The whatever choice is mainly just there as a valid viewpoint, but it does not count towards "yes". The "yes" option has to be in the lead for the demo to happen.
Demo or nah???
It's whatever
OMG YES why haven't you done it yet
Nah, let the main game surprise me
Voting ended onJan 25
If it happens, said demo will be made available on the game's GameJolt page:
The official request to the GameJolt support team for extra space has been submitted.
More details under the cut:
Now the first thing I have to cover is the fact that ItchIO will NOT be a host for the full game. It has a limit for game uploads of 1GB, but for web builds specifically, the limit is reduced to 500MB and a file number limit of 1000. The demo barely made the limit with 445 MB contained withing 343 files, with the full game being twice that size and unfinished.
Next, on the GameJolt side I have submitted an appeal for more space in the event that the final game build is greater than 1GB. Where is all this data coming from, you ask? A quick breakdown:
30 characters, each having between 6 and 30 emotion sprites for every outfit or appearance change
An estimated 10-20 songs (most of which have yet to be composed)
Over 40 CGs (all compressed to a smaller format)
20 backgrounds (with some being "static" like gifs)
Custom GUI elements for some game features (compressed to match original defaults in size as closely as possible)
The story itself stretches over 3000 lines of dialogue with over 100 choices, and has an estimate running time of 90 mins.
Now before you pelt me with the "just delete some stuff and you'll be fine", the site does welcome requests for spaces, even if they aren't always granted, so I'll be damned if I don't give it my best try first.
There is a bonus on the GameJolt side that I will cover in a future post, but that's all for now!
The Return to Eternity Visual Novel is now PLAYABLE!!!
Come and play through the visual novel that serves as the origin story of Angel's Friends OCs Seraphia and Cocytus, AND the "lorebook" for the overall Eternal Frenemies Project!
Game Jolt - Share your creations
The Complete Origin Lorebook
Note : Music for the above video made by "LoveR24 (akoqc)" on Discord. His social: http://facebook.com/steven.crawford.409395?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=sGh4peoA0M1xdV5D&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F1ZVWbADNpF%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr#
And yes, there is a BRAND NEW survey that will help me greatly if you would take the time to complete it after playing the game:
https://forms.gle/hgo2LEJXz6ADaKKU9
TLDR: The game build now has all of its files BOOYAH
So since GameJolt gets separate devlogs almost every day, I'll compile a few here:
First off, the game build has all of its files and now its final size stands at a whopping 762 MB! It may be on the hefty side for the browser build of a visual novel, but it will be available as it falls under the 1GB limit! I would highly recommend playing the game on a Chrome Browser, but the analytics show me that the demo has been run on mobile browsers, so I will investigate that as well.
I would like to both thank and apologize to those on here who have played the demo in an effort to help my pre-emptive case to the GJ support staff about not letting the build limit put a cap on the game's quality. As the final game build is well under a gigabyte, the case itself was rendered moot and should not have been made before the game had all of its files.
That being said, I do have some good news: through file compression and slight rewriting of the code, the full game has the demo's quality along with everything I originally intended for the game to have (these were the main things that I guessed would break the 1GB limit and would have to exclude)! That means you'll get all of the planned CGs, all of the secret scenes and characters, all of the planned soundtrack and all of the bonus art and goodies in the full release!
Speaking of the release, I will announce the date later on so keep an eye out! Link to game page below:
