Hope you are doing well! 😊In the last month we have: shown off our creative mode at the [url=https://www.queenslandgamesfestival.com/]Queensland Games Festival[/url], applied for some showcases, and Jasmine got a grant to jet off to Gamescom in Cologne next month! Let me show you what's been going on! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44776801/1f0fa8f36591e2bf9b794e696345f070c0af0f41.jpg[/img] [i]Our latest creative mode build! 🌜Night Time Version🌛[/i] Our creative mode build is what Jasmine and I will be using to build all the different rooms and connect them with the story-lines that have been laid out! It’ll also be available as a mode you can play in Momento where more items and furniture will unlock as you play through the story (plus maybe there’ll be some hidden ways to get more stuff? 👀) This is some of the features it has so far: [list] [*] Place furniture: Comfort (seating, beds); Surfaces (desks, shelves, bookcases etc.); Wall Items (corkboards, mirrors); Floor Items (rugs etc.), Appliances, Storage. [*] Place windows! We have backgrounds (currently one (1) but there’ll be more) drawn so when you move the windows around you can find the view you want! There’ll be season changes 🤭 we love making more work for ourselves. [*] Place objects from a wide ranging list from cushions to plants to laboratory equipment! [*] This build has five wallpapers and floors to choose from but there’s going to be way, way more. [*] Can also choose the colour of the wall trim! [*] Change the time of day from Morning, Midday, and Night time. (Night-time is my favourite. Especially when you add all the glow in the dark stars everywhere 😍 More.) [*] Take a photo and save your beautiful (or cursed) creations~ [/list] Here’s what we are working on this month. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44776801/8946abc14cd019c3754d7ee3710dfb89a0f83a20.gif[/img] Julian: [list] [*] Adjusting the placement system! No more things just hovering in midair :’) though you’ll be able to toggle that on and off in the options if you REALLY want to have things hover in midair. [*] Object layering system adjustments. [*] Julian is also working on a light layering system because at the moment lights that are behind other objects are still rendering in front of those objects. [*] Branching system rework. [*] Journal system. [*] Bin system [*] Clutter object system. [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44776801/b91030cefdd0183fef59bc4d62700b3631cc9482.png[/img] [i]Colour passes for bug catcher and foster cat interval puzzles.[/i] Jasmine: [list] [*] Art for the rooms and interval puzzles for our vertical slice build to show at upcoming festivals! [*] Art for the journal UI (including a character creator of a sort? 👀) [*] Asset layering adjustments. [*] Reviewing existing assets to ensure furniture with cupboards have an open state. [*] Mask textures for lighting setups on objects. [*] Getting ready for gamescom! [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44776801/608ef9e118ee9331746ba3a86552452bbda6ed4a.png[/img] Jess: [list] [*] Vertical slice twine update - making sure it makes sense to play through. [*] Spreadsheets, so many spreadsheets. Spreadsheets for object descriptions, spreadsheets for task list tasks, spreadsheets for journal entries, spreadsheets of consequences. [*] Reworking story treatment document. [*] Shaders and headaches for lighting set-ups (currently working on those window gobos I mentioned.) [*] Shaders for key objects and locations. [*] Mask textures for lighting set-ups. [*] Story object art. [*] This news post 🥰 [/list] Anyhow, we’d best get back to work! We have a lot to get done over the next month and a half! This month’s question is: What kind of room would you like to make in the Creative Mode? I hope you have a fabulous July ahead! For those in the Northern Hempisphere, enjoy your summer months! It is freezing down here! 🥶 All the love, Jess and the Momento Team 💕