Dev Blog #020

So it’s 2023; what have I been doing?

Welcome 2023 [I'm late I know :P]

I took an easy start to the new year and took a little time off to catch up with some Anime and to prevent burnout from working on PoD. I returned 3 weeks ago but didn’t start any development on PoD, instead, I’ve been making some custom assets.

This all started with a request from Shaddy, if I could make a garage that would complement the Modern Rustic House. So most of my week has been spent on making that. We realised quite early on that to make the new garage part of the Modern Rustic house we had to remake some assets for that environment too. Shaddy also wanted to add an outdoor pool in the back garden so I decided to make a custom one for him too.

A couple of nights ago, we had an interesting talk about property taxes on houses. Being in the UK, I know nothing about them, we have a different tax situation here. This talk was related to Shaddy’s MC being a teacher, and whether could he afford the annual taxes on the house. Shaddy & Thirteen did some digging and worked out that the Property Tax for this house would be circa $15,000, with the MC’s annual wage as a teacher being around $30,000, luckily, he can afford it. 

I finished Shaddy’s garage on Thursday night, and he’s over the moon with it, and it does really look great in my opinion. I also created another small asset for Thirteen last night, he’s working on a project and needed an openable ring binder. I said I could knock him one up, and a few hours later we had a fully rigged and working asset. 

I had a lot of fun this week making these assets and have decided to embark on a bigger project, a 2-story educational building. I don’t make furniture assets or anything like that, so I need to explore options for either purchasing assets and licenses to incorporate into the school project or looking to partner with someone who can make these. I won’t be focusing all my time on this project though, I do still have a game to develop and should be moving back onto that next week.

Well, this is the shortest Dev Blog I’ve done to date as that wraps this update up. I hope to have more to share with you over the next week or so. 

Snowy