYTESTING WITH FRIENDS!

And then, lastly, I’ve been playing through the game with some friends, and they really like it so far… I’m so happy. They’ve also given me a lot of really good feedback, so I am really thankful. Of course, I am taking notes as they play, so here are a couple

That's it bye

DON'T FORGET TO WISHLIST THE GAME ALSO IT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE STEAM’S ALGORITHM IS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW OFF GAMES WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF WISHLISTS THATS THE REASON WHY GAME DEVS ALWAYS ASK TO WISHLIST!!! OKAY BYE!!!!

Links!

📚 Official Website

📚 Join the Discord

📚 Sign up for my mailing list

📚 Follow Truth Scrapper on Bluesky

📚 Follow ME on Bluesky

[notoh-dev]

End of the year sprite dump!

I added some much needed emotes for Melrose’s character. She was lacking in comparison to the other characters. Vernon also received a new, younger sprite for the intro, as he appears for a large portion of the pre–time skip section in the first chapter. Lastly, Suzetta’s mom and Dace’s wife, Lizzy, has been added. She appears briefly in the intro and plays a major role in Dace’s chapter.

I’ve updated the main videos on my page. These are now considered outdated, as the graphics will be enhanced and paired with music from The Doctrine of Perseverance’s composer, Thomas J. Peters. The itch.io page and pinned Tumblr post have also been refreshed with updated sprites for Josie and Dace, along with the addition of Florence’s bio. I hope you’ll check it out and look forward to more updates in the coming year!

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[henmesh]

Found a bug where you can reflect multiple projectiles at once, but I'm tempted to keep it in...

[meo-eiru]

Little update in case anyone is wondering

Today I wrote around 5k words for the Silas route, so far I'm slowly approaching 1/3 of it so I'm assuming it might end up being around 15k-20k words or so. The entire game could be around 100k-140k words but honestly we will see as we go, the average playtime will probably be more important than the word count.

I think I might've talked about it before but the game is focused on your first meeting with the yanderes and the descend into madness from there. I've been making content for these characters for a long while now so there's so much information piled up that could look intimidating when you're first getting into them.

I want the game to work both as an accessible entry point for newer people and a more intimate time for those who have known about them for a while now. It's quite fun being able to explore things like their lore and backstories, or their living environments and different appearances since I wasn't able to explore them that much here before and I really hope you guys will like the final product too.

[costasul-if]

Some Bad (and hopefully really good) News! 🤍

Two days ago, I was rereading the entire chapter. Everything was written, coded, and completely ready for release... but I just wasn't feeling that same excitement and giddiness I felt when the prologue was finished.

Frankly, I wasn't 100% happy with it. If I put myself in the player's shoes, it just didn't hit the marks I wanted it to.

That’s why I’ve been a bit MIA the past few days. I kept mulling over the draft, so much that I just started writing again. I’ve been adding new descriptions and flashbacks to establish the previous dynamics and GOD This is making me fall in love with these losers all over again

What this means for the release:

Because of these new additions, I won't be releasing the chapter today. I'm pushing it back just a bit, most likely about a weekish.

Currently, I have 12078 (no code included) pretty much finished up. This is maybe like ~60% of the update (don't quote me on that lol)

Thank you so much for your patience and support; I am really hoping it's going to be worth the wait!

[volno]

Larian can't stop me