What's Next for A Future With You?

Hell, hello!

It's been a hot moment since I've posted any updates, so I thought I'd write a general post about my plans for A Future With You, in order to hopefully garner some excitement! Since the game's demo was created for Otome Jam, I opted to get the bigger parts of the project in place and working, in lieu of things like audio design, optimization and high-quality art. But rest assured, that I don't plan on keeping things that way! Although it may be awhile before you see another update for this project, I am continuing to work tirelessly on it in the background.

Firstly, I've started collaboration talks with some awesome creators about building a great soundtrack for the game. I've never worked with musicians in this way before, so I'm really excited to learn some new things and make something really cool for you all to enjoy! In order to maintain an air of mystery, I'll talk about this more at a later time. 😉

I'm also very aware of the need for some quality of life updates and general optimization. As such, I'm working on quite a few things to improve the game, such as adjusting asset scale to reduce those superfluous MB's which can make the game chug, and looking into some graphical changes, including optimization for mobile, which I pretended didn't exist up until now.😅 I know that's not very inclusive of me, so I am very grateful for your understanding and I hope to better prioritize it in the future. I'll also be tackling some pesky bugs that managed to slip by me before, and hopefully adding back the various text options that I had to defer from the demo, a sneak peek of which was visible in this devlog.

As well, I wanted to provide an update on my art journey! Over the past four months, I've been working very hard to go from what could barely be recognized as anime or manga style art, to what you currently see in the demo. I'm still improving every day so that I can get closer to the quality of art that I imagine for the full release of the game. Guess it's finally time to learn some anatomy! 😬For reference, here is a little timeline of Hibiki, starting in April 2024, and going to the current demo version, along with a sneak peek of what I'm currently working on now.

Lastly, I only started learning to code last year during my first project, Suddenly Sensei, so I still have a lot to learn. In regards to that, I wanted  to announce that I'll be working on a small project with the wonderful Applesplosion for Spooktober! If you are interested, you can follow the project here!

Thanks for reading and/or playing the demo!

Have a lovely day & remember to be kind!

Moo 🐄