Fri-End Update/Explanation
I am more than positive that loads of people are very curious what Fri-End is all about and what the expected plan is for it at the moment.
First off, Fri-end is a game all about making friends. You play as a little geometry being and basically are free to wander and do what you please. Not in the sense of open world, but you are pretty much free to walk to the end of the game doing nothing, having little impact on the world as a whole. The goal of the game, is basically whatever you want.
Make friends? Sure. Make no friends? Okay. Explore and discover secrets of the world around you? Totally. Nothing is restricting you what so ever to do whatever you want within the limits of the game.
This however doesn’t mean there is no story, far from it actually. You just pretty much have a choice if you want to be apart of it or not.
I will release more tidbits of the story at later points, but nothing special.
Second, what is the gameplay? Okay this has been something that has been up in the air as I have been mostly working on everything besides gameplay. I have been playing a lot of metroidvanias to kind get a feel of those games since Fri-End will be structured in the same fashion, and I can say for the most part a lot of the time the most tedious parts of some of those games is the combat.
What I enjoy out of the most of those games is just the exploration and discovering everything within it. Most of the time the combat is just there as something to do while you wander around, and in games like Castlevania where you have to grind in order to progress is such a bore.
Fri-End will be a puzzle-platformer metroidvaina (puzzformervania, platzlemetroid, or a shorter version of your choosing.) Focused on exploration.
FINALLY, WHEN WILL YOU GET A CHANCE TO PLAY?
This is the only answer I will say is up in the air. I am currently in college, have a part time job, and a very active social life. So actually getting time to work on Fri-End has been very hard lately. So as of late, game development has been set into the “Hobby” part of my life. As much as I hate saying that, I am desperately passionate about games, and I would totally love to work on Fri-End all day.
This however doesn’t mean you’ll be waiting 5+ years to play. Actually my current plan is to release a small demo at the end of the year (Probably a fraction of the first area,) and go from there. If a lot of people enjoy it and want to have more, I will for sure make it a priority within my life. I don’t know exactly if I will do a crowd funding campaign, patreon, whore myself for money, draw lewds, or SOMETHING. This is all determined if people enjoy it or not.
I will just have to keep working and see, regardless I will get this game made and finished.
EVEN IF IT TAKES ME 5+ YEARS TO FINISH IT. YOU WILL GET TO PLAY.
TL;DR I am working hard, very busy, demo by end of the year.
P.S. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE GAME, MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW AND REBLOG. THE MORE FOLLOWERS, THE MORE INCENTIVE I HAVE TO UPDATE.
