Log inBranded To Fall Devlog 04/10/26
Hey hey!
Sorry for missing last week, it's been a hectic time for me at the moment and I am currently rather ill with the many bugs going around at the moment. Less about that though and more about Branded! I've been tolling away still at the new update, and it's all coming together nicely. Content wise we're looking to get Irellia, Jade, Leandros and Balthus, with maybe some more depending on how art progresses.
Speaking of art, I've got some more amazing stuff from Zutte. I know Leandros fans will be very happy with some of the stuff coming in at the moment and the scenes themselves will be even jucier. We're really getting into the meat of Leandros' fun with El and this next update should hit a pretty pivotal point with the two of them that I hope everyone enjoys as much as I've been enjoying making it. I've included a fun sneak peak of part of it in the banner as well. I'm sure he's only got the purest of intentions right there.
Writing wise I actually had a bit of a back and forth with myself over Irellia's content, as I was feeling like it was advancing too quickly for what I'd normally like which was really messing with my head and making me second guess my writing and the progression. I made a few changes, but ended up mostly keeping it in tact as it was originally as the route will be a pretty heavy corruption one, given it requires Cam to willingly go to Irellia, which I feel requires an already partially corrupted Cam to actually consider doing. I'm very happy with the meat and potatoes of the content though, and there is WAY more then I initially had planned to do for her. I've also tied it in with the new village and other large new maps that will be added this update, by having Irellia's route be one of the many ways you'll be able to unlock the new location.
I've also been working on the compression to make the game a much more manageable size, especially with the art only growing, and think I've found a tool I'm happy with. This means future versions will release with a compressed version as well as the original for those who do want the full res, uncompressed images in game, and this will be the standard going forwards so you can have the choice of which to play.
Anyway, I'll leave it there for this week. As always, thank you all for the love and support, and have an amazing week!
-BaconSoap
